Facing Shennong's inquiry, the gray-robed man revealed no flaws, as if shrouded entirely in mist, making it difficult to see clearly.

But his importance to their side at this moment was beyond doubt.

Shennong sighed again, "It's wonderful that you're on our side."

If it weren't for Zhu Jiuyin, Wei Yuan would likely have chosen to do everything in his power to destroy the corpse and eliminate all traces, then use various techniques to distort the secrets of heaven, attempting to conceal his own existence to prevent detection. However, this would only be prevention, not a complete severing of that possibility.

The current approach was obviously much more brilliant than the methods that Xuan Yuan, Xing Tian, or Wei Yuan would have chosen.

However, what was the origin of the tacit understanding and relationship between Zhulong and Wei Yuan?

Why would this Lord of the Nine Netherworlds come to help?

This thought circled in Shennong's mind, but he didn't ask it aloud. Perhaps Xuan Yuan and Xing Tian wouldn't feel comfortable without asking, but Shennong knew that sometimes keeping some things unsaid made it easier to get along, without needing to get to the bottom of everything.

He smiled and turned his head, then looked at Xing Tian and Xuan Yuan with a hint of self-satisfaction.

You two are still far behind.

Although I'm not as good as Zhu Jiuyin, I'm still better than you.

He saw the two of them starting to fight because of Xuan Yuan's provocation.

Ji Xuan Yuan said, "I'm much smarter and more intelligent than you!"

Xing Tian seemed to have suffered a great insult.

He roared in anger, "Nonsense!"

"Everyone knows my brain is better than yours!"

Ji Xuan Yuan was furious, "I won!"

Xing Tian was enraged, reached out, and with a *bo'er* sound, pulled off his head.

Two mouths, one above and one below, shouted loudly:

"I have two heads!"

Shennong's mouth twitched.

He stiffly withdrew his gaze and drank his tea.

I was wrong.

They wouldn't just ask directly.

They wouldn't even notice!

The kind elder of the human race was momentarily at a loss, and began to reflect on his life:

"Why did I compare myself to them?"

"Have I fallen to this level?"

………………

The last customer took the boxed meal and left contentedly.

Shi Yi hung the "Closed" sign on the snack cart.

Qin Yuan, who was next to him, was already very tired and slumped in her chair. Hearing the sound, she said, "For you."

"Huh?"

The girl looked up and saw the god in front of her handing over a snack. She grumbled in her heart, *This divine beast won't eat your kind of stir-fried noodles, they're not sweet, and they're super spicy.* After opening it, she saw that it was actually honey-roasted meat and plum blossom cakes. Qin Yuan subconsciously glanced at the stall, seeing only simple things.

At most, he could only stir-fry some home-style dishes.

Although this stone-faced guy and that Crouching Tiger seemed to be a god, one with high cultivation...

So his stir-fries were delicious...

Wait?

Qin Yuan noticed the problem, her expression slightly dazed.

Did being a god with high cultivation have something to do with stir-frying delicious food?

Could it be that you guys are relying on your cultivation to stir-fry dishes?

Isn't that too wasteful?

It would be better to go down into the mines!

The soul of a capitalist was burning brightly!

"It's really good to be a god, so fast."

Qin Yuan picked up a plum blossom cake and took a big bite. Her tone was sour, but she didn't care if he was a god. As a divine beast that had lived in Kunlun Mountain for generations, she had seen many mountain gods, water gods, and the like, and even big shots like the mountain lord.

Qin Yuan proudly declared that she wasn't some uncultured bird.

She spoke of mountain gods, water gods, and even claimed to have seen the mountain lord from afar.

The girl reached out with her plum-cake-stained hand and patted Shi Yi's shoulder, saying, "Hey, little god like you, don't worry too much. Since there's no good way out in Kunlun and the Great Wilderness, why not come to the mortal world? Come with me, let's use our powers."

"Let's work together and grow stronger!"

She used her purest, most innocent eyes, almost sparkling with stars. Facing this stone-faced nameless little god, she had done her homework early, using her status as a Kunlun bird to wake up two hours early to put on makeup that straight men couldn't see through but was quite elaborate.

Even every strand of hair had been carefully considered.

She even sprayed perfume, controlling the timing to ensure that when she arrived here, the intense top notes and middle notes of the fragrance had passed, reaching the fresh and timeless base notes. Through observation, Shi Yi, this type of straight man, liked this the most. However, undoubtedly, Shi Yi lived up to the "stone" in his name, completely ignoring Qin Yuan's efforts.

No, it would be better to say that this guy didn't notice how much effort this preparation took at all.

Qin Yuan was frustrated, poking the plum blossom cake with her chopsticks, and said:

"By the way, what kind of god are you? Which mountain are you from?"

Shi Yi recalled that his duty was to guard the Northwest Heavenly Gate and, when there was nothing to do, to watch over the broken half of Buzhou Mountain. Strictly speaking, he didn't have a Daoist temple like a mountain god or water god, so he shook his head:

"No mountain."

Qin Yuan, who came from Kunlun, raised her voice two degrees:

"No mountain, then aren't you very miserable?"

"Uh, what do you usually do?"

Shi Yi said in a calm tone, "Guard the door, and take care of a seriously ill old man."

One man held a sword, traversed the ages, and guarded the Northwest Heavenly Domain.

Protecting Buzhou Fuzi Mountain, which was transformed from the remnants of Buzhou Mountain.

No problem.

Qin Yuan reacted and suddenly understood, "Security guard?"

Shi Yi pondered and nodded, "More or less."

"No wonder I've never heard of your name."

Qin Yuan grumbled, then asked with concern:

"What happened to that old man?"

"Oh? Him? A few years ago, a few young people were fighting, and the old man was standing there watching the fun. One of them had a bad temper, and when he couldn't win the argument, he left. He was a little fast, and he knocked the old man down. In the end, he was probably a vegetable, but later something went wrong, and the old man became a bit schizophrenic."

"Ah?! That's so terrible..."

"What about the guy who hit him?"

"Him?"

Shi Yi thought about Gonggong and said concisely, "He avoided punishment that time, but later he didn't change his ways and caused trouble again. In the end, he was punished for all his crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment."

Qin Yuan's remaining sense of justice made her nod emphatically: "He deserves it!"

"I'll definitely give that kind of guy a good scolding when I see him!"

Shi Yi said, "I advise you not to do that."

He weighed his words, "His temper isn't very good."

Qin Yuan was shocked.

Fighting, hitting people, fleeing the scene of a crime.

And a bad temper!

Could it be...

The girl's almond eyes widened: "Is he a street punk?!"

"No, are there street punks where we are?"

"Street punk..."

Shi Yi murmured, then seemed unable to help himself and laughed. The smile at the corner of his mouth had not completely opened before it was restrained. Shi Yi got up, and Qin Yuan, who was over there, grumbled, "But speaking of which, don't gods all have something they're good at? What are you good at?"

"I have a little bit of experience with time."

"Time? That's very powerful."

Qin Yuan waved her fist a few times, throwing a few straight punches, and said, "Then can you do that? You know, time stop." She made a pose, crossing her arms and whispering:

"Za Warudo!" (Japanese for "The World")

"Then in that time, beat the opponent with Ora Ora, Ora to death." (A reference to *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure*)

Shi Yi said, "To completely stop time and the years, the price to pay is too great."

After all, for all things in heaven and earth, if you want to control time, you can't avoid top experts like Dijun and Nuwa. Qin Yuan didn't understand this, so she curled her lip and said, "I'm saying, Shi Tou, you're just guarding the door and working as a security guard in the Great Wilderness. Why don't you just follow me!"

The girl patted her firm, flat chest: "Let's work together and grow stronger!"

She didn't have much hope that Shi Yi would agree, but this time Shi Yi said:

"I have something to do, I need to return to the Great Wilderness."

"Ah? Go back?"

Qin Yuan was stunned.

She had the illusion of investing in a good stock that suddenly closed the next day.

Shi Yi pushed the snack cart, and Qin Yuan followed behind with her hands behind her back, her mood low.

As a result, they arrived at the bookstore.

Shi Yi bought a lot of printing paper and had it bound.

He also bought a complete set of *Selected Works of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Mao*.

He carefully entrusted his snack cart to the impatient Kunlun bird, Qin Yuan.

'I'm losing out big time, I'm losing out big time this time.'

Qin Yuan felt remorseful because she had wasted her time and gained nothing. In the end, all she got in such a long time was a snack cart full of grease. Of course, it wasn't entirely appropriate to describe it as full of grease, because Shi Yi valued his snack cart very much.

He cleaned it carefully every day, it was very clean.

But Qin Yuan still felt like she was losing out horribly.

"Just keep this cart for me for now. If you're interested, you can open a shop."

Shi Yi's voice paused, and said, "Also, did you put on makeup today?"

The girl, looking energetic with a Japanese wolf-tail ponytail, said, "You could tell?"

She twirled a strand of black hair at her temple and curled her lips, "You're not blind."

Shi Yi pondered for a moment, then said directly, "You're trying to use your beauty to seduce me."

"Wh...at?!"

Qin Yuan's heart stopped suddenly!

Shi Yi, critical hit.

Even Qin Yuan, who was shameless and always aimed to be a capitalist, turned red in the face, almost being pierced by this death-level question. Who had ever seen such directness? Isn't it good to see through things without saying them? And the fact proved that she was far from understanding Shi Yi.

Shi Yi said, "I'm just curious, you're seducing me to get me to join you."

"In other words, you can sell your body to that extent for profit?"

That extent?

Which extent?!

Qin Yuan looked at the upright and resolute god in front of her, her face flushed red, and took two steps back.

In her heart, she was both ashamed and annoyed, or rather, after being ashamed, a feeling of being insulted and looked down upon rose up, but she stubbornly gritted her teeth and said, "Yes, so what?! Hmph, as long as the price is right, it's not impossible to go to that extent."

Of course, I'll set the price.

Shi Yi's expression didn't change, which made Qin Yuan even angrier.

Shi Yi pondered, then the god's fingers spread slightly, and he directly handed Qin Yuan the bank card he had saved from working these days, and said slowly, "This is the money I've made from working these days, it's not much, but you can take it."

Qin Yuan couldn't keep up with Shi Yi's train of thought again.

Her brain stalled: "You, you, you..."

Shi Yi frowned and shoved the bank card over.

His tone didn't fluctuate as he said, "You haven't taken that step yet."

"I think, since you can take that step for profit."

"Then you can also not take this step for profit. You and I have known each other, and I at least don't want you to go astray. So, I'm spending money to buy your future possibility, hoping that you will never go astray in the future, and hoping that your future will always walk on the right path."

Qin Yuan was stunned.

The god's hand pressed on Qin Yuan's hair, his voice gentle, and he said slowly:

"Don't underestimate yourself."

"Don't underestimate others."

"Even more so, don't equate your own and others' dignity and bodies with productive value."

"This is my farewell gift to you. If fate wills it, we will meet again."

Shi Yi put a gift box and a bank card in Qin Yuan's arms, then, carrying a pile of books, he left without looking back. Qin Yuan was stunned for a long time before she turned around, pressed down on her bangs, and grumbled, "What do you mean by buying the possibility of my future, what kind of show are you putting on."

"Gift..."

She looked at the gift box and suddenly realized that the stone-faced guy who cooked so well actually looked pretty good, with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, and a resolute and upright face. Even a divine beast like her who was obsessed with money felt her face flush red. Passersby saw the energetic girl rarely blushing, which was quite alluring.

Qin Yuan took a deep breath and opened the box.

What would it be?

Flowers, chocolate, or something else...

A white-haired, white-bearded old man was printed on the cover.

Qin Yuan's thoughts froze.

The facts proved once again that she completely didn't understand that guy's train of thought.

"*Das Kapital*?" (Capitalism)

The girl gritted her teeth and said the three words, opened it, and a bookmark was written with a line of text.

"One person occupying a large amount of other people's labor results can only be achieved through plunder at first."

"Capital comes into the world dripping from head to foot, from every pore, with blood and dirt."

Qin Yuan's moved heart fell down the stairs.

She grabbed the book with her right hand and slammed it heavily on the ground, gritting her teeth:

"What the hell!!!"

"Stupid Stone, don't let me see you again!"

"I'll step on it!"

She stepped on it hard a few times, turned around and left, but after walking out of the alley, she still turned her head as if possessed and picked up the book.

Next time we meet, I'll smash it on his face!

And Shi Yi had already returned to the human realm's rift.

Those printing papers had been transformed into a collection of *Selected Works of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Mao* in the language of the Great Wilderness.

He planned to take these things directly to the Great Wilderness.

At the rift, the tall god supporting the sky stood calmly once more.

……………………

In another place, Wei Yuan opened his eyes and looked at the corpse of the god next to him.

According to Zhu Jiuyin's instructions, he directly used Chi You's battle halberd to display Chi You's proud move of the year, leaving extremely terrifying fatal wounds on the corpse, disrupting the secrets of heaven in this place. Then, according to the conventional procedure, he interfered with the secrets of heaven, destroyed the corpse, and scattered the ashes as a dragon dealt with.

This was also what Zhu Jiuyin said.

First of all, according to the inferior strategy, when the other party restored the heavenly secrets of the corpse.

What they would face was the conclusion of 'Chi You's revival'.

This was a series of linked plans.

Wei Yuan had just suddenly thought that he could guard here, using the corpse of this god as bait, he should be able to follow the vine and catch the other party, but Zhu Jiuyin rejected it: "Doubt to elicit the truth, observe and then act. As long as the other party isn't stupid, those who come will only be abandoned pawns that you can catch without any loss."

The gray-robed man's tone was flat: "Then it won't be you following the vine."

"But you being caught out by the other party."

The corners of Wei Yuan's mouth twitched, and he had to admit that Zhu Jiuyin was right.

And, to Zhu Jiuyin, these old foxes of the God Era...

"Hm?"

A casual cold snort came from his ear.

Wei Yuan's thoughts paused slightly.

...to the awe of these mature, prudent, and far-sighted seniors.

After confirming that Zhu Jiuyin was no longer paying attention here, Wei Yuan exhaled and looked at the aura of the years in the box in his arms, his expression calmed down.

Next, it's time to wake you up.

A'Liang.

ps: Today's second update...