novelraw #228 - Chapter 228: Calling the Clouds and Rain
#228 - Chapter 228: Calling the Clouds and Rain
“Xiao Qi, your performance talent is pretty good. That bit just now, if you performed it as a trapeze artist, you'd definitely become a sensation.”
Qi Jing landed and saw Yu Ding sitting at a small table in front of the door, drinking a cup of milk tea.
“Come and work with me for a couple of days, just treat it as cultivating a hobby.”
He actually still wanted him to go perform with him.
“No, no, no, I wouldn't become a celebrity even if I were lying at home.”
Yu Ding took a sip of milk tea:
“Oh dear, there are enough people in the world who want me to make them a star to circle the Earth a hundred times. Are you really not going to consider it?”
“Not considering it.”
No matter how Yu Ding tried to persuade him, Qi Jing would not agree.
What does one seek by becoming a star?
Firstly, money, and secondly, fame.
In the remaining small portion, some have passion, some are impulsive, and some just follow the crowd.
But Qi Jing had none of these.
He didn't like the feeling of being famous, and he had enough money to spend, so why do something he didn't like?
“Alright, whenever you want to come, just tell me.”
Yu Ding finished the last of his milk tea, then stood up and said to them:
“Want to see what I do when I'm not performing?”
“Yes!” Tan Zuoyin replied.
She was, after all, a fan of 'Pretty Boy'. Although she'd lost some of her idol's aura recently due to too much contact, she still wanted to know what he did in private.
“Then let's go!”
Yu Ding waved his hand, and the aerial cabin immediately flew south.
Qi Jing could see that the cabin's flying speed was already faster than Qi Jing's full sprint, but with Yu Ding's psychic shield protecting them, they didn't feel the wind at all.
“Here, have some floral tea.”
The Flower God walked out of the room and handed Qi Jing and Tan Zuoyin each a cup of tea with a floral fragrance.
“Thank you.”
“You're welcome. Sit down for a while.”
The Flower God gestured for them to sit down, then said to Yu Ding:
“Look at you, you don't even let people sit for a while. Is that how you treat guests?”
Yu Ding spread his hands: “Isn't that because I have you? With my lovely and charming Flower God, how dare I act on my own~”
Looking at Yu Ding's flattering expression, the Flower God immediately surrendered. She really fell for that:
“Consider yourself perceptive.”
Then she took out two cards from her pocket and handed them to Qi Jing:
“These are your two Flower Cards. Thank you for lending them to me for a few days.”
“You're welcome, you're welcome. You can use them for a few more days if you want.”
“No need, a few are enough.”
Qi Jing reached out and took the two planting cards.
After that, they sat on the chairs, drinking tea and admiring the scenery.
The pure white clouds rolled like waves, sometimes condensing into huge cotton candies, and sometimes dispersing into wisps of gauze.
The morning sun shone through the gaps in the clouds, dyeing the sea of clouds with a golden glow, like a dream.
After passing through this sea of white clouds, they reached the clear blue sky.
The buildings on the ground were clearly visible, as if there wasn't a trace of pollution in the air.
Qi Jing lay on the edge of the wooden planks, looking down. The skyscrapers were just tiny ant leg hairs in his eyes.
Only mountains and rivers could fill his vision.
Suddenly, a large expanse of clouds appeared ahead, like thousands upon thousands of super-sized cotton candies stacked together.
Black and white intertwined, and a muffled thunder rumbled from time to time.
“We're here.”
Yu Ding stood up and looked at the clouds covering the sky.
“Rise!”
With Yu Ding's command, the speakers outside the cabin began to play his songs.
Not only that, but Qi Jing also saw the clouds in front of them slowly moving to the left, faster and faster, until they were moving at the same speed as the cabin.
“This is my job, to reduce the amount of rain in places with too much, and send these clouds to arid places to rain again. A win-win situation, how about it? Amazing, right?”
“Amazing.”
Looking at Yu Ding's ability to move clouds across the sky with a wave of his hand, Qi Jing suddenly felt that he had underestimated the strength of these top-tier ability users.
Hearing about it and seeing it were two completely different things.
In the face of these thick clouds, they were clearly insignificant, but Yu Ding could easily change their trajectory.
Not only that, but he also showed off some fancy moves in front of Qi Jing.
Under Yu Ding's psychic power, the clouds outside turned into strangely shaped flowers, blooming in competition.
“Please, call me the top-tier weather manipulator!”
Under his control, the clouds gradually turned into a shape identical to the cabin they were in.
Looking at Yu Ding's imposing manner with his arms outstretched, surveying the world, and the cloud house covering the sky behind him, Qi Jing realized that this narcissistic artist was a genuine peerless powerhouse.
Cool!
Qi Jing had to admit that this guy was really a bit attractive, worthy of the title of 'Strongest Star'.
His strength and his way of showing off were things that Qi Jing only dreamed of.
I will definitely be able to do this in the future!
“Cool show over.”
Yu Ding used his psychic powers to take a few photos of himself with the camera, then withdrew his transformation of the clouds and sat back in his chair to continue chatting with them:
“I have to say, this work is a bit tiring, it takes a lot of my energy every time.”
Yu Ding stretched and continued:
“If you usually feel raindrops, but it only rains for a few seconds and then suddenly stops, then it's probably us moving the clouds.”
These clouds were also constantly raining during the transportation process, raining wherever they flew.
But because the speed was too fast, each area would only get a few seconds of rain, so it didn't attract too much attention.
“That's amazing!”
Tan Zuoyin had already taken several photos with the Xingtian camera.
She never expected that her idol would not only lead donations to poor areas but also do these things.
Keeping droughts and floods away from the population, and doing it in secret, she had never heard of it before.
“Why not announce it to the public?”
Yu Ding knew they would ask this.
He cleared his throat and said:
“Abilities have only existed for thirty-one years, and have only been public for twenty years. It's okay for those of us who study new ideas, but it's different for older people and people who haven't learned new knowledge.
After twenty years of propaganda, if you tell them that someone can turn gold into silver, or that they can fly, they can still barely accept it.
But if you tell them that I alone can change the weather, summon clouds and rain, they will be jealous of me and afraid of me.
Think about it, these are things that only the Dragon King could do in mythology.
When a person possesses the power of a god, will that person still be human?
Although we know that we are still us, they may not necessarily think so.
Like the witches in Western legends, they were burned to death precisely because they could do things that ordinary people couldn't.
Thought! Thought is very important!
We can't change their thinking, so we can only hide it from them for now and announce it when the time is right.”