Chapter 337: Fallen Immortal Town. City God Temple.
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The crowd nodded with realization. “Indeed, he’s harvesting the chives. It’s a good idea.”
“Bring us along, bring us!” Nanan and Dragin’s eyes were sparkling. They realized there was such a fun thing and instantly they wanted to take part.
Daji said, “There’s no hurry. Since the chives are right there, in order to harvest it perfectly, we will take part, too.”
Payne nodded hurriedly. He wanted to say yes for ten thousand times, “Yes! We will listen to Immortal Daji.”
He was extremely pleased. His speculation earned the approval of Immortal Daji, this was equivalent to pleasing the expert!
Meanwhile, Li Nianfan already harvested a pile of chives and walked over. He even had a small basket in his hands filled with all green chives.
He smiled, “Since Brother Payne likes to eat chives, I harvested more for you to bring home.”
Paune was so touched that he had tears in his eyes, he said hastily, “Thank you, Mr. Li. I’m so touched!”
Li Nianfan smiled it off, “It’s a small matter. I tell you, you need to cut the chives off wildly. The harsher the better, so that they grow faster.”
Payne said instantly, “I see, thank you for your knowledge.”
The others took note of it, too. In conclusion, they had to be harsh when it came to chives.
The hotpot meal was taken in a lively atmosphere. This was also Li Nianfan’s first hotpot meal this winter, it was quite remarkable. After all, this hotpot was eaten with the Immortals, a phoenix and some demons. It was so lively like a multicultural meal.
Payne wiped his lips and said sincerely, “This is too delicious. Thank you so much for hosting us, Mr. Li.”
Gu Xirou had fallen deeply in love with the hotpot. She said, “I’ve lived for so long and never had thought about this way of eating. Mr. Li, can I eat like this after going back?”
“Ha-ha-ha, Immortal Gu, this is a redundant question. Hotpot is just a way of eating, of course you may dine in this way.” Li Nianfan could not help saying, he continued, “Oh right, if you like hotpot, you may bring back some hotpot soup base, it’d be more convenient when you eat.”
“Mr. Li, this is…too kind.”
Payne and the two were embarrassed. Of course these were all treasures, and they were too embarrassed to keep. In here, every flower and plant was a treasure. Especially now that they had eaten the hotpot, this meal was more precious than the cultivation they had. After all, many of the understandings did not come easily through cultivation.
“Don’t b shy, it’s not a treasure anyway. Hold it.” Li Nianfan waved it off, he looked at Gu Changqing and asked curiously, “Oh right, Brother Gu. Do you know how the battle is going? I’ve been away and did not follow up with it for some time.”
“It’s more calm now. After blocking the last attack from the Southern Barbarians, Xia Kingdom had been having the upper hand with many victories. Now that it’s in the stage of counterattacking. I heard that somehow, Tu Jiu’s body is suddenly going downhill, as if he got really ill. Their combat power has been lowering since then.” Gu Changqing paused, he continued, “The Demons are tamed by Buddhism, they have less actions lately.”
Li Nianfan let out a look of shock, “Buddhism is doing so well?”
He was shocked. Buddhism was spread out by Yuecha, while Yuecha learned about Buddhism from him. He even gave her a Diamond Sutra. It was established so soon?
The Buddhism so well-accepted in this realm?
Suddenly, Li Nianfan thought of another point. This realm was meant to be the legendary world, so of course there must be Buddhism, as well as Buddha. How did they all disappear? After the Journey to the West, unless Buddhism vanished? That was scary.
Gu Changqing smiled, “Mr. Li, the spreading of Buddhism has some surprising elements. Recently, there are rumors about the appearance of the Underworld. Many ghosts and demons went to the ordinary realm, causing some disasters. Since the Buddhists have the Buddhist Light, they could resist against the ghosts. With the Buddhists monks walking around the world, it is much easier to recruit.”
“I see.” Li Nianfan nodded, he was curious. How did Yucha cultivate the Buddhist Light? Was it the Diamond Sutra that he gave her? Perhaps it had some power in it? That seemed impossible.
After all, Yuecha was an Immortal, she had a high starting power. Thus creating some effects out of the Diamond Sutra did make sense.
No matter what, this Diamond Sutra was a sutra, giving it to her was considered as returning to the rightful owner.
Payne continued, “Mr. Li, since Buddhism was started by the Immortal, the basic has surpassed the ordinary sects. Now that it is growing bigger, I heard that they’re preparing to host a ceremony.”
He left out one sentence: Buddhism is supported by the expert, with the Luck Treasure, even if they had to obey some of the rules. Being able to fly within a short period of time was something ordinary.
Li Nianfan could not help saying, “Perhaps it will be quite powerful.”
Payne nodded, “Yeah, perhaps quite a number of Immortals would be invited.”
“Another big event!”
The crowd chatted for a while before Payne and the two stood up to bid him farewell. With Li Nianfan insisting, they finally accepted the chives and base soup.
The weight of those ingredients felt so heavy, how were these chives and base soup? These were sincerity given to us by the expert!
Payne and the two tried so hard to hold back their tears, they said politely, “Mr. Li, sorry to have disturbed you today. Goodbye.”
“Alright, goodbye.”
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Upon walking out from the four part architecture, the three of them finally could not hold it any longer. Tears fell like a waterfall, with waves formed as the water rushed down their cheeks. They were so emotional that their shoulders were trembling.
Payne said with a touched and hoarse voice, “Waa…the expert is too kind to us. He’s looking at small figures like us!”
Gu Xirou said, “I heard that many legendary bigshots are all high above. They don’t have friends and live a lonely life. The reason being their standards being too high. However, the expert’s realm is way higher than those other bigshots, he’s willing to become an ordinary man, to treat everything with an ordinary heart. He treats us like a friend! However…our status is too low, how did we deserve this!”
Gu Changqing said, “Although the expert treats us well, we have to be clear about where we stand. We’re just a chess piece, our value of existence is to help the expert clear some troubles!”
Payne agreed right away, “You’re right, you’re my disciple after all! This is what we must get out of this!”
Gu Changqing suddenly looked at his Sect Master, and then at the chives, he let out a strange look, “Sect Master, you’re eating this chives, could it be that you…hmm, you try to strengthen your physique?”
Payne’s face dropped, he coughed gently, “You don’t understand my pain!”
He continued unnaturally, “Cultivators like myself have a heart of asking. The longer we live, the higher cultivation we get, the heart of asking will thicken. Gradually, we will reach the realm of having no feeling, with no emotion toward many things. These chives happened to be able to help me regain the feelings I once had.”
Gu Changqing said, “Sect Master, you don’t have to explain, I understand.”
Payne scoffed, “Understand your ars*! I’ve lived for more than ten thousand years, I’ve white hair and beard all over, do you know…my pain?”
“Shut up, you two!” Gu Xirou scoffed at them and eyed Payne with a disgusted look, she said, “We’ll go back to the Immortal Land and harvest some, let’s see how our chives are growing.”
Payne remained a very calm look, he said, “You two go on, I have some conflicts with Bamboo, I need to please her.”
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After sending out Payne and the two, the piece resumed. Of course he was not washing the dishes, he did not give the task to Xiao Bai either. He asked Dragin and Nanan to wash them all.
He had to be more strict to the children, to tame them down.
“Alright, didn’t you two know spells? It’s just washing some dishes, how hard can it be?” Li Nianfan looked at their wrongful faces, he could not help smiling, “Hurry, after washing I’ll bring you all to the Fallen Town!”
They had gone on a trip for so long, he wondered if the Fallen Town had any change.
Nanan and Dragin were instantly energized, they were excited, “Really? Yeah! We’ll wash them right away!”
Half an hour later, they simply cleaned up and went in the direction of the Fallen Town.
Since now that Li Nianfan could drive the wind, the journey took way less time. However, he kept a low profile and landed outside the Fallen Town before walking toward it.
Upon entering the town, Li Nianfan could not help frowning and letting out a strange look.
Compared to the usual liveliness, the town was apparently more empty today. On the street, only a few people were walking. It was an empty town!
Nanan could not help saying, “What is it? Where’s my mother? She likes to hang around here most of the time.”
Li Nianfan’s small red bird on his shoulder went up and flew around in the air. After spinning around, it went back on him.
Fire Phoenix said calmly, “Most people are gathered in the town center.”
Li Nianfan was instantly interested. “So all of them had gone to the town center. Let’s go, we’ll check it out.”
Instantly, the group of them fastened their pace.
As they were approaching the center, more and more people appeared, along with some noise. It was very lively.
“Mr. Li, you came.” As they approached the outside of the circle, a familiar voice was heard. It was the fishmonger,
Little Fish sat on the fishmonger’s shoulder, she was looking ahead with curiosity. Seeing that it was Li Nianfan, she said in a small voice, “Hello, brother, hello sisters.”
Li Nianfan smiled and nodded. He handed an orange over, “Hello, Little Fish, have an orange?”
Little Fish said instantly, “Thank you, brother.”
The fishmonger said, “Mr. Li, you really went out? I was worried about you, glad that you made it back safe.”
Li Nianfan smiled and shook his head, “Ha-ha-ha, what danger could I possibly encounter? Thank you.”
The fishmonger could not help saying, “Mr. Li, there are many ghosts and demons around these days, it’s good that you made it back.”
In the Immortal Realm, the ordinary people had to be extremely cautious when travelling.
“Fishmonger, what is happening?” Li Nianfan asked with curiosity.
“Speaking of which, it’s quite mysterious.” The fishmonger built up the suspense before continuing, “Recently, some literary bigshots, as well as some well-renowned people have been having dreams sent by the ghosts in the Underworld. Some even received dreams sent to them by their ancestors. They asked the people to build a City God Temple and worship God. This is so that the rain and wind can be stabilized, and the people can live safely.
“Dreams? City God Temple?” Li Nianfan let out a thoughtful look. The Underworld was working so quickly, they had started on it.
The fishmonger nodded, “Yeah, even the Emperor of the Ganlong Immortal Dynasty came in person. He wants to build the City God Temple here. However, they seem to be discussing something, therefore everyone rushed over here to worship the City God, to pray together.”
“I see.” Li Nianfan nodded.
He looked at the packed crowd in front, he naturally wanted to go over. As he was hesitating whether or not to drive his cloud over, he was worried that this might shock the crowd and made him stand out.
“Mr. Li!”
Among the crowd, a surprised voice rang in the air. It was the owner of the breakfast stall.
He squeezed out of the crowd with difficulty, he called out loudly, “Everyone, please make way, make way for Mr. Li. Don’t we need someone to write? Who else in the Fallen Town is more capable and suitable than Mr. Li?”
As he spoke, he and the fishmonger helped Li Nianfan to open up a space, “Mr. Li, hurry up. I heard that you’re not around recently, if not someone would have come up for you.”
When the crowd heard that it was Mr. Li, they instantly made way for him.
“If Mr. Li is back, of course he’s the most suitable candidate.”
“Ha-ha-ha, what a coincidence that Mr. Li is back. We don’t have to keep thinking!”
“I tell you all, Mr. Li’s writing is the best! With his words, the City God will be pleased.”
“Hurry, what’re you standing there for, make way!”
Although Li Nianfan did not live in the Fallen Town, his reputation was well known. With his capability, even though he had only shown a little in public, it was already very impressive in the eyes of the ordinary.
Walking ahead, Li Nianfan gradually saw the temple in front. By the look of it, it seemed to have been remodeled. It was simple and majestic, with nineteen stairs below, it looked solemn.
On the top of the temple, there was a board. The base was black in color, with three golden words engraved on it: City God Temple.
Below the temple, Li Nianfan saw many familiar faces.
The Holy Emperor, Luo Shiyu, Zhou Yunwu and Meng Junliang. One could say that the most reputable people that the Fallen Town had seen were all here.
When they saw Li Nianfan, they were instantly nervous with their faces straightened. Quickly, they made way for him and personally went down to welcome him. They walked in a hurry.