Shi Chu had taken human form: a refined, elegant man—Mr. Free and Easy.
It had once become Mr. Free and Easy to help Human Civilization rise, nurture one human expert after another, and devise the Mitian Grand Plan. Yet no one had known that Mr. Free and Easy was actually Shi Chu.
"I didn't expect you to choose his path," Shi Chu said calmly. There was no anger or delight in its voice. It simply looked at Lord Mi in silence, perhaps with a little curiosity, but not much.
Lord Mi had his back to it. "I didn't choose anyone's path. I only did what I believed was right."
"Like ambushing Lu Yin and stripping him of everything?"
"The facts proved it was right."
Shi Chu nodded, sounding rather wistful. "Even I was fooled by that move. I thought he really was dead, but I never expected he'd known all along that it was me. Wang Wen, and now you—humans really do have a lot of tricks up their sleeves."
"I don't count. I really did want to kill him and take everything from him. He was the one who found his way out."
"That's true. If you hadn't meant it, how could you have fooled the universe and made him the only one in this new era capable of contending with me? I'd thought my opponent would be Mi Ya."
"Would you have tolerated Mi Ya growing stronger?"
"Heh. Perhaps. No matter how cautious you are, living too long gets boring. Those few are dull. I might have nurtured Mi Ya so she could take me on."
Lord Mi shook his head. "You wouldn't."
Shi Chu looked at Lord Mi. "Do me a favor and deal with those three. In return, I won't touch a thing in Human Civilization,