"Since the statue is already our god, then we should treat ourselves as gods too. Don't you think there's something wrong with the way your madam and the Young City Lord of Deep Space treat your young miss?" I said, struck by a sudden inspiration.
Zhao'er looked at me in confusion. Only after a long while did she say, "What you said seems to make sense. Everyone in Sky City is incredibly powerful. My father often says that if you randomly grabbed anyone from here and sent them to the Immortal Continent, they'd be a godlike existence... So Madam and the Young City Lord of Deep Space treat the young miss as a god..."
"Then that's a betrayal of the doctrine," I said flatly.
"Ah?! Th-then how could that be? But your analysis does seem very reasonable. No wonder they once had such a terrible argument, constantly saying, 'Our god, our god,' and such. I couldn't understand it then, but now that you've put it this way, it might really be true." Zhao'er hurriedly explained.
As we talked, we naturally entered the inner room.
My words had stirred up many things Zhao'er had previously paid no attention to. I knew that her mind was also churning now. She was a remarkably clever child, not some fool.
Thus, following her, I soon passed through the halls and corridors and arrived at a study. Before long, she took a box out of the room.
"What is this?" I asked curiously.
"This... this is a collection of jade fragments that the City Lord destroyed with a wave of his hand in a fit of anger when he quarreled with Madam back then. Most of them were destroyed outright, while a small portion fell into the water and was picked up by the young