Gu Ding's Scheme

About five or six minutes later, Maso You You woke up, which was within Gu Ding's expectations given his Thirteenth-Order Gene Body constitution.

Seeing him open his eyes, Gu Ding grinned, revealing his clean, even teeth. "A bet's a bet. You should hand over that thing now, right?"

Maso looked down at his hands. Magic Restriction Chains, he had no right to negotiate. He knew he was completely defeated this time. In Combat Strength, Gu Ding was far inferior to him. But in terms of combat skills, he couldn't even come close to Gu Ding's little finger. Shaking his head helplessly, he then opened his Storage Space, took out the divine throne, and handed it to Gu Ding.

Gu Ding took the divine tablet in his hand and examined it for a while. The tablet was about the size of a palm, entirely black. It was unclear what material it was made of, but it felt quite heavy in his hand.

However, the token was engraved with several strange symbols and ciphers, the meaning of which Gu Ding could not understand at all. What was most eye-catching was that the token was obviously missing a corner, and along that missing corner, there was a visible crack, about two centimeters long.

Gu Ding quickly noticed that many people's eyes were fixed on the divine tablet in his hand, and some even had greed in their eyes. Gu Ding casually and calmly put the token back into his Storage Space. Then he took out a key and unlocked the Magic Restriction Lock on Maso's hand. "Transaction complete. You can leave now. You'd better go to the hospital to get it checked out. Your throat is broken; you'll need to rest for a few days."

Maso shook his head, clutched his neck, and walked away dejectedly.

"Sea Emperor, please remove the communication jam." Gu Ding suddenly made a strange request.

The Sea Emperor was taken aback. "But if we do that, the news of us obtaining the divine position will spread immediately, which will bring endless trouble."

"I had you unblock the shield to solve this kind of trouble. I never intended to keep this divine position for myself from the beginning," Gu Ding grinned. "Don't worry, just do as I say."

Although Sea Emperor didn't know what Gu Ding was planning, seeing how certain Gu Ding was, he chose to trust Gu Ding's decision and lifted the communication blockade on the entire planet.

Gu Ding then walked towards the crowd, saying, "Listen up, everyone. I've received news of this divine position. If you know any demigods or elders, please let them know. Two days from now, I will auction this divine position off on the spot, and the highest bidder will win. This auction opportunity only comes once; if you miss it, you may never have a second chance in your life..."

Gu Ding's words quickly spread, but Gu Ding remained standing in place, seemingly waiting for something.

Just as he expected, three figures shot towards this direction at almost the same speed.

The demigod from the Child Family, his face contorted with rage, glared menacingly at Gu Ding. "Hand over that divine position!"

"Why?!" Gu Ding asked without the slightest fear.

"Just because this is my Child Family's property, and that shrine was stolen from our family just now! Do I need any other reason to take it back now?" Meyer Child's lie was told with complete confidence.

"How many people do you think this lie can fool?" Gu Ding raised an eyebrow. "Old man, you really should check how many people are recording videos here before you speak. I estimate that at least eight hundred people filmed the entire fight between me and that muscle man, and at least six hundred people are recording this conversation between you and me. How many people do you think will believe what you're saying once these videos are uploaded to the heavens?"

"Believe it or not, that divine position is a family heirloom, which was just lost today," Meyer Child insisted shamelessly. He had been stuck at the Demigod Realm for many years, and he knew that with his aptitude, advancing to godhood was completely hopeless. Now that a divine position had appeared right under his nose, how could he possibly let it go so easily?

"Since that's the case, please describe what that deity looks like." Gu Ding was clearly trying to embarrass him on the spot.

Sea Emperor immediately disabled the projection function on everyone's Smart Watch, because quite a few people had indeed filmed it, and he was afraid that someone might accidentally project it and be seen by Meyer Child.

"Black, token-shaped, about the size of a palm," Meyer Child replied fluently.

This answer surprised Gu Ding slightly.

"The positions of all lower-level gods are basically like this," Sea Emperor whispered in Gu Ding's ear. "Keep asking him if he has any distinctive features."

"These three points are indeed correct, but that doesn't mean this divine position belongs to your family. Many people may not know that the divine positions of Low-rank God are basically palm-sized, Black Token- shaped objects." Gu Ding explained this to everyone, and then continued, "This divine position has other very obvious characteristics. Please describe them."

"There are some symbols and ciphers engraved on it," Meyer Child continued, answering Gu Ding's question based on his understanding of the divine positions.

"The carvings on the divine tablets are actually projections of power, so almost all divine tablets have carvings of various symbols and ciphers." Gu Ding's words were also from the Sea Emperor's Cult. "Aren't there any other characteristics?"

"It's been a long time since I've seen that divine throne, and I don't quite remember some of the details. I think the features I just gave you are enough to prove that the divine throne belongs to our family," Meyer Child continued shamelessly.

"Really? To make the information more accurate, let me remind you. There is a scar on this divine throne. May I ask, is this scar a knife mark, a sword mark, or left by some other weapon?" When Gu Ding asked this question, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up slightly.

Meyer Child seemed to realize it was a trap. He pretended to recall for a moment, but in his mind he was calculating how to answer the question. After a long while, he finally spoke, "No scars."

He gave this answer because he clearly remembered that his subordinate had sent him a message saying that Gu Ding possessed a divine tablet. However, it didn't mention any scars on the tablet, so he was certain that Gu Ding was deliberately deceiving him.

"Are you sure there are no injuries?" Gu Ding continued to press.

"I'm absolutely certain, there are no wounds whatsoever." Meyer Child's confident reply left the stalker who had previously messaged him feeling utterly exasperated.

"Then, I can tell you with absolute certainty that the divine tablet I hold in my hand is not the one your family lost. Because this divine tablet has a very obvious notch." Gu Ding said, projecting a picture of that divine tablet. The notch in the upper right corner was indeed quite conspicuous, clearly visible from about ten meters away. Such a distinctive feature could not possibly be forgotten.

Meyer Child had initially intended to pin the damage to the altar on Gu Ding and, previously, Maso, but then realized that only a true deity could damage an altar. Doing so would be tantamount to contradicting himself. He immediately pretended to examine it carefully, then shook his head with feigned regret, "This really isn't our family's altar. Ours just happened to go missing today. I thought this was it. In the heat of the moment, it was all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding..."

The other two demigods beside him inwardly despised him; they certainly knew what Meyer Child had just been planning. However, being guests on someone else's turf, they couldn't very well interrupt and could only wait for the show to finish.

"Since it's a misunderstanding, then the ownership of this divine position belongs to me. I don't think anyone has any other objections, right?" Gu Ding's gaze swept around the room and landed on the other two demigods. "As I said before, I will hold a small Auction House in two days. This divine position will be awarded to the highest bidder."

"Gu Ding, why two days later? Can't we auction it now?" a demigod asked anxiously. With three people competing, the chances of winning were high. Waiting two days meant who knew how many more people would arrive after hearing the news; the outcome would be completely uncertain.

"For my personal safety, I've arranged it for two days from now," Gu Ding said, shifting his gaze from the demigod to Meyer Child. "I believe many of you already know my purpose in coming to Red Shield Star. Therefore, there's another condition for participating in this Auction House: bidders must not attack me or my team members before my team leaves Red Shield Star. Anyone who does attack may force their way into the Auction House, but I will ignore your bids."

Meyer Child's expression immediately turned somewhat ugly. He was well aware of Gu Ding's purpose in coming to Red Shield Star.

The other party's setting of these conditions was clearly aimed at him. The two demigods he had invited would definitely choose to participate in the auction rather than attack Gu Ding. However, he was in a rather awkward position. If a formal conflict were to break out between Gu Ding Team and members of his family, and no one in his family could suppress it, he would have no choice but to intervene. But once he intervened, he would completely lose his chance to compete for the divine position. He never expected that after living for over three thousand years, he would be outmaneuvered by a child not even sixteen years old. Moreover, with this move, he was practically doomed, and losing his qualification to become a god was almost a foregone conclusion... (To be continued.)