boyutpedia #269 - Everyone, there is no food.
#269 - Everyone, there is no food.
"This is it."
Da Hei pointed to the pool below.
"This place is less than ten li away from Song Family Village."
Two water veins flowed through the pool, heading towards Song Family Village.
"Let's go, let's go down and take a look," Xu Chengxian said.
"You go, I'm not going," Da Hei said with his arms crossed, "I'll wait for you up here."
"Alright," Xu Chengxian nodded.
Then he stepped into the pool.
Not long after, he came out with a dark face.
Seeing him like this, Da Hei grinned, "Haha! What did I say? This toad spirit is very poor!"
Where was any cave dwelling?
It was just a nest!
It was dirty and smelly, and there wasn't anything good.
He didn't even see any gold, silver, or copper coins from the human world.
Xu Chengxian just had to make this trip.
To put it bluntly, he just wouldn't give up.
Don't look at how the toad spirit had no power to resist in front of Bai Xiaocui, in reality, it was a genuine eighth-order demon beast.
The reason why it seemed to be at her mercy for whipping and questioning was because he had secretly used his divine sense to suppress it.
"In my opinion, that toad is not a local monster," Da Hei said, "And you, how could you let it be killed?"
Even if it had to be killed, he had to find out where it came from.
"Otherwise, would I keep it?" Xu Chengxian said, "Its demon core was planted with a restriction. As long as it reveals something it shouldn't, it will explode. It would be too much trouble to save it."
He was good at devouring and refining demon cores, and he was also a little interested.
But a small demon core wasn't worth the effort.
Anyway, that big toad had to die no matter what.
Who told it to use poison, the simplest solution to which was to use its blood to remove it?
"Instead of cultivating properly, it ran out to harm people, and it was harming ordinary people. Such a worthless thing, it deserves to die."
If it had the ability, it should have robbed some powerful families or sects.
It made him run this trip for nothing!
"Let's go... Hey? Wait!" Xu Chengxian had just said to go back when he suddenly thought of a few large stones and some wood at the bottom of the pool, "I'll go again and bring them all back."
"What are you doing with those things?" Da Hei asked in confusion, "They're all ordinary objects."
They were ordinary objects stained with demon qi, and they were fishy and smelly. What use could they be?
"Doesn't know how to live!" Xu Chengxian said to it, "Bring them back to build a temple!"
"...Heh!" Da Hei sneered, "Then why don't you dig up the mud at the bottom of the pool and take it away too? It's good stuff for fertilizing the fields!"
"Is that so?" Xu Chengxian blinked, then clapped his hands and said, "If that's the case, then it's really good stuff! We have to dig it up!"
After saying that, he rolled up his sleeves and prepared to work.
He really didn't know that riverbed mud could fertilize fields.
Hearing this, he immediately decided to dig it up together.
It was just a matter of convenience.
Take it away, take it away!
"I... Damn it," Da Hei said with emotion.
Riverbed mud could fertilize fields, but it could only fertilize ordinary land and grow ordinary crops.
"It can't be used to plant spiritual fields or nourish spiritual roots!"
Was this how far one had to go to ransack a bandit's den?
Then it had really missed something before.
"It's okay," Xu Chengxian comforted it, "When we encounter riverbed mud that can fertilize spiritual fields in the future, we'll dig it up, won't we?"
Where do you think the mud on Dai Dai's back came from?
Wasn't it slowly nourished by the Old Bai family with demon blood!
...
A moment later.
With a bang.
A huge mass of black shadow fell from the sky.
The people of Song Family Village, who were all gathered outside Zhang's residence, were startled.
They all thought of the big toad spirit from yesterday.
Immediately, it became a noisy mess.
"What's wrong?"
"Another monster?"
"Immortal! Immortal!"
"Where is Master Zhang? Quickly call the Immortal..."
"Stop shouting," Xu Chengxian flashed out and said, "What's the matter with you gathering here?"
"Immortal!" Song Dayou cupped his hands and said, "Our poison disaster has been resolved. First, we came to thank the Immortal, and second, we wanted to ask when we should build a temple for the Goddess and sculpt a golden statue?"
"Are you sure it's resolved?"
"Sure, sure!"
It wasn't just Song Dayou who answered, but also the other people from Song Family Village.
After speaking, everyone looked at Xu Chengxian with hopeful expressions.
The White Goddess was capable, knew magic, and seemed to have a good heart. She didn't want anything, and she eliminated the demons and resolved the poison disaster.
Worshipping such an immortal family could only bring benefits and no harm.
Besides, the Zhang family would provide grain for building a temple for the Goddess.
Although the poison disaster had been resolved, planting seeds now wouldn't result in an immediate harvest.
The families were waiting for rice to cook!
Even the stupidest person knew that filling their stomachs first was the right thing to do!
"This matter is not urgent. You should take advantage of the solar terms to busy yourselves with spring plowing first," Xu Chengxian said earnestly, "Don't miss the farming season."
"Immortal, we won't neglect the fields, but there's no surplus grain in our homes," Song Dayou said directly.
He could tell that the Immortal didn't like people talking in circles.
If you talk in circles with the Immortal, the Immortal will pretend not to understand!
"We agreed yesterday that the Zhang family would provide grain and we would provide labor to build a temple for the White Goddess," Zhang Yun'er interjected, "Immortal, he said that we would return the grain to him when the time comes, only half of it, and he wouldn't charge us interest."
The Immortal must know about this.
Everyone would only feel at ease with the Immortal as a witness.
In addition, it was to show off their merits. Although Master Zhang provided grain for everyone to work, we would return half of the grain.
"I see," Xu Chengxian nodded, "Then you can discuss how to do it."
Bang!
At this time, another loud noise came from the distance.
A large mass of black things was thrown down from mid-air.
Causing the people of Song Family Village to look sideways.
However, they couldn't see it. It was a black goat that had thrown down a large mass of riverbed mud.
So they were even more suspicious and puzzled.
"Those are things I just brought from the toad spirit's nest," Xu Chengxian said upon seeing this, "The smell is a bit unpleasant, so I'll put it outside first."
"Leave it to dry for two days, and then you can send someone over," he thought, the demon qi on it wasn't heavy, and it would dissipate after a few days in the sun.
"Use what can be used to build a temple for the Goddess. As for the river mud, you can use it to make fertilizer for growing vegetables and fertilizing the fields."
"Good heavens!"
"The Immortal is merciful!"
"He actually worked hard to bring riverbed mud for us to fertilize the fields!"
As soon as Xu Chengxian finished speaking, Song Dayou and the others immediately praised him in unison, and were so grateful that they wanted to kowtow.
Many people's eyes were red with genuine emotion.
"..." He quickly turned around and headed towards Zhang's residence.
It was just a little riverbed mud, it wasn't worth it, it really wasn't worth it!
Da Hei chased after him at this time and called out, "Wait! Do you really know which party the toad was instructed by? But it clearly didn't even finish speaking, how do you know?"
"Didn't finish speaking? In reality, it's no different from finishing speaking," Xu Chengxian whispered the name of a place, "Right?"
"It really is!" Da Hei slapped his hoof, "But how do you know what it said is true?"
"Of course what it said is true." The only use of the Ghost Mushroom powder is to make cultivators who are caught in it unable to help but tell the truth.
...
Outside Song Family Village.
On the side of Zhang's residence, next to the road leading to the county town.
A new temple has been erected.
Saying it was built, it was almost like it rose from the ground.
In less than half a month, it had already reached the point of raising the main beam on the main hall.
Although the temple was not large, it was built with blue bricks, large stones, thick tiles, and good wood.
Such speed was truly rare.
This day, the sun was high in the sky.
The sun was shining brightly, it was a good day.
At noon.
"Raise the beam!"
Someone shouted loudly, and the raising of the main beam on the main hall officially began.
Raising the beam meant that the main hall was about to be completed.
This was definitely a happy event.
According to the rules, you have to eat well when you raise the beam.
So on this day, the working people were all smiling.
Many children and old people also came, ready to freeload on a meaty meal.
However, behind the joy of Master Zhang and Song Dayou and others, there was another layer of hidden worry.
Before eating, Master Zhang called Song Dayou, Zhang Yun'er, and the old guys from the neighboring villages who had the final say over.
He started with a sentence:
"Everyone, my family doesn't have much grain left."