I'm tied to Athena.

"Hehe, I do whatever I want. It's normal that you don't understand." The Great Sage accepted Li Yun's words as a compliment and said, "Besides, I like to compete with masters. If you can cut off your fate, then you have the capital to compete with me."

"In other words, the Great Sage thinks I can become your rival in the future?"

"That's right, that's it."

"Huh...I feel a little pressured, being regarded as a future rival by the Great Sage or something like that." With his body below the neck immersed in the hot water, Li Yun laughed.

"By the way, Great Sage, you don't mind waiting for a while, right?" Li Yun suddenly said this strangely.

"I have waited for hundreds of years, so why would I care about just a few days. Besides, you haven't even really solved the puzzle, so how can you find that guy?" Sun Wukong answered nonchalantly.

After a brief chat with the Great Sage, Li Yun left the hot spring. At this time, it was already seven o'clock in the evening.

We took a bus to Mt. Nantai in the morning, had a decisive battle with the Great Sage at Mt. Nantai at noon, and settled in Onsen Ohara in the afternoon. It was a really fulfilling day.

While Li Yun and the others were enjoying dinner, at the shattered Nantai Mountain, a Yin-Yang master wearing hunting robes was searching for clues there.

"Did you find anything?" A sloppy-looking young man wearing a tattered suit was shouting. He was about twenty years old and did not look very conspicuous, but he was the highest-ranking person here.

Amakasu Touma, the acting head of the official history compilation of Tokyo District, Japan, came here specifically to investigate the events in Nikko City.

"Report, nothing strange was found." An Onmyoji shook his head and said.

"Is there really nothing unusual..." Amakasu Touma pushed his glasses. Generally speaking, after the battle between gods, all the unusual things would disappear, but here, even after the battle was over, there were still many doubts.

Not to mention the unimaginably high temperature, the strange formation printed on the ground alone was enough to make them treat it with caution.

Especially those powerful Yin-Yang masters sent by the four major families, they had no way to deal with the formation on the ground. No matter what the attack was, it would be melted by the magic formation in the huge pit. Even if they wanted to cover it up from the sky with sleight of hand, it would be forcibly destroyed.

Now, under the moonlight, the purple formation still emitted a faint light, and the Yin-Yang masters standing on the pit all looked embarrassed.

"Forget it, let's seal off Nantai Mountain temporarily. Let's see if we can ask the Kuhozuka family to solve this formation." After realizing that his own people were unable to solve this problem, Amakasu Touma decided to pass the blame to the Kuhozuka family and start dealing with the next problem.

Compared to the strangeness here, Amakasu Touma felt that the most difficult thing was the spread of the situation.

At that time, the headquarters was busy dealing with matters in the Tokyo area, so they did not control the spread of news in the first place, resulting in rumors that there are monsters and gods on Mt. Nantai in Tochigi Prefecture.

No matter how powerful the compilation of official history is, it is impossible to simply shut up a county.

"Hey, Saya, we've almost finished checking this place. No one's dead, but there's a dangerous formation at Nantai Mountain."

He took out his phone and called Sayamiya Xin, briefly reporting what was happening here, "Also, I have already notified the people over there to block the further spread of the news."

"But you also know that this time the God of Disobedience caused too much trouble. The entire Nantai Mountain disappeared, and even a section of the surrounding mountains disappeared. Even if we use magic to modify the memories of the people, it is impossible for them to have the memory that Nantai Mountain never existed."

"The higher-ups will take care of this matter. You just need to do what you need to do." The voice on the other end of the phone was still so cold. Sayamiya Xin in Tokyo looked at the information in her hand and said, "According to intelligence, the people near Nikko City are in a panic because they witnessed the fluctuations of the battle. Simply comforting and explaining to them is no longer useful. We now need to use a spell to erase their memories."

"However, forcibly erasing their memories with magic will only make their already uneasy minds even more uneasy, so we have to hold an event that can calm their emotions."

"Activities?" Amakasu Touma asked in confusion, "What activities?"

"Fireworks display."

"what!?"

The next morning, Li Yun got up from the bed early. He stood in the yard and breathed the fresh air. Maybe because he was too tired yesterday, Ishtar and the others went to bed early, so he was alone in the empty room last night.

Otherwise, how could he get up so early?

"Good morning, Liyun." Not long after he got up, Athena and the others also got up one after another.

"Good morning, how did you sleep last night?"

"It's not as comfortable as home, but it's okay."

"That's great. I'll ask the front desk to bring breakfast over."

After the goddesses washed up, breakfast was delivered to the room. Ten of them sat around the table eating breakfast, chatting occasionally, but of course, they were more focused on playing with their phones.

"Hmm?" Suddenly, Gorgon saw a piece of unexpected news, "Nikko City is going to hold a fireworks display?"

"What?" The voice was not loud, but it was loud enough for the goddesses to hear.

Their attention was immediately drawn to it, "Where is the fireworks display?"

"Look for yourselves." After handing the phone over, Ishtar and the others immediately gathered together and carefully watched the message displayed on the screen.

"To celebrate the end of summer, Nikko City will hold a fireworks display at Toshogu Shrine in three days... Really, there will be a fireworks display in three days."

"Why is it so sudden? Nikko City seemed so dead yesterday, and today they announced a fireworks display. Isn't that weird?"

"That's true. Besides, the population of Nikko City is so small right now. Even if we hold a fireworks festival, there won't be many people participating, right? Is it really necessary to hold it?"

The goddesses started discussing one after another, and although what they said sounded a little strange, their sparkling eyes had already revealed their inner thoughts - they wanted to go.

How could they miss such a fun thing?

Chapter 308: Chatty Monkey

Fireworks festivals are a traditional cultural activity in Japan. Since the beginning of the Edo period, they have been one of the summer temple fairs in Japan. Because of the differences in different regions, Japan's fireworks festivals are concentrated around July and August.

However, Li Yun and his friends came here in mid-August. After a series of events, it was early September, which caused them to miss other fireworks festivals across Japan. If they didn't participate in this one, they would have to wait until next year to watch the fireworks festival.

"Li Yun." Anna looked at Li Yun, with stars twinkling in her eyes.

"Since we need to rest, we certainly can't miss this kind of festival. Let's go together in three days." Li Yun smiled and gave an answer that satisfied everyone.

"yeah!"

Looking at the goddesses cheering like ordinary girls, Li Yun felt that they were becoming more and more human.

The so-called gods, although they look similar to humans, are vastly different from humans in spirit, thinking ability, and action capability.

Athena, who turns off the lights on Earth if she disagrees with someone, Ishtar, who loves humans but also likes to watch them fight, Quetzalcoatl, who uses the law of the jungle to promote human evolution... No matter which of these gods, their way of thinking and actions are completely different from those of humans.

But now, they gradually developed something called humanity. Even if this side would only be shown in front of Li Yun, Li Yun felt that it was enough.

"Well, no matter how much you look forward to the fireworks display, you have to wait until three days later. You should think about where to go today." Li Yun calmed down the excited goddesses a little, "I'm done eating."

After saying that, Li Yun went to the living room, turned on the TV, and used the sound of the TV to cover up his own voice.

"Great Sage, are you back?"

Last night, the monkey said that he would not disturb Li Yun's good deeds, and left with a smile that all men understand. He said that he would come back the next day, but there has been no sound so far, and Li Yun is not sure whether he has come back or not.

"Hey, kid, you really disappoint me. I taught you the skills, but you didn't use them." The Monkey King's disappointed voice sounded the next second, "I was so looking forward to it."

"....." This complaint made Li Yun frown, "Great Sage, were you hiding somewhere and peeking last night?"

"No way. I will never do something that people would consider as petty theft." The Monkey King's voice immediately rose. "Even if I was watching, I would watch openly, just like when I ate the peaches in heaven. Even if the seven fairies found out, I would just keep them there and continue eating."

"Speak softly, Great Sage. My ears are numb from your noise. Your behavior is likely to make people think of someone trying to cover his ears and steal the bell."

"Hey, don't you know how strong I am? You kid, I'm just trying to defend myself."

"Great Sage, are you going to defend yourself? I think with your personality, you should just pick up the stick and hit me."

"Boy, do you think I'm the kind of god who would kill people if I disagree with him? I like to be reasonable, but when I meet unreasonable people, I will use unreasonable means."

"Really?" Li Yun said perfunctorily. If it was Sun Wukong on the journey to the West, he might have talked some sense, but when he was the king of the Flower-Fruit Mountain... if there was anything, they would fight first.

"Speaking of which, Great Sage, you are so skilled in this kind of thing. Why did you only freeze the seven fairies in the Heavenly Palace and not do something else?"

Speaking of which, Yun Haoqi has been interested in this issue for a long time. When he was young, he didn’t think it was a big deal, but after growing up, it is worth thinking about carefully.

The seven celestial beauties did not move in front of them, but moved the peaches instead...

"What do you know, kid? I'm not like you. I don't like women. Aren't bananas and peaches delicious?"

The Monkey King's answer was so powerful that Li Yun was speechless. He really deserves to be called the Monkey King.

"But having said that, boy, you are really quite capable to be able to tame those dragons and snakes to such an extent. Although this is the first time I have seen them, I have heard how difficult they are. Even the God of Steel can only tame one of them."

"I'm so happy to be able to go to any fireworks display."

"I feel very surprised myself." The smile on Li Yun's face suddenly became gentle. Being favored by them has always been the luckiest thing in the world for Li Yun.

"But I don't like the word tamed."

"...Haha, you kid, that's right, in your eyes, they are not dragons or snakes." The Great Sage was stunned, then burst into laughter, "I now understand why they like you."

"Forget it, forget it. I won't talk to you about this anymore." Sun Wukong's intuition told him that if he brought up this topic, he would be annoyed to death by Li Yun, so he rationally skipped the topic and continued chatting.

For example, he boasted to Li Yun about how powerful he was when he caused trouble in Heaven. He also told Li Yun how he was lazy and slacking off on his journey to the West.

Quietly chatting with the monkey about various things, Li Yun suddenly discovered that Sun Wukong was a bit of a chatterbox. Once he started a topic with the monkey, he couldn't stop talking.

Could it be that he was infected by Tang Monk on the journey to the West?

While Li Yun and the Monkey King were bickering, at the airport in Alghero, an Italian city that is eight time zones behind Japan, a tall, handsome, blond, blue-eyed man with a bright smile on his upright face, a gentle and approachable young man, was about to board a plane to Japan.

"Salbatre Doni, are you really going to go to the most dangerous opponent right now?" A black-haired man wearing silver-rimmed glasses looked at the blond young man, and his brows furrowed deeply on his intellectual and slightly neurotic oval face.

"Of course, Andre, you should know my character. So many gods have appeared there recently, how could I not go?" The blond young man smiled brightly, "The last time I heard that the leader and the old marquis had a big fight there, I was envious and jealous. Now that I have received accurate information again, how could I not go?"

"Although I shouldn't let you go, it's better to let you go under my supervision rather than sneaking around." The black-haired man sighed, "Well, Donnie, I'll let you be willful this time."

The blond man smiled brightly after getting the permission from the black-haired man, "Just wait for my good news, my dear friend."

Then, the blond man boarded a plane to Japan

Chapter 309: God Who Looks Directly at People

On the Nikko City morning news, a young man in a suit was reporting to the audience the major news that had happened in the past two days.

"Yesterday, Nantai Mountain, a famous tourist attraction in our city, suddenly disappeared. The reason for its disappearance is still unclear, but relevant departments have intervened in the investigation."

"Fortunately, the disappearance of Mt. Nantai has not shaken the flow of magma in the earth's crust, so there will be no volcanic eruption at Mt. Nantai. Citizens please do not panic."

"Our city decided to hold the nation's last fireworks display in early September..."

Looking at the report on the morning news, Li Yun was a little surprised, "I didn't expect that you guys accidentally suppressed the lava."

Normally, active volcanoes like Mount Nantai cannot withstand stimulation. Once affected by a huge external force, the magma in the crust will expand rapidly, then erupt and cause a huge disaster.

But the treasures of Ellie, Gorgon and Quetzal formed an invisible force on the ground, nailing the magma like a nail, preventing the magma from erupting.

"I didn't think of this. All I was thinking at the time was 'this is the best way to ensure that the monkey will be burned to death.'" Athena herself was a little surprised. "It seems that this city is lucky."

"However, how long can your divine power last?" Li Yun looked at Gorgon, and she answered in an uncertain tone: "Who knows. At least I am sure that it will not dissipate in one or two months."

"Why, worried about a volcanic eruption?"

The power of the Gorgons suppresses the magma like a seal. Once their power disappears, the magma will erupt.

"A little bit. I'll go check it out tonight." After saying that, Li Yun did not discuss this issue any further.

After breakfast, the group walked out of the hot spring Ohara and into the streets of Nikko.

"Lord Li Yun, there seem to be more people on the streets today than yesterday." Guinevere said curiously as she looked at the open shops and the people on the streets.

"That's normal. After all, the people who compiled the official history intervened." Li Yun didn't know whether he was praising or commenting on his own point of view. "I thought the things in Tokyo were enough to keep them busy, but I didn't expect that they still had spare staff to deal with things here."

“And it moves so fast.”

If I guess correctly, the people who compiled the official history gave hints to the people here, making them subconsciously think that "all the recent events are not small matters." That's why their expressions are so calm.

“Wait, the people who compile the official history won’t notice us, right?” Ishtar said with disdain, “I don’t want to deal with those guys anymore.”

"To be honest, that was not a deal. That was one-sided abuse." Li Yun corrected the mistake in Ishtar's sentence.

"This is also a deal, okay." The Mistress of Heaven used her own point of view to speak righteously, "After all, as a goddess, I have talked to them."

“Yes, yes…” Li Yun waved his hand perfunctorily.

The group of people chatted while shopping, looking no different from ordinary people.

However, Guinevere seemed a little uncomfortable as it was her first time to be in such a crowded place.

"Um, um, Lord Li Yun, do you feel that the eyes of people around you seem to be always on us?" Guinevere felt the eyes of people around her and moved closer to Li Yun with a blushing face, as if she was shy.

Li Yun patted her head and said, "Don't worry about it. After all, no matter who you are, you can't help but take a few more glances at such a cute girl."

It would be fine if she was just an ordinary beautiful girl, but Li Yun has two twin sisters here.

Ishtar, Ellei, Athena, Metis, not to mention other goddesses, these four are definitely twin sisters in the eyes of others, so it is natural that they attract attention.

The staff and guests at the attraction all looked at them and exclaimed in admiration.

"It is natural that all eyes will be focused on us at all times, because this is where my beauty is embodied." Ishtar and others had this idea, and it was natural that all eyes would be focused on us.

"Come to think of it, we are not the only ones being watched by others." Athena glanced at the girls around her, "Liyun, it seems that you are also being watched by others. Those girls."

"Really? Isn't it because I'm walking with you guys that I stand out?" Li Yun touched his head, feeling nothing. "I'm just an ordinary person."