Dao Zhi released his hand and returned the pendant, then tried to pull his hand out, but Qin Qi's palm was holding him tightly like a vise.
"Well, I really didn't mean it. Can you please let go, brother?"
Dao Zhi tried hard to break free, but Qin Qi's strength was too great, and he was unable to break free for a while.
There was no choice but to speak with a playful smile.
"Don't reach out your hand next time. Be careful if you run into a difficult person. They might chop your hand off."
Qin Qi released Daotuo's wrist and said, "Did you come to me to compete with me?"
"Hehehe, I heard from others that you are quite good. I happened to be nearby, so I came to take a look."
Dao Zhi spoke.
"I remember you were a disciple of the Mohist school. What do you want to compete with me in? Mechanical engineering? Or the doctrine of universal love and non-aggression?"
Qin Qi has always been open to challengers. As long as anyone from the various schools of thought comes to challenge him, he will not refuse no matter what the challenge is.
"I'm just like you said, a thief at heart. I don't understand complicated things like mechanical engineering."
"I don't know anything about the complicated doctrine of universal love and non-aggression. I'm only good at stealing.
"So... let's compare our skills."
After Dao Zhi finished speaking, two sieves appeared in his hands, and there was a dice between each finger.
That adds up to a total of eight dice.
"Let's roll the dice and compare the size. If your dice is bigger than mine, you win. If my dice is bigger than yours, I win."
Dao Zhi placed four dice on the ground in front of Qin Qi, then covered them with a sieve. He then placed the other four dice in front of himself and covered them with a sieve.
The Snow Girl looked at Dao Zhu and shook her head. This man didn't look like a master at all, but more like a lazy thug.
But the title of the King of Thieves is indeed resounding. Legend has it that as long as he wants to leave, no place can hold him back.
Whatever he wants to get will be stolen silently no matter where he hides it.
'When did this person come here? How did he avoid my perception?'
Jingwei was very confused. She was sure that there was no one around her before Qin Qi spoke.
This Daozhi must have come over after Qin Qi spoke, but he didn't even notice it!
Is the opponent's Qinggong so advanced that he can't react in time?!
Jingwei was very wary of Daozhi. She stared at him intently and was ready to kill him if he made any move.
"You can play dice, but put my dice back first. You really have to stop stealing."
Qin Qi reached out and opened the sieve in front of him. There was only one dice left in it. The remaining three had been stolen at some point.
"Hey, hey, hey, sorry, sorry, this 623 dice is a little sticky, I didn't mean to do that, I didn't mean to.
Dao Zhi's left hand was empty, but the next second he flipped his fingers and the dice appeared between his fingers.
After putting the dice back, he said, "Can we start now?"
"This guy is truly the King of Thieves! He didn't even notice when he stole the dice!"
The Snow Girl rubbed her eyes. She had been staring at the other person just now, but she didn't notice when the other person stole the dice.
Jingwei noticed something was wrong, but he didn't see clearly when Daozhi stole the dice.
"You've already stolen the dice before the duel even started. You're a true thief, you have no shame at all."
The Snow Girl spoke sarcastically.
"You're wrong. I may be a thief, but I also have to maintain my dignity. I've said that from the beginning."
"We compete in technique, technique.
Dao Zhi spoke.
"He's right, you misunderstood. This guy was talking about game tactics from the beginning."
"The dice are just part of the presentation; it doesn't mean the winner is determined solely by rolling the dice."
"The game actually started right after he finished speaking. If I hadn't seen him steal the dice, I would have lost because of my inferior skills.
After Qin Qi finished speaking, he reached out and picked up the sieve, then looked at Dao Zhi and said with a smile:
"I feel that simply comparing the size of the dice is too boring. It's too easy for us to control the number of points on the dice."
"If we compete, it'll just be a draw. How about we try a little different?"
"Hmm? How do we play?"
Dao Zhi became a little curious.
"We divide this game into three rounds. In the first round, you roll the dice first, and then I roll the dice.
"If the dice I roll is a little bigger than yours, I lose. If it's a little smaller, I also lose."
"I win only if the game is a tie, how about that?"
Qin Qi said.
"This rule sounds very favorable to me. What about the second round?"
"In reverse, if I roll the dice first and then you roll the dice, the final result will be the same as above."
"Okay, let's play however we want. I'll go first!"
After Dao Zhi finished speaking, he picked up the sieve and began to shake it. While shaking the sieve, he kept his eyes on Qin Qi.
"Ding-dong, ding-dong."
Everyone present was an expert, and the sounds from the sieves could be heard very clearly, but there were too many and too many noises.
"This guy put something in there!"
The Snow Girl whispered. The dense clatter in the sieves must be more than just four sieves. The moment the other person picked up the sieve, they put something in it.
"Not only that, look at the other person's fingers. They're hitting the sieve at high speed."
"The shaking technique is also very strange. It is all designed to interfere with our ability to judge the number of dots in the sieve by listening to the sound."
Jingwei spoke.
"Did you hear the points in it?"
The Snow Girl asked.
"No."
Jingwei shook her head. She had only ever learned the art of killing, and this gambling method was not within her scope of study.
At this distance, she might be able to kill Dao Zhi with one sword, but she really couldn't guess the number on the dice.
After a long while, Dao Zhi placed the sieve on the ground and said with a grin, "Alright, great master, start guessing."
Qin Qi picked up the sieve and shook it a little, then opened it. Four sieves were stacked together, and the final count was only one!
"You drive."
"},BB..."
"Wait a moment!"
"You are such a clumsy fellow. I'm worried that you might move the sieve again when you open it, so I'll help you open it.
The Snow Girl suddenly spoke.
"No need. Although this guy is cunning, he is very confident in his methods. And don't be fooled by his slick words and unreliable appearance."
"Actually, this guy is quite proud. At least he's confident in his own abilities and wouldn't cause trouble at this time."
Qin Qi stopped Xue Nu and looked at Dao Zhi and said, "Okay.
"Everyone says you're an arrogant lunatic, but I didn't expect you to be such a nice person."
Dao Zhi smiled, then opened the sieve. The four sieves were stacked together, and the number on the top was one.
The number shaken by Qin Qi is exactly the same, so Qin Qi wins this round!
"You're such a thief!"
The Snow Girl spoke after seeing Dao Zhu's points.
"Hehehe, all's fair in war."
Dao Zhi spoke.
"First they used the four sieves to confuse us, then they used the sound, but in the end it was still the technique that was used."
"This guy is so cunning, you may never know when he is being genuine or fake."
Jingwei now understood a little bit why Daozhi was so famous. What was the most important thing for a thief? Qinggong, right?
No, the most important thing is to avoid being discovered, to make it impossible for people to guess or understand, so as not to be caught.
"But Mr. Qin Qi didn't seem to hesitate at all from the beginning. Could it be that he had seen through all of the other party's tactics?"
Jingwei looked at Qin Qi. She looked at Qin Qi's calm face and felt a little confused. She wondered if Qin Qi didn't care about winning or losing.
Or was he already sure of victory?
"In the second round, I'll go first.
Qin Qi covered the sieve without shaking it with his hands, and the sieve did not make any sound, but the invisible vibration had changed the number of points on the sieve.
"Okay, it's your turn to guess."
Qin Qi said.
"And....
Dao Zhi stared at the sieve in front of Qin Qi for a long time, then finally picked up the sieve and began to shake it.
He shook it for a long time before finally letting it fall. He also followed Qin Qi's example and opened the sieve directly, but there was nothing in it.
"Not a single dice, that's nothing at all."
The Snow Girl spoke.
"That's right, I bet there's not a speck in your sieve!"
Dao Zhi spoke. His expression became serious at this moment. The vibration of Qin Qi was indeed silent, and he couldn't be sure what had happened.
But his intuition told him that there was nothing in it, and he trusted his intuition, so he took a gamble.
"Okay, let's start the third one."
Qin Qi opened the sieve, and the sieve inside was shaken into powder, without a single point. Dao Zhi won this round.
"Even though there were no swords involved in this gambling, it still made me sweat profusely."
"Your dice is broken, so let's use two dice next time. Two for you, two for me, just right.
Dao Zhi wiped the sweat from his forehead, smiled, and then threw two sieves to Qin Qi.
After Qin Qi received the sieve, he started shaking it. After he was done, he put it on the ground without opening it this time.
"I bet you'll roll the same number as me."
"You're so confident! You've already come up with my idea before I even start shaking the sieve?"
"No, I'm not guessing what you're thinking, but you'll get the points I need."
Qin Qi was very confident. He said, "It's still the same rule as before. The number of sieves in this sieve cup is exactly the same as yours, no more, no less."
"I will not change, nor will I shake the sieve again."
"Now I finally understand why everyone calls you a lunatic. You really are quite arrogant."
"But today I have to let you know how powerful I am. I, Dao Zhu, don't have any other skills, but I am quite confident in this little bit of martial arts!"
Dao Zhi began to shake the sieve. He looked at Qin Qi. The more he shook it, the greater the pressure became. For a long time, he didn't know what number to get.
"One? No, I've already rolled out one before, and the other party is likely to have guessed it."
"Then I will imitate him and break the sieves, turning the two sieves into four sieves. No, the other party may have guessed that I would do this."
"What are some points we've never done before that the other party would never come up with?"
The more Dao Zhi started to think, the more pressure he felt. No matter what plan it was, he felt that Qin Qi had already seen through it.
"Okay, just roll the dice slowly. Let's go to the town ahead and have a meal first."
Qin Qi called Xue Nu and Jing Niu, and then left.
"Are we just going to leave like this? Are you so sure that the number inside is the number that Dao Zhu would shake out?"
Xue Nu was also a little unconvinced. She was sure that Qin Qi was very powerful, but no matter how powerful he was, he was still a human being and it was impossible for him to predict the future.
Besides, even if he could predict the future, Qin Qi's current actions would not interfere with future outcomes.
"I'm not sure, but maybe I won the bet. Let's go eat first. Let him worry about the rest."
Qin Qi didn't seem to care about winning the bet at all, and left with Xue Nu and the others.
Dao Zhi was the only one left at the scene.
"Now that he's gone, I should pick up the sieve and take a look. It should be alright, or I could just tell him he guessed wrong."
"I'm not a saint, I don't care about morality, I'm just a thief, as long as I can win."
"You are the great thief Dao Zhi, hurry up!"
Dao Zhi looked at the sieve in front of him, stretched out his hand, then retracted it. He sighed, then opened his sieve, revealing the sieve inside.
A three and a four, very ordinary numbers. Dao Zhu no longer worried about it. If he didn't know what number to get, he would just let it go.
After Dao Zhi opened his own sieve, he reached out and opened Qin Qi's sieve, and found a one and a two inside.
"I, a thief, was actually fooled by him. Well, fine, I admit defeat in this round, but don't even think about running away like this."
Dao Zhi admitted defeat. This round was a test of technique, but also of mentality and will. When he finally let the sieve fall, he lost.
He had already given up in his heart, thinking that no matter what he shook out, he would lose, so he gave up.
Dao Zhi put away the sieve and the sieve, then quickly chased in the direction of Qin Qi and the others.
He wants to challenge Qin Qi again, this time he wants to compete in Qinggong!
"I have a question. When did that Dao Zhi start following us? And when did he appear before us?
"How did you find him?"
Jingwei asked. She had been thinking about it for a long time but still couldn't figure it out. She had no other choice but to ask.
"You just want to ask me how powerful my opponent's Qinggong is. No need to beat around the bush. It's not like I won't tell you."
"That guy's Qinggong is indeed amazing, but you don't have to worry. His fighting ability is actually just that, he can't beat you."
"But he's an expert at hiding, and he was very far away when he was following us, so you didn't notice him.
"The second thing is that he appeared next to us in an instant. It wasn't so fast that we couldn't detect it."
"Of course, this is also related to speed. The Lightning Step he uses can burst out at extremely fast speeds in an instant."
"Although it puts a lot of strain on the body, the speed is really fast."
"The combination of super-fast speed and the opponent finding your blind spots and overlooked areas makes it possible to appear without you noticing."
"But don't worry. In a head-on confrontation, that guy is no match for you. But it wouldn't be easy to kill him either."
"This guy is really professional at running away."
Qin Qi said.
"Blind spot? Then how did you find him?"
Jingwei knew this. Everyone has blind spots in their vision. Even if there is nothing blocking the eyes, people cannot see all positions.
Experts can make up for this shortcoming through hearing, touch, smell, and breath perception, but there are still some omissions.
Seizing the opportunity to assassinate the opponent is the basic skill of an assassin. The more powerful the assassin is, the better he is at seizing the flaw at that moment.
"Because I have no blind spots, no flaws."
Qin Qi's words sounded very arrogant, but in fact he was telling the truth, in the vibration, ripple, and life energy detection.
With the help of his Observation Haki, he can see things without using his five senses and can even predict what is about to happen.
Therefore, he has no blind spots and no flaws, and it is almost impossible to avoid his detection.
Several people went to the town, hid their identities and went to eat something. At this time, Dao Zhi caught up with them.
"You're a little slow. Here, I destroyed your dice earlier. I'm returning these four to you."
Qin Qi threw the four sieves back to Dao Zhi.
Dao Zhui subconsciously reached out to catch it, and the number of points in his hand was exactly one, two, three, and four. He was a little confused.
"Coincidence? Or did this guy plan everything long ago?"
Dao Zhi didn't believe that there could be such a coincidence in the world.