Free Web NovelEntering spring, the Southern Border was vibrant and full of life.
Especially the many towns that had come to believe in the Heavenly Venerate, they were bustling with activity, a sense of rejuvenation and prosperity; in just one New Year, their appearance had completely changed from when they were ruled by the Demon Summoning Sect.
Three Mountains Town.
The temple, once spotless and symbolizing authority and fear, was now covered in a thick layer of dust, with sand and dirt piled up like small mountains, making it look like a construction site warehouse.
A pair of white shoes stepped on the dust, and the young man, a year older, looked at the sunlight streaming in from the doorway, unconsciously smiling.
“Time really flies.”
Li Mo had changed into the attire of the Black Earth Immortal.
“How long?”
“Uh, two or three months?”
“......?”
Sect Leader Qin, who had been sleeping in the Yunmeng Underground Palace for several millennia, slowly typed out a question mark.
What are you sighing about as if it’s a lifetime ago?
Anyone who didn't know would think you’d lived through some tumultuous years!
“The people of the Southern Border are truly unhygienic; this is a temple, a place where deities reside, and look at the state it’s in.”
“No wonder the power of all living beings in the Southern Border is unstable.”
Qin Yuzhi frowned as she surveyed the interior of the temple.
She raised her hand, intending to use her power to clean the place, but the Black Earth Immortal stopped her.
“This is fine as it is,” Li Mo said seriously.
“.....Alright.”
Qin Yuzhi looked at him, feeling a strange sensation in her heart, as if she vaguely understood something, yet it was like looking through a frosted window, half-understanding.
“First, let me collect my offerings.”
The Black Earth Immortal opened his Small World, and like a vacuum cleaner, all the rocks, sand, and dirt were sucked inside.
Then he took out boxes of instant noodle seasonings.
As he placed them, he wondered, what if he had something ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) urgent in the future and couldn't come to the Southern Border in time to collect 'offerings' and bestow 'blessings'?
Even without unexpected circumstances, if the Heavenly Venerate Immortal's faith spread wider and wider in the future, with so many towns, he would eventually be stretched thin.
Incarnations couldn't sustain such heavy tasks in the short term.
While moving the instant noodle seasonings, Sect Master Li suddenly had another flash of inspiration.
What was our Sect called again? Myriad Aspects Immortal Sect.
There are so many Yao Race members in the Southern Border; since they can become excellent martial artists practicing Image Mimicking Martial Arts, why can't they deliver express packages or run errands? Wouldn't that be reasonable?
Just as he was thinking this.
A group of commoners, pushing wheelbarrows, arrived led by the town chief, and happened to see the Black Earth Immortal deep in thought before the instant noodle seasonings.
“The Immortal has shown his divine power again!”
“You... You’ve finally returned.”
“Is this person beside you another Immortal?”
“Immortal, we’ve already started digging a mountain path between the other two mountain lords; perhaps our descendants will be able to walk out of the mountains through that road.”
“Recently, we often have a strange dream, dreaming of everyone gathering to eat something, and it smells so good.”
“Do you have any idea?”
The commoners prostrated themselves, but unlike their usual hushed reverence before a deity, they were bustling with lively discussion.
Instant noodles might not be delicious, but they truly smell good; for the people of the Southern Border who struggled to fill their stomachs, it was a pure dimensionality reduction attack.
Let alone them, in his previous life, if someone made instant noodles on a train, the entire car would be filled with the aroma, and if you were hungry, you could be knocked over three times by the scent.
Even after waking up, they still yearned for that smell.
“Hey, isn’t this Immortal the one from the dream?”
“It really is!”
“Everyone, please calm down.”
The Black Earth Immortal spoke softly, with his hands behind his back, and after the crowd quieted down, he said:
“What you smelled in your dreams is what’s in these boxes.”
“These are gifts for your diligent offerings; I hope you continue your efforts.”
Saying that, he took a ceramic pot from a box; upon opening it, a strong aroma wafted out, an incredibly potent fragrance.
This was instant noodle seasoning localized for the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, with hotpot base added, produced by Happy Sheep Hotpot, famous far and wide, suitable for all ages!
Not only was it delicious, but it also contained traditional Chinese medicine and other ingredients...
“Does it really taste the same as in the dream?”
“It’s not just for cooking noodles, it’s also delicious spread on flatbreads.”
The town chief and all the townspeople looked on eagerly; they had just finished their work and were hungry.
Li Mo simply waved his hand:
“I, the Immortal, don’t like to be mysterious; I’ll give everyone something practical.”
“Today, I invite everyone to eat braised beef noodles!”
With that, he set up a stove in the middle of the temple, put up a large pot, and prepared the ingredients.
The crowd then erupted in cheers, their expressions fanatical. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
“Long live the Immortal!”
“What nonsense are you spouting? Isn’t that cursing the Immortal to a short life? You should say, 'May he live as long as heaven and earth!'”
“?????”
Qin Yuzhi’s round eyes were full of bewilderment.
She had never seen such a bizarre scene of proselytizing even in her dreams; Li Mo seemed to be employing a very new method of proselytizing, and...
The effect seemed to far exceed her expectations.
Om—
A sound that only she could hear reverberated, and Qin Yuzhi looked up to find a dense yet invisible power converging towards the busy figure in front of the stove in the messy temple.
It was the power of all living beings.
It came from the long line of townspeople, each of them eagerly looking forward, but no one pushed; they all waited patiently.
“Why?”
Qin Yuzhi found that this power of all living beings was even greater in quantity than what she had seen before.
It was almost fifty percent more than the number of people.
“Come help!”
“Oh, oh...”
Qin Yuzhi suppressed her doubts and ran to assist.
.....
At the same time.
Deputy Leader Yuwen Cuojin of the Demon Summoning Sect, and Tan Zhuyin and other Demon Summoning Sect members, were sitting on a purple-black bald eagle, soaring through the clear sky.
“Hmm? The fluctuations of the power of all living beings here are so turbulent; what is this place called?”
“Replying to Deputy Leader Yuwen, this place is called Three Mountains Town, with a population of over seventeen hundred.”
Luo Yexian dared not delay and handed over the map.
“Over seventeen hundred people, yet so much power of all living beings?”
Tan Zhuyin opened his mouth to gasp, but instead, he swallowed a mouthful of cold wind.
Yuwen Cuojin narrowed his eyes slightly; he clearly felt that the direction where the power of all living beings converged was also this Three Mountains Town. ƒreewebɳovel.com
Which meant...
That so-called Immortal was here?
“I had originally intended to simply kill that pretentious fellow, but I never expected him to possess such means, capable of elevating the efficiency of collecting the power of all living beings so much; I wonder what Evil method he used...”
Yuwen Cuojin’s eyes flickered.
Luo Yexian quickly said, “I know you’re in a hurry, but I told you not to rush. Immortal Brother’s methods are indeed astonishing; this method is unheard of. I suggest we prioritize befriending him.”
Tan Zhuyin’s expression was cold; after all, he had given that Immortal many benefits, yet he gained nothing and even suffered a great loss.
He had initially believed deeply, but now he was indeed a bit skeptical.
He finally spoke, “Deputy Leader Yuwen, why don’t we first go to the town to observe?”
Yuwen Cuojin also had this intention; it would be good if they could learn the method of gathering the power of all living beings.
If they acted rashly without knowing the other party’s depth, the Demon Summoning Sect would have been destroyed by the imperial court long ago.
Deputy Leader Yuwen also had a cautious nature:
“Then let’s do that.”
“Luo Yexian, you and the Saint go. The two of you have had contact with that so-called Immortal, and you can make the other party lower their guard.”
