inside of the communication array, gods continued to converse with one another, creating an another unpleasant noise to ones ear. "place your bets!" one said. it seemed like others were even gambling too. even if they were gods. the 'most holy' beings.
"that's all the merit that you got? hah! have you been losing all of your worshippers?" another said to insult the other. when this was said, they all started to argue as they took those words personally.
mu qing, who was quiet the whole time at the corner, furrowed his eyebrows at the display of rudeness. it seemed like they did not notice the divine protector in their presence. "silence! show respect to his majesty!" he demanded.
all gods immediately went quiet and looked at the center of the communication array, finding the [h/c] haired god standing at the middle with closed eyes. he was trying to keep himself calm, he couldn't show them his annoyance.
they all started sweating in nervousness, afraid of what their superior would say. because of being too tense while waiting, they even flinched when he spoke to them, "is everyone here?"
"yes, your majesty." they said, along with ling wen—who they just noticed—standing at the side. "well, that's good." [y/n] smiled. it was as if he wasn't concealing his temper earlier. "as you all have heard, the emperor of heaven has an urgent affair to handle in the north."
he then added, "may i ask that could any one of you martial gods send two martial officials?" it was silent for a moment. they were all hesitating to question the royalty.
mu qing gulped down his fear and decided to speak up that silently amazed the other gods. he was known for being one of [y/n]'s faithful followers after all. "your majesty, i have heard that the emperor is not in the north. may i assume that your majesty is recruiting help for someone else?"
[y/n] looked up at the martial god who spoke.
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"darling, before we enter the communication array, let me first explain to you of this matter i told you." [y/n] softly said to the worried god in front of him. "recently, a lot of northern worshippers are praying for help. they asked us, heavenly officials, to be sent to get rid of some ghosts."
the divine protector of the heaven held his own hair between his slender fingers then twirled it mindlessly. "the emperor cannot spare time for the north. general ming guang is also occupied." he then looks up at xie lian who was already staring at him. "if you, my darling, fills in, the merit credits from the offerings of the worshippers would all be yours.."
