Chapter 431

On the square.

The originally designated flag-raising area had been expanded more than twofold today, and a platform had been specially built, holding many boxes and similar items.

Everyone was puzzled by today's extraordinary flag-raising ceremony, all holding up their phones to record the flag-raising position. They waited nervously and excitedly for the moment of the flag-raising, wanting even more to know what was in those boxes.

Tang An checked the time and also looked at the gaze directed at her from several black cars parked on the roadside.

With a faint smile on her face, she looked at the center of the array she had forcibly shifted, which was the patch of ground in front of the square.

"Welcome home."

As soon as the words fell, a broadcast was heard: "Raise the national flag, play the national anthem."

As this stirring scene began, the red flag fluttered and gradually rose.

A stream of rosy light descended from above the clouds, brilliant and vast, making it impossible for any equipment to capture what kind of scene it was when the array was formed.

When the light vanished, those cultural relics that had been left abroad were neatly arranged on the pre-prepared tables.

Some were in transparent boxes, some in specially arranged boxes, and there were also many large objects; the precious and fragile relics were not directly displayed here.

Instead, Tang An had moved them to designated locations according to the other party's requirements.

"The Double Ram Zun..."

"It's the 'Nation Forever Peaceful' pillow, I've seen this abroad! How could it appear here?"

"It's the Dragon Pattern Glazed Tile, my god, oh my mother..."

"The Intertwined Branch Pattern Thin-Bodied Jade Pot, it... how are they here?"

Everyone who saw this scene felt goosebumps all over, their scalps tingling, and they fell into a massive shock, unable to recover for a long time.

No one knew what had happened, but their inner intuition told them that they were fortunate enough to witness a highly historical moment today.

"Master, leaving?" Sun Wukong and the other two hurried to catch up with Tang An.

"Leaving."

"You went to such great lengths and even suffered backlash and injury, aren't you going to watch a bit more?" Nezha thought Tang An would watch here for a very, very long time.

Tang An looked at the morning glow on the horizon, walking along the main road toward the direction where the five-star red flag was fluttering, listening to a song just playing on her headphones.

"The red sun rises in the east, its great path full of rosy light~ How fortunate I am to be born in your embrace, carrying a pulse of blood flowing."

"Sharing difficulties, sharing blessings, standing tall with a backbone. Our country's vast territory with benevolence, a thousand-year undying faith..."

With the atmosphere built up to this point, Tang An's inner national pride exploded to the peak, making her feel supreme glory.

At the same time, Tang An's body shimmered with golden light, accompanied by a faint, elusive purple glow. Thus, strange phenomena descended from the sky, and auspicious clouds filled the heavens.

"I am very honored to be born in Huaxia and grow up under the red flag."

"I am also very honored to be able to bring them home."

She knew that today's event would surely shock the whole nation and cause a global sensation.

But it didn't matter; they hadn't been protected well in the past. This time, foreign nations would never again be able to touch the treasures of my Huaxia.

As for the follow-up public relations or other matters, she could let go and leave it to the forces currently guarding the country to handle.

The same day, in the afternoon.

Tang An met that person again, and he handed over the blueprints Tang An needed in their entirety.

"I should represent the country in expressing my gratitude to you."

"You're welcome, this is also what I should do."

"Are you the legendary deity?"

"In a way, but also not."

"Oh?"

"In my view, no matter what kind of existence I am, the one that comes first will always be my identity as a Huaxia human."

The person looked at Tang An, his eyes filled with appreciation for her breadth of mind and perspective.

"Do deities interfere with humans?"

This sentence made Tang An feel a hint of a dangerous signal within his appreciation.

"Humanity's development to this day has always relied on itself, hasn't it?" Tang An asked back with a smile.

This was also her best answer.

The person nodded in satisfaction and stood up, preparing to leave. "When are you leaving?"

"In ten days at the latest."

The person nodded. "I hope you make good use of these things, and I wish you peace."

Tang An shook hands with him with a smile. "Good."

From then on, the matter of the cultural relics and the blueprints came to a complete and perfect end.

After Tang An got the blueprints, she didn't study them herself. Instead, she put them away to take back later, to be studied by Taishang Laojun in person.

This time, she was going to create a magical artifact exclusively for herself. One that could kill Saints and Ancestral Demons!

"Why did Master say ten days? Is there some other plan?" Yang Jian, Wukong, and Nezha appeared.

Sun Wukong said, "Why does it feel like he seems to have a hint of hostility toward deities?"

Tang An first answered Yang Jian's question. "The obsession of those two little ghosts hasn't been resolved yet, I still have to go handle that. Then, it's just wrapping things up and cleaning out things that shouldn't be here."

Then she looked at Sun Wukong and answered his question. "The wars in modern history were all fought by our predecessors with their lives; we didn't see any deities saving us."

"Now that it's a peaceful and prosperous age, deities have shown their faces."

"Even I don't want them to come out for no reason to enjoy incense and receive faith offerings. Or to try to ride above the human race, attempting to control the country's development, or something else."

"So, I can understand this very well."

Sun Wukong understood immediately. "Then Master, are there any other places you want to go yourself?"

Tang An shook her head. "I'm tired; I've played what I wanted to play and done what I needed to do."

"After resolving the matter of the two little ghosts and throwing that array-caster back to the island nation, I want to stop and rest for a few days."

After all, during this period, she had almost destroyed the island nation and helped Xu Weiguo locate the remains of those predecessors abroad. On top of that, she had laid such a massive array, exhausting her Dharma power and suffering backlash and heavy injury, only then bringing all the cultural relics home.

She was very happy that she could do these things for the country. But this didn't prevent her from truly feeling a bit tired.

Tang An didn't know if, after these few days passed and she went back, there would still be such peaceful days to live.

So while there was still time, it was better to use it to rest and lie flat. Do some meaningless things, scroll through the phone, binge-watch dramas, eat something good.

Ordinary happiness is also quite good.

"Hey, which of you three knows how to cook?"

Back when they were on the Journey to the West, they basically bought food or ate the demon barbecue Nezha made.

She had truly never seen the three of them cook a proper meal.

Sun Wukong and the other two looked at each other, and then he and Nezha pointed at Yang Jian in tacit agreement.

Yang Jian sighed, feeling very helpless.

"What would Master like to eat?"

"I want to eat red-braised pork, sweet and sour fish, and seafood; I want to eat steamed sea snails, stir-fried razor clams, and so on and so forth..."

She performed a "reciting the menu" act, and even wrote down the dishes she wanted to eat and handed them to Yang Jian.

Anyway, there was plenty of time and plenty of money; he could learn those cooking methods while cooking for them.

Nezha sat to the side, seemingly having suddenly thought of something.

"That person who set up the array has been hungry for days, will he die?"

"Ah!" Tang An sat up from the sofa, startled out of her lethargy. "I forgot about him."

"Wait, no, he has a trace of immortal pill power in his body, he won't die." She lay back down and continued watching her drama.

"Why did you spare his life?" Nezha was puzzled.

"Because..." Tang An's smile was mischievously malicious, "because when I throw him back, I will blow up his place of faith right in front of him."

"Place of faith?"

"Jingguo Shrine."

"Shrine?" Nezha looked curious and unable to understand. "His place of faith is a privy filled with filthy things?"

Tang An was amused by Nezha, then gave Nezha a thumbs-up with both hands. "Spot on."

"In a few days, I'll go blow up that filthy place."