"Yaojie, Suihe, you two stay home and take care of your sister. While you're at it, wash these mushrooms clean. Mom will make you mushroom soup when she gets back tonight!" Jiang Ling gently placed the sleeping Jiang Wenxi on the bed and went outside to speak to her two children.

The two children remembered Jiang Ling's instructions and watched her leave the old house once again.

Deep in the mountains, Jiang Ling quietly crept up to the White-Haired Goddess Temple. This time, Jiang Ling was smarter and did not rush in. She first observed the surroundings and made sure that no one was approaching before crouching down and carefully walking in.

After taking only a few steps, Jiang Ling felt a wave of dampness wash over her. Overjoyed, she quickly reached out and touched the stone wall beside her.

"The stone wall is smooth, and it even feels slightly damp to the touch. It seems there must be a water source here!" Thinking of this, Jiang Ling could no longer suppress her joy, and even her breathing became rapid.

She patted her chest, took several deep breaths to calm her excited heart, and then carefully continued walking deeper into the cave.

"Waaaaah...waaaah..."

The sobbing grew louder as it approached, reaching Jiang Ling's ears. Jiang Ling instinctively shivered, and her heart, which had just calmed down slightly, began to pound wildly again.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. The sun is shining brightly now, how could there be any of those weird things!" Jiang Ling comforted herself as she continued to walk inside with her trembling legs.

The path in the cave gradually became slippery, and Jiang Ling carefully continued walking, holding onto the stone wall.

A faint glimmer of light appeared at the corner of the cave, and the sobbing sounds grew clearer.

Jiang Ling tiptoed to the corner of the stone wall and slowly peeked out. The scene before her eyes startled her.

A woman with a full head of white hair lay motionless on the ground with her eyes closed and her face pale. Kneeling beside her was a little boy whose face was almost as pale as hers.

"A white-haired goddess? No, it should be a person!" The candlelight cast the shadows of the white-haired woman and the child on the ground. Jiang Ling breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the shadows of the two people.

She peeked out to secretly observe the two people, and after confirming that she was not in any danger, she slowly walked out from behind the stone wall.

"Are you...are you alright?" Jiang Ling tried to soften her voice as much as possible so as not to frighten the little boy.

"Ah! You! You! You! Who are you?" Jiang Ling's sudden appearance startled the little boy. His small body trembled violently, and he asked with wide eyes.

"I..." Jiang Ling didn't know how to explain her identity for a moment, so she could only look at the white-haired woman in front of her and ask, "Is this your mother?"

The little boy stared at Jiang Ling warily, about to nod but then frantically shook his head.

"What's wrong with her?" Jiang Ling continued to ask patiently.

"I...I don't know." The little boy's expression remained unchanged.

Jiang Ling bit her lip and boldly walked to the white-haired woman's side. Just as she reached out to touch the woman's neck, the little boy let out a loud roar: "You! Don't touch her!"

Jiang Ling was startled by the little boy's shout, but she still patiently and gently said, "Don't worry, I won't hurt you!"

The little boy seemed to sense that there was no danger from Jiang Ling. Although he was still looking at Jiang Ling with a wary eye, he allowed Jiang Ling to touch the white-haired woman in front of him.

Jiang Ling stretched out her trembling hand and gently placed it on the woman's slender neck.

"Thank goodness, she's still alive..." Jiang Ling breathed a sigh of relief after feeling the woman's carotid artery throbbing.

"Gurgle..." A rumbling sound came from the little boy's stomach. Jiang Ling turned to look at the little boy, then touched the woman's sunken belly and asked, "How long has it been since you two ate anything?"

The little boy was taken aback by the question. He touched his stomach and thought for a while before saying, "It's been about two days."

Jiang Ling breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, guessing that the white-haired woman in front of her had just fainted from hunger. Thinking of this, Jiang Ling glanced at the little boy and said, "Wait here for me for a while, I'll go get you some food!"

Jiang Ling walked to the corner of the cave, made sure the little boy hadn't followed, opened the system shop, bought two buckwheat pancakes and a small bar of chocolate, and returned to their side.

"Eat first!" Jiang Ling said, placing the buckwheat pancake in front of the little boy.

He then fed the woman a chocolate that had already been unwrapped.

"What are you doing! You!" Jiang Ling had just pried open the woman's mouth to put the chocolate in when the little boy yelled again.

"This is medicine, medicine to cure her coma! Don't worry, I won't harm you!" Jiang Ling said as she stuffed the chocolate into the woman's mouth, then tore off a piece of buckwheat cake and put it in her own mouth, saying, "Don't worry, it's not poisonous! Look, I've already eaten it!"

The little boy's wary gaze didn't lessen in the slightest. After a while, seeing that Jiang Ling was alright, he quickly pointed to the buckwheat pancake in Jiang Ling's hand and said, "I want to eat this one!"

Jiang Ling had no choice but to reach out and hand it over.

"Uh..." A woman's soft moan came from behind Jiang Ling.

Jiang Ling turned her head and saw the white-haired woman's tightly furrowed brows begin to relax, and her eyes slowly opened.

"Ah! You! You! Who are you?"

Just as Jiang Ling had expected, the white-haired woman and the little boy saw that Jiang Ling was in exactly the same state.

Jiang Ling rubbed her slightly ringing ears and said helplessly, "I'm not a bad person. If I really wanted to do something, I wouldn't wait until you woke up!"

"Mother! Mother! You're awake!" The little boy saw that the white-haired woman was awake and immediately ran towards her with the buckwheat pancake he hadn't finished eating.

"Who's your mother! Shut up!" The white-haired woman seemed very sensitive about her relationship with the little boy, and she scolded him coldly.

The white-haired woman's scolding left the little boy standing there helplessly, his smile frozen on his face.

"I didn't mean to bother you. I'm just here to find a water source. There's been a severe drought for months, and not a drop of rain has fallen. If this continues, the crops in the fields will wither and die!" Jiang Ling said calmly.

"Ha! The Lu family deserves it. I'm the one who punished them!" Upon hearing Jiang Ling's words, the white-haired woman immediately revealed a disdainful expression.

“You don’t need to act anymore. I know you’re human. If you were really a god from heaven, how could you faint from hunger? How could you have a shadow?” Jiang Ling said helplessly, pointing to the figure in the candlelight.

"You...who exactly are you!" The white-haired woman, her identity exposed, became alert once again.

"I'm just an ordinary village woman. If you don't believe me, there's nothing I can do. I just want to find a water source to solve the drought problem!"

Jiang Ling paused for a moment before continuing, "I know the villagers respect you greatly, but have you ever considered the years of famine when there's no harvest and the village has nothing to offer as sacrifices? You're lucky today that I found you and saved you. What if I hadn't come? How old is your son? Are you expecting him to starve to death with you?"