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Chapter 384 - 385 No More Points_1

Chapter 384: Chapter 385 No More Points_1

Li Changlin was naturally oblivious to the calculations of the burly man; he opened a new microphone and checked it once again.

Once he confirmed the microphone was working properly, Li Changlin carefully placed it next to his right hand.

Seeing him handle the equipment with such caution, the other contestants packed away their thoughts of quitting and began to check their microphones earnestly.

Soon, everyone completed their checks, and in the meantime, the male host had already announced the start of the semi-finals.

"This time, there’s no giving anyone a chance." With his finger poised on the microphone, Li Changlin made up his mind that he was going to win impressively and was already prepared to contact Ling’er at any moment.

"Okay, our six contestants, please listen to the question. Our first challenge is: an ancient house where dragons won’t chant, tigers won’t roar, flowers lack fragrance, and fish don’t leap, a lament over Liu Hai’s tousled hair." Elder Gu quickly presented the first riddle as a representative.

"Ling’er!" What kind of riddle is this, honestly, it’s too hard.

In Li Changlin’s opinion, this couplet was even more difficult than the previous peculiar couplet given by Elder Gu.

After all, that peculiar couplet simply required a corresponding lower verse that could be adapted based on the changes in the upper verse, but this current challenge seemed to have no starting point at all.

However, Li Changlin wasn’t afraid, because he had an assistant.

"I’m here, host." Soon, Ling’er’s sweet voice appeared.

When Li Changlin heard her, he was genuinely delighted and quickly asked, "Ling’er, an ancient house where dragons won’t chant, tigers won’t roar, flowers lack fragrance, and fish don’t leap, a lament over Liu Hai’s tousled hair. Help me find the corresponding lower couplet."

"I’m sorry, host, I can’t look it up now." Initially, Li Changlin had thought that Ling’er would immediately oblige his request.

But Ling’er’s response had him completely dumbfounded.

"Why, why not?" Li Changlin felt an overwhelming sense of frustration. What was going on, and why had things fallen apart at such a critical moment?

"Host, you’ve used up all your points!" Ling’er quickly explained the reason.

It turned out that when Li Changlin faced Elder Gu’s previous peculiar couplet, he had given orders to Ling’er to redeem without clearly understanding her, which led Ling’er to help him redeem sixteen lower couplets all at once.

As a result, Li Changlin’s points were naturally all expended.

Under normal circumstances, he hadn’t spent any points for several days, and completing a task had left him with eighty-three points accumulated.

But the sudden redemption of sixteen lower couplets had cost him eighty points, and he found himself back to square one.

Now, he had only three points left in his personal center.

It was utterly discouraging. Upon hearing this, Li Changlin felt a surge of despair.

Now, how was he supposed to proceed?

Damn it all!

Li Changlin hit his head with his hand in annoyance. It was a grave oversight. If he’d just clarified with Ling’er, he could have exchanged one lower couplet at a time.

Even though that might not have guaranteed lasting until the end, at least he could have had several responses ready!

Li Changlin was filled with regret, yet the female host, seeing his gesture, mistook it as him having thought of a response. She hurriedly shouted, "Contestant number ten seems to have come up with an answer. Contestant number ten, would you like to respond?"

"Respond my ass!" Li Changlin almost spat out blood when he heard this, quickly waving his hand to show he hadn’t figured it out yet.

Damn it, you foxy vixen, what’s it with you always eyeing The Nearly Divine Tycoon? This is just too sad!

Li Changlin expressed his deep frustration.

"Pfft, I can’t help but laugh."

"Haha, Ms. Host, you couldn’t possibly have fallen for our god-like man, could you?"

"That’s right, it looks like you’ve got a suitor; please don’t fight with us over him!"

"I’ve heard the female host is having a fling with the owner of Tingxuan Pavilion!"

"Shh, keep it down, keep it down."

The audience below the stage was truly spirited, daring to say anything, and loudly at that, instantly getting many people involved in the discussion.

Ah, that was close, just avoiding an awkward situation.

Li Changlin ruefully touched his nose, pitying the female host who certainly wasn’t looking too happy.

Li Changlin couldn’t help but chuckle inwardly, which relieved some of his worry about not having enough points to exchange for a matching couplet to respond with.

"I’ve got it." Just then, contestant number one picked up the microphone.

"Please go ahead." The female host, as if meeting a savior, urged him quickly.

"The couplet I have for the response is: Half a chess game left, with no wheels for the chariots, no feet for the horses, no weapons for soldiers, the cannons silent and the general charges unarmed." Contestant one was truly skilled, his life experience was rich, and he enjoyed pondering chess from time to time, so the couplet he responded with started with the endgame of chess, focusing tightly on the essence of specific environments and objects, using the game as a metaphor to make a compelling argument, a clever masterpiece in response.

"Good, very good, a great response!" Elder Gu turned and discussed with the other four judges briefly, quickly giving their assessment.

Contestant number one succeeded in his quick answer, taking the lead with an additional point.

"Everyone, listen carefully to our second question: ’A monk upholds the law, carrying soup to the altar; a careless misstep, the soup spills scalding the altar.’" The female judge on behalf of the panel presented the question swiftly.

This question was quite interesting, particularly with the "the soup spills scalding the altar" part containing four homophones with all four tones, thereby adding significant difficulty to the couplet.

For a moment, all the contestants exchanged glances; no one was a newbie, naturally grasping the key point of the couplet straightaway.

Only Li Changlin was completely out of his depth when it came to matching couplets.

With the loss of the System, his golden touch, he immediately was at a loss, and he didn’t even catch the imagery behind the words "the soup spills scalding the altar."

There was no helping it, he was really in a tight spot.

"Brother Changlin, come on!" Seeing Li Changlin with a frown on his face, Zhou Ziyu immediately became anxious.

You see, he had pinned all his hopes on Li Changlin now.

Watching Li Changlin fail to capture the first question, Zhou Ziyu was truly in a rush.

But who would have thought, now with the second question out, Li Changlin seemed unable to answer again, and that was a big problem.

Zhou Ziyu was deeply frustrated; if he couldn’t achieve a good ranking, his chances of learning Little Meng Mei’s name and then pursuing a relationship with her would vanish like a dream.

This was really a sad and urgent situation, Zhou Ziyu scratched his head, nearly tearing his hair out in desperation!

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