But if the gods wanted to make fun of me, what else could I do except play the clown honestly?
Sambo was no novice fool. After understanding the situation, he immediately understood the "role" entrusted to him by the gods:
—Lead him on the path of "joy" until he makes his own mask. Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll just be his mask and battery for the rest of my life.
So Sambo had no choice but to surrender unconditionally and humbly pleaded:
"Brother Jiang Yan, look, Old Sangbo's mask is in your hands. Even if you don't trust me, it's better to just use the power within the mask than to trade it for money! Not to mention that Old Sangbo is quite skilled in power manipulation techniques. There's no harm in even listening to him!"
Seeing this guy looking like he wanted to cut open his stomach to show how many bowls of noodles he had eaten, Jiang Yan was still skeptical, but the mask in his hand could not be faked. Even if it was just for this key to a "happy" life, Jiang Yan was reluctant to exchange its "battery" for money, so he finally nodded and responded:
"In that case, Mr. Sambo, please teach me how to use the power of joy for a while. Thank you for your help."
"Please rest assured, I will not overuse the power in the mask, nor will I restrict your movements."
"As for the invitation to the pub, I will go, but not now. I'm very busy at the moment. Please forgive me."
He was already so embarrassed by a Giovanni, so he went to drink at a place where a bunch of Giovannis gathered? Was he trying to kill himself?
Sangbo could see that Jiang Yan was not sincere in his words. He wanted to defend his brothers and sisters in the tavern, but seeing that he was about to be taken away by that person to act as a "prop for the performance", Sangbo really didn't have the mood to speak up. He could only agree as if he didn't know.
"Don't worry! Brother Jiang Yan, just ask me if you want to know anything. Old Sangbo will definitely not hold back!"
Finally, an agreement was reached with the masked fool. After adding each other as friends on the portable terminal, Jiang Yan quickly said goodbye to Sambo and rushed to the celebration party being held in Krippenburg.
Jiang Yan's fellow Xianzhou people, Beloberg's friends, Xing and March Seven, Silver Wolf and Prometheus, as well as Toppa and Gold Dust had been waiting for him for a long time, and were preparing to celebrate the end of this competition, whose cause, process, and result had been completely changed.
If this continues, everyone's hearts really can't take it anymore.
Unlike others, how could they, who had been conspiring with Jiang Yan throughout the whole process, not know that there was no such thing as "publicity and promotion activities"?
More importantly, apart from the Star God, who else has the ability to transform tens of thousands of spectators and countless ice sculptures of the antimatter legion into ethereal spirits in the blink of an eye?
This is not an illusion. Even now, the group of antimatter legion ether spirits are still staying obediently in the strange ether coin in Hook's hand.
If we had lost this battle instead of winning it, we simply couldn't imagine what would have happened.
Participating in a Star God's game and unexpectedly winning it in the end, everyone's face was filled with the feeling of "surviving a disaster". When they saw Jiang Yan entering the banquet hall, exhausted, they all came to greet him:
"Xiao! Jiang! Next time there is such a big scene, can you tell us in advance? I almost contacted my mom to call for fleet support, okay?" Qing Ni grabbed Jiang Yan's ear without hesitation and pulled him directly into the crowd.
Unlike other friends who came just to play, Qingni was granted a vacation by Yukong on the condition that if Jiang Yan did something nasty or Bai Lu was in any danger, she must initiate an emergency communication report to her immediately.
But Qing Ni never thought that Jiang Yan would not only not mess with her, but he would even mess with the Star God!
If the fact that I was busy playing battle ships these past few days and was not with Bai Lu at all is exposed, I will definitely be dead if I go back!
Faced with this accusation, Jiang Yan was of course not convinced. If it was something that happened before, it would be fine, but could he stop the Star God?
"Can you blame me for this? How would I know? If I had the ability to summon a star god, why would Xianzhou need the Kanyun Mirror? Why not send me to Yuque as a mascot?" Jiang Yan spread his hands and said confidently:
"Besides, it's Xiao Guizi who's participating this time. We're all here to keep her company. Why should I take the blame?"
"How dare you say that? How many times have I been blocked from my livestreaming room because of you? Do you have any conscience?" Gui Naifen, who was already in a very bad mood, immediately jumped up and retorted when she heard Jiang Yan's words:
"I'm so stupid. After hearing that Xiao Jiang was the organizer of this event, I should have given up..."
Because of her long-standing relationship with Jiang Yan, Gui Naifen had long been a target of attention at the Diheng Division. When everyone transformed into Ether Spirits, fearing a collective madness among the Chiming Clan, the Diheng Division quickly banned Gui Naifen, even deleting the replay of her livestream. Not only did she fail to gain followers, she became a notorious "bad ending" streamer, receiving furious criticism from fans.
Facing Jiang Yan's scapegoating, Gui Naifen complained indignantly:
"The Immortal Boat has three defenses: fire, theft, and Xiao Jiang. From now on, Xiao Jiang, you will always be censored in my live broadcasts. Humph!"
"It's okay, Miss Gui Naifen. The company will produce a promotional video and video of this competition later. You can make a copy and save it in your live broadcast room." Topa kindly came to Jiang Yan's rescue.
The security department and event operation team, which failed in the gambling card game, are now exerting 200% of their strength to carry out crazy public opinion manipulation throughout the universe in order to keep their jobs. Even if Gui Naifen doesn't say it, Topa also intends to unify the tone with Xianzhou as much as possible.
"Oh, thank you, Miss Topa." Gui Naifen, who had finally finished the story, breathed a sigh of relief and expressed her gratitude to the "training coach".
"No need to thank me, just thank Shajin. He has been very busy lately." Topa said gloatingly.
Although the preliminary cutting of the gold sand successfully allowed him to get rid of the blame, Giovanni's amazing work undoubtedly put a blame on him that was ten or a hundred times bigger.
Although the cauldron was so large that it was actually considered an "act of God" and wouldn't kill him instantly, since everyone was responsible, Sha Jin could only honestly work with the security department to come to a unified stand, turning the "act of God" cauldron into a lifeline to help everyone get through this difficult time.
Apparently, he had no leisure time, at least until he set out for Pinocchio.
Hearing Topa's ridicule, Shajin, who had been communicating with various departments using a portable terminal, instantly turned a golden color. While continuing to type, he complained to Jiang Yan with a tired look:
"My friend, I must say that you have given me a lot of confidence in my trip to Pinocchio."
"We've already weathered this crisis. What more terrible emergency could there be in Pinocchio?"
At this moment, Sha Jin was struggling over whether or not to use Jiang Yan, the ultimate killer, in Pinocchio.
Although he now has enough confidence that no matter how deep the water is, it will be easily muddied by this guy, but Sha Jin is worried that with such a strong stirring force, he will be like now, being stirred up dizzy and unable to find peace.
This is absolutely certain...Shajin silently complained.
Recalling his initial conception of this Ether Front competition and the final outcome, he, who is always full of fighting spirit in the workplace, couldn't help but feel a little exhausted both physically and mentally.
But, no invitation? How can that be possible?
If I change the plan now, wouldn’t all my sins be in vain?
Sunday! Dream Master! Watchmaker! Don't even think about running away!
Driven by the "sharing spirit", Sha Jin chose to buy tickets and release Jiang Yan without hesitation!
Oops, I've been entangled by a fool! : Chapter 145: Wearing the Yellow Robe
Aha never does purely bad things or purely good things. Even though everyone is exhausted physically and mentally by this Ether Front Dark Duel Tournament, they must be grateful for the "gift" from Giovanni and Aha.
No matter how miserable everyone was after the final brutal battle, judging from the results, more than half of the antimatter army left behind by Xing Xiao on this planet were completely transformed into ether spirits because of this dark duel, which undoubtedly greatly alleviated the pressure on Beloberg's ice sculptures to revive as the cold wave thawed.
You know, each of these ice sculptures of the antimatter army dotting the mountains could be a signal transmitter reporting news to the extinction army, Xingxiao. If word gets out, this troubled planet will be hit by another catastrophic disaster that no one can save.
Even though the Interstellar Peace Company, Silver Mane Iron Guard, Black Tower Space Station and Luofu, who are jointly researching star cores, have been working on destroying and sealing these ice sculptures, seven hundred years have passed and the world outside Beloberg has changed dramatically. How can they find a needle in a haystack in the endless snowfield and get rid of them all?
Ah Ha's "Dark Duel" this time was indeed of great help, even if it wasn't all that helpful. But after hearing the number of Ether Spirits in the strange Ether Coin in Hook's hand, everyone's faces were still filled with happy smiles:
"Topa, let's continue the next Dark Duel Tournament. If we do it a few more times, we won't have to organize expeditions to the snowfields every day to dig ice sculptures."
Jiang Yan, whose wound had healed and forgotten the pain, became active again in an instant.
As the leader and signatory of the Star Core Joint Research Agreement, Topa certainly didn't want Yalilo VI to be destroyed by the Antimatter Legion and become a bad debt. However, he could only shake his head at Jiang Yan's unsatisfied desire to take advantage of the Star God once.
"Come again? Forget it! Thanks to your activeness, Xiao Jiang, I'm afraid everyone in the Ether Front project team will be punished this time. The next competition will definitely be held directly in Pier Point for safety first." Topa responded with certainty.
Although Topa is not from the Ether Front project team and is not familiar with the members of their team, she is familiar with the workplace!
Everyone comes to work to get promoted and get a raise, not to seek excitement.
Even if the competition was well run, at most, you'd get an extra line of text in the year-end evaluation and maybe a bonus. Using that to get a promotion would be incredibly difficult. But if you messed up once, you'd basically be demoted from the start, and there was a very real chance you'd be made a scapegoat and expelled. You wouldn't even bet on gold dust on such a gamble that would cost you everything, okay?
"It's okay, it's okay. All we need is for the project team to grant Beloberg authorization. It doesn't matter if we can't hold the annual competition, but we can always hold a Dark Duel Invitational Tournament or a Dark Duel Cup! We can openly invite and recruit Dark Duel Masters!"
After hearing this, the Ether Front players all turned pale.
What's wrong with this game? Can you try another game?
The collectible card game, which had been operating smoothly, had been completely transformed by Jiang Yan's actions. Players were rioting wildly on the official forums and website, their demands simple:
"We want to play Dark Duel too!"
"Even dogs don't play bright duels!"
If Beloberg continues this dark duel, they don't know whether he can attract the gods, but the reputation of this game is likely to be completely ruined.
As the only remaining Bright Duel player at this celebration, Topa quickly tried to dissuade Jiang Yan from his thoughts:
"Even if we organize another competition, what bargaining chips or fun can you offer to entice the Lord of Pleasure to help us again? That's who he is!"
Asking the Star God to unleash his power once again? What kind of grand dream is that? Do you think the Star God is your follower? Well, it seems these damned "hunting" followers can actually do it.
Destiny Walkers throughout the universe are almost all filled with envy and hatred for the treatment that "Hunter" gives to his followers, and Topa is no exception.
Listen, is this human language? Let the Star God descend again and unleash his power once more?
The Interstellar Peace Company has been messing around for so many Amber Ages. Has the Amber King blamed us once? And again?
Do you think "joy" is as easy to deal with as "hunting"? I'll lose if I don't kill you!
However, Jiang Yan, who had just met Ah Ha, said confidently:
"That's easy. We'll hold a dark duel tournament called the Aha Cup, using the excuse of gratitude to the Lord of Pleasure. We'll allow all Masked Fools and those aspiring to this power to freely unleash their power. Aha won't be shy about coming to watch! As long as it's satisfied, it'll be very generous."
"Of course, no one can guarantee what Aha will do, so I'm going to outsource this to a new friend I know, the Masked Fool. If he does a good job, Aha will reward him, and if he does a bad job, Aha will tease him. We don't need power, we just want results. What do you think?"
"Where did this sucker come from? Is the fool you found the stupid fool...eh?" Qing Ni couldn't help but complain, but just when she was halfway through her words, the mask in Jiang Yan's hand blocked all the unfinished words.
"I say, friend...are you serious?" Even someone as knowledgeable as gold dust was shocked by Jiang Yan's continuous and relentless work without any bottleneck period.
Almost everyone in the universe is terrified of the Masked Fool, and this guy even managed to snatch his mask? How does that make sense?
"Of course I'm serious. Wait a moment, I'll call this friend over right away."
After saying that, Jiang Yan took out his portable terminal and contacted Sangbo on the spot:
Jiang Yan (accepting challenges from various destiny masters): "Mr. Sambo, there's a big trick I'm a little unsure of. Could you come to Krippenburg and give me some guidance?"
Sambo (Ancient Relic Agent with a proven track record): "Krippenburg? Is that the Krippenburg I understand?"
Jiang Yan: "Yeah, what's wrong?"
Sangbo: "Brother Jiang Yan, you know that we Fools don't have a good reputation. Once others know about this, it will be difficult for me, Old Sangbo, to do business in the future. Can you think of a quieter place for us to go?"
Jiang Yan: "Is there such a thing? I think Giovanni is quite high-profile, but it hasn't stopped him from doing business and becoming a masked rich businessman!"
Jiang Yan's words almost choked Sang Bo to death, and he quickly replied:
Sambo: "Brother Giovanni, I really can't learn this. Please let old Sambo go. I still have several ancient relics in my hands that I haven't shipped yet!"
Jiang Yan: "Don't worry, there are only a few of my friends here. No one else will know, and I will also tell them not to spread it. This is the first time I ask you to teach me the way to pleasure. If you refuse the first time, I will really start to doubt your sincerity, Mr. Sangbo."
After saying that, Jiang Yan began to try to drive the power in the mask.
Jiang Yan certainly wouldn't easily forgive Sambo, the mastermind behind the scandal and the Ether Front competition. If personal guidance from a master hadn't been so appealing, Jiang Yan would have already devised a hundred ways to squeeze him dry.
I'm not even going to bring up the past with him, and this guy is still trying to make excuses? This is no longer just an excuse, I have to strike hard!
Sure enough, this long-range tight spell was extremely effective. Before Jiang Yan could change the wine glass in his hand a few times, Sangbo immediately begged for mercy on the portable terminal.
Sangbo: "Brother Jiang Yan, let's talk it over! Let's talk it over! Your loyal old Sangbo will be here soon!"
Jiang Yan, who had finished the call with satisfaction, was met with astonishment from the entire audience, as expected:
"How did you steal the Masked Fool's masks and use their powers?" Gold Dust asked anxiously.
After being beaten to a pulp by Giovanni, Gold Dust became even more wary of the Masked Fool.
Not only were these bastards acting mad, their abilities were completely illogical. This guy, who had a clear hand, was already so difficult to deal with. If he got backstabbed again at Pinocchio, would he continue to suffer? Even if he couldn't just snatch the mask away, at least he could defend himself against their abilities!
"How should I put it... Just think of it as a blessing from the Lord of Joy." Jiang Yan scratched his head and replied.
The meeting with Ah Ha was too bizarre and too outrageous. Jiang Yan really didn't want his friends to think that he was also a psychotic and funny person, so he just mentioned it briefly and didn't say anything more.
But how could someone be blessed by a star god and no one would pay attention if he didn't say much?
However, looking at Jiang Yan's face, whether it was Bai Lu, whom he had known on the first day he came to Luofu, or Sha Jin, whom he had known for a short time, there was an inexplicable feeling of "it's natural", and even a feeling of "Why is this guy being targeted now?"
"This path is perfect for you, Xiao Jiang! If you had chosen this path earlier, you would have become an envoy!" Su Shang complained mercilessly, and received approval from her friends.
"It's just a matter of fate. Is my fate so bad? Doesn't Bu Tian Siming also take a fancy to me?" Jiang Yan retorted.
He didn't believe Su Chang's words at all. When he had tried everything to change his fate, but nothing worked, he hadn't achieved anything that earned Ah Ha's approval. Wasn't it his determination to protect his life that opened the door to his fate?
"Butian Siming must have seen it wrong. How could someone burn their own body with fire every day? It doesn't make sense to you at all... Oh my god!" Bai Lu retorted, shaking her head like a rattle. However, when Jiang Yan grabbed her two chubby cheeks and pinched them hard, she had no choice but to admit her mistake.
This fight also completely put an end to Sha Jin's thoughts.
Among the people present, he was the only one who could understand how outrageous Jiang Yan's current situation was. After all, Sha Jin himself was a person with the talent of "joy" who had received an invitation to the tavern.
Unlike Jiang Yan, Sha Jin never cared about the price of power. However, his will, already filled with ideals, firmly believed that if power couldn't reach its desired destination, it would be meaningless to him. So Sha Jin rejected this path without hesitation, choosing instead the path of protection generously shared with him by "Diamond."
Humans are never a pure combination of wills, and intersecting destinies are commonplace. But how much can the seemingly unrelated paths of "preservation" and "joy" intersect? How much power can such an intersection garner?
Therefore, in order to climb further to the top of the mountain of "preservation", Sha Jin did not hesitate to abandon the part of his will that belonged to "joy" as much as possible.
Yet, this guy before me, not only is his will to protect so strong that he even receives a glance from the Amber King, but his destiny of happiness is so worthy that even the Star Gods chase him and feed him. Isn't this truly schizophrenia? Could it be that this guy's personality changes drastically just by putting on a personality mask?
Can’t learn! Can’t learn!
After interacting more with Jiang Yan, Sha Jin gradually learned to come to terms with things that he could not understand at all, and soon focused his attention on the Fool who was about to arrive.
Even if you can't counter these guys' treacherous tactics, understanding, observing, and preparing ahead of time is worth a fortune. How many fools in the world would be so obedient as to allow themselves to be captured and watched? This wave is worth it!
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