Chapter 381: Male Pet

"How bold, to actually slander Lord Guangming Xiu!"

The young Holy Knight's expression changed drastically upon hearing Jiang Ruoyu's words.

After all, Guangming Xiu was a Paladin of Light, the human closest to the God of Light.

His faith was firm and devout; how could such a Guangming Xiu betray the Light Temple, how could he become a traitor to the Light Temple?

Most of these Paladins of Light felt that Jiang Ruoyu was spouting nonsense.

Only Guangming Xiu took an extra look at Jiang Ruoyu, but the expression on his face remained very calm.

"These... I am naturally not spouting nonsense." Jiang Ruoyu smiled. "If I remember correctly, not much time remains before you, Guangming Xiu, leave the Light Temple."

"Playing god and acting like a ghost." Guangming Xiu finally spoke, though he did not take Jiang Ruoyu's words to heart.

"My Lord, they are the lackeys of the Nine Prince. I beg you, my Lord, to eliminate the evil and uphold justice for us!" At this moment, Shizi shouted boldly.

Among the crowd, other people in tattered clothing also hurriedly shouted: "Lord Holy Knight, uphold justice for us!"

"You are our only hope!"

It must be said, the scene of more than a dozen people crying while petitioning was quite moving.

Young people are the easiest to be moved. The young Holy Knights had always considered themselves the embodiment of justice.

Many were moved by those people, their sense of justice overflowing; they looked at Guangming Xiu, waiting for his orders.

Guangming Xiu looked at Ye Di and Jiang Ruoyu and spoke slowly: "Was the Light Holy War Army destroyed by you?"

A smile appeared on Ye Di's face: "They accidentally wandered into the Abyss and died; it has nothing to do with us."

Ye Di also understood that if a death battle could be avoided, it should be avoided.

"My Lord, I saw it with my own eyes, it was they who destroyed the Light Holy War Army!" Shizi said hurriedly. "Please, my Lord, enter the city, perform Array Detection, and bring light to Koya City."

Shizi knew that once the Paladins of Light entered the city to perform Array Detection, then... blood would dye Koya City red.

His goal would also be achieved.

These Paladins of Light all harbored justice in their hearts.

They hated evil intensely and hoped to be able to purge it.

Guangming Xiu's gaze was calm; as a Commander, he was not that impulsive.

Once Array Detection was used within the city, the situation would become uncontrollable.

If Paladins of Light did not encounter evil, they could pretend nothing had happened.

But if evil appeared before them, even if it meant death, they had to destroy it.

Therefore, the current Guangming Xiu was in a dilemma.

However, he remained very calm at this moment, seemingly indifferent.

At this time, Jiang Ruoyu's voice came: "In this world, the profession I hate the most is the Paladin of Light. These people only know ignorant kindness and ignorant justice.

Sometimes, for the sake of so-called light, they create countless evils.

The Sea Pearl is the best example."

Hearing "Sea Pearl," the expressions of the Holy Knights present changed slightly.

Guangming Xiu looked at Jiang Ruoyu, and the look in his eyes also changed.

"Guangming Xiu, aren't they begging you to enter the city and use Array Detection?

Why not use Array Detection on them and on us right now, to see... who is the good person and who is the bad person?" Jiang Ruoyu had a smile on his face.

Once these words were spoken, the Paladins of Light were slightly stunned.

It was the first time they had seen villains begging them to use Array Detection.

Those people in tattered clothes also had their expressions change slightly at this moment, especially Shizi, whose face revealed a trace of fear.

This was the first time he had encountered such a situation.

They were the accusers, dressed in rags, looking like the lowest class of Commoners; people like them, at a glance, did not look like bad people.

Under normal circumstances, Paladins of Light would never use Array Detection on a group like them!

At this moment, he was somewhat panicked, and Yaiya even more so.

If Shizi had not been gripping her hand tightly, signaling her not to speak, she would have already opened her mouth.

Other young Holy Knights, upon hearing Jiang Ruoyu's words, had some joy appear on their faces: "Commander, since they are begging for Array Detection, I think... we should use it to distinguish the evil!"

Guangming Xiu's gaze fell on Jiang Ruoyu, and for the first time, surprise appeared in his eyes.

"Agreed," Guangming Xiu said.

Immediately, Holy Knights stepped forward; their gazes were devout, and they muttered words under their breath.

"Array Detection!"

They used Array Detection on the crowd, and also used it on Jiang Ruoyu.

"Evil!" The young Holy Knight was slightly stunned.

In the crowd, there were fifteen lights in total; among these fifteen lights, five were particularly blood-red, and the other lights were also mostly red, though the color was very faint.

This indicated that this group of tattered Commoners were mostly evildoers.

Especially the five lights among them, the color was particularly deep, which indicated that their evil was immense.

According to the code of the Paladins of Light, these five people must die.

The other ten-plus people all needed to suffer the punishment they deserved.

In contrast, the light on Jiang Ruoyu and Ye Di was slightly red, but extremely faint.

This level of light did not count for anything at all.

In fact, if they believed in the Light Temple, after a period of cultivation to dissipate the red light, they could even become members of the Paladins of Light.

The young Holy Knights were all very astonished to see this scene.

It was the first time they had encountered such a thing while out on a mission.

The accuser is actually a great villain, while the accused is actually... a good person?

Guangming Xiu was also slightly surprised, then spoke: "Fight for the light!"

Immediately, more than ten Paladin of Light stepped forward and began the Purification of evil.

Shizi's expression changed drastically: "My lord, it's fake, this is fake, I am a believer of the Light Temple!"

He felt great regret, and also great fear.

The red light on his body was very dense; he would undoubtedly die.

He was very angry; these Paladin of Light were not playing by the rules!

However, the Paladin of Light did not give him any chance to resist at all; a ray of light landed on his body, and Shizi let out a scream.

Yaiya was the same.

A Purification took place right here.

Suddenly, among those dozen or so ragged Commoner, five died, and the others were in a miserable state, with those missing legs missing legs, and those missing ears missing ears.

Seeing this scene, many of the other Holy Knight felt angry, while many others felt self-reproach.

They were angry at being deceived and used.

Jiang Ruoyu looked at Guangming Xiu, his eyes smiling: "With the red light we have, we shouldn't be purified, right?"

Guangming Xiu looked at Jiang Ruoyu and finally nodded: "No need."

Indeed, the red light on Jiang Ruoyu and Ye Di was extremely faint, almost negligible.

"So, you have misunderstood the Nine Prince.

Guangming Xiu, you wouldn't want the Sea Pearl incident to happen again, would you?

You wouldn't want to be used by the Light Temple again, would you?"

As soon as Jiang Ruoyu said these words, it immediately stirred up waves among the Paladin of Light.

"What do you mean!"

"Stop slandering the Temple!"

To these Paladin of Light, the Light Temple was their faith and their banner, not to be profaned by anyone.

Guangming Xiu looked at Jiang Ruoyu, strange emotions appearing on his face.

However, he did not respond directly to Jiang Ruoyu's words, but instead said:

"The accuser is evil, but that does not mean the Nine Prince is not evil.

The Nine Prince is the prime suspect in the destruction of the Light Holy War Army; I will definitely find out the truth." Guangming Xiu's voice was deep and filled with righteousness.

"Sigh..." Jiang Ruoyu sighed, "Guangming Xiu... the current you is still not cute enough; I still prefer the you who betrayed the Light Temple."

Guangming Xiu's gaze was cold: "My heart faces the light, so I will naturally not stray from the light; what you say is nothing but nonsense."

"Is that so?" Jiang Ruoyu smiled, "What if the light you pursue is not just light?"

Jiang Ruoyu wore a meaningful smile: "If I remember correctly, your parents and your wife all died at the hands of the Death Temple, right?"

It was precisely because Guangming Xiu had a grudge against the Death Temple, coupled with the justice in his heart, that he was so resistant to the cooperation of the Four Great Temples this time.

Hearing Jiang Ruoyu's words, a flash of astonishment crossed Guangming Xiu's face, and a dangerous aura flickered in his eyes: "Who are you?"

How did he know?

These matters were extremely secret, known only to the high-level officials of the Light Temple.

Jiang Ruoyu smiled brilliantly: "Who I am is not important; I look forward to the day you leave the Light Temple."

Jiang Ruoyu took Ye Di and left quickly under the gaze of Guangming Xiu and the other Holy Knight.

Guangming Xiu watched Jiang Ruoyu's retreating back, his gaze complex.

Amidst the mountains and rivers, Ye Di looked curious: "Master, you said Guangming Xiu will betray the Light Temple, is that true or false?"

"Naturally, it is true," Jiang Ruoyu said calmly.

"But he is a Paladin of Light! According to the game settings, he counts as the most devout believer of the Light God!" Ye Di was puzzled.

"What if the Light God... is not just the Light God?"

"What?" Ye Di was shocked, "Master, where did you learn all this? Could it be that you know the developers of this game?

That's not right, if you knew them, why didn't you get the closed beta qualification directly?"

Ye Di was a bit confused again.

"These things... you don't need to know." Jiang Ruoyu clearly did not want to continue this topic, and he said, "Guangming Xiu is also a miserable person.

In this game, there are three people I admire the most."

"Ah? Which three?"

"The first is Guangming Xiu.

If I remember correctly, he eventually betrayed the Light Temple.

His profession also changed from Paladin of Light to Sacred Knight.

Relying on the artifact Pale Justice, he almost overturned the Light Temple.

In the end, it took the Light God himself to suppress him.

It is sad and lamentable."

"Ah, he actually has such a story?

What about the other two?" Ye Di asked.

"The second person I admire is the King of the Saya Kingdom, who is the father of the Nine Prince." A sharp look flashed in Jiang Ruoyu's eyes.

"Ah? What happened to him?" Ye Di was puzzled.

He had seen the Manager's father in the game, but he was just an Ordinary person.

"With a human body, he stripped away the Godhood of the Song God and became the new Song God."

"Damn, when did this happen?"

"If I remember correctly, the current him is already a trusted God of Song.

It's just that he hasn't officially ascended to godhood yet and hasn't entered the God Kingdom.

What he did can be called extremely difficult, truly defying the heavens," Jiang Ruoyu sighed.

To defy gods with a mortal body is extremely difficult.

Especially since Diya, the king of the Saya Kingdom, is still a believer of the God of Song.

Generally speaking, believers cannot resist the gods they worship.

Even if a mortal ascends to godhood, they usually find a vacant God Position.

Yet Diya, with a mortal body, deceived the gods and even successfully snatched a god's God Position.

This level of difficulty is more than ten times harder than a mortal ascending to godhood.

"Damn, no wonder!" Ye Di was very shocked, "One day, I will be like Diya and become a god!

By the way, who is the last one? Is it the Manager?"

"Nine Prince?" A look of confusion flashed in Jiang Ruoyu's eyes, "It's not him. In my memory, he was just an Ordinary prince.

If you say he was special... he was indeed somewhat special, and it relates to the person I admired most in the end."

"Ah?"

"The person I admired most in the end is also the person I admired most in this game world.

Her name is An Qian, known as the Child of Calamity.

It was she... who started the Era of Calamity, causing all the gods to fall from the God Kingdom, descend into the mortal world, and walk as saints.

It was also she who hunted countless gods, only to be eventually banished into the Void by the combined efforts of all the gods."

"An Qian? Who is she? Never heard of her!" Ye Di was puzzled, but Jiang Ruoyu's subsequent words truly shocked him.

The Era of Calamity, the fall of gods, walking the human world as saints—this definitely counted as a major event.

An Qian was truly formidable to be able to pull this off.

"An Qian's identity is a mystery. Some say... she is actually an Outsider.

And... most importantly, An Qian has an immortal body... even if killed, she can resurrect the next day.

In the end, the gods joined forces and could only banish her." Speaking of this, Jiang Ruoyu's expression was a bit strange.

"This sounds just like us players, doesn't it?" Ye Di wondered, but he continued to ask, "What is her relationship with the Manager?"

"I heard... Nine Prince once helped An Qian.

So later, Nine Prince... became An Qian's... boy toy."

"Pfft..." Ye Di spat out his saliva, "Boy toy? The Manager?"

The Manager is handsome, that face is definitely qualified to be a pretty boy.

But having that cold face be a boy toy is definitely explosive.

"Really? A boy toy?"

"Of course, this is just a rumor. No one knows the true nature of their relationship; it is only known that they were very close.

By the way, in the end, the gods sealed the Child of Calamity An Qian, and it is said that this had a lot to do with Nine Prince's betrayal. He betrayed... An Qian."

"No way, why would a game designer betray a plot character?"

"Who knows?" Jiang Ruoyu sighed lightly, "However... now that Koya City has changed and you have come to this world, I'm afraid the world line has already shifted. It's not impossible that the Manager might not even meet An Qian."

Indeed, in Jiang Ruoyu's memory, Prince Lin, also known as Lin Chao, had always been unremarkable.

His most prominent feature was the rumor that he was the boy toy of the Child of Calamity, An Qian.

"Absurd," Ye Di said, "Master, are you also a developer of this game?"

"Haha... perhaps in another parallel world, I am." Jiang Ruoyu did not answer directly.

After all, even he himself did not know.

"No wonder Master knew more than me as soon as you entered the game!" Ye Di exclaimed.

(End of this chapter)