Deep Sea Embers

According to Morris, the standard when the God of Wisdom bestows blessings... seems to be a very delicate thing.

"In most people's minds, the believers of the God of Wisdom must be scholars with profound knowledge, or eccentric geniuses with amazing talents in a certain field-of course, this kind of cognition cannot be miscalculated, after all, most of the wisdom Believers of the God of God must meet the two conditions of 'knowledge' and 'intelligence', but everything is not absolute."

Sitting on a chair near the door of the captain's cabin, Morris explained seriously while ignoring Shirley's delicate expression next to him.

"First of all, being favored by the God of Wisdom does not necessarily require a very high level of knowledge, just like the current dog - it is learning fast, but compared with the 'regular believers' who have passed the three rounds of church exams, it is now His academic level is obviously not enough, but it still attracts Laheem's attention, and in other city-states, there are also many believers and even later famous saints who received revelation before mastering advanced knowledge of.

"The most striking example of this is that of the saintly Professor 'Colfrod' more than two hundred years ago, a great scholar who received his revelation at the age of sixteen as a dockside coolie, not even Illiterate—Only after receiving revelation does he have access to the knowledge in books.

"There is another diametrically opposite example. There was a famous scholar in the city-state of Moco who wanted to gain the favor of the God of Wisdom throughout his life. He passed almost all the examination items of the Academy of Truth, but he failed until his death. Seeing the brilliance of Laheem—then the Faculty of Truth posthumously awarded the honorary title of a scholar saint, and there are more than one similar cases."

Duncan stroked his chin thoughtfully: "It sounds like... the God of Wisdom's 'enrollment criteria' is a bit arbitrary?"

"You can't say that you can do whatever you want. After all, what I said above can only be regarded as a 'minority', otherwise the School of Truth would not use the unified examination as an effective means of initially screening believers." Morris shook his head, "I can only say, God It is so unpredictable, even the four righteous gods, they have their own standards to measure the world, and mortals have just summed up a few of the laws for thousands of years."

Listening to Morris's serious explanation, Duncan didn't speak, but sat there with a contemplative expression, thinking otherwise.

There may be nothing wrong with the old gentleman's explanations and examples in the previous part, but the "conclusion" of his last step...is still open to debate.

Are the behavior patterns of the gods really unpredictable? Those "exceptional" or even "outrageous" situations in the process of lowering Raheem's gaze... Is there another reason behind it?

Unknowingly, that weird dark space and the communication messages he saw in the dark reappeared in his mind.

The individual "LH-02" who is suspected to be the god of wisdom Laheem, the few words mentioned at the end of the exchange... really made him very concerned.

If those messages really happen in real time, if LH-02 is really Lahelm, if everything is really as Duncan imagined...then the so-called "gods" in the mouths of the mortal beings are really worthy of his deep thinking up.

While thinking, he involuntarily raised his eyelids, and his eyes fell on Agou.

As Morris said, although Agou has shown amazing learning talent, his current "academic level" is far behind those prestigious scholars in the Academy of Truth. Agou, who has reached the stage of illiteracy, has been directly watched by the God of Wisdom, Raheem - this is an honor that thousands of students in the Academy of Truth have never dared to imagine in their lives (although it seems that this is not the case for Agou. what a good thing).

So what exactly attracted Raheem? Is it Agou's "talent"? Is it the spirit of learning? Or……

Because it is a mutant individual that belongs to the deep "cluster"? The Youshen Hound who has obtained the "heart" just meets the identification standard of LH-02?

Agou shrank involuntarily, and Duncan's silent gaze made him feel hairy all over his body. After holding back for a while, he couldn't help but say, "Captain, you..."

Duncan didn't respond to Agou, but turned his head and glanced at Morris: "Based on your judgment, is it possible that Shirley suddenly passed the 'standard' of the God of Wisdom at a certain moment and was accepted by Lahelm?"

Morris was taken aback for a moment, then immediately shook his head: "There is absolutely no such possibility!"

"So sure?" Duncan was very serious. "You said just now that Raheem's 'judgment criteria' are not so absolute. Sometimes even illiterate people will be favored suddenly."

"Although there are exceptions to the judgment criteria of the God of Wisdom, there is at least one thing that has never made a mistake - those who have been rejected once will not have a second chance. Although there are historical examples of being explicitly rejected by the God of Wisdom Rarely, but at least..."

Morris paused when he said this, and glanced at Shirley.

"At least when Agou is about to be 'taken away', Shirley can bring him back to the real world by her own ability. This is already the clearest 'rejection' from the God of Wisdom to a mortal that I can imagine gone."

Duncan gave Shirley a complicated look, but the latter seemed a little confused. The girl looked left and right, and only after a while did she say, "So?"

"So you still have to do your homework," Duncan said without hesitation, "Don't think about refusing to study on the excuse of 'helping Agou block the revelation'."

"Ah——" Shirley burst into tears, her brain was a little faster than usual this time, "You guys have clearly said just now, I am not a material for learning—the God of Wisdom has made it clear not to My brain..."

"In this world, more than 90 percent of people have no chance to enter the Academy of Truth, 60 percent of people take the exam just to get a diploma, and almost 100 percent of people spend their whole life None of you will become Lahelm's saints or receive His gaze," Duncan looked into Shirley's eyes quietly, his expression as serious as his tone, "Do you think that I wanted you to be like Maurice?" Did the university decide to teach you how to read and write?"

Shirley was taken aback by Duncan's serious appearance, she opened her mouth a few times but didn't say a word. After a while, she slowly lowered her eyelids: "I...I know...I'm sorry, I'm self-willed..."

"It doesn't matter, you are still a child in my eyes—children can be willful," Duncan shook his head lightly, "Relax, I didn't scold you, I was just thinking... what will Agou do in the future."

"Me?" A Gou, who was lying obediently next to him, looked up blankly, as if he didn't follow Duncan's train of thought, "What will happen to me in the future?"

Duncan stared into its eyes: "Have you ever thought that you may be watched by Raheem for the third or fourth time in the future?"

Agou was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that his eyes...it had no eyes, but his whole body trembled visibly.

"Then...then I won't be able to read in the future?" Its tone was tense.

"The God of Wisdom is not a 'shadow' attracted by books—as a god, He has already noticed you," Morris, who was on the side, responded. The old scholar shook his head, his eyes serious , "I can't speculate on His will, but since He is interested in you once, there is no guarantee that He will find you again in the future. This is the same even if you stop studying in the future, or even..."

The old scholar paused for a moment, with a strange look on his face, as if he didn't know whether to describe the god he believed in in this way, but in the end he shook his head and said, "You can even say that, as long as you are still thinking ’, then your mind will always stay in the sight of the God of Wisdom, and when He casts sight on you again depends entirely on His will.”

The red light in Ah Gou's eye sockets visibly trembled.

After hearing Morris's words, Duncan couldn't help but feel some strange emotions in his heart - how come from this description, Laheem's "blessing" is like a curse from an evil god?

But he thought about it for a while, and felt that if he put the perspective on a secluded demon, then the blessing of any righteous god is really no different from the curse of an evil god...

This time, even Alice, who was still silent by the side, reacted, and she suddenly said: "Then Agou will live in danger every day from now on?"

"There is a danger, but as long as the connection between it and Shirley is still there, the danger may not be fatal," Duncan shook his head, "From Agou's description and my... um, my guess , Lahemu has no malicious intentions, and he may not even realize that the 'mind' that just appeared in his line of sight is actually a deep demon. On this basis, he probably will not use more 'intense' methods to attack Take away 'Agou."

Hearing Duncan's judgment, Ah Gou could only lower his head, with a trace of sadness in his tone: "Hey...it seems that I can only think so."

"Be calm, you and Shirley still have my imprint on you. Even if the worst happens and Shirley can't hold you anymore, I should be able to feel it," Duncan comforted the anxious dog, "Although I haven't tried it, I don't mind trying to snatch a person from a 'righteous god'... snatch a dog."

"And I will definitely hold you!" Shirley also said immediately, shaking the symbiotic chain in her hand while patting her chest, "Don't worry, Agou, I am a brain that was explicitly rejected by the God of Wisdom! Definitely enough to be your safe anchor!"

Agou was about to be moved after hearing Duncan's words, but was caught off guard by Shirley's confident and proud attitude, so he could only raise his head and stare blankly at the other party: "You... What is there to be proud of?"

Shirley didn't answer, she was just laughing foolishly.

It's just her fingers gripping the chain, tightening and tightening.