The Nightmare Experience of a Useless Person

In the vast sea of ​​flowers, the deity gently flicked his sleeve, and a gentle breeze arose. Petals scattered on the ground rose with the wind, mingling with countless rays of light, quickly blurring Jiang Zhiyang's vision. He lowered his head to rub his eyes, and when he looked up again, a divine temple stood majestically.

"Wow!" Jiang Zhiyang exclaimed from the bottom of his heart, his eyes wide open, almost bursting out of their sockets, unable to contain the magnificent palace that resembled a mythical moon palace!

He saw that in the pavilions and towers, tiny figures moved about, like a cluster of ants, working together in an orderly fashion.

"How many people are there?"

"In this Realm of Life and Wish, there are thousands of divine messengers. How about that? Now you know I'm ranked sixth, which is pretty impressive, isn't it! From now on, call me Lord A-Liu!" With her little mouth pouting, A-Liu put her hands on her hips and shook her head as she spoke. Anyone who didn't know better would think that this whole area was her own territory!

Listening to Ah Liu's boasting, the deity simply smiled. It seemed that the little girl's arrogance was mostly due to her spoiled nature.

"Alright, alright, Lord Liu, where are we going now?"

Ah Liu nodded in satisfaction, his tone softening considerably. "How about I personally arrange a superior room for you, Lord Ah Liu?"

"Alright, alright, Lord A-Liu is amazing!" Jiang Zhiyang patiently teased her, speaking the truth, mostly with a hint of flattery. After all, if one could gain the favor of the gods, staying in this fairyland or divine realm would be much more comfortable than being reborn as a human.

Compared to the temple's magnificent exterior, its interior was much simpler and more rustic. Along the way, the messengers of the gods who came towards them were all serious and unsmiling. When facing their own gods, they would only bow slightly before continuing with their work.

It's so desolate here. Even though there are so many people, there's always a chilly wind around you, making you shiver.

The spacious and empty main hall was even more so. Jiang Zhiyang thought that if he made a sound at this moment, he would surely hear an echo, but he dared not. The continued silence seemed to have made him silent as well.

"A-Wu will lead the way for our distinguished guest." A small arm blocked Jiang Zhiyang's path. It seemed that the deity was busy with important matters. But what about A-Liu? What important matters was she busy with? She was really disloyal to leave him to A-Wu, whom she didn't know well.

Jiang Zhiyang could only obediently follow behind A Wu, not daring to say anything more. After all, that extremely indifferent expression due to her nonchalance was forcibly placed on her tender face, making her seem less like a living person, no, less like a living god.

"Honored guest, please rest in this room. The deity has instructed that if you need anything, there is a treasury next door where you can take the food you need."

Thank you.

A-Wu bowed respectfully, and Jiang Zhiyang followed suit, though he limped and looked rather dazed.

An empty room, with nothing but a bed, just like everything else in the temple—cold, solemn, and boring.

Jiang Zhiyang sat for a while, then lay down, his mind blank, not thinking about anything. The feeling of dying wasn't as terrifying as people imagined; it wasn't much different from being alive.

He raised his hand listlessly, waving it meaninglessly in the air, before it landed on his flat stomach.

To be honest, on the day he fell into the water, he hadn't eaten all day and was starving. Then he was bloated by the river water, so he felt nothing at all.

However, Ah Wu said he could take the food from the offering storehouse himself. Does he need to eat after he dies? Although he wasn't hungry, it wouldn't be a loss to eat. That was an offering from the gods. How many mortals have such an opportunity?

Thinking of this, Jiang Zhiyang sprang to his feet and stealthily pushed open the door like a thief. Seeing that no one was around, he then sneakily reached for the door of the next room.

Jiang Zhiyang subconsciously swallowed, as if preparing to welcome something new, but clearly, the moment the door opened, he realized that he was completely unprepared.

Like the dawn breaking in the east, the dazzling morning light pierced the darkness of the night, and the golden light shining through the crack in the door mercilessly stung his eyes.

Jiang Zhiyang's eyes rolled back instantly, but what pain was this! That golden radiance belonged to the golden mountains and the silver rivers, adorned with jade, and was the fish swimming between the mountains and rivers, in groups and clusters, without any obstruction, they roamed freely, rushing towards the golden waves and silver tides!

It was a spring, endlessly gushing out coins. Jiang Zhiyang reached out to catch them, but the cold coins felt like bird beaks pecking at his body, threatening to engulf him in an instant.

"So comfortable, so comfortable, hahaha, it smells so good, so good! It smells like money!"

He laughed wildly, struggling to turn around in the pile of money, and was so surprised by the abundance of delicacies behind him that he couldn't close his mouth.

Flying creatures, swimming creatures, running creatures—Jiang Zhiyang was like a little mouse that had fallen into a rice granary. Immediately! He wanted to shed his fur coat and jump naked into the wine pool and meat forest! Sidestroke, backstroke, breaststroke, a chicken in his left hand, a duck in his right, fine wine and delicacies flowing into his belly!

Wait a minute, why doesn't it taste?

"Is it good?" Ah Liu, holding a glass of wine, squinted his small eyes and smiled in a strange way.

"Oh my god, you scared me half to death! Ah Liu, why didn't you say anything?" Jiang Zhiyang rubbed his heart through his outer shirt. He was so annoyed. Ah Wu and Ah Liu had both scared him quite a bit. He would get his revenge one day.

"I'll just enjoy the way you're so engrossed in your own world that you're oblivious to everything else." With a flick of her wrist, she poured the remaining half-cup of wine from the small glass into Jiang Zhiyang's mouth.

Jiang Zhiyang smacked his lips, savoring the wine from the left and right, but still found it tasteless. "Is this fake wine? It has no flavor!"

"You're dead, how could you taste anything? Besides, this isn't wine, it's spiritual energy offered by mortal beings." Ah Liu, bored, smashed the glass cup. It shattered, but no, in the blink of an eye, it was restored to its original state.

"Spiritual power? What's that? Why are you suddenly cultivating immortality?" Before Ah Liu could answer, Jiang Zhiyang's mind raced, and his heart plummeted from the heavens to the depths of despair. "Then... don't tell me that all that gold and silver is fake too?"

"Hmm~" Ah Liu pouted, unable to hide her smile, clearly mocking this mortal's pathetic appearance.

"This is boring." Jiang Zhiyang rolled his eyes, pulled out two large handfuls of gold from his pockets, and threw them heavily on the ground, extremely annoyed.

"Spiritual energy is far more precious than gold and silver, otherwise why would the adults let you eat it?"

"How so?"

"Right now, you're nothing but a soul, not subject to the cycle of reincarnation. Every second you're consuming your spiritual power. We're waiting for you..." Ah Liu glanced at him with her small eyes, crossed her arms, and put on airs again. She raised her eyebrows, her intentions clear.

"Oh my~ Lord Liu~ Stop teasing me, tell me quickly." Jiang Zhiyang put on a fawning look, pinching and pounding Liu's little shoulders with both hands.

But I secretly used all my strength, you little brat, keep pretending, I can't break you!

"Once you've used up too much spiritual energy, you won't be able to be reborn as a human in your next life. You'll only be a chicken! A duck! Ah—" Ah Liu jumped up agitatedly, "It hurts so much! I'm not giving you any more food, get out of here! In your next life, you'll be a pig! A fat pig!"

Jiang Zhiyang didn't take the little brat seriously at all. Hearing her say that, he quickly started eating, taking a bite of apple, a bite of orange, a bite of chicken, and a bite of fish.

"In my next life, please let me have a better life!"

"Fat pig, I hate you so much." Seeing his pathetic appearance, Ah Liu didn't even bother chasing him away anymore. It was as if touching him would make him smell like a pathetic person. Being pathetic was no good, Ah Liu was the most pathetic!

But to be honest, Ah Liu really liked this big guy. In this divine realm, only this annoying guy was interesting. He could not only weave cloth, but also fly kites. His eyes were bright, and he looked like a kind-hearted person.

"Your spiritual power is so good... why aren't you eating?" Jiang Zhiyang handed over an apple with a big bite taken out of it. Ah Liu quickly took three steps back, feeling nauseous.

"No need, you just eat. We and the Goddess are of the same origin. She continuously absorbs the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, so we, the divine messengers, naturally enjoy the blessings as well."

"One body, one origin"? I don't quite understand, but it sounds impressive. It probably means that when one person attains enlightenment, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.

Hehe, Ah Wu, Ah Liu, little chickens and dogs, Jiang Zhiyang chuckled inwardly, his mouth full of thoughts. He patted his bulging belly with satisfaction, determined to be reborn into a good family!