"Hah…"
Xu Fengnian had just opened the door of the bookstore when he saw Xing Yusen yawning as he walked past his shop.
"Old Xing, why are you up so early today?"
Xu Fengnian put the door down and greeted Xing Yusen who was passing by. After the banquet ended yesterday, he and Old Xing had dinner in Tongfu Inn. In addition to what had happened in the day, Xu Fengnian, Xing Yusen, and the other people in Tongfu Inn chatted until late at night.
"Isn't he afraid of missing out on the eighth person of Longevity? None of them knew when the Golden Ranking of All Beings in the sky would begin, so they deliberately woke up early. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a pity to miss it?”
Xing Yusen rubbed his eyes and replied.
"Let's go. Once this Universal Golden Ranking is out, I reckon that there won't be much business in this shop for the next few days. Let's go to Manager Tong's place to have breakfast first.”
Xu Fengnian closed the door of the bookstore that he had just opened and followed Xing Yusen in the direction of Tong Fu Inn.
"Dong dong dong!"
When Xing Yusen and Xu Fengnian arrived at Tong Fu Inn, they realized that it was not open yet. Not only Tongfu Inn, but most of the inns on West Street were not open.
It was obvious that what had happened yesterday had left the residents of Qixia Town feeling uneasy. Those shops that had opened early also set up a awning and waited for the Universal Golden Roll to be released again.
"Come, come, come. It's so early in the morning. Can't you let me have a good sleep?”
Following the sounds of people coming downstairs from Tong Fu Inn, Tong Xiangyu reluctantly opened the door.
"Manager Tong, if you sleep any longer, you will miss the inventory of the eighth person of Longevity.”
Xu Fengnian smiled. His martial arts cultivation was unfathomable. Even Zhang Sanfeng could not sleep or eat, let alone him? Even though Tong Xiangyu's family had a long history, she didn't cultivate martial arts.
Having stayed up so late last night, Manager Tong's spirit was naturally average.
"Who cares about Changsheng's ranking? Earning money is the most important thing. We mortals are just here to watch the show.”
The commotion at the entrance made Bai Zhantang and the others in the inn get up. With everyone's cooperation, the awning at the entrance of Tongfu Inn was also built.
Although Big Mouth Li wanted to wait for the Golden List of Living Beings to appear with everyone, he could only run to the kitchen to make breakfast for everyone when he saw everyone looking at him and listening to the shopkeeper's words.
No one was in a hurry to see the Golden Ranking of Living Beings appear. Yesterday, they had consecutively counted two Immortals, which made everyone feel a little restless.
Guo Furong was bragging about how she had dreamt of turning into Guo Xiang last night. She even said that they shared the same surname, Guo Xiang. Perhaps she and Guo Xiang were from the same family 400 years ago.
Bai Zhantang also said that he had dreamed of becoming an Immortal last night, and he had even been evaluated. Li Dazui was the most ridiculous. He said shyly that he had dreamed that he had become the divine eagle beside Dugu Qiubai last night…
This dream was ridiculous!
"Patriarch Bodhidharma is definitely the eighth person to achieve immortality.”
"You guys don't practice martial arts, so you probably didn't see it clearly. But I saw it clearly last night.”
Bai Zhantang gathered around the crowd and shared what he had seen yesterday.
"It makes sense that Patriarch Bodhidharma is the eighth immortal. However, I'm more curious about those people who are ahead of me. If we count them all, will there really be a divine figure?”
Guo Furong supported her chin with her hand and looked at the people in front of her as she fantasized.
"Perfected Zhang is also an immortal!”
Xing Yusen spoke up for his idol indignantly.
Following the commotion of the crowd, the Golden Roll in the sky slowly unfolded. The thick purple qi spread over the entire Nine Regions in an instant. As the golden light in the purple qi began to flicker, all living beings in the Nine Regions could not help but raise their heads to look at the sky.
"Buzz…"
A faint buzzing sound that sounded like a god's whisper rang out, and the golden light began to shine brightly. As the golden light shone, golden characters slowly appeared in the golden light.
The eighth immortal, Bodhidharma!
Just like what the people of the Nine States thought, the eighth person was indeed Bodhidharma. Even if all the people in the Nine Provinces had expected it, when they saw this name, they could not help but feel shocked.
After all, according to his age, Bodhidharma was a figure from nearly seven hundred years ago! Perfected Zhang's life was legendary, but all the Buddhist sects in the Nine Provinces could be said to be the disciples of Bodhidharma!
And Shaolin was the most famous martial arts holy land in the world! In the early years, there was a saying that the martial arts of the world came from Shaolin in the Nine Provinces.
Just this sentence alone was enough to show the weight of Shaolin! And Shaolin was only passed down by a disciple of Bodhidharma!
"Bodhidharma?"
"Is that Patriarch Bodhidharma's full name?”
"Rumor has it that Bodhidharma is not from the Nine Regions, but from the West Continent outside the Endless Sea.”
All the living beings of the Nine Provinces whispered to each other. All the living beings of the Nine Provinces knew that the Nine Provinces were not the only ones in this world. There was an immortal island in the distant sea, and there was the West State and the Barren State even further away.
It was said that the Nine Prefectures, the West Province, the Barren State, and the Overseas Immortal Islands were originally one. However, the ancient Yellow Emperor fought Chiyou and shattered the world, thus creating countless immortal islands overseas.
As for the West Province and the Barren State…
According to legends, there was an endless flood on the ancient land. The flood flooded most of the land in the ancient land, and the Nine Regions were not flooded because King Yu stood under the land with the nine cauldrons and lifted the land of the Nine Regions.
It was the same for the West Province. According to the ancient legends, the West Province was originally countless times higher than the earth. In addition, the ancient immortals and gods worked together to lift the West Province, so that the West Province would not fall into the sea.
As for the Barren State.
There were very few records of the Barren State in the Nine States. People only knew that there was a Barren State overseas, but no one knew where the Barren State was or what it looked like.
Even the West Province was only slowly known to the world after Bodhidharma entered the Nine Provinces. In addition, the monks and nuns of the Buddhist Sect talked about the Western Paradise, which made everyone in the Nine Provinces know that there was once a place called the West Province.
As for why it was once…
That was because the West Province had been submerged by the sea hundreds of years ago! If not for this, Dharma would not have stayed in the Nine States forever. Since he could enter the Nine States, he naturally had a way to return to the West Continent.
The reason why he didn't return was because the legendary Patriarch Bodhidharma no longer had a hometown! The Western Paradise that the monks and nuns talked about had long been buried under the sea!
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