Daily life of a teacher in the martial arts department

Just like some animals, even if you didn't know them before, now that you're seeing them for the first time, you see their sharp claws and teeth, their natural camouflage skin, their fierce expression, and their agile movements, and you understand... they are natural predators.

Qiu Fei and Chu Hui felt the same way; they had never been beheaded, but they felt as if they had been.

Qiu Fei's reaction was relatively mild; her body stiffened for a moment, but she did nothing else. Chu Hui, however, reacted extremely strongly. She turned around abruptly, beads of sweat appearing on her forehead, her eyes filled with terror.

As she turned her head, she saw Feng Yunke.

The other person was sitting on the sofa facing her, arms crossed, expression indifferent, eyes deep. When he saw Chu Hui looking at him, he calmly met her gaze.

Those eyes... seemed to say everything, yet also seemed to say nothing at all.

Chu Hui swallowed hard, turned her head stiffly, and urged Qiu Fei to leave.

"Is it just my imagination..."

"I hope it is..."

The two exchanged glances and hurriedly left.

After the two left, Feng Yunke lowered his head and asked Ying Qin Guan opposite him, puzzled, "Is there something unclean on my face?"

Ying Qin Guan said, "No, it's just that you have a bit too much beard. I suggest you shave it."

"Then why are you staring like that, and acting like you want to say something but don't dare to..." Feng Yunke shook his head, completely puzzled.

Ying Qin Guan laughed heartily and said, "Who knows?"

No one dwelled on the matter. Nocturne distributed playing cards and chose the simplest rules.

Texas Hold'em.

There are many reasons for choosing this one, the most important of which is speed.

In multiplayer poker games, few games are faster than Texas Hold'em.

Otherwise, if a 3v3 game of Time Warp takes anywhere from ten to twenty or thirty minutes, it will overshadow the main game.

In addition, some changes were made to the rules. Of course, the players weren't playing for real money. But a game of Texas Hold'em without the stakes is soulless, so Nocturne proposed replacing money with the penalty of "Truth or Dare." For example, forfeiting a bet would result in one penalty, betting would add another, and so on. The players didn't seem to have any objections.

However, playing like this would make the Truth or Dare game extremely difficult – there can only be one winner in a whole game, plus five losers, and at least five Truth or Dare games.

Ying Qin Guan casually picked up a card. It wasn't just him bragging; not only was his card-playing skill unparalleled, but his card sequence was also unbeatable and flawless. His luck was also remarkable; he consistently drew the God of War card, making Jiu Yi scream in agony. Of course, even without that luck, Ying Qin Guan could still easily defeat Jiu Yi.

Come out here! Three A's!

Let the world feel pain!

A moment later... Ying Qin Guan looked at the 235 in his hand and fell into deep thought.

Is there no mention of Jade Together in Chapter Seventeen?

235, the lowest card.

In some places, the rule is that 235 can beat all three of a kind (three of a kind). But in Seven Stars, the rule is that 235 is the lowest card and can only beat one type of hand, which is the highest card, three Aces.

This is an extremely fanatical gambler's mentality, yet it carries a unique gambler's philosophy: the smallest hand can just barely beat the largest. But even the largest hand isn't invincible; is there any game in the world where you can guarantee a win?

Of course, generally speaking, if a 235 really eats up three Aces, then usually only one of you and him can survive tonight. Those who haven't played Texas Hold'em might not know what this means. Let me give you an example. It's like you're playing as Liu Bei and you start with a Zhangba and three AoE cards as your second loyal subject. The lord is a non-attacking white card with little attack power. You're waiting for Zhuge Liang to emerge from the mountains, become famous, and become invincible, destroying the world and restoring the Han Dynasty. But then the lord pulls out an AK and three kills and kills you instantly.

The dream of restoring the Han Dynasty was shattered in an instant.

—What a coincidence, the lord is your friend, and he's sitting right next to you.

Tonight, it's either you or me who dies.

Ying Qin Guan was no madman; he decisively chose not to follow.

Then Nocturne and Divine Heart fought to the very end, with Nocturne's three Aces defeating Divine Heart's three Kings.

If Ying Qin Guan can keep up until the end and use 235 to take down three Aces, this scene will be recorded in the history of Texas Hold'em. The probability of these three hands coming together is so low that it's unlikely to happen again from this moment until the end of the world.

In the end, Shenxin became the biggest loser; the pain of losing three Ks was unimaginable to most people. But ever since Shenxin was one-shotted with five health points, there was nothing she couldn't bear. She calmly raised the small blackboard, her face revealing a fearless courage.

"Just kill me!"

—Okay, actually I'm still not that accepting of it.

"It seems the woman was lucky. Fortunately, Teacher Ying let her off the hook, otherwise she might have had to swallow the bitter pill..." Nocturne smiled as she picked up the Truth or Dare card deck and looked at Ying Qin Guan.

"Then let's start with Teacher Ying, who gave up first. Truth or dare?"

Ying Qin Guan thought for a moment and said, "Then... let's talk the truth."

—The adventure game has many frustrating and inconvenient aspects. In comparison, given Ying Qin Guan's understanding of the game, most of the truth questions are about relationships or romantic feelings, and he is impeccable in this regard.

—Because I had absolutely no experience.

Thinking about it this way, it seems rather pathetic. It's like everyone goes drinking together, and all your friends get drunk, calling their girlfriends to pick them up, while you, not drunk, freely laugh at their terrible drinking abilities. But...

You! Don't! Have! A! Girlfriend!

You're laughing and laughing, but then you realize you're the only single person left at the table. You may be unbeatable when it comes to drinking, but did you really win? Did you really win?

You won, and you lost.

"Truth or dare..." Nocturne said with a smile, "Let the lady draw one for Teacher Ying..."

As she spoke, she casually drew a card and placed it in front of her, showing everyone the punishment on it.

What is your most cherished hobby?

Ying Qin Guan's expression remained unchanged as he said, "Let's play cards."

Jiu Yi: "+1".

—Because of the large number of people, this punishment is universal. For example, if someone is eliminated in one round, they will be punished once, and if someone is punished twice, they will draw another card. That card is also universal for people who have been punished twice or more.

Gan Xingyao said, "Desserts from the Flower Shop."

"Let's see Yu Xie Tian suffer a setback."

Feng Yunke interlaced his fingers, his expression profound, and said, "The Yoshiwara of the Seven Luminaries is a memory I can't let go of..."

His and Shenxin's remarks drew everyone's attention. To some extent, it was quite impressive to be able to say such things. Shenxin was one thing, but everyone knew about Yu Xietian's father from Luobida Street to the Seven Luminaries Imperial Academy. But Feng Yunke, to actually say such things, was, in a way, a true man.

Besides the nocturne, many imaginative onlookers began to speculate that it might be a short-lived, doomed romance that took place in a room.

"So... let's leave it at that, let's go with the truth." Nocturne drew the second card. "The second card."

Ying Qin Guan and Jiu Yi were both eliminated in the first round. Of the remaining three, Shen Xin was defeated in the third round.

What's the craziest thing you've ever done so far?

Gan Xingyao struck the same pose as Feng Yunke earlier and said proudly, "That was when I first started writing the book. I told the readers I was going to gather material, but actually I stayed home and lazed around for a month."

—Good authors should never imitate this.

Ying Qin Guan and Shen Xin glared at her, which frightened Gan Xing Yao so much that she immediately stopped her posture.

Feng Yunke remained in his position and sighed, "It was that same night in Yoshiwara. I called four girls over to play Time Warp with me..."

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions began to falter.

I don't even know what to say right now.

Why go to Yoshiwara to play Time Wars?! What kind of baffling behavior is this?! We thought you were experiencing a deeply moving love affair in Yoshiwara when you said that! Turns out you just went to play cards?!

Ying Qin Guan and Jiu Yi nodded in satisfaction, feeling that the purity of Feng Yun Ke had greatly increased!

After Fengyunke finished answering, it was Shenxin's turn.

She calmly raised the small blackboard.

"It was a morning when I got up very early and gave my idiot boss a lethal dose of laxatives..."

Ying Qin Guan gave a look that said, "I know this well," but quickly concealed it.

Jiu Yi sighed, feeling a pang of sympathy for Yu Xietian.

Gan Xingyao trembled, thinking that Shenxin was so small, yet she would do such a thing. She would have to be more careful with the food that Shenxin handled in the future.

Fengyunke's posture remained unchanged.

"Hmm... Little Shenxin, for the sake of your relationship with your boss, you should do this kind of thing less often in the future."

"Okay! I understand!"

Then comes the third question, which belongs solely to the mind of God.

I randomly picked a Nocturne.

"Hmm... if everyone here fell into the water, who would you save?"

Shenxin glanced around and then held up the small blackboard.

"Isn't there a Jade Couple?"

Upon seeing this, Gan Xingyao, who didn't know Shenxin well enough, couldn't help but sigh, "So Miss Shenxin really does care about Boss Yu."

Ying Qin Guan and Jiu Yi exchanged a glance and tacitly struck the pose of the Wind and Cloud Guest.

Nocturne chuckled and said, "Then let's add Yu Xietian. With him, who will you save?"

"Rescue Nocturne, and keep an eye on him from the shore to prevent him from climbing ashore."

Chapter Eighteen: Marquis Mingxuan

Given Ying Qin Guan's understanding of this world, aside from battles, he rarely "predicts" anything. It's like dismantling first and then following the flow; he basically never defends against the flow afterward, always acting like a fool and directly launching his invincible attack.

But the divine heart... made Ying Qin Guan feel it for the first time.

Some things can be predicted.

This gave Ying Qin Guan a rather strange feeling, making him feel that he had been sublimated and evolved, and that his level of card playing had also broken through—of course, he would soon know that this was an illusion.

Then... the second round of the game began.

Nocturne won the most times, but she wasn't invincible; she would occasionally choose to pass cleanly in the first round. However... whenever Nocturne had to answer a question, the question would become trivial, like "What's your least favorite food?" Then, after Nocturne's round, when Ying Qin Guan and Jiu Yi were left for the next round, the question would become something as embarrassing as "What was it like the first time you had sex?"

—Luckily, both of them were virgins.

To be fair, being a virgin with no romantic experience is practically an invincible buff in Truth or Dare, as over 70% of awkward questions are ineffective against them.

In the ninth round, Jiu Yixian won against Qin Guan, achieving his first victory. He showed a happy expression, then became solemn, made the sign of the cross on his chest, and then carefully drew a card.