Shen Xi sat in a sedan chair and slowly swayed back to Chengqian Palace.

The sign and exterior wall of Chengqian Palace are exactly the same as those in Shen Xi's impression, but after pushing open the vermilion gate, what is exposed in front of him is the small courtyard where Shen Xi has lived for more than 20 years.

Shen Xi stood for a long time at the gate of Chengqian Palace, looking at the big locust tree he was familiar with, the vegetable fields with crystal clear water next to the locust tree, the grape trellis set up against the wall, and the old rocking chair under the grape trellis, as well as the small wooden table with a teapot next to the rocking chair.

Shen Xi stood alone at the gate of Chengqian Palace, looking at the small courtyard inside, and did not move for a long time.

In addition to the ordinary servants who accompanied the sedan chair to the Chengqian Palace, Ruan An also accompanied him. Seeing that something seemed to be wrong with Shen Xi's situation, Ruan An did not make a sound, but waved his hand back gently. The other servants understood, and quietly lifted the empty sedan car and left the Chengqian Palace. Only Shen Xi was left standing at the door with his hands behind his back, and Ruan An was standing still behind Shen Xi on the left side.

There is also the passage of time between the sun and the moon in the temple. Shen Xi stood from about four or five o'clock in the afternoon until late at night.

"This place ......" Finally, Shen Xi spoke. It was as if the vocal cords were stuffed with rough sand and gravel, and it was almost impossible to discern what he was saying. "It's really the same as at home. ”

"Your Excellency, this is your home. Ruan An said in a low voice, "On any level, this place is exactly the same as the place where you have lived for twenty years. ”

"Same? Shen Xi sighed and said, "Things are people, and everything is rest." Tears flowed first. I thought I would never need a single poem in my life, but now I feel that there is nothing to say other than these words. After that, Shen Xi stepped into the door, and asked as he walked, "It's a guest when you come." Have a seat. ”

"Then I'm welcome!" Ruan An didn't move, and a sentence suddenly appeared in his shadow reflected on the ground, and then the shadow writhed a few times, and suddenly emerged from the ground, turning into Sophia's appearance.

"You haven't actually left, have you?" Shen Xi walked under the grape trellis. Picked up the teapot on the small wooden table, poured two cups of tea and put it down. After signaling that Ruan An could leave, he asked Sophia, "Playing hide and seek in the temple, are the tutor's students as lively as you?"

"It's too polite to praise people's liveliness or something~" Sophia smiled, sat down on the rocking chair unceremoniously, and shook her eyes curiously after two times, her eyes became slit, "This thing is really good." I'm going to put one on the back of my life!"

"That's not complimenting you. Shen Xi moved a small wooden stool and sat down, picked a bunch of grapes from the vine and stuffed it into his mouth, and then stomped his feet in a sour way. "Didn't you say that your temple was too small, where would you put such a big chaise longue?

"Don't suddenly reveal it!" Sophia slapped the table angrily, "How can you talk like this!"

"I'm sorry, I'm used to talking in a place like this. Shen Xi shrugged his shoulders, "Well, Henry is busy with creation and doesn't have time to teach me how to write a thesis." Lady Sophia, the esteemed God of Assassins, lurks in the shadow of my divine servant, what advice do you have?"

"Suddenly you're getting down to business?" Sophia scratched her head in embarrassment, "I thought you'd have to fight back and forth with me a dozen times before you can speak human words." Why don't you play your cards according to common sense?"

"I'm used to talking in this kind of place. Shen Xi tugged at the corners of his mouth with his hand, putting on a habitual threatening expression, "I just like to have four two belts and two kings!

"Yes, yes, you're a great scumbag protector. Sophia snorted, "I'm here to talk to you about business." Since you're willing to be direct, I'll be straightforward. Would you like to work with me?"

"It's gold that always shines. Shen Xi smiled, "Say, where did you like me?"

"I'm just going to take a fancy to your shameless stink. Sophia replied seriously, "I'm not good at proselytizing, and my followers are not very willing to preach. Every time I had to complete a performance appraisal, I was already exhausted with all my energy, and I didn't have time to expand my group of believers. And you are different, I am very optimistic about your order. ”

"The main reason you're not good at preaching is probably because you're stupid. Shen Xi spread his hands, "Assassin, you can't preach such a good priesthood?"

"Others say that I may refute two sentences, and you say that I am stupid, and I admit it. Unexpectedly, Sophia recognized Shen Xi's sarcasm very shamefully, "I'm really not good at this kind of thing." So I want to work with you. ”

"I want to hear about it. Shen Xi spit out the grape skin in his mouth and motioned for Sophia to continue.

"I'll be your concubine. Sophia said directly, "As long as I become your divine concubine, then my church will automatically be assigned to you to manage." I'm not good at missions, but my church is bigger than yours, and it's no problem to help your current church grow. ”

Shen Xi's expression was wonderful. He grew his mouth, as if he had been struck by lightning halfway through a yawn, and his breath was stuck in his throat. Shen Xi pointed at Sophia, his fingers trembling a little, "What do you mean?"

"Are you stupid?" Sophia glanced at Shen Xi, "It's so clear, don't you understand, I want to cooperate with you." ”

"What's the matter with the Divine Concubine? I may have misunderstood, you translate for me, what is the Divine Concubine......

"Huh?" Sophia glanced at Shen Xi, "The divine concubine is your wife." It is also a partner, a spouse, a conceived body......"

"Sister. Shen Xi covered his head and waved his hand to interrupt Sophia's speech. "Have you talked in your head? It's only been a day since we met, isn't it inappropriate for you to be my wife?"

"I'll give it to you?" Sophia was stunned, then a blush flew on her face, and she swung her fist and smashed it on Shen Xi's shoulder. "What do you want to do? It's definitely not me! It's my human world. It's equivalent to one of my doppelgangers, just let her be a god concubine for you. ”

"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!" is worthy of being a goddess of combat, although it looks like a delicate girl, but her strength is not much lighter than that of a muscular man with a height of 220 and a weight of 220. Even though Shen Xi had been transformed and obtained a semi-eternal body, his eyes were still black when he was smashed. "Sister......, I was wrong! Spare your life!"

"Little color embryo!" Sophia stopped, still unrelenting, and scolded at the ground, "Just because you want to take advantage of your sister, it's still 20,000 years early!"

"Who made you use such a misleading statement?" Shen Xi was liberated from the state of holding his head and squatting, and said helplessly, "Anyway, you explained in advance that you are a doppelganger......

"Now you know. Sophia returned to her original state, stretched out a hand and asked, "Deal?"

"How many Divine Concubines can there be?" Shen Xi began to calculate the gains and losses, "What rights can I enjoy, and do I still need to bear any responsibilities?"

"There is no limit to the number of divine concubines. Sophia whispered, "After all, only mortals can serve as divine concubines, and this is also a great opportunity for gods to expand their own followers." God is not responsible for anything other than what you consider to be a conjugal obligation. And if the goddess concubine, as a mortal, has a great influence in the human world, the benefits of this preaching and preaching are very obvious. It's a right you enjoy. ”

"Sounds good. Shen Xi thought for a moment, "But isn't it unfair to the goddesses?"

"What's unfair?" Sophia spread her hands, "The male god can't make a clone yet." Besides, the gender of the doppelganger is also determined by us, so it's not impossible to create a male doppelganger and then recruit a divine concubine among mortals. ”

Shen Xileng pondered for a long time, and commented on the special abilities of the goddesses in one sentence - "You city people still know how to play." ”

The crescent moon hung high in the sky, and after Shen Xi saw Sophia away, he went back to the house to take a bath and prepare for sleep. Out of prudence, he didn't directly decide to agree or refuse, but just asked for information about Sophia's agent in the human realm, and was going to make plans after observation.

The position of Acting Agent of the Human Realm is also available only to the goddesses, and by creating doppelgangers, the goddesses can choose one of the women to conceive in the human realm and plant the seed of the Holy Spirit in their wombs. After being nourished by the mother's body, the babies born by pregnant women are the human beings of the goddess. From the moment they were born, they possessed knowledge and power beyond mortals in their mortal bodies. And he devoted his life to recruiting believers for the goddess and protecting the faith until death came.

To put it bluntly, the relationship between the goddess and the agent of the human world is not as simple as the manipulator and phantom of the doppelganger skill in the spell. They are more like mother-son or mother-daughter. But the seed of the Holy Spirit is born in the body of the Goddess, and it is the eternal unity of the Goddess's body—just as the limbs and tongue are as inseparable from the body. Therefore, there is almost no precedent for becoming a divine concubine as a substitute in the human world.

Shen Xi had to be cautious, on the first day he became a god, someone rushed to marry him the agent who was both himself and his daughter—to say that there was no intention in this would be to insult Shen Xi's intelligence.

But what would Sophia want? It was unlikely that it would be against herself, because that would not do her any good. The Night Dancers were only a few thousand in size, and it didn't make sense for Sophia to replace them. What's more, now that she is highly regarded by her mentor, if Sophia plans to do something out of it, the first person to be affected must be the mentor himself, who is being investigated by the Temple of the Gods - if there is no Shen Xi to share the attention of Abitos, this situation is simply inevitable.