Sui Xiong's words had the gods nodding one after another. The War God in particular furrowed His brow tightly and sank into deep thought.
After a long while, He sighed and said, "I truly don't understand where a jellyfish like you got such insight. I've studied this for so many years, yet I'm not even as good as you after a moment's thought... What exactly did you do in the sea before?"
There was laughter in His voice, more teasing than complaint.
So Sui Xiong answered with a joke of his own. "What did I do in the sea? I devoted myself wholeheartedly to secluded cultivation. Never stepping out the front gate or through the second door, doing nothing but cultivating: a hundred push-ups, a hundred sit-ups, a hundred squats, and a ten-kilometer run every day... In the end, just as you can see, I went bald—and grew stronger."
Unfortunately, that manga did not exist in this world, so the gods could not understand his joke.
Sui Xiong did not mind. He chuckled to himself, quietly giving himself a thumbs-up for steering around that subject. Then he returned to serious business—namely, which side they ought to support in the war between humans and orcs.
"Since war itself cannot promote development, then naturally we should stop the war," the Goddess of Joy said.
Sui Xiong nodded. The matter was basically crystal clear now; there was nothing left to consider.
But at that moment, Veye, the God of Pleasure, suddenly spoke. "I have something to say... not in my own capacity, but as a retelling on behalf of a friend. Don't ask which friend; I won't tell you... In any case, I am merely relaying the words."
With a little thought, Sui Xiong guessed the identity of that "friend." He instantly stiffened