Not a god

Chapter 121 List of Gods

That was during the last era of spiritual revival. Why has Chen Xi, such a great general who served his country and his people, never been recorded in historical documents?
Teacher Wanwan had anticipated Chen Xi's question and answered:

“When dreams come closer to reality, spiritual energy begins to revive. Once dreams begin to move away, it means we are entering the Dharma Ending Age. Then many things that happen during the revival of spiritual energy will become illusory and chaotic.

For those who have experienced that period, it is like a big dream. As the spiritual energy becomes extinct, they will slowly forget that period of time within a few years, a dozen years, or even decades.

In other words, even if I can remember it, it will feel like a lifetime ago.

And those materials that are recorded will mostly be regarded as strange stories and anecdotes.”

While Jiang Wanwan was fiddling with the saber, she said:

"Don't you find it strange? It's only been over a thousand years since the last spiritual energy revival. Why did the spiritual energy revival in the previous life last for a thousand years?"

"Teacher Wanwan, please speak."

Jiang Wanwan knew he was teasing her, so she turned around and gave him a cold look, but she still explained to him:

"Because dreams distort all physical rules, even time.

It felt like... everyone was pulled into the dream of the Goddess of Great Love, and the whole world became a bubble in her dream.

The real time is frozen, and the time in the dream is nothing but a dream even if it passes for thousands or millions of years.

When the dreamland is far away, the time of history we are familiar with will be reconnected. In the dreamland world, the Investiture of the Gods can be thousands or tens of thousands of years long, but in the real world, Emperor Wu of Han’s crusade against the Shang Dynasty only lasted for a few decades. "

"It's not Emperor Wu of Han, it's King Wu of Zhou."

It seems that even after being reborn, Emperor Wanwan has not been able to get rid of his identity as a historical illiterate.

Jiang Wanwan was choked and felt a little suffocated: "...No, they are almost the same!"

"One is from the Zhou Dynasty, the other is from the Han Dynasty. They are separated... Please continue." Seeing his wife's increasingly dissatisfied expression, Chen Xi was very tactful.

“Anyway, the previous spiritual energy revivals also lasted for a thousand years, or even several thousand years, or tens of thousands of years. It’s just that with each breakthrough, that time has become a gap in history.

We can no longer see what happened in that gap from today’s perspective.”

Chen Xi finally understood that there are two sets of time rules in the Dharma Ending Age and the period of spiritual energy revival.

During the period of spiritual revival, everything is like a dream. When the spiritual revival is over, the whole world will wake up from the dream, and everything that happened will be hidden in the cracks of history as time goes by.

Perhaps some of them will be recorded and become fragmentary myths and stories about monsters and strange things.

This can also explain why in some stories about gods and immortals, the time records are sometimes very vague, and there is also a saying that one day in heaven is equal to one year on earth.

This is not only the case in China, but also in mythology of various countries. The points where some myths meet history seem certain, but the time considerations make them seem unrealistic.

Like the absurd and bizarre Shan Hai Jing, the kings in Sumerian mythology who reigned for thousands of years, or the Mayan civilization which had a highly developed history of thousands of years but was still in the Stone Age.

It is probably because the approach of dreamland will cause all physical laws and time laws to be distorted. As the dreamland leaves, people gradually forget the content of the dream like they have post-traumatic stress disorder, and can only catch traces from some traces.

"Okay, I have given this knife new spirituality. You can activate its spirituality three times."

Chen Xi then realized that the topic had gone astray. They were just talking about the knife.

He took the saber back. The blade was still sharp, but there was no change.

Just after he got it, Chen Xi seemed to see a rough and heroic man through the knife.

The man stood on his horse with his sword in hand, fighting on the battlefield, invincible. Wherever the sword went, there was eternal peace.

Faintly, he seemed to hear the sound of horse hooves and the roar of fighting. Some people rushed past him shouting, and some people fell down beside him.

"when!!"

"when!"

"when!!""

It was the sound of iron hammering. Chen Xi heard the sound, the molten iron splashing, the bellows whistling, and the furnace rumbling.

"Good knife!"

A man whose face could not be seen appeared and said to the blacksmith, "Craftsman, how much is this knife?"

"This knife is sold for one head."

"How can you, a craftsman like you, trade human heads for goods?"

"There is a Sanbao Temple in the north of the city. It was occupied by a group of bandits two years ago. They burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of evil. If you can bring back a head, this knife will be yours."

"Give me the knife, and I'll go and wipe out that gang of bandits."

"really?"

"really!"

Chen Xi seemed to see a person, but he couldn't see clearly, just a blurry figure, a strong middle-aged man.

Is this man a general?

No, he is not a general.

Although Chen Xi had never seen the general, he made a judgment easily.

Because Chen Xi saw what happened next. This man took a knife and broke into the bandits' den alone, killing more than 40 people, his body covered in blood.

He was covered in blood, but he was laughing. He hired a coachman to transport him and the pile of heads back to the city.

When he returned to the city, the warrior died of excessive blood loss. The coachman passed a message to the craftsman on his behalf.

What a great knife!

The story ends here. Chen Xi wonders why he sees such a scene but realizes a forbidden humane technique.

The Sword Manual is a serious forbidden technique of using a sword. It does not contain any fancy moves like white cranes spreading their wings or flying swallows returning to the sky. Instead, it focuses on chopping and killing people to the point of dropping their heads.

In addition, Chen Xi felt that this evil object that had been unusable before could be used this time. By injecting his mind into it, he could awaken the soul of the general sleeping under the saber to come out and help.

Jiang Wanwan, who was standing by, felt a slight fluctuation and quickly pulled him back: "Don't try it casually. Every time you make a move, you lose one. You only got three drops of divine blood, so you can only make three moves to save your life."

Chen Xi smiled when he heard this, and he felt like his wife at home busying herself preparing equipment for him.

Seeing his smile, Jiang Wanwan became very proud and arrogant again:
"Have you thought of how to reward the lovely, charming and thoughtful Wanwan?"

"What reward do you want?"

"Well……"

This question stumped her again.

Chen Xi suggested, "I see you haven't bought stockings for a long time. How about I pick a few pairs for you? Black, white, flesh-colored, fishnet, all kinds of styles."

"Are you rewarding me or yourself?"

"So do you like handcuffs? How about giving you a pair?"

"Handcuffs?" Jiang Wanwan was stunned: "Why give me that?"

"I just heard you say in your room that you have some special hobbies. I think..."

Before Chen Xi could finish his words, a certain angry young woman covered his face with a pillow, as if she wanted to smother him to death.

Little Chen Yi at the side suddenly became anxious, dropped all his toys, and ran over, saying in a very uneasy tone: "Don't hit Daddy, don't hit Daddy."

Chen Xi's face under the pillow was full of relief, and he felt that his love for his daughter was not in vain.

However, the two men's fighting seemed to have really scared Xiao Yiyi. She was so anxious that tears came out of her eyes. They quickly stopped fighting and coaxed her into silence.

In fact, the little guy is also very funny when he cries. His eyes are red, his nose is small, and his lower lip covers his upper lip. I don’t know who he is trying to be so cute.

Jiang Wanwan was so fond of him that she hugged him and kissed him again and again, "I was just playing with your dad. Don't cry. I'll give you a kiss."

Chen Xi suddenly remembered that she had said that Xiao Yiyi would be a 1.7-meter-tall, long-legged, queen-like beauty in the future. In other words, she would be much taller than Wanwan, who was just over 1.6 meters tall.

If Jiang Wanwan's appearance remains unchanged after more than ten years, when the mother and daughter stand together, people will probably think they are sisters, right?

Or the kind that Wanwan plays the role of a younger sister.

Thinking of that situation, I suddenly felt weird.

After lunch, Chen Xi had nothing to do, so he went back to the store to sit for a while, while Jiang Wanwan was left at home to watch the PPT.

In order to help her concentrate on her studies, Chen Xi would bring Yi Yi with him when he returned to the store and let her roam around in the store.

Xiao Chenyi's range of activities is not only in the store, but also in the area a little outside Songzi Street.

There were a few children there, but they were all six or seven years old and didn't like to play with her.

She played with the cat at the door.

In fact, Xue Ji didn't like to play with her at first, and thought she was stupid, but Chen Yi had snacks given by Chen Xi in her little pocket.

And Chen Yi is a very generous baby.

Every time he came to play with Xue Ji, he would share snacks with her, and the two little ones established a deep friendship through snacks.

Seeing that they were having so much fun, Chen Xi prepared some extra snacks for Yiyi.

Children at this age are in the oral stage and like to chew things very much. Moreover, Chen Xi has discovered that Chen Yi has developed a bad habit at some point.

This child will pick up things from the ground and put them into his mouth.

And he's the type that won't listen to advice.

Chen Xi told her several times not to pick up food from the ground, but she always acted as if she knew it.

Then when he isn't paying attention, she secretly picks up garbage to eat.

"..."The will of God was defeated by the instinct of infants and young children.

For example, now, someone on the roadside was eating melon seeds and throwing away the melon seed shells. She curiously trotted over, squatted down, and looked at the melon seed shells.

Xue Ji hurried over and said, "Don't pick it up. This thing can't be eaten!"

Chen Yi didn't pick it up, but just squatted beside the melon seed shells, looking at them with a very focused expression.

Xue Ji looked at her warily, as if to say, "I know what you want to do."

"If you pick it up, I'll tell the boss!"

Occasionally, little Chen Yi would secretly glance at the big cat next to her, and when she found that the cat was still staring at her, she would pretend not to be secretly looking at her and continue to concentrate on looking at the melon seed shells on the ground.

She is waiting for an opportunity.

Someone on the street noticed these two little creatures and thought the scene was weird and cute.

When the store is not busy, Douzi will run out to play with them for a while.

The cafe has been open for two months now. Business is no longer as booming as it was at the beginning, but as it is close to Tianfu Square, the flow of people is still okay.

There are many students from university towns and quite a few white-collar workers who come to the store, and the atmosphere in the store is generally quiet.

In this kind of environment, Chen Xi can listen to gossip comfortably. Sitting in the store manager's seat, he can hear everyone's gossip clearly.

"..." This was really not what he wanted to hear, but this ability could not be turned off.

The topics of discussion among young people nowadays are better than those of the past one or two months. They are no longer all about "The Destiny of Man", but are instead about a wide variety of topics.

Especially some female college students, the topics they talk about are generally quite explosive, and this group is very good at telling stories. They can tell a bloody story about a scumbag man and woman better than a Qiong Yao novel.

"Is the boss listening to gossip again?"

Chen Yan sat down next to him, took out his phone and started playing Tik Tok.

"...Isn't it bad for you to slack off in front of your boss?"

"Well, now that I have nothing to do, what's wrong with playing with my phone for a while? Boss, I find that you are too harsh on your employees!"

“……”How dare this person say such a thing?

The chair she was sitting on was the one that Douzi often sat on. When Douzi sat on it, his feet were still a long way off the ground, but Chen Yan was tall, and she could even cross her legs when sitting on it.

"Turn down the volume on TikTok."

"Did I bother you to listen to gossip?"

Chen Xi was too lazy to pay attention to her. He was dealing with some paperwork for the guild, so Gu Nanzhi reported to him.

Although Gu Nanzhi was small in stature, he was very capable. He felt that these arrangements did not require his review, but Gu Nanzhi still asked him to take a look.

"Okay, okay, I won't disturb you while you're working." Chen Yan sighed, put away his phone, then went to the back to steal his bottle of wine, then came back and poured it for herself.

"..." Chen Xi would rather she continue watching Tik Tok and disturb his work.

However, while Chen Xi was working, he seemed to suddenly hear something that made him a little curious.

"What is the Conferred God List?"

He asked Chen Yan beside him: "Has the game updated the Conferred God List recently?"

"Well, the old man made it. There's an extra section on the official forum of the game... It feels more like a game, right?"

After Chen Yan finished speaking, she realized something was wrong. "Hey! Boss, you said you didn't eavesdrop on other people's conversations?"

She looked at the man with some caution, thinking that she should be careful next time she chatted with the girls, after all, they would occasionally talk about some inappropriate topics.

If the boss heard it, their dignity as gods would be gone!

"Is it something like the battle power rankings in games?"

"Yes, but due to various reasons such as possessing evil fate objects, being restrained by destiny, etc., combat power is difficult to quantify, so there is another set of judging criteria."

“Will everyone be ranked on top?”

"Only those who have played the game will be ranked. We shouldn't be on the list."

When she said "we", she was probably referring to the gods, but obviously not herself.

Chen Xi took out his mobile phone to search for the official website.

He didn't want his name to appear on it, as he felt it would be a huge trouble. His life was good enough now, so there was no need to have that name.

Sure enough, most of the topics about "The Man of Destiny" on the Internet are related to "The Investiture of the Gods".

In fact, before the Investiture of the Gods came out, there were many young warriors who liked to compete with each other or compare themselves with the popular masters on the Internet.

Now, the official authoritative list directly ranks all the hundreds of millions of people who have logged into the game.

Don't accept it? You're ranked lower than me, so even if you don't accept it, you'll still get beaten up!

When "Investiture of the Gods" came out, it really set off a wave of enthusiasm. Moreover, this "Investiture of the Gods" is divided into honor zones, including county servers, city servers, provincial servers and national servers. It supports real-name registration and also supports changing online names.

This resulted in a bunch of weird IDs appearing in "Investiture of the Gods"
421 people in Longjiang City, Douyin Long Ge, live broadcast at 8 o'clock every night

Jiangcheng 721, Huya TV's No. Doudou

Mountain City 103, B Station Coriander Sister

Not long ago, many anchors made a living by relying on the popularity of "The Destiny of Man". Many anchors and up-hosts found that bragging was not against the law, which led to a mixed bag of people.

Now, the official certification is out.

(End of this chapter)