68: Go and come back

"That's not fair. What if I genuinely don't know the answer to your question?"

Aphrodite knew there was no escaping today, so she couldn't help but whine, "What if I answer, but you say my answer is wrong?"

"Then Poor Monk doesn't care!"

Tang Ku sneered, "You and I aren't relatives or friends. Why would I keep an enemy around to cause me trouble later?"

"No matter what I say, you still want to kill me. Whether I answer or not, I can't escape. So, I might as well choose not to answer; at least it will make you uncomfortable!"

Aphrodite scoffed, like a spoiled child, crossing her arms and pushing up her jade-like breasts, a truly magnificent sight!

Tang Ku pretended not to see, frowning slightly: "Alright, I promise you, as long as you answer all three questions truthfully, I will let you go. As for whether you're lying, I have my own way of telling..."

"But the question comes back to, what if I genuinely don't know..."

Aphrodite suddenly stopped speaking, because she saw Tang Ku looking at her with an expression full of Killing Intent.

"Then it's just your bad Luck. Remember to be reborn into a good family in your next life!"

Tang Ku said in a cold and merciless voice.

"You Holy Monk have such heavy Killing Intent, you should change your name to Tang Sanzang!"

The woman said helplessly.

"Yang Jian also joked with me like that before. I think it's not bad!" Tang Ku said, "First question of the three: How many deities like you did your Master bring, and how many are distributed among the Human Race?"

Aphrodite was startled: "You're starting with a big question right away... Hmm..."

Tang Ku saw her thinking and didn't rush her, but said calmly: "You must answer carefully. Don't forget, I can tell if you're lying!"

"I wouldn't lie to you about this!" Aphrodite said, "I don't know the exact number, but he brought more than half of the deities from our Greece pantheon, the Egyptian pantheon, and the Norse pantheon to be his subordinates. As for those sent into the Human Race... there are more than twenty like me, distributed in different countries..."

Tang Ku stared intently at her chest... Of course, he wasn't looking at her ample bosom; what he was truly observing was her heartbeat and pulse.

"No change, she's telling the truth!"

Tang Ku nodded: "Very good, you haven't lied... Second question, your Master... where is he?"

Aphrodite's breathing suddenly caught, and she said in a deep voice: "This question... I can't answer!"

Killing Intent surged from Tang Ku, and Aphrodite trembled all over, but she still stammered: "Don't... don't say I really don't know, even if I really... knew... I couldn't possibly say it... You... even if you force me... it's no... it's no use... You... you kill me!"

Tang Ku retracted his substantial Killing Intent and said indifferently: "Then I'll rephrase the question... Does anyone know where he is?"

Aphrodite gasped for air, thinking to herself: This Holy Monk is simply too terrifying!

"Someone must know, because the few Great Leaders who directly interface with him can all see him in person!" Aphrodite said, holding nothing back, "However, the Master doesn't like us deities very much. Those Great Leaders are all outstanding individuals among the Human Race who possess great power, or people whom the Master deemed outstanding and bestowed power upon. Our status as deities, in front of the Master, is simply that of slaves with special abilities, to be commanded as they please."

Tang Ku frowned slightly. Although he didn't get the most important information, he seemed to have discovered some incredible secret.

"Third question..." Tang Ku said in a deep voice, "You... and the other deities, why did you come to the Human Race, and what is your purpose? Also, why are you so fluent in the languages of this land?"

"The purpose is simple. According to the Great Leader who directly commands us..." Aphrodite frowned slightly, "He said it's to corrupt the imperial court and seize Luck. As for why, I'm not clear, and I haven't even officially started yet, and you're already here! As for the language... Hehe, you are also a deity, don't you know that if a deity wants to learn a language, they just need to possess any Mortal from that country? Their memories will tell us everything!"

Tang Ku was silent for a moment, but found that Aphrodite wasn't in a hurry to leave. Instead, she was looking at him with a strange gaze, so he couldn't help but say in a deep voice: "Why are you still here?"

"Are you really letting me go?" Aphrodite looked at Tang Ku suspiciously, as if seeing this person for the first time.

"What, do you want me to treat you to dinner now?"

Tang Ku frowned slightly, "Get out, quickly, before I change my mind!"

Aphrodite finally breathed a sigh of relief: "You scared me, I thought you were going to think of a way to torment me by not speaking for so long... Well, then I... then I'm really leaving?"

Tang Ku impatiently waved his hand, signaling her to leave quickly, "Go, seeing you just annoys everyone else!"

Aphrodite silently cheered, turned around, and flew towards the horizon. Her movements were so fast; in the blink of an eye, she was gone.

"Seizing Luck... This so-called Great Leader has big ambitions, so his goal should be to bring the entire world under his control... But is that the ultimate goal of their Master? That's hard to say..." Tang Ku frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and then a flash of insight struck him.

"No, that's not right... There are several Great Leaders. If their strength and abilities are roughly equal, and if I were that Master, I would let them develop freely according to their own goals, allowing them to act on their own ideas to achieve maximum efficiency. In other words, this is just one of his goals! Hmm, with over twenty deities hidden among the Human Race, it's worth discussing which countries they are in. To disrupt his plan, I need to find these guys!"

"And this so-called Master has no liking for deities, so he uses the Human Race as leaders to issue commands... Hmm, that Asmodeus once said that the one instructing them was a Human named Darwin... If this Darwin is real, then..." Tang Ku couldn't help but curl his lips, "Then... he will be a very terrifying fellow... The progenitor of biology, how could he be someone to trifle with?"

Suddenly, Tang Ku looked up as if sensing something, and abruptly saw a familiar, extremely beautiful face.

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"Why are you still here?"

Tang Ku's brows furrowed slightly.

Aphrodite pouted, looking as if she was about to cry, and said: "I, I'm already homeless. Even if I leave Chang'an, where can I go?"

"Does that have anything to do with me?" Tang Ku was startled, "You're not trying to cling to me, are you?"

"Why does it have nothing to do with you? You're the one who drove me away, so aren't you the one who caused me to have nowhere to go?" Aphrodite pouted, "Holy Monk, Holy Monk, with your compassion, you wouldn't just abandon me, would you!"