Immortal Travel of Longevity

"A dragon? A True Dragon?"

Song Bao was deeply shocked when she finally learned the truth.

"Not a True Dragon yet," Lihua said. "Not yet."

Song Bao stared blankly, swallowing hard as an image flashed through her mind of a dragon soaring into the highest heavens.

"There are really dragons in this world?"

Lihua blinked. "Why wouldn't there be?"

It tilted its head in confusion.

Meeting Lihua's earnest gaze, Song Bao no longer doubted the truth of its words.

After a long moment, she recovered her wits and asked, "Then... when will this river run happen?"

"Can I go watch?" Song Bao asked.

"No," Lihua said, shaking its head.

"Why not?"

"You could easily drop dead."

"Drop dead?"

"Lose your life and drop dead."

"..."

"Is... is it really that scary?" Song Bao asked timidly.

Lihua said, "Chen the Good Man said that when Mo Yuan underwent Tribulation Transcending in the past, thunder rolled and mountains caught fire. Ordinary people couldn't get anywhere near him. The river run was even worse. If Mo Yuan hadn't controlled it, all the surrounding market towns would have been completely flooded."

Song Bao froze. "Does that mean Yingshan District will be flooded?"

Lihua shook its head again. "I don't know, but with Chen the Good Man here, it probably won't."

Song Bao fell deep in thought, her face clouding with worry.

Lihua looked at Song Bao and said, "Elder Sister Song cannot tell anyone else. You can't even tell Auntie Song."

Recovering her wits, Song Bao nodded in agreement.

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June seventeenth.

Auspicious for: tearing down houses, setting up incense.

Inauspicious for: praying for blessings, moving homes, traveling...

Today was not a good day.

After several days, a heavy rain began to pour from the sky.

The downpour had started at dawn, keeping the sky from ever brightening. The persistent gloom left a lingering lethargy in the air.

"Splash... Rumble..."

Muffled thunder accompanied the sound of the rain, and puddles pooled one after another along the mountain roads.

Waking early to this sight, Yunxiang's expression grew solemn.

She stood by the window, her gaze fixed toward the horizon.

The place where the thunderclouds were gathering did not seem far away at all.

Clang!

Suddenly, an old man wearing a straw raincoat walked down the street, beating a gong and shouting.

"The Water God undergoes Dragon Transformation! Thunder and rain gather!"

"The heavens protect us, so we must offer incense! We must offer incense!"

Hearing this, Yunxiang's expression instantly changed.

She hurriedly went to find Mister Chen.

Chen Changsheng happened to be stepping out of his room. Seeing Yunxiang's face, he immediately said, "This Chen heard it too."

This Dragon Immortal truly dared to do anything.

With her Heavenly Tribulation imminent, she was still using such methods to draw incense from the common people.

It was likely out of unwillingness to accept defeat that she was making use of everything at her disposal.

Yunxiang said, "And that is not all. I saw that the thunderclouds are gathering incredibly close to Yingshan District. I fear she did this on purpose..."

Chen Changsheng gently massaged his brow and said, "This Chen knows what she is scheming."

Long Rong had seen that Chen Changsheng was someone who cared for the people and could not bear to see the innocent suffer, which was exactly why she had deliberately chosen to undergo Tribulation Transcending so close to Yingshan District.

Her goal was to force Chen Changsheng to act. If he merely protected the common people, he would still alleviate a portion of the Heavenly Tribulation's pressure for her.

And the folk song the old man had just chanted was likely her backup plan.

Hearing the chant echoing from the street outside, Song Bao froze.

"Is it happening today?"

Song Bao's expression shifted. Looking out at the unnatural downpour and the rumbling thunder, her anxiety spiked to its peak.

The Song couple, however, were somewhat bewildered.

Father Song hurriedly caught up to the old man and asked, "Old man, old man, what does this mean?"

The old man in the straw raincoat said, "The Water God of our Sheng River is going to transform into a True Dragon! The Water God has blessed us with good weather, and in such a critical moment, we must also offer incense! Hurry back, set up candles and incense, and pay your respects to the Water God!"

Having said that, the old man continued walking forward.

"We must offer incense! Offer incense!"

Clang!

The sound of the gong spread across nearly the entire Yingshan District. It was not just here; similar scenes were occurring in several other nearby market towns. These gong-beating figures seemed to have appeared out of thin air, and no one recognized any of them.

After hearing this, Father Song hurriedly returned to the inn and told his wife to set up the candle stands and offer incense.

"Hurry, hurry!"

The common people had no ability to discern the truth of such words.

But there was one thing they did know: the common people living along both banks of the Sheng River had indeed enjoyed good weather year after year, with very few disasters. Hearing this, they were naturally willing to offer a little incense.

"Water God protect us, Water God protect us..."

Auntie Song pressed her hands together, murmuring under her breath.

Coming out and seeing this scene, Song Bao was taken aback. "Dad, Mom, what are you doing?"

"Come here and pray quickly. Today the Water God undergoes Tribulation Transcending; we absolutely must not forget our gratitude."

Song Bao froze, feeling a sudden surge of resistance.

But ultimately unable to stubbornly resist her parents' insistence, she went forward and offered a few sticks of incense.

But it was only for a brief moment.

"Dad, Mom, I'm done praying."

"You child, come back, come back..."

Song Bao simply walked away. For some reason, she couldn't shake a feeling of unreality.

Now that she knew things ordinary people could hardly know, these so-called 'superstitions' were no longer mysterious, and she no longer had the heart to blindly believe in them.

Song Bao ran up to the attic.

There, she saw Yu Hongjin watching the heavy rain.

"Elder Sister Song?" Yu Hongjin called out.

"Why are you here?" Song Bao asked.

Yu Hongjin blinked and said, "Watching the rain."

She was just feeling a little indignant. Sister Yun had said that the stupid cat had obtained some incredible fortune.

She also wanted to see what kind of fortune could be in this heavy rain.

Song Bao opened her mouth and asked, "Did you hear what that old man passing by just said?"

"I heard him."

Yu Hongjin said, "Elder Sister Song actually believes that?"

Song Bao crossed her arms and said, "Stop pretending. I kno—I guessed it. What that old man said is true. Today is when the Water God undergoes Dragon Transformation, right?"

Yu Hongjin's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly said, "Wh-what? Elder Sister Song, what kind of nonsense are you thinking? Where would there be dragons in this world?"

"Anyway, I'm not going anywhere today. I'll just follow you all," Song Bao said. "I also want to see what a dragon looks like."

Yu Hongjin pursed her lips, her expression instantly changing.

"Elder Sister Song, don't joke."

Song Bao said, "I'm not joking."

Hearing this, Yu Hongjin immediately said, "Ouch, no, my stomach hurts. I'm leaving first, leaving first..."

Saying so, she ran downstairs.

From this, Song Bao also knew for sure that the matter was indeed real.

What Lihua had told her that day was true, and what the old man chanted was also true.

There really was Dragon Transformation!

There really were dragons in this world!

All of this was truly far too inconceivable.

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