The Sage of Idle Tales
Chapter 802

The Eight Are One Short!

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"Let's go, let's go, let's go. Good men, come with me."

"Let's roam across the green hills till we grow old, with the ambitions of youth never spoken of..."

Chen Luo hummed the melody from his memories as he wrote the finale of Legend of the Eight Immortals.

"Chapter 100: The Eight Immortals Cross the Sea as War Erupts upon the Waves; the Two Dragons Return to Heaven as the Heavenly Palace Celebrates Peace!"

Previously, when Chen Luo had gone to the Southern Wasteland, he had borrowed the Seventh Senior Brother's hand to gradually finish writing the contents of Legend of the Eight Immortals. However, unlike Journey to the West, it was merely a Six Thousand Li book, and unlike Ji Gong, it did not touch upon the true meaning of the Great Dao. Thus, no Heavenly Dao phenomenon had appeared before its completion.

Afterward, Chen Luo had remained busy opening new books, from The Complete Biography of Ji Gong to Journey to the West, then to The Three Heroes and Five Gallants. He had even opened a small account to write Dream of the Red Chamber, so the story of the Eight Immortals had been set aside.

Now, taking advantage of this opportunity to reorganize coastal defenses and establish the Sea Supervision Department, he would finish this book.

The story itself was not complicated. It told of the Eight Immortals, after attaining the Dao, wandering among mortals and enlightening ordinary people. Since they had all come from the mortal world, they understood the hardships of the red dust better than anyone, and were therefore deeply beloved by the common people. Among them, "Lu Dongbin" was especially famous.

A hundred years after the Eight Immortals had taken their places in Heaven, the Jade Pool Banquet in the Heavenly Court

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