Don't follow the rules

Chapter 548: Cross Flower Church (XI)

"Have you finished talking?" Ning Yao sat on the windowsill outside the revolving restaurant, his legs dangling over the edge, swaying in the whistling wind between the tall buildings.

Chun Yukong didn't dislike the good seat Ning Yao picked, he just sat down next to him: "Well, we're done."

Ning Yao scratched his ears disdainfully: "Why do you two have to avoid me when talking? You are only a pee away from me, do you really expect me not to hear you?"

"...Can you be a little more hygienic with your conversation habits? Sometimes when people have one-on-one conversations, it's not just for confidentiality or to avoid suspicion. They may simply be trying to create a slightly relaxed chat environment to facilitate in-depth conversation." Chun Yukong explained.

Ning Yao hummed in response.

Chun Yukong didn't care about his perfunctory attitude: "Without you signing in the background, the commander and I had a much more pleasant conversation."

"That's not sign language!" Ning Yao corrected unhappily, "That's the silent rap I just learned!"

Chun Yukong was not affected by his joke at all, and continued: "Whatever it is, the commander and I have reached a mutually beneficial and win-win agreement that satisfies both parties."

"Where is the win-win situation? I can hear it clearly from outside," Ning Yao couldn't stop gushing out of his sarcasm, "How generous! President Kong just gave away the horoscope with a wave of his hand. Do you think this is some kind of 'red-eyed, waist-pinching, life-giving' domineering president literature scene? I'm so upset! I want to change the channel!"

Chun Yukong rubbed his temple helplessly: "Calm down first. The horoscope sounds powerful, but in reality none of us can use it. It can only exert its true power in her hands. In this case, we might as well treat it as a favor. We won't suffer any loss at all."

"Then you should at least ask her for some benefits! Why did you give it to her for free?" Ning Yao was so disappointed with her, but he only dared to punch the air, trying to use the art of mental victory to knock away the opponent's air.

"How can it be considered a free gift?" Chun Yukong looked away uncomfortably, his voice becoming weaker. "I helped her get the life disk back, and she continued to assist the association in stopping Du Jingxiu's expansion and adjusting the balance between the association and the alliance. In this way, the world will return to its former peace, and everyone can live normally... Isn't that good?"

"What the hell! Is it your turn to worry about the balance between the association and the alliance? Do you still want them to continue to maintain the operation of this world?" Ning Yao stood up excitedly, "Don't tell me you are not going to wake up? Are you going to retire here? Do you take that shitty association's pension insurance for you seriously? I beg you to wake up, Kong!"

Chun Yukong raised his eyebrows almost imperceptibly, turned his head and smiled: "What did you call me just now?"

"What what?" Ning Yao was still in a dizzy state.

Chun Yukong: "That's what I just said at the end."

"……null?"

“It sounds pretty good.”

"You're so nice!" Ning Yao's ears turned red with anger, "Don't change the subject!"

boom

A bolt of thunder struck the lightning rod on the roof of the revolving restaurant. The sudden brightness and loud noise instantly deprived the two men of their sight and brought continuous tinnitus. When their senses gradually recovered, they discovered that a huge black snake had been lurking on the roof at some point. The giant snake lowered its head, and was very close to them, hissing and spitting out its tongue.

"Loulan?" Ning Yao squinted and looked at her, very surprised by her visit.

"Don't laugh at me. I know Du Jingxiu is a man who cannot be trusted. I also know that I can't put all my hopes on him, but I thought that he could at least fulfill some of his promises. Even a little bit would be enough... But I didn't expect that he could now defy the rules, ignore the constraints of the power of the contract, and unilaterally break the contract." The black snake slowly shrank its huge body in the rain until it turned back into human form.

Ning Yao opened the window behind him, and the three of them went back inside. "Why are you in such a mess?" Although the wet black clothes did not look abnormal, Ning Yao could clearly smell the special bloody smell in the air, which belonged to cold-blooded animals.

"I was not paying attention for a moment and got scratched by that stupid cat," Lou Lan answered very honestly. He didn't have time to exchange pleasantries with his old friend and went straight to the point. "Do you see that pure white church in front? Rao Qian and Du Jingxiu's final plan is all there."

Ning Yao looked in the direction she pointed.

The pure white church seemed to have been cleansed of all the dust that had been stained by the secular world in the cool night rain. Looking at it from afar, it was so clean that it was a little chilly.

The Gothic spires pierced through the low-hanging rain clouds, cutting the sky into jagged cracks; in the heavy rain, the church's outer walls, which were not illuminated by spotlights, glowed strangely, as if they could radiate fine energy outwards on their own.

But the most eye-catching thing about this church is not these, but the inverted cross standing high on the top of its iconic spire.

"Another inverted cross..." Chun Yukong murmured.

Lou Lan just glanced at him and didn't respond. She turned around and continued to communicate with Ning Yao: "That is the Cross Church, which was recently renovated. It was originally an abandoned ordinary old church. Du Jingxiu bought it and renovated it into its current appearance. As for the inverted cross, it is said to imitate the white violet."

Upon hearing this, Ning Yao moved his vision closer to see more details.

The hollow cross on the top of the spire was slowly rotating in the rain. The core of the cross was the pistil, which was sparkling and seemed to be inlaid with some kind of gem, but the divine sense needed to be closer to distinguish it. Ning Yao was not prepared to alert the enemy for the time being; on the outer edge of the alien petals, the four spikes did not point straight in all directions, but curled inwards, imitating the natural curvature of the violet stem.

The rainstorm cut the city at night into isolated islands with each building as its own. They could look at each other but dared not extend their tentacles to explore each other.

"What did you just say?" Ning Yao repeated the news brought by Lou Lan, "Rao Qian and Du Jingxiu's final plan is all in this?"

Lou Lan nodded: "And I'm sure that Rao Qian is definitely part of his final plan."

Ning Yao looked at Loulan, then at the Great White Church, and asked suspiciously, "How could a man named Du let you get in touch with such a core secret? Did you see it with your own eyes?"

"No, that bastard named Du keeps a close eye on people. I haven't been able to contact him for a while." Loulan looked very depressed.

"...So cowardly? That doesn't sound like your style at all." Ning Yao didn't believe it at all.

"It's true! I tore down the Fifth Hospital but couldn't find him. That bastard Du Jingxiu is too good at hiding people. If it weren't for that ugly cat guarding the church day and night, I would have torn down this church for him." Lou Lan gritted her teeth, and the anger in her eyes didn't seem fake.

Ning Yao shut his mouth silently.

"I have something I want to ask you," Chun Yukong suddenly said, "What did you provide in your cooperation with Du Jingxiu?"

Lou Lan didn't turn around, but just glanced at him with disdain: "Who is he?"

Ning Yao quickly introduced: "I almost forgot, this is my biological father, you should be nicer."

Loulan was obviously shocked for a moment, but it only took her 0 seconds to accept this setting, and she was finally willing to give Chunyu Kong a straight face.

"According to the original agreement, I brought Rao Qian to him and needed to provide the mechanism for making a wish," she said.