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"Just kidding." Jiang Lu laughed playfully.
The two of them breathed a sigh of relief: "Your idea is very dangerous."
"Don't worry." Jiang Lu comforted him, "I won't try it unless I have to."
"Huh?" The two of them were horrified.
How do I feel? I am even more worried...
Soon, the three of them returned to the tavern, but Jiang Lu did not go in with them.
Because Jiang Lu still had to go to Dectel’s manor.
Cu Chulainn was just like that father-in-law, he definitely couldn't be counted on, and Jiang Lu didn't know Conchie Erb very well.
So she needs her help to figure out what happened between Fergus and him, and whether he has any unknown secrets that can help him get through this crisis.
After bidding farewell to the two of them for a while, Jiang Lu rushed towards Dectel's manor without stopping.
But just as he was passing by the market, he suddenly stopped.
"The market...should it be so deserted?" Jiang Lu looked at the empty stalls and felt a sense of uneasiness.
"Hello."
A hoarse voice came from behind.
Jiang Lu turned around slowly and saw a man wrapped in black cloth, with only a pair of eyes exposed, looking at him intently.
Even in broad daylight, this ghostly appearance can easily make people's hearts stop.
Jiang Lu narrowed his eyes.
"Are you here to find me?"
"Exactly." The shadow leader wanted to use laughter to dilute the tense atmosphere and show his friendliness.
But his laughter was too unpleasant to hear. It was as painful as the painful twitches when killing pigs during the New Year.
So before the shadow leader could explain his purpose, Jiang Lu was so excited that he roared: "Morrigan! What do you do for food?! Is it your mother who is holding the gun?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Morrigan appeared from the shadows in a red dress.
"Sorry, my question." She smiled apologetically: "He didn't have murderous intentions, so I didn't pay much attention."
When he heard Jiang Lu's unabashed rebuke and saw Morrigan being respectful to such insults, the shadow leader was instantly trembling with excitement.
“Sure enough…Sure enough!”
And Jiang Lu was a little strange.
In desperation, he vomited sweet things to Morrigan. After saying this, he felt a little regretful, thinking that he wouldn't say he was angry, right?
But what I didn't expect was that Morrigan actually accepted it. Not only was he not angry, he even took the initiative to apologize and explain.
Are we... already this familiar?
He couldn't figure it out, and Jiang Lu didn't think about it either.
This is probably what they call old friends. It makes sense to say that Morrigan had splashed a lot before, so he should be considered a close friend.
Unfortunately, Jiang Lu was a man who pushed beyond his limits, so when he saw that Morrigan was not in a hurry, he let him go.
"Apologizing has to show your belly, so you have to apologize again later, but for now, help me deal with this kid first."
"Okay." Morrigan nodded.
One second the shadow leader was admiring the heroic appearance of the "God of Light" Jiang Lu, and the next second he was targeted by a spear. In an instant, he was covered in cold sweat and hurriedly said:
"Don't be impatient, sir! I really have no ill intentions. Didn't the goddess of death just say that I have no intention of killing you?"
"You have no ill intentions, but you use magic to make everyone in the market disappear?" Jiang Lu raised his eyebrows.
"They were only temporarily trapped in the shadow by me, because I need to meet with you alone." The shadow leader explained sincerely: "King Conchie wants to see you."
Hearing this, Jiang Lu was confused for a moment.
If Conchie Erb wanted to see him, he could just let anyone pass the message. Why did he have to be so mysterious and even book the venue?
Is this the pomp of a king? Face-saving projects must be in place, right?
Jiang Lu frowned and looked at Morrigan.
The latter was also confused. He looked at Jiang Lu and then at the shadow leader: "So you still want to kill?"
"Don't worry yet." Jiang Lu waved his hand, and then asked the shadow leader: "But didn't Cu Chulainn go find him?"
"Ah... I don't know about that." The shadow leader said honestly: "But the king told me to invite you over as soon as he sees you come back, and then he will put aside all other matters. If it's not a very important matter, I think you can see him anytime by going to the palace."
"Is this so..."
Although Jiang Lu didn't know why Kang Qi Erbo suddenly wanted to see him and sent someone to respectfully invite him, his attitude changed 180 degrees, but after thinking about it, he decided to go and have a look first. .
"Let's go, you lead the way."
he ordered.
The shadow leader bowed his head humbly and saluted, and then said: "Please follow me."
Morrigan, on the other hand, was hidden in the darkness again.
......
Not long after, the two came to the palace, and Jiang Lu soon came to the outside of the palace where he met Kangqi Erbo the day before.
However, the door was closed at this time, and the attendant at the door told the shadow leader that Cu Chulainn was meeting with Conchieber.
The shadow leader nodded, turned to Jiang Lu and said, "We are really meeting Cu Chulainn. In that case, let's wait."
"Yeah." Jiang Lu didn't say anything, so he leaned in front of an open window in the corridor and stared at the bustling city outside in a daze.
The shadow leader just stayed by Jiang Lu's side silently, with a somewhat struggling expression.
After a long while, he finally plucked up the courage: "That...that..."
"What?" Jiang Lu turned around.
The shadow leader didn't dare to look Jiang Lu in the eye. He lowered his head and stammered, "It's... that's it..."
"What's going on?" Jiang Lu became impatient.
This frightened the shadow leader, and he quickly said: "That's it, can you please go in alone?"
"Nonsense, can I still go in half alone?"
"That's not what I mean." The shadow leader swallowed: "What I mean is, can the Lady Death be waiting for you outside? I know she has always been by your side."
"......" Jiang Lu looked at the shadow leader expressionlessly.
The latter suddenly became panicked, worried that he had offended Jiang Lu.
But what he didn't know was that Jiang Lu was also panicking.
Guan Erye has the courage to go to the meeting alone, but he doesn't. He can only be regarded as Liu Bang at best, and he still has to take care of others to feel at ease.
He was extremely worried that this was the Hongmen Banquet.
So he tentatively asked: "Can you see her figure?"
"I can't see that." The shadow leader said honestly: "It's just that I guess you must have something important to do when you come down to the next world, and you should always be together."
"Oh, I can't see it..." Jiang Lu nodded: "It's easy if you can't see it."
"what?"
"I said I agreed." Jiang Lu agreed readily, and then gave a secret signal to Morrigan in the dark, meaning never let me leave your sight.
Morrigan received the signal and couldn't help but have a smile on his face.
"Master Dagda is really naughty. He must have thought that I didn't know his identity yet, so he pretended to be weak on purpose. Did he want to attract my attention? Did he want me to fall in love?"
Thinking of this, her face flushed.
"You are so naughty, I will cooperate with you a little..."
Just as she was thinking wildly, the palace door finally opened.
Cu Chulainn seemed to have encountered some kind of shock. He stared at the road under his feet and left without saying a word. He didn't even see Jiang Lu who was right next to him.
Looking at his back, Jiang Lu was a little curious.
"What's going on? This is..."
The shadow leader didn't care about Cu Chulainn at all. When he saw the door open, he bowed and made an invitation: "Sir, please come in."
"Oh."
Jiang Lu glanced at Cu Chulainn one last time and then entered the palace.
The moment he stepped into the palace, the door behind him was closed by the shadow leader.
Conchie Erb was still sitting at the head of the long table as he was yesterday, but at this time he did not want to be as high-spirited as yesterday, but had a sad expression on his face.
Seeing Jiang Lu walk in, he forced a smile, stood up and invited, "Come and sit."
Now Jiang Lu could be sure that although he didn't know why, Conchi Erb's attitude towards him had indeed changed, and it was positive.
Because he still remembered that yesterday the other party treated him like a waiter, just waving at him, but today he suddenly learned to stand up and greet him with a smile.
Strange, indeed strange.
With full of doubts, Jiang Lu sat over.
But before he could say anything, Conchie Erb opened a small box on the table, pushed it in front of Jiang Lu, and stared at Jiang Lu without saying a word.
Jiang Lu looked over curiously and found that the bottom of the small box was actually covered with a layer of crystal clear strange powder. Just looking at it made people fascinated.
"Is this... a divine crystal?" Jiang Lu could tell at a glance that this thing was a fragment of the divinity that belonged exclusively to gods.
Godhead is not just an illusory concept, nor is it static.
The godhead is like an unpolished ore at first. As the god gradually grows, they will gradually become more in line with the god's soul and be able to completely preserve the traces of the god.
To put it more vividly, Godhead is like an exercise book, or a collection of exercises for top students.
While they are inherently difficult, they are also given different values based on the user's ability.
The more powerful the gods are, the more their godhood has been repeatedly refined, the more suitable it is for them and the more difficult it is to be taken away.