Bronze Head and Iron Arms

By the time they finished cleaning up the site, it was already noon.

The three of them hurriedly grabbed a bite to eat. Hongying stayed upstairs at the office to take care of some miscellaneous tasks, while Lin Qiye and Wen Qimo went to the Forbidden Ruins testing ground.

"Qiye, I've just about explained all the basics to you. Is there anything else you'd like to add about your Mortal Divine Realm's abilities?" Wen Qimo asked.

The two had just had a brief conversation about the basics of Forbidden Ruins and God's Agents, and Lin Qiye had attributed the Star-Splitting Art he had just used entirely to Michael.

"That slash just now was an ability Michael gave you? As expected of God's Agent. Sigh, I'm a little jealous." Wen Qimo carefully recorded Lin Qiye's words in his notebook.

Lin Qiye, meanwhile, was thinking about something else entirely.

Wen Qimo had just said that, throughout history, no one had ever been the agent of two gods at once. But now, he was the agent of not just two gods, but three!

And in the future, that number could very well rise to eight! Michael and the seven in the mental hospital!

That was eight gods! In the future, he could say with a flourish, "Gods as powerful as Zhou Meng? I've got eight of them!"

"Oh, right, Qiye, I have another question about your abilities. Of course, Deputy Captain Wu Xiangnan asked you this before, too. About the name Zhou Meng, is there anything else you'd like to add beyond what you already told us?" Wen Qimo suddenly looked up and asked.

Lin Qiye shook his head. "Sorry, I still don't recognize the name. That night, after I used my ability and passed out from mental exhaustion, I didn't know anything. When I opened my eyes again, I found Zhao Kongcheng collapsed in my arms, and the Ghost-Faced King had already been dealt with."

"If you hadn't arrived, I would have thought Zhao Kongcheng had awakened Forbidden Ruins and killed the Ghost-Faced King. I never expected that 'I' had done it."

"But who do you think this Zhou Meng is?" Although Lin Qiye was talking complete nonsense, he also wanted to get some information out of Wen Qimo.

That would make it easier for him to continue concealing the existence of the god Zhou Meng.

"Hmm, how should I put it? None of us really knows what's going on. Xiaonan, who knows the most about medicine, thinks you have a second personality named Zhou Meng. Judging by the abilities you currently have, that personality might be the reason your Divine Ruins' power is incomplete. This personality possesses the vast majority of the Divine Ruins' power, while only a small portion manifests in your primary personality," Wen Qimo explained.

"When you face a life-or-death crisis, this second personality emerges and unleashes tremendous power. From what Old Zhao described, this personality that calls itself Zhou Meng seems a little lazy and somewhat irreverent."

"But that's all just our speculation. To find out the real reason, you might need to go to Shangjing City and talk to the experts who specialize in studying gods. I'm sure they'll be very interested in you!"

Hearing Wen Qimo's speculation, both Lin Qiye and Zhou Meng, who was eavesdropping inside his head, found it a little funny.

The mysterious had already manifested in the world, yet they were still using conventional medical theories to explain mysterious phenomena? These people's thinking was really rigid. Why couldn't it be a divine descent or a god being summoned? They hadn't come close to guessing the truth.

Zhou Meng didn't really care. Whether the people outside knew about him or not made no difference to him. But Lin Qiye still very much wanted to protect his little secret. After all, Zhou Meng wasn't the only god in his mental hospital.

However, Zhou Meng knew full well that Lin Qiye's Mortal Divine Realm was definitely capable of more than this. Most of his divine power was being used to sustain the existence of the entire city of Cangnan City.

Therefore, he absolutely couldn't let Lin Qiye learn the truth about this now. He could only keep his mouth shut about it.

"All right, the next step is to begin practical training. Since your Mortal Divine Realm's main ability is perception, we have a—" Wen Qimo stood up, ready to take Lin Qiye to a room on the other side for practical training, but before he could finish, another voice interrupted him.

"Little Brother Qiye! You sparred with the captain this morning, and that slash of yours made me really itch for a fight! Forget practicing with those rubber bullets at the testing ground. Big Sister's spear is just as good as those bullets!" Hongying pushed open the testing ground's main doors and walked toward Lin Qiye.

There was nothing to do upstairs at the office now, and she was getting a little bored, so she had come to watch Lin Qiye train and pass the time.

She called it watching, but really, she just wanted to exchange a few moves with Lin Qiye.

Seeing Hongying, Wen Qimo knew his original training plans for the afternoon definitely wouldn't go smoothly. But that was fine too. The training room's rubber bullets were fast, but Hongying's spear wasn't slow either. Training through actual combat, and sparring with a beautiful woman with a smoking-hot figure like Hongying, might get Lin Qiye even more enthusiastic about training.

Lin Qiye glanced at Wen Qimo, who made no move to intervene, and knew he was probably going to get beaten up again.

At that thought, he pretended he needed to use the bathroom, then quickly sank his consciousness into the mental hospital. In the activity area, he found Zhou Meng, who was still being pulled along on the swings by Nyx.

"Mother! Let me borrow Father for a little while!" Lin Qiye didn't want to waste words, so he chose the simplest approach.

"Thanatos, be careful!" Nyx said cheerfully as she watched Lin Qiye drag Zhou Meng away.

"Brother Meng, come here, come here. Let's talk. Do you have any of those entries that aren't quite so powerful? Lend me one, will you?" Lin Qiye asked.

"Not quite so powerful? Is the Star-Splitting Art that powerful?" Zhou Meng asked in confusion.

It only splits a star. Besides, your realm isn't high enough to split one right now anyway, is it?

"One slash this morning nearly split a building in half! And you still say it's not that powerful! The move really works, but I don't dare use it anymore. Do you have something that'll let me take a beating without feeling the pain?" Lin Qiye explained.

Zhou Meng understood. Lin Qiye needed to train but was afraid of getting beaten up.

"Wait here. I'll be right back, just a moment." Zhou Meng told Lin Qiye to stay where he was and keep Nyx company, then returned to his ward. A little while later, he casually tossed a blue entry into Lin Qiye's body.

He had gotten it from the Great Sage, who was still meditating, as if he had returned to his original state: [Bronze Head and Iron Arms].

For Sun Wukong, the entry should have been called Indestructible Diamond Body instead. But on Lin Qiye, who was at the Cup Realm, it would at least keep a few blows from hurting.

Lin Qiye's eyes lit up.

"Bronze Head and Iron Arms! This is perfect! With this, even if Sister Hongying stabs me with her spear, I'll be fine! Brother Meng, I'm off!"

Lin Qiye's consciousness sank, and he returned to the real world.

[Bronze Head and Iron Arms] and [Ghostface Spatial Aspect] together were enough for him to hold his own against Sister Hongying for a while!

At least after being jabbed by that spear, he wouldn't end up bruised and battered like he had while training with the captain just now!