Seeing as You're Not That Annoying, I Won't Make Things Difficult for You

[Hong Huang Heaven's Will Maintainer]: Great God, you knew how to reason? Back then, you were the Axe Gang's boss—the big shot of the Primordial World who hacked his way across it with a single axe.

[Hong Huang Old Farmer]: Hey, little loach, that wasn't right of you. Wasn't it you idle troublemakers who wandered around like street punks every day, fighting whenever you met and making it impossible for the Primordial World to even take shape? You severely hindered its development. That was why I had no choice but to put down my hoe, pick up my axe, and reason with you.

[Hong Huang Aviation Top Hand]: Great God, are you sure you were reasoning with us? Who puts an axe to someone's neck to reason with them?

[Hong Huang Old Farmer]: Just tell me, did I chop you or not?

[Hong Huang Aviation Top Hand]: You chopped my true body down to a bare trunk...

[Hong Huang Old Farmer]: I was pruning a tree. A sapling won't grow straight without pruning, understand? I was doing it for your own good.

[Hong Huang Aviation Top Hand]: Well, thank you very much! But I'm a willow tree! Why would a willow tree need to grow straight?

[Hong Huang Old Farmer]: What? Are you saying it was my fault for trimming your branches and leaves?

As Yang Mei, Hongjun, and Pangu discussed the matter, many Demon Gods soon joined in, complaining that Pangu was too domineering. Then both sides began hurling insults at each other online.

Watching Pangu and the three thousand Demon Gods trade insults in the group, Liu Bing had no intention of joining in. He quietly went invisible and watched the show instead, while also checking which new members had joined.

One look left Liu Bing somewhat stunned. The newcomers included Erlang of Great Tang, Zhu of Great Han, and First Emperor of Great Qin.

They had scooped up all the great emperors throughout history in one go.

Of course, besides the three emperors, there was one relatively ordinary fellow: Liu Yanchang...

Ordinary, my ass! This guy probably wouldn't even survive two episodes.

The moment Liu Bing saw that name, he knew Liu Yanchang was doomed. Once Hong Huang Three-Eyed Lad spotted him, there was no way he would survive.

Sure enough, Liu Bing soon saw Three-Eyed Guy speak in the Chat Group.

[Hong Huang Three-Eyed Lad]: Hm? Liu Yanchang? Is that the Liu Yanchang I'm thinking of?

[Liu Yanchang]: This humble scholar is Liu Yanchang. May I ask where this place is, and who all of you are?

[First Emperor of Great Qin]: Who is making all this noise?

[Old Zhu of Great Ming]: Heh, putting on airs again. You're even pretending to be that tyrant from Great Qin. Don't think these little tricks can fool us. If you've got the ability, come face us in person.

[First Emperor of Great Qin]: You call Us a tyrant?

[Old Zhu of Great Ming]: Harsh laws, burdensome corvée labor, burning books and burying scholars... Isn't that enough to prove you were a tyrant?

[First Emperor of Great Qin]: Heh. Ignorant.

Qin Shi Huang's expression remained calm, without the slightest displeasure at being called a tyrant.

He had long grown accustomed to accusations like Old Zhu's. After all, there were plenty of people like Old Zhu who cursed him. If he had to argue with every one of them, he would have died of exhaustion long ago.

Thus, when Old Zhu became somewhat furious after being dismissed with that single word—ignorant—Qin Shi Huang paid him no attention whatsoever.

At that moment, all his attention was focused on the panel before him. How could he have the leisure to care about the thoughts of such narrow-minded, shallow people?

In truth, if the bursts of noise by his ears had not kept disturbing him while he was reviewing memorials and interfering with his handling of court affairs, he would never have spoken up in the first place.

Now that he had noticed this strange panel and preliminarily determined that it was neither someone's handiwork nor an illusion, he naturally needed to properly investigate what this thing called the Chat Group was.

Qin Shi Huang began exploring the various functions of the Chat Group. At the same time, he stopped speaking and silently observed the activity in the group, watching the others talk.

[Hong Huang Three-Eyed Lad]: Oh? Pretty polite, aren't you? Let me see what's going on.

In the Primordial World, Yang Jian looked into Liu Yanchang's world through the Chat Group. He discovered that the Liu Yanchang of that world was a scholar, and indeed a courteous man in everyday life, though he lacked any real sense of responsibility.

Yang Jian also glanced over that world's Dragon Raja. From what he could tell, Liu Yanchang's eventual union with Yang Chan had the handiwork of those bald donkeys from the West behind it.

Yang Jian immediately felt disgusted.

Those bald donkeys are equally detestable in every world, Yang Jian grumbled inwardly.

Actually, when it came to bald donkeys, the ones in the Primordial World were not too bad. They were less hypocritical and less scheming. After all, there was not much in this world worth plotting over, and they genuinely possessed compassionate hearts.

It was just that, apart from the bald donkeys of the Primordial World, many in other worlds had gone astray.

Yang Jian shook his head. Before he could do much, Yang Chan leaned close beside him and looked at the Chat Group panel before him. "Second Brother, you aren't thinking of going to trouble that guy, are you?"

"Don't worry, I won't trouble him. He's merely a pawn of certain bald donkeys, but I won't let him end up with the Yang Chan of that world." Yang Jian looked at his younger sister, his gaze gentle, before asking, "Little Sister, what do you think about having that world's Yang Chan replace Liu Yanchang in the Chat Group?"

Yang Chan smiled. "Sure. You can do whatever you like, Second Brother."

[Hong Huang Three-Eyed Lad]: @Liu Yanchang, kid, I can see that you're only someone else's pawn. You're not all that annoying, so I won't trouble you. But you won't be staying here any longer. As compensation, I'll give you a chance to step off the board. Whether you can seize it is up to you.

[ Ding, Liu Yanchang has left the Chat Group. Yang Chan has joined the Chat Group. ]

Before Liu Yanchang could say anything, the panel before him vanished. Then his expression briefly turned dazed. When he came back to himself, a trace of understanding flashed through his eyes.

He had seen his future and the schemes of the Western Buddhas. Naturally, he also knew who Hong Huang Three-Eyed Lad was. That should have been Erlang Shen, Yang Jian.

He had also found a cultivation technique in his mind. That must have been the chance Yang Jian gave him to step off the board.

Liu Yanchang's gaze flickered. His initial confusion turned to panic, then apprehension, and finally the determination of a man backed into a corner. He did not want his future child to suffer those setbacks, nor did he want his family torn apart.

Though he knew that his future would most likely no longer intersect with Third Holy Mother Yang Chan's, he still did not want his fate manipulated by others. Even if those people were Buddhas and gods, it was unacceptable.

Seeing Liu Yanchang get kicked from the group by Yang Jian just like that, Liu Bing was not particularly surprised. Or rather, the only thing that surprised Liu Bing was that Yang Jian had not followed the connection to go trouble Liu Yanchang.

And Yang Chan, who had just joined the group, immediately spoke.

[Yang Chan]: Huh? What is this thing?