Started from practicing sword in the countryside of the second dimension

"Of course!"

"That way there won't be any problem. No one should be against such a good thing that falls from the sky."

Hearing that the next generation would be the same, even though he did not know the specific practices of the gods and generals, he believed that the reaction of ordinary people would only be great joy.

Chapter 303 Flower Shop

A little further along the southeast path between the people, there is a flower shop that has been open for who knows how long.

The shop owner there was a serious woman with long green hair.

It was a relatively remote road leading into the mountains, and occasionally there would be some people walking on this road.

And to many people, the owner of this store has always kept it that way.

Adults always say that she was there a long time ago.

But if the children ask exactly when it was, the adults don't know either. They will just scratch their heads and say it's been there for a long time, when their parents were still children.

Perhaps because it is too old, the floor of the flower shop has become a little old and makes a creaking sound when you step on it.

But the owner didn't replace it. I don't know whether he didn't want to change it or was too lazy to do so.

"Squeak" "Squeak"

It was on such an ordinary day that an elderly woman stepped into the flower shop.

The woman's hair was already gray and her face was full of wrinkles, but she wore a green hairpin on her head, which added a little vitality to her.

Judging from the way she walked, she seemed to be in good spirits.

"........."

The owner of the flower shop heard the noise, glanced at the door, and when he saw the familiar woman, he shifted his gaze back and did nothing else.

"It's a nice day today."

The old woman staggered to the opposite side of the green-haired shop owner, sat on a recliner over there, and spoke to him very naturally.

"What are you doing here? If you don't want to buy flowers, go back."

The green-haired shop owner raised his eyebrows at the other party's action and spoke casually.

However, her eyes were still on a sunflower on the side. She was holding a wooden kettle like a shower head in her hand, watering the sunflower.

"Ms. Youxiang really hasn't changed at all. You won't be able to make friends if you're like this."

"If you came here just to say this, you'd better go back now."

"Really, Miss Youxiang is really strict. I bought some candy yesterday. Do you want some?"

Watching Youxiang carefully watering the flowers one by one, the old woman reached into her pocket and took out a small cloth bag filled with irregular yellowish-brown crystals.

Then she rubbed her eyes, walked up to the cloth bag, looked at it carefully, picked out a relatively large piece of candy from it, and put it on the table next to Youxiang.

"…………I don't need that kind of thing, don't bring it to me again."

Youxiang seemed to have no interest in the candies the old woman placed on the table. She didn't even look at them and just continued with her own things.

"Recently, young people's sugar-making technology has become much better than before. Look, the color of this sugar is very beautiful, there are not as many impurities as before, and it is sweeter."

The old woman chattered with Youxiang about this seemingly ordinary piece of candy, from the expensive and black candies made in the past to the cheap ones that could taste sand.

Finally, we talked about the candies that are cheap but pretty good these days, and we kept lamenting the changes between the past and the present.

“It’s not much different from before.”

Perhaps because she was annoyed by what the old woman said, Youxiang glanced at the candy she had placed on the table and casually remarked.

Because she could see the tiny particles of sand contained in the yellow crystals.

Judging from the goods being sold, the candy bars are not fully processed at all.

"Miss Youxiang is too strict. For an old woman like me, this is much better than in the past... cough, cough cough cough."

Perhaps it was because of her excitement, or perhaps it was because of her old age, but after speaking for a while, the old woman felt a little short of breath and coughed a few times while holding her chest.

"Are you sick? Then why are you here? You can leave now."

"Ahem, ahem... You are wrong, Miss Youxiang. I am in good health and not sick at all."

After coughing a few times and catching her breath, the old woman smiled and refuted Youxiang's words.

"Look at yourself. Would you be like this if you weren't sick? So I told you before that you don't need to come to my place."

Youxiang watered almost all the flower pots nearby, then put down the kettle and sat on the chair behind the table.

"Really, Miss Youxiang, I'm not coughing because I'm sick. I'm just old, that's all."

"Just old age?"

"Yeah~ I'm just old."

Youxiang looked at the old woman in front of her, her pale hair, her wrinkles as rough as tree grain, and her hands and feet so thin that the shape of bones could be seen.

Then she didn't say anything else, but took the candy on the table and put it in her pocket.

This action more or less brought a slight smile to the old woman's lips.

But after a moment, the smile turned into a bitter smile.

Afterwards, the two of them stayed in silence, letting time pass by bit by bit.

"…………I'm sorry, Miss Yuka."

After a considerable time, the old woman on the recliner spoke softly.

Faced with the sudden apology, Youxiang's eyes drooped a little, but she did not respond.

After a while, she saw that the old woman's chest began to rise and fall slowly, and it was almost impossible to see the rise and fall of the chest.

"........."

Youxiang, who was sitting next to her, trembled her fingers, tensed her whole body, and made a movement to stand up.

"Ah... Sorry, sorry, I seem to have fallen asleep. I have disturbed you for too long. It's about time I leave. See you next time."

But the next moment, as if awakened, the old woman suddenly opened her eyes, as if she had just woken up, and said goodbye to Youxiang.

This made Youxiang, who was about to get up, stop and slowly fall down.

The old woman didn't seem to notice Youxiang's movements. She stood up from the recliner tremblingly and shook her unclear head.

Then, just like when he came here, he walked slowly but firmly in the direction she came from.

But it’s different from the past.

This time, when the old woman left, Youxiang stood at the door of the flower shop.

Looking at the other person's receding back, I watched her disappear bit by bit at the end of my sight.

Although the figure was within sight, it seemed so illusory that it seemed to be drifting away with the wind.

Youxiang knew it, even though the other party finally said see you next time.

But judging from the current situation, there is a high probability that there will not be a next time.

It felt like the other person was just holding on to his last breath to say a final farewell to her.

Chapter 304 A Candy

"…Since you have no intention of hiding, just come out openly."

After the old woman's figure disappeared for a while, Youxiang calmed down and spoke to somewhere on the side.

Behind a sapling in the direction he was looking at, General Jie Shen poked his head out, and then his entire body emerged from the sapling that was so small that it was impossible to cover his entire body.

"It's you... It's surprising that you would have the interest to peek."

Youxiang looked quite surprised to see the generals and ministers of the gods emerging from between the saplings.

The main reason is that the generals and ministers of the gods have been very active in recent years, and she has only seen them a few times.

So even if they discovered an unconcealed aura, they didn't guess it was the other party, but instead guessed it was some new-born monster or goblin that couldn't conceal its aura.

"It was just an accident. I was thinking about something and just happened to see it when I passed by."

"Perhaps your words are true..."

Others might be able to peek, but the gods are the ones who built all the gods in Gensokyo.

If he really wanted to observe something, no one would notice it, so the fact that he was able to discover it itself proved the innocence of the gods and generals.

"But I'm a little surprised that you, Youxiang, actually have friends..."

"Friend? Do you think that looks like a friend? He's just a human who talks to himself and bothers me all the time."

"Well... generally speaking, this kind of people are already considered friends."

Although Youxiang did not admit it at all, judging from what Jieshenjiangchen had just seen, anyone who watched would think that the two were good friends.

The only problem is that Youxiang still looks young and beautiful, while the other woman is an octogenarian who is nearing the end of her life.

Judging from the brief conversation between the two, they must have known each other for a long time.

However, compared with the limited time of ordinary humans, the days that the other party knew Youxiang were just a brief part of the other party's life.

"If you have nothing to do, go back to your crypt or shrine. Lord Zenshin is not so idle, is he?"

It can be seen that Youxiang, who was seen like this by all the gods and generals, was definitely not as calm as she appeared to be. Her words now were the best proof of this.

After all, because Jie Shenjiangchen had saved Youxiang underground, the two had a good relationship. At least Youxiang was quite friendly to him when they met last time.

The fact that she would say this now showed that she was already quite upset.

"In fact, I've been working on making the people of Gensokyo live forever. Maybe I should start with the person just mentioned."

Considering that Youxiang was definitely in a bad mood at the moment, the generals and ministers of the gods did not say anything else and went straight to the point.

"Let the people of Gensokyo live forever... Is that what you mean?"

The words of the general were spoken too lightly, and Youxiang was unable to react for a moment.

When she realized what the other person had said, she widened her eyes and asked uncertainly.

"Of course, literally. I want the humans of Gensokyo to have a long lifespan... At least they won't die every hundred years like they do now."

"In that case... No, wait a minute, why do you suddenly have such thoughts? Is it because of what happened just now that the other party is nothing?"

"………………If we don't do anything, the old lady probably won't survive the day. Is this really enough?"

"Human life span is like this. It has always been like this... And even for you, it is not easy to make ordinary people live longer."

Although she was quite surprised at first, after chatting for a few sentences, Youxiang gradually calmed down.

Just like she said, humans have always been like this.

If the gods and generals had misunderstood the relationship between the two parties because of what happened just now and wanted to make her acquaintance live forever, they would definitely need to consume some precious items.

After all, it is common knowledge that items that can grant mortals immortality are precious.

Although there are some things that can easily make people live longer, such things often have serious side effects.

He also appears in the story as a negative example of ordinary people's pursuit of immortality.

There are no particularly serious side effects, and the items that can truly make people live longer are all treasures of this world.

Youxiang didn't think that the generals of the gods should use such items for an old woman they knew. It was not worth it.

"Even if I say it's simple, I don't think you will believe it, so I will... forget it, I won't ask you anymore, your answers are probably just a few."

Although the general wanted to say something, after thinking about it, he decided not to say anything.

After all, if General Jieshen himself had not been able to do it, he would definitely not believe it if someone told him that people could achieve immortality at almost no cost.

Therefore, he felt that perhaps the correct approach was to act first and then talk about it.

"Wait, what are you going to do?"

Seeing that Jieshenjiangchen shifted his gaze to the direction the old woman left, Youxiang realized that she understood Jieshenjiangchen's thoughts to some extent, and she immediately wanted to stop him from leaving.

But when she tried to move, she was surprised to find that she didn't seem to move.