Chapter 5 : Summoning the Gods

Faced with the other party's accusations, Zhang Yu had nothing to say, because according to the memories in his mind, what the other party said was not wrong.　　After his parents separated and took their two siblings away, Zhang Yu knew that his mother's income was insufficient and the family had no money, but he was too overestimating his own abilities. In the end, he gritted his teeth and took out small loans in order to cultivate himself, and he has been using loans to pay off loans until now.

　　His mother also borrowed money from Zhang Yu repeatedly and helped him repay the debts time and time again. After finding the hole getting bigger and bigger, she finally left him.　

　The voice on the other end of the phone continued.

　　"This is our last contact. You have to pay the debt you owe yourself."

　　"I'll give you another piece of advice. Drop out of school and go work to pay off your debts."

　　"Since we were once a family, I will transfer 500 to you later. This money is enough for you to find a job before you starve to death."

　Listening to the other party hanging up the phone, Zhang Yu sighed helplessly: "Fortunately, at least it's 500."

　　Including the 500 given by Bai Zhenzhen, Zhang Yu's savings finally exceeded 1,000.

　　But on the way home, Zhang Yu's mind was still filled with the other party's advice.　

　"Drop out of school to work?"　

　Lying back on the bed in the rental house, Zhang Yu stared blankly at the slightly moldy ceiling.　

　His grades were dropping, he was broke, in debt, and physically exhausted… He had to admit that dropping out of school early to work seemed like a sensible decision.　

　At this moment, a sharp pain came from the palm of his hand, and the symbol that only he could see was finally filled with black at this moment.　

　At the same time, a clear female voice sounded from the side: "Boy, the ritual of summoning the gods has been completed, it's time to fulfill three wishes."

　　Zhang Yu turned his head suddenly and found a rag doll sitting beside his bed.

　　Looking at the rag doll with yellowed and faded fabric, crooked stitching, and a look that looked like it would tear apart at any moment, he suddenly realized that this was the rag doll he had seen in the strange ceremony on the rooftop yesterday after he came to this world.

　　Ragdoll: "Hey, did you hear me? Three wishes, no less."

　　Faced with the strange scene before him, Zhang Yu just wanted to leave.

　　At this moment, he is no longer the newbie who knows nothing about this world.　　After sorting out the memories in his mind, he knew that God in this world was not some illusory belief, but a manager who was in charge of countless affairs, big and small, in the entire Kunxu.

　　But these righteous gods were definitely not something that a useless immortal like Zhang Yu could casually invite. The gods that could be summoned by Zhang Yu's so-called god-summoning ceremony must be the evil gods that were rumored to have wreaked havoc everywhere, taken human lives lightly, and were severely punished by the ten major sects and righteous gods of various departments.

　　The common people in Kunxu have heard stories about mortals who made deals with evil gods and eventually died and their souls were scattered.　

　"Zhang Yu was desperate, so he ended up going to the evil god?"

　　"No wonder I feel dizzy when I think of the relevant memories. Is this also a method used by the evil god?"　

　Zhang Yu sensed danger at the first moment and wanted to leave, but then he changed his mind and stopped his trembling body.

　　It turned out that the reason why Zhang Yu sought out the evil god was because he was really desperate.

　　Should I work like a slave at the bottom of society for the rest of my life to pay off my debts, or should I risk my life for a chance to continue cultivating immortality?　

　"Evil God! My first wish is for you to help me fulfill 100 wishes!"

　　After that, Zhang Yu swallowed his saliva, looked at the other party nervously and asked, "Can you do it?"

　　"Haha, of course I can do such a simple thing."

　　Seeing the smile on Zhang Yu's face, the rag doll sneered: "But my choice is... not to do it."

　　"Because after the ceremony of inviting the gods is completed, you will be the one to fulfill my three wishes."

　　"If you choose to refuse to fulfill my wish, or deliberately delay or even fail in the process of fulfilling it, then you will be ripped apart by the backlash of the ritual, and your flesh and blood will explode and your soul will be shattered ."

　　"Okay, my first wish is that you help me fulfill 1,000 more wishes."

　　Zhang Yu was stunned when he heard this, and cursed in his heart: "Isn't this... a ceremony to summon the gods is just to help you make a wish come true? Is this Zhang Yu an idiot? And 1,000 wishes ?Is this okay?"

　　After the doll said its first wish, it smiled slightly, and its empty eyes made of black buttons continued to look straight at Zhang Yu.

　　"Are you ready? I'm going to make my next wish."

　　Zhang Yu's heart suddenly tightened when he heard this: "What wish is this ghost thing going to make?"

　　"If I really have to fulfill a thousand wishes for her, wouldn't I become her slave?"

　　"Or...if I make a wish that I can't possibly fulfill...wouldn't that mean I'm doomed?"

　　The rag doll said slowly: "I have thought about it. My next wish is... for you to help me collect a batch of antiques."

　　Zhang Yu swallowed and said, "Antique?"

　　The doll chuckled and said, "Don't worry, I've already found everything for you. Just buy everything in your shopping cart."

　　Zhang Yu paused for a moment when he heard this, then he took out his mobile phone and opened his shopping cart according to his memory. He found that it was already filled with various Buddha statues, altars, incense burners, wooden swords... They were very expensive, and any one of them would cost tens of thousands of dollars.

　If one cannot afford these antiques, it seems that one cannot fulfill one's wishes. If one cannot fulfill the evil god's wishes, then won't one die under the influence of the ritual?　　Thinking of this, Zhang Yu quickly asked, "Can you change your wish?"

　　"I'm afraid I can't afford so many antiques."

　　"You keep making excuses..."

The rag doll's eyes fixed, and endless malice seemed to flow out of his dark eyes: "Do you want to default on your debt? If you can't afford it, go borrow it. If you can't borrow it, sell your heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and lungs. You will always find a way to raise the money."

　　Zhang Yu looked at the doll seriously and said slowly, "If I do that, then I will die just to fulfill this wish, right?"

　　The doll chuckled and said, "So what?"

　　Zhang Yu: "You are choosing to lose a person who will help you realize a thousand wishes in the future right now."

　　"Why don't you give me some time and let a future disciple of a large sect buy these antiques for you, and then go one by one... to help you realize those one thousand wishes?"

　　"Hmm?" The doll looked at Zhang Yu with some surprise and said, "Continue."

　　Zhang Yu: "I calculated that if I want to buy these antiques, even if I work on the first floor of Kunxu for decades, I may not be able to raise so much money."

　　"But if I can join a big sect, I can save enough money in a few years."　

　Ragdoll: "So?"　

　Zhang Yu: "That is to say... as long as I study hard, practice hard, keep getting stronger, get into a prestigious university, and join a large sect after graduation, I can rely on the sect's salary to fulfill your wish ."

　The doll was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "You mean you should study hard, then go to work and earn a salary, so that you can fulfill my wish?"

　　"Are you kidding me?"

　　Endless malice came towards him, and the doll's eyes were like two huge black holes, instantly sucking in all the light around it.　

　Zhang Yu clenched his fists, tried his best to suppress his trembling legs, stared at the rag doll in front of him and said word by word: "Your first wish is for me to fulfill a thousand wishes for you. Your second wish is to collect the antiques in the shopping cart."　

　"If I die poor while collecting antiques for you, how can I fulfill a thousand wishes?"　

　"If I knew this, but still tried to fulfill my second wish in a way that would lead to my death, wouldn't that mean I was deliberately not fulfilling my first wish?"

　　"If you intentionally fail to fulfill your first wish, then you are violating the requirements of the ritual. I'm afraid that if you fail to fulfill your second wish, you will be killed by the backlash of the ritual, right?"　

　"So studying hard, getting into college, and working hard to make money are the only feasible plans I can think of to achieve my first and second wishes."

　　After Zhang Yu finished speaking, there was a deathly silence in the room.　

　After a moment, the rag doll's voice sounded.　

　"Let me see your balance."

　　After seeing the balance in Zhang Yu's account and various text messages about overdue loans, Ragdoll remained silent for a long time.

　　"This kid..." Ragdoll's mind was racing with thoughts: "Normally, this kind of situation wouldn't happen. After all, the targets of the ceremony should all be wealthy people, so buying those antiques is just a matter of moving a finger."

　　"But this kid... this kid is too poor. He is so poor that he can't even fulfill his first wish. As a result, he has created a loophole."

　　"MD, didn't you say you wanted to find a rich man? Why did you find me such a piece of shit?"

　　After a long silence, Ragdoll looked at Zhang Yu and said, "What you said... does make sense."

　　"Okay, go study hard, and I'll come back to you when you've made enough money."　　As he said that, the doll sneered again: "But you have to remember, all of this is to fulfill my wish."　

　"From now on, if you slack off in fulfilling my wish, you will die in the backlash of the ritual."　

　Looking at the rag doll gradually disappearing, Zhang Yu let out a breath, and then his body went limp and he collapsed on the bed.　

　Suddenly, he remembered something and shouted, "Wait, this ritual...what on earth did I get from this ritual?!"

　　Although he suspected that his time travel might be related to this ritual, he still didn't dare to tell the secret directly, and chose to approach it indirectly.

　　He decided to keep the secret of the earth deep in his heart and never reveal it until it was absolutely necessary.　

　The rag doll disappeared completely, leaving only a voice in Zhang Yu's ears: "Your potential has been stimulated, but everyone's potential is different. What it is... Feel it for yourself."

　　Outside the room, Ragdoll was walking while thinking: "This kid's aptitude is very poor. Stimulating his potential is nothing more than increasing his magic power or physical strength, right? I don't think he can even get into college, let alone join a big sect. How can he fulfill my wish?"

　　"But it's quite interesting to improvise... Let me see how far you can go."　　Inside the room, Zhang Yu watched the black symbol on his palm gradually change.