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Chapter 96 Wisdom

After saying this, Shang Xingjian burst into laughter, a hearty and irritating laugh.

"My life is tough, really." After laughing, Shang Xingjian replied nonchalantly, and as if that wasn't enough, he reached out and ruffled Cheng Mai's hair. "What are you thinking about all day?"

Cheng Mai pushed his hand away with disgust, and tidied his hair. This person is so annoying, he probably won't die. After all, evil people live for thousands of years.

Why don't these little demons and monsters recognize you?

"It's all my fault for being too secretive in the past. I should be more flamboyant in the future." Shang Xingjian leaned back in his recliner, seemingly regretting that his fame wasn't very high.

The little bird chirped, clearly indicating that the God-King always liked to use other people's names to cause trouble in the mortal realm; otherwise, he wouldn't have fallen out with the God of Wisdom in the first place!

However, Cheng Mai couldn't understand the bird cub's language; he just didn't quite believe Shang Xingjian's words.

They waited in the mountains for a long time before Yuan Yi returned, bringing back a little girl who was cursing and swearing. The girl looked to be no more than seven or eight years old and was jumping up and down with her hands on her hips, cursing Yuan Yi.

Yuan Yi threw the girl out expressionlessly, and the little girl staggered before regaining her balance.

"Yuanyi, have you lost your mind? How dare you arrest your great-aunt? Do you know that when your grandmother was alive, she would call me 'ancestor' whenever she saw me?" The little girl put her hands on her hips and unleashed a barrage of words, clearly enraged.

Yuan Yi glanced at her and walked towards the shopkeeper, Jian, "Boss, the person has been brought."

"Boss?" The girl narrowed her eyes slightly. "Your heartless boss has finally shown up? Let me tell you, you who aid and abet evil..." The girl turned around and was about to point at Jian Kai of the business to scold him, but suddenly her voice went hoarse, and even the finger pointing at him slowly bent and changed direction.

Shang Xingjian looked at the little girl with a smile, waiting for her to continue cursing.

"Hehe, hehe, why would Boss Shang come here?" The girl clenched her fist instantly, as if she wasn't the one who had just been bossing people around and scolding them.

"I'm looking for you," the merchant replied.

The little girl gasped and turned to run away, saying, "I suddenly remembered that I have a baby at home who needs to be breastfed. I have something to do, so I'm leaving now."

"stop."

The little girl had barely turned around and taken two steps when she was frozen in place, unable to move at all.

"Boss Shang, I really haven't done anything bad lately. I even teach that good-for-nothing Yuan Yi a lesson from time to time. He's been doing a lot of shady things lately. If I hadn't been keeping an eye on him, he would have caused a huge disaster long ago." The young girl was on the verge of tears, no match for this damned man.

Shang Xingjian stood up and walked to the little girl's side. "After all these years, Zhizhi is still as glib as ever."

The young girl thought he was going to praise her, and her smile widened, but then quickly faded. "Mr. Shang, if you don't know how to praise people, please don't force it, okay?"

Shang Xingjian smiled and waved to Cheng Mai, "This is the person you wanted. He's yours now."

Cheng Mai finally came to his senses, but he still had some doubts, "This little girl..." Does she look a bit too young?

"Who are you calling 'little girl'? I am..." the girl said angrily. She couldn't beat Boss Shang, and she couldn't even beat someone... wait, a mortal?
The little girl blinked. "You, come here and let me see."

Unable to move, she could only let Cheng Mai walk over. Before he came over, she looked him up and down to make sure he was a mortal.

"Shang Xingjian, you're going too far by asking me to listen to a mere mortal!" the little girl yelled, her temper flaring. She even dared to shout Shang Xingjian's name.

Shang Xingjian picked at his ear, unconcerned about her anger. "And who are you calling 'little girl'? I'm older than your ancestors!" The little girl continued to flare up, furious. She was truly a bird stranded in the plains, bullied by others.

"Her father is General Meng An, and you are not necessarily older than her ancestors," Shang Xingjian reminded him.

"Huh?" The flustered girl was instantly speechless. She looked Cheng Mai up and down. She had seen General Meng An's daughter before, but the person in front of her was clearly an ordinary person. How could he be a demon who had lived for two thousand years?

"She called you a vixen," Shang Xingjian said earnestly, stirring up trouble.

Cheng Mai: "..."

Little girl: "..."

Have you no shame? You're an old man who's been around for tens of thousands of years, do you have any shame?
When the young girl saw Cheng Mai glare at Shang Xingjian, and that the damned man actually shut up, she instantly realized that this young girl was something special.

"What do you want to talk to me about?" Although he was impatient, it was clear that he had backed down.

Cheng Mai glanced at the merchant's brief description and gestured with his eyes: "Give him some space."

Shang Xingjian raised his hand and lifted the taboo without the slightest hesitation.

The little girl could move again and was still muttering to herself, "How strange! Isn't it rumored that this damned man only obeys the God of Wisdom?"

"What did you say?" Cheng Mai only heard "Wise God" and did not hear the other words clearly.

"Nothing, what do you want from me? Tell me." The little girl rubbed her nose as she spoke. "Also, my name is Zhihuihui, don't call me Zhizhi, isn't that disgusting?"

Cheng Mai pursed his lips, wanting to say that there was actually no difference.

"Then I'll get straight to the point. Xuanhe Technology wants to build a signal tower specifically for the Spirit Realm. We currently lack talent in this area, so we hope you can learn it and then lead the design." Cheng Mai succinctly explained their needs, not intending to waste time trying to build connections.

Although Zhihui had been living in seclusion in the deep mountains, she knew a little about what was happening in the outside world, but she never cared about such things, as long as she was alive.

Hearing this, he frowned and looked at Shang Xingjian, "I do know something about online forums. What are you doing doing this, Boss Shang?"

"Take control of you disobedient demons and monsters," Shang Xingjian said, leaning against a tree with a righteous air.

Zhi Huihui rolled her eyes. "You didn't say that when I asked you to take charge a thousand years ago. You said that everything has its own laws, and nature should develop according to its own laws. Whether you live or die is your fate, and what does it have to do with me?"

Zhihui imitated the mannerisms, shaking her head and swaying her body, even mimicking that annoying, irritating expression.

Cheng Mai glanced silently at Shang Xingjian, the words he could bring himself to say.

"Men are all fickle, like me." Shang Xingjian didn't feel embarrassed at all; on the contrary, he was quite self-righteous about his fickleness.

Zhihui cursed "dog man," and as a result, the hair on her head was split open and stood on end.

Zhihuihui: "..." Angry! But she can't beat him!
Zhi Huihui casually ran a hand through her hair and looked at Cheng Mai. "There are so many experts in the world, why can't we just grab a few? Why do I have to learn from them?"

Cheng Mai understood; the fact that he hadn't refused meant there was still hope.