Traveling through countless heavens, an immortal being

"Medicine candy! Anyone want to buy my medicine candy? It tastes like any flavor you like—orange and mint, with a refreshing aroma!"

"Hey, cilantro~ big green peppers~ and plump, round cabbages~ let's take a look at these new vegetables~"

……

"Oh, you've arrived, sir! Greetings! What would you like to drink today?"

"Hey buddy, make me a pot of hot water! Snow water is so delicious, the more you drink, the better it tastes."

"Alright! Please sit and wait a moment while I say 'stove'! The master is coming! Make a pot of tea!"

……

Lear used his magic to conceal himself and, along with the blue ox, watched from above the clouds as the money-tailed rats roamed the city below. The sight of them moving about filled him with nausea.

How could there be such an ugly hairstyle?

Is it even permissible for a human to have a hairstyle that looks like that of an animal?

This is truly bizarre; I've really seen something new today.

Lear felt increasingly nauseous looking at it, so he instructed the green ox to turn around on the cloud and find a mountain path to descend. The city was filled with a stench and we absolutely couldn't land there. We should go to a quiet place to breathe some fresh air.

The green ox nodded in agreement, then turned its cloud and headed towards the distant mountains outside the city.

……

As soon as Lear arrived above the mountain, he spotted two groups of people fighting on the ground. One group was dressed in simple long gowns and mandarin jackets, while the other group was dressed in gorgeous silk gowns. The two sides were fighting back and forth.

Seeing that they were all dressed in rags, Lear didn't want to get involved, but he heard the young man in the plain long robe below loudly cursing the other side, saying that they dared to betray the Heaven and Earth Society and that he wanted to act on behalf of Heaven.

This piqued Lear's interest. High in the sky, he made a hand gesture and summoned a small bolt of lightning that struck the two groups of people fighting with spears and swords. The lightning left them numb but not fatal. Only then did he wave his banana leaf fan and teach the blue ox to descend from the clouds and stop between the two groups of people who had fallen to the ground.

……

Fang Shiyu was locked in a fierce battle with Luo Xiao on the other side when a bolt of lightning suddenly struck down from the sky, knocking his own troops and Luo Xiao and others who had betrayed the Heaven and Earth Society to the ground, leaving them numb and paralyzed.

Then they saw an old Taoist priest with a white beard, wearing a purple robe and holding a banana leaf fan, riding a blue ox and descending from the sky into their midst.

Fang Shiyu thought he was hallucinating because he had been struck by lightning, so he quickly told his mother, who was also sitting on the ground, to slap him.

"Mom, Mom, hit me! I think I saw a fairy!"

"Shiyu, my precious son, have you been struck by lightning and gone mad? If there are gods in this world, what would be the point of the Heaven and Earth Society?"

I think you are…

"Oh, gods, please bless me so that I may pick up gold and silver with every step I take, and wear fine silks and satins, and also..."

……

In his previous life, Lear had only seen the movie "Fong Sai-yuk" on DVD. He never expected that this time he would actually come to this world. No wonder there were so many disgusting things with money rat tails.

Looking at Fang Shiyu's mother, who was lying on the ground numb from being struck by lightning but was still chattering and making wishes, Lear frowned and used his magic to seal her voice.

"Waaaaah?" Fang Shiyu's mother pointed to her mouth, indicating that Fang Shiyu should beg for mercy on her behalf.

Seeing Fang Shiyu's pleading eyes, Li Er shook his head. It was too noisy; he should let her have some peace and quiet.

He looked at Fang Shiyu and said:

"Fang Shiyu, tell me what happened."

At this moment, Fang Shiyu came to his senses. The white-bearded man riding a blue ox—wasn't that Laozi?

Oh my God!

Lao Tzu has descended to earth!

Fang Shiyu, his face contorted with rage, struggled to his feet and continued to kneel in worship. He spoke rapidly and urgently, "Grandpa Laojun, is it Grandpa Laojun?"

"By Laozi above, those people opposite me are Luo Xiao, the leader of the Shunde Incense Hall. Yesterday, he colluded with the Tartars to trick the brothers in the hall and wiped out the entire Shunde Hall. I am here on the orders of the Grand Master to arrest Chen Xiao and his cronies and bring them back to the Grand Master for trial."

After listening to Fang Shiyu's words, Lear turned to look at Luo Xiao and his group, who were still struggling.

They were already in dire straits when Lear, riding an ox, suddenly appeared in the sky. This scene terrified Luo Xiao and his group, who were already feeling guilty.

At this moment, when Lear turned his head, two of them lay down, trembling all over, green juice dripping from the corners of their mouths, their eyes wide with anger. They had actually been scared to death by the gods!

Only Luo Xiao and two of his men remained, huddled together, trembling.

Lear was greatly astonished. How many wicked things must this person have done? To be so frightened to death by the sight of a god.

Lear was speechless.

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Seeing that Lear remained silent, Luo Xiao assumed he was waiting for an explanation. He forced back the tingling sensation from the electric shock and spoke, "Immortal! This humble one, Luo Xiao, pays homage to the Immortal! Please, Immortal, do not listen to the lies of that young upstart! Everything he says is false! I am acting in accordance with Heaven's will to eliminate the rebels! I am not a traitor!"

Upon hearing this, Fang Shiyu flew into a rage and struggled to his feet to exchange insults with Luo Xiao.

Having already observed with his divine sense for a long time and knowing that the other side was a good person, Li Er only unleashed an even more powerful bolt of lightning when the two sides began exchanging greetings in Cantonese opera style, shattering Luo Xiao and the others into pieces.

Lear turned around and released Fang Shiyu's mother from her seal, gaining the trust of Fang Shiyu and the others. Now he will continue to stir up trouble in this world and save it once again.

...On the way back to Guangfu, Fang Shiyu and his group regarded Lear as a celestial being who had descended to earth to save the poor.

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There was a strange group of people on the official road leading to Guangfu.

Leading the way was an elderly man with a white beard riding a blue ox and wearing a Taoist robe. The others wore long robes and mandarin jackets, looking out of place yet walking in close step. However, the combination looked very strange.

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When the group arrived, Fang Shiyu was the leader, and when they left, they all followed closely behind Li Er, hoping to absorb some of his magical aura.

After practicing martial arts and traveling all over the country for so many years, who doesn't have hidden ailments?

Now that we see true immortals descending, even if we don't have the good fortune to eat immortal fruits, we must stay close to them and absorb their immortal energy in the hope of strengthening our bodies.

Lear knew their thoughts but did not stop them. They were all loyal and righteous men who opposed the Qing and sought to restore the Ming. It wouldn't hurt to keep them healthy.

……

Two shy ones were at the back. Seeing that Lear didn't stop them from getting closer, they hurriedly joined the group to absorb the immortal energy.

Gods are so kind; they don't look down on them at all.

The two brothers were so moved they almost cried.

…………

As night fell, Lear, Fang Shiyu, and their group chose a house in a deserted village that still had half a roof and looked like it wouldn't collapse anytime soon. They gathered together, lit a fire, and cooked a meal.

Lear sat on a rock outside the door, holding a banana leaf fan, and fanned himself intermittently.

The blue ox was grazing on the grass not far away.

There was no way around it; even though the green ox had drunk the water from the red gourd and had transcended the category of ordinary oxen, it still preferred to eat grass.

Lear didn't care; let it eat if it wants. It's only natural for cows to eat grass.

……

Lear was looking at the summer night sky, where the stars were bright and the Milky Way could be clearly seen stretching across the sky.

I wonder if gods exist in this world?

Are those the same old faces still in the Heavenly Palace?

Just as Lear was aimlessly pondering these questions, Fang Shiyu walked up to him with a bowl of wild vegetable porridge and a pair of chopsticks made from twigs.

"Grandpa Immortal, the wild vegetable porridge is ready. Please have some."

Lear, fanning himself with a banana leaf fan, turned to look at Fang Shiyu, who was bowing respectfully, and answered in a gentle voice.

"I have been practicing abstinence from grains for a long time and have long since stopped eating human food. You are growing, so please take this and eat it."

Upon hearing this, Fang Shiyu did not go inside. Instead, he squatted down next to Lear with his bowl in his arms and looked up at the Milky Way with him.

"Grandpa Immortal, do you think there really are 80,000 celestial river soldiers in this Milky Way? Is the Jade Emperor in charge of things in heaven? Why didn't the Dragon King appear and send rain when we prayed for rain and offered sacrifices before the drought?"

"Grandpa Immortal, what do you say...?"

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Looking at the boy beside him, who was holding a ceramic bowl and asking questions incessantly, Lear silently made a hand seal to temporarily seal Fang Shiyu's ability to speak.

He looked at Fang Shiyu's astonished expression and tapped the ceramic bowl in Fang Shiyu's hand with his banana leaf fan.

"Eat first, you'll have the energy to talk when you're full."

Fang Shiyu smiled shyly, grabbed the chopsticks he had whittled from a twig, and began to slurp down the wild vegetable porridge from the earthenware bowl.

Lear couldn't help but chuckle at his childlike appearance, then looked up at the Milky Way, as if those stars held endless mysteries...