Chapter 944: Oh? Really?

"Junior Brother?"

Suddenly, an aged voice came from the crowd.

The old man beside Xu Que was instantly shocked. He looked up and was incomparably astonished: "Senior Brother, you... why are you here too? Aren't you..."

The old man was deeply moved, looking at an old man in a black robe in the crowd who was equally surprised.

The old man in the black robe's expression tightened. He walked forward and said in a low voice: "Junior Brother, this is not the place to talk, come with me first!"

"Okay!" The old man nodded immediately and was about to step forward.

The other experts' expressions changed one after another, and they shouted: "Don't! You are new here, don't trust people blindly!"

"That's right, senior brothers can't be trusted these days, better come with us!"

"That's right, that's right, we are the truly kind people."

Everyone shouted one after another.

The old man's face sank: "What are you talking about? My Senior Brother and I have been through life and death together, how can he not be trusted?"

After saying this, he looked at Xu Que and said seriously: "Young Master Wang, trust this old man once, my Senior Brother is absolutely trustworthy."

"Sure, no problem, let's go with your Senior Brother!" Xu Que nodded with a smile.

The situation was so bizarre now that no one could be trusted, so it didn't matter who they went with. The key was to figure out what was going on.

"Let's go first. Follow me, I'll have benefits for you. I'll explain everything to you one by one after we enter the city." At this moment, the old man in the black robe nodded and looked at Xu Que and his group, his face showing a hint of joy.

Xu Que didn't talk nonsense either. He nodded to Jiang Hongyan and Xu Feifei and followed the old man in the black robe.

The many experts present were instantly filled with disappointment and grief, as if they had lost a big business deal. They were very dejected but helpless.

The key was that they had all watched Xu Que's group leave, and from beginning to end, no one had made a move to stop them. There were no tough measures at all, and they didn't even issue a warning, which was very inconsistent with the style of experts.

Xu Que couldn't help but become more and more curious in his heart, and he touched the jade token in his hand again, lost in thought.

In the end, led by the old man in the black robe, the group entered the city.

The city was very imposing, with walls built incomparably high, and there were even various miraculous statues and murals. Many decorative details were very well done, and it was clear that they were not the work of one person, but rather the collective effort of many masters.

Along the way, many experts passed by on the street, and when they looked at the old man in the black robe, they all showed envious gazes and discussed it heatedly.

"Sigh, this old man has made a fortune."

"So many newcomers, and they all went with him."

"He must have gained at least a hundred Goodness Points this time."

"Let's go out of the city and take a look, what if more newcomers arrive!"

"Right, right, that's right, we must seize the opportunity this time."

As they spoke, some people left the city one after another.

The old man in the black robe remained silent all the way until he brought Xu Que and his group into an inn and settled them into rooms. Only then did the group sit down to talk.

The old man in the black robe had a look of joy on his face and seemed to be in a good mood. He even ordered a large table of wine and dishes.

The innkeeper personally delivered the dishes and said with a kind smile: "Are you all new to the Good and Evil Village? This table of wine and dishes is on me, to wash away the dust of your journey."

After speaking, he patted the old man in the black robe on the shoulder and laughed: "Old Black, let me have these Goodness Points?"

"Sure, no problem!" The old man in the black robe nodded.

The innkeeper smiled with satisfaction and left.

Xu Que frowned. Along the way, he had already heard several people mention "Goodness Points," and combined with that jade token, he had more or less guessed something, but he still wanted to learn the most direct information from the old man in the black robe.

"Tell me, old man, what is the situation in this place?" Xu Que picked up a teacup, looked at the old man in the black robe, and asked with a smile.

"That's right, Senior Brother, you entered with us a hundred years ago, but then disappeared inexplicably. Why are you here?" The old man also asked.

The old man in the black robe shook his head with a bitter smile: "A hundred years ago, I accidentally entered a hall, and when I woke up, I was already in the Good and Evil Village. Including everyone else in the village, they all came here like this."

"So, you've been trapped here for a hundred years?" The old man was surprised.

"Not us, it's me! Others have been trapped here for at least several hundred years, and some for over a thousand!" The old man in the black robe shook his head, the joy on his face gradually fading.

"What? You haven't been able to leave this place for over a thousand years?" The old man was moved.

"Because this place is the Good and Evil Village!" The old man in the black robe nodded.

Immediately after, he spoke again, introducing this place to the few of them.

Such a huge and imposing city was actually called the Good and Evil Village, and regardless of the characters "Good" and "Evil," the character "Village" alone felt somewhat out of place.

But as the old man in the black robe narrated, Xu Que and the others finally understood the reason.

It turned out that this place was indeed just a village at the beginning, and it was very crude.

After everyone entered, they would receive a jade token. Whenever they did good deeds or bad deeds, they would be calculated as Goodness and Evil Points and recorded into the jade token.

Once the Evil Points were too high, one would be teleported into a prison cell and must do good deeds in the prison to offset the Evil Points with Goodness Points before they could leave the prison.

This was also the reason why so many experts competed to receive Xu Que and the others after seeing them—because doing so could earn a large amount of Goodness Points.

The reason they didn't dare to use tough measures on them was also because they were afraid of increasing their Evil Points, leading to being locked in a prison cell.

One had to know that in the prison, the opportunities to do good deeds were simply slim. Once one entered, it was very likely they would never be able to come out for the rest of their lives.

"Then what is the use of Goodness Points?" Xu Que asked.

The old man in the black robe smiled: "It is said that once you accumulate 10,000 Goodness Points, you can become the Village Chief of the Good and Evil Village, obtain a huge inheritance, and be able to enter and exit this place freely, leaving this hellish place!"

"10,000 Goodness Points? Is it very difficult? How many Goodness Points did you get for helping us this time?" Xu Que asked in confusion.

This mode was actually somewhat like his Acting Cool System—earning Acting Cool Points by acting cool. This place, however, obtained points through good and evil actions.

"I just checked, it's only 80-something Goodness Points!" The old man in the black robe shook his head, "However, if it weren't for you all, these 80-something Goodness Points would probably take a year or two to accumulate."

"Hiss!"

When Er Gouzi heard this, it gasped: "It takes a year or two to accumulate 80-something Goodness Points, so 10,000 Goodness Points, wouldn't that be... uh, how many years? It's not that this God Venerable is bad at arithmetic, I just want to test you all."

Unexpectedly, the old man in the black robe shook his head: "It's not calculated like that. Once the Goodness Points exceed 1,000, the speed will slow down. It might take ten or twenty years to get 80-something Goodness Points. If it goes higher, once the total Goodness Points exceed 3,000 or 4,000, it might take over a hundred years to get a few dozen Goodness Points."

"Holy crap, this is clearly making things difficult for people!" Xu Que's eyes instantly widened.

This place was simply even more of a pit than the system. The Acting Cool Points obtained by the system were increasing, but the Goodness Points obtained in this place were actually decreasing.

"Sigh! When I first came, my mood was the same as yours, but slowly, I got used to it." The old man in the black robe sighed, his face looking somewhat dejected.

The old man beside him also fell silent. He looked at the woman in black, feeling somewhat guilty: "Child, it was Grandpa who implicated you."

"Eh? Junior Brother, is this your granddaughter?" The old man in the black robe was surprised when he heard this.

The old man laughed: "I almost forgot to introduce her to you, Senior Brother. After you disappeared a hundred years ago, I luckily left the Refining Moon Palace and finally reunited with several children. So many years have passed, so naturally, I have a granddaughter. Your son also had a child, whose character and aptitude are quite good in all aspects. I was just thinking..."

"Thinking about what? Talk about family matters later, you two. Old man, what kind of place is that?" Xu Que interrupted the two old men and pointed to a black tower in the distance of the inn.

He was very certain that that place was where they were first teleported to, because there were several familiar auras inside, which were exactly what he had sensed in that dark and damp underground place earlier.

And at that time, on the ground, he had also discovered some array patterns. It seemed that through the array patterns, one could teleport back to the Ice Valley, so he wasn't worried about the Goodness Points at this moment.

Because as long as he returned to that place, he was confident he could repair the array patterns and leave this place.

"That place?" The old man in the black robe turned his head and took a look, responding: "That is the prison of the Good and Evil Village—the Futu Prison!"

After speaking, the old man in the black robe added: "You must be careful. You absolutely must not do any evil deeds. Even the smallest evil act will increase your Evil Points by a hundred. Once the Evil Points exceed a hundred, you will be immediately teleported into the prison cell. It will be very difficult to come out in the future."

"Oh? Really?" After Xu Que finished listening, both of his eyes instantly lit up, clearly filled with surprise!

【The second update is here! Continuing, continuing!】 ===== CHAPTER 945 =====