Calabash Fairy

After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

Wen Yu and Feng Ling stood at the foot of the mountain, watching Fang Yan and the Kitchen God ascend the mountain together, surrounded by four little demons.

Feng Ling asked curiously:

"Now that this mountain god has returned, shouldn't we take him back to Changqing Palace to cultivate as soon as possible? Why did you only tell him that we came with the Kitchen God?"

"Judging from the nature and temperament of this Qingfeng Mountain God, he should be very suitable for our Changqing Palace."

Wen Yu glanced at Feng Ling and shook his head, saying:

"That was my original plan, but after meeting him, I realized that we couldn't take him away, and he didn't need to go to Changqing Palace to cultivate."

Despite Changqing Palace being the leading immortal sect in the Eastern Region, with countless cultivators aspiring to join, it's a different story for this person named Fang Yan...

The disciples personally taught by the Dao Ancestor have no right to interfere, and it would be the same even if their own master, the Palace Master of Changqing Palace, came.

Moreover, with the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams diagram, a path to heaven has already unfolded before his eyes, only he is still too weak due to his cultivation level.

"However... I can think of one or two similar spiritual roots of heaven and earth to the Purple-Gold Cloud Pattern Gourd, but I have never heard of one like this one, whose body is filled with chaotic energy..."

Wen Yu pondered this in his heart, while Feng Ling looked up at him with a face full of curiosity.

This guy is usually so carefree and always does things in a casual manner. It's rare to see him so serious today.

Perhaps Wen Yu noticed something that he hadn't...

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Fang Yan and the Kitchen God walked side by side on the mountain path. They both clearly wanted to talk, so they didn't use any magic and just walked slowly.

Big Yellow wagged its tail happily, carrying Rabbit Duo'er and Black Flame, closely following behind Fang Yan, while the Black Tortoise looked at the Kitchen God's back with some awe.

At this moment, Fang Yan asked with some curiosity:

"Is this one of your incarnations?"

The Kitchen God stroked his beard and laughed:

"Naturally, I oversee the food and drink of humankind and observe their good and evil deeds. Humans are scattered throughout the four regions, and the Ten Thousand Mountains are merely a corner of the southern region. Can you, young friend, imagine how vast the four regions are?"

"That was truly vast and boundless."

"Even if I could see the smoke and fire of ten thousand homes with a single thought, if I encountered a problem and had to deal with it one by one, wouldn't I be running myself ragged? With thousands of avatars, many things would be much easier to handle."

"If you are interested, young friend, I can later explain to you the method of condensing incense into a tangible form. This is a very common method in heaven, used by many deities."

"With this method of incarnation, even if you are not in the Qingfeng Mountain area, but far away, if someone sincerely worships you, you can use the method of incarnation and the incense to guide them to manifest your divine power in that place."

Fang Yan's eyes lit up upon hearing this, but before that...

"Senior Kitchen God, could you please tell me why that person... bestowed this item upon me?"

He had previously used the Plum Blossom Divination technique to know that this person was acquainted with the City God of Gudu City, and he was wondering if he could meet this person in Gudu City. Therefore, he was not actually very surprised by the appearance of the Kitchen God.

But the appearance of that person still leaves him somewhat dazed...

Why would that emperor, who rules over all heavens and is eternally indestructible, care about Qingfeng Mountain, care about his existence...?

Upon hearing this, the Kitchen God couldn't help but smile bitterly.

It wasn't just the gourd doll beside him who was startled; even he himself was taken aback by the sudden appearance of the emperor in the mortal realm...

The Kitchen God simply pulled Fang Yan aside and lowered his voice, saying:

"Actually, young friend, you don't need to think too much now. Just focus on your cultivation. When you have enough skills in the future, you will know many things on your own."

"As for this 'Garden Root,' although it is precious, it depends on who bestowed it upon it..."

Fang Yan understood.

The Kitchen God's implication was that since the one who bestowed this treasure had given him, he should simply accept it without worry, and as for other matters, there was no point in thinking about them now.

To him, this grotto-heaven root was incredibly precious, but to that other being, it was nothing more than a trivial trinket that could be bestowed casually...

Over the next period of time, the Kitchen God changed the subject and took the initiative to talk to Fang Yan about the gods in heaven to get closer to him, which broadened Fang Yan's horizons.

Before long, they arrived at the top of Qingfeng Mountain.

At the Kitchen God's instruction, Fang Yan took out the small golden jade pillar and recited the incantation that the Kitchen God had just taught him. Purple-gold spiritual energy continuously flowed into the small golden jade pillar.

Before long, the small golden pillar emitted rays of light and disintegrated inch by inch, transforming into mysterious golden runes. The void in front of the two rippled, and the appearance of the Qingfeng Secret Realm faintly appeared.

As golden runes began to surge into the void before him and fall into the Qingfeng Secret Realm, the entire Qingfeng Secret Realm began to tremble rapidly.

The tremor lasted for the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea. When the tremor subsided, the Qingfeng Secret Realm seemed to have remained unchanged.

But Fang Yan could sense that the Qingfeng Secret Realm had begun to slowly but steadily transform.

The Kitchen God stroked his beard and laughed:

"The existence of the Cave Heaven Root allows the secret realm to take root in the void, enhance its foundation, continuously refine the impure spiritual energy in the void, and gradually transform this secret realm into a true blessed land."

Upon hearing this, Fang Yan bowed to the person beside him and thanked him, saying:

"Thank you very much, Kitchen God."

"I have brewed some spiritual wine in the secret realm. I would like to ask you to invite those two people from the foot of the mountain up the mountain so that we can all move to the secret realm together. I would like to express my gratitude in a small way."

The Kitchen God chuckled and returned the greeting:

"I was just following orders, so there's no need for thanks, young friend Fang."

"However, I am indeed quite curious about the spirit wine you brewed, young friend. I suppose you feel the same way about those two down the mountain."

"I will summon them here."

Fang Yan nodded with a smile.

When they met before, the Kitchen God and those two knew each other, but they weren't standing together...

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Nighttime, within the Secret Realm of Qingfeng.

Fang Yan, the Kitchen God, and Wen Yu were sitting around the stone table chatting and laughing, while Feng Ling Dao Tong had gathered with four little demons, chatting happily among themselves.

This was the first time the Qingfeng Secret Realm had been so lively since Fang Yan's reincarnation. Fang Yan picked the spiritual fruits from the tree and brewed a pot of spiritual enlightenment tea to entertain his guests.

After a cup of tea had been consumed, Wen Yu finally spoke:

"To be honest, Fellow Daoist Fang Yan, Feng Ling and I came here today to find someone who is destined to be with our Daoist sect. Now it seems that it is undoubtedly you, Fellow Daoist."

Wen Yu spoke frankly, but omitted the most important part.

For them, the purpose of this trip has changed.

What they wanted to do was not to bring this person back to Changqing Palace, but to establish a good relationship with him.

Since we're already here, and we can't take the person with us, we can't just let ourselves get kicked for nothing...