Who wants to become a god? Aren't you all forcing me?

#211 - Chapter 211: Palace Movements

Li Chenqiu was the first to jump down from the carport, and what came into view was a wide and flat square.

Two tall stone steles stood in the center of the square, covered with strange patterns that shimmered with a faint golden light under the sunlight, appearing incredibly mystical.

Behind the stone steles was a huge grandstand, which was already gradually filling with people.

Li Chenqiu stared at the two stone steles, seemingly lost in thought.

At this moment, a young man with a round face walked up to Li Chenqiu; this was Jiang Bu, who had been on the car earlier.

"The one on the left is the Tianpeng Divine Stele, and the one on the right is the Qitian Divine Stele. What we need to do is sit in front of the Divine Stele and wait, wait to be chosen, wait to be endowed with divine power."

As Jiang Bu spoke, he observed Li Chenqiu's expression.

Li Chenqiu's expression was calm, and he nodded thoughtfully.

"Among the disciples of our generation, whether they are direct descendants or collateral relatives, I remember them all clearly, both their names and appearances, except for you, so…" Jiang Bu narrowed his eyes, "Who are you?"

"I am your second great uncle."

Li Chenqiu glanced at Jiang Bu indifferently and then strode away.

"You!"

...

On the grandstand, Jiang Haicheng sat with Zhang Ming, the leader of the Qitian Tribe, watching the crowd in the distance.

"I wonder how many God-favored individuals will emerge this time?" Jiang Haicheng murmured.

"Ha…" Zhang Ming yawned, wearily rubbing his brow, "What did you just say?"

Jiang Haicheng asked curiously, "What's wrong? Why do you look so tired?"

"I'm bound to be sleepy after not sleeping all night." Zhang Ming smiled helplessly, "You should still remember the Divine Dynasty that was wiped out more than a decade ago, right!"

"That God-forsaken organization?" Jiang Haicheng sat up straight.

Zhang Ming nodded, saying with concern, "Just yesterday, the leader of that organization, Fang Qianfan, appeared."

Jiang Haicheng's eyes widened, "This… how is that possible? Wasn't Fang Qianfan already dead?"

"I'm wondering about that too!" Zhang Ming spread his hands, "Wasn't this guy dead? How could he reappear?"

Jiang Haicheng asked solemnly, "Fang Qianfan is a God-forsaken individual at the fifth realm. Is everything alright on your side? Do you need support from our Tianpeng Tribe?"

Zhang Ming waved his hand, "Fang Qianfan is not a concern. The troublesome ones are the remnants of the Divine Dynasty."

"Ah?" Jiang Haicheng frowned in surprise, "Fang Qianfan is not a concern?"

"Although that Fang Qianfan appeared, he only has the strength of the first realm, and he's like an idiot, not concealing himself at all, walking recklessly on the streets. Later, he was discovered by our people."

"You didn't kill him, did you?" Jiang Haicheng pressed.

"Am I an idiot? Killing Fang Qianfan is the same as offending those lunatics from the Divine Dynasty. How could I do such a thing? I originally wanted to drive him out of our Qitian Divine City, but… he disappeared!

Then, those remnants of the Divine Dynasty thought that our Qitian Tribe was behind it and sent an email demanding that I hand over Fang Qianfan. Isn't that making things difficult for me?"

Zhang Ming smiled bitterly.

Jiang Haicheng patted Zhang Ming's shoulder sympathetically, "Just say the word if you need any help."

...

Time passed by, and when the hour and minute hands pointed to "eight," the Divine Endowment Ceremony officially began.

The Tianpeng Tribe and the Qitian Tribe, with a total of over two hundred people, slowly walked to the front of the Divine Stele and sat down.

"Discard distracting thoughts, be sincere, wait quietly, the Divine Endowment Ceremony begins!" Jiang Haicheng's voice reverberated across the field.

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in front of the Divine Stele closed their eyes and looked up at the Divine Stele.

Li Chenqiu, sitting at the very back, imitated the others, looking up at the Divine Stele.

At the same time, the patterns on the Divine Stele began to move like tadpoles.

Seeing this, the people on the grandstand stopped talking.

The elders of the Tianpeng Tribe stared intently at the direction of the Divine Stele, or rather, the direction where Li Chenqiu was.

"Do you think Second Brother will still be favored by the gods?"

"He definitely will. We'll just wait and see."

"I hope so!"

...

The calmness didn't last long. Before five minutes had passed, the Tianpeng Divine Stele trembled slightly, and a golden light shot out from the top of the Divine Stele, landing on the top of a young man's head.

"He succeeded!"

The young man opened his eyes, trembling with excitement.

"Don't make noise, leave quickly." Jiang Haicheng said.

The young man nodded, kowtowed sincerely, bypassed the crowd, and stood to the side.

Li Chenqiu opened his eyes in confusion, looked at the young man, and murmured, "Strange, why don't I feel anything?"

He wasn't the only one with this question.

Within the Qitian Tribe, a young man with ordinary looks opened his eyes and also looked at the young man in confusion, "Strange, why don't I feel anything?"

The two bit their lower lips in perfect synchronization and turned their heads.

Just then, Li Chenqiu and that young man seemed to sense something, and at the same moment, they turned their heads to look at each other.

Their gazes met directly.

Li Chenqiu's heart skipped a beat, and an indescribable sense of familiarity rose in his heart.

"That annoying look is a bit familiar!"

He wasn't the only one who felt that way.

Xiang Nanzhi narrowed his eyes, "That pretentious look is a bit familiar!"

After staring at each other for three seconds, the two tacitly shifted their gazes.

In the following time, more and more people were favored by the gods and obtained divine power.

Fewer and fewer people sat cross-legged in front of the Divine Stele.

Li Chenqiu sat cross-legged on the ground, bored, basking in the sun.

Just when he had given up on the so-called divine power, a buzzing sound came from his mind.

It was a sound coming from the mysterious palace.

At the same moment when the buzzing sound rang out, the two Divine Steles suddenly began to tremble, and two golden lights shot out from them, rushing into Li Chenqiu's body.

In an instant, the people on the grandstand all stood up and looked at Li Chenqiu.

"This… what's going on?"

"Two divine lights? I'm not seeing things, am I? Two divine lights on one person?"

Zhang Ming stiffly turned his neck and looked at Jiang Haicheng beside him, "This person… what's wrong with this person?"

Jiang Haicheng said with a dumbfounded expression, "I don't know either. Isn't he sitting within the range of the Tianpeng Stone Stele? Why is the Qitian Divine Stele reacting? Is the Divine Stele broken?"

"How could the Divine Stele be broken? There's something wrong with this person?!"

In front of the Divine Stele, Xiang Nanzhi's pupils dilated, looking at Li Chenqiu in surprise.

What does this mean?

Didn't he say he didn't feel anything? How did two lights shoot over all of a sudden?

At this time, Li Chenqiu did not notice the gazes of the people around him; his consciousness had already fallen into the palace.

Inside the palace, the two golden lights were scurrying around like they had been injected with chicken blood.

Li Chenqiu stood in the center of the hall, looking at this scene in confusion.

Whoosh—

Suddenly, the golden light seemed to sense something, dived down, and drilled into Li Chenqiu's body.

Bang!

The powerful impact knocked Li Chenqiu heavily to the ground, and his consciousness returned to his body.

The moment Li Chenqiu opened his eyes, two voices sounded in his mind at the same time.

"Seventy-Two Transformations."

"Gluttony."

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Author's words: I'm a bit stuck today, and my condition is very bad. I haven't figured out the plot here. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I will think carefully about the plot tonight.

If I can figure it out, I will continue to update normally tomorrow. If not, I may ask for leave. I'm sorry, thank you for your understanding!