Chapter 32: Imprisoned God
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Zhu Qing opened his thin lips slightly: "This has nothing to do with you."
He reached out and snatched the portrait, rolled it up and put it into the painting tube.
"Now I have told you everything you want to know. Whether you believe it or not is none of my business."
Zhu Qing's voice turned cold: "But you haven't told me what I want to know..."
Yes, this is a deal between us. Fairness is the most important thing in this world’s deals. It’s time to tell Zhu Qing what he wants to know.
Thinking of this, I want to thank God again.
I told Zhuqing the truth about what happened on the day he was tortured for the first time. Finally, I saw Zhuqing's eyes getting brighter and brighter as I told my story.
It is no exaggeration to say that those eyes were brighter than a wolf hunting in the dark, making people feel uneasy. I couldn't help but worry about my god.
My concern is not without reason.
Three days later, I received Zhu Qing's response, not in words, but in direct action.
I don’t know what he did, but my God received him again.
But this time was different from usual. After Zhu Qing entered the temple, my god never came out again.
Even Zhu Qing, I rarely see him anymore.
Overnight, the entire priest's hall seemed to have returned to the state it was before Zhu Qing's incident.
The only slight difference is that my god is unwilling to meet anyone except Zhu Qing...
Everyone in the Priest's Palace was saying that Zhu Qing was indeed the most beloved one of our God.
Even though he had once broken into the temple at night, he was only ignored for a period of time, and even his position as the chief priest was not removed.
After a period of time, he was still the most beloved child of our God, and even the temple that was previously accessible to priests became Zhu Qing's exclusive privilege.
I seem to be trapped in reincarnation. Zhu Qing is still the most trusted high priest in the temple. Everything that happened before was just my illusion.
But I never believed these, and I also don’t believe that my God would forgive Zhu Qing so easily.
The temple before us stood majestically, its thick walls keeping all information about everyone inside locked inside, making it difficult to discern the truth from the false.
I suspected in my heart that all this was a fake created by Zhu Qing, but I really couldn't guess how he could make my god willing to lie for him.
I can only watch him, under the name of my god, baring his fangs and claws throughout the entire priest's hall, stirring up trouble and confusing right and wrong...
I decided to confront Zhu Qing.
But unexpectedly, before I went to confront Zhu Qing, he came to me instead.
"My God sent me to the Temple of Light? What for? Why didn't My God tell me in person?"
I looked at Zhu Qing, who had an expressionless face in front of me, and for a moment I couldn't tell whether what he said was true or false.
Zhu Qing opened his thin lips slightly, but the words he uttered seemed like the most poisonous poison in the world. Just one or two words he uttered made me feel like I would rather die than live.
"Are you someone very important? Why would my God speak to you personally?"
I wanted to vomit blood, but I had to admit humiliatingly that what Zhu Qing said made some sense, but only some.
It is true that I am insignificant in the eyes of my God, but my God has never liked to order humans around, and usually sends messengers to do anything.
Now Zhu Qing wants to send me away with just a few words. He is despicable.
I put on a fake smile and said, "Without a token from my god, nor a directive from my god, I don't believe anything you say."
"I'm not going," I said coldly.
Zhu Qing seemed to be waiting for me to say this. His eyes lit up, but it made my heart tighten.
Could it be that...
Sure enough, the next second, Zhu Qing took out a blood-red jade pendant from his sleeve.
It goes without saying that the color is superb, and the workmanship and carving are even more exquisite.
Of course, the most important thing is the meaning of this jade pendant.
I have seen it, at the waist of my god.
I looked up at Zhu Qing. He still had an expressionless face, as if he had always had a cold face since he was tortured.
Zhu Qing himself seemed unaware that he was no longer the same as before.
He looks more and more like the person in the portrait.
And this change is silent, quiet, and subtle.
If I hadn't been paying close attention to Zhu Qing's condition during this period, I think the people in the Priest's Hall and I would have been the same and would not have noticed his changes.
Zhu Qing looked at me in a daze, shook the jade pendant in his hand, but raised it again when I reached out to take it off.
"I have given you the token you requested. You must go to the Temple of Light this time."
I nodded listlessly, but a bold idea came to my mind.
Something must have happened in the temple, and these things are inseparable from Zhu Qing. What's more, Zhu Qing is the mastermind behind all this.
I calmly prepared for my trip, left the priest's temple under everyone's gaze in the early morning, and sneaked back to the priest's temple alone in the evening.
I was prepared for the towering city walls.
Even if it was a winding temple, I was prepared.
In just a quarter of an hour and a half, I reached the entrance of the temple.
To be more precise, it should be the door of my god's bedroom.
Looking at the flickering candlelight inside the temple, I think I don’t understand Zhu Qing and even despise him on the surface.
But in fact, I am a natural adventurer like him, bold and lawless.
I stood at the door and reflected on myself for a long time. Just as I was about to raise my hand to knock on the door, I heard the voice of my God coming from inside the hall.
"I've explained everything clearly, why are you so stubborn?"
Zhu Qing chuckled softly. If I hadn't listened carefully, I probably wouldn't have heard it.
"What if I insist on being stubborn?"
My face froze and my hands stopped moving.
How could Zhu Qing speak to my god like that? How dare he?]
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"Hahaha, look how angry Zhu Qing is at our little priest. He even messed up idioms, not knowing the difference between black and white..."
"So there were already domineering CEO quotes back then? Oh my god, 'What if I insist on being stubborn and refusing to change?'" Hahahahahahahaha."
"Oh my god, Zhu Qing is so domineering. I love him so much, but isn't it bad to talk to a god like this?"
"Combined with the context of the young priest's statement, I seriously doubt that Zhu Qing really did something to the gods. Otherwise, no matter how good-tempered the gods are, they would not forgive Zhu Qing so quickly."
"What the above person said makes sense. I seriously suspect that Zhu Qing has imprisoned the gods. Otherwise, how could the gods not be able to contact the outside world?"
"...I never imagined that one day the word 'imprisonment' would be used to describe a god..."
"This Zhu Qing is so bold! Is there really no one trying to find Zhu Qing's prototype? The anchor has already revealed a lot of information. What about those seminary gurus? Why hasn't anyone discussed this?"
"Hasn't it been acknowledged long ago that novels have no prototypes? Why are there still people obsessed with prototypes? I think you're just as obsessed."
"The person above, I don't know whether to call you a jinx or something. As soon as you said that, an analysis post appeared on the next forum, which discussed the prototype of Zhu Qing..."
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