Chapter 290 Seeking Mercy from the Immortal

"It's you!"

A sudden cry of surprise came from the crowd. It was a woman's voice, and she seemed overly surprised, making the two words particularly sharp and piercing.

It was like a needle hitting everyone's ears.

Everyone was shocked and looked in the direction of the sound, wondering who could recognize such a warrior.

Gu Nan also looked over.

"It's you!" The woman's face was filled with ecstasy. She pushed through the crowd and walked towards Gu Nan. She raised her head, her eyes shining like torches, and her whole body trembled with excitement. "I've seen you before, at Fayuan Temple."

Her voice was so high that it almost broke, and her fanatical expression was like a pilgrim, "Are you a fairy? Are you that fairy?"

Gu Nan remembered her. Her aunt's surname was Dai. She was very enthusiastic and asked her to use her connections. As a result, she gave away a basket of vegetables and eggs for free.

They also sat under the worry-free tree outside the Fayuan Temple, peeling peanuts and eating them, praising the evil spirits that had undergone the tribulation as fairy concubines who had come down to earth.

She is the protagonist, but her identity is wrong.

She couldn't even argue.

The appeal and obedience brought by the names of evil spirits and fairies are very different.

For a moment, she thought about just putting on this compliment, as it would save her a lot of trouble.

But it is not, it is not. She does not have the ability to compete with immortals. She can wear it for a while but not forever.

Gu Nan lowered his eyes, his expression calm, "I'm not a fairy."

"I'm not mistaken, it's you, fairy! Fairy!"

Aunt Dai shouted at the top of her lungs, pushed through the crowd and came to the wall at Gu Nan's feet. Her clothes were disheveled and her hair was loose, but she was unaware of anything and knelt down in front of Gu Nan.

She kowtowed so hard that everyone could hear the sound, "I pay my respects to the Fairy!"

Gu Nan was silent.

But it is very subtle in the eyes of everyone.

What fairy?

Which fairy?

Her methods are indeed not possessed by ordinary people, and she keeps saying that she is here to save people. Could it be that she is really a god who has descended to earth?

And I don’t know if it’s because Aunt Dai is too enthusiastic and Gu Nan is too calm. It’s clearly the same face, but the calm and solemn look with her eyes lowered looking down actually has a bit of compassion for the world.

Perhaps it was Gu Nan's well-timed actions that made everyone realize she wasn't a murderer, or perhaps it was the fairy's aura that dispelled the fear of unknown forces. Someone whispered, "If you say it is, then it is. What evidence do you have?"

"You all saw it just now. Pighead Three fell from the city wall but was unharmed. Doesn't this prove it?" Aunt Dai's eyebrows were red from knocking her head. The great joy brought by the realization of her faith overwhelmed her rationality, and she was only willing to believe that what she thought was the truth.

When Pighead Three suddenly heard his name, he was so scared that he crawled on the ground and screamed, obviously not yet fully conscious.

It cannot be said that he was unharmed, but he was scared to death.

"And who doesn't know about the miracle that happened outside the city the day before the winter solstice? It was clearly a fairy who performed the miracle that day!"

Aunt Dai kowtowed again and said, "Please have mercy, Fairy!"

When talking about the strange phenomenon on the day before the winter solstice, everyone's faces suddenly changed, and gasps of surprise and doubt came one after another.

Who doesn't remember that day?

It was a nice sunny day, but suddenly a strong wind blew, dark clouds covered the city, and continuous purple lightning and thunder turned the sky and the earth into a sea of white.

The terrifying thunderclouds could be seen within a radius of dozens of miles, and one could feel the majestic power from heaven.

It is said that the hilltops within a radius of several miles were flattened, but no forest fire was caused. Instead, the grass and trees were lush and green, birds were singing, and the fields were full of flowers and fruits.

After the thunder stopped, there were even more colorful clouds and endless rays of light.

There was indeed a rumor that it was a fairy who performed the miracle, but it soon disappeared.

Now Aunt Dai said that the fairy is this young girl in coarse linen clothes?

Believe it, it seems a bit outrageous, and something is wrong.

You may not believe it, but it is hard to explain her powerful and stealthy methods.

Everyone looked at Gu Nan on the city wall with suspicion, there was not much joy or admiration in their eyes, only inquiry and measurement.

In fact, it doesn’t matter whether she is a fairy or not. What matters is that they can’t defeat her.

Most importantly, she seemed to harbor no ill will towards them.

Although her intentions are unclear, when it comes to life and death, everything else has to be put aside.

If you can get blessings by kneeling down and calling "fairy" a few times, isn't that a good deal?

Someone took the initiative to make a decision, imitating Aunt Dai and kneeling down, shouting: "Fairy, please have mercy!"

Aunt Dai burst into tears of joy upon hearing this, and cried out in a trembling voice, "Please, Fairy, have mercy on me!"

If one kneels, ten will kneel.

Ten people shout, a hundred people shout.

Rushing to be the first, fearing that one will be the most unsociable person in the crowd.

"Please have mercy, fairy!"

"Please have mercy, fairy!"

"Please have mercy, fairy!"

The uneven shouts gradually merged into a loud and resounding cry.

At the foot of the city wall, all that could be seen were kneeling figures and black heads.

If Gu Nan was not the protagonist of everyone's worship, she would have thought that this was some cult organization gathering to cause trouble.

How can it not be considered a cult? Most of the people here just follow the crowd. They can kneel down and beg for survival today, and fight against her tomorrow.

However, Gu Nan didn't want to go that far. He suppressed the increasingly excessive voices and said to the bewildered yamen runners at the city gate, "Read the instructions to them."

The yamen runner, who was so shocked that he kept his mouth shut the whole time, said: "...Yes!"

Things are changing so fast, I'm questioning my life!

Is Gu Nan really a fairy who came down to earth to save the people?

He was a little confused, but soon accepted it.

If he could accept that Gu Nan was a ghost, how difficult would it be for him to accept that she was a fairy?

The contents of the plague prevention guide were like fairy tales to people of that era. Even the best old doctor in the city said he had never heard of or seen anything like it.

Especially the one about burning corpses, which directly overturned the human ethics tradition that had lasted for thousands of years, and caused a huge uproar once it was read out.

Gu Nan was present and there was no trouble, but there was a lot of cursing.

She didn't care and just stood on the city wall, guarding from morning to night, seeing off batches of people who returned in defeat.

The last lingering light of the sky fell, and lights gradually lit up in the city.

Gu Nan sat on the ground and looked out over the city of Kyoto.

The news of the plague had indeed alarmed people's hearts. Tonight, the number of fires in the city had increased significantly, and the noise of people was louder, as they hurriedly prepared supplies to deal with the plague.

Masks, lime, and medicines, most people are running for these three things, but only a few can find all of them.

Gu Nan waited at the city gate until late at night, and after confirming that no one had left the city in the dark, he went to Fayuan Temple.

Junyi stayed at the watchtower on her own initiative, so she didn't have to worry about that.

After entering Fayuan Temple, Gu Nan went straight to Huiwu's meditation room, but from a distance she knew that her trip was in vain.

Huiwu hadn't slept at all and was waiting for her with the light on. It was obvious that Chunyi had informed her in advance.

"Donor Gu, please rest early."

Gu Nan stood at the door, half of his body hidden in the darkness. Half of his porcelain-white skin reflected the warm candlelight, while the other half hid sharp indifference.

She turned and left without saying a word.

After returning to the watchtower, Gu Nan directly knocked over Chunyi who was on guard.

She straddled his waist, pinched his jaw with her cold fingertips, and laughed in anger, "Junyi, you don't know me well enough. I'm a soft-hearted person, not a hard-headed one. The more you don't want me to do something, the more I'll do it for you to see."

After saying that, she tore open his collar, lowered her head and bit his lips hard, "Just like this."