Chapter 469: Mo Li

Mo Li's Reminder

While the two swindlers were huddled together in discussion, the idle Mo Li also exchanged a few brief words with the cold beauty Hu Xuan.

When Cheng Shi put away the contract and stood beside Hu Xuan once more, this candidate for the Messenger of 【Procreation】 asked with surprise:

"What did you say to Long Jing? The hostility he shows toward me seems to have lessened."

"?" Cheng Shi was stunned. "You're a mage; has your perception become this sharp now?"

Hu Xuan smiled brilliantly. "My perception is likely a bit different from what you call perception. Rather than saying I sense the hostility of others, it's more like I'm sensing the success probability of me being able to conceive an offspring."

"......"

Cheng Shi's smile suddenly froze on his face. He turned his head stiffly to look at Hu Xuan and swallowed hard.

Big sister, can you stop scaring me with strange points every time?

No, you 【Procreation】 followers are so terrifying—aren't you afraid of scaring people into becoming 【Filthy Fall】?

To avoid dwelling too long on the topic of 【Procreation】, Cheng Shi immediately changed the subject:

"Just chatting casually. Never mind that; what did Mo Li say to you?"

Hu Xuan smiled meaningfully and didn't press the issue, instead saying in a voice only the two of them could hear:

"He is trying to curry favor with me."

"Curry favor?"

"Yes. He warned me that Hu Wei's setup might be dangerous and told me to be careful and on guard.

But in which trial setup is there no danger?

I feel there is more to his words, but I didn't catch it."

Cheng Shi frowned slightly. "What were his exact words?"

"We chatted casually for a few sentences, and then he said quite seriously:

'The setup the Grand Marshal has put together might have some risks. Since it's your first time here, take extra care.'

Those were his exact words. Well, did you catch anything?"

After speaking, Hu Xuan looked up at Cheng Shi again. Her gaze was filled with trust and admiration; that look was practically saying: You should be able to understand, and you will tell me the information hidden in these words.

"......"

Cheng Shi skillfully avoided her gaze and fell into deep thought.

Clearly, as a peak-level support, Mo Li had no need to curry favor in this way with a 【Procreation】 God-Chosen whose "seniority" was shallower than his. It wasn't that he shouldn't "lower his status," but rather that his warning was far too "low-level."

It sounded more like polite small talk between strangers in a low-tier bracket, completely devoid of substance.

Based on Cheng Shi's impression of Mo Li during this time, the other party was a sharp and wise player, not someone who would say such things. He also felt there must be a deeper meaning to the words, but the problem was, what was it?

Cheng Shi carefully recalled every aspect of his contact with Mo Li but found no issues. Later, he began to recall the actions of everyone throughout the entire escape process, but he didn't recall anything abnormal either—until he carefully savored the "take extra care" in Mo Li's words. Then, a flash of inspiration hit his brain. He suddenly wondered if Mo Li's "take extra care" wasn't a warning to Hu Xuan to watch out for the risks of the next trial, but rather a warning to watch out for the risks posed by someone?

Who did he want Hu Xuan to guard against?

Who?

The setup the Grand Marshal put together... it's your first time here...

Could Mo Li's meaning be to let Hu Xuan guard against Hu Wei?

Did he feel Hu Wei was a risk?

When the focus of his thinking shifted, the logic naturally changed along with it. Cheng Shi instantly thought of a point he had previously overlooked: the Grand Marshal had seemed to say, "I am a passerby struggling outside the battlefield," when reciting the prayer.

At first glance, this sentence seemed fine, but upon closer inspection, the problem was huge.

You have to know, to be matched into the same trial, everyone must pray at the same time using the same set of prayers. This was no problem for Cheng Shi, Mo Li, and the others, because they were not followers of 【War】, so they were indeed passersby outside the battlefield.

But the problem was, there were two true 【War】 followers in this setup!

Hu Wei and Da Yi—could these two 【War】 insiders say such things when praying to their own Benefactor?

What is the difference between excluding oneself from the battlefield and blasphemy?

You cannot look at 【War】 being good at enduring and then blaspheme in front of the Benefactor just like me!

【Fate】 doesn't just endure; He also forgives. Will 【War】 do the same?

Thinking of this, Cheng Shi furrowed his brows. He wondered what exactly Mo Li wanted to express to Hu Xuan.

He first glanced at Hu Xuan, then his gaze inadvertently swept over Mo Li's direction. Who knew that at this moment, Mo Li was also quietly looking over here, so the two people's gazes collided instantly.

With just this one look, Cheng Shi confirmed his conjecture was correct: Mo Li was indeed warning Hu Xuan to watch out for the Grand Marshal!

Interesting. This follower of 【Order】 was actually letting two "outsiders" guard against a "brother" of the same path!

What had he seen?

Or perhaps, what did he know about that so-called "Pelaia Rebellion"?

Cheng Shi silently noted this matter and asked Hu Xuan again:

"Do you know Pelaia? It sounds like she was a great scholar of the Tower of Reason."

Hu Xuan's gaze tightened slightly, and she nodded.

"I've heard a little. She wasn't just a renowned great scholar; she was also a member of the Scholarly Chair Council of the Tower of Reason during the end of the Civilization Era!"

"The Scholarly Chair Council!?" Cheng Shi was shocked. He hadn't expected this person's status to be so high.

"Correct. And her ranking in the Scholarly Chair Council was quite high; she was a great scholar with significant influence. But... for unknown reasons, she betrayed the Tower of Reason and defected to..."

"【Foolishness】?" Cheng Shi frowned, suddenly thinking of Galiusha, who had "met" him a few times.

"No, not 【Foolishness】, but 【Chaos】!

She defected to 【Chaos】 and became the banner that led the Death Knell Knights to trample the Tower of Reason's capital, Tusnat."

【Chaos】?

So this trial was using a set of 【War】 prayers to participate in a matchup between 【Truth】 and 【Chaos】, a matchup where the Tower of Reason was destroyed?

Cheng Shi raised his eyebrows in surprise and smiled. "It seems the identity of a Messenger really can bring one quite a bit of intelligence."

Hu Xuan smiled as well:

"This has nothing to do with the identity of a Messenger. Everything I said is shared on the Mage Channel.

It's a magical profession. As long as you have time to browse the chat logs, you will gain far more information than you would by participating in trials yourself."

"......"

So it was the credit of the Mage Channel. These old mages are truly formidable!

"Anything else? Other intelligence regarding this Pelaia."

"No more. I pay very little attention to 【Truth】 because they are too rational, which is incompatible with the will of 【Procreation】.

As for 【Chaos】, I also rarely inquire about it; I fear His will would pollute me and turn me into a life form of chaotic reproduction.

So, I'm sorry, I only know this much." ===== CHAPTER 470 =====