Heroine, don't turn back, I'm just a farmer.

A hidden dialogue has appeared. What should you choose?

1. "Because I know you better than you know yourself."

[2. "I not only know your identity—I also know your hidden ailment, the 'Heavenly Gang Finger' of Li Chenzhou, the leader of the Qingxuan Sect, right?"]

3. "That's not important. What's important is that you now have two choices."

4. (Smiling without saying anything)

Lu Guo's gaze fell on the four options in front of him.

The first option is too pretentious. Although it's in a player's nature to pretend, the current situation is that he knows almost nothing about this man in black. If the other party asks him questions and he can't answer, he'll be exposed.

As for the second option, it contains a lot of information.

"Li Chenzhou, the leader of the Qingxuan Sect" and "Tiangang Finger" - just hearing the name Li Chenzhou, you know he is a big fish. But the problem is, he has only seen this information from the options. He knows nothing about this so-called hidden ailment. If he chooses this option, how will he explain himself when the other party asks for details?

Third, throw the question back at the other party to maintain control, thus avoiding revealing your own ignorance while allowing them to continue speaking.

4. (Smiling without saying anything)

This option is too riddle-like; the hidden dialogue might never be triggered again.

Lu Guo's gaze lingered on the third option for a moment.

That's it.

"That's not important."

He stood in the courtyard, the moonlight gently shining on him. He turned around with his hands behind his back, his tone as indifferent as if he were talking about something trivial.

The man in black was taken aback.

If none of this matters, then what does?

"The important thing is..."

Lu Guo turned his head to look at him.

The man in black instinctively leaned back, a subconscious reaction he didn't even notice himself.

"The NPC's fear reaction is really well done," Lu Guo thought to himself, but his expression remained unchanged. He continued in his calm tone, "You now have two choices."

"Your first choice is to continue drawing your sword at me!"

Lu Guo looked down at himself. If the other party killed him a few more times, he would be able to master the Five Styles of Thunderclap even more thoroughly.

Death is the best teacher. This game, or rather this adventure, has a real cheat code besides "acquiring cultivation techniques and treasures": the ability to "infinitely reload saves."

Others practice martial arts with great caution, fearing injury, death, or going astray, resulting in slow progress.

He is different.

He can try and fail endlessly in the game, exchanging countless deaths for the ultimate understanding of the moves!

"Continue to draw your sword?"

The man in black gripped the hilt of his sword tightly.

Is there any point in drawing your own sword?

His so-called "kills" were nothing to the other party. It didn't matter how many times he died, because he could be resurrected at any time using strange techniques. And every time he went all out, his chances of winning decreased.

"The second option..."

Lu put his left hand behind his back, raised his right hand, palm up, as if inviting someone or giving alms.

"sit down."

"You've said what you needed to say."

"Then--"

He paused.

A night breeze blew by, and the withered leaves in the yard swirled past his feet.

"I'll decide whether or not to kill you later."

The man in black stood there, his mind racing, trying to figure out how to answer.

sit down.

You've said what you needed to say.

I'll decide whether or not to kill you then.

Each of these three sentences is quite ordinary when taken out of context, but when put together, they take on a different flavor.

The opponent wasn't afraid of him running away or him drawing his sword again, because no matter what he did, the opponent was absolutely confident in controlling the situation.

This composure isn't feigned—it can't be faked. Only someone truly standing at a high level can speak in this tone to someone who has just killed them.

Even his initial disheveled state was a deliberate act by the other party to toy with him.

But what should I say?

The man in black took a deep breath.

Then he did something that even he himself didn't expect.

He sat down.

In the courtyard, there was a stone table and two stone stools. The stone table was covered with leaves, indicating that it had not been used for a long time. The man in black didn't care about the dirt and sat down with a thud, placing his sword horizontally on his lap—a gesture that showed both sincerity and a last bit of caution.

Seeing that the man in black had actually sat down, Lu Guo remained calm on the surface, but he understood what was going on in his heart.

Become!

This NPC actually sat down!

What does this tell us?

This indicates that your conversation was effective, and the approach was random, with no set route.

This also means that the hidden dialogue has been successfully triggered. As long as you choose the right options, your favorability will increase, and you might even unlock some hidden missions.

male?

You mean a man?

Why don't men have Adam's apples?

The appearance system in this game is so perfunctory. You can't even tell if a woman is a different person just by changing her clothes and putting on a beard.

The game system did not disappoint him; the moment the man in black sat down, a new interface appeared before his eyes.

[Random Event Trigger: Tianluoxiang Assassin - Night Talk]

Current favorability rating: -20 (Extremely wary)

Your words have already shaken the other party's resolve. Your next choice will determine the direction of this conversation and influence the subsequent plot development.

Please select your next sentence.

[1. "Did Tianluoxiang send you here for the relics on my body, or for the Heavenly Demon Book?"]

2. "Madam Xue understands the rules of Tianluo Incense better than you do."

【3. "The seventeenth sword strike you just made originated from Shangqiu and then transferred to Yangfu—this is Tianluoxiang's 'Youquan Yin', but your method of circulating energy is flawed. Every time you strike, your right knee aches slightly, isn't that right?"】

4. "Tell me, how many people from Tianluoxiang are still in Qingluo Manor?"

Lu Guo's gaze swept back and forth between the four options twice.

The first option, "Relic" and "Heavenly Demon Book," aren't these the final rewards for the quest chain?

The second option is "Lady Snow". Who is Lady Snow?

The relics on my body? The Heavenly Demon Strategy?

Good heavens, I never expected that this swordsman not only possessed a treasure, but was also a member of the demonic sect.

Lu Guo narrowed his eyes, increasingly finding the identity of this swordsman worthy of investigation.

As for the third option...

He didn't recognize any of the terms "Shangqiu acupoint," "Yangfu acupoint," or "Youquan Yin," but that didn't matter. What mattered was that this option provided extremely specific information: when the opponent unleashed the seventeenth sword strike, their breathing technique was off, and they had a hidden injury on their right knee.

This is a lot of information.

It was powerful enough to make the other person completely believe that the person in front of them truly saw through everything about them.

As for the fourth option, gather intelligence.

Of course, we need to gather intelligence, but now is not the time. The most important thing now is to build trust with this man in black, or rather, to establish a sense of "I know everything" in his presence. Only when the other party completely gives up his resistance will subsequent intelligence come to us in a steady stream.

Lu Guo made his choice.

However, he didn't choose number three.

"Tianluoxiang sent you here..."

He spoke slowly, still with his back to the man in black.

"Is it for the relics, or for the Heavenly Demon Book?"

The man in black gripped the hilt of his sword tightly.

As expected of someone from the Demonic Sect, he didn't expect the other party to ask so directly, so directly that there was no hint of probing, as if they were certain that the two top secrets of the Heavenly Luo Incense were nothing more than ordinary things that could be mentioned casually.

"you……"

The man in black looked up, but could only see the other person's back.

There was no murderous intent, no threat, not even curiosity in the other person's tone, as if he wouldn't be surprised no matter what the other person answered.

This is the most terrible.

Reflecting on the circumstances surrounding receiving this mission, the sheer horror of it made her consider some possibilities.

After thinking for a moment, she said, "Both."

Now that things have come to this, she gritted her teeth and said, her voice carrying a sense of resignation: "Both of them."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Guo saw the notification.

[Affection level change: -20 → -15]

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What's going on?

How do I increase my favorability rating?