As people gradually dispersed, the little goddess skipped and hopped down the steps one by one. Suddenly, she glanced into the crowd and her eyes lit up.
"Wait, don't go, I'm talking to you!"
The goddess's voice rose at the end, as if she had discovered something interesting.
Liu Zi simply turned around with the people around him, completely unaware that they were talking about him, until he saw the goddess speaking to him in a blatant manner.
He pointed to himself in astonishment, trembling all over, and stammered, "The goddess is calling me."
"It's you, why are you leaving?" The goddess raised her head, a hint of displeasure flashing across her exquisite face.
Wang Yi's heart skipped a beat. Regardless of how that commoner had caught her eye, she quickly ordered her men to escort Liu Zi out of the crowd.
The person was placed next to the goddess. Liu Zi did not dare to look up. He had never been a special person since childhood. Feeling the gazes coming from all directions, he was already frozen.
Everyone watched this scene with great curiosity.
The Goddess of Mount Tai walked up to the man who was clearly an ordinary commoner, her delicate face devoid of any expression.
From his cold, aloof expression to his flat, expressionless lips, he exuded an aura of detachment and detachment, transcending the mortal realm.
"I know, that person is Liu Zi from San'ao Village. Why does the goddess have such a terrifying expression?"
"Could it be that this Liu Zi once disrespected the goddess?" someone frowned and speculated.
“I don’t think so. The goddess is being so serious. This Liu Zi must be up to something big,” the fat man said with certainty.
"Could Liu Zi be a monster...?"
"I think it's a goddess who has taken a liking to Liu Zi."
The person who had been eavesdropping almost burst out laughing.
No one knew what the goddess was thinking at that moment, because Ling Xiao himself had only just found out...
A sudden surge of passion overwhelmed her: I'm going to cause trouble, I'm going to cause trouble, I'm going to cause trouble!
"System, use your points to buy me a bottle of Druid's Tears from the shop."
Instead of acting immediately, the host became somewhat wary. "Druid's Tears are used to promote plant growth optimization. One bottle is worth 1200 points. What does the host intend to do?"
"We'll train a Grandpa Yuan for the Great Jin Dynasty," Ling Xiao said with a mysterious smile.
"?" This was completely incomprehensible, but my hand involuntarily searched and clicked to confirm the purchase.
The medicine bottle floating in space was half-opened and poured into a bucket of water, along with rice and wheat seeds that had also been purchased.
As you can see, the originally ordinary seeds gradually become round and shiny, as if they have absorbed a lot of nutrients and are full of vigorous vitality.
Ling Xiao smiled with satisfaction, her bright red lips curving upwards, her dark, lifeless eyes scanning Liu Zi's body inch by inch.
Poor Liu Zi held his breath, feeling as if he were being stared at by a ferocious beast, which was judging where to start biting him.
"Although the bloodline of Shennong has become much diluted, it's still considered quite good in the mortal realm these days."
Before Liu Zi could react, a glint of light flashed in Wang Yi's eyes.
"Your Highness, if I am not mistaken, the bloodline of Shennong is related to the Way of the Five Grains."
The goddess glanced at Wang Yi with a hint of approval, her tone as if she were a little girl discovering a beautiful stone in the sand:
"That's right, the bloodline of the Shennong clan can promote crop growth and also quickly select superior varieties."
"May Heaven bless the Great Jin," were the only four words left in Wang Yi's mind.
The crowd below the stage, who hadn't yet left the stage, also heard this conversation and erupted in uproar, their expectant gazes falling upon Liu Zi.
Food is the most important thing for people. People work hard just to fill their stomachs, but often they still can't get what they want.
With low productivity these days, a harvest of 400 jin (200 kg) from a mu (0.067 hectares) of fertile land, even with meticulous cultivation, is considered a bumper harvest.
A family with four acres of land, plus wild vegetables and various wild animals, can barely fill their stomachs, and they also have to consider whether there are any major events such as illness, happy events, or funerals in the family during the year.
It is easy to imagine that such fragile farming families could not withstand the slightest hardship; drought, floods, plagues, and war could easily destroy them.
Now, the few words spoken lightly by the Goddess of Mount Tai, the bloodline of Shennong, and the optimized and accelerated growth of crops, seem to have alleviated all these difficulties.
"There must be some mistake, I don't know anything about this."
Liu Zi finally turned his head and opened his mouth as if in a daze.
The goddess's expression suddenly changed, and she said dangerously, "Are you saying that I, the goddess, have misjudged?"
"Your Highness, please calm down. He's just a young boy who doesn't know any better and was just talking nonsense in his excitement," Wang Yi said calmly, trying to smooth things over.
As she spoke, she gave Liu Zi a light kick with her toe. Liu Zi nodded blankly, his face, which looked like he was in his twenties but was actually in his thirties, accepting the assessment that he was "young."
Soon, the crowd around the altar, who had had their fill of gossip, were happily driven away by the soldiers.
They grinned and scattered to spread the word about the amazing things they had seen that day!
With so much time, Li Yue had already prepared everything.
So when Ling Xiao stepped off the carriage using the horse stool, this was the scene that greeted her.
His worn-out black casual clothes seemed to no longer fit him; his arms under the sleeves were noticeably thinner, with his knuckles clearly visible, and the jade belt loosely wrapped around his slender and lean waist.
"I grow thinner and thinner for her sake, yet I have no regrets," what a scheming man.
That's a high level! I'll appreciate it carefully and learn from it.
"Auntie, you're back just in time. The Imperial Kitchen made some new Crystal Ruyi Cakes yesterday; please try them."
The emperor clearly saw Ling Xiao's fingers trembling with excitement as she got out of the carriage, but his first words were about the pastries that Ling Xiao loved to eat.
In this situation, even the most hard-hearted person would soften.
But Ling Xiao isn't even a human being!
"Ha, I thought my nephew would curse me dozens of times a day. It seems I was too narrow-minded."
A knife pierced his heart, and Li Yue gave a bitter smile. "Auntie, you jest. How could Yue be such an inconsiderate and unfilial person?"
In his heart, however, he thought, "I've done this more than dozens of times. I wish I could hurl a voodoo doll at her in my heart from morning till night."
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