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Chapter 556 Win-win
“My divine messenger, Buddha is willing to see you. Please come with me.”

A crow, perched on a Bodhi tree and preening its feathers with its black-tinged-with-pale-blue beak, nodded human-like upon hearing the young novice's words.

He is not a monster, or rather, the concept of monsters doesn't exist in the Asgardian universe. He is more like a companion god, or a material for armor.

To match Odin's divine status, many Odin candidates would keep a pair of ravens as pets. When Odin successfully donned the armor, the ravens would also share Odin's "memories" and "thoughts" and become gods.

However, even though they are both Hogin and Munn, their strength and status will differ depending on how and from what Odin wears his armor. It can be said that Odin's intelligence and experience determine the starting point and potential of these two ravens.

As the "thought" of Odin, Fokin is arguably the most intelligent raven in all of Asgard, which is the fundamental reason why he was able to obtain this mission.

As for why they don't let people come...

Just kidding, what if you get left behind by the Elysium faction?
Yes, that's the reputation of the Elysium series. Only a companion god like the Raven God, who is strongly bound to his master, can be trusted to act as a messenger.

Following behind the young novice, Fujin observed the surrounding scenery: the glazed tile floor, the houses supported by golden pillars, and the dazzling array of jewels almost triggered Fujin's natural instincts.

But his wisdom instantly suppressed this instinct, transforming it into disdain:
"Ha, only a poor person would put such flashy and impractical things everywhere."

This scene would indeed be considered top-tier in the lower realms, but where is this? This is the Celestial Realm! The Celestial Realm that possesses countless lower realms! How could it lack such material things?

In the celestial realm, only divine positions and the power of vows are the hard currency; technology and knowledge are secondary. The fact that the Blissful Kingdom adorns its headquarters with such splendor is actually a manifestation of having neither knowledge nor technology!

But Fujin also had emotional intelligence, so naturally she wouldn't say that to his face. She just muttered to herself and started to consider whether she should lower the price a little.

Before long, Fujin finally flew over the rather useless path of audience, which was more for show than practical use, and entered the main hall. Seeing the specially erected support frame in the hall, he felt a little more at ease, at least the proper etiquette was observed.

Thinking of this, Fujin landed on the fork of the support, looked at the novices, monks, arhats and bodhisattvas around him, and finally looked past the Buddhas on both sides to meet the gaze of the Tathagata Buddha in the center of the hall.

After a brief silence, he, true to Asgardian style, skipped the formalities and went straight to the point:

"Buddha, I have a few divine positions in Asgard that I wish to transfer. I wonder what price you can offer?"

Originally, they wanted to reprimand the crow for its rudeness, but when its words entered their minds, Ananda and Kasyapa, who were attending to the Buddha, immediately shut their mouths.

But the Buddha was thinking about something else entirely.

After all, why would Asgard sell him a godhood?
The Blissful Sect likes to grant divine positions, but that's a nice way of putting it. To put it bluntly, it's called stealing!
But what kind of strategy is this from Asgard?
wrong!

Just then, Tathagata thought of the substance that had solidified nearly one-tenth of the total power of the vows of the Blissful Realm, and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Could this divine position actually have another meaning?
Thinking of this, Tathagata suddenly regretted making such a grand display, but it was impossible to dismiss all the novices and monks at this time. After considering the pros and cons, and thinking that he had already lost face, he said directly: "Messenger, why don't you make things clear?"

"Is there anything else you don't understand?" Fu Jin, who had always been proud of his wisdom, was momentarily stunned by the Buddha's words. However, he didn't mince words; he simply spread his wings, and as his divine power surged, the phantom images of three seated divine statues appeared before him:

"These are the three divine positions. One is a chief god, and the other two are powerful divine positions comparable to chief gods. I wonder if the Elysium system is interested?"

"really!"

Although it was just an image, it was something that the Buddha, who had mastered the path of cause and effect, could recognize even if it were reduced to ashes!
That so-called main god, isn't he the young man from the Eastern world who defeated the incarnation of Ksitigarbha and the projection of Guanyin?
The goddess's divine power characteristics were completely identical to the material characteristics that the entire Bliss System's higher-ups hated to the core.

As for the dragon...

Incidentally, it's not important.

Buddha suppressed his anger. Although he really wanted to slap this guy who had not only committed a dirty trick but also come to cause trouble, the situation was beyond his control. To put it mildly, the guy held one-tenth of the power of the Blissful System's will; to put it more seriously, he held a treasure that could deliver a fatal blow to the Blissful System at any time. What could he say? Let's talk!
Although he felt humiliated, the Blissful Realm was notoriously shameless, so Tathagata simply swallowed his pride and said:
"Name your price, envoy."

"???" Fu Jin was completely confused. Why was a price being set? Shouldn't you ask why you want to sell it? How can I tell you that you have to catch this person yourself if you don't ask me?
The originally planned negotiation pace was completely disrupted. After hesitating for a moment, Fokin suddenly spoke up:

"Divine positions are always priceless and unavailable. Since Buddha is interested in them, why don't you name a price yourself?"

"..." The novices and monks didn't understand, and most of the Arhats and Bodhisattvas were also clueless, only thinking that Asgard had come to offer warmth. However, the higher-ups of the Blissful Realm were gritting their teeth at this moment, yet they couldn't show it. After exchanging glances for a moment, they said:
"How about we allocate all of Elysium's Netherworld quota to Asgard for this round of public exploration?"

"!!!" Fu Jin's eyes widened in disbelief. He couldn't believe it could sell for such a price. A divine position was indeed not a resource that could be obtained in just one or two lower realms, but the problem was that this was a whole period!
In addition to exploring their own planes, the Celestial Realm also conducts regular public explorations, with each major pantheon contributing manpower and resources to explore the multiverse. The resources are then distributed based on each pantheon's investment. Each exploration yields a massive amount of mortal realms, even if only a very small number are of high value, it still constitutes a whole period of exploration!

"Could it be that the Blissful Sect has some inside information and thinks they won't get anything good from this expedition?" A conspiracy theory arose in Fu Jin's mind, but he thought it was unlikely. There was no way information could be leaked during the expedition process, and he didn't need to worry that the Blissful Sect would send a message to their people to slack off after the transaction.

But why?

Fokin had a strong urge to scratch its head, but it held back. Although it felt it could have bid higher, Asgard's original intention was to get rid of the divine position; how much it could get in return was a minor issue.

Instead of spending time discussing it, the probability of Ragnarok forming increases every second that malevolent star stays in Asgard!
Thinking of this, Fujin gave up the idea of ​​bargaining and simply said according to the original plan:
"This price is acceptable, but..."

Upon hearing the words "only two words," the Buddhist leaders' faces nearly turned black. "Isn't that enough? Aren't you being too greedy?"
However, just as they were wondering if Asgard intended to directly annex the Elysium faction, they heard an unexpected answer—

"However, these divine positions are currently occupied. You can have the positions, but you'll have to capture the people yourself!"

"Is this such a good thing?"

(End of this chapter)