Chapter 223: Athena: I Endure, and I Endure Again

"This is truly a headache."

Su Nian rubbed his temples in quite some pain; he could clearly see that his charming ancestors did not actually care about these legacies.

All they cared about was that these legacies could not be picked up cheaply by others.

"Inheriting is easy; the difficulty lies in holding onto these legacies."

As he said this, Su Nian sighed and looked at Shiroyasha and Athena.

"Of course, the greater possibility is that, given Arcadia's current size, it is completely unable to digest such a massive legacy."

Su Nian could easily guess that the legacies left by his ancestors were definitely things that could not be taken away, which meant one thing: if they could not be moved, the difficulty of liquidating them was naturally even greater.

Moreover, what was even more significant were the foundations in Little Garden and Human History that large God Groups coveted.

But things like foundations were only useful to large God Groups; ordinary small and medium-sized God Groups did not even have the qualifications to conquer such things.

The Halloween Queen's foundation is Great Britain, Greece's foundation is Greece, Thousand Eyes' foundation is America, the Shizishou's foundation is the Cross Religion...

As long as one has a foundation within Human History, it means there is a constant feedback of Merit, which is roughly equivalent to lying down and collecting money.

Furthermore, in a sense, a foundation also represents a God Group's reverse interference in Human History; the larger the foundation, the stronger the interference capability.

Heaven knows how long those Gods and Buddhas have been drooling over the foundation left behind after the Chinese God Group departed.

But if he could swallow it, it would mean that Su Nian could single-handedly and rapidly elevate an ordinary God Group to a super-large God Group capable of standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the Shizishou and the Greek God Group.

It is somewhat similar to the Halloween Queen, yet different.

The Halloween Queen inherited the legacies of those God Groups, but those God Groups were not all dead; she did not lack people under her command, and at the very least, she had the scale to digest those legacies.

But what about Su Nian? Can the Arcadia in his hands digest the legacy left by the Chinese God Group?

That is not even how a Snake swallowing an elephant works; it is as absurd as a small snake trying to swallow a star-beast of stellar magnitude.

Tsk, this is a trend of forcing him to start from scratch and build a large God Group.

This big pie, he is determined to eat it.

You can't hold onto it, but I can help you hold onto it... Athena almost couldn't control herself from making a sound.

Even if she could control herself, who could resist being tempted in the face of such a fortune?

Just selling the land alone, the land left behind by the Chinese God Group could buy many God Groups if sold off.

Not to mention the many blessed lands that could not be moved, as well as the heavenly treasures accumulated over thousands of years...

Forcibly staying behind this time was simply a huge profit; Athena suppressed the ecstasy in her heart, and her gaze toward Su Nian became increasingly fiery.

However, the more tempted she was, the more she needed to remain calm; she did not have any right to participate in the decision.

Su Nian hadn't even agreed to accept her help.

It was a pity that Su Nian was already betrothed; otherwise, she thought Aishiliya was quite good too.

Athena did not speak, but silently observed the attitudes of Su Nian and Shiroyasha from the side.

Hearing Su Nian's words, which were almost as if he were already confident in securing the legacy, Shiroyasha glared fiercely at Su Nian.

"Did I tell you this information so you could get carried away?"

"Floating to this extent?"

Although, with Su Nian's current configuration, in a sense, defeating Yang Jian really isn't too difficult.

Yang Jian doesn't even need to hold back much.

Damn, no wonder that old brat Yang Jian is so happy.

Wait... what kind of devilish growth rate does this kid have?

Shiroyasha blinked in disbelief; clearly, when she had just picked up Su Nian, he was still such a tiny little thing, unable to even beat the children of Arcadia.

How did Su Nian grow to this point in the blink of an eye?

But after thinking about Su Nian's essence, Shiroyasha found it unsurprising.

Shiroyasha forcibly swallowed back the reminder to Su Nian that defeating Yang Jian and gaining his recognition would not be that easy.

Instead, she switched to a rather earnest tone and patted Su Nian on the shoulder.

"I am doing this to make you wary of those guys with ill intentions."

As she said this, Shiroyasha glanced at Athena, who was smiling on the side with the temperament of a goddess.

"Take Athena for example; I am ninety percent sure that Athena is already calculating how to get closer to you and provide you with help."

Athena's smile stiffened, and her original intellectual goddess temperament seemed to become a bit awkward.

So infuriating... but she couldn't say anything.

Must endure... must smile, must show a smile...

Damn you, Baiye, can't you just let her be a quiet goddess on the side?

Watching Athena fall into an awkward state, Su Nian couldn't hold it in and laughed out loud.

For a moment, Athena's face turned even darker.

She felt like a clown-like contractor accompanying the client to drink, having to make a fool of herself to please the client so the client would agree to cooperate.

Forget it, a clown is a clown; at least there is a possibility of negotiation, right?

For the sake of profit... she will endure it again!!

"I am certainly aware of that."

Su Nian covered his mouth, trying his best not to look at Athena's strained expression as he spoke.

"It's fine to trade and cooperate with some people for the time being, but as for treating them as core allies, let's forget about that."

Although he didn't say it explicitly, everyone present knew exactly who Su Nian was talking about.

This was almost explicitly telling Goddess Athena to give up; from beginning to end, Athena was never on Su Nian's shortlist.

Especially seeing Athena's appearance—even when being disliked and targeted, she still forced a smile, staying here shamelessly like a clown.

It made Su Nian and Shiroyasha even less at ease with Athena.

It is hard to say that Athena would not choose to betray them for a greater benefit, and it is not impossible for her to play tricks during their cooperation.

It is not that Su Nian does not trust Athena's character, but rather that wealth truly moves the heart, and the relationship between Athena and Su Nian is not close enough for Su Nian to feel at ease with her.

In fact, Athena's reputation in Little Garden is quite good, she has no history of backstabbing allies, and her character has been long-tested.

But as everyone knows, the prejudice in one's heart is a great mountain; right now, Shiroyasha and Su Nian simply do not trust Athena, they simply have a prejudice.

And they have no intention of moving the mountain or letting go of their prejudice.

As for the reason behind this, Su Nian cannot quite put his finger on it, but for some reason, Athena always gives Su Nian a sense of unreality, as if she is too perfect to be anything but a facade.

Does Athena have any hobbies she likes so much she cannot give them up? Does she have any intimate confidantes? True best friends to whom she could entrust her life? Or is there anything she actually cares about?

The answer is absolutely none; there is not even a shred of information.

Athena is simply the Avatar of the word "goddess," too perfect to the point of feeling abnormal.

Only just now, when she was sparring with Algol and Shiroyasha and got the upper hand, did Su Nian feel that Athena was like a living person.

At other times, Su Nian feels that Athena is more like a flawless goddess.

Especially Athena's reaction just now, which made Su Nian feel even more that Athena was pretending to be a person named Athena.

Su Nian cannot feel any humanity in Athena at all; he only feels like she is a living machine.

With such an existence, who would dare to engage in truly intimate and seamless cooperation with her?

In any case, Su Nian does not dare.

Shiroyasha tilted her head slightly to look at Athena, said nothing more, and continued to smile while focusing her attention on Su Nian.

"Alright, let's stop chatting about other things and talk about business."

Shiroyasha also retracted the smile on her face, paying no mind to Athena, who was silently enduring it on the side.

"What I want to tell you is not that, but rather that the news that you are qualified to inherit the legacy left behind by the Chinese God Group is bound to leak."

"This should also be considered one of the tests from Them to see if you are qualified to inherit the legacy."

If one cannot dispel these prying eyes and choose good allies, then what qualifications do they have to inherit the legacy?

Nüwa and the others do not want the Manchukuo incident to happen again; the Yuan Dynasty incident occurred because Eternal Heaven was beaten into depression by the Lord of Hosts.

Learning from that Dystopia, He turned into Humanity's Final Trial, which manifested in Human History as the Yuan Dynasty, and was finally dealt with by a big shot.

Then, to prevent further incidents, they left behind some Daoist forces similar to Longhu Mountain, Maoshan, and Wudang Mountain.

To guard the remaining legacy; the big shots do not have high requirements for them, just to send messages regularly and know how to call for help when needed.

Of course, it is not that no talent was produced, but the talents produced, such as Zhenwu Great Emperor or Zhang Sanfeng, would certainly not stay in Little Garden.

And those who stayed behind were naturally much weaker compared to the surrounding covetous God Groups, and they simply could not play against those people.

Then the Manchukuo incident of usurping the Han occurred, and finally, forced by necessity, Yang Jian was forced to work overtime...

Only then was the surrounding covetous intent suppressed.

So if Su Nian wants to inherit the legacy, he must at least be able to suppress the thoughts of the surrounding God Groups, right?

"However, what I need to tell you is that ordinary God Groups dare not have any designs on you, even the most wanton Cross Religion dares not go too far with you."

"After all, they learned a lesson not long ago; during the Second Great War, the Spirit Status of the Only God was forcibly stripped of the Yahweh portion, which is an Avatar of that Great Heavenly Venerable."

"And the second son of God is still in Eden, disgusting the Cross Religion to this day."

Hmm, that person is still a Three-digit, after all.

"The other God Groups are the same; you must believe in the degree to which your ancestors protect their own."

"At least they dare not play too much on the surface."

Good heavens, is this my charming ancestor? This is too hot-tempered and protective, right? But I like it.

The corners of Su Nian's mouth could not help but curl into a smile; this fits his temperament perfectly.

"However—"

Shiroyasha's expression turned serious, and she said quite earnestly.

"The target you need to pay the most attention to right now is Buddhism."

"This is a warning from Sun Wukong."

Hearing the three words "Sun Wukong," Su Nian instantly perked up and firmly etched Shiroyasha's words into his mind.

"In other words, my current opponents, besides Ouroboros, must also include Buddhism, is that right?"

Su Nian's mouth twitched, and he looked up at the sky in some despair; for some reason, he felt he saw an uncle in the sky giving him a thumbs-up.

Damn! What kind of ultimate pressure-resistant king am I?

Is it really just me, by my own strength, against the entire Little Garden?

Behind Ouroboros is the Cross Religion.

Buddhism and the Cross Religion, these two are the strongest two power God Groups in Little Garden right now; they have more Three-digits alone than some God Groups have Four-digits.

And behind both of them are Two-digits.

This further solidified Su Nian's belief that he must hide his other Avatars even deeper.

Oh my, the Angra Mainyu Avatar, plus his current main account, the enemies added up are already more than the entire Little Garden.

Right, almost forgot, there is also the fictional Canary; if this explodes too? Then there is no need to play in the lower levels.

If I offend the small and medium-sized God Groups that are just slacking off later, then the entire Little Garden from top to bottom will be nothing but enemies.

Is this the feeling of being an enemy of the world? Su Nian fell into deep thought.

As expected, it is still a bit too exciting.

Shiroyasha nodded silently, while patting Su Nian on the shoulder to show comfort.

At least Su Nian is not alone behind his back.

"Come on, I believe in you."

I really want to flip the table and stop playing... I don't know why, but Su Nian felt a thick sense of malice.

It felt strongly like someone was shirking their responsibilities and preparing to run away, and he was the unlucky guy who had taken on the burden.

Damn it!

Suddenly, Su Nian felt that his charming ancestor was not so charming after all.

The idea that the predecessors plant trees so the descendants can enjoy the shade is simply impossible.

There is only the pit-falling reality where predecessors dig holes and descendants fall into them.

But he was forced to jump into it anyway; after all, Su Nian was indeed coveting this inheritance.

"Sigh~~"

Su Nian sighed helplessly and ultimately chose to accept this reality.

"I wanted to slack off for a few more days, but now I have to start struggling again."

"However, you don't need to be under so much pressure."

Shiroyasha watched Su Nian skillfully piling on the intensity for himself, and the corner of her mouth couldn't help but twitch.

Are all people of Chinese Mythology like this? They are all so damn competitive, so good at piling on the intensity for themselves.

"Actually, it's not that pessimistic; Buddhism trusts the monkey, after all, she is the Fighting Victorious Buddha."

"And there's the Old Peng King too; he is the uncle of the Buddha, so in a sense, you could be considered the brother-in-law of the great monk."

Shakyamuni acknowledged the Peacock Wisdom King as his mother, and since Jialouluo is the younger brother of the Peacock Wisdom King, he became the uncle of the Buddha.

"......"

Su Nian was silent for a moment, looking at Shiroyasha and Jialing, who was drinking alone in the distance.

Su Nian really hadn't expected that he could actually be related to that Buddha.

But I have to say, this background of Jialing... isn't it a bit too profound?

"Hmm... this soft rice really tastes good."

Su Nian really hadn't expected that he would actually end up eating Jialing's soft rice and clinging to Jialing's thigh.

As expected, Little Garden is not about fighting and killing, but about human relationships and worldly wisdom.

When living in Little Garden, what is most important? That would naturally be the connections and the powerful thighs behind you.

If that's the case, then it makes sense why the Asura Clan is in such a miserable state.

Who could they have kidnapped? They just had to go and kidnap Jialing.

For some reason, Su Nian felt that the Asura Clan really deserved it.

(End of chapter)