The wheelchair hovered in mid-air, and the armrests woven from vines emitted a warm, woody fragrance.
A divine deer led the way, its hooves adorned with tender buds that swayed in the wind.
Gu Huai couldn't help but ask, "Are you also from the modern era?"
Chen Shuiyi nodded: "To be precise, there are many time travelers in the desolate mountains, and we all believe in the Mountain Goddess."
Gu Huai was shocked, realizing he had been too conservative. He had only expected to meet one or two fellow villagers, but there were so many!
As for the fact that so many transmigrators worship the Mountain Goddess, he didn't find it strange at all. In this world where evil and chaos coexist, there's nothing wrong with worshipping a more powerful god!
Even modern people still worship gods every day, asking for blessings!
This fellow villager looks incredibly powerful, so the god she worships must be even more powerful!
Gu Huai felt that he had made the right choice by clinging to this powerful patron!
"After we've visited all the villages ravaged by the demonic trees, I'll take you back to the desolate mountains to find Lady Zhang and Sister Wanxin to heal you."
"Dr. Tong is also very skilled in orthopedics, you will definitely be able to recover."
Chen Shuiyi thought he was worried about his legs and comforted him.
Gu Huai sighed and recounted his experiences over the past year.
After transmigrating, he was filled with lofty ambitions, wanting to do something for the people of this world and to bring benefits to more people.
However, before he even left the county, his legs were inexplicably beaten like this.
When Gu Huai learned the whole story, he found it absurd. The reason he suffered this calamity was because the daughter of the wealthy Wu family had taken a liking to him.
However, a second-generation official in this county became jealous and brought a group of thugs over to teach him a lesson.
That's absolutely outrageous! In fact, he had never even heard of that Wu Yuanwai's daughter!
Chen Shuiyi looked sympathetic, never expecting that her fellow villager was in such a miserable state!
"I'll find a chance to catch that rich kid and give him a good beating!" Gu Huai clenched his fist and made a resolution in his heart.
"By the way, this baobab tree..." Gu Huai looked at the fields in the distance that were gradually coming back to life, still with some doubts in his mind.
“In modern times, when this type of tree was introduced to the East, many of them degenerated into ornamental trees and lost their water storage capacity. This should be fine in this world, right?”
"Don't worry, these trees are actually demon trees, but their demonic nature has been purified. They will adapt on their own and will not be affected by the environment. They have a stronger water storage capacity than modern baobab trees, and they bear more fruit than normal trees. They also have a certain ability to prevent flooding."
Chen Shuiyi chuckled softly.
"Speaking of which, these saplings were sent by the Grand Preceptor of the Yan Kingdom after much effort. I don't know where he found them, but they were a great gift to us."
Gu Huai: "..."
I can see that; it really is a big gift!
He observed a moment of silence for the Grand Preceptor of the Yan State.
Why did they have to offend the Mountain Goddess who commands a group of time travelers?
…
Qingzhou, Yancun.
The scorching sun beat down on the earth, and the sweet potato vines in the fields drooped and the corn leaves curled and turned yellow.
Several menacing, demonic trees stood in the field, their thick roots writhing like giant pythons, greedily sucking up the moisture from the soil.
"We planted sweet potatoes and corn bestowed by the Mountain Goddess, how could such a monster grow?" The old village chief, supporting his hunched body with a hoe, spoke in a hoarse voice.
He crouched down, dug away the cracked soil, and revealed the sweet potato tubers that had begun to rot underneath.
A young man kicked a clod of earth at his feet: "The government says these demonic trees are the seeds of the mountain god, and they want us to destroy all our crops! But our sweet potatoes and corn are perfectly fine. It's these demonic trees that suddenly appeared and are ruining our fields!"
"The Mountain Goddess has saved so many people, she would never harm us! On the contrary, the imperial court has repeatedly increased taxes, trying to kill us!"
"Shh!" The woman beside him tugged nervously at his sleeve. "Someone from Zhao Family Village argued with the officials, saying that the demon tree and the crops were not the same thing, and he was arrested on the spot..."
The villagers fell silent, gazing at the few demonic trees in the field.
The tree trunk twisted like a coiled python, its bark cracked and oozing dark red sap, and wherever the roots passed, the land quickly dried up and cracked.
Even more terrifying, these demonic trees could slowly move, shifting overnight from one patch of land to another that was still moist.
Are their fields going to be completely destroyed by these demonic trees?
The old village chief trembled as he stroked the withered seedlings, his voice hoarse, "If this continues, our village won't be able to harvest any grain this year, and everyone will starve to death!"
The people were filled with despair. The government was not giving them a way to survive, and even Heaven was taking away their grain.
Suddenly, a strange buzzing sound came from the sky. The villagers looked up and saw a huge fish breaking through the clouds. Its body glowed with a pale blue light, and its fins stretched out as lightly as thin gauze, drawing graceful arcs in the air.
On the back of the fish sat a young woman in a light green dress, her clothes fluttering, like a fairy descending to earth.
"It's a god! A god has come to save us!" the children cheered.
Zhang Yu landed lightly, her gaze sweeping over the withered sweet potato field and the cornfield destroyed by the demon tree's roots, a hint of anger flashing in her eyes.
She walked to the nearest demonic tree and, under the horrified gazes of the villagers, placed her palm on the cracked bark.
"Don't be afraid," she said in a clear voice. "The reason it looks so ferocious is that someone deliberately turned the precious tree bestowed by the Mountain Goddess into a demonic tree!"
The villagers looked at each other, both surprised and suspicious.
The old village chief mustered his courage and asked, "Young lady, you say this tree is a treasure tree? But it has drained our fields, and even the well water is almost gone!"
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