Faced with Bo Saixi's analysis and questioning that pointed to the depths of his soul, Nan Feng was completely silent.
He really didn't expect that on this isolated overseas island far away from the mainland, this high priest who had hardly been involved in worldly affairs for hundreds of years could think of so many things through just one or two days of contact and some fragmented information.
"The High Priest..."
After a long time, Nan Feng finally said, "I don't understand. How did you notice this?"
"I think that over the years, I have perfectly played the image of a mercenary, crazy and unscrupulous evil ghost. Spirit Hall, so many smart people in the two empires firmly believe in this, how can you... Why can you see through it?"
Bo Saixi's expression remained calm, but there was a hint of transparent compassion in his tone.
"The extreme arrogance and arrogance you show, as well as the extreme egoism that seems to sacrifice everything to achieve your goals, are indeed very confusing and can easily lead to wrong judgments."
Bo Saixi tapped the scepter in his hand lightly on the floor. "But, Nan Feng, when I look at people, I never just look at what they show on the surface."
"Just like when Qian Daoliu came to Sea God Island, he seemed arrogant on the surface and represented the strongest force in the mainland. But I only took one look at him and I could see the cowardice and worry about gain and loss deep in his bones from his bright Six-Winged Angel appearance."
"It's the same when facing you now."
"I can see that you are not as selfish or crazy as you try to make yourself out to be."
"A person whose behavior style is really extreme and who is completely swallowed up by madness and greed will inevitably destroy violently and without scruples when faced with obstacles. But you..."
Bo Saixi shook his head firmly. "Although you seem to be ruthless and reckless in doing things, when you think about it carefully, you always find that there is always a glimmer of hope."
"This is not normal!"
"If you are really as crazy and selfish as you say, then it is absolutely impossible for you to be so restrained and hold back when faced with the obstruction from me and Sea God Island."
"Unless..." Bo Saixi looked into Nan Feng's eyes.
"This madness and selfishness are simply what you are pretending to be!"
"You are just imitating, or in other words, you are just like a sophisticated machine, ruthlessly executing the 'optimal solution' calculated in your brain."
"You are calculating... in order to achieve a certain goal, what kind of means you need to use, what kind of image you need to show to others, how you need to package yourself into a monster that is the enemy of the whole world!"
"To put it bluntly, you are just acting from the beginning to the end! You are trying your best to act out all the extreme conditions needed to complete this thing!"
Bo Saixi looked at the stunned Nan Feng, "You are just implementing the 'standard answer', but your own soul background... is not the selfish 'standard answer' at all!"
Nan Feng looked at Bo Saixi and suddenly laughed softly.
The laughter was extremely weak at first, then grew louder and louder, echoing in the empty and deep Sea God Temple. His double-colored eyes shone with an unprecedented strange light, which was the tremor of meeting an opponent, and also the excitement after a carefully choreographed script was accidentally torn apart.
"Interesting... High Priest, you are so interesting."
Nan Feng shook his head, with undisguised admiration in his eyes. "I originally thought that a high priest like you, who has been isolated from the world for many years, is as easy to fool as those children who have no experience in the world and only know how to follow the book, or the old antiques who only know how to practice in seclusion and have a rigid brain."
"I didn't expect you to be so smart. It's really surprising."
Facing Nan Feng's words of praise or fear, Bo Saixi's expression did not change at all.
She is level 99 Peerless Douluo, a demigod who is infinitely close to the divine realm, but before that, she was the high priest of this huge Sea God Island.
The daily operations of this island, the reproduction of countless islanders, the cruel rules of survival, and even the dark side of human nature that was exposed in the Sacred Pillar test... She has been watching all of this silently for hundreds of years.
In the decades since she became the high priest, she has seen joys and sorrows, and all kinds of life situations, as many as Ruheng sand in the river. Although she lives on an isolated island overseas, this does not mean that she is blind and ignorant of the world and people's hearts.
"It seems that I was indeed too careless." Nan Feng stopped his smile and sighed calmly, "I underestimated the high priest."
Bo Saixi clenched the scepter in his hand slightly and looked directly at him. "Now that the words have been completely spoken, I have also taken off your crazy and selfish disguise. Now, can you tell the truth to me?"
"With all your crazy deductions and calculations, what are you thinking?"
However, to Bo Saixi's surprise, Nan Feng shook his head decisively.
"It's precisely because the words have been spoken that I can't say anything anymore."
"I admit that I made a serious misjudgment on this matter, and I underestimated your sensitivity. Now that my lowest level of logic has been seen through by you, then... many things will become troublesome."
Bo Saixi frowned and asked in confusion, "Why bother? Isn't it good to be frank and win-win cooperation? Exchange trust with sincerity. Isn't this the survival rule you preached to the pirates and sea people on Purple Pearl Island?"
"High Priest, do you think this kind of thing... is really possible?"
Nan Feng asked, "Be honest with me? I've revealed all my trump cards to you, but how can I guarantee that you will also be honest with me without reservation?"
"Trust is such a luxury consumable in this world. I can't afford to lose, not even a single step. So, I can't believe it. Whether it's the Bibi Dong who is bound to my life or death, or you who are standing in front of me now and seem to be transparent, I absolutely can't believe it."
Having said that, Nan Feng didn't hesitate at all. He simply turned around and started walking towards Sea God Temple.
Bo Saixi This woman is too dangerous. Her sobriety and intelligence far exceed the expectations of the "perfect script" Nan Feng constructed in her mind at the beginning.
As a person who is accustomed to deducing all variables, he will never deal with such extremely dangerous and uncontrollable smart people, because it is very easy to play with fire and burn yourself.
"Stop!"
The moment Nan Feng turned around, Bo Saixi suddenly took a step forward, and the huge demigod pressure instantly blocked the exit of the hall, blocking his way forcefully.
Bo Saixi stared at his back, with a hint of anger in his voice. "You are eager to gain the trust of others, and you even don't hesitate to act to test the bottom line, but in the end, you are so stingy that you are not willing to give even a shred of your own trust!"
Facing Bo Saixi's obstruction, Nan Feng stopped. He did not look back, but raised his head slightly and looked at the shadow cast by the dome of the hall.
"High Priest, I know very well what kind of person I am. I am used to planning everything clearly. I will accurately calculate every step to ensure that the final result will not embarrass everyone and can even maximize benefits."
"However, not everyone in this world is as particular about logic and contracts as I am. People's hearts can change, and they are full of greed and bad nature."
"In this fucked-up world that I have seen and experienced, there is always only one iron law - whoever takes it seriously first is the clown. Whoever hands over his trump card regardless of everything will end up with nothing!"
Nan Feng slowly turned around, his heterochromatic eyes full of uncompromising paranoia. "The reason why I deliberately need to have the absolute initiative in my hands is not to harm anyone or to plot against anyone."
"Just, just for safety."
"Once I lose the initiative, once the situation deviates from my deduction, my sense of security will collapse instantly."
"If you hadn't made those words so clear just now, and hadn't seen through me completely, I might have deceived myself into thinking that the initiative in this negotiation was still firmly in my hands."
"But now, High Priest, your cleverness has made me feel more dangerous than ever before."
Nan Feng looked directly at Bo Saixi, "I dare not believe you, and I dare not be honest with you. Because I simply cannot predict that one day in the future, if a tiny node in my plan violates your bottom line or arouses your opposition..."
"But you, like today, watched my performance silently on the surface, and then at the most critical and fatal moment, you suddenly took action and overturned my chessboard."
"I only have one life, and I will never bet on something so uncertain and based on so-called 'humanity and trust.'"
"If you can't control it, you can't trust it."