I Am Not the God of Drama

Chapter 779: Gathering of Winds and Clouds

Gathering of Winds and Clouds

This was still Chen Ling's first time seeing a lion dance with his own eyes.

An exquisite head-dress interwoven with red and gold swayed gently in the wind, its extremely realistic fur kicking up waves. A lion body like a cape nimbly leaped through the air above the train, attracting the attention of a large number of passersby.

The figure leaped from the sidewalk onto a towering streetlight, then lightly floated down onto the front of a roaring train, before tracing a long arc and landing steadily atop a traffic light...

It sat in midair like a real lion, shook its head, and blinked its ringed pupils nimbly twice. Then, with a backflip, it jumped to the other side of the street, kicking off twice like a creeper vine to vault into the air!

The vivid and lifelike Awakened Lion flew past the window. In that instant, those lion pupils met the eyes of Chen Ling, who was sitting by the window...

Chen Ling's eyes narrowed slightly.

The Awakened Lion flashed past, followed immediately by a burst of cheers and applause.

"So amazing! Is this some kind of performance?"

"I don't know... I've never seen it before. Is that lion real?"

"Of course it's a person. I just watched him put on the clothes and head-dress by the street. Look, there's even a sign propped up over there, along with an empty bowl."

"What does it say... 'Life is not easy, the lion performs, crowdfunding for lunch, supporting a dream'..."

"I have to say, those two moves just now were indeed impressive. I'll go toss him a little something..."

"Count me in, I happen to have some spare change on me."

"..."

The pedestrians on the street, while waiting for the traffic light, seemed to be in a very good mood after seeing such a brilliant performance. Scattered copper coins were tossed into that empty bowl, piling up in a short while.

The Awakened Lion leaped down from the roof and landed next to the handwritten wooden sign and iron bowl.

He took off the head-dress to reveal a smiling young face. With his hands clasped together, he continuously thanked the surrounding passersby who had tipped him. Seeing his handsome appearance, several passing girls couldn't help but add a few more copper coins.

"To think it's actually a lion dance." Chen Ling was deep in thought.

"Lion dance? What is a lion dance?" 9 of Spades seemed to have also been attracted by the performance just now, and upon hearing Chen Ling's words, he asked in confusion.

"A lion dance is a lion dance... Have you never seen one before?"

"I've never seen it, nor have I ever even heard of it."

Only then did Chen Ling realize that after the Great Cataclysm, many things had been buried in the ruins of war... In fact, very few people had seen a lion dance before the Great Cataclysm, and even fewer were still persisting in it. In the three hundred-plus years since the Great Cataclysm, many former spiritual treasures had already vanished without a trace.

To be able to see a lion dance in this era was indeed an extremely rare and fortunate event.

The light turned green, and the surrounding pedestrians walked forward. The young man, holding the Awakened Lion Head-dress, scooped up all the earned copper coins with his other hand, counted them carefully, and muttered to himself:

"After deducting the registration fee, I still have sixteen copper coins left... That's enough for lunch."

He first raised his head and glanced in the direction of the high-end restaurant where Chen Ling was located. Catching a glimpse of the gorgeously decorated store sign, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly... and then he silently walked into the steamed bun shop behind him.

"Boss, how much for the steamed buns?"

"One copper coin for the vegetable ones, two for the meat ones."

"I want eight meat ones!"

"How many???" The boss suspected he had misheard.

"Eight!"

The boss cast him a weird look. "Can you finish all that by yourself?"

Sun Bumian smiled and didn't answer. He simply brought over a small stool and sat down by the road, stroking the Awakened Lion Head-dress beside him while his stomach rumbled...

Right at this moment, he seemed to have sensed something and suddenly turned his head to look at the other side of the road.

At the end of the road, a dense dark cloud was slowly floating this way. It was a group of mysterious figures wearing black robes, with silver clouds embroidered on their cuffs and hems, and large hoods concealing their faces...

Their figures ranged from tall to short. The tall ones were about the height of a two or three-story building, while the short ones only reached a normal person's knees. Some even walked in a stiff and bizarre manner, like zombies crawling out from underground. The moment this group appeared, the temperature of the entire street seemed to plummet rapidly.

The instant they appeared, the pedestrians originally walking on the street froze. Perhaps affected by their oppressive presence, the pedestrians unconsciously moved aside to avoid them.

Whoosh—

A gentle breeze swept across the street, lifting a corner of one of the Men in Black's hoods.

A woman closest to him saw the scene beneath the hood, instantly screamed in terror, collapsed onto her bottom, and frantically scrambled backward!

Seeing this, the frail Man in Black immediately lowered his head, used his hand to properly conceal his hood again, and quickly walked forward.

"This is..." Seeing this group of people walking over from the distance, Chen Ling's frown deepened.

Seeing this, 9 of Spades also spoke in great astonishment, "Why did people from the Hanging Jade Domain run all the way here..."

"What?"

"The Esoteric Sect of the Hanging Jade Domain. These people are all of the Path of the Puppeteer... You can think of them like the Floating Life Painting of the Red Dust Domain, or the Enforcers of the Aurora Domain."

"Administrators of the Hanging Jade Domain? They aren't guarding the Hanging Jade Domain, so what are they doing here in Heavenly Pivot?"

"I don't know." 9 of Spades rubbed his chin with one hand. "However, the Ranks of these people generally aren't high, and they aren't very old either... It seems the Five Great Realms are about to make some other moves."

As the two spoke, the traffic light flickered and changed, and the group of Men in Black stopped at the intersection.

"Although this Tianshu Domain has convenient transportation and bustling streets, the food doesn't seem to be any good." A Man in Black turned his head and said, "Young Sect Leader, I see a Comet Restaurant ahead, and it looks decent enough... How about we go there to eat?"

A dark figure in the center of the crowd stayed silent for a moment before glancing at Sun Bumian, who was frantically stuffing steamed buns into his mouth by the road.

The moment he felt the other party's gaze, Sun Bumian, who was stuffing steamed buns, froze. He silently bit off half of the bun and chewed unhurriedly, seeming a bit embarrassed.

"That person is eating with such relish... I want to eat steamed buns too." The Young Sect Leader said gloomily.

"...Young Sect Leader, before we left, the Sect Leader specifically instructed that you must supplement your nutrition while you're away. Otherwise, what will we do if you can't beat the Pathway Chiefs of those other Divine Pathways? The Sect Leader has placed high hopes on you this time..."

"But..."

"Young Sect Leader, let's just go eat at the Comet Restaurant. I think they have king crab there."

"Fine then..."

With a sigh from the Young Sect Leader, the crowd swarmed toward the Comet Restaurant across the street after the light turned green.

By the roadside, Sun Bumian swallowed the rest of the steamed bun in one bite, slightly pulled down the small round sunglasses on the bridge of his nose, and stared at the departing figures, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly:

"Hanging Jade Domain, Path of the Puppeteer, huh..."