Today's first update: Chapter 2515! 1/4!
"I'm... I'm sorry."
The moment she slapped him, Wu Meier belatedly realized that the hand resting on her chest belonged to none other than her nominal Lord—Xu Kun!
She swore this had absolutely been unintentional. The instant she was detoxified and regained her senses, she sensed someone molesting her, so she instinctively sent that slap flying.
But wrong was wrong, and she did not regret it one bit.
Especially when she saw Xu Kun covering his face as though savoring the blow, she could not help feeling secretly pleased.
I may not be able to beat you or resist you, but slapping you once counts as collecting a little interest!
But had she considered the consequences?
In front of Li Qi, Xu Kun did not react. He did not even spare Wu Meier another glance.
"Senior, does that mean I passed?"
"Of course. I will have to trouble you, little friend, to choose a successor and pass down my legacy."
Like Zhou Xin, Xu Kun's purpose here was not merely to fulfill Plague God Lü Yue's wish of taking away his divine remains and everything he had left behind. Along the way, he was also helping the Five Plague Envoys and the Plague Gods of the Four Directions find inheritors.
"I will not disgrace your esteemed name, Senior," Xu Kun promised.
"Heh... esteemed name." Li Qi laughed at himself. As a god of the Plague Division, he had truly exemplified what it meant to "respect ghosts and gods, but keep them at a distance."
When people prayed to gods and worshiped Buddha, they sought personal gain. When they made offerings to Plague Gods like them, they only sought to keep them from scattering pestilence across the world.
Rather than respect, it was more