Chapter 609: First Deity? First Weirdo
Zhang Xiaoying had been eavesdropping outside for quite a while.
At first, the two people inside didn’t say a word, and she was more anxious than they were. Finally, she heard them start interacting, leading to Yan Rouwan gripping the Gui Yan Sword while crying.
In that moment, Zhang Xiaoying finally sighed in relief.
Good.
Mission accomplished.
The rest of the time should be left to them. She hadn’t had enough shopping today anyway; it wouldn’t hurt to buy a few more outfits before heading home.
However, just as she was preparing to leave, she overheard their conversation about Young Master Sang’s identity as the First Deity.
Honestly, Zhang Xiaoying wasn’t surprised by the news.
But when Sang Zhe asked, “After I regain my memories… will I still be me?” Zhang Xiaoying paused for a moment too.
She didn’t listen any further.
Instead of continuing her shopping, she returned home alone.
At that moment, Nian Nian, who was being driven to madness by Little Ying You, saw Zhang Xiaoying and rushed over like she saw a savior, crying out:
“I can’t handle it anymore! This little brat won’t listen to a word I say! You take care of her!”
“Thanks for your hard work~ Leave it to me.”
Zhang Xiaoying hugged Little Ying You and looked at the furious Nian Nian, casually asking:
“Uh… Nian Nian, can I ask you something?”
“What?”
“You knew all along that husband is the First Deity, right?”
Nian Nian blinked, then lazily pouted: “Of course. I’ve known since he came to the Abyss Realm.”
“Since that’s the case, you, being all-knowing and having been by his side the longest, must know everything about him, whether from before, when he was the First Deity, during his reincarnations, or after coming to the Abyss Realm.”
“You should know it all, right?” Zhang Xiaoying asked seriously.
Nian Nian blinked and pondered for a moment: “I know… most things, I suppose.”
“When he was still the First Deity, during his reincarnations, after coming to the Abyss Realm.”
“If I had to say, there’s just a tiny part I don’t know.”
Zhang Xiaoying’s curiosity piqued: “What is it?”
“Sang Zhe’s previous life.”
Nian Nian lightly propped her head on her hand, mumbling: “His previous life before coming to the Abyss Realm. The one in his current memories.”
“It’s only that part I don’t know.”
Logic dictates that Nian Nian, being all-knowing, should have a way to know everything under the rules.
Yet, mysteriously, she knew nothing about Sang Zhe’s previous life.
“If my guess is correct,” Nian Nian said softly, “In his previous life, Sang Zhe might have been reincarnated into a world completely beyond my control.”
“There, he lived as an ordinary man named Sang Zhe for a lifetime before dying and being reincarnated into the Abyss Realm.”
“I don’t know where that world is, but it probably isn’t in the realm of the Eight Great Deities.”
Zhang Xiaoying listened, lost in thought.
“By the way, why did you suddenly ask this?”
“Because,” Zhang Xiaoying gently caressed the drowsy Little Ying You in her arms, softly replied, “Since finding out my husband’s true identity is actually the First Deity.”
“I feel like… I’m getting to know my husband less and less.”
Previously, Zhang Xiaoying could guess that Sang Zhe might not be from this world.
But that didn’t matter to her. Sang Zhe was still her beloved husband, and if he had an unpleasant past he didn’t want to talk about, she was more than willing to accept it, never prying into his past.
Now, with the arrival of the deities, her perception of this world had changed.
Zhang Xiaoying increasingly felt as though she had never truly known this person closest to her.
Her previous confusions about his past had only been about, “What was his life like in the Water Moon Sect?” or “What was his life like in the years before entering the Water Moon Sect?”
Now, those confusions had expanded to “What was his previous life like for decades?” “What were all those reincarnations like?” “What was it like being the Primordial Deity for millions of years?”
“Compared to my husband’s rich life, my own feels so simple that it could probably be summed up in just a few sentences.”
Zhang Xiaoying started mumbling, “But I don’t want my knowledge of him to only be at a level that can be summed up in a few sentences.”
“I want to know more about my husband.”
Nian Nian was silent for a moment, then asked, “What do you want to know?”
“Everything.”
Zhang Xiaoying’s beautiful eyes were exceptionally determined, and she spoke earnestly: “I want to know everything about my husband.”
“No matter if he was a good person or a bad person, even if he’s done unforgivable things. I still want to know.”
“…This might take a while.”
“I don’t mind spending a lifetime hearing it all.”
Nian Nian looked at Zhang Xiaoying for a few moments, then slowly sighed.
“Alas. But actually, it might disappoint you.”
“Because, don’t be fooled by the fact that he’s gone through many lifetimes and spent millions of years as the Primordial Deity; sounds impressive, right?”
“But really, most of it can practically be summed up in just a few sentences.”
Zhang Xiaoying was taken aback.
“In short, whether as the Primordial Deity or during his reincarnations, he’s basically the same.”
“To sum it up in one sentence,” Nian Nian said seriously, “He’s just a weirdo.”
Zhang Xiaoying: “……”
“Unlike other Primordial Deities who indulge in pleasure and manage their realms, he’s the one who spends every day thinking about how to become a Primordial Deity, stuck at home studying primordial chaos and rules.”
“He’s supposedly lived for millions of years, but in reality, he’s only left his realm a handful of times; most trips were just to visit Hong Yi’s realm to observe. He says it’s because she’s the last-born Primordial Deity, and studying her might reveal how the Primordial Deity created the Primordial Deities. Just a pure homebody.”
Zhang Xiaoying: “…Uh.”
“And who knows, one day, this idiot probably got so deep into his research that he suddenly started mumbling about ‘My research direction is wrong,’ ‘I can’t figure it out because I’m not human,’ ‘I need to become human!’ and other nonsense.”
“And then, without a word of warning, he just went and reincarnated! Didn’t even inform me or All-Knowing!”
Zhang Xiaoying: “This…”
“After reincarnating, he was even more brain-dead than before.”
“No matter which life, whether rich or poor, human or even plant or animal, as soon as he gained self-awareness, he somehow manages to die in all sorts of ridiculous ways.”
“Eating fifty drumsticks in one sitting to the point of bursting, guiding thirty tubes in one night until he passed out, running five hundred kilometers in a day until he collapses…”
Nian Nian exclaimed: “It’s a complete compendium of bizarre behavior! I don’t even know where to start explaining!”
Zhang Xiaoying: “…”
Uh.
In a way, this could be considered her husband’s embarrassing dark past.
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