Chapter 1271: What Is Faith For?

What Is Faith For?

The jester broke down.

Which jester, it's hard to say.

Long Jing saw he had been recognized, so he simply stopped pretending, flicked his sleeves in shame and anger, wishing he could disappear on the spot.

But just after turning over another small mound, his face became solemn, he stopped abruptly, turned around, pulled Zhang Jizu to lie down behind the mound quickly, ears pricked high, listening to the movement of the two people behind the mound, while saying:

"Old Zhang, don't just stand there either; watch that side and don't let Cheng find us here. I have to hear what kind of catty business they have between them!"

Zhang Jizu shook his head and pulled Long Jing down three feet from the top of the mound.

"You are lying too high; if they fight, they will see you when they jump."

Long Jing blinked, then gave a thumbs up.

"You are still reliable; I won't hold it against you for calling me a jester.

We are all good brothers, so don't hold it against me for saying your eyes are small.

After all, your eyes are really small, but I am not a jester."

"......"

Zhang Jizu narrowed

Long Jing listened intently, completely failing to notice the face of Zhang Jizu, which was as black as the bottom of a pot, and muttered to himself: "Poison said she knows a great secret regarding the 【Filth-Fall】, what do you think this secret could be?"

【Filth-Fall】?

Zhang Jizu narrowed his eyes and shook his head, but he knew this secret might be related to Poison's exhaustion.

On the other side, while the shadow Cheng Shi was confronting Poison, Cheng Shi walked out silently from behind another hill, looked at the mound that could just hide two people's figures in the direction where Long Jing and the squinting old Zhang had left, and silently rolled his eyes.

He knew that two sneaky clowns were very likely hiding behind it and eavesdropping, but he chose not to expose them.

What would be the point?

Even if he dragged them out and drove them away, who knows if they would appear underground or overhead next time?

If the clowns' curiosity weren't strong, they wouldn't have come together to search for the true secrets of the Universe.

So... since they can't be persuaded, let them be; knowing where they are is better, at least he can selectively shield them when he needs to keep secrets.

Cheng Shi approached slowly, the two Cheng Shis merged into one in front of Poison, and seeing this magical scene, Poison said with great surprise:

"Is this the authority you manifested?"

"......"

It's a good thing the bone bell rang early, otherwise his disguise would have been completely blown.

Cheng Shi looked at Poison gloomily and replied casually: "I don't know what you're talking about, this is a tan I paid to get."

"Pfft, hahaha—" Poison clutched her stomach again, her eyes darting as she said, "Where did you get it done? I want to go get one too."

Cheng Shi rolled his eyes again and said irritably, "Don't think that just because I pointed out a path for you, you can jump around in front of me. I've said it before, in the game, I prefer you to address me as Cheng Shi."

Although the tone of these words was intimidating, Poison knew Cheng Shi wasn't actually angry, but she still lowered her posture and said submissively and humbly:

"Then, Lord Cheng Shi, can we begin?"

"?" Cheng Shi was stunned, "Begin what?"

"You dismissed everyone, leaving only this little girl here, isn't it because you wanted to..." As she spoke, Poison used a dagger to slice open the collar of her hoodie, then continued downward, along...

"Boom—"

An abrupt bolt of lightning grazed Poison's hair, blasting the ground behind her into scorched earth.

This strike directly pulled Poison's memory back to that residential house in Kannar, the capital of the Luo Sina Empire. Back then, Cheng Shi had also started their "normal" conversation with this same bolt of lightning. Coincidentally, there were two people eavesdropping back then, too.

Poison glanced at the distant hill with an inexplicable expression and feigned terror: "Lord Cheng Shi, what did I do wrong?"

"......"

Cheng Shi said with a dark face: "Be normal, don't stir up trouble."

Poison felt extremely wronged: "What's not normal about me? I just pricked myself, can't I even slice open my clothes to bandage it?

Some people are clearly priests but won't even heal others...

You won't heal me, and you won't let me heal myself?"

"I......"

Cheng Shi's eyelid twitched violently.

Fine, fine, I see it now, you 【Filth-Fall】 believers really have so many tricks!

He laughed in anger, and with a dark face, he cast a healing spell. The vibrant holy light sprinkled onto Poison. Feeling the tingling sensation of her flesh and skin knitting together, Poison couldn't help herself:

"Ah~"

"Shut up!"

Cheng Shi's face stiffened. He raised his hand, gripped another bolt of lightning, and said, "If you make that kind of deathly noise again, I'll bury you in the squinting old Zhang's graveyard until you can't make a sound ever again!

Say what you have to say, don't waste my time.

Also, be serious, and put away all those dirty thoughts in your head!"

Perhaps sensing Cheng Shi's impatience, Poison honestly put away her previous expression, sat upright on the ground, lowered her head, and said apologetically:

"I understand, Lord Cheng Shi, but I must defend myself.

My head isn't filled with dirty waste... it's filled with pure, authentic yellow goods.

Colors aren't right or wrong; the ones who are wrong are those wearing colored glasses.

Just like human desires, people's prejudices have never disappeared from ancient times to the present."

"......"

Cheng Shi's eyelid twitched violently. If he hadn't confirmed that Zhen Xin had left, he would have even thought the Poison in front of him had been replaced by Zhen Xin.

Sister, have you also been infected by 【Deception】?

Why are you so talkative today?

Cheng Shi snorted coldly and said condescendingly: "Do you think you're very funny?"

"Probably not as funny as the Clown..." Poison's posture became even more humble.

"......?"

Something is wrong!

Something is definitely wrong!

With Poison's will, which is best at fawning, the normal her would never repeatedly dance on her own "minefield." Today's Poison is more like Chen Shu, trying every way to pick a fight with him.

But she knows his identity as Envoy Envoy Yu Xi. What kind of change gave her such desperate courage to dare to pick a fight with the subordinate god who guides her?

He immediately realized that everything before him was just Poison beating around the bush; she was feigning calmness to hide her unsettled heart.

What happened to her?

Cheng Shi frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, put his hand away, and said seriously: "What happened?"

The sudden change in atmosphere caused Poison to instantly lose her previous "courage." She sat down dejectedly, shook her head with eyes full of weariness, and not knowing what she thought of, she struggled to lift her head, looked at Cheng Shi, stared into his eyes, and asked word by word:

"Are you......

really Envoy Envoy Yu Xi?"

Cheng Shi's gaze focused. He thought that what the other party had experienced was highly likely related to Envoy Envoy Yu Xi. He wasn't sure how things would develop later, nor was he sure if he had revealed any flaws, so he became vague and mysterious:

"If I am, so what?

If I'm not, so what?

Believe it and it is, don't believe it and it isn't. It's just the status of a subordinate god, what is there to struggle with?

I am Cheng Shi, as always, never changed.

Are you satisfied with this answer?"

Poison was stunned, carefully pondering Cheng Shi's meaning, and then shook her head in confusion:

"I don't know......

I don't know if I'm satisfied, I don't know what I'm doing, and I don't even know why I'm chasing this game......

Lord Envoy Envoy Yu Xi, if you are truly one of those high and mighty gods, can you clear up my confusion?

Faith, what is it for?"

Cheng Shi's doubts grew deeper, but on the surface, he said nonchalantly:

"It's very simple, to stay alive."

Poison was stunned again, then suddenly burst into laughter. Her laughter was so confused, so mocking, and so insane that Cheng Shi thought she had gone mad.

"Alive?

What a great 'alive.'

Since it's to stay alive, then why did He perish before my eyes?"

"!!??"