Seeing his serious expression, I narrowed my eyes: “Don’t tell me you passed by the big pancake shop and were sent by the Supreme God to be a spy.”
Caishen slightly raised an eyebrow: “How did you know?”
“Hehe.” I chuckled, thinking the Supreme God was likely asking about the mastermind. I patted his shoulder, “Let’s go visit the Supreme God together.”
Caishen waved his hand: “No! I have things to do! Goodbye!”
Before I could absorb more of his fortune energy, he ran away in a hurry.
Arriving at the big pancake shop at noon, round pancakes hung high, painfully bright to the eyes. Entering the inner hall, I indeed found the Supreme God fishing again. I walked over and squatted beside him, yawning, “Supreme God, you’ve been fishing for thousands of years. Even the dumbest fish won’t bite, right?”
“Indeed, so I change the fish every ten years.”
I smiled, seeing him motionless, seemingly unwilling to speak first.
I also remained silent, scooping up a fish scale and playing with the hook. After a while, he finally spoke: “I heard from Zhen Nü that when your soul was returning, someone mispronounced the spell and almost caused you to lose your soul.”
I laughed it off: “Seems so.”
“Do you know who disrupted your soul’s return?”
“No idea.”
“There were eleven people casting the spell. It must be among them.”
I paused: “Oh.”
The Supreme God half-closed his eyes: “That day of unsealing, I had already arranged everything so that no matter what tricks were played, you would remain safe.”
I frowned: “Was it that immortal pill?”
The Supreme God was truly a fox. What I hadn’t calculated, he had already planned. For every three steps I took, he could predict ten. He must have known long ago that someone would interfere with my soul. But if I didn’t speak and that person didn’t admit it, how would the Supreme God know? Now, there was only one conclusion: without my knowledge, he had already found the mastermind.
I swallowed: “Supreme God, if I don’t pursue this person’s responsibility, can you pretend not to know?”
The Supreme God closed his eyes: “Even if someone tried to harm you, you won’t pursue it?”
“Well,” I smiled, “it’s been so long, doesn’t matter. And I’m alive and well.”
