Chapter 499

A plot device like Genghis Khan being able to communicate with the gods—any second-rate novelist could sit at home and spin off a hundred such passages in a single day!

But despite being such a hackneyed trope, Chale Gai treated it as a most important secret and confided it to Half-Section Li.

Though the audience could not see it, they could still guess the expression on Half-Section Li's face at that moment.

It had to be a mix of shock and the urge to laugh—he was probably just barely stopping himself from telling Chale Gai that this story was simply too fake!

Disdain showed on every face in the audience, and Zhang Lin naturally took it all in.

He did not bother to explain at length, because only he knew that as long as the listeners kept hearing him out, they would understand that the claim of Genghis Khan being able to communicate with the gods was a very important plot point!

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"Although Half-Section Li felt this so-called secret was utterly absurd, Chale Gai was, after all, his employer, so Half-Section Li gave him plenty of face. He asked: So the Great Khan said that, and then what?"

"Chale Gai glanced at him and said slowly: Then? Naturally the Great Khan regretted it. After covering it up with a burst of loud laughter, he forbade anyone from ever mentioning it again! Tell me—could the Great Khan truly communicate with the gods?"

"Faced with this question, Half-Section Li could only give an evasive reply: I don't know either. Perhaps he could?"

"Hearing this, Chale Gai burst out laughing—wildly and with great confidence. After a long while he fixed his gaze on Half-Section Li and said in an almost obsessive tone: It's true! Genghis Khan really could communicate with the gods! Otherwise, how would you explain his invincibility!?"

"With Half-Section Li's experience, he was even less able to answer this question."

"But at this point Chale Gai seemed to have gotten thoroughly worked up, and, influenced by the alcohol in his body, went on to say some things that left Half-Section Li utterly shocked."

"Chale Gai pointed at the vast grassland and, as if rambling in a frenzy, cried: Genghis Khan could communicate with the gods while alive, which is why he was invincible! And after death, he was guided by the gods to be buried in the Land of Eternal Life, where he could live forever and never die!"

"This was the second time Half-Section Li had heard the term 'Land of Eternal Life' from Chale Gai's mouth."

"In that instant, the somewhat slow-witted Half-Section Li suddenly seemed to have a revelation, and a certain yearning for the Land of Eternal Life welled up in him."

"Without thinking, he looked at Chale Gai, who was growing ever more frenzied, and asked: What is the Land of Eternal Life? Is it the place where immortals dwell?"

"Who would have thought that upon hearing this, Chale Gai burst into great laughter, the mockery in his voice utterly plain. He laughed as he spoke: Immortals? They're nothing but a bunch of people who fancy themselves immortals! Even the great Genghis Khan was deceived by them! And I…"

"Speaking to this point, Chale Gai turned a vicious glare on Half-Section Li and said through gritted teeth: And I will not be deceived! I will go and do what even Genghis Khan failed to do!"

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