The next morning, after everyone had finished breakfast, they heard Mo Chenfeng say that he was going up to the city gate today to pray for rain. Eager for a spectacle and in no mood to miss the excitement, Chu Qingmeng and Mu Lingxue tagged along. Watching Mo Chenfeng ascend the city wall, supported by Mo Liuyuan and Mo Liujin, Chu Qingmeng and Mu Lingxue whispered about how they had never seen a rain-praying ritual before. Then Mo Chenfeng began the ceremony. The group watched as ritual after ritual was performed, but the heavens remained completely unresponsive. Once every step was finished, the sky was still a brilliant, cloudless blue. The townspeople beneath the city wall grew restless, each muttering complaints against the heavens and earth.
Mo Chenfeng sighed and shook his head, preparing to step down from the wall, when he heard Mu Lingxue and Chu Qingmeng joking nearby. "I say, Qingmeng, why don't you try again? By the way, did you know that the time you brought rain to Zhu County got so exaggerated by the common folk that they actually built a temple for you?"
With a dark face, Chu Qingmeng retorted, "I've told you, that time was a coincidence! A coincidence! If I could really summon wind and rain, what would we need the Rain-Master Star Lord for? Wouldn't it be better if he just handed his job over to me?"
Chapter 78