"With your temperament, you'd have temples built at the doorstep of the Buddhist Sect in a few thousand years," Ao Tang joked.
The great powers always feared karmic consequences—not necessarily owning many temples equals good deeds, but surely meddlesomeness abounds. Especially for someone with a lawless character like Gu Wen, bestow upon him the identity of Yuqing Heavenly Venerate, and truly no one within the Human Race could handle him.
"I've always handed down the verdict without handling the aftermath; no one worships a god that doesn't answer prayers," Gu Wen looked up at the sky, increasingly longing for an even vaster heaven and earth.
A few thousand years might turn even a pig into a Kong Laoer, but is this what immortal cultivation is all about?
Spans of thousands of years are trivial, reverence from others is easily obtained, enjoying offerings is taken for granted, and becoming a respected ancestor is the norm.
