"Huh?"

"Isn't this Li Ye!"

The middle-aged man's eyes showed a joyful expression as he ran over and familiarly patted Li Ye's shoulder: "Brother Ye, did you really go to learn Immortal Family Magic from the immortals? How come you haven't changed at all in the past twenty years?"

"Brother Du." Li Ye showed his usual slightly shy smile: "It's just a bit of destiny, I took a few pills that keep one's appearance youthful."

"And now, I've been sent back again."

— This man was the youth who initially said on the road to Dongcang Town that he would help Li Ye cultivate the land.

And he indeed did so.

When Li Ye was busy building houses everywhere, he and his companions took care of Li Ye's land very well.

So when Li Ye made an excuse to leave, he gave that plot of land he had enchanted to Brother Du, the fruits and vegetables grown there had a special spirituality, enough to make him healthy and live a full life.

Upon hearing what Li Ye said, Brother Du didn't have any doubts; he just patted Li Ye's shoulder again as a gesture of comfort: "Well, now that you're back, it's just right because there's something happening in our town, let's go together."

"Oh? Brother Wei, you're here too, and who are these two…?"

It was only then that he noticed Wei Qingye, Taoist Friend Wen, and the White Fox beside him.

"I am Wen Xi, and this is my wife." Taoist Friend Wen replied with a smile, already understanding that Li Ye meant for him to settle here, so it was naturally important to get along with the neighbors.

"Oh, so it's Brother Wen. Brother Wen must be planning to live here, that's great, we can drink and chat together later."

Brother Du was, as always, very familiar.

While walking, he introduced and bragged about how wonderful Dongcang Town was.

Wen Xi was also very talkative, and the two had a pleasant conversation.

Until they arrived at a place.

White paper flowers were scattered all over the ground here, and there was a noticeable white memorial banner usually erected for funerals, with people in mourning clothes faintly coming and going in the distance.

A white paper flower happened to fall in front of Li Ye, and he reached out to catch it.

Li Ye paused slightly, instinctively stopping in his tracks.

"Brother Du, this is…?"

With a sweep of his Divine Sense, he could tell the situation here: an elder who had come to Dongcang Town to live passed away after a hundred years of life, and it was a joyful funeral, so people weren't too sad.

But pretending still had to be done.

"Ah." Brother Du sighed: "Old Mr. Qiu passed away, a hundred years old, and peacefully in his sleep without illness, it's a joyful thing."

"Let's go, we'll pay our respects too. We'll all be living here in the future, I'll introduce you to people."

It was clear that this kind of gathering was a good time for socializing, even if it was a funeral, not many people were genuinely sad.

In this world where Immortal Gods truly existed, ordinary people trusted the Four Seasons Sect, knowing they would surely be reborn into a good family after death.

So everyone gladly tied a piece of white cloth on their arm—they weren't Old Mr. Qiu's family, so they naturally didn't need to wear mourning clothes.

As for cultivators offering incense to ordinary people, it didn't matter. Li Ye and Wei Qingye had encountered Old Mr. Qiu before; he was a very chatty elder.

During their years here, they had developed some feelings.

The only thing to be mindful of was that their Qi Fortune was overpowering for others, so a little Illusion Technique would suffice.

The group moved forward.

When they entered the Qiu family's mansion, Li Ye suddenly felt something was wrong—the mansion was naturally built by him personally.

But at this moment, he actually felt that the mansion was about to collapse.

How could this be?

This was crafted with his Spiritual Power and Lady Xiang's Divine Techniques, it was worthy of being called an Immortal Family mansion.

[Name]: Xiangshui House

[Mood]: Sadness, Pain, Powerlessness

[Status]: A house transformed from an ordinary building by Li Ye's Enlightenment, it has developed spirituality and possesses a Household God—it is helplessly grieving due to the owner's passing and asking for Compassion's help.

The final plea for Compassion instantly made Li Ye sense something was terribly wrong.

"Brother Wei."

"Stay with them, use some Divine Techniques."

"I'm going inside to take a look."

He instructed Wei Qingye before his figure flashed, entering the mansion.

Upon entering, he suddenly felt things were even more wrong.

Logically, even if the inside of the mansion had Five Grains planted, there should be very few. But now the entire mansion was filled with Five Grains, and above those Five Grains wafted a terrifyingly excessive Divine Power of compassion.

Moving without wind, gently swaying.

Golden streams of light almost connected into one, with countless Five Grains growing on the walls and ceiling.

[Name]: Compassion Wheat God

[Mood]: Devout Prayer

[Status]: A God of Five Grains cultivated by Wuyou Grain Storehouse, it originated from Compassion Wheat, embraced the power bestowed by Earth Book, becoming one of the household gods of the "Qiu Family."

But it cannot reverse matters of life and death.

Thus, through Earth Book and its own power in concert with Xiangshui House, it is inviting "Compassion" to descend.

Li Ye's heart trembled.

What is heaven up to now?

He wanted to immediately use his Divine Techniques to communicate with the mansion, at least to stop this from happening at once. Yet before he could act, he felt a trance come over him.

In this trance, he seemed to hear a voice—

"Abundant blessings prolonging longevity."

The voice was calm and gentle, carrying boundless compassion, yet it exploded like thunder in Li Ye's heart.

It was the voice of Compassion!

It was the most mysterious Deity within the Four Seasons Sect!

With this voice, Li Ye could feel the Spiritual Qi outside changing rapidly.

He immediately went outside and looked up, only to see golden clouds mysteriously appearing in the heavenly dome along with ethereal yet sacred mist.

Clouds of auspicious mist!

Everyone noticed this change, especially the descendants of the Qiu family, who were very excited.

Could it be that the old man did so much good in his life that Immortal Gods had come to send him off?

This was a thought shared not only by them.

Many people knelt down directly, bowing to the heavenly dome.

"Immortal bless us!"

"Immortal protect us!"

Just at this moment.

In that boundless cloud of auspicious mist, a crack suddenly opened, and a hand grasping a wheat spike and bearing countless mysterious patterns descended.

Just the appearance of this hand caused the surrounding vitality to intensify terrifyingly, and plants and beasts grew wildly.

People felt as if their bodies underwent a baptism, light as a swan, even their breathing became smoother.

"Abundant blessings prolonging longevity."

The hand spoke.

This voice was the same as what Li Ye heard before, but grander, echoing with compassion bordering on sinister.

From the wheat spike, a drop of golden dew gently swayed.

And then.

It slowly dripped.

As it dripped, the surrounding space distorted, flowers bloomed, and merciful yet empathic golden light accompanied it all the way down until finally, the drop of dew landed on…

Old Mr. Qiu's coffin.

"Drip."

The dew splashed and formed golden ripples, then slowly merged into the coffin.

—Li Ye and Wei Qingye didn't fail to want to intervene, but when the hand appeared, they found themselves unable to move, watching the drop of dew fall.

Time slowly passed.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths…

The coffin being watched by countless people suddenly trembled lightly, its lid pushed open from inside.

A hand pressed against the edge of the coffin.

It was a smooth, fair hand seemingly untouched by any of life's hardships.

Soon after, the owner of the hand leveraged himself to stand up.

His appearance caused even Li Ye's eyes to widen.

He grasped the Sun and Moon Ring in hand, as if facing a formidable enemy.

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