Chapter 2: Immortal?

  A night without words.

  Early morning.

  Lin San was woken up by a loud shout, opened his blurry eyes, shook his dizzy head, and walked out of the bedroom wearing only a pair of shorts.

  There was a person standing in the living room, a shiny person who kept moving around and occasionally let out one or two loud shouts. It was the Taoist priest from last night who had been unconscious.

  "Ah, you're finally awake!" Lin San's face lit up with joy.

  The Taoist suddenly turned his head and stared at Lin San with a fierce gaze.

  Lin San took a step back and stammered: "Y...you're staring at me like that...what are you doing?"

  The Taoist took a step forward: "Was it you who brought me here?!"

  Lin nodded: "Yes."

  The Taoist continued to ask: "Was it you who took off my immortal robe?"

  "Immortal robe?" Lin San was taken aback for a moment: "Oh, you're talking about that Taoist robe? That's right, I'm the one who took it off for you."

  "Who gave you the right to take off my Taoist robe!" The Taoist's face sank.

  "No, didn't it rain heavily last night?... I took off your Taoist robe to wipe your body clean." Lin San hastily explained. This Taoist priest was really impolite, he had rescued him with good intentions and even helped him wipe his body for free, but not only did he not thank him, his attitude was also so bad.

  "Hum! You're really nosy! Where's my immortal robe?" The Taoist priest let out a cold snort, stretching out his hand in front of Lin San's face.

  "Oh, I've already folded them and put them in the wardrobe of the room you slept in last night." Lin San pointed to the bedroom where the Taoist had slept.

  The Taoist priest glared at Lin San fiercely and turned around to walk into the room.

  Lin San muttered to himself, secretly resentful: What kind of person is this? I kindly saved you, but not only did you not show gratitude, you even yelled at me loudly. How infuriating!

  After a few minutes, the Taoist put on his Taoist robe and walked out of the room, looking more amiable than when he was naked.

  Lin San subconsciously took a few steps back, keeping a certain distance from the Taoist priest.

  The Taoist took a glance at Lin San and plopped himself down on the sofa, picking up the water cup from the tea table and taking a sip: "Ptoo! What is this stuff? It's so hard to drink!"

  Lin San's mouth twitched: "Of course this is water, don't you usually drink this?" Seeing the Taoist spit out the water, Lin San couldn't help but laugh. This Taoist wouldn't have been ruined by last night's rain, would he? He can't even recognize water?

  The Taoist frowned: "Water? The water in the mortal world is actually so hard to drink."

  Lin San was stunned: "What did you say? The water of the human world? Why does this sound so awkward?"

  The Taoist didn't answer Lin San's question, leaned back gently against the sofa and stroked his beard: "Thanks for saving me last night."

  Lin San curled up the corner of his mouth and didn't say a word.

  "I have always been clear about rewards and punishments, although you went to great lengths to bring me here, I still appreciate your kind intentions." The Taoist nodded slightly, his tone also becoming more gentle.

  "Not you, I don't understand what you're saying." Lin San wondered about his own intelligence, why couldn't he grasp the meaning behind the Taoist's words?

  "There are some things you don't need to understand," said the Taoist calmly.

  Lin San curled his lips: "I'm not interested in hearing about your affairs either. Since you're done, hurry up and leave."

  "Are you driving me away?" The Taoist priest was stunned for a moment, as if he had heard something unbelievable.

  "What? You still want to rely on me, don't you? By the way, last night I took you to the hospital for a check-up and spent 260 yuan. Hurry up and pay me back." Lin San was still thinking about his 260 yuan.

  "Money?" The Taoist frowned: "I don't have any money on me."

  "No money? You're dressed so well, how can you be out of money?" Lin San clearly didn't believe it.

  The Taoist priest spread his hands: "I'm telling the truth, I really don't have any money."

  "Then go home and get it." Lin San said with a gloomy face.

  "My home is too far from here, it will take a long time to go back and forth." The Taoist shook his head.

  "Ah! So you're trying to welch on the debt!" Lin San's waist twisted in anger, his face turning somewhat green with rage. What a hassle, he thought, I rescued an old scoundrel and now I'm stuck with him. Yesterday was really not my lucky day, bringing that Taoist priest back home.

  The Taoist priest glared at Lin San with one eye: "I'm not trying to welch on the debt, I really don't have any money."

  "You...". Lin San was about to get angry, but suddenly thought of something and smiled: "You don't have money, you can pawn things." As he spoke, Lin San kept scanning the Taoist's body.

  "What's being pawned? What thing?" the Taoist asked in puzzlement.

  Lin San chuckled and pointed at the Taoist's robe: "Let's use this robe as collateral." Although Lin San didn't know the origin of the robe, it hadn't gotten wet despite being in the heavy rain for so long, proving that it was no ordinary garment. At least the materials used to make it were of high quality and should be worth some money.

  "Impossible!" The Taoist refused directly without even thinking about it.

  Lin San raised an eyebrow: "You can't bear to part with the Taoist robe, then just return the money directly."

  "I have no money," said the Taoist.

  "I'm telling you, are you really going to be so unreasonable?! I'm just an ordinary low-ranking employee with a meager income, and that 260 yuan is half of my living expenses for the month!" Lin San was furious, his voice growing louder.

  The Taoist hesitated for a moment and said: "I absolutely cannot give you the Taoist robe, but I can help you with something."

  Lin San curled his lip: "What can you do to help me?"

  "Do you know what kind of person I am?" the Taoist said calmly.

  "I knew it, you're just a Taoist priest who likes to freeload." Lin San said coldly.

  "Wrong, I am no ordinary Taoist." The Taoist stretched out a finger and shook it.

  "What are you?" Lin San said, "Can't you be a fairy?" Lin San's words were completely mocking the Taoist priest, but he didn't expect the Taoist priest's answer to make him stare blankly.

  The Taoist nodded seriously: "That's right, I am a fairy."

  "Uh..." Lin San almost bit his own tongue, this Taoist's words were too ridiculous. He was supposed to be a god, but if he was a god, then Lin San was the Jade Emperor himself.

  The Taoist priest glanced at Lin San: "Don't you believe?"

  Lin San shook his head like a rattle drum, in Lin San's cognition, there was no such thing as immortals in the world.

  The Taoist pointed at the TV in front of him: "What is this thing?"

  Lin San's face showed a look of surprise: "No way, you don't even recognize a TV?"

  "TV? You watch." The Taoist stretched out his hand and shook it at the TV, and a strange scene appeared. The TV that was originally placed steadily suddenly flew up and spun continuously in mid-air.

  "This... am I seeing things?" Lin San rubbed his eyes hard, no mistake, the TV was really spinning in mid-air.

  "Thud!" The TV returned to its original position, without a single scratch. Its placement, angle and everything were exactly the same as before, as if it had never been moved at all.

  The Taoist slowly withdrew his hand, his face somewhat pale: "How is it? Do you believe now?"

  Lin San stared at the Taoist priest with a straight face for half a day before squeezing out a sentence: "Do you have any special abilities?"

  "What's so special about it?" The Taoist was taken aback: "This isn't a special function, it's immortal magic."

  "Immortal techniques? I don't believe this world really has immortals." Lin San shook his head firmly.

  "Don't you believe me? Alright, I'll show you something even more impressive." After saying that, the Taoist slowly stood up, made a hand seal with one hand, and softly spat out a word "Rise". An unbelievable scene appeared.

  Only to see the Taoist's feet slowly leave the ground, his whole body floating in mid-air, the furniture in the living room also slowly rising up, surrounding the Taoist and starting to rotate. What was most shocking was that when all the furniture rotated, it didn't make a single sound, everything was done in silence.

  Lin San was stunned, staring blankly at the Taoist priest floating in mid-air, unable to utter a single word.

  "Now you believe, don't you?" said the Taoist slowly.

  Lin San opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but didn't know what to say that was good.

  "What? You still don't believe?" The Taoist's eyebrows furrowed, and with a wave of his hand, a sword emitting white light appeared in his hand. The sword was crystal clear and radiant, surprisingly condensed from the air itself.

  Looking at the precious sword in the Taoist's hand, Lin San thoroughly believed that the Taoist was indeed a god.

  The Taoist slowly exhaled a breath, and slowly descended onto the floor, the treasure sword also disappeared along with him. The furniture in the living room also fell steadily to the ground, without making a single sound.

  "Awesome... truly awesome." Lin San exclaimed: "I really can't believe it, that there are actually immortals in this world."

  The Taoist sat on the sofa and slowly took a deep breath: "You don't know how many things you're unaware of."

  Lin San hurried over to the Taoist priest, his face full of reverence: "Uh... Immortal Uncle..."

  "Never mind, just call me Guang Yu Zi, 'Immortal Uncle' sounds a bit awkward."

  "Guangyuanzi? What's your name?" Lin San asked.

  "Yes, my name." Guangyuanzi nodded.

  "Guangyuanzi Daxian, where are you living? Is it in the legendary Xianjie?" Lin San asked reverently.

  "Strictly speaking, it should be an interface space." Guang Yuansu said.

  "What's interface space? Where is that?" Lin San was somewhat perplexed.

  "I can explain it to you, but you have to promise me one condition," said Guang Yu Zi.

  "What conditions?" Lin San asked.

  "What I told you today, don't mention it to a second person again," said Guangyuanzi.

  "Alright, alright, I absolutely won't mention it to anyone else." Lin San nodded repeatedly.

  With a glance at Lin San, Guang Yu Zi said: "Actually, there are many interfaces in this world. For example, your human world belongs to an interface. Interfaces are divided into good and bad, and your human world can only be considered ordinary. The interface I am in is filled with spiritual energy, vast territory, and has given birth to many immortals with great divine powers..."

  "How many interfaces are there in this world?" Lin San interrupted.

  Guangyuan shook his head: "I'm not clear either, in short, there are too many to count."

  "What about hell? Is there really a hell?" Lin San's curiosity was truly not small.