69novels Chapter 430 The Feeling of Ascension
Chapter 430 The Feeling of Ascension
Chapter 430 The Feeling of Ascension
An indescribable feeling enveloped the demon spirit's entire body, as if it were lying in a giant jelly and being swayed, or as if it were being manipulated like a statue, with a warm sensation spreading from its limbs and bones.
The demon spirit felt as if it were facing a vast landscape, like a cloud drifting by, taking in all the sights of the world.
A feeling of floating in the sky surged up rapidly, and the demon spirit felt that it stood above all living beings, looking down on the world.
The warmth quickly turned into a burning sensation, igniting a fire within the spirit's heart.
"This power! Give me more!" A thought suddenly popped into the demon's mind.
The moment the thought arose, a large amount of power surged into the demon spirit's body, causing him to float in the air like an inflated balloon.
"What a magnificent power!"
The demon couldn't help but sigh. Countless tiny sounds appeared in his ears, some like prayers, others like clamor.
At this moment, the demon spirit's mind was filled with countless sounds, and coupled with the sensations throughout his body, he felt as if he were floating on air.
"Hey! Snap out of it!"
The powerful blow landed mercilessly on the demon's face.
Immersed in the expansive feeling brought about by the abundant power, the demon spirit was brought back to reality by this great battle.
"Strategist, let's make a deal next time, okay? Don't hit me in the face, alright?" The demon spirit bared its teeth and rubbed its face.
Despite Ye Nanxiao's host form being the Spirit Blossom Grass, his power has not been weakened in the slightest.
To nurture the soul and preserve it in the world to the greatest extent possible, which also includes power.
"How was it? Did you feel admired? Like a big star?" Ye Nanxiao waved his "soft" hand.
The demon spirit shivered unexpectedly and said resentfully, "What worship? I haven't even experienced it yet! You've woken me up!"
"But that feeling was quite tempting! It felt like ascending to heaven, and my power increased wildly in that instant, probably more than five times!" The demon spirit counted on his fingers, using his limited mathematical knowledge to describe his experience of being accepted by the power of faith.
"Your strength has increased fivefold. Is it because of your increased strength, or because this trace of faith power is too little?" After receiving the answer, Ye Nanxiao landed back on the demon spirit's shoulder.
The demon touched his face with a resentful look. He was constantly being teased by Ye Nanxiao. What if his face became asymmetrical in the future?
Ye Nanxiao looked at the stone sculpture, organizing the simulation of the power of faith that he had deduced so far in his mind.
"The materials used for the statues in both villages seem to be quite ordinary. What they have in common is the extremely finely carved trident, a symbolic weapon. But the key is the believers." Ye Nanxiao looked up at the statues that were full of mysterious energy and wondered if he should also create a statue for himself.
"Hey bro! Drink up! Why did you stop? You're not planning to renege on the bar, are you?" Luo Gang said casually, with one arm around Luo Haicheng, his face flushed with an ambiguous blush.
"Yeah! Don't refuse to drink! Everyone drink!" Luo Haicheng, a burly man over 1.8 meters tall, was leaning against Luo Gang's chest, looking rather petite and dependent.
The demon spirit helplessly poured himself a cup of wine, letting out a sigh, "It's not that I'm being lazy about drinking, it's just that the two of you don't have enough for me!"
His face showed three parts helplessness, three parts regret, and four parts a crooked corner of his mouth, making him even more arrogant.
The demon's expression seemed to say, "Even the two of you combined aren't enough for me to drink!"
Luo Gang and Luo Haicheng were immediately enraged. They were two tough, upright sea heroes! How could they possibly lose a drink to this handsome young scholar, Yao Ling?
"What are you saying!"
"That's right! You dare underestimate me! Back in the day, I was the biggest drinker in the surrounding villages!"
Luo Gang and Luo Haicheng exchanged a glance, then rolled up their sleeves, revealing their thick arms, and gripped the wine glasses that were already swaying in their vision tightly. They twisted their other hands on their thighs to try and sober up.
"Come on! Continue!" Luo Gang gripped the wooden wine glass tightly.
A smile flashed in the demon's eyes. The wine he took out was not the kind bought in the city, but wine brewed by Ye Nanxiao himself. It tasted great when you drank it, and the aftereffects were even better.
As for how much staying power it has?
Luo Gang and Luo Haicheng used to drink from large bowls, but now they've switched to wooden cups.
The two men stayed in the village year-round. The fishing village by the sea had low productivity and did not have the conditions to brew wine. Therefore, the two village chiefs could only buy some cloudy wine by traveling through caravans from the surrounding villages if they wanted to drink.
Faced with such a clear and mellow wine, the two naturally couldn't waste it by using their soul power to force out the liquid.
So, the large bowl was replaced with a small cup, and three cups became one.
"Use less, because we don't know if we'll have another chance to brew wine. What you're using now is the wine you'll take back to your boss later!" Ye Nanxiao reminded him before continuing to immerse himself in analyzing the statue of faith.
The demon spirit nodded, giving Ye Nanxiao a reassuring look, while still shouting, "Drink up! You lost! One slice equals one cup! Don't keep goldfish here! Luo Haicheng, don't deny it! Are you trying to raise whales?"
"A whale with grandma's legs!"
The surrounding villagers had already returned to their homes; after all, they didn't want to watch the spectacle of their village chief being so drunk.
There were a few bold girls sitting in a group not far away, their eyes always drifting towards the demon spirit.
The next morning, the demon spirit stood upside down on the stone bench in a Zen pose with its left hand, maintaining its balance while slowly rotating with its legs spread.
Ye Nanxiao squatted at the foot of the stone sculpture, and tiny orbs of light kept flying out from the tip of his leaf and landing on the surface of the sculpture.
Meanwhile, the village chiefs of Zhulang Village and Xiaoyu Village were fast asleep, their faces pressed together.
After drinking all night, the two, unwilling to admit defeat, finally got themselves drunk and passed out as the sun rose.
"Strategist, you've been studying this stone carving all night, but I don't think the villagers really value it," the demon spirit asked.
"For devout believers, statues are merely a vessel for their faith. They certainly cherish them, but more importantly, they represent the faith within their hearts," Ye Nanxiao said without turning his head.
After a night of research, Ye Nanxiao managed to understand about 20% of the faith power attached to the statue.
"If only I could take some of the power of faith with me, but if I did that, I might end up with a tracking device, so I'd better not." Ye Nanxiao got up, climbed onto the stone bench, and counted the wine jars on the ground.
"You only brewed twenty vats of wine, and you drank it all in one night?" Ye Nanxiao felt a pang of heartache, after all, it was wine he had worked hard to produce, which he had prepared to take back to appease Gu Yuena's anger.
The demon spirit tightened its grip, performing a backflip to land back on the ground, and chuckled, "Strategist, how could we get these two big men without ordering more wine? This was all to cover for you!"
"You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub!"
The demon spirit gave a thumbs-up.
"You'll be my laborer from now on!"
Ye Nanxiao jumped back onto the demon spirit's shoulder and woke up the two who had passed out drunk.
"What's wrong, Brother Yao?" Luo Haicheng asked, shaking his heavy head. He had drunk less yesterday and wasn't as reckless as Luo Gang.
"Village Chief, do you know which village is closest to Zhulang Village?" the spirit asked.
"Hmm, let me think... Besides my little fishing village, the closest one is Da'ao Village, which is behind two hills! What, Brother Yao, do you want to visit other villages?" Luo Haicheng understood that Yao Ling was interested in his seaside village.
"Yes, the war dance of Zhulang Village opened my eyes. I never imagined that there was a village on this coast that worships gods. I want to see more." The demon spirit's face showed a longing expression.
"I see." Luo Haicheng believed the demon's words. After all, if the other party had any other ill intentions, he and Luo Gang wouldn't have drunk so much last night.
"You brute! Get up! Is your village short of supplies?" Luo Haicheng slapped Luo Gang on the bald head, and the latter finally woke up groggily.
Luo Gang originally thought that it would be a rare treat to be able to get a free drink, but he never expected that the demon spirit was actually a merchant who carried goods with him.
"Why didn't you say so earlier, Brother Yao!" Luo Gang glared at Luo Haicheng, then turned and went to gather the villagers.
After using up all the supplies in their inventory, the demon spirit packed up a bunch of seafood specialties and, with Luo Gang's warm hospitality, stayed in Zhulang Village for a grilled fish lunch.
"Brother Yao, if you want to go to Da'ao Village, taking the waterway is the fastest way! It will take less than two hours to get there!" Luo Gang said.
"Waterway?" The spirit looked at a group of small boats moored on the beach.
"The brute didn't mean to ride a boat, he meant to ride fish!" Luo Haicheng explained, pointing to a group of horned bream sunbathing on the beach.
"You can even rent out your village's mascot?" The spirit suddenly became interested.
Luo Gang didn't understand what the demon spirit meant by "rental," and pointed to a horned bullfish, saying, "Those recognized by Zhulang Village will also be recognized by the horned bullfish! Giving them a ride is a small thing that can be done!"
"Surfing on the sea!" The demon's eyes gleamed.
"You're surfing all by yourself, no pretty girls, no bikinis, what's all the fuss about?" Ye Nanxiao said dismissively.
"Strategist, you don't understand the excitement of a land creature that has never seen the sea!"
With Luo Gang's authorization, the demon spirit excitedly ran among a bunch of horned fish to choose a mount.
"It's you!" The demon looked at the bull-horned fish with a broken horn with ill intent.
The bull-horned fish with the broken horn was the same one that had a brief but "pleasant" interaction with the demon spirit.
When the demon spirit approached, the horned bullfish, which had been trying to keep its body locked up, let out a loud roar and splashed around, attempting to escape into the deep sea.
"Don't come any closer!"
The demon spirit could clearly hear the terrified screams of the bull-horned fish.
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