Chapter 84: Day 84: Heavenly Immortals and Human Sentiment

Day 84: Heavenly Immortals and Human Sentiment

She must already know of Mei Silang's fate; although it is somewhat sympathetic, the outcome is fine.

By now, Mei Silang has surely been reincarnated, hasn't he?

It is estimated that all the causes and effects of his past life have been forgotten.

"In the quiet night, a dream suddenly returns me home; by the small window, she is dressing; we look at each other in silence, only a thousand lines of tears!"

Su Yuanshan thinks that Mei Silang must have felt the same sentiment as Su Zizhan!

While lost in thought, Su Yuanshan saw that woman rise and leave, carrying her child out of the temple gate; at the very moment she stepped over the threshold, she looked back at Su Yuanshan once, then turned and went on her way.

The child resting on their mother's shoulder, however, stared with a pair of bright and pure eyes, looking at him curiously, then suddenly smiled, as if they could see him.

That smile was innocent and pure, as if a little Mei Silang were still alive.

Although the father is dead, the son continues; this magical yet ordinary scene made Su Yuanshan feel somewhat emotional.

Human life is so fragile, yet humanity is so tenacious.

"Relatives may still grieve, others have already begun to sing! If you ask what path I follow, I entrust my body to the mountain slopes!"

Perhaps in another three or five years, when their child grows up, they will be able to go to his grave to burn paper and incense, sweep the tomb, and offer tributes.

Perhaps in another eight or ten years, when the child understands, they will slowly realize how their father sacrificed for this family, how even after death he still remembered them, still gave for them, without complaint or regret!

Perhaps this is human nature, and this is where humans are superior to immortals, just like those Heavenly Immortals!

Although they are the highest level of immortal attainment, the kind that ascends in broad daylight and achieves immortality in the flesh!

Although they can live forever, allowing their body and spirit to reach the realm of unity, thereby severing reincarnation forever, ascending to the immortal realm!

Yet they have completely severed the three obstacles and ten evils, completely cut off desire, reaching a state of purity, naturalness, transcendence, and having no desires or cravings!

To put it bluntly, they are cold and indifferent, disregarding everything, without any emotion!

Su Yuanshan sighed and thought to himself that although he is an Innate Spirit in body, his inner self remains at the human stage, unable to completely extinguish human nature!

Therefore, in a sense, he feels he is not a qualified deity; at the very least, deities have no emotions and do not speak of emotions with you, but he does!

Is this a flaw or a virtue? Is it a blessing or a curse? Su Yuanshan does not know.

After sighing and collecting his thoughts, Su Yuanshan noticed an unusual phenomenon: there seemed to be more people coming to pray for rain than ever before.

Among them, an old man with graying hair, a thin frame, and prominent cheekbones prayed most devoutly; he prostrated himself, palms pressed together, constantly raising them.

Moreover, he offered sacrifices and was very sincere.

It was actually a whole bag of rice, millet, broomcorn millet, wheat, and beans!

Su Yuanshan gathered his spiritual light into his eyes and looked at the old man.

The old man's surname was Yang, given name Zhongshi; he was an honest and simple farmer, a family of farmers for generations, whose crops depended entirely on the grace of Heaven, so both floods and droughts affected the harvest.

The tribute he brought this time was likely the food supply for his family of three for half a year, which shows how sincere he was.

And it was not just Old Man Yang who came to pray for rain, but other commoners as well.

Although Su Yuanshan could not bring down heavy rain, he possessed the two divine offices of 【Raising Clouds】 and 【Rainwater】, so he could manage to bring down some light rain.

Bringing a little rain within his jurisdiction was not as cumbersome or complex as the Rain-Bringing Dragon God bringing heavy rain.

Su Yuanshan said to himself, I will satisfy their wish for rain.

Now that the autumn harvest has passed and autumn wheat is being sown, it indeed requires a rain to nourish it.

Su Yuanshan took a deep breath and absorbed sixty percent of the incense offered by the pious men and women, leaving the rest for the various underworld deities of the Chenghuang Temple.

Afterward, he rode the underworld wind and flew toward the sky; he flew higher and higher, higher and higher, with the whistling wind in his ears and the ethereal clouds beneath his feet.

He could even see the increasingly small crowd and the increasingly miniature Chenghuang Temple.

He invoked the Raising Clouds divine office, flicked his long sleeves, and shouted loudly.

"Wind rise, clouds move!"

Immediately, the wind began to rise in the sky; the wind grew stronger, blowing down the withered leaves from the trees, whipping up the dust on the ground, stirring people's clothes, and brushing against their faces.

And under the blowing of the wind, the clouds became denser, making the sky grow darker.

This unusual celestial phenomenon caused the commoners burning incense and kowtowing in the Chenghuang Temple to look up excitedly, pointing and discussing.

"Look, the wind has risen, the clouds are moving, it's probably going to rain!"

Hearing this, Old Man Yang climbed up, his face full of joy, and said with a laugh.

"Our Huangliang Xian City God is truly responsive! I was just praying for rain, and it came so quickly!"

"Thank you, City God!"

As he spoke, he turned and returned to the hall, happily kneeling before the City God statue to kowtow.

Su Yuanshan, above the clouds, began to invoke the 【Rainwater】 divine office, pinched a spell, and shouted.

"Rain come!"

Suddenly, the clouds became denser and denser, and finally, it began to rain with a rustling sound, drizzling like smoke and mist.

"It's raining, it's finally raining; there will probably be another good harvest next year!"

Many people who came to worship the City God breathed a long sigh of relief, joyful smiles appearing on their faces.

From the tops of their heads and from their bodies, specks of spiritual light drifted out.

Gradually, they merged into Su Yuanshan's body.

At the same time, he felt golden characters appearing on the spirit bead inside his Spirit Void Ring.

【Merit +1】

【Merit +1】

……………….

Su Yuanshan contemplated and found that he had already accumulated quite a bit of merit! But what is the use of this merit? Could it be that, like incense and wish power, it can only increase his Golden Light Divine Power?

He seemed to have heard Ji Wenqing mention that this merit, once accumulated in large amounts, could be exchanged for other things.

The rain brought down by Su Yuanshan not only nourished the crops and the land, but even the Xiaoyu in the fish ponds and the various aquatic creatures in the lakes were blessed by it.

In a nameless little lake three hundred li away from Huangliang Xiancheng, a little koi fish that had awakened its intelligence was happily blowing bubbles, swaying its tail, which looked like a gauze skirt, as it swam back and forth beneath the withered yellow lotus leaves.

She had been cultivating in this little lake for nearly three hundred years, having escaped countless disasters and various crises; all in all, it had not been easy for her to live until today.

As a low-level little spirit demon, there were not a few little monsters like her, but those who could live to her age were few and far between; they were either eaten by their own kind, hunted by demon hunters, or struck into soul-scattering oblivion by the heavenly tribulation.

Suddenly, she sensed an extremely dangerous aura approaching this place, which frightened her into quickly hiding beneath the lotus leaves and rapidly diving toward the depths of the lake.

Fortunately, that dangerous aura soon vanished, disappearing without a trace, and only then did she cautiously swim out, poking her tiny head above the water's surface with eyes full of curiosity.

What on earth was that terrifying thing? Judging by the direction, it seemed to be heading toward Huangliang Xiancheng!

"It looks like that place is about to suffer!"

"This is the first time I've ever seen a fellow carrying such a thick, bloody stench!"

"Sigh, the human world is no longer peaceful!"