She's Picked Up Bad Habits

The two sisters promptly raised their hands, indicating that the topic should be put to rest.

The only lucky thing back then was that the two of them were Mobius's assistants. Mobius's cooking was just bad, not poisonous. Occasionally, if you closed your eyes and prepared yourself mentally, you could still eat it.

If it was Mei's assistant, Danzhu Cangxuan seriously suspected that they should have been on the list of victims long ago.

"Alright, alright, let bygones be bygones."

Danzhu sighed. This was something she really couldn't think about; just thinking about it made her mouth taste bad.

"Ji Lin is gone too, let's cook. It's too hard to pretend to be a god... Let's have four dishes and a soup for the three of us, and we'll just have a bite."

"There's only soup left. Ji Lin has scooped all the meat, including the deer antler, out of the pot. Hmm, there might even be just pure soup left," Hua said, as if prepared. When Ji Lin learned that he could get more if he wasn't full, Hua watched as Ji Lin devoured bowl after bowl.

With that amount, there's probably only some minced meat left in the soup now; there's probably nothing larger left—because Hua had even seen Ji Lin gnawing on a piece of ginger, chewing it a couple of times and then swallowing it.

Upon hearing this, Danzhu's eyes widened. "Is that girl a little pig?! Isn't she afraid of dying?"

"After all, she's a young person who's still growing," Hua said expressionlessly. "And I guess that girl hasn't had a proper meal in a long time."

"..."

That makes perfect sense. A good soldier has to be able to eat. When it comes to replenishing energy, even a refined and elegant lady like Eden can devour half a cow without batting an eye.

I reckon only Kevin can get enough energy by slurping noodles...

Danzhu silently remembered this grudge over having her food stolen.

But speaking of which, why did Elysia gain weight?

To be honest, among their group, only Elysia's weight has been slowly increasing. Moreover, she is theoretically Herrscher is less likely to gain weight. With the normal amount of food in the cafeteria, she shouldn't be gaining weight at all. Danzhu seriously suspects that Elysia usually eats more snacks than meals, or even several times more. Her weight gain is entirely her own fault.

"I'll add some more meat later. Ji Lin only ate a deer leg."

Although the leg of a large deer is quite extravagant, it's enough for the three of them to manage for two meals, which is still within acceptable limits.

Hua initially decided to teach Ji Lin because of Ji Lin's resonance phenomenon, but after seeing how Ji Lin ate, he increasingly felt that he had made the right decision.

With that kind of appetite and the right amount of exercise, even without Honkai Energy, he would definitely be a top-tier warrior among ordinary people.

Chapter 463 Going Bad

Two more years have passed.

More changes have occurred in just two years than in the previous ten years.

First, the story of "Ji Lin receiving a sword from an immortal and undergoing a complete transformation" led to Ji Lin being elected as the new leader by everyone in the clan, including her father, not long after she returned.

However, this matter did not leave Ji Lin with no time to spare. On the contrary, just one month later, Ji Lin returned to his usual leisurely life.

In Ji Lin's words, she spent a month allocating a year's worth of work to the Youxiong Clan. As long as there were no unexpected events like the Nine Abyss attacking, she wouldn't even need to worry about the clan.

After learning about this, Danzhu and Cangxuan's gazes towards Ji Lin changed once again.

She truly Schicksal to be called the chosen one. Despite having never been involved in government affairs before, she was able to handle things quickly and efficiently, demonstrating first-rate leadership skills.

If Danzhu hadn't known that Liu Bai hadn't taught Ji Lin the art of governance, she would have suspected that Liu Bai was secretly giving Ji Lin private lessons.

However, this is not the most important thing. After all, Ji Lin's leadership ability is ahead of its time. So how much more advanced he is is irrelevant. After all, the productivity of primitive society was limited. The number of people was fixed, and the actual limit locked the theory.

The real problem over the past two years has been the Nine Abyss.

Over the course of two years, tribes that had been defeated and fled from Nine Abyss settled in the surrounding area, forcing Liu Bai to perform a "miracle" by attaching himself to the foundation and flying his family up the mountain to relocate.

With his formidable martial prowess, personal charisma, and divine backing, Ji Lin successfully forged a tribal alliance among these like-minded tribes, becoming their leader and vowing to launch a counterattack against the Nine Abyss ... Of course, these tribes are currently more like banding together for mutual support.

It was through these tribes that Liu Bai and his group obtained some of the less polluted corpses of the Nine Abyss Clan—the heavily polluted corpses could not be preserved.

Under Liu Bai's guidance, Danzhu Cangxuan conducted in-depth dissections of several corpses and, after careful discussion, arrived at a very ominous conclusion.

The Honkai might be more devastating than they imagine. If they're unlucky, a high-ranking Honkai Beast might emerge in this era.

Upon realizing this, Danzhu Cangxuan was somewhat taken aback. "Damn it," he thought, "Even if this era has developed Honkai technology, it's the most primitive Honkai. It's merely a weak application of the brutal and tyrannical energy of Honkai Energy. In terms of practicality, it's probably inferior to a primitive steam engine! And you think you can create a high-level Honkai Beast with that? Besides, the first generation of these people is dead; they don't really understand the principles anymore."

Is Honkai gone mad, or has the world gone mad?

At the same time Danzhu Cangxuan were also somewhat relieved that they hadn't been so sarcastic as to go and help those tribes.

If Herrscher were to emerge in primitive society, that would be truly hilarious.

Forget about the Fire Moth Project, everyone. Let's go back to Europe, knock on our bosses' coffin lids, and get ready for a fight.

Now, Danzhu Cangxuan are emotionally inclined to let them take the initiative and directly suppress Nine Abyss, this scourge, but their rationality prevents them from doing so.

After all, nobody knows what the situation is with the Honkai source in the Nine Abyss Netherworld, and theoretically, it is possible to produce high-rank Honkai Beast now.

Well, in terms of Honkai, "theoretically" is basically equivalent to "actually" existing.

Moreover, who knows if the Nine Abyss Nether group has developed a coexistence or other relationship with the higher-ranking Honkai Beast? After all, the Nine Abyss is different from the faith-based Honkai organization run by their Previous Era, the Gray Serpent.

The organization that Gray Serpent is in is brainwashing and watching the show. Although their faith Honkai, the Honkai energy they can access is all leaked from Gray Serpent to amuse them.

But Nine Abyss is different; their home is located on a large-scale source of Honkai.

What the hell? Shouldn't everyone turn into Death Soldier after this? Heaven knows why Nine Abyss is still so lively. Everyone has entered the Death Soldier process, yet he's still alive and kicking.

The most plausible guess right now is that the bloodlines from the Nine Abyss Netherworlds are good, or that the weak have been eliminated through natural selection. Although they haven't awakened Stigmata, they can barely withstand that not-too-strong erosion.

But precisely because of this, Nine Abyss might actually be able to establish a symbiotic relationship with Honkai Beast, since their methods are just too unconventional.

If this group realizes they can't win and leads the Honkai Beast in a circle and runs away, that would be a huge problem. And an even bigger issue is that Ji Lin mentioned the Nine Abyss Netherworlds are located by the sea, and none of them have the skill for naval warfare...

Therefore, given the current situation, rationally speaking, neither Danzhu Cangxuan nor Liu Bai would want to touch this thing rashly.

Anyway, this thing isn't overpowered right now, so let's just play it by ear. You guys can go head-to-head, and we can go head-to-head. We'll definitely help you crush the opponent when they play their ace.

Furthermore, Danzhu Cangxuan has already begun to figure out how to completely shut down the current Honkai technology.

This thing seems to be taking up too much space in the Honkai assessment; how can something like this be considered a high-ranking Honkai Beast?

Alright. You'd better stop using these things. I'll lead you in a counterattack against the Nine Abyss, kill your enemies, and then His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor will decide that mortal demonic artifacts are against the will of Heaven and issue an edict to destroy them all. Will you accept the edict or not?

Of course, to be honest, these tribes, who have more or less some Honkai technology, have realized that their own thing is actually a scourge, but there's nothing they can do. They're relying on this thing to launch a counterattack against the Nine Abyss, and they have to pretend that the Nine Abyss are using demonic artifacts while theirs are using magic weapons.

Unless Nine Abyss is crushed, these tribes will not obediently hand over or destroy those crude devices.

Moreover, it is estimated that after the Nine Abyss are defeated, Ji Lin's position as leader will be secure, and the people's faith in these fake gods will increase dramatically.

After calculating, it's almost exactly right.

As for why they absolutely had to accept it, the reason is even simpler. Both Liu Bai and Danzhu understood one thing: sometimes, there are always some incredibly talented people in the world.

What kind of Honkai equipment? I don't know.

Such a person can treat whatever they have in their hands as an alchemical furnace from beginning to end.

Then, hey! I've concocted an elixir of immortality! One bite! Incredibly satisfying! I ascended to heaven!

It feels like there's something extra inside my body? It must be the legendary true qi!

Today, I, Daoist Master, am officially a Qi Refiner!

I'll keep refining, Daoist!

One alchemy furnace is not enough! I, the Daoist, want to build another one!

Damn it, a celestial artifact is indeed a celestial artifact. What I made is completely different from a celestial artifact... Wait, it seems it can also be used to refine pills?

Refine! Eat! The taste is the same! I, the Daoist, have become stronger again!

Alright! This is the art of internal alchemy!

This example is quite bizarre, but the problem is that it's not impossible. Some geniuses can do this kind of thing, knowing nothing but still managing to create a low-quality copy, or even distorting it into a whole system.

If the equipment is kept, these people guarantee that someone will be able to create a distorted version of the Honkai Energy system within a thousand years.

Of course, taking them won't affect their appearance, but given the current situation... well, go ahead and do some archaeology, take your time, and try to find something before you die.

Therefore, this item must be received.

"Great Goddess Jingwei! What are we having for dinner tonight?!"

After breaking out in a sweat, Ji Lin excitedly asked his actual master.

"Fuxi went to the beach and collected some seashells, shrimp, crabs, kelp, raw meat, fruit, and salt..."

"Wait! Are there those things on the beach?"

"No, but Fuxi went out and saved someone. He was seen, and then that person's tribe carried him into their settlement and stuffed him with a bunch of offerings."

"Wow... being a god is so convenient," Ji Lin couldn't help but exclaim.

They had been together for two years, which is not a short time, and Ji Lin gradually realized some things over time.

However, Ji Lin, who had gradually transformed into a wise leader, thought about it and simply pretended not to know.

Does it matter whether our own leaders are truly deities?

It's enough that the other party possesses divine power and is willing to help her; saying anything more is pointless and only adds to her troubles.

"Yes, but it's too convenient, which is a bad trend," Hua said softly. "We can't always be by your side. In the end, everything that humanity has to create must be created by humanity itself."

Ji Lin looked at his teacher, who was giving a serious lecture, and couldn't help but laugh, "If Grandpa Shaman heard this, he would probably kneel down and kowtow to apologize, wondering what he had done to offend the great god."

"He...he's too old, and his thinking is too stubborn." Hua shook her head. These tribes have been making monthly offerings to him for the past two years, so she has naturally seen him.

"But I think Grandpa Wuzhu is right." Ji Lin stretched. "Although the members of the alliance are united around me, they are also united around His Heavenly Emperor and you great gods. I am their brain, and you are their confidence. At first, they chose me as their leader simply because I am 'the daughter of the Heavenly Emperor' —heaven knows why the story from back then became more and more outrageous, even spreading the rumor that I was His Heavenly Emperor's daughter in the mortal world."

"After all these years, you've probably spent less than five months down there in total, right? The rest of the time you've been on 'Mount Shen'." Hua forced a helpless smile. "It's only natural that you'd be misunderstood like this."

Although it was just keeping Ji Lin on the mountain, it was undoubtedly as good as treating her like a daughter to the people down the mountain.

"Hmm~~ A few days ago, the shaman asked me how to erect statues for the gods, whether to make them according to the rites of emperors and empresses or those of their subjects." Ji Lin thought of something and couldn't help but laugh.

"...Then what?"

"The emperor and his consorts have been established—everyone thinks that's how it should be." Ji Lin said while carefully observing his teacher's reaction. "The Heavenly Emperor has three consorts: Fuxi, Nüwa, and Jingwei —Grandpa Wuzhu has already inscribed these words on tortoise shells and explained them to everyone in the alliance."

"Have him cut it off next time," Hua said calmly.

Although this isn't exactly nonsense, I'm a little unhappy that she's ranked third.

"I think His Heavenly Emperor would rather have the title of 'Daughter of the Heavenly Emperor' removed. After all, having a daughter out of nowhere must be a bit confusing for His Majesty, right?"

"Just say that he was appointed the Human King by the Heavenly Emperor."

Danzhu and Liu Bai also returned and happened to overhear the two talking. Liu Bai then quietly interjected.

"Daughter of the Heavenly Emperor" is such a ridiculous title! It's as if I cheated on Shaodian, it's utter nonsense.

The title of "Human King" sounds wonderful; it has both legal and moral authority.

Liu Bai said, "I'll give you a title. Isn't that way more impressive than the Schicksal Church in the Middle Ages? As the highest god in the system, I'll personally endorse you. Who among those people would dare to say a word against it?"

Compared to Otto, Liu Bai was clearly more pleased to let Ji Lin take the throne.

Although this child has been a bit mischievous lately, learning from Danzhu and Cangxuan, his nature is pure enough. If not Ji Lin, then who should he support?

Well, there is also the future Shennong Lianshan, but I'm not really familiar with it. I've only seen it from afar a few times during sacrificial ceremonies.

"Haha... Your Majesty, you're back." Ji Lin scratched his head somewhat awkwardly. "The title of Human King is really too exaggerated... I don't even believe it myself when I say it out loud."

"But aren't you already one now?"

Liu Bai glanced at Ji Lin, immediately silencing Ji Lin.

There's actually nothing wrong with that. Now all the major tribes with names and surnames have gathered around Ji Lin. It can be said that in this Central Plains, apart from the alliance led by Ji Lin, there is only Nine Abyss. There may be some minor tribes left, but they obviously don't count.

"Actually, I don't really like those things... but anyway, let's get rid of the title 'Daughter of the Heavenly Emperor' first!"

After a moment of distress Ji Lin decisively changed the subject.

Liu Bai was also somewhat helpless. The person he didn't want to help had single-handedly destroyed politics, while the person he wanted to help had no interest in politics at all.

These things are just too funny.

"Your Majesty, please remember to manifest your power during the next grand ceremony. My words are useless in this matter."

"Then I'm thinking of just giving you the title of Human King," Liu Bai sighed.

"Forced love is never sweet, Your Heavenly Emperor," Ji Lin said calmly, completely unafraid that Liu Bai would actually force her to accept the title.

Ji Lin was certain that his emperor was still reasonable.

"As long as it's edible, Ji Lin." Danzhu added with a smile, "It's alright, next time you don't need our Heavenly Emperor to do it, I'll convey the Heavenly Emperor's decree."