I am a living immortal.

The twilight sky left the earth. Su Mu was walking on a path with an old goat, and a chattering painting was floating beside them. Such a strange combination was walking on a mountain path that had obviously been abandoned for a long time.

Just after coming out of the desert, he arrived at the Jiangnan region, which is famous for its fish and rice. This is a word that Su Mu is familiar with. This river is not that river, and this Jiangnan refers to the area south of Yuanjiang River.

The humidity is equally strong, which inevitably makes people feel uncomfortable. Going from one extreme to another, from the extremely dry desert to the extremely humid water town.

The weather is not good yet, it is cloudy and rainy, and there are still traces of rain on the ground, but this is the most beautiful moment in Jiangnan.

From the top of this hill, you can see a small town with a dense network of rivers. The misty Jiangnan is nothing more than this. The small bridges and flowing water under the mist and drizzle seem to have even cast a layer of mountain green filter on the town.

Hazy, like a dream or being drunk.

The reason why Su Mu came here was because of the chattering painting, or the mirage dragon. He wanted to come and take away the human who dared to breach the contract.

The price was the hiding place of an "old friend" he knew well. The deal was very suitable, so Su Mu came.

Su Mu was very familiar with this country...very familiar, because this country was formerly called Dayu, and now it was still called Yu. The country's name did not change despite the change of dynasties. It seemed that the remnants of the previous dynasty had reached some kind of consensus with that Qianlong.

It was not a case of destruction followed by construction, but rather a new individual emerging from the old corpse. This was because evildoers had disrupted the government at the beginning, and later Su Mu cut the Gordian knot and stopped the killing with killing, thus skipping the last stage of the dynasty and seamlessly connecting to a new prosperous era.

There wasn't even a war.

Exchanging interests for orthodoxy, and privileges for peace, that Qianlong, or the new emperor of Yu Dynasty, did a very good job. Su Mu looked up, and the aging dragon spirit of the emperor no longer looked old, but had a second spring, which was rare.

However, Su Mu went straight to the imperial capital and never came to Jiangnan. Also, because there was no war, the architecture of Jiangnan still retains a heavy sense of history, which led to the Jiangnan we see today.

For Su Mu, this was a return visit to an old place.

Moreover, he could also feel a trace of faith that the supreme god of this country was himself.

According to the Holy Lord who can relieve disasters and bring all blessings, Lingming Rendao said that when the new emperor ascended the throne, he ordered the construction of statues and temples on the highest mountain, Naduohengyue, next to the imperial capital. There are still incense burning there now. You can go and have a look if you have a chance. Unfortunately, the clone is not in this country. Because he was given the title by the Heavenly Court, under the influence of heaven and earth, the Holy Lord has temples in various countries with the same name and similar appearance.

It's very interesting. The imperial decree from the Heavenly Court is not ordinary, and the incense and the gods are not as simple as they seem.

Receiving the imperial edict is like gaining the recognition of heaven and earth, leaving a name between heaven and earth. As long as one is a living being in this world, perhaps it is a flash of inspiration, perhaps it is a dream, or perhaps it is unintentional, this name and deity will inevitably manifest in history.

This is the weight of the person of the God.

This also led to many demon tribes setting foot on this land again, some good and some bad, but the situation where demons occupied the country in groups like before would no longer happen.

Back to the present, Su Mu was still some distance away from the Jiangnan town, with mountains lying between them. They were looking at the plain from the mountains.

The reason they landed here was because they felt a strange aura here. This aura was very ominous, so they came to take a look. But when they landed here, the aura disappeared out of thin air.

Someone must have been here before.

There were footprints on the damp mountain path, and there was a cemetery not far away, with unburned incense emitting wisps of green smoke.

"Do you know what that was just now?" Su Mu asked Hua beside him.

"How should I know? It flashed by and didn't look like a ghost." Mirage Dragon said that he was in the cave. Even you couldn't sense what it was, so how could I know.

Su Mu couldn't really explain it. That ominous feeling was very strange. If he had to say it, it was similar to the tiger evil that Su Mu had encountered before. It was an ominous feeling that came from fate. There must be a carrier that looked normal but was actually very abnormal, otherwise it would be impossible to escape Su Mu's perception. No demons or monsters could escape his eyes.

He glanced at the mountain again, but still didn't find anything unusual. He shook his head and gave up. Since he couldn't find it, he let it go. Then he led the old goat and disappeared in a few steps.

The forest fell into silence again.

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Jiading Prefecture is the name of this Jiangnan water town and the capital of this state. It is famous for its developed silk textile industry. The land and water nurture the people, and the southerners are introverted, so there are many literati and scholars.

There is a river every three steps and a bookstore every five steps.

Jiangnan is very beautiful after the rain, but this is only for those who see this scenery for the first time. For the locals, it is already commonplace. They have seen it since childhood, and no matter how beautiful it is, it still cannot stop them.

"Hurry up... hurry up... Wei Shen! Wei Shen, hurry up, Wu Shufang has just received a batch of good books, let's go and take a look!" Several young men walked on the bluestone slabs and came to a wooden attic. This street was built along the water, with wooden frame windows, flying eaves and pointed corners, and it had an ancient charm unique to the south of the Yangtze River.

These young men were all neighbors and also Wei Shen's childhood friends. They had all passed the Tongshi exam and were preparing for the Xiucai exam. They knew everything about which bookshop had good books, which calligrapher had uncirculated classics, which shop had the cheapest pens, and which shop had a discount on inkstones.

When Wei Shen heard his companion's shout, he quickly jumped up from the bed and shouted, "Here it comes, here it comes!"

While pulling his hair, he felt extremely tired from sleeping. His legs were extremely sore, as if he had walked on a mountain road for a long time. This situation had happened frequently since his parents passed away in an accident.

But he quickly put the thought aside, put on his shoes and rushed out the door, not noticing the damp mud stuck on his shoes.

Today, Wu Shu visited a batch of new books, so this group of people wanted to take a look. At the same time, they also wanted to let Wei Shen go out more. As neighbors, they all knew about his experience, so they would invite him every now and then, sometimes to appreciate paintings, sometimes to read books. There was an effect, at least Wei Shen looked more cheerful.

Fortunately, most people who can live on this street are not short of money, so there are more entertainment options and they can better divert their attention.

When Wei Shen left, the whole room became silent. It was a cloudy day without sunshine, but faint bursts of toads' chirping could be heard from the cold and damp corners.

A toad entering the house means disaster and ruin of the family.