Xie Yan stood at a distance with her on his back. Sisi asked with some confusion, "Fifth Brother, what are they waving around with those torches?"
"Drive away the locusts."
Are locusts afraid of fire?
Xie Yan nodded, "Yes, we are afraid, but the villagers' strength is too small. Many places that they couldn't protect were eaten up, which is a real pity."
Sisi looked at them and murmured that she felt it was a pity, "If only there were a big fire to burn them all down at once."
Upon hearing this, Little White's eyelids suddenly fluttered open. It flew into the air and said in a solemn voice: "Princess, I can, but you must help me. My abilities are sealed, and I need your blood."
As it spoke, its feathers were disheveled with nervousness. Dragon blood was precious, and it admitted that it had a purpose in following the princess, and that it would leave if the princess did not wish to.
But Xiaobai forgot that the little guy was simple-minded and couldn't think of any purpose or not. When it wanted blood, she reached out to it without hesitation.
"Hey, Xiaobai, you have to save our whole village's food supply. When that happens, I'll ask your mother to give you a big chicken leg."
Seeing how much she trusted him, Little White's eyes suddenly reddened. Once he regained his powers, he would definitely protect the princess!
It pecked at the little one, and the little one pouted as if to cry, but held back. Little White felt extremely sorry for her: the princess had been wronged, and it was Little White who deserved to die.
"It hurts a little, but it's okay, keep going, Xiaobai!"
Xie Yan watched the two whispering, then noticed that the little bird's peck had drawn blood from its pecks. His expression turned grim as he tried to grab it, but the bird flew away first.
Suddenly, a sharp bird cry rang out in the pitch-black night. The black feathers on Little White's body suddenly emitted a fiery red light, and its magnificent wings, carrying a ball of flame, soared straight into the sky.
Everyone was stunned. Soon, the firebird swooped down, breathing flames to help drive away the locusts.
"My God, a fire-breathing divine bird! Heaven has eyes! Heaven has sent a divine bird to help us!"
"Look! It sprayed so many locusts to death in one go! Good heavens, what a life-saving bird!"
"Thank God!"
With Xiaobai joining them, everyone was moved to tears and knelt down to worship Xiaobai.
In just three breaths, the locusts were completely wiped out. Little White hovered in mid-air, looking down at the people below with the arrogance of a bird aristocrat.
Everyone held their breath, not daring to look up, guessing that the divine bird must have some other instructions.
Little White was simply tired and hovered for a while. Seeing that no one was looking, it put away its flames and turned back into the pitch-black Little White.
Sisi clapped her hands excitedly, "Xiaobai is so great, amazing, amazing, the best in the world!"
Little White is shy; it can hardly be called the best in the world.
—Princess, does your hand still hurt?
Once the seal is broken, it is no longer the ordinary thing it used to be; it now has the ability to protect the princess.
It's just that the princess suffered pain.
Sisi had long since forgotten about the small wound; she was too busy being happy to care.
The locusts were burned to death, and some villagers were astonished to see the divine bird, imbued with supernatural power, land on Sisi's shoulder.
"Village chief, that divine bird belongs to Sisi."
"Oh my god, no wonder the divine bird didn't appear when Sisi wasn't around. Sisi brought the divine bird to save everyone!"
"Sisi saved our entire village's food supply!"
Everyone knelt down before Sisi again, tears welling in their eyes. They couldn't believe that Sisi had solved such an age-old problem so easily.
The village chief became even more convinced that Sisi was the village's goddess, God's own daughter sent to bless their Peach Blossom Village.
Xie Yan did not take Sisi forward, nor did he let Sisi speak. Instead, he quickly returned to the Zhou family.
After cleaning up the locusts, it was already dawn. The village chief stretched and said, "I'm exhausted. Luckily, we had Sisi's divine bird, otherwise we would have been finished."
"Village chief, now that our village's grain has been saved, we'll have to trouble you to talk to the grain shop and ask them to raise the price for us a bit more."
The village chief patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, leave it to me, I'll make sure you all don't lose out."
The people of Peach Blossom Village were lucky enough to have their grain stored up, but other villages were not so fortunate.
As soon as the village chief returned home, several village chiefs from different villages gathered at the door, all of them looking worried.
What brings you all here?
The village chiefs immediately started chattering.
"Oh dear, don't even mention it. Who knew the locusts would actually come? We should have listened to you. But it's too late to regret it now. The locusts have eaten all the wheat. What are we going to do now? We can't just wait to die, can we?"
"What can we do if we don't just wait to die? Where are we going to get food? We can't exactly steal food from town!"
"There's no grain in town, and the grain shops are buying it at high prices. If someone's wheat ears are growing well now, they'll make a fortune selling them at the grain shops."
Are you daydreaming?
Seeing that the village chief remained silent, someone asked, "Hey, you from Peach Blossom Village, why don't you come up with some ideas and think of a solution?"
The village chief touched his nose. "Our village's wheat is doing just fine. What can I do?"
"What--?"
It was a sound that almost cracked.
"How could that be? Our villages are all next to each other. If we were to eat, everyone's food would have been eaten, and we might only leave your village's food."
"Maybe we were lucky. I notified you in advance, but you didn't take it seriously. Our whole village chased you all night with torches."
The village chief didn't mention the divine bird, only attributing it to good luck that Sisi was exposed, and that these people would inevitably have designs on her.
The village chiefs of several villages all began to regret their actions.
"Peach Blossom Village, now you're the only village left with grain. Could you sell us some to save our lives?"
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