"The evil spirits in this Shijia Village really know how to hide!" Yu Luo exclaimed from above the statue.
After discovering yesterday that some children, as well as some candidates for the imperial examinations, had gone missing, she had Cui Ying take the wooden statue of the deity and make a round of Shijia Village.
The Cui family and a family in Shijia Village are distant relatives, so this was a good excuse to visit them.
To everyone's surprise, after searching the entire Shijia Village and even secretly investigating the ancestral hall, they found no trace of it.
This was even with Yu Luo keeping a close watch on things.
"There are two possibilities: this evil spirit possesses a special device to conceal itself, which can erase all traces of itself."
"Another possibility is that this evil spirit has no physical form; it is very special in itself and may be hiding in the body of a 'believer'."
The system was also making guesses.
"Special equipment?" Yu Luo suddenly remembered that the evil spirit that was chasing Wang Qing used a similar equipment.
"Demons and evil spirits often devour and kill each other. They will extract the power of enemy demons and evil spirits, or turn the bodies of other demons and evil spirits into demonic artifacts. The number of such demonic artifacts is quite small, after all, there are not many demons and evil spirits with such power."
Yu Luo seemed to be deep in thought. Regardless of the possibility, her followers were currently unable to find it. It seemed that she should increase the strength of her followers and expand her network of new followers.
In addition to these, the cultural literacy of believers should also be improved, so that there will no longer be situations where they go out to do missions but cannot read the words.
Moreover, she should also give these believers a clear division of labor.
Yu Luo opened the panoramic map and looked at that valley.
A small house was temporarily built in the valley, where Lin Mo and Ning Xiangqiao were on duty, keeping a close eye on the cotton plants with expressions of amazement.
The wooden houses halfway up the barren mountain were gradually completed, but in order to keep warm this winter, the villagers of Linjia Village started firing bricks again to build houses with heated kang beds.
Gu Rui was directing the villagers to fire bricks. The group was busy and working hard. Wu Deyun and Zhang Chongjiu were also busy here.
In the mountains, a group of men are planting winter wheat, Chinese cabbage, and radishes, each one full of expectations for the future.
In an open space, Wang Wan was leading a group of children in sword practice. Each sword strike carried a sharp gust of wind, making the children cheer.
Inside the wooden house, a group of elderly women were working hard to weave cloth, striving to finish weaving all the fabric needed for cotton-padded clothes before the cold winter arrived.
Several aunties were still discussing, "Do you think the cotton-padded coat that Madam An mentioned is really that warm?"
"Go away, go away! This is cotton seed bestowed by the Mountain Goddess. How could it not be warm? It's definitely much better than kapok! We just need to wait for it to grow!"
"Mountain Goddess, I am absolutely not questioning you, it's just that I've never seen this kind of cotton before, I, I, I deserve to die!"
"Alright, sister-in-law, let's continue weaving!"
At the foot of the desolate mountain, Cui Ying was patrolling the area with several capable women, keeping a watchful eye on any bandits appearing near the mountain.
Most of the houses on the land that originally belonged to Linjia Village are now empty, with only two remaining.
One family consisted of Old Mrs. Lin and Old Mr. Lin, while the other was a family that had moved from the mountains. These people did not trust Linjia Village and did not go with them.
In other villages, Zhang's wife was chatting with several women from Lin's village, trying to recruit more believers.
A desolate county.
Xu Rurong, along with the constables from the county government, personally went to the construction site to check on the situation, showing concern for the working people and distributing hot water and coarse grain buns.
It was the first time the county magistrate had ever shown them such concern, and everyone from the old woman cooking over the fire to the men carrying loads was incredibly excited.
Everything was moving in a positive direction, but Yu Luo felt stuck, as if something was missing.
"They are new believers!"
The villagers of Linjia Village were indeed recruiting new believers for her, but these believers did not feel much sense of belonging to the barren mountain.
Although it provides faith points, the amount of faith points is not high.
Yu Luo fell into deep thought, pondering how to make changes.
The barren mountains definitely need more people to build them up, but we certainly can't let those people abandon everything now; we have to wait for the right opportunity.
Before that, you can also do some things in advance.
Yu Luo looked at the valley again, already having an idea in mind.
The system beside her just watched her without saying a word, seemingly wanting to see what this new trainee god would do.
Barren mountains and valleys.
Lin Mo and Ning Xiangqiao had only taken a nap when they opened their eyes again and found that all the cotton was ripe. One after another, the soft white cotton bolls burst open, revealing the fluffy cotton inside.
"Mountain Goddess, thank you for your kindness to Lin Family Village!" Lin Mo had already knelt on the ground skillfully, expressing her gratitude in the direction of the Mountain God Temple.
"So what Madam An said was right. These cotton plants really did mature very quickly. From the time they were first planted until now, it has only taken three days." Ning Xiangqiao also found it incredible.
Of course, she was only surprised for a moment, after all, this was a gift from the Mountain Goddess, anything was possible!
"Aunt Xiang, you stay here for now, I'll go find someone to collect the cotton!"
These twenty acres of land are all planted with cotton. When all the cotton bursts open at once, it looks like a pile of clouds.
Lin Mo beamed with joy, thinking that her great-grandmother would be even happier to see this!
So, Lin Mo stopped the group of men who had already finished planting and were clearing land in the mountains.
"Uncles and elders, the cotton bestowed by the Mountain Goddess is ripe and we need you all to pick it. All of it will be counted as contribution points for the barren mountain."
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