Chapter 1279: Why haven't they come back yet?

Why haven't they come back yet?

Do gods like self-destruction?

This is the most superficial truth Cheng Shi summarized from his past experiences.

Of course, there is another more profound truth, which is that extreme devotion must be blasphemy!

Otherwise, why would 【Sin of Desire】 blaspheme against his Lord 【Defilement】 before he died, and even personally create a person without desire?

Cheng Shi stared at Poison with a wonderful expression, and after a moment of silence, said:

"I know."

This is also something he learned from the gods. When you cannot give the other party an accurate answer, you might as well say "I know" to make the other party fall into the situation of "I don't know."

Cheng Shi undoubtedly learned the essence, because Poison expressed surprising understanding after hearing this.

Perhaps in her eyes, a god should be in this cold state like Cheng Shi now. The image of the previous player was too misleading, making her always unconsciously want to get close, but now she is "disillusioned" with the Fate Weaver.

It's not because her mentality has changed, but because her desires have been drawn away.

Just as Poison herself said, she is just playing herself now, playing that assassin lady who wants to get close to the Fate Weaver.

Seeing Poison a little confused, Cheng Shi smiled lightly:

"This is also good. Only by putting down all desires can one see the truth behind countless illusions in this world pulled by desires.

Your news is very important to me. 【Defilement】 is indeed one of the mysteries of the universe. I will investigate it carefully when I have time later.

But now, I must focus on the trial of 【Deception】.

I have to figure out if He is an aid I can win over, or an enemy I need to oppose..."

Cheng Shi's voice grew smaller and smaller, as if he were talking to himself, but soon he raised his head and smiled, "Also, don't think of yourself as too important. I directed you to see Aflos just because Aflos lacked some fun to relieve boredom, and you happened to have the desire to fuse faith.

This is a win-win situation, and it has nothing to do with what you saw today.

Since there is no desire in your heart, don't make things difficult for yourself. Enjoy the gentle warm wind of the present.

This is a rare moment of peace for you."

As he spoke, Cheng Shi turned and walked away, heading straight for the mound where Long Jing and squinty Old Zhang were hiding.

Seeing this, the expressions of the two Jesters changed slightly.

Oh no, it would be one thing if they hadn't heard anything, but why did the main person come to their door?

Long Jing's eyelids twitched violently, and without saying a word, he dug a hole and left the scene. Zhang Jizu, however, did not choose such an undignified way of leaving; he sighed lightly and stood where he was, waiting to be caught red-handed.

Cheng Shi was aiming for the two of them, and he knew that these two hadn't heard anything, so naturally, he wouldn't make an issue of it. His thoughts were very chaotic now, and he was still trying to understand Delahierco's behavior. Seeing squinty Old Zhang standing straight, he was slightly stunned, glanced at the mound next to him, and said with a strange expression:

"What's the meaning of this?

Security guard attribute explosion?

Old Zhang, you don't have to be so dedicated. Seeing a mound makes you feel like you've returned to the graveyard? No one is watching you stand guard here, right?

It can't be that you want me to praise you, right?"

As he spoke, Cheng Shi clapped his hands with a mocking face, muttering: "Oh my, standing really well..."

Zhang Jizu's face turned black, and his eyes almost disappeared into the shadows of his face.

But this time he didn't choose to retort.

His heart was equally complex, because he felt the aura of 【Death】 permeating around Cheng Shi and Poison.

The other party had rung that bone bell again.

The Jesters didn't know, but Zhang Jizu knew very well that the Lord behind the bone bell was not the benefactor on the Fish Bone Hall, but the true god who bestowed this trial, 【Deception】!

After having some understanding of the background of this trial, Zhang Jizu had been guessing what 【Deception】 was implying. At that time, he believed the claim that 【Deception】 was saving the world and cooperated with 【Deception】 to deceive all the Jesters. Now, he vaguely felt that Cheng Shi's attitude towards this trial was quite intriguing, so he began to reflect on whether he had also been deceived.

But he had no evidence, and for fear that his "foolish act" would ruin things, he fell into entanglement.

He was thinking about whether he should confess to Cheng Shi, and this entanglement fell into Cheng Shi's eyes, making him think that squinty Old Zhang had broken his defense.

Cheng Shi knew when to stop and didn't go on to mock the other party, but pondered slightly and threw Poison's question to Old Zhang, asking:

"What do you think desire is?"

Zhang Jizu was stunned, turned around the mound to look at Poison, who was standing still, and shook his head.

"People's hearts are different, hard to summarize.

What happened to Poison?"

Cheng Shi was quite disgusted with this perfunctory rhetoric. He curled his lips and said:

"Lost 100 S-rank items to me in rock-paper-scissors, couldn't accept her failure, and forcibly stood there pretending time had stopped to soothe her wounded self-esteem.

Tsk, foreign debts are really hard to collect now. Adding them up, there are 200 items that haven't been collected. Old Zhang, do you think they can be collected in this lifetime?"

Zhang Jizu narrowed his eyes tightly, glanced at the other party coldly and said: "It's not impossible to collect after death."

"..."

Really using the graveyard to pay off debts?

Cheng Shi couldn't laugh anymore.

He looked at the time, frowned slightly and said: "Why haven't Zhen Xin and the others come back yet? Two people shouldn't be unable to find even an NPC?"

Zhang Jizu didn't take this topic. He pondered for a moment, but still decided to test Cheng Shi's attitude towards 【Deception】 to confirm the conjecture in his heart.

"Not talking about Envoy Envoy Yu Xi?"

"?" Cheng Shi's expression stalled, and he pretended to be stupid for a second, "What about Envoy Envoy Yu Xi?"

"Poison told me, I know everything."

Cheng Shi stared at Old Zhang's small eyes with suspicion for a long time, then suddenly hummed and laughed:

"Tsk, trying to trick me?

Old Zhang, Old Zhang, don't think that just because you've fused with 【Deception】 you can deceive me. Maybe the one being deceived is you.

Believing everyone's words, what, haven't been deceived before?

People, still need to have independent judgment ability, otherwise they will be led into the ditch."

The speaker had no intention, but the listener had meaning. Zhang Jizu thought of 【Deception】's world-saving rhetoric again, and his heart sank.

And at this time, Cheng Shi's expression gradually became serious.

"Something's wrong.

Although this place is far from the Imperial City, it shouldn't take them this long. These two people couldn't have encountered any problems in the Imperial City, right?

Where is Long Jing?

Where did he go again?

Everyone is playing disappearing acts on me. This group of people couldn't be doing something behind my back, right?"

"..." Zhang Jizu looked away and remained silent.

Cheng Shi felt more and more that something was wrong. He frowned and looked in the direction of the Kurd Imperial City, and a figure happened to appear at the far end of this direction.

Long Jing!

The acrobat appeared, running back frantically. Seeing that there were only Cheng Shi and Zhang Jizu around, and only Poison standing in the distance, his expression was obviously a bit astonished.

Meeting Cheng Shi's suspicious gaze again, he said in surprise:

"The one surnamed Zhen didn't come back?"

Cheng Shi's gaze narrowed: "You went to the Imperial City and didn't see them?"

At this time, Long Jing obviously also noticed that something was wrong. He no longer covered up the fact that he had eavesdropped, nodded and said:

"Seeing you coming over, I thought I'd take a step ahead to see what the one surnamed Zhen had gained, but I didn't find anyone in the Imperial City.

The disappearance of Troupe Leader Chen Xi has already spread in the Imperial City. Fortunately, it hasn't spread out yet. The Kanrival Imperial Family has blocked the news and is searching the whole Imperial City for people.

I thought I had missed them, so I hurried back.

They really didn't come back?"

Long Jing's expression became more and more suspicious. He looked at the two people in front of him and said somewhat uncertainly:

"You two couldn't be the one surnamed Zhen and the Grand Marshal acting here for me, right?

Still want to treat me like a jester!?"

"..."

"..."

Cheng Shi looked at the acrobat in front of him speechlessly, thinking that PTSD had become a popular disease in this world.