Chapter 333: Poseidon's True Feelings.
"You've all become gods!" That same night, another person posed this soul-searching question.
Poseidon!
Qian Xunji removed the shield protecting Poseidon, allowing her to perceive the specific situation of the Spirit Hall.
The Spirit Hall, which Poseidon had previously been familiar with, shocked her with this realization.
Those she had previously looked down upon, like Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, along with the other elders of the Spirit Hall, had all become gods.
The Spirit Hall actually had a dozen or so gods!
Poseidon's previously composed face was now filled with utter astonishment!
Faced with Poseidon's question, Qian Xunji laid his cards on the table, saying, "As you can see, I am a god with dual divine positions: Dragon God and Chaos God. The Spirit Hall has dozens of divine positions, so what?"
With that, Qian Xunji grinned wickedly and asked Poseidon, "Then let me ask you, who is stronger, me or the Sea God?"
Poseidon, her face cold, forced a defense, saying, "Naturally, the greater. The Sea God, who rules over the vast ocean, is stronger. Qian Xunji, even if you become a god, you don't have the Sea God's broad mind."
Although shocked that Qian Xunji had become a god, the Sea God remained an unshakable figure in Poseidon's heart. She was a fanatical believer, firmly believing that the Sea God was the greatest being.
By the end, Poseidon had become somewhat fanatical.
"Oh, really?" Qian Xunji chuckled. He said, "Xiao Dongzi, come here."
Xiao Dongzi respectfully approached Qian Xunji, bowing his head and humbly saying, "This servant is here."
Poseidon rolled her eyes at this dog of a servant she had tormented beyond recognition and said, "Why did you call this lowly servant here?"
"Lowly servant!" Qian Xunji laughed, saying to Xiao Dongzi, "Xiao Dongzi, now your mistress can see your identity."
A wicked expression appeared on Xiao Dongzi's lips. Poseidon didn't know his identity and had tormented him for so long. He could finally reveal his identity as the Sea God and give this ignorant servant a good shock.
So, Xiao Dongzi couldn't wait to display the divine power of the Sea God himself. In Poseidon's eyes, Xiao Dongzi, dressed as a servant, instantly transformed into a burly and robust man like Poseidon.
He grabbed a golden trident, which landed in her hand. The divine power emanating from him was the familiar power of the Sea God, and it even had a faint connection to her.
Poseidon's eyes widened from initial confusion to shock, disbelief, and finally, utter collapse!
"You...you are the Sea God! Heavens—"
Poseidon cried out in despair.
Xiao Dongzi was actually the Sea God? What had Poseidon done all this time? She had tormented her own god, forcing the Sea God she worshipped to kneel before the statue of the Sea God.
Even more unbelievable to Poseidon was that the Sea God she worshipped addressed Qian Xunji as "master," calling him Qian Xunji's lowly servant?!
Did that mean that all the trials the Sea God had given her were simply orders from Qian Xunji?!
Knowing the truth, Poseidon's faith began to crack.
The collapse of her faith was a fatal blow to Poseidon.
Yet, even at this moment, Poseidon still clung to her faith in the Sea God.
Poseidon's legs went weak, and he knelt down, saying, "Lord Sea God, please forgive me. What happened before was my fault; I was blind and offended you."
Seeing Poseidon kneel like this, Poseidon was satisfied. Finally, it was your turn, woman, to kneel before me.
However, the Sea God's smugness didn't last long before Qian Xunji slapped him across the face.
"You dog of a servant! Poseidon is your mistress, how can you let her kneel before you? Quickly help her up and make her kneel before you!"
Hearing Qian Xunji's words, the Sea God felt extremely humiliated, but he had no choice but to do as Qian Xunji demanded. He helped Poseidon up, made her kneel, and repeatedly said,
"Oh dear, you are my master's concubine, my mistress, how can you kneel before me? I deserve to die, I deserve to die!" Poseidon confessed, slapping himself twice.
Poseidon, still shaken, stared at him kneeling before her. "Well, Poseidon," Qian Xunji demanded, "now, who is stronger, me or the Sea God?"
How could Poseidon answer this? As a fanatical follower of the Sea God, she naturally wanted him to be stronger. But seeing this Sea God before her, like a subservient dog, obeying Qian Xunji's orders and kneeling before her, his servant, Poseidon felt her faith crumble!
Tang Chen had sacrificed himself, and her faith in Poseidon had crumbled and collapsed. Poseidon didn't even know what to do anymore.
However, the collapse wasn't complete. Qian Xunji then revealed to Poseidon everything the Sea God had done. For example, the Sea God had created a massive tsunami that drowned Poseidon's father, then rescued Poseidon and bestowed upon her the Sea God Martial Soul. Through this Martial Soul, he could observe Poseidon's transformation from a little girl into a beautiful young woman, then into a mature beauty, a fully ripe beauty, a beauty who had rejuvenated, a beauty who was as mature as could be.
"You killed my father?" Poseidon asked, shocked, looking at Xiao Dongzi.
Xiao Dongzi was extremely embarrassed, but the Slave God Seal bound him, so he could only answer truthfully: "Yes, I had a sudden whim and wanted to raise a little girl, so I chose you, and then..."
"You—" Poseidon was filled with grief and indignation. Her faith in the Sea God had begun during that great sea disaster, and it turned out that the beginning of her faith was a colossal conspiracy.
"You're insulting me, aren't you?" Poseidon turned to Qian Xunji and said.
"You can interpret it that way!" Qian Xunji gave Poseidon two choices: "Now I'm giving you two choices. One is to return to Seagod Island and continue being your Seagod's High Priest, worshipping your Seagod. The other is to stay here, continue serving me, and kick and slap Poseidon a couple of times."
"You want me to blaspheme?" Poseidon frowned slightly.
She would never accept returning to the Seagod's faith system. Tang Chen had already sacrificed himself, and her faith in the Seagod had completely collapsed. Without her two major pursuits in life, it was tantamount to death for Poseidon. Her life had become a joke, and she had decided to find an opportunity to end it all.
This option wasn't difficult for Poseidon: "I won't choose either of the choices you give me, because you no longer have the means to threaten me. I have no need to continue serving you."
She walked up to Poseidon, looking at him coldly, her eyes no longer filled with the fervor and faith of the past.
Poseidon raised his hand and slapped him—after a few blows, Poseidon's face was bruised and swollen. Hatred grew within him. If Poseidon had bullied him without knowing his identity, the Sea God could accept it; but this servant of the gods, knowing his identity, still dared to treat him this way. To be beaten by his own servant was an insult to a god, something Poseidon could not accept!
After beating the Sea God, Poseidon glanced at him as if he were trash, then turned and left towards the Spirit Hall.
She wanted to return to her homeland to pay respects to her deceased father, and then end her absurd and laughable life!
"Wait," Qian Xunji said.
Poseidon stopped.
"Don't think that just because you're a god, I'll obey you, Qian Xunji. You're dreaming. I can already imagine all the filthy things you and the Sea God did. I, Poseidon, was blind," Qian Xunji said. "Do you know why I only gave you two choices?"
"Because you have no reason to refuse me," Qian Xunji said. "Forget Tang Chen, submit to me, serve me well, and I can make you a god, even the Sea God you've always dreamed of."
Hearing Qian Xunji's words, Poseidon's steps slowed instantly. Seeing Poseidon's slowing pace, Qian Xunji's lips curled up, and he continued, "The methods of gods are all-powerful. You can use the power of the Sea God to resurrect your parents and fulfill your regrets."
Poseidon stopped and turned to look at Qian Xunji, saying, "Serving you well will grant me the Sea God's position?"
"Of course!" Qian Xunji sneered.
In the past, Qian Xunji had always forced Poseidon to come, but now the tables had turned, and Poseidon was serving Qian Xunji willingly, giving Qian Xunji a different experience.
The next day, upon waking, Qian Xunji smiled and asked Poseidon, "What do you think of me and Tang Chen?"
Hearing Qian Xunji's question, Poseidon couldn't help but roll her eyes and said, "Tang Chen and I haven't experienced anything. I gave you my first time. How can I answer this question?"
Qian Xunji said, "I'm not asking that question. I'm asking, in your heart, do you admire me more, or Tang Chen more?"
Hearing Qian Xunji's question, Poseidon pondered for a moment. Just as she was about to speak, Qian Xunji stopped her, saying, "I'll give you some time to think. Answer later."
With that, Qian Xunji led Poseidon before the sea god Poseidon and directly stripped him of his divine position, giving it to Poseidon.
Faced with Qian Xunji's actions, Poseidon dared not speak out, and could only watch helplessly as his divine position was given to his former servant.
Poseidon completed the fusion of the sea god's position; after refining it, becoming a god was merely a step forward.
Qian Xunji said to Poseidon, "From now on, this sea god is your servant. Have fun, but don't kill him."
Poseidon nodded.
Qian Xunji then took out a pill from the system and handed it to Poseidon.
"What's this?" Poseidon asked.
"A Truth-Telling Pill. After swallowing it, what you say must be the truth in your heart. It lasts for five minutes. After taking this pill, tell me your answer," Qian Xunji said.
Poseidon nodded and swallowed the pill.
After swallowing, Poseidon said, "Back when Tang Chen, Qian Daoliu, and I were together, it wasn't that Qian Daoliu wasn't good enough to me, so I didn't choose him. On the contrary, compared to Tang Chen, Qian Daoliu was much gentler and more considerate. But I didn't need that kind of gentleness and consideration. I'm a woman who admires strength. I hope my future partner is stronger than me. But I've already reached the pinnacle of the continent. Qian Daoliu and I are both servants of the gods, unable to take another step forward. But Tang Chen is different. He's not a servant of the gods. He reached a position on par with Qian Daoliu and me without passing the divine trials."
"I couldn't see any hope in Qian Daoliu. His life was already limited. But I saw hope in Tang Chen, so I chose Tang Chen."
"But I didn't ask him to immediately become a god. The sentence I said back then, 'Whichever of you two becomes a god, I will accept,' was meant to reject Qian Daoliu. But Tang Chen took it seriously. He left with the words, 'I will not return until I become a god.'"
"For decades afterward, I repeatedly told myself to wait, to wait, to wait for him to return, but after waiting so long, Tang Chen only disappointed me more."
"Now, if you ask me who I admire more, Tang Chen or you, my answer is you!"
"Because I am a woman who admires strength," Poseidon said. "You did what Tang Chen couldn't."
Qian Xunji smiled.
What a realistic woman! But it was precisely because of this that she seemed so genuine.
Poseidon was utterly shocked. These were indeed the words buried deep within her heart, revealed by a single truth pill.
Surprised, Poseidon looked at Qian Xunji and asked, "I also want to ask you a question: would you like me?"
Qian Xunji shook his head: "Not now."
You really can't invest your feelings in a woman like Poseidon. She's a woman who admires strength. She liked Tang Chen when he was strong, and now she admires Qian Xunji. What if someone even stronger comes along later?
Of course, given the current situation, it's unlikely, and even if it were, they wouldn't be interested in Poseidon.
"Of course, if you serve me well, maybe in the future, who knows?" Qian Xunji said.
Hearing Qian Xunji's words, a glimmer of hope flashed in Poseidon's eyes.
Qian Xunji walked out of the room.
After leaving, Qian Xunji beckoned, guiding Tang Chen's soul to his hand, and said, "See that?"
"The Xixi you love will willingly serve me for the position of Sea God. She's also someone who admires strength. She said she admires me more than you, Qian Xunji." Qian Xunji sneered.
"No, that's impossible. Xixi has always loved me. Qian thief, villain, traitor, rebel! You must have used underhanded means to make Xixi do this. Xixi is definitely not that kind of woman." Tang Chen said angrily and incredulously.
"Hehehe, yes, yes, yes, your Xixi was forced by me, you old dog Tang Chen. You'd better keep thinking that way, and then, with your love for her, enjoy watching how she serves me from now on."
(End of Chapter)