Starting from crossing the Fengshen

Nuwa looked at Yin Qi with some confusion, but still reached out to take the lantern.

Yin Qi smiled and said, "Feng Daoyou, you can only appreciate the fun of the Lantern Festival if you personally participate in it. Look, everyone is holding a lantern? If you are empty-handed like you, even if you visit the entire Chaoge, you will just be a spectator."

As he finished speaking, a lantern appeared in his hand.

Nuwa looked around and said speechlessly, "Daoyou, the 'everyone' you mentioned doesn't seem to include adults, let alone cultivators."

On the street, those holding lanterns are mostly children, as well as some young boys and girls.

As for adults, basically none.

She and Yin Qi were both of such age, each holding a lantern, which had attracted a lot of attention.

But she was also quite surprised that Chen Nan, a top Daluo, could still maintain such a pure heart, strolling around with a lantern, not caring about the eyes of people around him.

Yin Qi smiled and said, "The reason why they didn't do that is because they went through the same thing when they were little. They also played and frolicked on the streets with lanterns in their hands, but you and I never did that.

As the saying goes, worldly life tests one’s heart.

As cultivators, although we cultivate the Way of Heaven, we must first cultivate our minds.

If one’s mind and character are not sufficient, one will only get lost in the way of heaven and lose one’s own nature.

If one loses his true nature, how can he talk about making progress? "

Nuwa was already a saint, so naturally she didn't need to cultivate her character anymore. But when she held the lantern, a new emotion arose in her heart, leaving her with no reason to refuse Yin Qi.

She pretended to be thoughtful and said, "You are right, Taoist friend. I have been practicing in the mountains since I was a child, but I have never celebrated the Lantern Festival like this, and I have never played with lanterns. It feels quite novel."

Yin Qi smiled and said, "Yeah, you're right to listen to me. Let's go to the Imperial City Square. I saw on TikTok that there are many activities in the Imperial City Square tonight, and there is also the Aoshan Lantern Festival held by the court, which is a must-see show tonight."

"Okay."

Nuwa nodded and walked side by side with Yin Qi.

Yin Qi asked, "How long have you been in Chaoge? Speaking of which, Chaoge is really an incredible place. I have traveled around the wild world and have been to many places, but Chaoge is the most different.

All kinds of novel things are dazzling.

As soon as I got here, I liked this place. It is much better than living in the mountains."

Nuwa said, "It's been almost half a year. Just as you said, I feel like I can never go back to the past. Compared to the boring practice, I prefer my current life. I can discover new things every day."

Yin Qi nodded and said, "There are four elements in cultivation: wealth, magic, companions, and land. Although land is ranked last, it is not unimportant. In the past, if we wanted elixirs or magic tools, we had to find the materials ourselves or even hire people to refine them.

But here, you can buy it easily, saving a lot of time.

Moreover, life is convenient and there are all kinds of interesting things to do, which is much more interesting than the boring mountain cultivation."

The two walked side by side, chatting casually.

Boom!Boom!Boom!
At this time, the sound of gongs and drums came from behind.

Yin Qi turned around and saw a group of people wearing various masks and walking on stilts, striding forward. There was a gong and drum team leading the way in front, and a group of children and teenagers following on both sides to watch the fun.

The stilt team was very long, and as they carried lanterns, they looked like a long dragon of lights.

Soon, the stilt team passed by the two men.

Yin Qi turned around and said with a smile: "Fellow Daoist Feng, do you want to join in the fun?"

"what!"

Nuwa was watching with great interest, and she hadn't reacted yet when she heard Yin Qi's words.

"Let's go." Yin Qi smiled, took out two pairs of stilts and handed one to Nuwa. Then, under Nuwa's astonished gaze, Yin Qi stepped on the stilts and put on a mask on his face.

"Feng Daoist, let's go. The worldly world refines the mind. Only by sinking into the worldly world can you refine your mind and get out of it."

Nuwa was a little reluctant.

Although she had given up her saintly status, she could not do such a "conspicuous" thing.

But Yin Qi kept urging her, and she didn't know how to refuse.

Once you refuse, this "friendship" will end.

As the saying goes, people with different opinions cannot work together.

After all, this is our first meeting. If we can't play together, there is naturally no need to contact each other in the future.

But influenced by those TV dramas, she wanted to get to know Yin Qi, so she gritted her teeth, stepped on stilts, put on a mask, and followed Yin Qi to join the parade.

When she stepped on the stilts and looked at the crowds gathered around her and the children moving flexibly between the stilts, Nuwa suddenly felt a strange feeling in her heart.

She is no longer a saint who has 'let go' of her status, but a mortal who has integrated into the human world.

She once looked down upon the common people in the world as ants and never took them seriously. However, she never expected that mortals could have so much fun, and it was even more interesting to experience it personally.

So gradually, she let go and imitated Yin Qi, walking on stilts with a swagger, waving her hands at the people on both sides from time to time and accepting their cheers.

Yin Qi turned around and smiled: "How is it? Is this feeling very novel?"

Nuwa nodded: "It's a feeling I've never had before."

Yin Qi said with a smile: "It's right to have a feeling. We have been practicing for too long, and we think that we are no longer mortals after practicing to become immortals. We always hold ourselves high and look down on mortals.

But it’s lonely at the top.

The reason why this world is so colorful is not because of us, the high and mighty immortals, but because of the countless mortals.

We may be in seclusion for hundreds or thousands of years, but in the mortal world, they have already written a thick history, which contains countless sad, tearful and lamentable stories.

Sometimes I think, even if we could live for hundreds of thousands of years, or even live as long as the heaven and earth, what would that matter?
I have been in the boring dojo for countless years, living the same monotonous life day after day.

In my opinion, ten thousand years like this would not be as wonderful as this day.”

Yin Qi's sigh echoed in Nuwa's mind.

Suddenly, it made sense to her.

After becoming a saint, she moved to the Wahuang Palace. Over the past one million years, she has been doing nothing but boring practice. She rarely walks around in the wild and rarely communicates with others.

She used to be used to it and didn’t notice it, but after living in Chaoge for half a year, she felt like she could never go back to the way it was before.

And this 'Chen Nan' gave her a very novel feeling.

Although he was only a Golden Immortal, he was able to say something that made her think deeply.

Suddenly, she thought of a TV series she had watched:
The heroine in the story is an immortal. In order to break through to a higher level, she deliberately transformed herself into an ordinary cultivator and came to the mortal world to cultivate her mind. Then she met the hero who is also a cultivator.

Although the hero's cultivation is far inferior to that of the heroine, he has a deep insight into worldly affairs and helps the heroine to successfully cultivate her mind in the mortal world, and eventually break through to a realm beyond the Immortal Lord. Of course, the two of them end up together.

Isn’t the current plot very similar to that in the TV series?

Although, she no longer needed to cultivate her mind.

She is already a saint, standing at the pinnacle of the immortal path. No matter how much she practices her mind, it is impossible for her to make a breakthrough. (End of this chapter)