Nightmare Light

Chapter 139 Don’t care

With the sound of footsteps, everyone walked out of the equipment yard.

Outside the equipment yard, vehicles from the Temple and Lushan were parked.

As they approached the vehicle, Lin Wang moved closer to Bishop Du and lowered his voice.

"Your Excellency the Bishop... I thought you were here to help me sincerely." Lin Wang deliberately emphasized the word "sincerely" and shook his head. "I didn't expect... you were full of ulterior motives..."

Bishop Du smiled faintly, not at all embarrassed: "I am a servant of God. Everything I do is instructed by God. Otherwise, do you think a leader of a secular force can command me?"

"You just said it yourself, that priests are the best liars in the world... I won't believe anything you say now."

Bishop Du laughed a few times, his long eyebrows trembling with joy, and he was not at all unhappy about Lin Wang's words.

He turned his head, smiled happily, and looked at Lin Wang: "How about this... To express the temple's apology, I will grant you the highest status in the temple in the secular world... How about you become the Holy Son?"

"Don't!" Lin Wang waved his hand, interrupting the bishop's suggestion. "I've already said it last time. I absolutely cannot believe in God, let alone become the Son of God."

"What a shame! This identity would bring you immense convenience in the secular world... and the power to approach those in power..."

If I really wanted to gain some power... I'd have a World Tree in my pocket... Why would I bother with you guys...

"Not interested." Lin Wang refused without hesitation, "Don't mention this kind of thing again."

“Even if…” Bishop Du suddenly came in front of Lin Wang, looked up at him, lowered his voice, and said with a hint of strangeness in his tone, “Even if this identity… was given to me by another god, you still don’t want it?”

Lin Wang suddenly turned his head and stared at Bishop Du: "What do you mean by that?!"

Bishop Du had already regained his previous calm and gentle demeanor. He smiled and shook his head: "Nothing, I was just saying it casually."

He didn't give Lin Wang another chance to ask, but waved at everyone: "I have finished my work, goodbye... Oh, right."

He reminded Ji Xuanyun again: "The priests will keep an eye on Lushan Villa at all times. If nothing happens in the coming period, that's fine... but if a divine disaster really occurs, the temple will take action immediately."

"Don't worry, Bishop. There are no cowards among the people of Lushan. If Lushan really causes trouble, the people of Lushan will be the first to take the lead."

The woman nodded to Bishop Du neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"That's good."

Bishop Du nodded, then got into the temple car and left.

Lin Wang followed Ji Xuanyun and got into Lu Shan's car.

This car looks extremely low-key and simple from the outside. If it were driving on the road, no one would think it was a luxury car.

But if you sit in the car, you can feel that the luxury of this car is enough to make everyone jaw-dropping.

Except Lin Wang.

In Lin Wang's eyes, these luxurious decorations were meaningless and unnecessary.

Only the size of this car made him, a northerner, feel satisfied.

The size is great... the ride is smooth, and there are books in the car so you can read anytime...

While Lin Wang was observing the carriage, Ji Xuanyun, who was sitting opposite him, was also observing Lin Wang's expression.

This northerner... truly has no interest in these mundane possessions...

His eyes swept over the luxurious decorations, wine cabinets and other furnishings in the car.

Instead, he stayed on the secular master's runes and mysterious lines for a long time.

As Ji Xuanyun watched, she saw the young northerner suddenly pick up a book from his seat and look up at her again. "Is it okay?"

"Of course, go ahead." Ji Xuanyun was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

She hesitated for a moment, but couldn't suppress her curiosity and asked Lin Wang a question: "Mr. Lin Wang, I have a question. Have you figured it out?"

Lin Wang closed the book and raised his head.

"You said you have no interest in worldly possessions and power."

"Is this weird?"

"But before, at the Wild Wolf Group's equipment yard, you deliberately summoned the Ice Chair to confront me... That didn't seem like the behavior of a transcendent master. Instead, it seemed a bit... childish."

"These two things don't conflict." Lin Wang put the book beside him, sat comfortably, and looked at Ji Xuanyun. "Just because I don't care about worldly wealth and power doesn't mean I don't have personality. Besides, when I was in the equipment field, I did that to vent my anger for my friend."

"Friends?" Ji Xuanyun was stunned, a little bit unbelievable. "You mean, those mercenaries are your friends?"

"Any questions?"

Ji Xuanyun opened her mouth, trying hard to maintain a calm and gentle expression. She shook her head, "I just didn't expect that—after all, you're already on par with the Bishop, while those mercenaries are just the lowest of the low..."

"I don't care about worldly status, let alone choosing friends," Lin Wang said with a smile. "I only care about whether I like them or not."

"What if the other party is the federal president or the emperor?" Ji Xuanyun suddenly said impulsively.

"Even if the other party is a god."

Even gods...are not enough for you to look up to?
Ji Xuanyun wanted to refute the young northerner's words, but both the facts before her and her intuition as a woman told her the same answer -

What this northerner said was the truth.

A barely perceptible smile suddenly appeared at the corner of her mouth.

That guy is lucky.

After an hour, the car turned several times and entered a dense forest in the northeast of Tangsheng City.

It turned a few more corners in the dense forest and circled to the middle of the mountain.

Deep in the dense forest, a mansion of astonishing size appeared before everyone.

Ji Xuanyun walked along the road beside the mansion and pointed to a place further east: "Look over there."

Lin Wang looked in the direction of her finger and saw a palace-like building in the distance, among the mountains in the east. It was nestled in the clouds and looked bright and solemn in the midday light.

The hostess of Lushan said, "That's Luoyun Palace, now the administrative center of the Chu Federation."

"Because it's located halfway up the mountain, from a distance it looks like it's nestled in the clouds...that's why it's called Luoyun Palace."

"During the Three Emperors period, the administrative center was our Lushan Villa. The three emperors and their ministers all lived in Lushan Villa, which is the building you see now."

"But after that rainy night... that is, the Lushan Rainy Night Incident, we entered the Federation era... They no longer come to Lushan to work."

When Ji Xuanyun was speaking, Lin Wang could hear a certain faint emotion in her words.

But he said nothing, just took a deep look at the palace-like building in the clouds in the distance.

As the hostess of Lushan finished speaking, the car they were riding in finally drove into the large square in the center of Lushan Villa.

(End of this chapter)