Lu Bian went to the old man's residence, placed the wages the old man had given him on the table, and left a message with his servant. Once everything was properly settled, Lu Bian and his donkey departed.
He left Luzhou.
In a fit of rage, Lu Bian simply felt a moment of anger.
Erlang Shen, you really kicked a pile of cotton by provoking me!!
What good does it do to provoke me, Lu Bian?
I, Lu Bian, will only quietly badmouth you to the members in the Chat Group.
Want to go against Erlang Shen?
Lu Bian realized it after the fact; he knew exactly how much weight he carried.
Provoking Erlang Shen was equivalent to provoking a male louse.
He would tell Erlang Shen to wait for him, and in a couple of days, he would forget about it himself.
The consequence of provoking Lu Bian was that absolutely nothing would happen.
Erlang Shen, you have provoked the easiest transmigrator in the world to bully.
If you let the Howling Celestial Dog bite me, Lu Bian, you are actually doing me a favor.
I will just lie down for you.
When his anger surged that day, Lu Bian truly wanted to rush to the Erlang Temple at the Guanjiang Estuary to curse Erlang Shen.
When people are in the heat of the moment, they lose their reason—not entirely, but they lose most of it.
All night, Lu Bian thought about how to take revenge on Erlang Shen and how to use the things he knew to make things difficult for him.
Lu Bian brainstormed, yet as he thought until dawn, his mind cleared up again, and he stopped being angry.
Having lived a plain life for over twenty years, Lu Bian considered himself a person who feared trouble; surely, his brain must have malfunctioned to go looking for trouble now.
Looking for trouble with Erlang Shen—wasn't that equivalent to looking for trouble with the Great Sage Equal to Heaven?
That monkey, the Great Sage, had become a Buddha, at least... but even after becoming a Buddha, he wasn't exactly easy to talk to, was he?
Erlang Shen, this True Lord of Pure Source and Wonderful Dao, King of National Protection and Spiritual Response, Emperor of the Sichuan Region, King of Heroic Merit and Manifested Might, King of Heroic Merit and Benevolent Protection, King of Sacred Merit and Civil Manifestation, True Lord of Pure Source and Wonderful Dao, Great Emperor of Benevolent Virtue, and the Heavenly Venerable of Manifested Might...
Lu Bian dared not imagine what would happen if he truly angered Erlang Shen.
He was likely in a foul mood because of his sister's affairs, wasn't he?
Hmm~!
You are in trouble for provoking me.
Because you won't have any trouble at all.
I would find it troublesome.
If you, Erlang Shen, come to provoke me again... fine, I am dead.
His mindset shifted extremely quickly; it had only been two days, but that was Lu Bian's personality.
Kakashi Hatake: [Group Leader, aren't you being a bit spineless?]
Lu Bian: [What do you mean spineless?]
Lu Bian: [I'm an honest man; what's wrong with being a bit honest?]
Lu Bian: [Do you expect me to go to the Guanjiang Estuary and say to Erlang Shen's face, "Don't bully the young because they are poor, for the river flows east for thirty years and west for thirty years"?]
Shi Tianwu: [There is nothing wrong with backing down.]
Lu Bian: [Brother's words are always easier to listen to.]
Lu Bian: [Living a low-key life is the right way.]
Lu Bian: [If it weren't for the fact that I am still human and still attached to the prosperity of the mortal world, I would have long since found a cave in the mountains to become a caveman.]
Kakashi Hatake: [What is a caveman?]
Lu Bian: [It's a primitive human.]
Shi Tianwu: [How are your injuries today? Have you changed the dressing?]
Lu Bian: [I have.]
Shi Tianwu: [Focus on improving your cultivation first. Once your cultivation is higher, use cellular reconstruction to heal your hands.]
Shi Tianwu: [In my view, the gods on your side are no different from the Martial God on my side. It is better to stay far away when you encounter their affairs. Don't go praying to gods or Buddhas in your daily life; once you pray to them, you end up owing them.]
Lu Bian: [I understand.]
Having encountered the incident with the Howling Celestial Dog, the restless emotions Lu Bian had felt during this period returned to their usual state.
A 21st-century transmigrator, leader of the Heavens Chat Group, practitioner of the Ultimate Boundless Qigong—these were the titles and identities I, Lu Bian, had obtained one after another, each one sounding better and more prestigious than the last.
Since my transmigration, my magnetic field power and cultivation had been constantly growing within me, making my divine skills so strong that no one in the mortal world could be mentioned in the same breath as me, Lu Bian.
Mentioned in the same breath?
Perhaps some of the immortals in the heavens have also been far surpassed by my power...
Erlang Shen, passing by, gave Lu Bian a kick, forcing him to sit at the same table as the dog, which helped clear his mind.
With no parents, no relatives, and standing all alone, transmigration made him a man of invincibility, yet Lu Bian himself possessed no invincible power.
Shi Tianwu: [Lu Bian, the Chat Group upgrade is complete, and new features have appeared.]
Lu Bian: [With my current power at the Twelfth Heaven, the new Chat Group features are probably still just for entertainment, right?]
Shi Tianwu: [The newly added title feature allows you to add a title prefix before a group member's name, like this.]
(Unique Martial God) Shi Tianwu: [See that?]
(The Easiest Person to Provoke) Lu Bian: [I see it.]
(Group Owner) Lu Bian: [There are so many titles that can be worn at will, and they can even be customized!]
(Unique Martial God) Shi Tianwu: [I have quite a few titles myself.]
(Top Ten Outstanding Youth of Konoha) Kakashi Hatake: [What is this supposed to be?]
Shi Tianwu swapped out his default title; the title of Unique Martial God revealed a bit too much information.
(World's Strongest Man) Edward Newgate: [This is interesting.]
(Dark Knight) Bruce Wayne: [What is this thing, how do I modify it?]
(I Love Eating Pasta) Bruce Wayne: [So that's how it works.]
Lu Bian: [There is also another new feature; our group can now listen to music.]
Lu Bian: [@(I Love Eating Pasta) Mr. Bruce Wayne, could you share some of the music you usually like to listen to?]
[Bruce Wayne shared his playlist]
Lu Bian: [My days are finally looking up; I can enjoy the same music as Mr. Bruce.]
Chatting idly in the group and talking with friends, Lu Bian's mood began to improve.
Lu Bian was born in the Year of the Rat, and now he was going to find a rat hole to hide in and live out his days.
As it turned out, a life of standing out from the crowd did not suit him, Lu Bian.
The sudden emergence of the master sculptor Lu Bian flashed by like a shooting star.
Lu Bian left Luzhou City and headed south.
Lu Bian was going to the south of the colorful clouds to become a "Smurf," as that was the place in his memory with the best climate and the most suitable environment for living. However, that was no longer the territory of the Great Song Kingdom, but the territory of the Dali Kingdom.
That was not a problem either.
The Great Song Kingdom and the Dali Kingdom shared the same language and culture, and back in the Former Tang, they were all one family.
He would find a place in the Dali Kingdom to cultivate properly, focusing on his training until he could use Magnetic Rotation: Cell Reconstitution to heal his hands.
The western part of Luzhou bordered the Dali Kingdom, so Lu Bian's wish to go to the Dali Kingdom to become a "Smurf" was realized in less than half a month.
Upon entering the territory of the Dali Kingdom, Lu Bian chatted with a fellow merchant from the Song Kingdom about the origins of the Dali Kingdom. "It is said that Guanyin Bodhisattva guided the founding emperor of the Dali Kingdom on the path for his army to cross the river and launch a crusade, and instructed the emperor to name the new nation Dali..."