Chapter 635: Paying Off Debts
A few days later.
In the Dream Court.
“Hey, Ancestral Cang.”
Inside the grand hall of the Dream Court, six shadowy figures reunited after a year, and right away, Jiang Mei’s teasing voice mocked Ancestral Cang.
“What’s with you? You look all wilted after a year. Did you lose all your points after boasting before the competition?”
Ancestral Cang didn’t reply, just shot a disdainful glance at Jiang Mei.
“……You’ve only become noisier than a year ago. You’ve really started to resemble those brain-dead mortal women from the Abyss Realm.”
“Heh, and you’re not any better than those filthy, simple-minded men from the Abyss, are you?” Jiang Mei retorted, her voice dripping with sarcasm. “I didn’t find you that annoying a year ago, but now I genuinely think men like you would be better off dead.”
“Are you asking for a fight?” Ancestral Cang glared at her furiously.
At that moment, Old Woman Xi stepped in to mediate with a cheerful smile, “You two, have you really let a little brat from the Abyss Realm provoke you so easily?”
The two exchanged hostile glares and both huffed angrily, turning away.
Foolish Child bit his finger, curiously asking Xu Yao beside him, “I see your points are really high on the scoreboard. What have you been up to this year?”
“Heh, not much. Just bumming around, playing with those little brats from the Abyss Realm,” Xu Yao replied with a mysterious smile. “But you—I’ve noticed your points are pretty decent too. Seems like you’ve been working hard at this game.”
“Not really,” Foolish Child chuckled, “I’ve been playing a different game a lot more.”
Xu Yao: “?”
Just then, Huo Longyuan, who had been silent all along, suddenly said, “They’ve finally arrived.”
All six shadows turned toward the entrance of the grand hall, only to see Young Master Sang, clad in plain robes, floating in with an air of calmness, smiling.
“Sorry to keep you waiting, everyone.”
“Yes, very sorry,” Old Woman Xi said dryly, “You summoned us for this so-called God and Demon Conference, and yet you were the last one to show up.”
“Please understand. As the host, we had to make some preparations,” Young Master Sang smiled. “Besides, it’s nice to give everyone some time to share their thoughts and experiences from the past year, no?”
Most of the six shadows scoffed, a few remained silent.
While he spoke of sharing experiences, the truth was, even without any restrictions, the Primordial Deities didn’t really want to share their business with each other.
In the past year, some things had silently changed.
“Alright, let’s skip the formalities.”
Young Master Sang pulled out a document, cleared his throat, and pretended to be serious: “To summarize the achievements of this game phase and to award the participants as a confidence booster to keep playing, we have specially organized this God and Demon Conference to conclude the first season.”
“First, let’s give a warm congratulations to the player with the highest score in the first phase—Primordial Deity, Long Huan!”
He started clapping, but he was the only one, creating an awkward atmosphere.
“This season, Long Huan completed his daily tasks at an outstanding level. He not only gained unanimous recognition from his colleagues and friends, but he also made a significant contribution to his respective organization.”
“In the end, Long Huan achieved a net score of one million five hundred thousand points, ranking first in the first season.”
“As promised earlier, I will present the treasure of the Earth God to Long Huan,” Young Master Sang said softly as he approached Huo Longyuan.
With that, he slowly raised his hand, revealing a talisman.
“With this first reward—Earth God’s feathers—Long Huan now possesses two Earth God treasures.”
Young Master Sang smiled at Huo Longyuan’s deep and faceless shadow, whispering, “Make sure to take good care of it, Your Majesty.”
Huo Longyuan remained silent, noncommittal.
“Other players shouldn’t feel discouraged; keep it up, there will be opportunities for everyone.”
Young Master Sang continued, still smiling. “Like our buddy Xu Yao here, even though he didn’t claim first place, he still scored a solid seven hundred thousand points in second.”
“With a bit of effort next season, gaining points shouldn’t be too hard.”
Still, no one spoke up.
But many pairs of eyes were on the Earth God treasure in Huo Longyuan’s hands.
…It was indeed the Earth God treasure.
The power of the rules above was unmistakable; no Primordial Deity would mistake it.
This kid is actually serious?
“Of course, the rewards don’t stop here.”
Young Master Sang suddenly continued, capturing everyone’s attention again. “We officially noticed that a score of one million five hundred thousand is somewhat inflated; the excess points really don’t help players.”
“To address this, we’ve decided to open up a brand new channel for players.”
“—Exchange points directly for the power of rules.”
……
……using points.
Directly exchanging for the power of rules?
Once this statement dropped, the previously silent Primordial Deities could no longer hold their composure.
“Kid,” Jiang Mei frowned first, “You better think this through. Even I have five hundred thousand points, and if I exchange all that for the power of rules, the all-seeing power wouldn’t last till the game ends.”
“That’s true,” Young Master Sang replied coolly. “And since we’ve already decided to give the Earth God as the main reward, the power of rules available for exchange won’t be the all-powerful rules.”
“Do you have other rules?” Xu Yao’s eyes glimmered, “What about that all-knowing little brat?”
“Sorry, that’s a personal item, not for sale.”
Young Master Sang said softly, “However, I have other powers of rules that might interest you.”
More? The six shadows exchanged glances.
Ancestral Cang sneered, “Heh, kid, don’t play games. No one knows more about the power of the rules the Primordial Deities have than us.”
“What else can you have besides the all-seeing and all-powerful rules?”
Even if there was something more.
That would really play into Ancestral Cang’s hands.
Even though he had spent most of his loaned points in the last couple of days, the loan amount was quite generous; he could easily max out the loan and redeem some rule power, right?
However, Young Master Sang simply smiled at him.
“I’m afraid I have some unfortunate news for you, Mr. Ancestral Cang.”
“Currently, your points are negative two million.”
“So, according to the rules and with the interest applied, we will possess five percent of your ‘Destruction’ rule power.”
“And this five percent will be immediately listed in the system market, available for other Deities to redeem.”
“You’d better be prepared, okay?” Young Master Sang’s smile was clean and innocuous.
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