readytorunbook Chapter 561 A bet's a bet, isn't it?
Chapter 561 A bet's a bet, isn't it?
Xu Ning carefully cleaned the entire body of the God of Machines before noticing that Nasita was staring blankly at the dirty water flowing on the ground.
"I'm really sorry, the person who accepted the gift is too picky. I might accidentally break some taboo, so I thought I'd wash it so she wouldn't find anything wrong with it. As for the water here, there are drain holes around here. Once I put the mecha into my cave, I'll rinse this whole place clean."
Nasida raised her clear emerald green eyes and stared at Xu Ning, confirming that this guy had no idea what the treasure she possessed was.
"It doesn't matter, let's not waste it... I'll arrange for someone to clean up here. You should put away the mech first, we should go back and check on the skirmishers."
Xu Ning tapped the gourd to summon Qingyi, and the two whispered among themselves as they chose an open space behind the wing directly opposite Jiuquan.
Most of the people in the cave love wine. Many of the buildings and furnishings are located near the wine spring. It is the farthest place from the wine spring. Shen He loves the quiet there and often meditates nearby. Aji, who is disliked by Wendy, also often stays there with her.
Qingyi originally wanted to build a small pavilion for Shenhe there and plant a few clumps of bamboo, but now that they have this big guy, they can only leave it there for the time being.
"They've taken over Shenhe and Aji's place..."
Xu Ning stroked his chin. "When you put it in, you can position it in a cross-legged position with its hands in a mudra. That way, Shen He can meditate directly in its palms, and Aji will have a good toy to climb on."
The two acted immediately. After greeting Shen He, Xu Ning and Shen He each supported one side of the God of the Righteousness, and together with Qingyi inside, they instantly transferred the God of the Righteousness into the cave.
Qingyi also had a rather wicked sense of humor, arranging it into a slouching position, with one hand supporting her head as if she were dozing off, and the other hand casually placed on her knee with her palm facing up, as Shenhe's daily meditation practice spot.
The little bluebird that had been following Shen He had been flapping its wings and trying to fly over ever since it came out, but it was able to maintain its composure because Xu Ning was present.
As soon as Xu Ning left, the little bluebird immediately transformed into the elegant and graceful True Lord Liuyun Jiefeng, pounced on the mecha and looked around.
"Building mechanical robots isn't like building target practice. Making them so big just invites people to kick them around. It's such a waste of so many good materials..."
"Not only is the power supply system rudimentary, but they also use such naive wiring. Well, they're barbarians who don't even understand talismans..."
"Its attack method is so lacking in impact, no wonder Xu Ning was able to break it even while carrying Wendy..."
Lord Liuyun Jiefeng criticized everyone mercilessly, completely ignoring a certain god who was just joining in the fun.
"Hey, I already told you that Xu Ning is dreaming. I will never let him swing me around like that again."
Wendy protested loudly, holding his wine bowl, but his gaze seemed to be looking out at the outside world through the spotless clear sky inside the Dust-Hidden Gourd.
Xu Ning and Naxi Da have returned to Jing Shan Palace.
The stragglers were still struggling to hold on with one hand to their foreheads, but judging from their condition, they seemed to have adapted to the pain by now compared to before.
"It seems really difficult to shake the will of this world."
Looking at the scattered soldiers, Xu Ning was moved to speak.
Nasita replied earnestly, "Unless you are prepared to shatter the entire world, you cannot make it move with your own wishful thinking through sacrifice and destruction."
Xu Ning glanced at Nasita, who was staring intently at the stragglers. For a moment, he couldn't tell whether her words were directed at the stragglers or a reminder to him.
The stragglers slowly opened their eyes at that moment, and as their gaze gradually focused, they could see the faces of the two people standing in front of them.
"Thank you for restoring my memories, Lord Little Auspicious Grass King. And my cheap old man, what's with that relieved look on your face? Do you think I'll leave with the Grass God after I regain my memories? Don't even think about it, I haven't had enough of your wine yet, haha!"
This sentence immediately shocked everyone inside and outside the gourd.
Xu Ning and Nasida exchanged a surprised glance, both seeing disbelief in each other's eyes.
"The memory wasn't wrong, was it?" That was Xu Ning's look.
“How could you give me the wrong one? I saw it myself!” Nasita replied with a look in her eyes. “Could I have misjudged him? Is the Scatter Soldier really such a magnanimous person?”
"What a load of rubbish! If he were truly so magnanimous, how could he have managed to live such a miserable life over the past few centuries?"
Xu Ning stared at Sanbing, still looking incredulous. Just as he was about to say something to Sanbing, a flash of white light appeared beside him, and Paimon rushed out crying, burying his head in Kong's arms. "I lost all my pocket money, not a single penny left! Kong, gambling is really not a good thing."
Kong inexplicably ripped Paimon out of his arms, asking, "Who were you betting with in there, and what were you betting on?"
“And Qingyi…” Paimon sobbed, “…I bet the scatterer wouldn’t betray his sworn brother, the odds were 100 to 100. I bet he would kill Xu Ning and endure humiliation…I lost 300,000 Mora, sob sob, scatterer, you’re so strange…”
Xu Ning was speechless. So there really wasn't anything fun to do in my cave!
"Qingyi, come out here!"
Xu Ning called Qingyi out of the Dust Concealment Gourd and roared, "Who told you to run a gambling den in there? And you're gambling with this kind of thing! You're getting more and more deserving of a beating. Give back the Mora you swindled to Paimon."
The man in green was furious. "What do you mean by 'cheated'? A bet is a bet! You have no idea how hard it is to make this guy suffer a loss. I finally managed to get the upper hand..."
Seeing that the little snake was clutching the few worthless Mora coins in its hand tightly, as if it had won a great battle, and it seemed unwilling to "spit" them out and return them to Paimon, Xu Ning had no choice but to grab a large handful from the box and stuff them into Paimon's arms, which finally made the little guy stop crying and start laughing.
After appeasing Paimon and sending Qingyi back to the cave to reflect on her mistakes, Xu Ning turned to the scattered soldiers and said what he hadn't been able to say before.
“Look, even Paimon doesn’t believe that you can be indifferent to what happened in the past after you regained your memories. What do you say?”
The soldier chuckled, "How could we possibly remain unmoved?"
"However, in the long memories, I saw countless versions of myself: the self-pitying self, the cowardly and escapist self, the cynical self, the pathetic and painful self, the arrogant and ridiculous self. In fact, each one was me. I could not escape any possibility. No matter what I wanted to do, I would inevitably end up on the same path. After all, this was the common choice of all of me."
"Instead of avoiding choices, accept them and be your true self."
No sooner had the stragglers finished speaking than a gust of wind suddenly blew around him.