Astounding Wisdom and Shameless Tactics

"Don't be afraid. We're all here to back you up..."

Hearing the schadenfreude in the voices around him, the Celestial Hunter put on a stern face and stepped out of the line.

Strictly speaking, he and the Divine Official were of the same rank. But the other man had managed to cozy up to a God King. Could he do that?

If he could, he wouldn't still be just a Celestial Hunter...

"So you're the one they call the Fart God!"

The Celestial Hunter roared, steeling his nerves. Divine power gathered in his right hand, and he swung a punch at Yu Xiaogang.

Seeing this, Yu Xiaogang finally panicked.

His divine position was sealed, and the only power he could use now was his level-91 Soul Power.

With strength like that, he'd be throwing his life away if he tried to pick a fight with a true god!

Just as the Celestial Hunter's attack was about to reach him, Yu Xiaogang made a decision...

He raised his right palm in front of himself and struck a pose.

"Brother... hold on a moment!"

The Celestial Hunter's fist stopped three inches from Yu Xiaogang's palm.

They didn't actually want to fight Yu Xiaogang. They were only carrying out the order personally given by the God King of Destruction, which was to bring the Fart God back to the Divine Realm...

If they could avoid a fight, all the better. At least then they wouldn't have to smell that stench even the gods couldn't stand...

Seeing the man stop, Yu Xiaogang remained outwardly proud and said in a low voice, "Fighting and killing is so uncivilized. How about we make a bet instead?"

He'd learned this trick from his eldest disciple, Tang San.

Whenever Tang San was backed into a corner, he was sure to break out this ultimate skill. It had never failed him.

As his teacher, he really ought to learn more from his disciple!

"A bet? Fart God, what do you want to wager?" the Celestial Hunter asked with a frown, then lowered his fist.

Everyone else, except for the Divine Official, whose face was contorted with resentment, looked somewhat interested.

"Let's bet on whether you can answer a question I ask." Yu Xiaogang thought for a moment and came up with the perfect idea.

"If you answer it, I wouldn't be opposed to going back to the Divine Realm with you."

"If you can't, you lose. You'll stop trying to take me back. How does that sound?"

The Celestial Hunter's eyes lit up. "Fine. Let's do it!"

Excellent!

The Fart God truly deserved to be the Sea God's teacher. He'd even come up with a bet!

If the Celestial Hunter won, they wouldn't even need to fight, and he'd still complete his mission. He might even be credited with a great achievement.

And if he lost, no big deal. At least he could pass this mess on to someone else...

Yu Xiaogang gave a sinister chuckle. "Then here's my question: which came first, the chicken or the egg?"

Heh heh heh heh...

Let's see how you answer this. Even a being of astounding wisdom like Grandmaster can't solve this riddle...

"Chicken? Egg?"

The Celestial Hunter was clearly taken aback. After a moment's hesitation, he answered, "The chicken came first, right? Where would the egg come from without a chicken?"

"Wrong! Where would the chicken come from without an egg?"

"Huh?"

"You lost. According to our bet, you can't attack me again..."

As the first Celestial Hunter returned to the line, the Divine Official snorted and turned to another Celestial Hunter.

"You, step forward! Get him!"

Seeing this, Yu Xiaogang continued, "Are you going to make a bet, or do you want to challenge me?"

"Do you even have to ask? Of course I'll make a bet!"

The second Celestial Hunter had already figured out that this was a full-on trick question, the kind where every answer was wrong.

He—and most of the people here, for that matter—didn't want to take on this mess either. But they didn't dare disobey the Divine Official, whom the God King of Destruction had personally sent.

Since that was the case, they might as well keep it up and pass the hot potato along...

"Which came first in the world, men or women?"

"Women came first?!"

"Wrong! How could women possibly have come first..."

"Next!"

"I'll ask you this... Which came first, the gods or humanity?"

"I can't tell... I really can't tell!!!"

"Next!!!"

"If you went back in time and killed your mother, would you still be born?"

"What! What are you even talking about? How could I possibly kill my mother?"

And so it went...

Thanks to Yu Xiaogang's astounding wisdom, the Celestial Hunters were almost completely wiped out!

The hot potato landed back in the Divine Official's hands...

His face turned ashen. He badly wanted to curse, but he didn't know who to blame.

Those Celestial Hunters, afraid of this and that? Or the Fart God, whose every answer was wrong?

He was just the Sea God's teacher. What were they so afraid of? The Sea God had even lost his authority to enforce the law because of him!

They were afraid the Sea God would hold a grudge against them, but not afraid the God of Destruction would?

Fine! Fine!

So this was how they wanted to play it!

Just then...

A tiny golden flame emerged from behind Yu Xiaogang and vanished in the wind.

In an instant, the gods looked at Yu Xiaogang the way a Titled Douluo would look at a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Only now did they realize that Yu Xiaogang's true strength seemed to have fallen below the god level...

He was even a long way from reaching the limits of this lower realm.

At once, the gods began cracking their knuckles, their resentment no longer hidden.

"Good!"

"What a Fart God!"

"So this Fart God's been playing us all along!"

"Why are you still calling him the Fart God at a time like this? He's Gangzi!"

Have you really not noticed I'm only a Titled Douluo? A gigantic question mark appeared over Yu Xiaogang's head.

No wonder it had all gone so smoothly! Damn it! He should've bluffed them from the start!

"Brothers! Get him!"

"Gangzi actually dared to fool us! Beat the crap out of him!"

The gods abandoned their divine power and prepared to rough Yu Xiaogang up using only their physical strength...

"No! You're not playing fair!!!"

"You scum, have you forgotten our bet..." Yu Xiaogang cried in alarm, then turned and tried to run.

The last time he'd been chased by so many men was during the Ninth Trial of the Fart God!

"Run?"

"You're nothing but a mortal now. You think you can escape us gods?"

"Take this, Old Man Pushing Cart!!!"

"Don't forget my Tongue Rotation!!!"

"And my Long Root Entering Base!!!"

"Ah, ah~ ah!"

Who knew how long had passed before the wails finally died down in an unknown grove somewhere in the Star Luo Empire...

Yu Xiaogang had been toyed with until he was barely recognizable...

His ten-thousand-gold scholar's robe had been almost torn to shreds, and his face was swollen and bruised.

He even looked like Luo Sanpao without needing Martial Soul Possession...

"Brothers, have you all gotten most of it out of your systems?" The Divine Official sounded somewhat satisfied. When he finished speaking, he stood up.

Out of all the gods, he'd tortured Yu Xiaogang the most. Of course, he'd only done it to get revenge for those three farts.

"I do feel a lot better..."

"Since that's settled, let's head back to the Divine Realm!"

Yu Xiaogang had already been clinging to life by a thread. Hearing that they were taking him back to the Divine Realm, he stopped caring about appearances.

He begged, "Please, I'm begging you. Don't take me back to the Divine Realm!"

"I still haven't found my Dong'er... And I have two young disciples who need my guidance..."

But all he got in reply was a nonchalant, "What's that got to do with us?"

With no other choice...

Yu Xiaogang seemed to think of one last lifeline...

He summoned all his strength and shouted up at the sky, "Xiao Feng... I know you're watching... Please, help me!"

"I really can't go back to the Divine Realm!"