The impact of this news was overwhelming.
Shen Li was montarily dumbfounded.
He looked at Gu Shen, then at that wisp of black fire, his speech faltering: "So... you’re an Apostle of the Netherworld King?"
The Netherworld King had been dormant in the East Continent for several years, without any news -
And during these years, the big shots in the prison kept being friendly to him, Mr. Shan treated him with extra kindness, speaking gently, even gifting him the keys to his old residence... with all these clues put together, even an idiot could guess the reason behind it all.
They all thought he was the Netherworld King’s Apostle!
Shen Li, being an honest person, didn’t hide or hold back, but instead went straight to his teacher who had taught him cultivation growing up.
The Fourth Judge, word by word, solemnly told Shen Li, for so matters, you must pretend to be confused even when you understand... Whether he’s an Apostle or not is not important, the key is that people on the outside believe he is.
Thus, Shen Li, in a daze, was forced to beco an "Apostle."
He looked at Gu Shen with a complicated expression.
So the real Apostle was Brother Gu...
"No."
Who would have thought, Gu Shen shook his head, and slowly uttered two words: "... Guess again."
This truly left Shen Li dumbfounded.
Guess again?
What else could he guess!
A person, wielding the power of the "Netherworld Fire," yet not an Apostle of the Netherworld King...
He could only be the Netherworld King.
Shen Li gaped in shock, unable to utter a word. He looked at Gu Shen, feeling an unprecedented sense of unfamiliarity. What could be more shocking, surprising, and unacceptable in this world than "Gu Shen is the Netherworld King"?
At least to him, there was nothing else.
"You..."
"You..."
Shen Li’s mind went blank.
Many things suddenly clicked, why he was specifically entertained by Gu Shen upon entering Qingzhong.
Why his spirit improved so rapidly.
Why the "Apostle" news was told to him by Gu Shen.
All the "whys" were answered at this mont.
Thousands of words condensed into the biggest question in Shen Li’s heart: "Why... why did you tell ?"
Indeed, he had no questions left in his heart, just this one.
The Five Continents and Seven Gods, tensions high!
The succession of the position of Netherworld King was a deadly move, for Gu Shen, nothing could be more important than cultivating in secrecy... Surely the real "Netherworld Fire" was within the mausoleum, waiting to be collected by its master.
"Why tell you?"
Gu Shen smiled, he looked at the Little Iron Man, slowly saying: "Because I trust... you won’t leak the secret."
"Are you kidding, of course, I won’t leak the secret..."
Shen Li’s head shook like a rattle drum.
This matter concerned the fate of the East Continent... Once the Outer Continents learned of Gu Shen’s identity as the Netherworld King, several among the highest seats would personally act to take him down!
No one could accept another new god erging in the East Continent.
Moreover... in Shen Li’s heart, Gu Shen was undoubtedly the "best chosen god" of the new generation.
Long ago he lanted the limited fire seeds, with Gu Shen’s talent, once achieving the Divine Position, he might completely overturn the situation of the Five Continents, accomplishing what even Mr. Gu Changzhi didn’t.
"Actually, the reason why I told you this secret..."
Gu Shen restrained his smile.
He held the Netherworld Fire in front of Shen Li, his voice solemn, word by word asking: "Is because I want to ask you, are you willing to beco the ’Netherworld King’s’ second Apostle?"
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(PS: This Chapter is an extra for Alliance Hierarch "Starving on the Street Little Chip.")
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