When Su Wen left the training ground and hurried back to the office, he saw everyone looking serious.
Star God, Battle God, and Theater God were arguing about something in serious tones, while Wind God sat beside them, scribbling away at homework in an exercise book.
"What's wrong?"
Su Wen asked in puzzlement as he approached.
"God of Wealth, you're here."
Star God said, "Battle God came for a physical examination just now. Theater God checked him and found nothing wrong."
"But because Battle God insisted, and because you'd reminded us several times, Theater God borrowed my divine artifact and used his own divine artifact to investigate."
"As it turned out, Theater God really did find something. A Mental Gu Seed was hidden in Battle God's Huiyin acupoint."
"A Mental Gu Seed. That's unmistakably the Flower Calamity Clan's handiwork!"
Su Wen asked, "The Huiyin acupoint... where is it?"
He didn't know much about acupoints.
So he wanted to ask and see where the Flower Calamity Clan had planted the Gu in Battle God.
As for Star God saying he had reminded Battle God...
That was true, but he had only dropped a couple of hints. He hadn't expected Battle God to actually come in for an examination.
And he had been hinting at Battle God's relationship with the Weili Clan and the Flower Calamity Clan. He hadn't expected them to stumble upon something by chance.
Had the Flower Calamity Clan already made a move against Battle God at this stage?
"In the buttocks."
Theater God looked at Su Wen and said, "Yes, that rather awkward spot."
Beside him, Star God said, "The Flower Calamity Clan... had it all figured out. Mental Gu Seeds are hard to detect in the first place, and an examination using only machines or divine artifacts would never find one."
"This Mental Gu Seed was especially well hidden. At the very least, someone of elder rank in the Flower Calamity Clan planted it, and they even used one of the clan's treasures."
"To investigate it personally, one has to use divine sense and probe carefully."
"And the Huiyin acupoint is an awkward spot, so a normal person would probably consider one pass enough and wouldn't repeatedly probe that area."
Theater God sighed. "True. Who would keep probing there for no reason? It's asking to get a stye!"
Battle God coughed twice. It was rather awkward to have his Huiyin acupoint discussed in public.
Even though he was thick-skinned and wore a mask, and the God of Wealth, Wind God, and Theater God didn't know who he was or what he looked like.
The trouble was, Star God knew what he looked like!
Star God had made the mask in the first place.
"So, God of Wealth, how much of the future revelation you received can you tell us?"
Star God waved his right hand, and a star chart took shape before him. Numerous traces of stars began appearing throughout the office.
The sight was like the most magnificent scenery in the world, making people yearn for it and lose themselves in it.
"I used Star Divination and received a revelation of the future: the Flower Calamity Clan... could be trusted!"
"But given the situation now, saying the Flower Calamity Clan can be trusted is rather absurd."
A trustworthy ally planted a Gu in you?
And didn't even tell you?
That left only one conclusion: the Flower Calamity Clan had something that interfered with Star Divination.
That thing had severely distorted the results of Star God's divination.
"This has also reminded me that, from now on, I should try not to use divination when dealing with beings from the Arrow Realm."
Star God said helplessly, "If divination gives me false information, I'd be better off without the ability."
Su Wen suddenly said, "Actually, you don't have to be so discouraged. If they can influence Star Divination, couldn't you just take the result to mean the opposite?"
The stars had always represented mystery.
One could even say that divination was a branch derived from the study of the stars.
It would be too much of a shame to give up divination just like that.
As long as the method was right, there was nothing that couldn't be used.
"True, but the crucial question is whether they'll keep interfering and giving me false information."
Star God said softly, "If the information is sometimes true and sometimes false, that would put my judgment and luck to too great a test."
"At a moment when life and death hang in the balance, reason tells me I wouldn't take that gamble."
"After all, I'm rather slow-witted. I'm not very smart."
Su Wen: "???"
Was he humblebragging?
Star God actually said he wasn't smart?
The founder of the Martial Dao!
In the original timeline, Star God had joined forces with the cultivation technique team to create the Body Refining Art.
A pioneer of the Martial Dao!
A casual look in his spare time had been enough for him to break through the bottleneck of the Basic Body Tempering Method 2.0 and bring the Basic Body Tempering Method 3.0 into the world.
The creator of the Star Grand Array!
A super array that covered the entire country, could strike invading outsiders with precision, and could immediately detect newly awakened Heavenly Mandate Bearers within the country!
The founder of the organization!
All five of Huaxia's God-Prefixed Heavenly Mandate Bearers were among its members!
The commander-in-chief of the Mountain and Sea Main Battlefield!
The person in charge of the main battlefield that, among all the battlefields opened up in the future, had the highest status, the fiercest conflicts, and the widest-reaching impact!
And that was with Su Wen short on time, having made only a few trips to the future, and knowing too little about Star God.
The real Star God in the future was definitely more outstanding than Su Wen knew!
Someone like that said he wasn't smart?
Then what did that make him?
An idiot?
"God of Wealth, how much can you tell me about the future you saw for me?"
Battle God abruptly changed the subject.
Star God wasn't smart...
That topic was a little heavy.
"I saw the Weili Clan and the Flower Calamity Clan make a move against you at a critical moment in a future war."
"From the Mental Gu Seed, I guessed the Flower Calamity Clan would make a move against me sooner or later."
Battle God sighed and was about to say something else.
But Theater God could tell Su Wen hadn't finished speaking, and a single look sealed Battle God's mouth.
"Mm... you were badly wounded and unable to escape. Knowing you were certain to die, you burned yourself to help the army retreat..."
Star God raised a hand and cut Su Wen off.
"God of Wealth, is it all right for you to speak in so much detail?"
The future held infinite possibilities!
And it was the hardest thing to pin down!
Thus, divining the future through the stars yielded only vague answers. Even so, he couldn't reveal everything he knew.
Once his hints became too obvious and crossed a certain line, he would suffer backlash from the secrets of heaven.
But Su Wen... was being far too blunt, wasn't he?
He might as well have pointed at Battle God's forehead and told him, "You'll die in the future!"
"The Weili Clan and the Flower Calamity Clan will scheme you to death!"
"Before you die, you'll set your own body ablaze to cover the army's retreat."
"Be careful!"
"Don't die!"
"No vomiting blood, his aura is stable, and there are no signs of backlash."
Storm clouds shifted in Theater God's eyes as he spoke softly.
Not far away, Wind God continued doing homework and said without looking up, "The breeze tells me Big Brother God of Wealth is completely calm inside, so he isn't forcing himself to hold out against backlash."
Star God laughed at that and gestured with his hand. "It seems I was being narrow-minded. All right, if you think it's fine, you can continue."
Su Wen turned both hands over. "All I saw was the Flower Calamity Clan and the Weili Clan stabbing Battle God in the back. There wasn't really anything else."
Hearing this, Theater God undid the restriction on Battle God's speech with a thought.
"Fuck!"
"Those two dogs dared do that to me?"