Chapter 329: River God

Half an hour later, Ye Xuan stopped by a small river in a park. At this moment, there weren’t many people around, just a few scattered adults and children playing.

Ye Xuan looked around for a while, then took out the item from his body and directly threw it into the river, saying to himself, “System, activate the River God’s gift.”

Then, Ye Xuan waited.

After a while, there was no response from the river. Ye Xuan was puzzled, “System, what’s going on? Why isn’t anyone here? Is it because there are other people here?”

The system responded, “No, when the River God appears, besides the host, no one else can see it.”

Ye Xuan was confused, “Then why isn’t it showing up?”

The system replied, “Host forgot the story I just told? The woodcutter dropped his axe into the river, was very sad, sat there crying, and the River God heard the woodcutter’s sad cry, felt very sympathetic, so he helped the woodcutter.”

Ye Xuan paused, “Are you saying I have to cry a lot to make the River God appear?”

The system straightforwardly said, “Yes, the host needs to cry a lot, and it needs to be genuinely sad, otherwise, the River God won’t be moved.”

Ye Xuan’s face turned ugly, “Why didn’t you tell me earlier? I’ll retrieve my stuff first, come back to cry when there’s no one around at night!”

But the system said, “Host, it’s too late. The River God’s gift has already been activated. If the host can’t move the River God with tears within an hour, this reward will be void!”

Ye Xuan was instantly furious. Although there weren’t many people here, he had already seen seven or eight individuals.

The system wanted Ye Xuan to move the River God with tears, so crying softly definitely wouldn’t work; he had to cry loudly.

If Ye Xuan cried loudly, it would surely attract the attention of the people around and gather a crowd.

Now, Ye Xuan, the top young talent of China, had to cry in public, which was really embarrassing!

“Can’t we make an exception?”

“Host, this reward has already been triggered. The River God’s gift is generous, but it also comes with corresponding restrictions. The system can’t do anything about it.”

Hearing this, Ye Xuan helplessly said, “Fine, let it be! I’ll cry, it’s not like I’ll lose a hair!”

For the generous reward, Ye Xuan ultimately decided to cry!

“Wuwuwu… Aaah…”

“Host, you need to be sincere. Your crying is too fake. Although it’s loud, you won’t move the River God, you’ll just scare it!”

Upon hearing this, Ye Xuan could only suppress his anger and try to cry in a more genuine manner.

At the same time, the people near the river were also drawn over. Several old men sat nearby, watching the commotion.

There were also a few middle-aged women with their grandchildren who came to watch.

Several children watched Ye Xuan from a distance, pointing and whispering, “This uncle is so old and still crying? Isn’t he embarrassed?”

One brave little boy approached Ye Xuan and said, “Uncle, my dad says, a real man doesn’t cry, even when hurt. Why are you crying?”

Ye Xuan glanced at the boy and said, “It’s okay, Uncle is actually an actor practicing crying here!”

The boy nodded as if he understood and ran off.

Another elderly man in a wheelchair said, “Young man, did you have a breakup? As someone who has been through it, let me tell you, fate is predetermined. If it’s not yours, no matter how hard you try, you can’t hold onto it. If it’s yours, you can’t push it away.”

As the old man finished speaking, he seemed somewhat sentimental.

Just as he finished, an old lady slapped him hard on the leg and said, “What do you mean ‘if it’s yours, you can’t push it away’? Do you think I can’t push it away? You old thing, I think you’re itching for a beating!”

With that, the old lady slapped the old man across the face.

Ye Xuan’s emotional build-up was interrupted by these old and young people. He looked at the old lady and said, “Are you two an old couple? Even if you don’t get along, there’s no need to resort to violence, right?”

The old lady glanced at Ye Xuan and said, “It’s unnecessary to resort to violence, but twenty years ago, this old man would hit me when he was unhappy, or when he drank too much. Now that he’s half-paralyzed from drinking, he can’t hit me anymore. If I hit back, what’s the problem? Mind your own business.”

The old lady then slapped the old man’s face again, and the old man seemed accustomed to being hit, showing no significant reaction.

Ye Xuan listened and said, “Well, he deserved it! Deserved it!”

Good deeds are rewarded, and evil deeds are repaid. The time for retribution will come.

This old man, in his youth, would hit his wife when he was unhappy or drunk.

Now, the retribution had come. Paralyzed from drinking, what goes around comes around. The harm he caused his wife in the past was now returned to him multiple times over. It was indeed deserved!

Ye Xuan had been thinking about how to be genuinely sad. He didn’t want to recall truly heartbreaking events from his past life, so he had to imagine some sorrowful scenes out of thin air.

He imagined the old man as himself and the old lady as Su Mengli.

Imagine, decades later, he would be half-paralyzed, weak and feeble, and if Mengli saw him unhappy, she might slap him and even kick him to the ground. In his old age, lonely and pitiful, it was truly distressing.

As he thought about it, Ye Xuan’s sadness finally emerged, and he cried with genuine emotion.

Fortunately, the people nearby were either elderly or children, and no one took out their phones to film. Otherwise, Ye Xuan, the top talent of China, would truly lose face.

More than ten minutes later, Ye Xuan’s crying moved heaven and earth, finally touching the River God.

The river water churned for a moment, and then the River God, dressed in a white robe and a blue vest, emerged from the water.

Of course, at this moment, the River God was invisible to everyone except Ye Xuan.

The River God had narrow eyes and white hair, looking exactly like a character from an animation.

The River God looked at Ye Xuan and asked, “Young Awakener, did you drop the ordinary Star Pendant, the silver Star Pendant, or the gold Star Pendant?” (Star Accessory (advanced Knowledge Gem Upgrade)-> Star Pendant)

Ye Xuan replied directly, “I dropped the ordinary Star Pendant.”

The River God praised him, “You are indeed an honest Awakener. As a reward, the gold Star Pendant, the silver Star Pendant, and the ordinary Star Pendant are all yours.”

Next, the three Star Pendants flew towards Ye Xuan, and he caught them in his hand.

Then, Ye Xuan saw the attributes of the three Star Pendants.

Ordinary Star Pendant: Gain five spirit stones per hour and can share damage for teammates.

Silver Star Pendant: Gain fifty spirit stones per hour and can share damage for teammates.

Gold Star Pendant: Gain five hundred spirit stones per hour, share damage for teammates, and once every twenty-four hours, can block a fatal attack for the host.

The three Star Pendants had ascending attributes, especially the Gold Star Pendant, with five hundred spirit stones per hour. In a day, that would be twelve thousand spirit stones.

It could be said that the effect of the Gold Star Pendant was equivalent to a continuous stream of spirit stones.

Unfortunately, only one of the three Star Pendants could be active at a time. The Gold Star Pendant directly covered the effects of the other two Star Pendants.

Additionally, since the Star Pendants were obtained by Ye Xuan, they were bound and couldn’t be given to others.

Therefore, although Ye Xuan now had three Star Pendants, the final effect was equivalent to having one Gold Star Pendant.

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