That was the difference between them. The demigod divide was no joke.
Wen Li and Yuan Shan gave completely different answers, leaving Fu Qian with nothing but a sigh.
Wen Li was undoubtedly sharp among fourth-tier experts, but she lacked the legendary divinity. When it came to certain overly abstract changes, she was still a little less sensitive.
The seventeen fish didn't mean Chief Yuan had gained the Gluttony authority and really stuffed that many into her stomach.
It meant that the process of eating fish had already happened seventeen times.
It was an exceedingly subtle sensation. It didn't mean Yuan Shan had eaten fish in seventeen different ways, but that the exact same experience kept replaying in her consciousness.
Fu Qian believed that even for Chief Yuan, it was merely like having a strange counter added to her perception.
Wen Li, meanwhile, couldn't detect the counter at all.
Of course, the gap wasn't just between the two of them—in his own counter, the number was twenty-nine.
Even among those with divinity, there were differences.
"This process kept repeating in a way that was difficult to perceive—seventeen times in all?"
As the two powerful figures spoke, Miss Wen quickly caught on. She drew in a disbelieving breath and stared blankly at the plate in front of Yuan Shan.
She was probably relieved that seventeen servings hadn't actually been taken from their stock.
Having smoothly slipped into the mindset of a sly capitalist, Fu Qian felt glad for her and gave a slight nod.
"You can understand it that way, though it's over now."
Out of consideration for Chief Yuan's feelings, he didn't even correct the count.
"I didn't notice anything like that in what happened before."
Wen Li knew perfectly well that Fu Qian and Yuan Shan hadn't come