The heroine eavesdropped on her heart, and my villain's character collapsed.

Feeling that his divine power was getting lower and lower now, Lin Xuan found a piece of cloth to cover Shuisheng before disappearing completely, and returned to the statue extremely tired.

When Shui Sheng woke up the next day, he found that Lin Xuan, who was drinking with him, had long since disappeared.

A piece of paper was left on the table, pressed under an empty wine glass.

Shuisheng took out the paper and took a look. There was a line of writing on it.

After reading this line, Shui Sheng smiled bitterly and shook his head. His eldest brother actually thought of going on a long trip and said he would see you today next year.

"See you today next year."

Shuisheng muttered to himself, picked up the unopened jar of wine on the table, dug a hole under the peach tree in the Earth Temple, and buried it.

Wait until next year when friends meet again on this day, dig it out and drink it all in one gulp.

This year, Shuisheng returned to his hometown and failed to open a martial arts gym.

Although he has some skills, he is still far from being a hero, and he cannot stand the challenge of others.

Fortunately, my father-in-law extended a helping hand and was willing to use some money to help him open an inn.

For the sake of his wife and children, Shui Sheng had to give up his childhood dream and choose to make his family live a better life.

The inn is located near the hometown of my wife and children.

Because the location is good and my father-in-law knows a lot of friends.

The business of the inn is quite good.

The knight-errant who once roamed the world has transformed into a smooth innkeeper.

With his hard work every day, the family is getting better and better, and the family has grown from one child to three.

The only thing that hasn't changed is that the two still get together every year.

Every time I get drunk.

Every time Shuisheng wakes up, he finds that his eldest brother is leaving without saying goodbye.

Having become accustomed to it, he didn't think anything of it, but spent some money to repair the Earth Temple.

For him, this seems to be his first home in life.

Because the Tutu Temple was repaired, many people recognized Shui Sheng.

I saw that the little beggar who used to steal offerings from the Tutu Temple is now respectable.

Instead, many people began to come to Tutu Temple to burn incense.

These insignificant incense are for Lin Xuan, a land master who has almost no one to worship him.

It's very important.

In the collision of wine glasses year after year, Shuisheng began to gain weight, and his once strong face became kind and smooth.

Lin Xuan also had to make himself look older.

The only thing that remains unchanged is the friendship between the two old friends. When they get together every year, they always talk about the past.

For old friends, the time spent with each other is the most mellow wine in the world.

The last time the two met.

Shui Shengji is very old, and the person who came with him was his ten-year-old grandson.

Nowadays, the Shuisheng family can be considered a wealthy family. Back then, they opened an inn to make money and then went into business. They really made a lot of money.

Due to poor health, Shuisheng even needs the support of his grandson to walk.

Lin Xuan also has the image of a white-haired old man.

"Grandpa, grandma told you not to drink too much."

I saw a jar of wine already placed on the table.

The little grandson reminded quickly.

"Don't worry, Grandpa Lin and I will only have a small drink."

Shuisheng smiled and touched his grandson's head, looked at Lin Xuan and said, "This child helps his grandma keep an eye on me every day."

"It's good. Come on, have some snacks."

Lin Xuan took a piece of rough snack and handed it to the child.

The two of them no longer drank as much as before, but held their glasses until they ordered, and mostly chatted.

Wait until the drink is finished.

Shuisheng hesitated for a moment and then put down his wine glass and asked.

"Brother, I have a question for you."

"explain."

"A few years ago, I went to the mountains to burn incense and chatted with an old Taoist priest. The old Taoist said that gods are different from us mortals. They eat incense. If there is no incense, gods will starve to death. You are well-informed. This shouldn’t be a lie, right?”

Lin Xuan had expected it. After getting along with him for so many years, it would be wrong if Shui Sheng couldn't see anything.

He then nodded.

"If that's true, I understand, then I'll talk to my grandson more about you in the future."

Shuisheng grinned and let his grandson support him as he slowly left the Earth Temple.

After walking out for a while, Shui Sheng stopped and turned back to look at the Earth Temple from a distance, his eyes full of reluctance.

This year it’s the winter solstice.

The aquatic lamp ran out of oil and left peacefully surrounded by his family.

The last words he left were to remind his grandson to remember the agreement he made with him.

Every year, I go to see the immortal who has been with me throughout my life.

On the western month after Shui Sheng left, the day came when the two of them saw each other once a year.

This time, it was his grandson Yanwen who came to replace Shuisheng.

Lin Xuan, who was waiting in the Tutu Temple, was not surprised to see Yanwen coming alone.

After Shui Sheng left, his soul visited the Earth Temple.

The two met for the last time, but failed to have another drink.

"Grandpa Lin, grandpa asked me to come over to greet you and ask you for some advice from books."

Yanwen held a sage book and walked up to Lin Xuan to ask for advice.

Looking at Yanwen's childish face.

Lin Xuan dreamed of seeing the ragged little beggar who walked into the Earth Temple hungry just to survive by stealing a bite of the offerings.

This made him slightly disappointed.

Fortunately, Shui Sheng is gone, but he left his descendants to accompany him.

Lin Xuan immediately pointed out Yanwen's knowledge.

After finishing his studies, Yanwen cleaned the Tutu Temple, laid out the offerings he brought, and respectfully burned a stick of incense before leaving the Tutu Temple.

Along with Shui Sheng's departure.

His descendants separated into separate families.

Without Shui Sheng's support, there were not many pilgrims in the Tutu Temple, and the Tutu Temple began to return to its previous bleak situation.

Fortunately, Yanwen comes to offer incense every once in a while, and occasionally brings some friends over.

Lin Xuan meets him once a year.

Just like with Shuisheng back then, I watched this child grow up little by little, meet the girl he liked, get married, have children, and start a family.

It's just that his golden body is getting worse and worse.

Divine power is also getting weaker and weaker.

Some past memories also began to become blurry.

By the time Yanwen reaches middle age, he will have to spend about three years accumulating his divine power before the two parties can meet each other.

After a conversation with Yanwen, Lin Xuan learned that the world was in chaos and the rebels were about to attack.

He wants to leave here with his wife, children and family and seek refuge in the safer Kyoto.

After saying this, Yanwen let out a long sigh and looked a little guilty.

I'm going to break the promise I made with grandpa.

"Safety is paramount. Leave early, otherwise things may change if you leave late."

Lin Xuan smiled and urged Yanwen to leave quickly.

Yanwen sighed, burned a stick of incense in the Tutu Temple and left in a hurry.

Pedestrians on the street outside had sad faces, and many large houses had been vacated.

In the second month after Yanwen left, the rebels entered the city and robbed it for three days.

There are even rebels who come to the earth temple in search of money.

After taking away everything of value, they set a fire in the Earth Temple.

On this day, the Tutu Temple was burned to the ground, and Lin Xuan's statue was not saved.

With his divine power exhausted, he has also reached the end of his career as an earth god.

But he had no complaints.

If he continued to linger, he was afraid that he would even forget Shuisheng.

At the moment when he was about to disappear, a sentence came to his ears: "If there is an afterlife, will you become a god again?"

"I don't want to."

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