Young Knight-Errant

After Waterborn left this time, Lin Xuan, bored out of his mind, returned to the statue and sat there blankly.

For mayflies that were born at dawn and died at dusk, a fleeting day was their long lifetime.

For gods with exceedingly long lives, a month was ordinarily no more than the time it took to take a nap.

But because he was filled with anticipation, that brief span of time seemed to stretch on infinitely, making even Lin Xuan feel that it was hard to endure.

When the month was up, Lin Xuan manifested early and sat on a prayer cushion to wait.

He waited for nearly two hours, but Waterborn still did not appear.

Just as the utterly bored Lin Xuan thought Waterborn might have something to do and be unable to come, footsteps sounded outside.

A faint smile unconsciously appeared on Lin Xuan's face as he was about to go out and look, only to discover that it was a hunched old woman.

The old woman was one of the few devout worshippers at the Earth God Temple.

The sudden appearance of someone in the temple gave the old woman quite a fright.

After recovering her senses, she opened her nearly toothless mouth, revealing a gentle smile as she nodded in greeting.

The old woman carried several pieces of coarse pastry as offerings and knelt down with some difficulty.

With a devout expression, she pressed her palms together and prayed in her heart that she could die sooner.

As the Earth God, Lin Xuan could naturally hear the words of her prayer.

This old woman was already ninety years old.

As the saying went, it had been rare since ancient times for a person to live to seventy.

She was considered a famous longevity elder in the