Foolish Game of the Chapter 736: I Am the First Clock Hand He Shaped When He Des

"Praise our Lord — praise Ti!"

"Praise our Lord — praise Ti!"

The first was Lao Deng's cry of shock and devotion. The second ca from Cheng Shi, confirming his "identity."

No matter how bold the clown was, he'd never dare impersonate Ti on Ti's own turf. That earlier joke was rely a minor power play.

But from Deng Sui's perspective, it was anything but a joke.

He could tell this wasn't his Benefactor. But an entity that could joke about the Benefactor here — could that be soone simple?

Absolutely not!

His expression grew even more apprehensive. He carefully raised his eyes toward Cheng Shi:

"I always assud Ti was rigorous and Existence was solemn. eting you today, I realize my understanding of our Lord's will was far too narrow. So Ti also possesses a lighthearted humor.

Thank you for this guidance. A devout follower will walk further because of it."

"..."

Cheng Shi was stunned. The last ti he'd t a player this skilled at flattery was when he'd "recruited" Long Jing using his Yu Xi identity.

'But Little Deng, you've got it wrong. Ti really is quite serious. The fun one is

— no, the Fun God.'

But Cheng Shi didn't correct him. He needed leverage. So he scoffed and continued his pressure:

"Good. Decent instincts. But I must warn you: excessive cunning will skew your will toward the Void. I can sense your devotion — but inflated devotion is not true devotion.

Ti is not Deceit. And ti does not need to be embellished."

Deng Sui's heart lurched. He quickly bowed: "I stand corrected."

"Stand. Existence is equal. You and I are both His followers. No need for this — I am rely an ordinary gatekeeper."

'Ordinary?'

Deng Sui twitched the corner of his mouth. 'Soone who guards His temple and calls themselves ordinary? In what universe?'

But who'd kneel when they could stand? He hurried to his feet and began examining the platform with growing excitent:

"Please forgive my presumptuousness once more. How should I address you, sir?"

Cheng Shi's eyes flicked. Without a second thought, he improvised a brand-new identity:

"I have no na. I am rely the first clock hand He shaped when He descended into this world. If you insist on a title, call

Hour Hand."

Deng Sui trembled from head to toe. His mind buzzed. He'd registered nothing else — only one word: "shaped."

Shaped — by hand!!!

This being before him was the Benefactor's first creation upon descending!

Could it be that this entity was, like mory's Mirror of Delusion, a Servant God-level creation of Ti!?

Almost certainly. No — definitely!

Deng Sui's eyes lit up. He felt enlightened.

'No wonder!'

'No wonder Ti's followers scoured every trial and never found a single trace of their Benefactor's Servant God-level creation. No wonder all he'd ever managed to find was that half a God Audience Contract with nothing written about Him. It turned out He'd been guarding the Benefactor's temple all along!'

'He'd probably been serving before the divine presence since His creation. If not for using that half-contract in desperation today, who could have ever found Him!?'

'So this truly was Ti's gift. So this was Ti's miracle!'

Those earlier followers who'd tried to use the contract to beco the first to et Him had failed. Yet untold ages later, today — he'd used that half-contract to truly beco the first to find the "Hour Hand"!

'Praise Ti! Today wasn't misfortune at all. It was fortune.'

'And here Destiny thought She could interfere with Ti followers' fates? Laughable!'

Deng Sui was ecstatic. In this era where faith fusion had clearly accelerated, he'd maintained an aura of mystery toward other players. But in truth, that mystery hid no real secrets — it was more about preserving his prestige, concealing the fact that he'd never once received an audience from his own Benefactor.

But now he didn't need mystery anymore — because he'd seen Him!

At the very least, he'd reached Ti's temple. At the very least, he'd t a Servant God-level creation: a self-aware "Hour Hand."

With such a golden opportunity, Deng Sui naturally wanted to extract as much as possible. But Cheng Shi would never let the other lead this "audience." He cut off the questioning and said, in a tone dripping with significance:

"Ti is not Destiny. He is always at our side. So as His followers, there's no need to deliberately chase His guidance.

Every second and every minute ticking in this world is a divine oracle He delivers to us.

Feel it carefully. You'll gain sothing from it."

Hearing this, Deng Sui furrowed his brow slightly and actually fell into contemplation.

Seeing such a devout expression, Cheng Shi nearly broke character. 'Bro — I was completely making that up. And you actually believe it.'

Fighting back a laugh, he pressed his lips together and continued: "As for why you were able to co here today..."

"?" The contemplating Deng Sui snapped back to attention, looking up in bewildernt. "Hour Hand, sir — wasn't it because of the God Audience Contract?"

"?"

Now it was Cheng Shi's turn to be stunned.

'What contract? There's a contract for divine audiences?'

He looked the other up and down, gaze lingering on pockets and inner folds. Finding nothing, he cooled his expression and continued:

"The contract is rely the ans, not the timing.

If He wishes to see you, no contract is necessary. If He does not, then even if you paved the river of ti with contracts, you would never arrive here.

So — why do you think you ca to this temple today?"

'Why?'

Deng Sui's brow knotted tighter. He began solemnly reviewing the day's events, connecting the "timing" from the Hour Hand's words to the Torchbearers' ambush.

Obviously, he'd used the contract only because he was fleeing for his life. So this summons must be connected to today's Torchbearer attack.

And one of those two Torchbearers was Destiny's Chosen. Could this audience actually be about... the war between faiths?

Not impossible. In fact, during the preceding trial, Deng Sui had already been reviewing his clash with the Torchbearers.

He'd noticed that Qin Xin didn't seem like a mory follower. Aside from item-use monts when mory power swirled around him, there was never a trace of mory energy — not even in his most ferocious attacks.

Add to that Qin Xin's abnormally high physical stats and strength, his unusually sharp observational skills — against a top-tier assassin like Deng Sui, the man consistently managed to find him in the Void's shadows.

And Deng Sui had only ever experienced that level of detection from elite hunter-class players. So he'd been speculating whether Qin Xin might actually be a hunter of a different faith.

Especially... the combat-oriented War!