Chapter 825: Traveling with Nuwa

Nuwa looked at Yin Qi with some confusion, but still reached out and took the lantern.

Yin Qi smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Feng, on such a festive Lantern Festival, only by participating in person can one truly experience the joy within. Look, isn't everyone holding a lantern? If you just stand there empty-handed, even if you walk through the entire Zhaoge, you are merely a spectator."

As he finished speaking, another lantern appeared in his hand.

Nuwa looked around and said somewhat speechlessly, "Fellow Daoist, the 'everyone' you speak of seems to consist of no adults, let alone cultivators."

On the main street, those carrying lanterns were basically children, along with some teenagers.

As for adults, there were basically none.

People of their age, each carrying a lantern, had already attracted the gazes of quite a few.

However, she was also quite surprised that 'Chen Nan', a dignified Peak Great Luo, still maintained such an innocent heart, strolling about with a lantern without caring at all about the eyes of those around him.

Yin Qi smiled and said, "The reason they don't have them is because they went through this when they were young; they also once played and frolicked on the streets with lanterns, but you and I never have.

As the saying goes, the mortal world refines the heart.

We cultivators may cultivate the Heavenly Dao, but first, we must cultivate the heart.

If one's temperament is insufficient, one will only become lost in the Heavenly Dao and lose one's own true nature.

If the true nature is lost, how can one speak of making progress?"

Nuwa was already a Saint and naturally did not need to cultivate her temperament, but the moment she held the lantern, a novel emotion welled up in her heart, leaving her with no reason to refuse Yin Qi.

She feigned thoughtfulness and said, "What you say is reasonable, Fellow Daoist. I have cultivated in the mountains since I was young and have never spent a Lantern Festival like this, nor have I ever played with a lantern; it feels quite novel."

Yin Qi smiled and said, "Right? Listen to me, you won't go wrong. Let's go, we're heading to the Imperial City Square. I heard on Douyin that there are many activities at the Imperial City Square tonight, and there is also the Ao Mountain Lantern Festival hosted by the Imperial Court, which is a must-see program tonight."

"Alright."

Nuwa nodded and walked side by side with Yin Qi.

Yin Qi asked, "How long have you been in Zhaoge, Fellow Daoist? Come to think of it, Zhaoge is truly an incredible place. I have also traveled through Honghuang and been to many places, but only Zhaoge is the most unique.

All kinds of novel things make one dazzled.

As soon as I arrived here, I fell in love with this place; it is much better than drinking the wind and eating the dew in the mountains."

Nuwa said, "Almost half a year. Just as you said, I feel that I can never go back to the past. Compared to the dull cultivation, I prefer life now, where I can discover novel things every day."

Yin Qi nodded and said, "The four elements of cultivation are wealth, method, companion, and land. Although land is ranked last, it is not unimportant. In the past, whether we needed pills or Dharma Treasures, we had to find the materials ourselves or even hire people for Refining.

But here, one can buy them at will, saving a great deal of time.

Moreover, life is convenient and there are all kinds of interesting things; it is much more fun than the dull mountain life."

The two walked side by side, chatting casually.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

At this moment, the sound of gongs and drums came from behind.

Yin Qi turned around and saw a group of people wearing various masks and walking on stilts approaching with large strides, led by a gong and drum troupe, followed by a group of children and teenagers watching the excitement.

The stilt-walking troupe was very long, and as they carried their lanterns, they looked like a long Dragon of light.

Soon, the stilt-walking troupe passed by the two of them.

Yin Qi turned his head and smiled, "Fellow Daoist Feng, would you like to join in the fun?"

"Ah!"

Nuwa was watching with great interest, and hearing Yin Qi say this suddenly, she had not yet reacted.

"Let's go." Yin Qi smiled, took out two pairs of stilts, handed one to Nuwa, and then, under Nuwa's astonished gaze, Yin Qi stepped onto the stilts and wiped a mask onto his face.

"Fellow Daoist Feng, let's go. The mortal world refines the heart; only by immersing oneself in the mortal world can one refine the heart and emerge."

Nuwa felt a bit unable to let go.

Although she had set aside her status as a Saint, she could not bring herself to do such a 'conspicuous' thing.

But Yin Qi kept urging her, and she did not know how to refuse.

Once she refused, this 'friendship' would come to an end right here.

As the saying goes, those with different Daos do not conspire together.

After all, they were only just acquainted; if they could not play together, then there would naturally be no need to keep in touch in the future.

But influenced by those TV dramas, she really wanted to understand Yin Qi, so she gritted her teeth, stepped onto the stilts, put on a mask, and followed Yin Qi into the parade.

When she stepped onto the stilts and looked at the crowd surrounding them, as well as the children nimbly weaving between the stilts, a strange feeling suddenly arose in Nuwa's heart.

She was no longer a Saint who had 'set aside' her status, but a mortal blending into the human world.

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She had once looked down upon all living beings, viewing the world's people as ants, never taking them to heart, yet she had never expected that the joys of mortals would be so numerous, and experiencing them in person was even more interesting.

Thus, gradually, she let go as well, learning from Yin Qi, walking swaggeringly on the stilts, and from time to time waving her palms at the commoners on both sides, accepting the cheers of the people.

Yin Qi turned his head and smiled, "How is it? Isn't this feeling very novel?"

Nuwa nodded: "A feeling I have never had before."

Yin Qi said with a smile: "Having a feeling is correct. We have cultivated for too long, thinking that once we cultivate to become Immortals, we are no longer mortals, always holding ourselves up and looking down on mortals from on high.

But it is cold at the heights.

The reason this world is colorful is not because of us high and mighty Immortals, but because of the countless mortals.

We casually go into seclusion for hundreds or thousands of years, but in the mortal kingdoms, they have already written a thick history, containing countless sad, weeping, and sighing stories.

Sometimes I think, even if we can live for hundreds of thousands of years, or even live as long as Heaven and Earth, what of it?

Spending countless years in a dull Daoist temple, living an unchanging life day after day.

In my view, ten thousand years of that is not as wonderful as today."

Yin Qi's exclamation echoed in Nuwa's mind.

Suddenly, she felt it made so much sense.

Since becoming a Saint, she had moved to Wahuang Palace, and for these past million-plus years, she had done nothing but dull cultivation, rarely walking in Honghuang and rarely communicating with others.

She hadn't felt it when she was used to it before, but after living in Zhaoge for nearly half a year, she felt she could never go back to how things were.

And then there was this "Chen Nan," who gave her a very novel feeling.

Clearly he was only a Great Luo Golden Immortal, yet he could speak of principles that made even her ponder deeply.

Inadvertently, she suddenly thought of a certain television drama she had watched:

The female lead in it was an Immortal Venerable who, in order to break through to a higher realm, specifically transformed into an Ordinary little cultivator and came to the mortal world to temper her heart, then met the male lead, who was also a little cultivator.

Although the male lead's cultivation was far inferior to the female lead's, he was insightful about worldly affairs and helped the female lead succeed in tempering her heart in the red dust, eventually breaking through to a realm surpassing that of an Immortal Venerable; naturally, the two also ended up together in the end.

Isn't the current plot very similar to the one in the television drama?

Although, she had long since had no need to temper her heart.

She was already a Saint, standing at the peak of the Immortal Dao; no matter how much her state of mind was tempered, it was impossible to have a breakthrough. (End of this chapter)