In Teyvat, it all begins with rescuing the grass god.

How do you comfort a deity who has been made to cry?

Touch your head?

Come on, this is supposed to be a deity, isn't this a bit inappropriate?

Want a hug?

That's even more absurd.

Don't let Narcida's small size fool you; she's actually five hundred years old, old enough to be an ancestor of Rhodes.

Just as Rhodes was at a loss, racking his brains for a way to comfort Narcida.

Nasita, who had just been wiping away tears in grievance, suddenly laughed.

"?"

Rod was certain he hadn't misheard.

Looking at Nasita, who had stopped crying and was now smiling, covering her mouth as she looked at him, it was clear that he hadn't misheard.

"you?"

Rod realized he had been tricked and couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

It was fake crying!

Oh no, I've been exposed!

"So you really do know who I am!"

Nasita put her hands on her hips, looking like she had found evidence: "I knew it! You didn't say those things to me without reason! Tell me, who sent you? And why did you say those things to me?"

"Ugh--"

"alright."

"Now that you've found out, I'm not going to continue this act!"

Rhodes patted himself calmly, then straightened up and said seriously, "Actually, I am a branch left in the human world by the Great Tree King, in order to help you break free from the control of the Great Sage. That is why I have been able to break through your authority again and again and come to this world."

"Can you come up with a more plausible reason?"

Nasita naturally didn't believe this flawed explanation.

Rhodes' answer was even more straightforward, asking directly, "Then what other version would you like to hear? The Rock God version? The Thunder God version? The Wind God version? The Water God, Ice God, or Fire God version? Or the version by Tenryu?"

"."

This topic is impossible to discuss properly.

Knowing she wouldn't get any answers, Narcida stopped pressuring Rod to explain. Instead, she changed her expression and sat down in a green chair that appeared out of nowhere.

"You were thinking that by staying at home, I couldn't contribute to Mount Sumeru like the Great Compassion Tree King, right?"

"Oh, it seems you know all this."

Rhodes looked around but couldn't find a place to sit, so he beckoned to Narcida with his finger: "Give me a chair."

Although she already knew that Rhodes had no reverence for her as a god, Narcida still couldn't hold back when she heard him speak so casually, as if he were at home.

However, she didn't say anything, and as Rod had asked, she got him a chair too.

immediately.

Naxi Da regretted it.

After sitting down, Rhodes immediately spoke to her in a very standard tone, as if scolding a child: "So, what are your thoughts?"

I hesitated for a moment.

Naxi Dacai sighed and said, "I am not yet a qualified god."

"Oh?"

"Then let me ask you, are you qualified to be a Great Sage? Are you qualified to be a Sage? Are you qualified by the Order of the Church?"

"Since you can see the entire Sumeru City through the void, and you can also possess Catherine's body to tour Sumeru City, then you should be able to see, hear, and know about the situation in Sumeru, right?"

"I have one more question for you."

Do you think the people of Sumeru are doing well under the leadership of the Order of the Teachings?

Rhodes's attitude became increasingly aggressive, causing Narcida to lower her head further and further.

The feeling of teachers scolding students is getting stronger and stronger!

These are not easy questions to answer.

Even though Nasita was unwilling to admit it, she still answered truthfully: "The Church is indeed doing a poor job right now."

"Then it's over."

"You know perfectly well that what they're doing is wrong, and you know what the right path is, so why do you keep accommodating them? Watching them turn Sumeru into a mess, watching them gradually turn you, the Sumeru Grass God who should be revered, into a 'non-existent god'?"

At this point, Rhodes said meaningfully, "Don't wait until they get impatient and kill you to replace you with a new god."

Just as he expected.

Upon hearing this, Nasita was indeed taken aback, exclaiming incredulously, "New gods? They... do they want to create gods?"

"Do you think?"

“You have yet to demonstrate the ability to approach the Great Tree King, and the Order of the Church has been waiting impatiently for a long time.”

"There is no opportunity now, but when the opportunity arises, they will definitely choose to kill you and replace you with a god."

Rhodes, with his legs crossed, said leisurely, "Have you noticed that recently, there are more and more people in the Council of the Order not wearing Void Terminals?"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 82 See you tonight

"Unfortunately, the situation you described has not occurred in the Order of the Fathers recently."

"Therefore, the possibility mentioned earlier is not valid."

After checking around, Narcida found that there were no many people in the Order of the Church deliberately not wearing Void Armor as Rhodes had said. Narcida, who did not believe that the Order of the Church would do such a heinous thing, immediately refuted Rhodes with righteous indignation.

"That means it hasn't even started yet."

Rhodes was equally self-righteous, slamming a baseless accusation directly onto the heads of the Great Sage and many other sages.

Of course.

This isn't just baseless speculation; it's something that will actually happen.

It just hasn't officially started yet.

Rhodes estimated that it would take at least two or three more years before the Doctor brought Thor's God Heart, at which point the Order of the Church would officially begin the God-Making Project.

However, the fact that the above statement was refuted does not mean that Rhodes has nothing to say.

"Naxi Da, the little auspicious grass king of Mount Sumeru."

"You should know why the Council of the Fathers is going to such lengths to weaken your influence, right?"

Rhodes smiled at Nasita and continued, "Don't they know that the Seven Rulers of the Mortal Realm need to perform divine duties to accumulate divine power and then grow rapidly? By locking you up like this, you will have absolutely no chance of catching up with the Great Tree King, who has been performing divine duties for thousands of years."

These words left Nasita completely silent.

Yes.

why?

As the goddess of wisdom, did Nasita really not know?

No.

She knew it.

Ever since she was found by the great sage five hundred years ago, the Church has never regarded her as a deity.

They even took away her Heart of God, the symbol of the seven ruling powers of the mortal world, to maintain the operation of the void.

To put it nicely.

This is to protect the weak, newly born grass god from the disaster.

To put it harshly.

They are attempting to completely seize Nasita's power as a deity, which is why they are constantly weakening the faith in the name of Little Auspicious Grass King in Sumeru, in order to prevent Nasita from having the power to break free from their control.

"Ugh--"

Nasita sighed again, and continued,

"I have used the void to experience people's joys and sorrows."

"Of course, they also know about their worship of the Great Tree King and their disappointment with the Little Lucky Grass King."

"They also said that the god of wisdom no longer exists."

"I will save the World Tree, and I will eliminate the disasters caused by forbidden knowledge."

"But the timing isn't right yet."

"I'm not qualified yet."

Nasita's voice grew increasingly low, and her head drooped deeply.

"Humph--"

How will you know if you don't try?

Didn't I tell you that?

"True knowledge comes from practice!"

"How do you know you can't do it if you don't even have the courage to try?"

Rhodes had nothing better to say at this point. To this god who had been manipulated to the point of being somewhat delirious, he finally offered only one piece of advice: "Excessive self-deprecation will only harm yourself."

After saying that, he started doing the things he had wanted to do but hadn't had time to do when he came in last time.

Snapped--