These days, being an employee was getting harder and harder.
A boss's thoughts became more difficult to fathom with each passing year. How did that saying go again? No one stayed eighteen forever, but there was always someone who was eighteen.
At that moment, the Southern War God felt terribly wronged, as aggrieved as a young wife, while the Immortal King seemed to have become the heartless man who had seduced and abandoned him.
It was no surprise. Before Lin Yi arrived, matters great and small had all been coordinated and handled by the Five Directions War Gods.
Back then, in order to gain the Immortal King's favor and secure a greater share of resources and authority, the Five Directions War Gods had quarreled with one another quite often.
But now, with Lin Yi around, the Five Directions War Gods had far fewer matters to deal with.
Thinking of this, the Southern War God could not lift his spirits. With his head hanging low, he walked out of the Immortal King's Palace, so distracted that he did not even notice someone approaching him.
"What's wrong, brother? Not in a good mood?"
A familiar voice reached him. The Southern War God abruptly raised his head, only to see that young man whom he both hated and found helpless against.
"Didn't you say you were...?"
Hadn't Lin Yi said he had something to do and needed to go out? Why was he back so soon? Could he have finished his business already?
With a faint smile, Lin Yi nodded.
"I did go out for a while. It wasn't anything particularly important. Old Man Gongshu was bored staying in this Higher Plane, so I thought I'd take him out for a stroll. Once we were done, we came back."
Old Man Gongshu was