Not a god

Chapter 218 "The Chosen One" (Overseas Server)
After a long day, I thought I could go home after the competition, but I ended up having to have dinner with my boss tonight.

The boss really does nothing all day but hold meetings and eat.

We had dinner, but we also had to have awkward small talk. Before we knew it, we were toasting each other. By the time we got home, it was already 10:30.

Inside the house, Jiang Yan sat cross-legged in the living room playing Sekiro, with a candy dangling from his mouth.

She heard the door open, glanced back once, and continued frantically operating the controller.

"I got home really late today."

"I've told you so many times, don't hunch your back."

"..." Many times, Jiang Yan suspected that this person was disciplining her like Chen Yi. She was extremely annoyed, but she still silently straightened her back a little.

"How's that competition going?"

"The afternoon's was a bit better than the morning's, and it even blew up a bunch of demons and monsters..."

"What demons and monsters?"

"It's hard to say..."

"Brother's back?"

Jiang Wanwan came out of the room barefoot, and Chen Xi was stunned when he saw her like this.

Today she was actually wearing a black imperial robe, with the twelve symbols woven in gold thread flowing and shining on the dark robe. The sun and moon hung on her shoulders, stars adorned her back, and mountains, rivers, dragons and pythons appeared and disappeared between the hem of her robe.

When the wide sleeves are spread out, the gold trim on the cuffs ripples like water, and the plain gauze lining is as light as mist, yet it does not diminish its solemnity in the slightest.

Although she wasn't tall, she did have a bit of an empress's bearing, exuding an air of nobility.

And it looks great.

"Why are you dressed like this?"

"I had a meeting with the underworld officials today, so I dressed a little more formally."

"What meeting?"

“Well, Mr. Guan is planning to expand ‘The Man of Destiny’ into the overseas market. There are also some spiritual cultivators in the Great Luo Heaven overseas. If I rashly extend my reach into their territory, they may feel offended.”

"Shall we discuss how to negotiate?"

She clenched her small pink fists, still wearing her oversized imperial robes, and struck a cringeworthy Wing Chun pose:

"Of course we'll beat them into submission!"

"..." Chen Xi suddenly felt an urge to bow down and call the temporary empress Wanwan in front of her "Your Majesty" because of her domineering little wife.

Chen Xi also knew a little about the overseas version.

"Is Your Majesty alright?"

Hearing her brother call her "Your Majesty," Jiang Wanwan blushed slightly, and her smooth, white feet under her imperial robes happily tiptoed around.
"It's alright. Spiritual cultivation is a system that is more advanced. Their recovery is not as fast as mine now. In fact, it should be said that it is much, much slower than mine now."

Originally, she would have taken a long time to develop, but because of the "Chosen One," with the help of a massive number of evil spirits, in just half a year, both Ox-Head and Horse-Face were fed into the Great Luo Heaven level Yin Si ghost messengers.

Seeing her relaxed and composed demeanor, Chen Xi didn't care much about it.

He actually knew that in Fengdu, that coffee shop was not Jiang Wanwan's real 'office,' but at most a place to express her grief.

As the ruler of reincarnation in East Asia, the Emperor of the Underworld has a grand entourage, with various imperial palaces, royal halls, underworld offices, and ghost messengers. Where there are people, there are social classes, and Fengdu also has a system of monarch and subject, etiquette, and hierarchy.

As the Great Emperor of Fengdu, Jiang Wanwan's real office is the Six Heavenly Palace on Mount Luofeng, where she commands ghosts and gods.

Looking at Jiang Wanwan in her imperial robes, Chen Xi could imagine her sitting expressionlessly on the throne in the center of the Heavenly Palace, with countless ghosts and gods bowing and worshipping below.

"Wanwan is so dignified!" "Hmph... No way!"

"What's forbidden?"

She held up two index fingers of both hands, making an "X" in front of her, and said shyly, "Nothing is allowed!"

"By the way, you've mentioned it several times, but I don't think I've ever been to your Heavenly Palace. Shall I take my brother there to see it later?"

She muttered under her breath that he was a perverted brother, then grumbled that someone wanted to go back and change out of their imperial robes.

"Don't change it yet..."

Chen Xi pulled her hand and led her to sit on the sofa, letting her sit on his lap so he could examine the imperial robes.

"If I wore this to a comic convention, I'd definitely be the center of attention, right?"

"What? I'm not cosplaying right now."

Why aren't you wearing shoes?

"Anyway, this ceremonial robe is so long, no one can see it under the skirt."

"Let me see this cuff..."

After a while, Jiang Yan got up expressionlessly, took a paper cup to the water dispenser to get a cup of water, and then went to the next room to prepare for sleep.

Chen Xi didn't do anything to Jiang Wanwan; he was just curious about the clothes and studied them for a while. Since it was getting late, he went to wash up and brush his teeth.

After he finished washing up, Jiang Wanwan hadn't changed out of her ceremonial robes yet. She was sitting cross-legged in the living room, continuing to play the game that Jiang Yangang hadn't finished.

Chen Xi took a few photos of her with her phone.

He scrolled through his phone in the living room for a while, and unsurprisingly, eight out of the top ten trending topics online were about the Destiny League.

Jiangcheng Baixiaosheng: "A dark horse has emerged in the Jiangcheng arena. This team, with all members at Tier 2, may not be weaker than the Youth League team!"

Bad Guy Kaiyunluo: "This match was the most exciting one. Both sides were evenly matched, with four mages exchanging blows for almost twenty minutes. In the end, when their spiritual energy was completely drained, the captains of both sides engaged in a fierce hand-to-hand combat, which was also very exciting!"

Some contestants have even become internet celebrities or idols thanks to their luck, gaining a lot of fans in the past six months, and the competition itself has its own fan club.

"Ahhh, Jiaqi! Your sister flew all the way from Shanghai to see you! These are absolutely stunning and incredibly beautiful snapshots! Go Jiaqi, my little one!" #SongJiaqi #TianmingrenLeague #JiangchengVenue
In fact, not only in China, but also abroad, countless people are watching this. On the first day of the competition, related pictures and videos have gone viral on foreign websites.

Amidst the chaos on all sides, the social order at Tokyo University appears to have been completely unaffected, even becoming more prosperous and thriving, with the university even hosting the Chosen One tournament.

These chosen ones, who are seen as superheroes by foreigners, actually appear in groups here and even compete against each other in public.

In fact, since the recent surge in popularity of various domestic issues such as "The Man of Destiny" on foreign websites, after initial misunderstandings, shock, condemnation, and cries for help, the world's gaze towards the University of Tokyo is now very complex.

They knew that in this increasingly crisis-ridden world, talking about international security and the responsibility of a major power, and asking this great Eastern power to lend a helping hand was simply a joke.

However, due to the continuous setbacks during this period, people in many countries and regions have a pessimistic view of the survival of humankind and the continuation of human civilization.

However, looking at the current situation of this country in the east, although we don't know how they did it, their successful system and management model have given countless people a glimmer of hope.

But, brother, if you have the answer, could you borrow it and copy it?

It's not just foreign netizens who find the various creative ways of begging amusing; after seeing China's successful response, many countries have actually sent people to visit and learn from our experience.

However, the situation in China is complex, making it extremely difficult for others to replicate.

They all wanted to develop their own 'game', but after struggling for a long time, they realized it was impossible. This time, they were truly stumped by the Chinese side's technological bottleneck.

They had no choice but to give up. Since they couldn't do it themselves, they simply asked China to help build a platform.

(End of this chapter)