At this point, he ruffled the boy's soft hair and said to him very seriously.
"sorry……"
"I'm late."
I hope you can forgive me.
Seeing Wei Yuan shed tears, Yu Tang realized that the other party's toughness just now was just venting the emotions that had been pent up for so many years.
He also remembered that it was from this moment that he truly wanted to keep Wei Yuan by his side.
Protect him, care for him, and teach him.
Let him step out of the shadows of the past.
Wei Yuan pursed his lips tightly, his mouth almost flattened into a line, his heart aching, aching terribly.
Tears kept streaming down his face, but the hand covering his head made him feel some relief from the pain.
It's heavy, but it's warm.
No one had ever been this kind to him except his mother.
He was a god, high above all others, yet he apologized to a mortal who was prone to losing his temper.
Wei Yuan couldn't understand, yet he couldn't bring himself to leave.
He couldn't possibly say that he deliberately stabbed this person.
I want to stay...
I want to stay in this warm place...
Finally, after Yu Tang waited patiently, he finally hummed in agreement.
With a heavy nasal tone, it was awkward yet cute.
Yu Tang's heart softened, and she patted his head again before withdrawing her hand and asking, "Are you hungry? Do you want something to eat?"
At Yu Tang's level of cultivation, one doesn't need to eat. However, he guessed that Wei Yuan should still be considered "human," and children, after all, should love to eat good food.
Even though Xiao Jin is a tiger over 300 years old, he still craves food every day.
Wei Yuan should be the same.
By this time, Wei Yuan's emotions had stabilized considerably, and he secretly wiped away his tears.
But he didn't look up; instead, he turned his head to the side, too embarrassed to let Yu Tang see his face, which was covered in tears.
“I have…” he said, recalling those hazy memories, “It has been a long time since I have tasted food.”
The masked monks fed him strange soups and sour-tasting meat from demons, which made him nauseous, but he had no choice but to eat them to survive.
Therefore, his memory of food is one of disgust.
I don't even want to think about those scenes anymore.
Yu Tang was stunned.
He really wanted to ask Wei Yuan what had happened in the past. But now was clearly not the right time to ask.
“Then I’ll take you to Luocheng,” Yu Tang said to Wei Yuan. “There are many delicious things there. Even gods who don’t eat grains can’t help but try them sometimes.”
Los Angeles is the largest city in the divine realm, located in the very center of the entire divine realm, and has a feel similar to a modern metropolis.
The Temple of Heaven and the Tower of Heaven are located in Luo City. Many gods usually go to the tower to comprehend the Great Dao.
However, most gods basically give up cultivation after ascending to the divine realm.
Most of them had the mindset of enjoying a peaceful retirement, and having achieved their life goal of immortality, all that was left was to enjoy life.
Furthermore, many deities form spiritual partnerships in the divine realm, and their children are not born gods. Therefore, the existence of such cities is essential.
Over time, the realm of gods gradually became lively, and cities, delicious food and wine, and so on, similar to those in the human world, began to appear.
Yu Tang brought Wei Yuan to Luocheng and they stood on a bustling street.
What comes into view are all kinds of teahouses, taverns, pawnshops and workshops.
On the open spaces along the streets, there are many carefree immortals with large umbrellas spread out on a cloth, casually displaying some trinkets. They chat with people who come by, and sometimes, if they are in a good mood, they simply give away their things. They are casual and unrestrained.
Wei Yuan stared blankly at everything around him, as if he couldn't believe his eyes.
He asked Yu Tang, "You said this is the realm of gods, so does that mean all these people are gods?"
Chapter 8
Died for the villain for the tenth time (08)
“Yes, most of them are gods,” Yu Tang replied. “Actually, everyone is just an ordinary person who cultivated to the highest level in a lower plane and ascended to the realm of gods.”
Yu Tang used himself as an example: "For example, I was able to break through the shackles of the plane and come to the God Realm only after I cultivated the Path of Ruthlessness to its peak."
Everyone calls me God, so I'll shamelessly introduce myself to you as a deity.
"The Path of Ruthlessness?" Upon hearing this term, Wei Yuan couldn't help but ask, "Does it mean cultivating without any emotions?"
Yu Tang hadn't expected Wei Yuan to be focused on this.
After thinking for a moment, he replied, "My situation is more complicated."
"When I was a child, my master removed my emotional threads so that I could better cultivate the Path of Ruthlessness."
After I mastered the Way of Ruthlessness and arrived in the God Realm, I couldn't find my lost thread of emotion anywhere. I guessed it must have been destroyed by my master.
“And the love thread represents the affection between people…” Yu Tang paused here before continuing, “But you’re still too young to understand love right now. You won’t understand it even if I tell you. You’ll understand it when you meet more people in the future.”
"Hmm..." Wei Yuan nodded.
I'm still a bit confused.
After all, this was his first time visiting such a bustling city, and he had never seen so many "gods" before, let alone trying to understand the more complex love and affection that Yu Tang spoke of.
"Hey? Candied hawthorns." Yu Tang saw a wandering spirit in the distance carrying a straw stick full of candied hawthorns, handing them out to children. He instinctively pulled Wei Yuan over and said to the spirit, "Can you sell me a candied hawthorn?"
San Shen tapped his large straw hat with his finger, revealing a handsome face. When he saw it was Yu Tang, his eyes lit up instantly: "Lord Yu? You actually came out of Qinghuai Valley."
Yu Tang recognized him as soon as he saw his face and said, "So it's Xu the fortune teller! What are you doing selling candied hawthorns?"
Like Yu Tang, Xu Luofeng is a celebrity in the divine realm.
But the difference between them is that one is extremely high-profile, while the other is extremely low-profile.
Yu Tang rarely appears in the city, spending most of his time in seclusion in Qinghuai Valley, cultivating in seclusion. In the past, he would seclude himself for decades or even centuries, truly living like an immortal who did not partake in worldly affairs.
Xu Luofeng, on the other hand, was active in various places in the God Realm every day, indulging in all sorts of vices, such as eating, drinking, gambling, and whoring. Making him stay in one place would be more painful than killing him.
Moreover, although his cultivation level was not high, he was quite proficient in divination.
He gained fame by predicting the fortunes of a few gods with exceptional accuracy.
But most of the time his calculations are extremely unreliable, like he's just making things up on the spot.
Over time, the original diviners were called charlatans.
Many people call him a fortune teller to his face, but secretly they all grit their teeth and call him a charlatan.
"I'm just bored!" Xu Luofeng replied, "You know I can't stand sitting still."
As he spoke, he noticed Wei Yuan standing next to Yu Tang and paused for a moment.
The smile on his face faded considerably, and he asked Yu Tang, "Divine Lord, who is this child?"
"He's the kid I want to take as my apprentice, his name is Wei Yuan."
As soon as Yu Tang finished speaking, the surrounding space distorted, and the next moment two layers of barriers appeared beside him and Xu Luofeng, separating everyone, including Wei Yuan.
"My Lord, you brought him back from the battlefield of demon slaying, didn't you?"
Yu Tang was taken aback for a moment, then frowned and retorted, "No..."
"I picked him up from the human world."
“I never expected you, Divine Lord, to lie.” Xu Luofeng said, “I have vaguely seen the causal thread between you two.”
"But because heavenly secrets cannot be revealed, I cannot say more about this matter, much less interfere."
"However, as a friend, I would still like to offer a word of advice to the Divine Lord."
The usually carefree Xu the charlatan became serious for once and warned Yu Tang, "If you insist on keeping this monster by your side, you'll be killed by him sooner or later."
After saying this, Xu Luofeng didn't say anything else. He waved his hand to remove the barrier and handed the straw sticks full of candied hawthorns to Yu Tang, saying, "I just heard the Divine Lord say that he wanted to buy candied hawthorns. Given our friendship, I'll give them all to you."
Yu Tang took the candied hawthorn, but his mind was still on what Xu Luofeng had said. Only when Wei Yuan called out "Hey" after everyone left did he come back to his senses.
"Calling me 'Hey' is so impolite!" Yu Tang tapped him on the head. "I already said I'd take you as my disciple, so at least you should call me 'Master,' right?"
Wei Yuan pursed his lips, thought carefully for a moment, and then called out with difficulty, "Master..."
After shouting, she felt embarrassed, and a slight blush crept up the tips of her ears.
He asked Yu Tang, "Did you and that person say something just now? Why were your mouths moving, but I couldn't hear anything?"
“It’s a barrier…” Yu Tang was soothed by Wei Yuan’s address of “Master” and chose to ignore Xu Luofeng’s words. He took a string of candied hawthorns and handed it to the boy, saying, “He was just telling me some nonsense. We can’t let the people around us hear it.”
"Never mind it. This thing is called candied hawthorn. It exists in the human world too. Try it. It should taste good."
Yu Tang remembered that Xiao Lin loved to eat this stuff, and Wei Yuan would probably like it too.
Sure enough, the boy held the wooden skewer, took a bite of the first candied hawthorn, and his eyes widened in surprise.
The sweet and sour taste spread in his mouth, and Wei Yuan blinked.
She blinked again.
Only then did I remember to chew.
Then they started eating one, then another, and another...
Its cheeks puffed out like a hamster's, prompting Yu Tang to reach out and poke it with his finger.
Wei Yuan ate three skewers before stopping, but Yu Tang stopped him and made him agree to go to a restaurant to eat first, and then eat the candied hawthorns afterwards.
Upon arriving at the restaurant, Yu Tang wanted Wei Yuan to enjoy his meal, so he ordered a table full of different dishes. Seeing that Wei Yuan didn't know how to use chopsticks, he taught him step by step.
Fortunately, Wei Yuan was clever and learned it quickly.