The Urban Successor Of God Of Gluttony - Chapter 1 – The Succession of the God of Gluttony

“One night, as the spring wind suddenly blows, tens of thousands of pear trees blossom.”

“It hasn’t snowed, however, these pear blossoms are like snow. Snow is pear blossoms, and pear blossoms are snow. Both are equally beautiful!”

Youngsters in groups of two’s or three’s walked between the freshly blooming pear trees, breathing in the air filled with the sweet fragrance. There were girls bending down and picking up pear blossoms that had fallen onto the ground and bringing them up to their noses to smell and feel them with entranced expressions.

Northwest of Sheng City, a pear tree garden sized a thousand acres had recently opened. Spring had just begun, which attracted countless young men and women. The entrance fee of 50 RMB per ticket wasn’t cheap. However, there were still many youngsters who remained undeterred and fished out the money from their wallet and entered where they relaxed and admired the beauty of the pear tree gardens blossoms.

Most lived the fast paced urban lifestyle, making opportunities such as these to relax quite rare. Thus, despite this location being somewhat far, when news of this place spread around, many youngsters came to attend.

“How beautiful, if I could live here, my life would be perfect!”

Within a group of youngsters, there was youngster who looked to be in his twenties with long hair who extended out his hands and relished in the plentiful pear blossoms around him.

“That’s far from easy, just bring your canvas and paint the scenery, that should be sufficient!”

The youngster had just finished speaking when one of his companions by his side retorted. The long haired youngster liked painting and had also studied fine arts. In the end, he had chosen interior design as his career. Obviously, he didn’t have that kind of free time to bring a canvas over and contemplate the scenery. Even when he was on vacation, frequently he had to work overtime.

So, when his companion finished speaking, the long haired youngster retorted as well: “Gu Zheng, that’s easy for you to stand and sat. We would all like to be like you and have a good father as well as a good job. If we did we wouldn’t have to expend all our sweat and tears towards our work, yet still end up unable to purchase a house!”

“Indeed, Gu Zheng, if all of us had your kind of free time to travel, how great would that be!”

All of the companions took the long haired youngsters side, and the man who had spoken earlier smiled and shook his head: “Such a great place, visiting it once enough, any more and it would diminish its beauty.”

As of this year, Gu Zheng was 23 years old and he works as a food critic. Essentially, he tastes delicacies from across the world, then writes reviews. These reviews could then be published on gourmet or traveling sites as well as magazines. This was a job that was envied by all as it allowed someone to eat delicious food everyday and still make money.

Working is good, however contrary to what most would expect, the income was relatively average. It was only enough for him to pay his personal expenses. However, within his family he had a good dad. Gu Zheng’s father was working in France and was a three-star Michelin chef with an annual salary of more than a million yuan. The income was still secondary, most importantly his father’s cooking was far from ordinary. It was what led Gu Zheng to develop his picky taste. Indeed, Gu Zheng’s gourmet reviews were quite sharp and they were infamous for their vicious, drilling criticisms regarding cooking.

“What’s this?”

Gu Zheng lowered his gaze, and right in front of him was a filthy rock. The surface of the rock was coated in a kind of black mud, the only puzzling thing was that this area didn’t contain this kind of black mud. If it wasn’t Gu Zheng who picked up this rock, others would have all assumed that it was just a dirty piece of rock.

He carefully wiped the black mud off and beneath was the black surface of the rock. It looked somewhat like some kind of animal, however he couldn’t determine what animal it was. It gave people a feeling like it was an abstract shape.

“Who knows, most likely it’s from a boulder that rolled down from the top mountain!”

The long haired youth was the first to respond. He only spoke a single sentence before looking away from the rock in Gu Zheng’s hands. According to him, this place’s pure white pear blossom’s were far more interesting.

“It could also be left behind from yesterday’s shooting star. If that’s really the case, Gu Zheng, you’ve struck it rich! At that time, don’t forget to treat us to a meal!” Another companion spoke while smirking. Last night, they had eaten barbecue and drank wine together. Around nine o’clock, they had seen a shooting star fly across the night sky and had all wished their dreams upon it.

“Shooting stars are meteorites, if it were drop down somewhere, it wouldn’t be here. Furthermore, it wouldn’t be covered in mud!”

Gu Zheng chuckled and replied. The words his friend had spoken made him very happy, yet he also knew that such a thing was not possible. However, the more he stroked this rock, the more it gave him a new and odd feeling. It felt as if the rock had some kind of connection within him.

“Oh no!”

Gu Zheng clutched his hand and the rock fell to the ground.  A line of blood quickly flowed out from his finger. The long haired youngster, as well as his other companions hurriedly rushed over to him. As such, nobody noticed the drop of blood quickly being absorbed into the mouth area of the animal-like rock. The rock slowly turned transparent before completely vanishing.

……..

“Gu Zheng, you’ve woken up, how do you feel?”

Gu Zheng slowly opened his eyes to a white ceiling and white walls. There was even a scent of medicine to his side, after turning his head twice and examining his surroundings, he concluded that this was the hospital.”

“Huang Tao, there’s nothing wrong with me, why am I here?”

Gu Zheng asked the youngster by his side, it was that long haired youngster. The interior designer that liked drawing.

“At the pear tree farm you pricked yourself, then you fainted. No matter what we did we couldn’t make you up, so we brought you to the hospital, this is the Emergency Room!”

Huang Tao quickly replied, before anxiously asking: “How do you feel right now? The doctor said that there aren’t any severe problems. However, he couldn’t determine what caused you to faint, so he has required you to return for more detailed checkups. Du Yang and Zhao Yongkui went to go pay the bill!”

The Du Yang and Zhao Yongkui that Huang Tao spoke of were the other two who were with together with them this time, the four men were close friends. This time it was Huang Tao who had urged them to see the pear blossoms. Taking advantage of the weekend, together they all came, however, nobody could of guessed that Gu Zheng would end up hurt. Furthermore, he had ended up fainting for such a long time. Up until this moment, 2 hours had already passed.

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“I’m alright, give them a call, I won’t need further checkups.”

After examining his body, Gu Zheng strongly shook his head. There was nothing wrong with his body, the cut on his hand was very small, and it had already long since scabbed over.  By now, even his headache had dissipated.

“Succession of the God of Gluttony, officially activated!”

A dull voice rang out within Gu Zheng’s mind. It frightened him and he sat up straight, nervously asking: “Who-who’s speaking?”

“Gu Zheng, what wrong, nobody said anything. I haven’t even made the phone call yet!”

Huang Tao once again rushed over and supported Gu Zheng, his eyes filled with worry. Gu Zheng’s eyes opened as wide, and he looked all around him continuously. At this time, the voice within his mind once again sounded out.

“I’m the God of Gluttony, the ultimate God of Food. This time, the gods must face the heavenly Chaos Calamity that strikes every 33,000 years. This trial will be incredibly difficult to pass. However, my heart cannot bear the thought of ending the heritage that I have accumulated over my entire life. Therefore, I decided to use to create the Will of the God of Gluttony and place my enlightenments and various treasures within, and send it out of the Great Desolate to seek a destined one to be bestowed upon. The one that possesses the Will of the God of Gluttony shall succeed me as the God of Gluttony!”

This time Gu Zheng did not scream, only his eyes were wide open. Not only could he ‘hear’ the sound, but he could also ‘see’ something. What he saw in his mind was a picture even clearer than what he could actually see with his own eyes.

He saw a somewhat plain bronze device that looked like mythical beast. It had a goat’s body, a human head, a tiger’s set of teeth, human hands, a large mouth and a large face. The weirdest part was that it had a pair of arms by its armpits.

The mythical beast turned, and dissipated into a flash of white light which in turn caused Gu Zheng’s ‘eyes’ to show a sea of white, which caused Gu Zheng to clutch his head in pain.

“Gu Zheng, seeing you I think you should listen to the doctor and obediently come back for additional checkups. You worry us when you’re like this!”

Huang Tao worriedly advised as he put down his phone, with the previous relief being overwhelmed with his worry towards Gu Zheng.