In the dead of night, the storm showed no sign of stopping, instead becoming more and more intense.

The clouds completely covered the moon, and the sky seemed like a pure black curtain, with only the lights from the Star Jump's hull illuminating the deck.

But the torrential rain further reduced the already narrow field of vision.

In such harsh weather, without skills related to sight and vision, let alone fighting, even distinguishing directions and not walking into the sea would take some effort.

However, for Wu Chang, who had already completed the Mystical Origin transformation, moving in this weather was not difficult.

The eye of Mystical Origin made his vision much stronger, and the mystical arrays spread throughout the entire Star Jump served as natural light sources in his eyes, helping him reflect the scenes.

He didn't use an umbrella, nor was there anyone else with him, as he appeared on the fifth deck in the rain, then directly flipped down to the fourth deck.

In the center of the deck where the New Cosmos Sect usually held prayers, stood a figure wearing a black long dress, with a curvaceous body.

Simply from this silhouette, Wu Chang knew that the one standing on the deck was Zheng Ruiyuan.

"President Li, you're here."

Zheng Ruiyuan turned around, looked at Wu Chang with a smile, her expression full of anticipation and joy, anyone unaware might have thought they were a couple meeting secretly at night.

But when Wu Chang made eye contact with Zheng Ruiyuan, he felt no joy, instead, his heart skipped a beat.

No wonder this woman had been hiding in the innermost room on the fourth floor, unwilling to come out and see anyone. In Zheng Ruiyuan's eyes, each pupil had an arc-shaped moon.

This woman has the power of Leman within her, and quite a bit of it.

"Mrs. Zheng, you called me here late at night, is there something you want to discuss?"

Zheng Ruiyuan moved lightly underfoot, her steps slow like an afternoon stroll, but her actual speed was incredibly fast, reaching Wu Chang in just two or three steps, close enough that their faces were almost touching.

"Of course, I want to discuss cooperation with President Li."

Wu Chang had a feeling, perhaps it was just an illusion, that the emphasis on the word 'cooperation' seemed to fall a bit towards the end.

He sucked in a breath of cold air, was she trying to seduce him?

No, if he remembers correctly, Zheng Ruiyuan is only four years younger than the president, she's in her sixties this year, right?

Although an old Bentley is still a Bentley and Zheng Ruiyuan is quite well-maintained, for Wu Chang, such behavior was still somewhat too outrageous.

Is she supposed to be some high-performance version of Granny Liu?

He took a few steps back, putting some distance between him and Zheng Ruiyuan.

"Mrs. Zheng, haven't we always been cooperating?"

Zheng Ruiyuan: "I'm talking about a deeper cooperation."

"How deep?"

"The two of us become one entity."

"Are you asking me to join the New Cosmos Sect?"

"It doesn't have to be limited to just joining the New Cosmos Sect."

Ah, enough already.

The conversation reached this point, and Wu Chang felt he couldn't continue.

If he were facing Li Yubin, he could mingle all night, but facing a sixty-plus-year-old woman, who might even be the Evil God Leman in disguise, he just felt put off.

"Then may I first ask, am I speaking to Mrs. Zheng Ruiyuan, or am I speaking to the God worshipped by the New Cosmos Sect?"

As soon as he said this, silence fell over the scene.

This so-called silence was not only the atmosphere between Wu Chang and Zheng Ruiyuan but even the sound of rain and waves between the heavens and earth also lowered in volume.

"President Li, asking such a private question right away shows a bit of lack of tact."

Wu Chang said with a smile: "I am a businessman, when talking business, of course, I have to first understand my partner."

Zheng Ruiyuan spread her arms, bathed in the downpour, took a deep breath, and then said;

"I am both Zheng Ruiyuan and the Supreme God Leman."

"What do you mean?" Wu Chang took half a step back, his heel not yet stable when his back touched two soft mounds, and a gentle voice came from behind him.

Zheng Ruiyuan: "After the Star Jump entered the shipwreck belt, President Li must have already investigated the missing ships here. Things have come to this point; I have no need to hide from you."

"Just like what you investigated, every passenger on every cruise ship that entered the shipwreck belt was treated as a sacrifice in a ritual, offered to the God."

"We offer sacrifices to the God, and in return, the God grants us His great power, a small portion of which is within me, and the larger portion, in your hand, President Li."

Wu Chang frowned after hearing this, what was this nonsense about the Evil God Leman putting something in my hand?

It took him a moment to realize that Zheng Ruiyuan was probably referring to the Eye of Leman given to him by Cui Chengze, which he had snatched from the Secret Ceremony Master and Blood Wolf. The higher-ups on the New Cosmos Sect's side couldn't possibly be unaware of this intel.

Having frequently seen Cui Chengze around him since then, they naturally guessed that the Eye of Leman most likely ended up in his hands.

Tsk, all this rubbish Zheng Ruiyuan was spewing caused him to lose his train of thought.

"And so?"

Zheng Ruiyuan said: "If you can acquire the master's blood and flesh, it means you are also favored by the master, chosen to become the vessel for the master's arrival, to merge with the master into one."

Wu Chang did not expect that when Zheng Ruiyuan talked about fusion, it turned out to be literal fusion.

"I don't have plans to join the sect for now." Wu Chang narrowed his eyes, capturing Zheng Ruiyuan's movements.

Zheng Ruiyuan: "In that case, I'll have to use force."

This line appeared in many works collected by the Fourth Elder, Wu Chang had heard it many times, never expecting he would become the protagonist of that sentence one day.

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