Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?-Chapter 1108 - 1104: Just Messing With You

"Knock knock~"

Tang Tang’s short chubby fingers were surprisingly dexterous. The ground before the cushion was covered with bluestone slabs, and the crevices between the bricks were fine and narrow. Yet she managed to dig something out from there after a while.

It was a small flag, entirely snow-white, with faint cloud patterns on its surface. It looked ordinary, with no dazzling brilliance and no extraordinary magical qualities. The whole flag was no larger than an adult’s palm, just enough for Tang Tang to hold and play with.

"Han~"

She proudly grasped the flagpole and shook it twice vigorously. A gentle breeze spread along the flag surface, lightly brushing across her cheek.

What Tang Tang didn’t know was that with her few shakes, the sky outside the temple had dramatically changed.

Originally a cloudless blue sky, large swathes of clouds suddenly billowed from nowhere, as if driven by an invisible hand, rapidly converging and in the blink of an eye, covering the entire sky.

Even stranger, those clouds aligned so neatly, stacked layer upon layer, appearing as orderly as furrows, hinting at an indescribable oddity.

"Han~"

Tang Tang stood up with the small flag, ran over to Shen Siyuan, holding the flag high, her little face full of pride from her achievement. She deliberately waved the flagpole before his eyes.

Shen Siyuan’s expression froze for a moment, his gaze landing on the white flag with a hint of surprise in his eyes. He reached out to rub her head: "Where did this come from?"

"Oh~"

Tang Tang immediately stretched out her chubby little finger, pointing to the spot in front of the cushion where she had been kneeling earlier, exactly at the position of the bluestone slab crevice.

At that moment, a gust of Yin Wind swept into the temple. Xiao Yue and two others flew in from outside.

Seeing no outsiders present inside the temple, Xiao Yue, Duoduo, and Dou Dou each revealed their forms.

As soon as they became visible, Dou Dou couldn’t wait to shout: "Not good! Not good! Potato, not good!"

"I’m doing quite well," Shen Siyuan retorted annoyingly as he stood up, interrupting her alarm.

He was just about to ask Dou Dou what had happened when he saw the little figure’s gaze suddenly drawn to Tang Tang’s small flag. Her eyes sparkled instantly, and her previous urgency was cast aside.

"What are you holding? Let me have a look."

Dou Dou said as she reached out for Tang Tang’s small flag, her action quick and urgent.

"Oh?"

Tang Tang instinctively hid her small hand behind her back, frowning, her big round eyes full of vigilance, angrily glaring at Dou Dou, fiercely guarding her treasure.

"How stingy."

Dou Dou pursed her lips, casting a sidelong glance at Tang Tang, her tone carrying a hint of disdain, "I’m not going to take it away, just want to have a look. You won’t lose a chunk of flesh from it."

Her words sounded innocent, but everyone understood that if Dou Dou managed to "take a look," whether or not they’d get the small flag back, and when, would be questionable.

But Tang Tang couldn’t hear her words, steadfastly safeguarding the flag behind her, not budging an inch.

Watching this scene, Shen Siyuan’s mouth twitched. Tang Tang’s inability to hear the sound let her luckily avoid Dou Dou’s trap.

"Xiao Yue, what exactly happened?" Shen Siyuan turned to Xiao Yue, his tone reverting to seriousness.

By rights, the three of them should be outside the temple, wandering around absorbing the Incense Fire Wishing Power; no reason for them to rush back so quickly unless something had gone wrong.

"Outside in the sky, suddenly a lot of clouds amassed," Xiao Yue said, her expression peculiar.

"Those clouds came very fast, lined up neatly, looking very odd."

"Clouds?"

Hearing this, Shen Siyuan showed a look of surprise on his face.

Although he was in the temple and couldn’t see the sky, if large cloud masses gathered, the light should dim, but it was still bright inside the temple without any noticeable change.

He asked no more and turned to head outside the temple. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Taozi, who had already finished worshipping the deity, hurried to follow. Xiao Yue and the other’s sudden appearance didn’t surprise her a bit; her face showed no hint of astonishment.

Conversely, Xiao Ya widened her round curious eyes, staring at Xiao Yue, Duoduo, and Dou Dou with a face full of wonder.

Wondering when they came, how did they arrive.

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Shen Siyuan had just stepped out of the Jade Emperor Temple’s gate, instantly grasping the meaning of Xiao Yue’s "strange."

Looking up, the entire sky was filled with neatly arranged streaks of clouds. These clouds were evenly spread and neatly aligned, extending to the horizon, resembling furrows plowed deep by a share, emanating a kind of eerie uniformity beyond human reach.

Even more bizarre, though these clouds blanketed the sky, they did not hinder the sunlight. The golden light penetrated the gaps in the cloud layer, shedding its rays below, keeping the land bright. It looked normal, but upon further thinking, it was very abnormal. How could clouds be arranged so tidily and yet not affect lighting?

"These are cumulus clouds, aren’t they?"

Taozi, who followed outside, looked up at the sky with a face full of surprise.

"But how did there come to be so many? Covering the whole sky?"

Cumulus clouds aren’t rare, but the situation where they gather on such a large scale and align so orderly, not only hadn’t been seen but never heard of.

"It must be the immortal grandpa plowing in the sky."

Having failed to snatch the small flag, Dou Dou pursed her lips, staring at the cloud furrows with seriousness.

"You’re talking nonsense."

Duoduo immediately countered, "We flew to the cloud tops to have a look; there was no grandpa, only strong winds nearly blowing us away."

While the two of them continued to argue over "the immortal farming," a sidelined Tang Tang paid no mind to the anomalies in the sky.

Her attention had long returned to the small white flag in her hand. She grasped the flagpole, first pulling the flag surface, feeling its solidity, then enthusiastically waving it.

With just that casual flick, the neatly arranged white clouds like furrows dispersed before everyone’s astonished gaze at a speed visible to the naked eye, so fast it was as if the fast-forward button had been pressed.

The crowd: "..."

The air froze instantaneously. Taozi stood there with her mouth agape, unable to snap out of it for a while, instinctively asking, "What... what happened here? Why did it suddenly disappear?"

"I’m not sure either," Shen Siyuan was equally bewildered.

But without waiting for him to ponder more, the sky stirred up once again.

The clouds that dispersed a moment ago mysteriously reemerged and swiftly consolidated as though drawn by an invisible force. In just the blink of an eye, they resumed their previous formation.

Cloud gathering, cloud dispersing, cloud regathering, cloud redisperse...

This sequence repeated three or four times, and the sky seemed like a curtain being manipulated, its opening and closing carrying a sense of teasing.

"Is this a game?" Shen Siyuan couldn’t help but quip.

But as soon as the words left his mouth, he swiftly reacted.

To influence the celestial phenomena this easily, even commanding clouds to be so compliant, such potential is without equal in the world.

No, not without equal, there’s one here right now.

He immediately recalled the unremarkable small white flag Tang Tang had just found and quickly reclaimed his gaze from the sky, turning to spot the small figure standing close by.

Sure enough.

Tang Tang was smiling broadly, revealing a set of cute innocent teeth, her head tilted skyward while incessantly waving the small flag. A flick to the left and another to the right, making the cumulus clouds unfold like curtains, playing to her heart’s content.

"Han~"