Chapter 271 A Snake Spirit with Dissociative Identity Disorder (1/2)

But Ning Tao’s finger on the trigger did not pull. If he were to kill Bai Sheng here, he would be the sensation of the world—a clinic doctor killing a genius who had just come up with the Divine Microchip.

What followed would be a manhunt from all quarters. He could never roam the streets again like he did in the past, or even develop the Shenzhou Charity Company to earn merits of good intention. Even if he escaped arrest, he would surely die because of the lack of treatment fees.

But when he thought of those girls who were hideously slew, and Bai Sheng’s coercion of Qing Zhui and Bai Jing, he felt an irrepressible rage arise in his heart. Facing this wicked fiend, his malicious side had surfaced and it would be hard for him to control it. This was the reason why he pulled out this refined Mauser pistol.

” ‘I rest within the womb, listening to the sound of the Way.’ ” Ning Tao’s heart quietly chanted the first line of Your Text.

Dong!

The divine bell tolled, resonant and reverberant.

Ning Tao’s heart and mind began to calm down. His rage had died away. He holstered the refined Mauser pistol, only keeping the Unbreakable Fan in his hand.

A flicker of astonishment flashed across Bai Sheng’s eyes. “My good son-in-law, I felt a murderous malice emanating from your body just now. You really wanted to kill me. But why didn’t you?”

Ning Tao suddenly hit out a fist on Bai Sheng’s face.

Pow!

Bai Sheng’s body flew into the air, landing a few meters away. A few teeth and some bloodied saliva were spat out from his mouth. His whole face was contorted.

Ning Tao dashed forward and caught hold of Bai Sheng’s face. He tugged at it forcefully and instantly, pulled out Bai Sheng’s human mask.

Lying there was no Bai Sheng, but some youth resembling him both in build and features. He had some demon aura on his body, but it was not strong.

Ning Tao shifted his gaze to the restroom by the waiting room. “Come out. Why are you hiding in the restroom?”

Suddenly, from the restroom came the flushing of the toilet. Then the door open and Bai Sheng emerged.

It was clearly a sinister plot. If Ning Tao had pulled the trigger, blasting off the head of the Bai Sheng lookalike, he would have fallen into the pit Bai Sheng had dug for him.

This was Bai Sheng. He would not be Bai Sheng if he did not spend his life ensnaring or harming people.

Bai Sheng said blandly, “Leave us.”

The imposter crawled up from the floor and picked up his broken teeth. Then he wiped the floor clean with his shirt sleeve, leaving the waiting room without a word.

Bai Sheng stared at Ning Tao.

Ning Tao stared back at Bai Sheng.

Their four eyes were staring at each other.

A few seconds later, Bai Sheng broke the suffocating silence in the waiting room. “My good son-in-law, why do you want to kill me so much? The last time, you wrecked my temple. I bore with it. I was worried that you still wanted to kill me. That was why I got an imposter to test you. As expected, you pulled out a pistol at me the moment we met. Is there such a great feud between us? My two daughters have been abducted by you, and yet you still dare to treat me this way. I ask you: did I owe you a debt in my previous life?”

This was Bai Sheng. He could talk black into white. He was obviously the one setting the trap for him, yet now he was claiming it was all Ning Tao’s fault.

Ning Tao sneered. “You have an earlier life? You have always been a snake demon, conceived from the heaven and the earth. You slew your mother and harmed so many people, engaging in all sorts of heinous misdeeds. Do you really think that Heaven is blind and you can do anything you like?”

“Ha ha ha… ” Bai Sheng let off a string of hearty guffaws. “Is Heaven not blind? The spiritual energy between the heaven and the earth is dissipating. Humans no longer fear divinities. Morality has been corrupted and demons are free to act any way they like. This means that the supreme authority is changing hands. Can’t you even see this? What sort of cultivator are you?”

“So that’s why you are doing all these wicked deeds?”

Bai Sheng said, “Divinities only exist if humans believe in them. If they don’t, there will be no gods. In the past, there were river gods in the rivers and mountain gods in the mountains. Even the cooks had their kitchen god. Look at the world now. Mountains are being leveled and resources are nearly completely mined. Rivers are polluted and excrement and urine flowed into them. So where are the river and mountain gods now? The air is fogged with pollutants and the earth is devastated and scarred. Officials are corrupt and traders dishonest. Yet they are still living in clover. So what did your Heaven do to punish them?”

Ning Tao was rendered totally speechless.

“Your thoughts are too backward. See what the contemporary world believes in! It’s money, power, and hedonism. If you have the money and want young pretty girls, they will offer you their bodies. If you want to give orders, someone will obey you. If you want others to charge in battlefields, another person can do that for you. Aren’t these the same as divine powers? The ancient gods and immortals no longer exist. But newer gods and immortals have emerged.” Bai Sheng took out a cell phone from inside his coat pocket and added, “See what this is?”

Ning Tao only stared at him.

Bai Sheng said, “I feel that this is a god.”

Ning Tao felt a tremor in his heart.

If to distinguish a god or immortal, one needs to take into account how many followers it has, the adoration it enjoys, and the irreplaceable status it holds in its followers’ hearts…. then that cell phone in Bai Sheng’s hand must surely be a divine presence for most people.