*Hi guys it's your Arthur Bilyana-12 I just wanted to say that the translation might not be completely correct for those wondering I only know a bit of Chinese, i also used translate to help me a bit for the translations in English that's why it might not be completely correct sorry about that. I also want to say that my English might not be perfect because it is not my first language I am sorry if there are any mistakes please feel free to correct me, hope you enjoy.
P.s. This novel is just a translation of Heaven Official’s Blessing, it does not belong to me.*
“Congratulations, Your Highness.”
Hearing this, Xie Lian looked up, and he smiled before saying anything. “Thank you. But can I
ask what you’re congratulating me for?”
Ling Wen Zhenjun5 stood tall, with her hands folded behind her back. “Congratulations, you
have won first place on the chart of ‘Heavenly Official Most Hoped to be Banished Down to the
Mortal Realm’ of this calendar term6
.
“Well, no matter what, first place is first place,” Xie Lian said. “But since you’re congratulating
me, is there anything that’s actually worth being happy about?”
“Yes,” Ling Wen replied. “First place on this chart can receive one hundred merits.”
Xie Lian immediately said, “If there are any similar charts in the future, please absolutely call me
up.”
“Do you know who the second place is?” Ling Wen asked.
Xie Lian pondered for a moment, then replied, “That’s too hard to guess. After all, in terms of
ability, I should be able to take the first three places myself.”
“Pretty much,” Ling Wen said. “There isn’t a second place. You are so far ahead that you’ve left
everyone in the dust.”
“That’s too great of an honour,” Xie Lian replied. “Then who was first place in the previous
calendar term?”
“There isn’t one,” Lin Wen said. “Because this chart was established as of today.”
“Huh?” Xie Lian was taken aback. “You don’t mean to say that this was a chart set up just for
me?”
Ling Wen replied, “You can think of it as, you just so happened to have made it in time, and just
so happened to steal first place.”
5 [真君] Zhenjun is a Daoist title meaning “True Lord”, because an immortal, those who have achieved
enlightenment are perfect beings.
6 [甲子] First year of the sixty-year cycle.
Xie Lian grinned with crescent eyes. “Alright. I’ll be happier if I think of it that way.”
“Do you know why you got first place?” Ling Wen continued.
“By popular demand?” Xie Lian said.
“Let me explain to you the reason,” Ling Wen said. “Please look at that bell.”
Xie Lian turned his head to gaze toward where she pointed, and what he saw was an extremely
beautiful sight. There was a grand palace temple made of white jade, and there were abundant
towers, pavilions, and gazebos with heavenly clouds lingering about. Streams flowed and birds
danced.
He looked for a good while, then asked, “Did you perhaps point in the wrong direction? There’s
no bell anywhere?”
“I didn’t,” Ling Wen said. “It’s right there, don’t you see it?”
Xie Lian looked again seriously, then answered honestly, “I don’t.”
Line Wen replied, “It’s right if you don’t. There used to be a bell there, but when you ascended, it
fell off because of the quakes.”
“...”
“That clock is older than you, but it has a spirited character and enjoyed a good spectacle.
Whenever someone ascends, it would toll a few times to applaud. The day you ascended, the
quakes were so strong the bell tolled like mad and couldn’t stop at all. In the end, it made itself
fall off the belltower before it finally ceased. And when it fell, it crashed into one of the heavenly
officials passing by.”
“Um…then is everything better now?” Xie Lian inquired.
“Not yet, it’s still under repairs,” Ling Wen replied.
“I meant that heavenly official who was hurt,” Xie Lian clarified.
“The one it hit was a martial god,” Ling Wen said. “A flip of his hand and the bell was chopped
into two right then and there. Now, please look over at that golden palace. Do you see it?”
Again, Xie Lian looked to where she was pointing, and saw amidst the haze of clouds the bright
glass golden roof. “Ah, this time I see it.”
“It’s not right if you see it,” Ling Wen said. “There didn’t use to be anything there.” “...”
“When you ascended, the golden pillars of the golden palaces of a number of heavenly officials
collapsed from the quakes, and their glass tiles shattered. There are some that won’t be so
easily fixed, so the heavenly officials could only put together some last-minute palaces to make
do for the time being.”
“And I’m the one responsible?”
“You’re the one responsible.”
“Mm…” Xie Lian asked to confirm, “So, I have offended many heavenly officials the moment I
arrived?”
“If you can make amends, maybe not,” Ling Wen said.
“How do I make amends?”
“Easy. With eight million, eight hundred and eighty thousand merits.”
Xie Lian grinned again.
Ling Wen added, “Of course, I know you don’t have even a tenth of that amount.”
Xie Lian replied earnestly, “How do I say this? Even though I’m very sorry, even if you want just
ten thousandth of that amount, I don’t have it.”
The faith of mortal believers was converted into a heavenly official’s spiritual power, and every
stick of incense they lit and every offering they gave were thus called “merits”.
Xie Lian turned solemn and asked seriously, “Are you willing to kick me down from here and
give me eight million, eight hundred and eighty thousand merits for it?”
“I’m a civil god,” Ling Wen said. “If you’re looking for someone to kick you down under, you’ll
need to find a martial god for it. The harder they kick, the more merits they’ll give.”
Xie Lian heaved a long sigh. “Please allow me to think on what to do.”
Ling Wen patted his shoulder. “Don’t worry, there will always be a way when the carriage
reaches the mountain.”
“Boats always sink when they reach the pier-head for me, though7
,” Xie Lian said.
If this was eight hundred years ago, when the Palace of Xianle was at its peak of prosperity,
eight million eight hundred and eighty thousand merits would be nothing; the crown prince could
throw it out without batting an eye. But the present wasn’t the same as the past, and all of his
temples in the mortal realm had long since been burned to the ground. He had no believers, no
incense, and no offerings.
There was no need to say more on the subject. Either way he had nothing, nothing, absolutely
nothing!
He crouched on the side of the large main street of the Heavenly Capital by himself feeling
distraught for a while, before suddenly remembering—he had ascended for almost three days
now, but he still hadn’t entered the communication array of the Upper Court. He forgot to ask
what the verbal password was earlier.
The heavenly officials of the Upper Court had gotten together and set up an array8 that could
allow the consciousness to communicate and pass on messages within the array
instantaneously. Once ascended, one must enter the array, but the password was required in
order for the consciousness to find the designated communication array. The last time Xie Lian
had entered the array was eight hundred years ago, and he didn’t remember the password at
all. He let his consciousness scatter to search, and saw an array that seemed to be what he
was looking for, so he just went in. The moment he entered the array, he was blown away by
the whirlwind of yelling pouring from all over.
“Place your bets and no take-backs, let’s wager on how long our royal highness the crown
prince can last before going down again!!”
“I bet one year!”
“One year is too long, last time it was only one incense time; it’ll be three days this time, I think. I
put my merits down on three days, three days!”
“Don’t, you dimwit! Three days is almost over already, do you even know how to gamble?!”
...Xie Lian silently exited the array.
He got in the wrong one. That definitely wasn’t it.
The heavenly officials of the Upper Court of Heaven were all bigwigs who ruled over a given
region, widely known by every household, and were kept occupied by a myriad of state affairs.
7 “When the boat gets to the pier-head, it will go straight with the current” is a proverb that means
“Everything will be alright”.
8 Think alchemy circle, a la Full Metal Alchemist
*Hope you enjoy reading.
P.s. The numbers next to some words are number to help you understand some meanings of names, things and places. If you don't know what a word means then all you have to do is at the end of that paragraph find the number and see the meaning hope you understand.*
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