Chapter 863 - Resurrection (1/2)

With the question-maker solving the problem himself, Fang Ning did not even bother with trying, his attention fell on Sir System who had gone to search for the nine premium ingredients.

Beside him, the longer Chong Daqing observed, the more she felt that was something was off, finally, she could not help but asked, “Great Azure Dragon, are you cheating?”

“Where did you get that idea?” Vigilante A replied calmly as he expertly cleaned the fragrant vegetable shrub, without leaving any residue.

“How else would you know that these vegetables were the best of the best in this realm?” She asked moodily.

“-And how do you know this?” Vigilante A threw the question back at her.

With limbs propped on her waist, Chong Daqing said in a loud and clear voice, “That’s obviously because I used to come here all the time to steal the food!”

“…” Vigilante A took a few paces before he was able to speak up again, “This is the first time I’ve seen such a bold thief.”

“Uh, that’s actually because I can help the old man determine the growth of the ingredients, that’s why he allowed me to eat them, it’s not like I’m eating for free…” Chong Daqing frantically explained.

“Oh, is that so?” Vigilante A pulled out a red shrub and said, “I don’t think that’s true, I think it’s him tolerating you because of your father.”

“…My old man’s not that important of a person, he’s not even a God.” Chong Daqing refused to admit.

“Oh, there seems to be a newcomer over there, I have to go take a look and tell them the rules around here. Bye now.”

Seeing as the conversation had already been stopped by Sir System, leaving Chong Daqing with no choice but to flee from the scene.

Vigilante A tilted his head and looked over, only to see that the newcomers, one female and two males, were the three students that had been taught by Fang Ning for a week.

“See, I told you you’d end up making your own opponents,” Sir System muttered, “Won’t you lose face if you, the teacher, ended up losing to them?”

“That’s why I need you, Sir System,” Fang Ning said, his voice small, “Also, I’m innocent, I only taught them little bits here and there.”

“I can tell that our opponent is among one of those three. But who is capable of such greatness that they could find out about this realm’s opening, prior to notice?” Sir System exclaimed.

Fang Ning tried to reassure him, “The world is vast, and there is nothing that it doesn’t have, it may just be that they happen to be one of those mysterious ones who are capable of predicting such things, after all, your master-level instincts are only good to sense matters related to yourself, it can’t sense all other things either.”

Meanwhile, as they were conversing, the group of three in a distance, after sharing a few words with Chong Daqing, had begun to hunt for the ingredients as well.

“I don’t think this bequeathal of yours is smart enough, you still need Chong Daqing to act as guide, otherwise those three newcomers wouldn’t even know where to start.” After seeing this, Fang Ning texted the Culinary God he had recently added on WeChat.

“The first challenge is a test of their wits, if they don’t even have enough sense to know that they should search for the ingredients in advance, then there is no need for them to participate in the following challenges.” Black Pot refuted.

“I see, are all these challenges posed by all you almighty gods the same, each one more deceitful than the other?” Fang Ning asked curiously.

“Hehe, how else would we be able to select the best candidate?” Black Pot countered.

Fang Ning kept thinking, finally, he could not help but asked another question, “Is this bequeathal really that important? Why do you all go to such lengths?”

It took a while before Black Pot responded to his message, “To mortals, the concept that the end of one’s life also meant the end of their legacy is a given, and neither would it have any effects on their ancestors; but to Gods like us who control the order of the path to godhood, as long as the bequeathal remains, there is hope for resurrection. Therefore, if our divinity deteriorates, the method in which we pass on our legacy becomes of vital essence.”

“I see, so that’s why the bequeathal is regarded with such high importance by the almighty in mythology, the key lies within here.” Fang Ning said in realization.

Then, he turned and said to Sir System with awe in his voice, “Sir System, this platform of yours is really something, it would be tremendously difficult to learn of such valuable information in the outside world. The others would definitely not let such information slip unless they were living under someone’s roof.”

“Oh, is that so?” Sir System exclaimed delightedly, “You’re such an honest man, Mr. Multi-millionaire Host, in that case, you only need to pay me a thousand, no need for tens of thousands.”

“Git!” Fang Ning was speechless, “I’m just being modest here, and you’re taking it for real?”