Chapter 89: Li Yu Won

Group member benefits... Illustrated Guide to the Gods... worth five thousand merit points...

These words made Li Yu very excited; he could peek into the secrets of the gods, charge his Truth Bubbles, and it was cheap—how could he resist?

Very quickly, he received the surging knowledge.

However, when he finished reading through it quickly, a strange expression could not help but appear on his face.

This illustrated book depicted nearly twenty True Gods, including the six Great Orthodox Gods and several of the most powerful evil gods in the Wanfu City sphere of influence.

But without exception, the "portraits" of the True Gods were extremely abstract, or one could say, crudely made.

For example, [Hao Tian] was shockingly drawn in the book as a huge, white, lightbulb-shaped entity, and as if to gild the lily, a slightly foolish-looking vertical eye was added.

Or take [Demon-Slaying Heavenly Venerable], a top-tier nemesis of evil gods who was rumored to be extremely fierce in the divine wars, holding his own against three opponents at once; yet, he was drawn as a disheveled figure with his face obscured, holding a sword pointed forward, looking like a middle-school-syndrome street thug.

If the Orthodox Gods were like this, the treatment of the evil gods was no better.

Like [Black Maitreya], who clearly looked like a short, fat child.

And [Kind Father], who was the most miserable, depicted as a bloated, ugly, big green fatty, with lines added around his body to represent a foul stench.

"How can this kind of illustrated book still exist?"

"Are the gods not offended by being blasphemed like this?"

Li Yu was greatly shocked at this moment and tried to find the author of the book, but there was none.

Afterward, he began to carefully observe the introductions to these True Gods below the images; the linguistic style was entirely consistent with the portraits, filled with unserious, mocking commentary, and the amount of information contained was not as much as Li Yu had imagined.

This was reasonable; if it really involved a large number of secrets of the gods, the value of this illustrated guide in the Demon Star Order would not be a mere five thousand points.

Even so, Li Yu still felt that his knowledge had greatly increased.

And when he flipped to the last page, he saw his own "True God."

Spirit Venerable!

The image was equally abstract, with no specific external appearance at all, but instead depicted a filthy stick, a pair of hands rummaging everywhere to create phantoms, a pair of wretched-looking eyes, and clusters of black thread balls representing some kind of pollution.

Below was a brief introduction:

"Spirit Venerable, the shit-stirrer among the gods, a thief, a shameless peeper, a polluter of all living beings."

"Oh, and a short-lived ghost?"

Li Yu could tell.

The compiler of the illustrated book did not have much respect for almost any deity, regardless of whether they were orthodox or evil.

Even the Earth Mother and the Buddha, both known for their compassion and mercy, were treated with the same abstraction.

However, most of the introductions and comments were fine, but for his own True God, Spirit Venerable, Li Yu searched carefully and found not a single good word.

Once again, Li Yu felt a strong curiosity about the author of the book and directly thought in his heart:

"Demon Star!"

"Who is the author of this 'Illustrated Guide to the Gods'?"

"This question requires a deduction of five thousand merit points; do you accept?"

"Forget it."

Although Li Yu could afford it, there was no need; his voyeuristic obsession had not reached that point yet, and he could still endure it.

While continuing to examine the book in detail, attempting to deduce some secrets himself, his thoughts also returned to the star group [Heavenly Pride Assembly] which had new messages.

Shang Yang, who had been called upon by a crowd of heavenly pride group members for a long time, finally spoke at this moment.

Clearly, this fellow had also become a wealthy dog.

Several consecutive segments of thought transformed into eerie fonts, floating before Li Yu's eyes:

"Order Master of the Calamity Star, Shang doesn't care who you are in reality; I imagine you don't have much of a background, just a treacherous rogue cultivator who brings bad luck with him, which is how you gained the recognition of the Calamity Star."

"However, your luck and methods are quite good. You have taken first place in contributions in both expeditions you've experienced so far. According to the rules of the Demon Star Order, the difficulty of your third expedition mission will be increased; I fear you will be sent directly into a Strange Domain Spirit Realm where all participants from both the orthodox and evil sides are Sequence Seven."

"The weak are prey to the strong, refining the heavenly prides—this is the operating rule of the Demon Star Order that differs from the Reincarnation Heavenly Net."

"I have now ascended to Sequence Seven [Mad Scholar]. There is a high probability that you will meet me again. At that time, I will not give you another chance. My current divine abilities and methods can already restrain your ability to impersonate other sequences, and I will also carry some strange objects inside..."

When he saw this.

Whether it was Li Yu or the group of members, they all thought Shang Yang was threatening the Calamity Star.

Giving advance notice that he would slaughter him in the next Strange Domain.

But who would have expected that the next moment, Shang Yang would suddenly change his tone and actually initiate a recruitment of Li Yu.

Of course, the tone was very bad.

"You still have a chance to survive, and that is to defect to my [Sacred Nest]."

"You don't need to directly expose your identity to defect; I will use my Demon Star authority to transmit a communication strange object to you."

"If you accept, from now on you will be a cultivator under my Sacred Nest."

"If you refuse, the next Strange Domain you share with me will be your burial ground."

When Li Yu finished reading these, a special prompt sound indeed came to his mind: "The Order Master with the codename 'Wisdom Star' is using authority to transmit a strange object to you; do you choose to accept?"

"Refuse!"

Without hesitating for even a second, Li Yu made his choice.

Are you kidding?

Unless he was crazy, he would never accept.

By now, his understanding of the organization [Sacred Nest] was no longer too shallow; he knew perfectly well that this was a force composed of a bunch of lunatics.

Not to mention that these lunatics now seemed to have obtained technical support from the Heavenly Craft Sect, and there was a trend of fusion between flesh and machinery.

Who knows, the moment he accepted that communication strange object, his identity information might be directly exposed; how would that be any different from seeking death?

After refusing, Li Yu did not intend to reply to that whole pile of words from Shang Yang.

Although he had one free speaking opportunity, there was not a single person behind these eerie stars before him who was easy to deal with.

Even though he had tricked Cui Minmin and Shang Yang, in reality, it was Li Yu taking advantage of the fact that the two were not on guard.

To do it again would be impossible.

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And these two did not seem to stand out in the group.

With such a large group of mysterious and dangerous "trolls" waiting for him to speak, Li Yu could not let them have their way.

At least until he himself ascended to Sequence Seven, or even the unknown Sequence Six, Li Yu would not have any active performance.

The more you say, the more you err; say nothing, and you err not.

Once his bottom line was leaked, his situation would be exceptionally dangerous.

But Li Yu was not completely without action; he silently shared that group benefit, the "Illustrated Guide to the Gods," into the stars and flicked the largest, colorful, eerie star that represented the "Group Owner."

According to the habits of his past life, this was similar to a "like."

Including Shang Yang, none of the heavenly prides expected such a reply.

Consequently, the stars first froze for an instant, and then erupted with various eerie fonts of laughter:

"Hahaha!"

"Hahaha... Shang Yang, you've been ignored by the Calamity Star."

"Good, this is truly great; I'm starting to like this new Order Master a bit."

"The book shared by the Group Owner, because it blasphemed the [Hanging King], I didn't dare to say anything after reading it, let alone express praise. The new Order Master is worthy of being the Calamity Star; his guts are truly big enough."

"Although the gods cannot interfere with the operation of the Demon Star Order, they have a faint sense of some existences that blaspheme them. The Group Owner isn't afraid because the path he cultivates is the same as the author of the illustrated book; the gods can do nothing to him, not even increase the difficulty of his Strange Domain expeditions."

"Although there is no evidence that any god has paid attention to this illustrated book, what if?"

"After this book was shared by the Group Owner, until now, only the Calamity Star has dared to express praise. Doesn't this mean he agrees with all the evaluations inside? Could it be that the True God he follows and believes in was not included in the illustrated book?"

"Little Brother Calamity Star is so fierce; Minmin likes him even more now."

"Quick, pay me, I judge that Shang Yang lost this round; does anyone have any objections?"

"None!"

"Shang Yang himself has to admit it; does he dare to agree with that book? It describes the [Ancient Saint] as a stupid... hahaha."

Accompanied by the laughter of these troll heavenly prides, Shang Yang actually did not speak again, but defaulted to the result.

It was normal; Li Yu had looked at the book carefully.

It depicted the True God [Ancient Saint] as a mysterious and insane existence, and the evaluation was: a stupid god who thinks he is smart, likes to hide in the shadows to plot conspiracies, and loves to make useless inventions—a manufacturer of garbage for the human and divine worlds.

Shang Yang was now Sequence Seven, so his spiritual response to his own True God must be stronger.

Although the possibility of being noticed was almost zero, what if?

If he were truly discovered, he would surely die.

This sudden turn of events was something Li Yu had not expected.

He praised the "Illustrated Guide to the Gods" naturally because it completely satisfied his cravings and desires; for a mere one hundred merit points, he obtained an unknown powerhouse's depiction and evaluation of the gods—it was an absolute steal.

The key was the method, which he also liked very much.

As for blasphemy and offense?

This involved the point where Li Yu was completely different from most practitioners in this world.

In Li Yu's heart, there was no pious faith in any deity.

Even though he cultivated the Spirit Venerable path, he had no intention of believing in this god, let alone praying every day, or like other practitioners whose True Gods had fallen, racking his brains to gather believers, engaging in conspiracies, and attempting to resurrect the True God.

"Sure enough, there are still many pitfalls in this world; no matter how strong one's strength is, one must still act with caution."

When this thought of self-reminding fell, Li Yu was already planning to use the eighth Truth Bubble to do something.

Yet at this very moment, a demonic light suddenly flickered before his eyes, and a special font, as if visible only to him, emerged within his sea of consciousness:

"Star of Disaster!"

"You need not worry about being noticed by the gods. This book, the Illustrated Guide to the Gods, was written in his early years by a predecessor on my path who was nearing godhood. He has long since cast spells upon this book, so no one who reads it will be known to the gods."

"Another reason is that, to the gods, you are as weak as an ant and as insignificant as a speck of dust, so rest assured."

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(End of chapter)