Lu Wu

The next day, just as dawn broke, Bai Qiuran, was shaken awake.

He opened his eyes, turned to look down, and saw Jiang Lan kicking the tree where he had set up his hammock.

A tree as thick as three people could hug was kicked and made a loud clattering sound by a little girl wearing straw sandals.

"Get up."

Seeing him peek out, Jiang Lan said to him very coldly, "Come down and eat."

"Oh."

Bai Qiuran stretched, then lightly jumped down from the hammock four or five meters above the ground and landed on the ground.

Here, take this and wear it.

Jiang Lan stuffed a pair of straw sandals into Bai Qiuran's hands, then walked into the hut without a word.

Bai Qiuran held the straw sandals, paused for a moment, then smiled wryly and stuffed her bare feet into the sandals.

The straw sandals fit his feet perfectly. Although the material was rather rough, the craftsmanship was exquisite, and they were quite comfortable to wear.

It seems that Jiang Lan is not as indifferent to everything as she appears; on the contrary, she is quite a thoughtful girl.

As Bai Qiuran approached the door of the hut, he smelled the aroma of meat. He saw Jiang Lan placing a charred earthenware pot on a low table inside the hut, then using a wooden spoon to scoop out the meat broth from the pot and pour it into two wooden bowls.

After doing all this, she sat down on a small stool next to the table and pointed to the person opposite her.

"Sit."

She picked up the wooden bowl and said simply, "Eat."

Bai Qiuran walked to the opposite side of her, picked up the wooden bowl, and saw that Jiang Lan had already picked up her own bowl and was slurping her food.

There were no other tableware on the table, only two whittled wooden sticks, which should be chopsticks for this era. Bai Qiuran picked up the bowl and took a sip. The only seasonings in the soup were coarse salt and some herbs that tasted somewhat like cilantro, but the soup itself was very delicious.

At least there were chopsticks.

Bai Qiuran comforted herself, and then, following Jiang Lan's example, began to eat this rather "sumptuous" breakfast.

In this era, women did not have the same restraint as in later generations to maintain their image. Survival was the most important thing for them, so Jiang Lan's eating habits were very masculine, and could even be described as unrestrained.

Even Bai Qiuran had to wolf down her food just to barely keep up with her speed.

Perhaps because she was Heavenly Gods, Jiang Lan had a large appetite. Bai Qiuran only ate one bowl of the entire earthenware pot of meat soup, and the rest went into her stomach. After eating and drinking her fill, Jiang Lan used some kind of grass to clean the grease off her mouth, then put the bowls and chopsticks into the earthenware pot and carried them to the nearby stream to wash them clean.

Bai Qiuran stayed inside until Jiang Lan finished tidying up and returned with the washed kitchen utensils. Then, Jiang Lan asked him her first question of the day.

Can you fly?

Bai Qiuran felt his three internal organs flaring up, but he also understood that the little girl meant no harm, so he patiently answered in a low voice, "I don't know."

In fact, long before he arrived in this era and met Jiang Lan, Bai Qiuran possessed a trace of True Essence, had tried to control a sword. However, it turned out that even with True Essence, ordinary Iron Sword could not withstand his power.

Once the True Essence enters the sword, let alone carrying a person, even if Bai Qiuran slightly relaxes his precise control over the power, the blade will directly decompose into some kind of basic particles.

According to Wisdom Immortal's speculation, even in the original era of Earth Immortal, it would be impossible to find a sword capable of bearing Bai Qiuran's True Essence.

After struggling for so long, Bai Qiuran finally managed to accumulate a tiny bit of True Essence within his Purple Mansion, but he still couldn't fly freely. This was nothing short of another devastating blow to him.

"Really? You can't do that?"

Perhaps not being able to fly isn't unusual for Heavenly Gods, so Jiang Lan wasn't surprised by Bai Qiuran's answer. She said, "Then I'll take you up... but you'd better be prepared. I don't have any connections in heaven, so don't blame me if you get dragged into this."

"Yes, I won't blame you."

Bai Qiuran nodded.

"Then come closer."

Bai Qiuran moved slightly closer to Jiang Lan, standing about a meter away from her.

Jiang Lan glanced at him, then suddenly reached out and yanked his arm, saying coldly, "I told you to come closer. How come you haven't even ascended to heaven yet, but you've already mastered all the nagging of the gods?"

Bai Qiuran caught off guard and stumbled, falling next to Jiang Lan. Then, a Cloudmist rose from beneath the girl's feet, lifting the two of them up into the sky.

Jiang Lan led him through the clouds, across the Star River, and up to the top of the sky, at the confluence of the Milky Way. There, Bai Qiuran found the Ascending Sky Platform, both familiar and unfamiliar, built on the banks of the Milky Way. On the jade platform, a jade staircase led directly to the Heavenly Palace.

However, compared to the collapsed ancient Firmament countless millennia later, this Ascending Sky Platform is now much more bustling.

Countless small boats sailed in from all directions, carrying divine beings of various appearances. They all ascended to the sky along this jade ladder to worship the supreme ruler of this era and enjoy a life that only Heavenly Gods could enjoy.

Upon arriving here, Bai Qiuran directly experienced just how unpopular Jiang Lan was. These gods, who had originally been beaming with peaceful smiles, all changed their expressions upon seeing Jiang Lan. They quickly made way for Jiang Lan and Bai Qiuran, and some even cursed as they turned their boats around and returned to their origin from the Milky Way.

Jiang Lan didn't care about this. She led Bai Qiuran up the jade ladder to the place that was once the Heavenly Gate.

The Heavenly Palace at its peak looked completely different from the ruins Bai Qiuran had seen before. Behind the Heavenly Gate, there were no longer broken walls and ruins, but a majestic peak. The top of the peak was flattened and a prosperous city was built. Within the city, one could vaguely see countless gods living there.

In the square Heavenly Gate, a god with a human face and a tiger's body, as large as a mountain, was lying there, guarding the Heavenly Gate.

This must be the Deity that Wisdom Immortal spoke of, who once guarded this Heavenly Gate.

Seeing Jiang Lan approach, the Giant God raised his head and asked in a deep, thunderous voice, "Plague Poison True God, why have you come here today? His Majesty has not summoned you."

"Lu Wu."

Jiang Lan stepped forward, looked up at it, and said, "I have brought Your Deity."

She stepped aside, allowing Lu Wu to see Bai Qiuran behind her.

"Oh?"

After observing for a moment, Lu Wu said in a muffled voice, "Indeed, you are one of our Heavenly Gods. Little fellow, what Divine Power do you possess?"

Bai Qiuran lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then clutched his biceps and said, "Um... I think I'm pretty strong, would you call that superhuman Divine Power?"