Ita Era

Chapter 133 Divide Money
As the two talked, Wang Yi's hair fluttered, and he raised his hands, seemingly suppressing the turmoil of the blood mist. Gradually, the blood mist calmed down. Ding Shi and Cao Ying exchanged glances and saw that the small area of ​​the Bagua formation that had been extinguished had lit up again. It turned out that the waterfall water had penetrated into the cracks in the stone slabs, and the remaining liquid on the ground had been completely evaporated.

Ding Shi looked at Cao Ying, who gritted her teeth, unbuckled her belt, and pulled down her pants. Ding Shi quickly stopped her, saying, "What are you doing? At a time like this, can't you stop thinking such filthy things?"

Cao Ying felt like killing someone and demanded, "You can still hold it in for another pee?"

"Sigh!" Ding Shi sighed. If he wasn't worried about 404, he would have let things continue to develop, even if it was just an eyesore, he wouldn't suffer any loss.

Ding Shi said, "Silly girl, wake up. It's not urine, it's water. Have you forgotten that all eight tunnel entrances are wells? Blood mist can't mix with water."

After Ding finished speaking, he emptied everything out of the canvas bag, grabbed a torch, ran to the well, filled a bag with well water, and ran back.

Only a small amount of water remained, but it was noticeable that the Bagua formation, now soaked in water, no longer lit up.

Cao Ying fastened her belt, looking puzzled but intrigued, and asked, "If it's not due to filth, then what's going on?"

Ding Shi had a fairly mature conjecture in mind: "The Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, the Five Elements are mutually restraining, the place where I poured water may just be the Fire Gate."

Cao Ying asked, "Metal, wood, water, fire, earth, the eight trigrams, what are the three more trigrams?"

Ding Shi thought for a moment and said, "With your math skills, don't worry about so much, just hurry up."

Ding Shi was right. To put it simply, among the five elements corresponding to the eight trigrams, there are two metal, two earth, and two wood. Using water to extinguish fire is the simplest and most intuitive way to break the formation.

Cao Ying and Ding Shi started running. They didn't have any containers in their hands, but their clothes served as containers. Warm hoodies are extremely absorbent, and a single wringing can release a large amount of water. Conversely, because the accumulated water was severely interfering with the operation of the Bagua Formation, Wang Yi, who had been casting spells with his eyes closed, finally opened them.

Then three zombies came hopping and skipping along.

If Ding Cao wanted to transport water again, he had to breathe, but three zombies guarded the water line, ready to grab him one by one. The appearance of the three zombies forced Ding Cao to resort to Tai Chi. He would walk to the side, frantically breathe, and then hold his breath, thus halting the water transport work.

As the water on the ground slowly disappeared, Wang Yi regained control of the situation. Cao Ying had already given up and was now just waiting for the system's judgment after the secret technique ended. Perhaps Wang Yi wouldn't pay any attention to her, perhaps Wang Yi would kill her immediately after he was done, or perhaps the evil spirit would kill her before Wang Yi could even make a move.

Ding Shi was a desperate man, even in death he wanted to take a piece of his opponent's flesh. The talisman was completely wet; otherwise, it would have been useless, its power too weak. The throwing stones couldn't penetrate at all; hitting the zombie was like tickling it.

Finally, Ding Shi pulled out a Yuan Shikai silver dollar, which Cao Ying had used to destroy the gate of the Bamboo Garden.

Ding Shi used the fingernails of his thumb and middle finger to hold the Yuan Shikai silver dollar and gently tapped it against a stone. The crisp, ringing sound was accompanied by a tremor and a continuous buzzing sound.

Cao Ying looked at Ding Shi, wondering what he was up to with his youngest son again. Then, Cao Ying saw the Ghost Madam appear beside Ding Shi. The Ghost Madam had two states: one was looking for her dowry, and the other was settling scores with Wang Yi. The Ghost Madam originally transformed into the second state, but unfortunately, she failed to break through the iron gate and damaged her essence, so she has now returned to the first state of looking for her dowry.

Yuan Shikai silver dollars happened to be the dowry she was looking for.

Before the Ghost Lady could make a move, Ding Shi threw Yuan Datou at Wang Yi. The Ghost Lady chased after it into the Bagua, and her ghostly body seemed to have a pump installed, with a large amount of blood mist gathering towards her.

A black line struck Yuan Da's head, sending him flying out of the Bagua Formation with a crisp sound. Ding Shi saw it clearly, swung his torch (which had no flame), and knocked Yuan Da's head back into the formation. The Ghost Lady, who had just slipped out of the formation, chased after her back in. The black line struck Yuan Da's head again, sending him flying out of the formation. Ding Shi spurred his left foot, pulling the head back into the formation just as it was about to hit the ground.

The Ghost Lady kept flashing by, and the blood mist seemed to be having convulsions, pausing intermittently.

Finally, Black Line got smart for once and stopped aiming the Yuan Shitou at Ding Shi's direction, instead aiming it to the side.

The Ghost Lady finally caught up with Yuan Datou. With a flick of her finger, Yuan Datou jumped into her palm. The Ghost Lady gently placed Yuan Datou on a stone, thus reclaiming it, and ignored Ding Shi, who was tiptoeing closer, as she continued searching for her dowry.

Ding Shi grabbed the Yuan Shikai silver dollar, ran two steps forward, and threw five small stones with all his might, then five more, then five more, then another Yuan Shikai silver dollar, and then five more small stones.

The black line intercepted the first small stone, the second small stone, the third small stone...

Yuan Shikai's silver dollar struck Wang Yi squarely on the forehead with a crisp sound, landing between Wang Yi's legs as he sat cross-legged. The Ghost Lady instantly teleported in front of Wang Yi and, without hesitation, grabbed between his legs.

"Ah..." Amidst a scream, the Ghost Madam grabbed the silver coin with her five fingers like a shovel, plucked it inside, and plunged it into Wang Yi's pubic bone. She then lifted Wang Yi up and shook him wildly. The silver dollar was forcibly shaken from her hand. After throwing Wang Yi aside, the Ghost Madam placed the silver dollar on a high platform, turned around, and left to find other dowry items.

Wang Yi coughed up blood and bled from his lower body. His body struggled and rolled in the pool of blood. Clearly, not only had the secret technique been interrupted by the Ghost Lady, but Wang Yi was also on the verge of death.

When Wang Yi's side encountered trouble, the corpses in the Bagua Formation turned into real corpses, falling one by one, and the Bagua Formation disappeared along with them. But the pair of scarlet eyes on the high platform suddenly opened, looking at the two ants who had ruined their plans.

Ding Shi: "You're so despicable." Come on, I'm not afraid of you. If you could kill me, you would have done it already. The zombie is coming, hold your breath, change positions.

A gaping, scarlet mouth appeared, spewing out a cloud of green gas that spread throughout the chamber. Ding Shi was shocked. This was cheating! How could they directly poison a player? What about the rules? What about the justice system? What about Dog Candy?

The green mist first enveloped Cao Ying, who had nowhere to escape. She had already held her breath for a while, then took a deep breath out of desperation, and felt quite good. Cao Ying opened her eyes wide and nodded to Ding Shi, indicating she could inhale.

When Ding Shi opened his mouth and took a deep breath, it didn't smell bad, nor did it smell good. There was no smell at all; it just felt like there was a touch of green in the air.

Ding Shi was filled with fear. There is no such thing as a free lunch; any extra additives will either cost you money or kill you.

Just as the two were puzzled, one of the torches on the stone wall went out, and the green mist corroded the second torch, causing the flame to dwindle and eventually go out.

Ding Cao also saw through the Crimson Demon's intentions. It couldn't kill players directly; its rule was to kill in the dark. As long as there was no light, Ding Cao would be meat on the chopping block.

Ding and Cao exchanged a glance. Ding Shi saw the despair, helplessness, and resignation in Cao Ying's eyes. But Cao Ying saw only Ding Shi's sinister smile. Ah... this guy has a trick up his sleeve.

Cao Ying saw Ding Shi start running. Ding Shi emptied the canvas bag of everything in order to fetch water; his target was this pile of things.

Cao Ying only saw Ding Shi pick up something before plunging into complete darkness. In the darkness, Cao Ying felt her body sinking downwards, and soon she lost consciousness.

……

At seven in the morning, sunlight streamed into the ruins of the Wang residence. A player pushed open the door to the inner ancestral hall with all his might. He was not Ding Shi, nor Niulang, nor Cao Ying, nor Zi Qing, nor Ba Ge; he was a player whom everyone had been unaware of.

No one knows how he got through the night, but he survived.

Pushing open the ancestral hall door, he saw the Ita coins neatly arranged on the table. Behind the Ita coins was Little Sugar, a general-purpose NPC widely known as Dog Sugar by players.

That's right, the assets are not distributed by Wang Yi, but by the system. It's settlement time now.

He was extremely excited; all that money was now his.

Then he heard the sound of branches, and a zombie emerged from the side passage, with a shirtless man sitting on its shoulder. This man was none other than Ding Shi. Ding Shi had a section of bamboo in his mouth, taken from the water gun. He sat on the zombie's shoulder and blew on it, and the zombie, like a donkey seeing a carrot, thrashed about towards the vent, flailing its arms as it moved towards it.

After a night of turmoil, Ding Shi mastered the art of corpse control.

The evil spirit's black hand emerged from the ground, but a hand is just a hand; it only touched the zombie's leg. So the evil spirit touched the leg all night, the black zombie thrashed all night, and the hour of Ding (7-9 AM) breathed all night.

The unfamiliar player sighed, "As expected, those who survive are all metamorphosis."

Black zombies are afraid of sunlight. When the eastern sun shone on them, they began to smoke and retreat. Ding Shi jumped off one of them, but because his limbs were stiff, he didn't land gracefully. Instead, he crashed face-first to the ground.

A stranger walked over, extended his hand, and Ding Shi shook hands with him. The stranger then helped him up.

Ding Shi asked curiously, "How did you survive?"

The stranger replied, "Horse."

The stranger explained, “When the fire started, I knew I couldn’t escape the hand of darkness. So I cut open the dead horse’s belly, crawled inside, and then sewed the wound shut from the inside, leaving only a small hole for my homemade bamboo breathing apparatus.”

Ding Shi asked in surprise, "Where did this dead horse come from?"

A stranger said: "The Wang family has a groom who manages the horses and collects money. I have money. I originally wanted to hide a horse to see if I could escape, but after the fire started, it was startled and ran away and killed itself."

Ding Shi checked the time; it was almost 7:30. "Looks like it's just the two of us splitting the money. There should be 10,000 here, right?"

The stranger replied, "Eight thousand."

"It's time to distribute the money!" Little Tangtang shouted. "First, let's tally up the survivors' share of the wealth. Lei Ben, original share 0.1, survival bonus 10%. Ding Shi, original share 10%, survival bonus 10%, entry into the inner ancestral hall bonus 10%, indirectly killing Wang Yi bonus 10%."

Little Sugar: "Your total is 50.1%, so let's ignore the 0.1% for now. We'll split the remaining 4,000 dollars into two equal parts. Lei Ben will get 800 dollars, and Ding Shi will get 3200 dollars. After that, you'll split the remaining 4,000 dollars equally. Lei Ben will eventually get 2800 dollars, and Ding Shi will eventually get 5200 dollars."

Little Sugar cut the banknote in two.

Ding Shi and Lei Ben stepped forward with smiles on their faces to collect the money.

Little Tangtang took a donation box out of her pocket and hung it around her neck.

Tangtangchou: Showing love and care for elderly people living alone.

The magic wand in Little Sugar's hand transformed into an erhu, playing mournful music.

Ding Shi and Lei Ben simultaneously peered at the bottom of the donation box, where tiny, ant-sized words read: "Every $2800 donated will grant you a hidden reward. The first reward has a 70% chance of being legendary, the second a 40% chance, and the third a 20% chance."

Lei Ben stroked his chin in thought. Ding Shi turned and left. Lei Ben smiled and turned to leave as well. As he was about to leave the inner ancestral hall, he discovered that Ding Shi was hiding to one side.

When Ding Shi saw that Lei Ben had discovered him, he tried to shove Lei Ben into the room, but Lei Ben wouldn't let him. He used his body to hold Ding Shi back and pried him out, running to Tang Tang in one breath: "I'll donate." He had already figured it out; Ding Shi wanted to buy two hidden rewards. The reason Ding Shi tricked himself into going out was because he was worried that he had bought the 40% chance.

Ding Shi's true thoughts: They're all mine.

2800 dollars were thrown into the donation box, which immediately spewed out various 5-cent special effects. A golden light flashed, and a 20-yuan note appeared on the table.

Little Tangtang bowed: "On behalf of all the elderly people living alone in Ita, Tangtang thanks you."

Lei Ben exclaimed incredulously, "That's it?"

Little Tangtang used her erhu to shove the penniless Lei Ben aside, then looked at Ding Shi with eager eyes. Ding Shi walked to the donation box, took a deep breath, picked it up, and smashed it on the ground. The wooden box cracked in two, and there wasn't a single penny inside. Why was it so difficult to even try and rob someone?
Lei Ben: "Where's my money?"

Little Sugar: "Gold Mining Mini-Instance Over, Goodbye."

Congratulations on clearing the level.

There are no other rewards; that's the unique feature of the Treasure Hunt mini-game.

Ding Shi did the math: each person's deposit was $200, so 54 people would have over $1, while the total prize money was only $8. What's the point of all this hard work?

……

"711, tea, boxed lunch." Ding Shi sat on his throne and roared, "Dog Candy, you come here and die!"

Little Sugar flapped its wings and flew to Ding Shi, its magic wand poised to strike: "If you're itching for a beating, just say so."

711 diligently served tea and boxed lunches, standing beside Ding Shi awaiting orders. Ding Shi said to Xiao Tangtang, "We collected over ten thousand from the small dungeon, but the total bonus is only eight thousand. Not only do you not pay us, but you also want to take kickbacks. Have you no shame?"

Little Sugar seemed to know what Ding Shi was talking about, and said, "The Wang residence has 4 chests of gold and 8 chests of Yuan Shikai silver dollars. Each chest of gold contains 10 gold bricks, and each gold brick can be exchanged for 500 dollars. But you only found one chest of Yuan Shikai silver dollars."

Ding Shi asked in surprise, "Where?"

Little Sugar said, "There is a well in each courtyard in the backyard and a well in each courtyard in the frontyard. Half of the wealth is hidden at the bottom of the water. Of course, there are water monkeys in some wells, so there is a certain risk in getting the treasure."

Little Sugar: "Digging sweet potatoes can yield a mysterious jade token. By completing the small tasks associated with the mysterious jade token, you can obtain the money that the steward has embezzled over the years, which he has hidden away."

Little Sugar: "So, do you have any other questions?"

Ding Shi smiled broadly: "My dear little Tangtang, I'm all right now, hehehehe, take care."

After seeing Little Sugar off, 711 reported: "Su Su bought the Dugu Nine Swords for 200 dollars. Boss, your friends Chu Yu and Yu Yuan have already built their main city, and the auction house officially opened the day before yesterday. If you need anything, I can keep an eye out for items for you."

Ding Shi handed 711 five thousand dollars in banknotes: "Three thousand dollars for the Truth Poker Cards, one thousand dollars for the Body Optimization Card, and you can handle the rest."

711 replied, "Yes, boss."

"Go ahead and get busy." 711 is really good; he should be promoted by the end of the year, at least to 822.

(End of this chapter)