Although he was mentally prepared, after hearing the imperial edict read out by the Heavenly Official, Nanfeng couldn't help but feel frustrated and disappointed. He was only one of the top immortals. The main reason was that the content of the edict was brief and perfunctory, with not even a single word of praise. , not even a real person’s honorific title.
If Yang's life is not over, this Earth Immortal will not accept it even if he kills him. But now his life is at stake and there is no delay. Even if he is disappointed, he can only accept his fate, "Nanfengzi obeys the imperial edict."
Hearing Nanfeng's words, the young Heavenly Official was slightly surprised, and waved his hand at him from the clouds, "Congratulations, Master. Please come with me, Master."
After Tian Guan finished speaking, Nan Feng felt his body light up, and immediately lifted off the ground into the sky. When he left the ground, he felt a sense of relief, and it was as if he had taken off a piece of clothing. He felt something in his heart, and looked back from the sky, only to see His body has collapsed to the ground, and Lu Pingchuan and others are helping and calling.
"Brother, Fatty, Mo Li," Nanfeng shouted loudly, "It's so precious."
Nan Feng shouted loudly, but Lu Pingchuan and others did not hear it.
Seeing that Nan Feng could not be awakened, the fat man looked up into the sky, searching eagerly, calling loudly, but there was no sign of Nan Feng, and there was no answer from Nan Feng.
Nanfeng could see Fatty and others and hear voices, but Fatty and others could not see him or hear his response. This situation is very similar to the situation when the soul leaves the body, but this time it is not the soul that leaves the body, but the soul.
The soul and the soul are the same thing, but they are also different. The relationship between the two is difficult to describe. If you have to forcefully describe it, it is somewhat similar to the relationship between the cicada monkey and the cicada. The soul is the cicada in the soil. Monkey, the primordial spirit is the cicada flying in the sky. The primordial spirit is strengthened by the soul, but it is essentially different from the soul. Everyone has a soul, but not everyone has a primordial spirit. Only those Taoists and strange people who are successful in spiritual practice Only people can strengthen their souls into souls.
The soul of the south wind flew to the top of the clouds under the guidance of Tianguan and landed on the side of Tianguan. The white clouds stepped on were very frivolous. Standing on it was like stepping on floating ice in the water.
"Congratulations, Master," the young Heavenly Official handed the scroll in his hand to Nanfeng with both hands, "Please accept the imperial decree."
The soul also has a physical form. Mortals cannot see it, but he can. After the Heavenly Official finished speaking, Nanfeng reached out and took the scroll, "Thank you, Heavenly Official."
"It's a matter of duty," the young Heavenly Official said casually, and after speaking, he raised his hand and pointed down, "You are not allowed to appear in person until you have been appointed to the position. If you have anything to say, I can tell you on your behalf."
Seeing that the official was so polite, Nanfeng felt slightly reassured, shook his head and said, "Don't dare bother me."
"Okay, let's go now." After the young Heavenly Official said this, a breeze began to rise and white clouds climbed high.
At this moment, a high-pitched chirp came from below. Nanfeng heard the sound and looked down, only to see Ba Ye grabbing his body with his claws, fluttering his wings, and quickly flying towards him.
Lu Pingchuan and others couldn't see the soul, but Ba Ye could see it, or to be precise, he could feel it. Seeing that the heavenly official was about to take away his soul, he rushed to catch up in desperation.
Seeing Master Ba coming to chase him, Nanfeng was so sad that he waved his hand from the clouds to signal him not to chase him.
It seemed that Master Ba had not seen Nanfeng's gesture, or he might have seen it but not followed it. He flapped his wings desperately and flew his body to the side of the cloud. With all his strength, he opened his mouth and let out a mournful cry, "Gu Gu, Ga" !”
As soon as Ba Ye shouted, Nanfeng immediately felt his body float. To be precise, his soul was unstable. There was a strong suction coming from the body under Ba Ye's grasp, trying to force him back.
Seeing this, the young Heavenly Official waved his right hand back, sending out a silver aura that enveloped Nanfeng's body. He turned to the Eighth Master who was calling urgently, and said, "Your master has been certified and ascended. This is a happy event. Don't worry about it. Retreat quickly."
After the Heavenly Official said this, the Eighth Master did not retreat, but still hovered beside him, calling out to summon his soul.
Men should be strong, and Nanfeng is indeed strong, but there are always some things that he cannot bear. Before, he thought he had arranged his funeral, but he focused on relatives and friends, neglecting the eighth master, and did not properly arrange the eighth master. , and didn’t think what it thought.
What Ba Ye did made him feel ashamed and moved. Perhaps to him, Ba Ye was just his mount, but to Ba Ye, he was everything to Ba Ye.
Ba Ye had made a similar sound back then, when he was experiencing the fluctuations of his soul during the Heavenly Tribulation. Compared with that time, Ba Ye's cry at this time was even louder.
Ba Ye's cry has a miraculous effect in summoning souls, but this cry seems to consume a lot of real energy. After several consecutive calls, Ba Ye becomes depressed and his body begins to sway.
Even so, Ba Ye still never left, still tried his best to persist and worked tirelessly.
Only Nanfeng himself understood how much effort he had put in not to shed tears. In order to dilute his sadness, he could only shout angrily and order Ba Ye to go back.
Seeing this situation, the young Heavenly Official was moved with compassion, raised his hand to remove the silver aura covering Nanfeng's body, and put his right hand on his shoulder to help him emerge, "Please tell me a few words."
With the help of the divine spiritual energy, Nanfeng appeared and shouted to Master Ba, "Don't mess around, go back quickly."
Ba Ye stopped chirping when he heard the sound, but he never left. Instead, he stayed beside him, cooing softly.
After seeing Master Ba holding Nan Feng's body and flying up, Fatty flew into the air. At this time, he was already close to Master Ba. Nan Feng appeared and he could see it. He shouted urgently, "Nan Feng."
"Remember what I said before, go to Fengming Mountain first and take it down." Nanfeng said.
The fat man had never ridden Lao Bai before, and relied solely on his own spiritual energy to support him. He was able to hover in the air. At this time, he could no longer hold up. Hearing Nanfeng's words, he took advantage of the situation and landed on Ba Ye's back, "Don't be ridiculous, come down with me." .”
The fat man carried a pair of hammers when he took off. The weight of the fat man, plus the hundreds of kilograms of black iron hammers, plus the weight of Nanfeng's body, already exceeded a thousand kilograms. Ba Ye bore the heavy burden and flapped his wings desperately. The support is extremely difficult and does not retreat.
Seeing Master Ba's hard work, Nanfeng felt very sad. In desperation, he could only say to him, "I'm not dead. I just went out to do some things. When the things are done, I will come back to you. Be obedient and get down quickly."
Hearing Nanfeng's words, Master Ba felt relieved and fell sharply. However, he was worried that Nanfeng would not keep his word. After falling a few feet, he flapped his wings and slowly flew up.
Ba Ye was raised by Nan Feng, so he naturally knew what he was thinking. Ba Ye wanted a serious answer and a serious promise.
"I will definitely come back to find you." Nanfeng said sternly to Master Ba.
Hearing this, Master Ba felt relieved and relaxed. He fainted from exhaustion and fell down from the air.
"Oh, my ancestor." Ba Ye hurriedly threw away his hammers, grabbed Nanfeng's body and fell to the ground. He quickly put it down, jumped up again, and together with Lu Pingchuan, took Ba Ye down.
"Every gain must come with a loss," the young Heavenly Official said after closing his hands, "Sooner or later some things have to be let go."
"Thank you, Heavenly Official." Nanfeng thanked him.
"It's nothing to worry about," the young official said very kindly, "We can't miss the time, let's go."
Nanfeng nodded, and the clouds under his feet moved again, flying high quickly.
Just a few hundred feet above the ground, another scream came from below.
Hearing Master Ba's cry, the young Heavenly Official sighed, "Aliens are stupid and stupid, why did you bother to lie to them?"
Nan Feng didn't answer, and the Heavenly Official didn't know what was going on. He mistakenly thought that what he had told Ba Ye earlier was just a perfunctory lie, but he didn't know that what he said was the truth.
At this time, the two of them were already above the sky. Nanfeng said to the young Heavenly Official, "Thank you very much for your thoughtful approach. May I ask for the Heavenly Official's name?"
"I am Zhao Xing, the Heavenly Official of Zhongtian Academy." The young Heavenly Official said.
"Is Zhao Tianguan certified as a god?" Nanfeng asked. This young Tianguan was very kind to him, which shows that this person is probably a god rather than an immortal. In addition, this person is very young. If he is practicing Qi at such an age, It is impossible to become a heavenly being through spiritual practice.
"Of course." Zhao Xing nodded, "You are so young, why are you so conservative and cautious?"
Nanfeng knew that Zhao Xing was referring to his ascension to the throne. If an ordinary Taoist practices Qi and becomes an Earth Immortal at his age, he will definitely refuse to attain the throne and continue to practice in the human world in order to achieve a high position.
"My approach went awry and my life span was shortened." Nanfeng didn't hide it.
"It's a pity, it's a pity," Zhao Xing shook his head regretfully, and then said, "I just took action to guide you and sensed your body. It seemed that it no longer had any filth or tackiness. How could you not ascend physically?"
Nanfeng didn't answer. He couldn't answer the words. He couldn't tell Zhao Xing that he had offended many immortal families and it was the immortal family who was seeking revenge.
I never thought that Zhao Xing would guess the reason, "Who did you offend?"
"I have offended many people." Nanfeng smiled bitterly. He not only offended the Yuqing Taiqing Immortal Family, but also the Queen Mother of the West. Although the Queen Mother of the West was a Daluo Jinxian, she was not a member of the Taoist sect. Like Zhao Xing, she was a deity.
Zhao Xing sighed and stopped talking.
The cloud the two of them were riding on was only about ten feet square, and it was not moving very fast. At this time, they could still vaguely see the pavilions of Chang'an, but the height where the two of them were was already higher than Ba Ye's usual flying height. If it were normal times, they would definitely be flying. I would have difficulty breathing, but this time I didn't notice it.
Just when Nanfeng was wondering why he didn't feel short of breath this time, he suddenly thought that he no longer had a physical body, and his heart instantly became gloomy.
After walking for a while, the city below was finally out of sight. There were only white clouds around, and no other worldly things could be seen.
"Almost there." Zhao Xing said.
When Nanfeng heard this, he looked up and saw nothing. He looked around again and saw nothing.
"How can you see the heaven before you have passed through the barrier," Zhao Xing explained, and then asked, "Since you are a Taoist, you should know something about the three realms. How come you don't know anything about the heaven?"
Nanfeng could only smile bitterly. He couldn't tell Zhao Xing that he was a wild Taoist without a sect to take him in. It had been a few days since Taiqingzong left. Tianqizi and others must have restored Tian Yuanzi's Taoist status and conferred rites with him. No surprise. In other words, at this time, he was awarded by all the sects of the Three Qing Dynasties, but the imperial edict on Feisheng mentioned the title of the Shangqing Dao, which meant that the immortal families of the other two sects probably did not recognize him.
After smiling bitterly, Nanfeng asked, "Excuse me, Zhao Tianguan, what ministry have I received this time?"
Zhao Xing shook his head, "It's not clear right now. We won't know until we go to heaven."
Seeing Nan Feng's uneasiness, Zhao Xing added, "In the past, when earth immortals ascended, most of them served as earth and mountain gods. There were also city gods, but not many, and even fewer stayed in the heaven."
"Thank you, Heavenly Official, for clearing up the confusion." Nanfeng thanked him.
Zhao Xing nodded, "You're welcome, calm down, we're here..."