Chapter 326: Praise the great patron!

Praise the great patron!

(Last day of July, 6000+!)

Cheng Shi paused slightly, thinking if it were a 【Void】 subordinate god, he would definitely want it, but 【Life】...

Forget it, after all, he didn't agree to 【Chaos】's recruitment either.

But one thing to say, he had another friend who was a 【Life】 subordinate god, um, to be precise, at least the first reserve messenger of 【Birth】.

If Xiang Honglin became the 【Prosperity】 daughter inheriting 【Prosperity】's authority, plus him, a 【Death】 employee, looking at it this way, he had quite a connection with 【Life】.

Cheng Shi lowered his head and pondered for a moment. He didn't rush to refuse, nor did he readily accept. He just waited until a suitable time to look up and say seriously:

"I am protected by two patrons and have become a walker of 【Void】, so naturally, I must practice the will of 【Void】.

【Life】 is brilliant and splendid, but it is not 【Void】 after all.

In past history, in the long river of time, I am an audience, a passerby, a bubble that bursts at a touch, but I am never a character who writes 【Existence】. So, my friend is more suitable for that position than I am."

The enormous skull's green flames brightened even more after hearing Cheng Shi say these words. He let out a laugh that shook the universe and looked at Cheng Shi with appreciation.

"Cheng... Shi, very good.

Have you ever... thought about coming..."

Before He could finish, in the broken torrent of white bones, an inconspicuous skull suddenly flew to the high sky of the Fish Bone Hall. Its teeth chattered, and with a grumpy attitude, it "rebelled against heaven" and scolded the owner of this hall, the owner of all the skulls.

"I said, old bone, you're poaching people in front of me, isn't that a bit too shameless?

You peeled your face clean just for this?"

???

The enormous skull's eyes turned cold instantly. He looked at the "bone servant" in the high sky, also gritting His teeth.

Cheng Shi was stunned, but he quickly realized who had come. He turned around in ecstasy, and then saw that the small skull flying in the high sky was suddenly burned to ashes by terrifying green flames ignited in the void.

But the ashes didn't fall; instead, they slowly drew a pair of eyes in the air whose corners were almost tilted to the sky.

The spirals and sparkling stars in those eyes were so magnificent that Cheng Shi wanted to praise them immediately:

"Praise—"

But before he could finish, he was whipped away by a bone whip transformed from the Fish Bone Hall and disappeared into the void together with his annoying patron.

Until his consciousness recovered, he could still hear a lingering "Get out" echoing in the void.

"..."

What kind of thing is this? Reporting the plan halfway through, and being whipped out of the company by the boss.

Can I sue Him for abusing employees at the labor bureau?

But that's not the point...

Being seen by his patron working part-time at another company and reporting to another boss, wouldn't He be angry?

When did He come?

He couldn't have heard the whole thing?

Ah? Then that Great One on the bone throne is too faceless, letting his patron hide for so long without discovering it?

Laugh to death, truly, among three people, there must be two clowns.

Still a skull, Cheng Shi floated in the familiar void, looking at the eyes that couldn't be more familiar, and finally completed the unfinished praise.

"Praise the great God of 【Fraud】, may the world be filled with falsehoods under your gaze, and may there be no more true words in the universe."

Those playful eyes just looked at the tiny skull in front of them and sneered:

"The work uniform is not bad. You've been having fun working under the old bone, haven't you."

"..."

Oh no, He's starting to be sarcastic.

Cheng Shi wanted to wipe the sweat from his head, but he had no hands, so he could only lower his head and admit his mistake first.

"Well... just making some extra money. Patron, you heard it all, I am truly sincere to 【Void】!"

"I can't hear. In the end, I'm just a pair of eyes, and I don't have ears, so how can I hear what others are saying?

Even if someone recites some fresh 'The coming and going paths are all destined' to the token I bestowed, I haven't heard it."

"..."

Patron, why don't we stop calling you 【Fraud】 and change it to 【Sarcasm】...

But this was clearly not the time to confront his patron. He was very anxious about whether Xiang Honglin could inherit 【Prosperity】's authority, so Cheng Shi hurriedly changed the subject and asked the eyes:

"Patron, the inheritance plan I just proposed to... er... is it feasible?"

The eyes blinked and said nothing.

The scene suddenly fell silent.

After a long while, Cheng Shi was so anxious he wanted to jump. Seeing his patron still had no reaction, his mind raced and he thought of a bad move.

He spat the Fate Dice out of his empty mouth and whispered:

"Lies like yesterday..."

The eyes heard this, the spirals in their eyes turned slightly, and their eyes brightened by three points, but they remained silent.

Cheng Shi had no choice but to add: "... mocking today."

Now, the spirals began to spin rapidly, and even the stars in the pupils began to flash happily.

"..."

Cheng Shi was numb.

Fine, fine, I really am a part of your mutual-abuse game.

Seeing his believer acting like a clown, those eyes finally became happy.

"Hee~

For the sake of your piety, I agree."

?

Ah?

Agreed?

What does it mean to agree?

Cheng Shi was shocked. He looked at his patron's appearance, which didn't seem like He was playing with him. This "agree" looked like He was going to take care of everything.

No, I talked to 【Death】 for so long and didn't get a result, and you just gave me an "agree"?

Is that it?

He asked in disbelief: "Do you mean it can be done?"

"Hmm~

Why not? Since 【Truth】 can cleverly take 【Prosperity】's authority with Dize'er's body, why can't I?

You're right, Lady Fulazhuo'er just disappeared. Even if they know all about 【Prosperity】 eating Her children, as long as they didn't see 【Prosperity】 assimilate Her eldest daughter with their own eyes, they can't deny that your little cat friend is Lady Fulazhuo'er.

But your ambition is not small, wanting to be 【Chaos】's messenger and also hold 【Prosperity】's oracle.

Greed, sometimes, can be fatal."

"..."

This couldn't be tolerated; this was simply a trumped-up charge!

"【Chaos】's messenger wasn't something I wanted; it was forced on me by you. 【Prosperity】's oracle isn't real either; I'm just relaying it for the bald one!

I told those Fungus-Foot people that my image was just a temporary shell, so this doesn't affect Lady Fulazhuo'er's true image..."

"A little clever, but not much.

You should thank yourself for adding that sentence, otherwise no amount of arguing would be useless.

Heh, 【Memory】 doesn't want me to paint over history again, but who would have thought that the history about to be tampered with this time would come from Her own creation.

You, when you see Him in the future, be careful. If you get killed by someone out of shame and anger, I can't save you."

"..."

Cheng Shi's heart skipped a beat, thinking it was going to be bad.

You wouldn't have reminded me if you hadn't said it. If I use up all three of 【Memory】's gifts, I don't know what to do if He comes to find me to break my oath...

Seeing his patron right in front of him, he hurriedly asked:

"Patron, if 【Memory】 summons me again without regard for martial arts and asks me to break my oath to 【Memory】, what should I do?"

The eyes in the void turned twice, laughing uncontrollably:

"Hee~

There's such a good thing?

Break it, why not break it? I can already imagine 【Fate】's ugly face. Hmm, I'll send you to see 【Memory】 right now."

!!!

Wait a minute!!

Cheng Shi was so scared he retreated a few steps, but because he was a skull head, he started rolling as he retreated.

The eyes watched this interesting scene and laughed loudly.

Cheng Shi was covered in skull sweat. Seeing his patron was just teasing him, he jumped back grumpily.

But he suddenly thought of something, his eyes went blank, and he said anxiously:

"Patron, 【Death】 said 【Existence】 trapped you to prevent the situation from expanding, so, are you out of trouble?

Does that mean the divine war is over?"

The laughing eyes instantly went silent. He looked at Cheng Shi with a half-smile and said coldly:

"What do you want to say?"

Oh no, He's going to be angry!

Cheng Shi hurriedly changed his words: "I just wanted to ask when you will send me back to discuss with the bald one. Time waits for no one."

The eyes in the void paused and nodded thoughtfully.

"【Time】 indeed waits for no one.

But I must remind you again, a mortal ascending to the sky in one step and acting on behalf of divine authority is an opportunity that doesn't come often.

Are you really not tempted?"

Cheng Shi curled his lips: "You don't need to trick me. You can see my heart, so you naturally know I have no interest in becoming a god. But I can only guarantee I don't want to, but I don't know if the bald one wants to.

This is indeed a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity. When you said the words 'acting on behalf of divine authority', even though I am just a skull now, I could feel my heart beating wildly, almost suffocating.

I really want my friend to ascend to that position, but I am not the bald one after all, and I cannot make decisions for her.

I just found an opportunity. If she doesn't agree..."

"You will give up?

Give up an opportunity to promote to a messenger or even approach the divine throne?"

"..."

Divine throne...

Cheng Shi was very conflicted. He really didn't want to miss this opportunity, whether from a friend's perspective or his own!

Yes, from his own perspective!

Cheng Shi didn't want nothing. He had selfish motives and his own goals.

Perhaps pushing Hu Xuan to that position earlier was just a coincidence, but now, at this very moment, he wasn't just wanting to give up a messenger position.

He was plotting!

When he knew Cheng Dashi was plotting against 【Prosperity】, and when he decided to join this madness, he knew he couldn't continue to be passive.

A rabbit will indeed die at the stump, but the waiting time is too long. After the first one, it's hard to wait for the second.

So to eat more, Cheng Shi decided to add wheels to the stump that could kill the rabbit.

He wanted to push it to find the rabbit, and then let the rabbit die on this fast-moving stump.

So he began to plot for himself.

And pushing Xiang Honglin to that position was the first move he made. This wasn't a great act of kindness. For one thing, no one knew what kind of risks that position faced, even 【Death】 and 【Fraud】 hadn't said. For another, compared to 【Life】, he was clearly more compatible with 【Void】, so to go further and faster in the future, he couldn't change his path for the time being.

At least he couldn't change his path for a messenger who only had a possibility of inheriting authority, or even only a possibility of inheriting half the authority.

So Cheng Shi wanted Xiang Honglin to take the spot. He wanted to push her to approach 【Them】, wanting this trustworthy friend to become his "eyes," using this new identity to perceive the changes between the 【Gods】, so that he could understand 【Them】 better.

But this step was full of unknown and even fatal risks, so he couldn't make the decision for Xiang Honglin, even though he felt she wouldn't refuse.

So Cheng Shi gritted his teeth and his eyes flickered. After thinking for a long time, he finally squeezed out a few words: "Then give up."

"Pfft—

Stupid."

This was clearly a scolding, but the eyes' tone didn't sound displeased at all.

He left. Before leaving, a wild wind blew in the void, rolling Cheng Shi down.

Cheng Shi only felt his vision go black and lost consciousness.

In the last second before his consciousness disappeared, he heard his patron's last piece of advice:

"Next time you see me, don't talk so explicitly. According to your human saying, it's indecent."

???

Cheng Shi was stunned.

When he woke up, he looked around for the first time. When he found he was back in the Sighing Forest transformed into a rainforest, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. He recalled the meeting just now, full of confusion.

How was it explicit?

But he immediately thought of his skull appearance that hadn't changed since he was saved by 【Death】, and then his brain went "buzz," and he was stupid.

Fine, fine, so that's how it was explicit. Then I was really too damn explicit just now.

His expression became strange. Xiang Honglin, seeing him appear suddenly, was first startled, and then asked with extreme shock and gossip:

"Who summoned you?"

"【Prosperity】..."

?

Xiang Honglin didn't quite believe it. She didn't believe that with her, a divine chosen one, here, her patron would summon a believer of 【Fate】. So she frowned and continued to ask:

"What did He summon you for?"

However, Cheng Shi wasn't answering her at all. He pondered for a moment, suddenly looked up at Xiang Honglin, and asked extremely solemnly:

"Bald one, do you want to become a god?"

"?"

"Forget it, I'll just say it directly. Do you want to become 【Prosperity】's messenger?"

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