Chapter 29 External Reactions: Divine Methods, Terrifyingly Powerful!

Lu Qing hesitated and said, "Should Ah Xuan accompany you again? After all, he's your older brother..."

Lei Yan shook his head. "There's no need to trouble Ah Xuan. I've already done more than enough for them. Since they won't listen to reason, whatever happens after the catastrophe is none of our business."

The viewers in the live stream were a little confused about the plot and asked Lu Xuan what was going on. Lu Xuan then gave them a brief explanation of his brother-in-law Lei Yan's family situation.

Lei Yan's parents always favored their eldest son, Lei Shan. Even though Lei Yan did most of the heavy physical labor in the Lei family and was much more filial to his parents than Lei Shan, who only knew how to say nice things, his parents were always finding fault with him.

Back then, Lei Yan took a liking to Lu Qing and wanted to marry her. Lei's parents disliked Lu Qing in every way, especially because Lu Qing had a mentally challenged younger brother who would be a burden. They were afraid that Lu Qing would find ways to support her brother after marrying into the family, so they refused to agree to the marriage and were unwilling to give Lei Yan a betrothal gift.

Fortunately, Lei Yan worked for several months to save up the betrothal gifts, which enabled him to marry Lu Qing.

However, this made his parents even more dislike him and Lu Qing, and they separated them not long after their marriage.

Although the family had more than 20 mu of land, they only gave Lei Yan 4 mu. Lei Yan's mother and sister-in-law would cause them trouble every few days, which made them very annoyed.

Later, Lei Yan's parents passed away one after the other due to a sudden illness. Without the constraints of his elders, Lei Yan simply moved to Yunlu Village with Lu Qing and almost completely cut off contact with Lei Shan.

If the disaster hadn't been so severe, Lei Yan would never have returned to Wangshan Village. Lei Shan's reaction made him realize that some people were simply not worth his attention.

Lu Xuan knew that Lu Qing had suffered a lot from Lei Shan's wife in the past, and the reason she was willing to offer advice now was out of her position as a wife, fearing that Lei Yan would regret it later.

But Lu Xuan wasn't the type to repay evil with kindness. He was already being kind by not stopping Lei Yan from going; there was no way he would try to persuade him otherwise.

Just as Lei Yan said, he had done everything he could. Even if Lei Shan died in the Great Cataclysm, it was his own choice, and he had no one to blame but himself.

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As the married women who didn't believe in the catastrophe returned to their husbands' homes, the news that the people of Yunlu Village had gone bankrupt hoarding food for the unfounded disaster quickly spread to the surrounding villages.

"Are they crazy? What natural disaster? They can't even come up with something more believable to lie about?"

"I heard that there was a boy in their village who was enlightened by a deity and can even perform magic."

"What kind of magic is this? I think he just learned some swindling tricks to cheat people out of money. He even cheats people in his own village. He's a real scoundrel."

"It seems that the only one who knows magic is that fool from the Lu family in Yunlu Village."

"What? They believe what idiots say? Have the people of Yunlu Village gone hysterical?"

Did the people in their village really buy a lot of grain?

"Of course! I heard some families bought more than a dozen bags, weighing over a thousand kilograms!"

"Hiss—there's so much food, how can we possibly finish it all?"

An ordinary family of four or five people would only consume three or four hundred catties of grain a year; any more would become stale grain the following year.

The new grain hasn't been harvested yet, and the grain stores are buying last year's grain now. If they keep it until next year or even the year after, it's likely to get moldy.

"I don't know what they're thinking. Do they have money to burn? They'll regret it later."

At this moment, the people who were envious and indifferent had no idea that in the near future, after they had barely survived the initial catastrophe, when their food supplies ran out and they could no longer grow crops, even moldy grain would be enough to make them fight tooth and nail for it.

Besides the surrounding villages, the grain shops and cloth shops in Baisong Town also received word of the news after being visited by several groups of people from Yunlu Village.

Most people who heard about it laughed at the people of Yunlu Village for being stupid, just like people from other villages. However, a few smart people were surprised when they realized that it hadn't rained much since the beginning of summer.

Rumors don't always come from nowhere, and besides, life in town is better than in the countryside. Every family has some savings, and those naturally cautious families think that hoarding some grain is not a bad thing. After thinking it over, they went to the grain store and bought a lot of grain.

These people acted relatively discreetly, partly because they didn't want to be laughed at, and partly because they were worried that if something really happened in a few days and the town became chaotic, what if their neighbors knew that they had stockpiled grain in advance and started to target them?

Collect quietly, don't publicize it, and make a fortune in silence.

When the disaster truly began, these people were extremely grateful for their wisdom and caution at that time.

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Lu Xuan learned about the reactions of those around him from other people, but he didn't take it seriously.

Instead of worrying about the reactions of these strangers, you should hurry up and harvest the crops in the field.

There are still at least one or two months until the autumn harvest. It is unlikely that we can harvest before the disaster period by normal means. But is Lu Xuan an ordinary person?

No, he isn't.

Therefore, he chose to use his wood-based superpower to accelerate the ripening process.

By channeling his supernatural powers into the crops through his feet that touched the earth, the green rice, now imbued with a large amount of energy, began to head, flower, fill, and gradually mature at an extraordinary speed.

The process, which originally took one or two months to complete, was compressed by Lu Xuan into three to five days.

While everyone else's fields were still lush and green, Lei Yan's fields were already golden and ready to be harvested!

People who had given up hope for this year's crops but were still stubbornly weeding and watering every day, or who were single-mindedly hoarding goods, were all stunned.

"Oh my god! Am I dreaming?!"

"They're actually all fully ripe! How did they manage that?!"

"It's magic! It must be magic!"

"I should have thought of that earlier. If Lu Xuan can accelerate the growth of vegetables, of course he can accelerate the growth of grains too!"

On the day of the harvest, the whole village gathered around the Lei family's fields to watch the three members of the Lu family begin harvesting. Lu Xuan, in particular, was harvesting at double speed, no, five times speed, finishing all the work that should have taken five or six days in just one day!

The villagers were dumbfounded.

It's truly amazing!

But the fact that the harvest was completed on the same day was not the most astonishing part.

Freshly harvested grain needs to be dried in the threshing ground for three days to completely remove moisture before it can be hulled. However, the grain harvested by the Lu family was completely dried and ready for threshing after only one day of drying.

From the moment the Lu family started working on the fields—harvesting, drying, and threshing—it only took three days in total!

If this isn't magic, then what is it?

Such divine power is terrifying!

The villagers of Yunlu Village were almost going crazy with excitement. Some quick-thinking villagers couldn't help but suggest, "Since Lu Xuan has this ability, why don't we ask him to help us speed up the growth of our crops?"

"Yes, yes! It would be such a waste if so many acres of grain were destroyed because of the disaster!"

"Nonsense!" Before these people could even find Lu Xuan, the village chief sprayed them in the face. "What do you think immortals are? Laborers who work for you? Lu Xuan can use immortal arts because he received guidance from an immortal. Can you compare to Lu Xuan? Aren't you afraid of shortening your lifespan and angering the immortals so that they will punish the whole village!"

The villagers, who had just been somewhat tempted, were instantly deflated. Their reverence for the gods belatedly took hold, and they showed signs of lingering fear. At the same time, they couldn't help but feel regretful, wondering why they weren't the ones who encountered such good fortune.

They are the ones who can harvest the grain ahead of schedule now.

Although the viewers in the live stream didn't react that dramatically, they were still quite entertained to see a wood-type ability user grow natural food.

As they looked at it, many people couldn't help but feel their eyelids twitch.

They weren't surprised by the fast harvesting speed. After all, people with superpowers are bound to be stronger than ordinary people, so it's normal for them to work quickly. But the speed at which the grain was dried was a bit unreasonable.

Some viewers, recalling a previous speculation, couldn't help but have doubts again.

Lu Xuan noticed the commotion among the villagers and spectators, but said nothing.

·

As the day of the catastrophe drew closer, the atmosphere in the village became noticeably more somber.

In contrast, the Lu family relaxed immediately, enjoying good food and meat at every meal, free honey water, and unlimited fruit after meals, a stark contrast to the increasingly anxious villagers.

The viewers in the live stream were speechless.

[Host, can't you have a little sense of urgency, like we're about to face a catastrophe?!]

Exactly! You're really taking us out of the story!

[Is the anchor really not nervous or anxious at all?]

Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow. "Why be anxious? I've done all the preparations I can. All I have to do now is wait for the catastrophe to happen. There's nothing I can change. So instead of keeping myself on edge, I might as well enjoy the present moment."

Live stream viewers: ...That actually makes a lot of sense.

Whether you're looking miserable or enjoying life, it's still a day, so why not just enjoy it while it lasts?

Viewers who understood commented: "The host knows how to regulate his emotions."

[Reject internal strife and fully enjoy a leisurely life—what a healthy mental state! We should all learn from the host.]

healthy?

Lu Xuan glanced at the comments section, his gaze somewhat meaningful.

As they spend more time with these fans, they will come to realize just how beautiful the true mental state of people was at the end of the decade.

After being busy for more than half a month since learning that the catastrophe was coming, the day of the catastrophe finally arrived as scheduled amidst everyone's anxiety.

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On the day of the disaster, before dawn, villagers began to arrive at the safe spot on the mountain that Lu Xuan had mentioned, gathering in twos and threes to discuss the matter quietly.

"When did Lu Xuan say the disaster would occur?"

"Less than fifteen minutes left."

"...I don't know if the disaster is as serious as he described."

“My house was only built two years ago. If I had known a disaster was going to happen, I would have saved the money I had spent on building the house to buy supplies.”

"Who could have predicted this?"

Some people in the crowd looked solemn, while others remained skeptical about the disaster.

Lu Xuan glanced at the backstage of the live stream.

In the past ten days or so, apart from the time when I was promoting food, my popularity only increased slightly each day.

To date, the highest peak number of online users has reached 850,000, and the number of followers has reached 250,000.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, we should see another surge in data today.

Just then, a slight tremor began to feel in the ground.

Lu Xuan's expression hardened, and he shouted, "Everyone, hold on tight to the person next to you, and lie down—!"

Almost as soon as the words were spoken, the tremors suddenly intensified, the villagers' faces changed drastically, and they instinctively hugged the people around them.

An unprecedented earthquake struck.