The Sage of Idle Tales
Chapter 650

White Lotus Pure Land: Listen to Me Say Thank You

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After much explaining, Chen Luo finally made it clear to the Qilin Emperor that in the human realm, he had been wrestling with himself—writing one book twice, through his true self and his avatar.

In short, the current situation was that if he kept writing, he would not be able to maintain his avatar.

So he had to endure for a while.

Once he had planned things out and squeezed the greatest possible value from this avatar identity, he would continue writing.

The Qilin Emperor sucked on his pipe several times before nodding, evidently accepting Chen Luo's explanation.

But before Chen Luo could relax, the Qilin Emperor spoke again. "I understand the reasoning."

"But couldn't you write it down first and not send it out?"

"If you don't send it, no one else can see it. Then, when you come to the Netherworld, you can just rewrite it for me!"

Chen Luo: (°°)

Martial Uncle's words made perfect sense. He actually could not refute them!

It felt exactly like telling your boss about all the problems with a project and explaining how difficult it would be to carry out. The boss would take a puff of his cigar, acknowledge your judgment, then casually say, "Then get started first..."

That was how this world's rules worked: no matter how powerful someone was, they were really just working for someone higher up.

Thinking of that, what was there to be anxious about?

Still, the Qilin Emperor might have realized that traveling frequently between the two realms was bad for the soul, and finally relaxed his demands.

"Then... take a day off!"

After seeing the Qilin Emperor off, Shangguan Wan'er tidied away the bowl of soup Chen Luo had finished and smiled at him. "Your Highness, don't take it to heart. His

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