The abandoned farmland has gradually taken shape thanks to the efforts of the villagers. All the vegetable seeds bought by Wen He have been planted, and the first batch sown have now grown into large and strong plants, and some plants have even begun to bear fruit.
Seeing this scene, the villagers were shocked. After all, seeing Wen He draw those strange formations was one thing, and seeing the results was another. When they saw the plants growing wildly, they were so surprised that they couldn't even close their mouths.
After what happened in the mountains last time, Wen He didn't want to hide it anymore, and she couldn't hide it either, so she told the villagers how long the plants she planted usually took to mature and that she had opened an online store.
So, the next day, Wen He saw the village chief approaching with a pale, miserable face. As he approached, he said with great heartache, "He girl, I remember the watermelon you gave me was called 'Healthy Watermelon', right? I asked my son to go to your store to see it, and damn, it's a thousand yuan a pound! Didn't I lose fruit worth tens of thousands of yuan? I'm so heartbroken!"
"Lost? The watermelon went bad? You didn't get to eat it?" Wen He asked in confusion, but logically speaking, the fruits she grew would not go bad so quickly after being picked.
Speaking of this, the village chief seemed even more sad. It turned out that not long after Wen He delivered the watermelon, a distant relative who had an average relationship with the village chief's family came to visit him. His relative's four or five-year-old son was so happy when he saw the big watermelon that he hugged the watermelon and didn't want to let go. The village chief saw that it was just a watermelon, so he let his relative take the watermelon away directly, so the village chief and his family didn't eat a single bite.
To be honest, after eating the watermelon cut by Wen He in the field and discovering how delicious it was, sweet and juicy, the village chief already felt a little regretful. He had not expected that the watermelon would be so delicious.
Because of this, when he learned that the actual value of this watermelon could be sold at a sky-high price, he was heartbroken. If that was the case, he would never have let his relative take the watermelon away at that time. That was a watermelon worth tens of thousands of yuan. His son also said that the watermelons sold at such a high price in the fruit store on He Yatou's website were being snapped up and were in short supply. How could this not make the village chief heartbroken?
After hearing the whole story, Wen He couldn't help but laugh and hurriedly told the village chief not to worry about it, as it was just a watermelon.
To be honest, for Wen He, turning a watermelon into a healthy one only takes a few minutes and the drawing of a formation. However, considering that things are rare and valuable, Wen He set a high price and has been controlling the quantity of special fruits sold online, so the special fruits seem so scarce.
"It's okay, village chief. There are plenty of healthy watermelons. The watermelons you eat in the fields every day are all healthy watermelons. Village chief and the villagers are my best friends. How can I treat you badly?" Wen He said with a smile, and brought a few "lucky melons" for the village chief to take back for his family to try.
However, after knowing the real selling price of these special fruits, the village chief dared not accept it. However, Wen He's stubborn face made it impossible for the village chief to refuse, so he had no choice but to accept it. He only silently swore in his heart that he would help He girl more.
I heard that this girl He's mother was in the hospital and had a bad relationship with the Gu family. Mr. Gu, who took care of her, passed away. What a poor girl. She still cared about them so much. They would be doing themselves a disservice if they didn't treat this girl better.
The other villagers had the same idea. Wen He had given them a lot of fruits before, and some of them were special fruits that were sold at sky-high prices. At that time, Wen He said that there were too many fruits grown in his yard and they couldn't sell them, so he gave them some more to try. Later, when they went online to the fruit store and took a look around, they found that it wasn't that there were too many fruits that couldn't be sold, but that the fruits in the store were all being snatched up by people.
The villagers may not have a high level of education, but they can clearly see who is good to them and who is not. Although they don’t say anything, they are getting closer and closer to the old house. I don’t know when they started to no longer be afraid of the white fog, although they will occasionally get lost for half a day.
Compared with the villagers who were busy in the fields, Ashan, who had originally planned to roll up his sleeves and join everyone, ran away after only two days. He seemed to be extremely curious about Wenhe's computer. After pestering Wenhe to teach him how to surf the Internet and type, he squatted in front of the computer every day and was unwilling to move for a long time.
Seeing this, Wen He asked Ashan to help take care of the store. In fact, he didn't have to do anything. Wen He would check the orders in the store at a fixed time, and then contact the express company to arrange delivery. She just asked Ashan to help keep an eye on it to see if anyone came up to ask questions or something.
In fact, Wen He's "Qianmu Shop" was so popular that the number of people consulting increased rapidly in the beginning. However, because they all asked meaningless questions and Wen He was really too busy to answer them, he almost didn't answer any of them.
Gradually, fewer and fewer people asked questions. What's even funnier is that some buyers left messages to Wenhe saying that they don't need to pay attention to them. They said they would take care of the comment section and let the store just grow more fruits and sell them online as soon as possible. They would note any problems when placing the order.
Wen He discovered that buyers seemed to have a tacit understanding, noting everything directly on their orders, and the comment section was actively managed by most buyers. Occasionally, one or two trolls would lash out, and the crowd would immediately blast them to the ground, leaving them speechless. The trolls were so savage they questioned their lives and surrendered, signaling they were reflecting on their actions and trying to be a better person.
Wen He is probably the only store that is so fresh and unconventional. To be honest, even Wen He himself did not expect it to develop into this. But it is true that the conscious actions of most buyers have made Wen He's work a lot easier. Basically, he only needs to ship the goods, and there are basically no after-sales issues.
Wen He asked Ashan to help look after the store, but in fact he just wanted to use this opportunity to let him get familiar with the Internet, and he didn't really want Ashan to do any work.
After all, since returning to the throne, Ashan, who lacks social experience and time, is extremely curious about everything. Just studying the modern appliances in the old house can make him excited like a child for a long time. It is natural for him to be curious about the Internet, and the fastest way to get familiar with the Internet is to chat with people online.
So, not long after Ah Shan excitedly put on the shop assistant's vest, a few seconds later, he couldn't help but turn around and said to Wen He in amazement, "The person on the other side of this big board, oh no, it should be this person on the other side of the internet, is really amazing. They can actually tell if I'm sick or not?"
Wen He: “?”
What does this mean? Did Ah Shan log onto some doctor's consultation website? Or is the customer who came to ask questions just a doctor?
Then, within a few seconds, Ah Shan couldn't help but sigh, "This guy is really amazing. Not only can he tell if I'm sick, he can also tell if I'm poisoned!"
Wen He: “???”
Isn't this... a conversation about illness? Why did it suddenly turn to poison? Could it be that this person isn't a doctor, but a poison expert?
Then, within a few seconds, Ah Shan turned to Wen He in horror and said, "Oh no, Ah He, the guy across the street is vomiting blood. What should we do? Is he dead? No, that's not right. He seems to be dead. Ah He, what should we do? Someone is dead!"
Wen He: “?!!”
At this moment, Wen He finally couldn't sit still anymore, so he hurried to the computer. At this moment, what was opened in front of Ashan was a chat interface for a small shop consultation. After Wen He took a quick look, he completely understood what was going on. He looked at Ashan with a complicated look in his eyes and fell into a long silence.
The reason was not anything else but the content on the chat interface. There was neither a doctor nor a poison identification expert. It was just that the person Ashan met was a black fan who was just looking for trouble.
Heizi came up and started asking arrogantly, "Hey, I heard the fruit in your shop can make you healthy and even help you get the top score in high school. That's exaggerated. I want to live forever. I wonder if your awesome fruit shop has any of that? Hahahaha, I'm dying of laughter."
Normally, provocative, meaningless remarks like these would be simply ignored, without even a reply. But Ah Shan didn't understand. After giving it some serious thought, he replied, "Immortality isn't good. It's not good at all. I suggest you don't pursue immortality. It's really hard. I've experienced it. It's good to die early and be reborn soon, so you can enter a new cycle of reincarnation."
"??? What the hell, what's wrong with you, customer service?! I just said something unpleasant, and you actually cursed me to die soon and be reborn soon? Are you sick?!"
"Sick...? You can tell if I'm sick? Wow, you're amazing! So am I really sick? What should I do? Will it hurt to get treated? Will it hurt like when I cut my hand and it bleeds?"
"Fuck, I'm gonna fuck you #@￥&￥@#￥%@#, do you even understand what I'm saying? You're poisonous!"
"Hey, am I poisoned? When did I get poisoned? Oh my god, could it be that wild mushroom I picked this morning because it looked so good and I couldn't resist the taste, but then I was worried that my mortal body couldn't handle it, so I didn't eat it. Could I have gotten poisoned just like that?"
"#@#￥&%#@￥%￥, who the hell is this guy? He must have escaped from a mental hospital! I'm going to vomit blood!"
"Vomiting blood? Are you okay? Are you still alive?"
"I can't survive, I'm dead! Thank you! Please don't reply to me again, I won't bother you again!"
Wen He: “…”
Wen He fell silent after watching the whole process. She suddenly realized that in addition to cultivating the farmland and managing the online store, there was another particularly arduous task. Who would teach the former mountain god the common sense of life? When she thought about it, she couldn't help crying, QAQ.
However, before Wen He could properly deal with his inner "sadness", something big but not small happened in the village. It turned out that the village chief wanted to apply for a road construction so as to give the village's economy an opportunity to develop.
In fact, for the village not far from the prosperous city of S, the chances of a successful application are actually very high. As long as the transportation is open, there will be many people willing to come here for vacation. After all, the air in the mountains is good and life in the city is oppressive. There are many people who choose to relax in the surrounding areas during the weekend.
Wen He was very supportive of this proposal, but the village chief and the villagers all looked sad. They shook their heads and said, "No, He girl, we actually applied successfully last year, but the white fog in the mountains blocked the way, so the city construction team couldn't get in. At that time, many experts came and studied the area for three days, but in the end they could only shake their heads and give up. They said that the higher-ups originally saw this place because it was connected to the mountains behind and thought it would be a good place to develop. But now it's surrounded by white fog, which makes it look strange and dangerous. They decided it was not suitable for development and the application was rejected."
"Yeah, we actually understand what the higher-ups are thinking. Just this much fog is enough to get us villagers lost all the time. A while ago, we refused to go in. If it were an outsider who wasn't familiar with the road, getting lost wouldn't be a fun thing. And then there was the incident with the 'mountain ghost'. But it's okay. The village is self-sufficient, and life is pretty good. There's nothing to be dissatisfied with..."
The villagers comforted themselves in this way. After all, their applications were not approved and everyone was a little frustrated. Although it was not obvious on the surface, Wen He could still clearly see the villagers' frustration.
In fact, the villagers wanted to apply for road construction to develop the village, not for money or anything. After all, to be honest, the village didn't have much money, and they were self-sufficient in food and water. It was mainly because as more and more young people left, the village became more and more lonely, and no one was willing to come. Gradually, it became more and more deserted.
The village chief told Wen He about his son with a bit of melancholy. His son was about to graduate from college. He sent a message to the village chief a few days ago, saying that he would stay in S City to work hard. When he made money, he would come back to build roads for the village and help the village develop. But this was not easy. The money for building roads was not so easy to earn, and even if he really earned it, it would take decades.
But what else can the village chief do? The village is not developing well, and the child has no future if he stays in the village. Even if the village develops better, the village chief will ask his son to stay. I guess everyone in the village is in the same situation. In order to make life better for their families in the village, young people run out to work hard.
To be honest, Wen He likes the villagers in this village, and she will probably live in the old house for a long time. The old house is closer to the mountains. In terms of location, it is already part of the mountains. The affairs of the village are actually closely related to Wen He.
But Wen He actually didn't understand what had happened in the past year. Why did the mountains suddenly become so strange? And what about the white fog? Why was there so much white fog that surrounded the mountains for a long time?
But speaking of the white fog, Wen He actually remembered one thing. She remembered that when she set up the summoning array a while ago, the mountain god who was Ashan at the time seemed to be formed by the white fog. And when the villagers came up to the old house for the first time, they all said that the white fog did not stop them, but led them on the way. It sounded like the white fog seemed, seemed... to be conscious?
"Oh, Ah He, you mean the time when I broke my promise? That time I led the way and brought the villagers up here."
Ashan munched on a cantaloupe while teasing the roosters in the tomato patch. It seemed that now that he was no longer a mountain god, the roosters were no longer afraid of him and had regained their former swagger. It seemed they had a grudge against him. Whenever they saw him, they would crow majestically, spreading their wings and crowing, displaying their rooster-like majesty. This made Ashan burst into laughter. Even when pecked, it hurt, but he continued to harass the roosters.
Just like that, in just a moment, the man and the chicken were both chewing on the cantaloupe, as if they were competing to see who could eat faster. Until Ashan heard Wen He's mumbling, he responded subconsciously. This answer suddenly made Wen He realize a problem that he seemed to have ignored before.
"Then the white mist can be controlled? If so, Ashan, can you make the white mist disappear and restore the mountain to its normal state a year ago?"
"I'm no longer a mountain god, Ah He, so I can't control the white mist anymore. I can only vaguely understand its meaning. But the truth is, Ah He, even if I were still a mountain god, I couldn't make the white mist disappear. The white mist surrounding the mountain symbolizes the great mountain, but...actually, you and the villagers have misunderstood. The reason the white mist surrounds the mountain isn't to prevent outsiders from coming in, but to prevent the impure things within the mountain from leaving."
Unclean things...
Suddenly, Wen He couldn't help but think of the evil creature "Mountain Ghost" that possessed Ah Jun a while ago. Could it be that the unclean thing refers to...
"That's right, the mountain did accidentally let the 'mountain ghost' escape that time, but the 'mountain ghost' is just an ordinary evil creature in the mountain. Deep in the mountain, there are many more terrifying evil creatures suppressed. It seems that just over 80 years ago, there was a great war in this mountain, which killed many people in the metaphysical world. The evil energy that overflowed at that time was so heavy and full that it scared me so much that I trembled with fear. I thought my life would end with the mountain. But later, it seems that a very powerful person used several large seals to suppress all the evil creatures in the mountain at once."
"If that's the case, why did the mountains suddenly become so terrifying a year ago?"
"Because the seal seems to have a crack. Around this time last year, it seems that the family of that very powerful figure came and took away his powerful figure who had been sleeping here for a long time. But the people who came didn't seem to have enough cultivation. They didn't notice that the seal had a crack. And they brought that powerful figure with them, so it was even more difficult to suppress it. Once the crack gets bigger, the seal will be completely destroyed, evil creatures will prevail, and the mountain will be doomed... So, since then, white mist has risen from the mountain to trap the evil creatures that slipped out of the crack in the seal."
This is why the mountain has become so strange and white fog has been everywhere since a year ago. It is to trap the evil creatures deep in the mountain and prevent them from coming out to cause harm.
But according to Ashan, this is actually a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution. Even if it is a big mountain, it can only prevent evil creatures from leaving the mountain, but the mountain cannot repair the formation, nor can it eliminate or suppress the evil creatures. Once the gap in the seal is completely broken, the consequences will be unimaginable.
In fact, ever since the breach in the seal was discovered, Ashan, the mountain god, has been trying to call on the practitioners passing by the mountain to repair the seal. Unfortunately, the strength of those practitioners is too poor, and they cannot hear Ashan's call. Finally, there is someone who can hear it. After arriving at the sealed place, who knows that it is the family disciple of that very powerful person. After taking that person away, he still cannot discover the problem of the breach in the seal. Ultimately, it is because he has not practiced enough.
So, there is still a time bomb hidden deep in the mountains, and it is a time bomb that only the metaphysical world can solve. Wen He feels that this is not going to work. After all, there is a time bomb hidden in the mountains. In other words, there is a time bomb hidden near her old house. How can Wen He feel at ease about this? After all, this is no longer as simple as whether it is surrounded by white fog or not.
Wen He had just witnessed the harm caused by evil creatures. Moreover, creatures like the "mountain ghost" were only low-level evil creatures, but they could cause great harm to people.
Moreover, Wen He likes and enjoys the life here very much. For now, she does not want to see the consequences of the mountains being destroyed.
There must be a way. There are so many masters in the world of metaphysics. Just from the ancient texts, we know how many great demons our predecessors have suppressed and destroyed. Is there no way to repair the formation yet? It must be because Ashan cannot leave the mountain and can only call on the metaphysical disciples passing by. This is why there is no way to find a master of metaphysics to help.
The only person Wen He knew in the metaphysical circle was Zhang Daxian, whom he had met once before.
Almost immediately, Wen He contacted Zhang Daxian and briefly summarized what she knew. The gist of it was that she heard that there seemed to be a big seal in the deep mountains here that was about to break and a gap appeared. If the seal was not repaired, the consequences could be disastrous. She lived near the mountains and did not want such a thing to happen, so she wanted Zhang Daxian to help her think of a solution.
"Is that mountain... the one near where we exorcised the 'mountain ghost'? So there's a breach in the seal? No wonder so many evil creatures have been appearing lately."
"Zhang Daxian, what you mean is..."
"Yes, that's what you were thinking, girl. You're right. Ever since we exorcised the 'mountain ghost,' I've been thinking about it and feeling something's amiss, so I asked other Taoists. You wouldn't have known it until I asked, but it turns out there haven't been just one or two similar instances of evil creatures appearing in that mountain. There have been more than a dozen, even. It was a blessing in disguise that your village only encountered a 'mountain ghost' that time. It's said that at the entrance to the other mountain, a tourist mistakenly entered and was impersonated by a ghoul. After sneaking into S City, it killed a family of five. Just two days ago, the ghoul was apprehended and exorcised. Meanwhile, the metaphysical community has determined that there's an evil source within that mountain. To prevent such incidents from happening again, they just posted a high bounty on the metaphysical forum yesterday... Girl, do you want to come? Your divine eye might be able to help, but the dangers are incredibly high, so you'll have to think it through."
This matter is very dangerous, Wen He certainly knows it.
Even the mountain god Ashan couldn't solve the problem, so how could she, who knew little about anything and only knew a few formations, help? What Zhang Daxian said before about the "eye in the sky" might have been just a coincidence, but... Wen He looked at the mountains, the old house left to her by the old man, the spirited rooster, and the villagers not far away who were greeting her warmly, took a deep breath, and finally made up her mind to come.
"I'll come, if I can help."
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