[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-lord-of-the-immortal-food":3,"chapter-lord-of-the-immortal-food-lord-of-the-immortal-food-chapter-80":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Lord of the Immortal Food",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2313203,4524,"Chapter 80: The End","lord-of-the-immortal-food-chapter-80",80,"\u003Cp>North Bridge Head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Pei Ye walked toward the county yamen, he frowned and turned the last two pages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was no longer thinking about what the Immortal Lord sought; another speculation brought by this story had seized his entire mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Look closely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beibei Mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Wuqiu lay sprawled on the ground, drawing all his Qi back, silently feeling the boundless darkness, the rising and falling agony, and the faint distant stream—like a flute’s melody.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly he felt a force dragging his body; he lifted his head and heard the girl’s strained breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His tongue was utterly rotten; he spoke with Qi: “If you want to live, run fast—don’t bother with me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hawk-like voice startled the girl; she nearly let go of his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when she realized it was him speaking did she say: “You saved me—I must save you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I didn’t save you—you’re still going to die,” Xi Wuqiu said. “I just didn’t feel like enduring it anymore.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aren’t you afraid of death?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……Regardless, you saved me,” the girl insisted stubbornly, finally dragging his body to rest against the wall, then stepping forward to lift him onto her back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Wuqiu realized the girl had considerable strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re so light,” the girl said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A month without food or drink naturally made him light, let alone having lost a considerable portion of his flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Wuqiu now felt a glimmer of hope and said: “Carry me to the courtyard wall—I’ll help you climb over.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No,” the girl said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was wounded too, but her steps were swift; at the wall, she hurriedly searched back and forth until she parted a patch of grass, revealing a narrow hole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shoved Xi Wuqiu inside first, then pushed him from behind to squeeze him out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Wuqiu gritted his teeth against the searing pain of his wounds grinding against gravel, finally being squeezed out—then the girl slipped out nimbly and lifted him onto her back again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We must get out of the city,” Xi Wuqiu said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm,” the girl panted, carrying him toward the city edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wove through dark alleys until they reached the city wall; the gate had long been shut. The girl set him down and began searching frantically along the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Wuqiu couldn’t help smiling: “You’ve got a hole here too?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl finally found the right spot, stopped her frantic movements, moved aside a wooden plank—and suddenly froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Wuqiu felt the atmosphere solidify: “What’s wrong?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s… blocked,” the girl’s voice trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Wuqiu said: “Carry me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where to?” The girl lifted him onto her back again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Wuqiu channeled Qi into his hands, gripping her clothing: “Nowhere. Cover your mouth.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl, bewildered, raised one hand to cover her mouth—next instant, her body shot upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A scream escaped her lips but was instantly smothered; her body plunged into a dizzying, weightless void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if they shot straight into the clouds—in a blink, the city wall lay beneath them; she even had time to glance back—the entire Yin City stretched out in view, dark and dense, smaller than she remembered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When her feet touched solid ground again, a small grove lay before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned around—the city wall was behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl paused only a moment, then sprinted forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After crossing the grove, she ran further; Xi Wuqiu gradually heard the steady, heavy sound of water—the Hancao River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the riverbank, there was a house. The girl set Xi Wuqiu down, slipped inside quietly—her movements were practiced—and stole out a large wash basin and a wooden plank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She placed Xi Wuqiu inside the basin, then handed him the plank: “Drift downstream—the villages farther down might have kind people.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Wuqiu paused: “Alright. Then run upstream—we’ll split up, harder to catch.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the girl shook her head: “I won’t run.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...What?” Xi Wuqiu’s heart clenched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I only got you out. My mother and brother are still inside—if I run, they’ll suffer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You saved me—once you go back, they won’t spare your mother or brother!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then I’ll die with them. I won’t abandon them,” the girl insisted stubbornly. “Besides, you just said I’m going to die anyway.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That was before—you now—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough, great master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Wuqiu tried to plead further, but the girl shoved him—the basin drifted downstream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice, once right beside him, grew distant: “Thanks just now! I’ve… never flown before.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The water rushed, reeds swayed slowly—the Hancao River was not swift; it was a steady, flowing pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Wuqiu leaned in the wooden basin; reed leaves brushed past with a rustle, their fragrance filling the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had drifted for a long time—nearly an hour. Sometimes the reeds wrapped him, sometimes he struck rocks or the bank; he used the plank the girl gave him to adjust, until now—the basin crashed against what he had hoped for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—The sound of wood striking wood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Wuqiu lifted himself, reached out—what he struck was a flat surface, suspended over water—yes, a dock!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Wuqiu climbed onto it, lying prone, using his hearing to sense his surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wind rustled through windows and doors—there was a house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the sound was monotonous, or rather, lonely: no boats gently drifting, no fishy smell, no rooster crows or dog barks. Even when he concentrated his Qi into his ears, he heard no trace of any resident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a solitary house in the wilderness, connected to a solitary dock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would live here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xi Wuqiu puzzled, a sudden flash pierced his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This… wasn’t this the waterside pavilion where I lived when seeking my breakthrough?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pushed himself up, limped toward the door. A house abandoned so long in the wild had surely been looted—the lock had been removed; the door swung open at a push.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it didn’t matter. Xi Wuqiu reached the bed, felt around, pressed a spot—and a hidden compartment popped open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew there were life-saving pills inside. He reached in, felt something slick—his fingers first closed around a smooth, lustrous pearl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pearl!” the black cat pressed down on Pei Ye’s shoulder and cried out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Ye said nothing. This was the final line of the final page—the story of “The Hero’s Remains” ended here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could it end here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Ye frowned, flipped the copybook, and found two final paragraphs on the back; he stared solemnly down at them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tone of this passage was strange—never seen in any of the previous stories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one ever learned Xi Wuqiu’s final fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some said he was too gravely wounded, his Qi unreplenished, and died unknown somewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others said he was caught by the mansion’s hounds and killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still others claimed Xi Wuqiu lived well—he found that divine art, hid in some remote small town, waiting for his cultivation to recover, for the day he would soar to the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet no matter Xi Wuqiu’s fate, Beibei Mansion still stood in Yin City as before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the day Xi Wuqiu escaped, nearly eighteen years had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the copybook truly held no more content. Pei Ye, disbelieving, flipped back to the first page—this was the chapter’s title.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eighteen years as a withered ghost—when will he fly to the first pavilion?\u003C\u002Fp>",1204,"2026-06-20T13:17:09.438Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","872dd35ce41409e8ac5d5ae635509feb085db693a7c8004afb0730d37e4b9c5f","lord-of-the-immortal-food-chapter-81","lord-of-the-immortal-food-chapter-79",771,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flord-of-the-immortal-food-cover.jpg"]