Chapter 533: The Trust of the God of Wealth

“Smack!”

The God of Theater raised his hand and slapped the Wind God on the forehead. His control over his own power was so precise that a casual slap could have easily destroyed the Wind God’s wind avatar.

“It’s all this brat’s fault. If he hadn’t scared the God of Wealth away, you might have met him too.”

The God of Theater said irritably, “Hurry up and bring your true self here, and then get ready for a beating!”

“I’ll teach you a lesson!”

“Let’s vent some anger for the God of Wealth!”

“Back then, the God of Wealth had just awakened and crossed time and space to come here. But your actions scared him off.”

“Do you have any idea how much the God of Wealth had to pay because of your scare?”

“If it weren’t for that, reinforcements from our main Time and Space would have arrived long ago!”

As he spoke, a long staff appeared in the God of Theater’s hand.

The staff was about one meter long and eight centimeters wide, with the character for "wind" engraved in the middle.

Clearly, this staff was specially prepared for the Wind God.

Seeing this staff, both the Wind God and the Star God’s eyelids twitched.

They might not know much about other things, but they knew this all too well.

Especially the Wind God, who remembered that whenever he misbehaved as a child, the God of Theater would first try to reason with him, and if that didn’t work, he’d get a beating!

The weapon of choice? That very staff!

But now, seeing the staff again, the Wind God felt something different.

It carried a sense of nostalgia, a reminder of the past.

Could this person in front of him really be the God of Theater?

For a moment, the Wind God was overwhelmed with emotions.

“Xiao Feng has grown up so much; there’s no need for this.”

Su Wen stepped in, “It’s just Xiao Feng, and I’m really confused.”

“Back then, if you thought I was fake, doubted me, or even tried to capture me, I could understand.”

“But why… did you have to kill Li Dong?”

Honestly, if the Wind God had just come here calmly and talked things out, or even suggested taking him somewhere and letting the Star God handle it, Su Wen wouldn’t have felt so rushed.

But instead, without even a word, Li Dong was killed!

How terrifying is that?

“At the time, I was overseeing a project survey in the Imperial Capital when I suddenly got word from the martial arts library in Jiang City that an imposter had entered the library.”

The Wind God explained, “Normally, there are specialized personnel to deal with such situations.”

"But the news from the martial arts library indicates that the impersonator is none other than the God of Wealth, Su Wen."

Beside him, the God of Theater interjected, "Just refer to him as the God of Wealth; there’s no need to use his real name."

The Star God’s eyes flickered as he added, "After the Wind God killed Li Dong, he submitted a report explaining his actions. I’ve reviewed it."

"Essentially, he believed Li Dong was suspicious, sensing impure intentions and abnormal mental waves during their encounter."

"The reason he targeted the God of Wealth was also based on the assumption that, under normal circumstances, the God of Wealth should recognize the Wind God."

"However, during their meeting, the Wind God felt that the God of Wealth was completely unfamiliar with him."

Hearing this, Su Wen sighed, "At that time, I had just awakened and was still training in the Arrow Realm. I hadn’t even joined the organization yet, so how could I possibly know the Wind God?"

The Wind God: "…"

After confirming that the God of Theater was likely genuine, he had considered many possibilities.

But this one had completely slipped his mind.

The timing was off!

That was quite the oversight!

"Regarding Li Dong’s situation… could it be that the Hidden Killing clan’s mental manipulation caused you to develop an abnormal aversion to some ordinary people?"

Su Wen pondered for a moment before responding, "In some of my subsequent Time and Space experiences, I made it a point to review Li Dong’s records."

"In every sub-timeline where I checked Li Dong’s file, there were no issues with him."

"So… please treat Li Dong’s family well in your timeline!"

As soon as he said this, the atmosphere grew heavy.

"In times of war, especially with aberrants infiltrating everywhere, the standard procedure for dealing with suspected infiltrators is collective punishment," the Star God explained. "This is because some fate bearers, fearing for the safety of their family and friends, use their immense willpower to resist the aberrants’ influence."

"Therefore, Li Dong’s immediate family has…"

The Star God didn’t finish, but everyone understood.

"This is my fault."

The Wind God took a deep breath and admitted, "If the future situation becomes less dire, I will seek to atone for my actions!"

Su Wen waved his hand dismissively, "No need for atonement; the version of you in the next sub-timeline has already taken care of that."

The Wind God was stunned and asked, "What happened in the next… sub-timeline?"

"Because of your actions, I suspected you were an infiltrator controlled by the aberrants, so I contacted the Fighting God beforehand. As a result, after my death, you were killed by the Fighting God."

"…"

Such events occurred in the next sub-timeline as well?

"There were even such things?"

The God of Theater was equally shocked; he had never heard the God of Wealth mention this.

"Please understand, grandpa."

Su Wen began to explain, "At that time, I was so shaken by the Wind God killing Li Dong that I trusted no one except the Star God."

"Even in several subsequent sub-timelines, I only truly came to trust the Star God after he proved my innocence."

As he spoke, Su Wen paused and then added, "Of course, my complete trust in the Star God involved a significant internal struggle at the time."

"Later, I somewhat resigned myself to the situation; as the main leader on the battlefield of mountains and seas, if I were surrounded by traitors, what was the point?"

"It would be better to surrender early or find a good resting place and bury myself."

The God of Theater raised an eyebrow and said gravely, "Xiao Feng, look at the trouble you caused; we almost missed the God of Wealth’s trust in the main Time and Space!"

"This is the trust of a true god!"

He couldn’t even imagine what would happen if the God of Wealth lost faith in them.

With his and the Star God’s status, the God of Wealth probably wouldn’t trust anyone else.

All the matters, all the futures, would be shouldered by the God of Wealth alone.

And with the schemes of the Time and Space maintainers…

The God of Wealth back then would surely have gone mad, right?

Even though they couldn’t offer much help now, they could at least keep the God of Wealth company, analyze future situations, or handle some minor tasks to support him.

At the very least, it could ease the God of Wealth’s mind.

Otherwise, if all of the God of Wealth’s emotions piled up without national-level resource support and their strong backing, who knows if there would be progress in martial arts at all?

Put yourself in his shoes; if you believed all the top levels of government were traitors and the strongest beings were infiltrators, how could you dare to spread martial arts?

Wouldn’t that be inviting disaster upon yourself?

Were you afraid of dying slowly?