Seeing the self-loathing and self-mockery that could not be concealed in Nan Feng's eyes, the original vigilance in Bo Saixi's heart faded slightly. She could tell that this kind of pain and resistance engraved deep in her soul could not be faked.
"It's self-deception," Nan Feng put down his hand and exhaled a long breath, "After all, this is the last bit of dignity for a dead person like me."
Bo Saixi looked at him deeply and did not delve further into this painful topic.
"Now that you are dead, there is only a trace of soul attached to others left..."
Bo Saixi's eyes became cold and stern again, "Then why did you go through so much trouble to come here Sea God Island?"
The scepter in her hand hit the ground hard, "I don't want to hear a word of the frivolous nonsense you just told me against the wall... such frivolous nonsense as 'need me' and 'for me'!"
"Now, all I want is the solid truth!"
Bo Saixi's body once again surged with demigod-level terror. Soul Power said, "This is your last chance, and my patience is limited. If you continue to talk nonsense with me and talk about others, I promise that I will never talk nonsense to you again. I will directly suppress this false body of yours!"
Facing the threat from Bo Saixi, Nan Feng shrugged helplessly, "Okay, okay, since the high priest has no sense of humor, I have no choice but to confess honestly."
"Actually, the core purpose of all the things I have done is very simple... just to 'resurrection'."
"Resurrection?" Bo Saixi raised his eyebrows.
"Otherwise?" Nan Feng asked, "As you can see, the high priest, I am just a lonely ghost who relies on Bibi Dong to exist. Even this body that can walk outside is just a false doll fabricated by consuming a huge amount of Soul Power."
"Of course I am not willing to be a parasite for the rest of my life without knowing why. However, if I want to let a dead soul regain flesh and blood and gain true resurrection..."
"This method of reversing life and death is obviously impossible with the power of the mortal world."
"Looking at the entire continent, only by touching the legendary 'god-level' power can there be a glimmer of hope."
"So, looking at the world, apart from the Spirit City and the Angel God Temple, the place that is most likely to help me achieve this goal is the Sea God Island where you, the high priest, sit. I am... coming across the sea specifically to try my luck."
After hearing this "secular reason" that could finally be explained by normal logic, the big stone hanging in Bo Saixi's heart finally fell to the ground.
Since it is for resurrection and god-level power, then there are reasonable explanations for his previous calculations on Purple Pearl Island and even his behavior of using the name of Sea God Island to support forces.
But...
"Since your purpose is to resurrect with the power of Sea God..."
Bo Saixi asked in confusion, "Then why didn't you just come to me and tell me directly in the first place? With the favors you established with Purple Pearl Island, if we discuss it carefully, even if there is only one chance in ten thousand, I will not be able to pray to Lord Sea God for you."
"Why do you have to act like a rogue at the foot of the mountain? Why do you have to mess around with me and say all those crazy things like you did before?"
When he heard the words "messing around", Nan Feng not only did not feel guilty, but showed an expression even more confused than Bo Saixi's.
"High Priest, you are not using this word accurately."
Nan Feng blinked innocently and retorted confidently, "What is nonsense? Are any of the words I just said to you by the wall false?"
Bo Saixi was stunned.
"In order to be resurrected, I need to use the power of Sea God. And you are the only spokesperson for Sea God in the world. So I just said 'I need you', 'This is the core reason why I did all this', 'Just to be able to safely contact you and stay alone with you'..."
"Aren't these words one hundred percent true?!"
Nan Feng spread his hands, "When I stated these facts, I hid the words 'for resurrection' and did not tell the whole story. How can this be called a lie?"
"..."
Bo Saixi opened his mouth and tried to refute.
But her mind quickly replayed everything Nan Feng said when he pressed her against the wall.
As a result, she desperately discovered... what this guy said actually made sense!
Every word he said, taken apart, is a pure statement of fact!
It was only because he cleverly abstracted away the most critical "motivational premise" and coupled with his extremely aggressive and ambiguous body movements that he successfully misled her into an extremely absurd context!
Seeing Bo Saixi choked to the point of speechlessness, with his chest heaving violently, Nan Feng took two steps forward.
"Looking at the appearance of the high priest, he should rarely communicate with others on an equal footing on Sea God Island, right?"
"Your emotions seem to be extremely susceptible to external influences. If you are slightly stimulated, you will become extremely excited."
Nan Feng clasped his hands on his chest and commented solemnly. "The high priest might as well think back, from the time you and I met to now, how many minutes have you truly stayed calm as water?"
Bo Saixi Hearing this, he suddenly raised his head and stared at him speechlessly.
"You still have the nerve to say that?" No matter how well-mannered Bo Saixi is, he can't help but gnash his teeth at this moment. "Since we met at the foot of the mountain, when have you not been sophistical in your words? Aren't you the one who was deliberately irritating me from the beginning?!"
"What did I stimulate you to?"
Nan Feng spread his hands, his face filled with a sense of innocence that was "purely natural and harmless": "Every sentence I just said, which one is not the truth from the bottom of my heart? I obviously answer your questions seriously every time, how come it comes into your mouth and it means that I am deliberately irritating you?"
Seeing Nan Feng's confused appearance and feeling wronged, Bo Saixi closed his eyes in pain.
She took a deep, extremely hard breath of the cold air in the temple, trying to suppress the Evil Fire that was about to explode in her chest.
After a while, Bo Saixi opened his eyes again, looked at Nan Feng, and asked in an extremely determined and somewhat pitiful tone:
"You... you don't have many friends in this world, right?"
Nan Feng was slightly startled, a little confused by this sudden cross-channel question, "Why did the high priest say this?"
"Because it's really hard for me to imagine..." Bo Saixi looked him up and down, not concealing the disgust and sigh in his tone, "On this vast land, what kind of strong heart and twisted psychology are necessary to be different from ordinary people, in order to be able to tolerate someone like you who is extremely bad, extremely selfish, and has no limits."
After hearing this comment, Nan Feng not only wasn't angry, but instead let out a long sigh of agreement.
"The high priest really knows people with a keen eye, his gaze is as bright as a torch."
"But you're wrong about one thing. I don't have 'few friends', I don't have any friends at all."
"Except for Bibi Dong, the unlucky host who was forcibly parasitized by me and tied to life and death, and had no choice at all... When other people in this world see me, they are either afraid of me as if they are seeing an evil ghost in the abyss, or they want to cut me into pieces and eat me alive."
"It's a pity... they can only hate it in their hearts, because they don't have the ability to kill me."
Bo Saixi frowned speechlessly. "Listening to your tone, you seem to be very proud of your situation where you are the enemy of the whole world?"
"Proud?"
Nan Feng looked at Bo Saixi in confusion, "Why would the high priest have such an idea? Why should I be proud?"
"On the contrary, I feel that I am an extreme failure. It can even be said that I am a complete loser."
There is an almost absurd sense of irony in Nan Feng's heterochromatic eyes:
"High Priest, do you know what is the most ridiculous thing in the world?"
"Whenever I seriously want to do something, whenever I want to take off my disguise and treat someone with sincerity and honesty... No matter how much I pay, no matter how clearly I tell the truth, the feedback everyone gives me will always be deep fear and endless doubt."
"And those people who I treat as pawns, or even just fooled by me with a few extremely clumsy lies..."
Nan Feng shook his head mockingly, "But they are grateful to me and have deep faith in me."
Nan Feng stood quietly, looking at the silent Bo Saixi, and asked softly:
"When you tell the truth, you are treated as a monster and you are guarded against it; when you tell lies, you are worshiped as a savior. High Priest, isn't this enough of a failure?"
"Do you think I would be proud of this ironic reality? Do you think I am a loser who can't even believe the truth?"
Bo Saixi listened quietly to Nan Feng's words full of self-analysis and sarcasm. His mood, which was originally fluctuating violently due to anger, inexplicably calmed down a bit.
She looked at the man in front of her who had a cold aura but also revealed endless loneliness. After a moment of silence, she slowly said, "Everything must have a reason. People in the world will not fear someone for no reason, let alone doubt even the most honest goodwill without any basis."
"Yeah..."
Nan Feng raised his head and looked at the complicated totems of gods on the dome of the temple, "As the saying goes, the prejudice in people's hearts is like a big mountain. No matter how hard you try, you can't move it."
"But, I know better than anyone else..." Nan Feng lowered his head and looked directly at Bo Saixi, "How could this mountain, which weighs me down so much that I can't breathe, be built by myself, stone by stone?"