Chapter 96: The Beginning

Lin Xiaohua was probably a little curious as to why I reacted like that. She looked at me sideways for a long time, but couldn’t figure out what was going on, so she gave up.

We were silent for a while.

Lin Xiaohua floated down from the rockery again and said, “There is nothing to add to the plan. In the face of absolute power, any conspiracy is ridiculous. Fortunately, that god is not the most absolute power, so let’s use a little trickery. Don’t overdo it. Simplicity is effective. Add a little luck…”

“We will succeed,” I said, looking at the moon in the sky. I have recently become more and more fond of looking at the moon, because I inexplicably began to miss the outside world.

“No, there is a slight chance of success.” Lin Xiaohua once again stood on the other side of the lake from me.

“Don’t be so discouraging,” I said with a dissatisfied pout.

“Sorry, I’m a born pessimist. See you tomorrow.” Lin Xiaohua didn’t intend to come over, and after saying that, she was ready to leave.

“Hey, you want to trick the gods, but who are you following like a believer?” I couldn’t help but ask.

Lin Xiaohua looked back at me, smiling as if we had just met, and then said softly, “Isn’t it the person I want to trick?”

I was stunned. Is it really that god who wants to die? It’s just as ridiculous as someone who eats voraciously while saying to others that they don’t like the food.

“What? Don’t you dare to cooperate with me?” Lin Xiaohua’s smile under the moonlight was even more brilliant, and her beautiful face looked even more charming.

“No, I don’t suspect people who are not to be trusted, and I don’t use people who are to be suspected.” I was muttering to myself, but I spoke with great righteousness. In fact, there was no way back, so why think about it so much?

“Chen Chengyi, it seems that you have always been like a fool. At first I thought you were smart… You don’t have the guts to say that. What will happen tomorrow? It’s up to you.” Lin Xiaohua walked away very gracefully.

For some reason, looking at the back of this woman, I actually felt three points of relief. Holding my chest and leaning against the tree, I actually had a smile on my face in the face of such an opening night.

At 8 p.m., the night will come, and the morning here is also so fixed.

At 7 a.m., the blue sky will appear on time, pushing away the night that belongs here.

At 7 o’clock, those people in black clothes and wearing conical hats will also appear in my room on time to bring me a rich breakfast.

Today is no different. The breakfast includes a bowl of jade-colored congee, a plate of delicate buns, three kinds of exquisite side dishes, and a steamed egg with some unknown seasoning… It looks complicated at a glance, and I don’t bother to count how many kinds of dishes there are.

I just marvel at the fact that the rice is really green jasmine rice, and the emerald green color of the porridge makes it hard to eat.

I don’t understand why I have the leisure to care about such trivial details on such a busy morning. Could it be that I am feeling that the gods are more capable of living and enjoying? Or, has he already begun to treat me as one of his own?

Thinking this way, I finished all the food on the table in one gulp, patted my full stomach, and thought of an old saying: only when you are full can you have the strength to work.

After eating, there was still a black-clad person responsible for collecting the dishes. If you weren’t a prisoner here, you wouldn’t live too comfortably!

The difference is that after clearing the table, the black-clad men usually leave quietly, but today they stood still. Another black-clad man took out a box and placed it in front of me. On the box was a note with a line of vigorous writing. Just by looking at the strokes, I could feel the domineering power coming at me.

“Change your clothes and wait for three hours. I will come to pick you up and take you to the altar.”

Is this a message from the gods? I didn’t have a strong reaction to it, so I silently put the note aside and opened the box.

Inside the box was a neatly folded set of white Hanfu. As for the style, it was the same as the one the god was wearing. I had thought he was wearing plain clothes, but when I touched it, I realized that it was definitely top-grade silk. I didn’t know how to handle it, and at first glance, I couldn’t see the unique luster of silk, but it did seem plain.

I had nothing to resist. The Hanfu was simply modified, and it didn’t affect my movements when I put it on, so I simply changed into it.

I looked at the time, it was not yet eight o’clock. The god said that he would pick me up at the altar in three hours, so I went out to exercise.

I thought to myself, and walked out of the courtyard. Unlike in the past, when they ignored what I was doing, the black-clad men seemed to be watching me especially closely today. They followed me like shadows.

I practiced a set of boxing outside the courtyard, and they followed me from less than half a meter behind. They didn’t care if I hit them with my fists or kicks.

It was useless to reason with these people. After spending so much time with them, I knew their style of work too well. Lin Xiaohua was giving them face by describing them as wood. Or, were these people themselves abnormal, completely soulless?

The touch from their bodies was abnormally cold, which made me feel uncomfortable from the bottom of my heart.

After a set of boxing, I was not satisfied. I quickly went into the room, wiped the sweat, took a shower, solved some personal problems, dressed up, and went outside the courtyard again.

Again, the black-clad men followed me, and I just stood in the hallway in front of the house, silent.

“You know that Go requires the most patience, but why?” Lin Xiaohua said to me when she told me about the whole plan.

“Why?” I have liked playing chess with my master and Mr. Hui since I was a child, but I have little interest in and limited knowledge of Go.

“Because there is no regret when you make a move, and sometimes the position of a piece can determine the overall situation. It is normal to hold a piece and hesitate to make a move. If the other party loses patience, they may lose.”

“So you want me to be patient?”

“No, I’m telling you that God is actually a very patient person! If you meet such an opponent, play a quick game, and maybe you can fool him. Since you’ve decided, you might as well play as quickly as it rains, and he will be uncertain… This is called being caught off guard, right?

Once you have decided, you should act quickly. I looked up at the blue sky and took a deep breath. The next moment, I took a step.

I knew it was the right move. I had practiced the lines on the drawing board so many nights in the courtyard that I could walk out without even closing my eyes, but… at least I could walk out quickly.

As expected, as I took a step out, the black-clad men followed with a step… I took a second step with a sneer on my face… and a third step, and then I walked quickly around the compound.

As planned, the black-clad men moved very slowly. They must have been trained rigorously in the movements of the formation in the courtyard, but just as you can’t make a robot as agile as a human by programming it, after only thirty steps I had distanced myself from them.

Once the plan is executed, there is no turning back.

At this moment, I was originally a little nervous, but for some reason, I was no longer. I was just concentrating on walking quickly through the courtyard. I knew I couldn’t make any mistakes. When I bypassed the pond, walked past the long corridor, and crossed the pavilion, I finally reached the front of the gate.

But the black-clad men had only reached the side of the pond.

I glanced at them, and for the first time, I put my hands on the gate, and then without hesitation, I pushed open the gate with a squeak.

With a loud ‘whoosh’, a strong mist came rushing at me.

“After you leave the house, there will be no more spells. Kid, just go ahead and charge recklessly.” Lin Xiaohua’s words were still ringing in my ears.

So, I didn’t hesitate and plunged into the vast fog. This was the first time I had walked out of the courtyard after being imprisoned by the gods for so long.