Audience Assembly · Long Jing

Soon, the situation Change again.

Perhaps the wait was too long, so long that Zhen Xin had already returned from an audience with the emperor.

That's right, Zhen Xin is back!

As soon as she appeared, she looked down at the group of con artists from the highest Mask platform. Her gaze swept over everyone in turn, then lingered on the last Mask platform for a moment, raising an eyebrow slightly as she said:

"You seem to be having a lot of fun, but isn't it a bit too obvious that you're trying to please the God of Merriment?"

If temporary Fawning worked, wouldn't the Acrobat have been on my side long ago?

Ladies and gentlemen, cease your supernatural powers. He has no time for your circus performance; He is currently summoning His most prized possessions.

As she spoke, she deliberately raised her chin and pointed to the Mask platform at the very bottom.

The scene fell An Jing once again upon Zhen Xin's arrival.

As expected of the Top Rank Chosen of God, Zhen Yi had accumulated considerable prestige, and his appearance immediately commanded respect. Of course, it's also possible that the con artists were giving Zhen Yi face, since no one wanted to provoke that unlucky fellow in such a place.

Upon hearing her words, someone frowned and peered down, skeptical, asking, "You mean the God of Merriment is summoning the one with the lowest rank?"

"That's right, he has a name. Don't you know him? His name is Cheng Shi, and he's a... Fate Weaver," Zhen Xin said with a smile.

"Ha, the Fate Weaver should be at the Audience Assembly [Destiny], what are you doing here meddling?"

Look at the Dragon King, how self-disciplined he is.

No sooner had the words left his mouth than someone sneered:

You actually believe what someone surnamed Zhen says?

Perhaps the Fate Weaver was actually attending the Audience Assembly with [Destiny], which is why she was absent. She's probably just lying to us.

Be careful, everyone, don't fall for her tricks, or you'll end up never even seeing what your Lord of Grace looks like.

"God of Merriment only have one pair of eyes? Do you really need an Audience Assembly to see Him? Dude, He hasn't never summoned you before, has he?"

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"Huh? There are actually people here who haven't been summoned yet?"

"Oh, then I'll give you this opportunity, otherwise you're quite pathetic."

Your mother is dead.

"Did it take up a spot in your family's ancestral grave?"

"..."

They started fighting again after exchanging only a few words.

The con artists, each with their own agenda and ulterior motives, quickly escalated their initial probing into a chaotic brawl. Strangely, despite the commotion, the damage to the scene was minimal; only smoke and mist filled the air, soon enveloping the entire area. And then...

The sounds of sneak attacks erupted!

Everyone was taking action, but no one expected that their target was surprisingly consistent: not the person they had previously argued with or disliked, but Zhen Xin looked down at them with a mocking smile on her lips on the top platform!

Yes, taking advantage of the smoke, everyone used their methods against Zhen Xin!

They sensed something was off about Zhen Xin in front of them!

As con artists who had met Zhen Xin before, they were familiar with Zhen Xin personality and knew that even if Zhen Xin had a sharp tongue, she would never publicly provoke hatred like Zhen Yi.

She is good at cooperation and shrewd in calculation. In the face of a group of swindlers, she only knows how to divide the strength of others and strengthen her own camp, instead of mocking everyone from the start and isolating herself.

Therefore, the person in front of you is definitely not Zhen Xin.

But she won't be Zhen Yi!

Because Zhen Yi isn't that honest.

She'd rather take action than talk nonsense; unless someone's already in trouble, she wouldn't show herself so easily.

Therefore, Zhen Xin's identity is obvious; someone is impersonating her!

But who would dare to provoke the Top Rank Deception here? Either this person is offering amusement to the God of Merriment, or he must have some ulterior motive.

The scammers present were all shrewd. They all realized this at the same time and instantly reached a tacit understanding. They all rushed towards Zhen Xin, wanting to know what this person impersonating Zhen Xin had discovered on the First Platform.

Zhen Xin seemed to have anticipated this. She did not retaliate, but instead chuckled and nimbly dodged everyone's sneak attacks.

Upon seeing this, the Naked Mask man paused, frowning as he looked at Zhen Xin's ghostly figure:

"Long Jing?"

The scammers were stunned for a moment, then looked down at the empty third platform and suddenly realized what had happened.

That explains it! No wonder Long Jing wasn't there; it was hiding here, impersonating Zhen Xin!

Where did the real Zhen Xin go?

After his identity was exposed, Long Jing stopped hiding. He laughed loudly, leaped out of the smoke onto the silk Mask outside the spiral Mask platform, and watched the crowd jumping around like monkeys, thoroughly amused.

"No wonder Circus always have monkey shows; they're quite effective, clap clap clap--"

"..."

"..."

"..."

In an instant, all the swindlers present looked at Long Jing with extreme disgust, and these looks naturally included those directed at the real Long Jing.

Good!

That's not Long Jing!

The moment Zhen Xin returned, Long Jing, who was hiding under the first Mask platform, knew that the Zhen Xin was fake, because the pressure she exerted was too weak, completely lacking the oppressive feeling of Clown!

In other words, this Zhen Xin only has the form, but not the soul!

So Long Jing never intended to go out and continue his own plans. He was preoccupied with figuring out who had created this fake thing, and he could roughly guess their purpose.

The Audience Assembly people to enter, but the deity was nowhere to be seen. Everyone was wondering if the opportunity to see Him was hidden in this meeting place, so it was very likely a test. However, the one testing Him had no idea how he intended to proceed.

Long Jing smiled as the smoke filled the air.

He realized that the group of scammers wanted to take advantage of the chaos to check what was going on at Zhen Xin's No. 1 platform. As the second-ranked on the [Deception] list, he was unlikely to be found by them. So, he took advantage of the smoke to change his position and secretly moved to the shadows of the Mask platform at the bottom.

He intended to remain hidden and observe from the shadows, but unexpectedly, the other party pinned the blame directly on him.

If a gentleman can tolerate this, what cannot?

Long Jing's face darkened, and he decisively made his move, concealing himself even more discreetly.

He didn't want to become a Clown who suddenly appeared out of nowhere before he had identified the real test subject.

The swindlers were also on guard. Even though the fake Long Jing had confessed its identity, no one dared to trust anyone here. They could only pretend it was Long Jing and then take advantage of the chaos to search the first platform extensively until they found no mechanisms or secret teleportation doors. Only then did they reluctantly accept the fact that Zhen Xin had most likely been summoned.

"Looks like we'll have to wait in line to worship the gods. Hopefully, it won't take too long."

"Don't worry, when I see the God of Merriment, I will tell Him that you voluntarily gave up this audience."

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh--"

"If you can't shut your mouth, I don't mind sewing it up for you."

"Did you sew up your mother's mute condition?"

"..."

The Beast Tamer remained silent, only continuing to shoot arrows.

Cheng Shi, who had witnessed the whole farce, shook his head and chuckled. As he watched the Master of Trickery who kept dodging Little Seven's attacks and whose mouth was filled with a lot of "mother's mouth," a strange light flashed in his eyes.

It was this eighth-ranked Master of Trickery who impersonated Zhen Xin and shifted the blame to Long Jing. Cheng Shi, standing on high ground, observed very carefully. In the smoke, although he rushed towards the first platform with the other swindlers, it was actually an illusion, because the real Master of Trickery never left his platform from beginning to end.

He appears to have used a scam to lure everyone away from his platform.

It seemed he was guessing the audience was related to guarding the platform, but seeing others leave the platform and his own audience not yet begin, the Master of Trickery hidden in the shadows sighed helplessly.

He realized he was overthinking things.

This is the Master of Trickery!

The opponent's illusionary acting was almost as good as Zhen Yi's, which shows that rankings, at least among [Deception] Believer, do not fully represent actual strength.

However, Cheng Shi confirmed that this Master of Trickery was not an acquaintance of his, nor could he be some "old friend" surnamed Su. Therefore, the truth was getting closer and closer to his guess. The Master of Trickery surnamed Su that he had met might not have been a real Master of Trickery from the beginning.

Cheng Shi shifted his gaze to Long Jing, who was hiding beneath the tenth platform, his expression becoming increasingly complex.

Is that really you, President Gong?