Chapter 42: Disrespect for God
Tan Xiao slowly stopped dancing, her eyes still fixed on Kong Xuan. For a moment she didn't know what to say, and her deskmate suddenly appeared.
After confirming his identity, he felt an indescribable feeling, his fingers went numb. His deskmate, the lord god, was actually the same person, and he had put on the thick vest himself...
Kong Xuan's eyes were so bright that it was almost impossible to look at them directly, and they contained a sense of pride and happiness.
—— Kong Xuan couldn't be more satisfied. He raised his chin to Tan Xiao. Tan Xiao recognized him without him having to give in! Of course, this was necessary and destined. He was just expressing his affirmation to Tan Xiao.
When Tan Xiao saw Kong Xuan's little gesture, his complicated emotions seemed to have found a focus at once. There was more smile in his eyes, and he even sighed: How did I repeatedly convince myself before that these two could not be the same person?
Or is it because in the subconscious, God is in heaven and people are in school, and there are different hairstyles, and I am trapped in the stereotyped thinking.
In this way, Kong Xuan's words and actions when they first met made sense, and it turned out that they were really old acquaintances.
But in contrast, some of Kong Xuan's other words and deeds seem even more confusing...
At this time, the applause was still going on and did not stop for a long time. Tan Xiao also heard someone calling his and Kong Xuan's names, which made his expression freeze for a moment: Logically speaking, ordinary people cannot easily see Kong Xuan, just like not everyone can see ghosts.
——And therefore, amidst the shocked and intoxicated applause of the whole audience, only Wu Tianyu was trembling with fear, full of fear: This is for real!
But the people around him obviously did not think so. They just felt that the atmosphere just now was really good, as if the teachers and students were also surrounded by a dreamy fragrant mist and returned to the mysterious descent ceremony in ancient times. The real sound effects were like the vague calls of ghosts and gods.
There was a special moment when the lights dimmed and everyone seemed to be in a dream, until the wizard on the stage summoned the gods and woke them up.
It seemed as if all the teachers and students in the audience were enlightened in an instant and could not help but stand up and applaud. This was truly a performance with perfect coordination of dance, lighting and sound effects. At the end, there was even an extremely wonderful costume-changing performance.
Kong Xuan, who was clearly still wearing his school uniform before
Everyone naturally thought that this was the object summoned by the wizard in the music.
The combination is so natural and fitting that it brings people back to that ignorant and mysterious era.
"Your class has arranged this program very well!" The teacher from the next class said to Ji Huiming in amazement, "This is not a school anniversary performance, it's good enough to be on TV. You said before that Kong Xuan refused to participate in the performance?"
Everyone knows that there is a handsome guy in Class 3, and many people are concerned about whether he will arrange the program. Ji Huiming said that he is unwilling to do so.
"I really didn't want to do it before!" Ji Huiming was also overjoyed. "I guess Tan Xiao finally persuaded me to do a cameo. I didn't expect that he could do magic. The effect was really great."
Although the time was short, they integrated perfectly, and the two of them standing on the stage seemed like natural witches and gods.
At this time, the staff in charge of the stage design were also confused. They looked at the director Wang Xiaoan. After the performance, they scratched their heads and wondered when Tan Xiao added the faint whistling sound to the accompaniment? It didn't seem to be in the original version.
They had never designed the lighting like this. When it got dim just now, I thought something was wrong, after all, there was thunder.
Moreover, Tan Xiao didn’t mention adding a performer…this didn’t even happen during the rehearsal.
But now the whole audience is so enthusiastic that everyone is clapping along a little late. It’s wonderful, but people are still confused.
They were confused, and the director was not much better. Wang Xiaoan said dully, "I didn't arrange it... right?" He began to doubt his memory.
…
Tan Xiao bowed slightly amid the applause. A student who had been arranged in advance presented a bouquet of flowers to Tan Xiao, and of course there was an unexpected surprise in his eyes. Tan Xiao took two steps forward, took the flowers, bowed again, and then walked off the stage.
When passing by Kong Xuan, he grabbed Kong Xuan who was still unwilling to leave. He felt a little awkward at first, after all, Kong Xuan was his original body now, and he felt a little confused. He whispered, "How can they see you?" Could it be because all his energy and spirit were sucked away?
"You couldn't see it originally." Kong Xuan was so smug, "I deliberately showed up."
Tan Xiao recognized him. Wouldn't it be a shame not to let others witness such a wonderful scene?
Tan Xiao: “…………”
You are worthy of it, Peacock.
Tan Xiao instantly felt that the two images were easy to integrate and there was no sense of incongruity at all.
The scene was also recorded today, and the school will definitely edit it into a promotional video. Tan Xiao could predict that their segment would definitely be included in the video.
Tan Xiao was fine, just a little speechless. But he could imagine that Mu Fei would be attacked again when she saw him publicly exorcising evil spirits, and with Peacock God. After all, he recalled carefully, Mu Fei probably didn't know that Peacock was in high school.
"You, you are really amazing. You have been holding back for almost a semester without telling me who you are." And whenever Tan Xiao thought that he was asking for the chemistry grade from this person, he gradually felt that the absurdity doubled. No wonder Kong Xuan went crazy and wanted to tutor him. Is this how you satisfy the substitute wizard? What kind of advanced divine punishment is this!
Kong Xuan was very proud, and changed his previous uncertainty. He was full of confidence as if Tan Xiao recognized him at first sight: "Because I know that you will recognize it sooner or later."
Although he was a few months late, Tan Xiao finally recognized him!
"...Just because I couldn't recognize you, you kept it to yourself for so long and refused to say it yourself." Tan Xiao felt that compared to the fact that Kong Xuan was Kong Que, what was even more shocking was that he, a second-generation god, had to go to such lengths and wait for him to recognize him.
But now thinking back to Kong Xuan's behavior when he recognized the wrong person...well, considering his personality, this development seems reasonable.
The two had already walked off the stage. Lin Yang was looking at them with his mouth open, his dullness mixed with a trace of grief and indignation: "We are all classmates, and it's fine that you didn't play with me, but you didn't even say a word. Kong Xuan, when did you put on this wig? Did you wear your clothes underneath it all the time?"
He had only seen magic of this level on TV shows before. He was closer than the audience, but it was perfect. He had no idea what trick Kong Xuan used to do it! Other people might change many items at a time in their shows, but Kong Xuan only changed one. However, Lin Yang felt that the effect was much better. After all, it was an easter egg for Tan Xiao's show, and the atmosphere was more vivid. He didn't hear the screams just now, which almost reached the suburbs.
In fact, if Lin Yang came over and touched it, he would find that Kong Xuan's body was not a complete entity at all, but just condensed into a near-entity, and the long hair was even more genuine. But except for Tan Xiao, who dared to touch Kong Xuan?
"This is a special surprise, keep it secret." Tan Xiao glanced guiltily at the director not far away. Wang Xiaoan was gesturing at him vigorously, but he couldn't leave his post and had to keep his eyes on the stage.
"What a surprise! How long have you been rehearsing?" Lin Yang asked excitedly, "You two have such great chemistry! Are you really just sitting next to each other this semester?"
Although this may not be quite right, it was the first time he wanted to describe them as a perfect match. Alas, it made him seem redundant.
"..."Tan Xiao was speechless and didn't know what to say.
On the other hand, Kong Xuan had a lot of violent words to say, but Tan Xiao subconsciously poked him with his arm.
Lin Yang noticed this small detail and felt it was a bit subtle. How come... it seemed that after the collaboration, the relationship between Xiaozai and Kong Xuan had also been elevated.
Lin Yang said sourly: "The Yangtze River's back waves beat the front waves." After all, his old deskmate is not as good as the new deskmate! But on second thought, I have been competing with Kong Xuan for almost a semester, which means that I have won and lost with him. I am awesome.
At this time, Tan Xiao heard several exclamations from the audience, and some people looked around and said something like "cat, cat". He reacted for a moment and then remembered that it might be Zhong Da Huzi running wildly. Oh, and this guy, who would have thought it was a mouse because he was so big.
"No more talking, let's go change clothes first, you hold the flowers for me." Tan Xiao was anxious to get away, so he asked Lin Yang to hold the flowers and walked out of the venue. When he passed by Wang Xiaoan, he apologized, "I'm sorry, Director Wang, because I didn't know if it would be successful in advance... This was an Easter egg we secretly designed and didn't report it."
Just think of this as all stage effects, that's what everyone seems to think anyway.
Wang Xiaoan was speechless and choked up. He even tried to talk to Kong Xuan, but Kong Xuan ignored him. Who knew that he would become a surprise arranged by Tan Xiao? "When did you like to play this? It really scared us to death... Of course, the performance was really perfect, so wonderful!" No matter from which angle, he had to admit that this was more amazing than the original arrangement, and there was even thunder to match it. It was simply a blessing from God. As a result, even if he wanted to say that you were disorganized and undisciplined, he couldn't say it.
Tan Xiao fooled around and took the opportunity to escape from the scene with Kong Xuan. Anyway, Wang Xiaoan still had to be busy. According to Tan Xiao's experience, as long as he gave a general idea, the rest of the onlookers would automatically help him fill in the blanks.
After they were far away from the crowd, Tan Xiao took the guard boy off his shoes. The boy was still dazed and just clung to Tan Xiao, frowning and saying, "Yes, there is a dog..."
"Hush, it's okay, the dog has been brushed off." Tan Xiao had the experience from the last time and knew that the boy guarding the meal would recover with the smell of rice, so he was not so nervous. It was a grassroots civil servant under the Kitchen God's throne, and the danger was quite high. It had only been a short time, and he was bitten like this again.
He looked around, looking for the figure of Zhong Da Huzi.
Kong Xuan understood: "Come out by yourself."
Zhong Da Huzi didn't run far either. He just came out of the bushes. He didn't mean to run away. He held a few grasses in his mouth and brought them to Tan Xiao, "This is for the boy..."
In addition to divination, the rat spirit also has the ability to find treasures. Finding some herbs is instinctive for him. Thanks to the good landscaping of Nanchu No. 1 Middle School, there are indeed flowers and plants that can be used as medicine in the school.
After today's thrilling experience, Zhong Da Huzi didn't want to escape anymore. He was so tired.
Tan Xiao took the flowers and plants and looked at the two wounded soldiers. "Okay, let's go to 404 now. We also need to hand in the dog for registration. I don't know what it is."
He hesitated again: "Well...but are you free to deal with these things today?"
Kong Xuan thought he was talking about the 404 office, and said with his hands behind his back, "Even if they don't have time, they have to be free!"
"I'm not talking about them, I'm talking about you." Tan Xiao looked at him.
Kong Xuan's heart was pounding. Could it be because they had just "recognized each other" and Tan Xiao still had a lot to say to him...
Tan Xiao looked at him worriedly. Since the Peacock God was his deskmate Kong Xuan, more and more practical problems came to his mind. "You haven't finished your homework yet. It's hard enough to begin with. Studying is like sailing against the current. If you don't make progress, you will fall behind. You will fail the final exam again."
Kong Xuan: “…………”
The boy guarding the meal and Zhong Da Huzi couldn't help but raise their eyes to secretly look at Kong Xuan...
"What are you looking at?" Kong Xuan said angrily, "Stop talking about these disappointing things!"
"I don't understand either. If you don't want to study physics, why don't you be a full-time immortal and come to high school? Your academic qualifications are useless to you." This is one of the reasons why Tan Xiao has always believed that there is no reason for them to be the same person. There are immortals who go through tribulations and go to high school. Are the college entrance examinations so cruel?
"..." Kong Xuan said, "You are so presumptuous."
Why was it completely different from what he imagined? After recognizing him, Tan Xiao did not respect him more, and was even a little bit more excessive!
It was more than disrespectful. Tan Xiao completely lost the respect he had for the Peacock God, and the last bit of unfamiliarity he had with his deskmate Kong Xuan. He asked faintly, "Or do you just want to lower our class average?"
"...If you want to write the sequel to the Classic of Mountains and Seas, how can you not understand the world?" This is the rule Yuan Feng gave him. Moreover, he must abide by the school rules and not cheat when he goes to school. Kong Xuan said angrily, "So you must also ensure that I can get into university." This is what a substitute wizard should do.
Tan Xiao said in disbelief: "You should have mentioned this kind of task before you continued writing the "Classic of Mountains and Seas"!"
This is so scary, why would such a task fall on a wizard? !
Even when Tan Xiao saw a ghost for the first time, he was not so scared, especially when he thought that Kong Xuan insisted on choosing science. With Kong Xuan's level of classical Chinese, wouldn't it be much easier for him to study liberal arts?
However, Kong Xuan did not feel that he was wrong at all. If he did not choose reason, how could he be in the same class with Tan Xiao? How could a wizard be separated from the sect master god?
"I don't even want to go to 404 to do it. I want to force you to practice questions." Tan Xiao muttered to himself, but he still had to hand over these questions today. He sent a text message to the teacher saying that he was tired and would go home after the performance. Then he found a classroom, took off his performance costume and mask, and changed back into his school uniform. While changing, he continued to ask Kong Xuan questions through the door.
Tan Xiao kept searching through his memories for old things. He did have a lot to say to Kong Xuan. After merging their identities, he had a lot of questions about the past from a new perspective. And because it was difficult to recognize people, it was difficult for him to quickly establish a familiar and intimate relationship. But Kong Xuan was different. Tan Xiao suddenly felt that he could speak his mind without restraint. Was he a god, a classmate, or someone he recognized on his own?
"So are you really carsick?"
"The Xionggui and Shoufan Tongzi were scared of you and ran away, right? And the attitudes of the Bodhisattva slaves..."
"Hey, why did you feel unhappy when I praised your other identity in front of you?"
“…”
Kong Xuan's angry voice rang out outside: "I am unhappy about something!" As he spoke, he started to yell and brought up old grudges.
"I sent down my spiritual response, but you were extremely disrespectful and repeatedly offended me. If I hadn't been magnanimous..."
At this time, Tan Xiao, who had changed into school uniform, opened the door, stuck his head out, and looked at him with wide eyes: "Also, so you have been living on the wall of my room? Have you ever..."
Kong Xuan: “!”
Kong Xuan was stuck.
Tan Xiao: "...Did you secretly copy my homework?"
Kong Xuan yelled, "Is this the grade I got after cheating? I told you I can't cheat!"
"Oh." Seeing that he had changed his clothes with one click, Tan Xiao stepped out, put the boy guarding the food into his pocket, and as usual, found a garbage bag to put Zhong Da Huzi in.
Tan Xiao called Mu Fei first, but Mu Fei didn't answer, probably because she was busy. Since he had been to the office of 404, Tan Xiao decided to go there himself.
But the way things were done in the past is questionable.
"Fly over." Kong Xuan was eager to try and take the opportunity to separate himself from the motion sickness.
"No, I've read the regulations of the 404 Office. You are not allowed to fly casually in urban areas, especially with people." Tan Xiao also felt that he was not mentally prepared to fly, "I think it's better to be safe..."
A minute later, two high school students on bicycles came sauntering onto the road.
…
Tan Xiao rode a shared bicycle steadily. After all, they were in the old city. Soon they arrived at the 404 Office in Nanchu, saving them the trouble of taking a taxi. Kong Xuan got carsick. Kong Xuan followed closely behind. Although his science scores were not very good, he learned to drive very quickly.
The office was still brightly lit, and most of the staff in the 404 office were working overtime, including Liu Qingquan. This was the good thing about being a ghost, it was convenient to work the night shift.
Not only him, there are other colleagues who don't need sleep, and there are some people who need to be received even at night.
He was also the first to see Tan Xiao outside and woke up Mu Fei who was dozing in the office.
Mu Fei woke up in shock and looked out the window, "Tan Xiao? How come he came here on a bike, and... " Peacock God?
It’s just that Peacock God seemed to have dressed up as a student today in order to follow along. I’m afraid he was wearing Tan Xiao’s school uniform. It really took a lot of effort on his part.
The next second, Mu Fei noticed that Tan Xiao was holding a garbage bag in his hand, and inside it was the missing prisoner Zhong Da Huzi, with blood on his buttocks and looking in a miserable state.
She was shocked and said, "Did Zhong the Bearded Man really poop in your pot?!" And then was he beaten up like this by Tan Xiao? No wonder Peacock God also came. He must be very angry because his job was affected.
"No, no!" Tan Xiao hurriedly clarified. He was afraid that some unbearable rumors would appear in the future. "He was chased by a monster and ran to our school to ask for help. He was bitten by the monster. He has been killed by Peacock God. After you receive Zhong Da Hu Zi, I will let him out for you to see."
"...Oh, sorry I didn't get enough sleep so my mind is a little open." Mu Fei quickly invited them into the office to talk, and therefore did not immediately notice that Tan Xiao mentioned the Peacock God in a more casual tone, or in Kong Xuan's words, disrespectful.
Under the indoor lighting, Mu Fei could clearly see the snake patterns on Tan Xiao's face. He came in a hurry and only changed his clothes without removing his makeup. "Hey, are you acting...? Didn't you say it was at school?"
"It's a performance at school, for the school anniversary." Tan Xiao explained.
"Oh." Mu Fei reacted after several seconds, "Wait, you were performing, and Zhong Da Huzi came to find you...you...you are not going to exorcise evil spirits in public again, are you?"
Tan Xiao stuttered even more than her: "Not bad, almost." It was even more spectacular than that, with a god descending and lifting a translucent vest. "But don't worry, no one will notice that I'm exorcising evil spirits."
Mu Fei: “…” This consolation is better than nothing, right?
Mu Fei complained: "Even if you saw it, it's not called not discovering it, it's called not expecting it. I simply can't think of any other 'performance' in the world that makes my blood boil more than this."
Tan Xiao hesitated to speak, thinking that maybe he should just wait for Sister Mu to find out on her own online...
He asked for some good tea leaves from the 404 office, brewed a cup of hot tea, and then took out the food-guarding boy, pinched it with his two hands, and hung it over the teacup to smoke it. The tea fragrance was also the fragrance of food, which could help the food-guarding boy recover. Tan Xiao didn't know tea, but the tea used by the 404 office was probably not bad. The fragrance of the tea was ethereal, and the food-guarding boy's body gradually solidified, and his legs and feet became stronger. He stood firmly on the edge of the teacup. But after this recovery, the food-guarding boy was not so active, and he straddled the teacup with a lost expression.
Tan Xiao carefully observed...
The boy guarding the meal suddenly said woodenly: "My weapon is broken!"
Weapons? Tan Xiao took a second to react. Oh, a spoon. He remembered that he didn't seem to have seen the spoon of the boy guarding the meal. Tan Xiao didn't know what to do. He stretched out a finger and stroked the boy's back: "Please accept my condolences. How about I give you a stainless steel one?"
The boy guarding the meal said nothing.
Zhong Da Huzi's voice rang out from the garbage bag; "The boy is not lamenting about his weapon, but that his skills are not enough to protect the world! Spiritual Master, just let him calm down!"
Tan Xiao: "..."
"You got it again." Mu Fei cursed, carefully took out Zhong Da Huzi, whose butt hair and blood were all mixed together, from the garbage bag, and wrinkled his nose and said, "See if you can escape!"
She turned on her computer and wanted to quickly update the case status in case other colleagues were still pursuing the case. However, the equipment used by the 404 Office was too old and it got stuck shortly after it was turned on.
"We should have some more powerful servers for us to use." Mu Fei cursed. It seemed that A Jin alone was not enough.
Kong Xuan walked to the computer and raised his hand. Mu Fei hoped that the master could have some tricks, but Kong Xuan stretched out his hand and patted the host computer.
Mu Fei: “…”
At this time, Liu Qingquan peeked out of the window on the other side of the corridor, glanced at Kong Xuan, and said carefully: "Xiong Gui is here too. He said he came to report a crime. I asked him about it, and it turned out that he just saw Zhong Da Huzi. But now that he heard that classmate Tan Xiao was here too, he said he wanted to come over and say hello."
Xiong Gui works in an archaeological team, but because of the high danger level, he needs to report to Office 404 regularly and check the seals. If he wants to take a holiday, he also needs confirmation from Office 404, so he is familiar with the place.
"Uh, okay." Tan Xiao looked at Kong Xuan who was still studying the computer. Kong Xuan seemed to be more interested in electrical appliances recently.
Xionggui actually saw Tan Xiao from afar through the window when he got off the bus. He also saw a figure wearing a school uniform next to Tan Xiao, but he didn't take it seriously - it was Kong Xuan's Jingtiao stand-in, nothing unusual.
They thought that since the great man supported by Tan Xiao was not present, they might as well come over and get close to Tan Xiao. If the great man died in the future... or retired, he could take over. So they climbed happily and waited outside the door politely, saying, "Lingzi, Xiong Kui requests an audience."
Tan Xiao almost laughed out loud when he heard this. Xionggui's words were always so serious that they sounded like jokes. He also wanted to imitate the emperor's tone: "Ahem, Xuan."
