22 Chapter 22
◎The spiritual energy of heaven and earth suddenly rises◎
Chapter 22
Hearing his words, the village chief fell into deep thought, his brows full of solemnity.
The village chief managed to finish the meeting with all his strength because he had prepared himself mentally and had taken notes in great detail in his notebook.
Fortunately, perhaps the higher-ups also know what kind of people are still thinking of staying in the mountain village.
Those old people are quite stubborn, so we didn't act too forcefully. We just asked them to go back and notify them first, and then find a solution if there are any problems later.
After all, we are dealing with elderly people and children, so our attitude towards them needs to be gentler.
With this idea in mind, the village chief finally had the opportunity to go back and think carefully about how to prevent Daxi Village from being included in the list of relocated villages.
"This relocation opportunity might be a great one for other villages. Not only can they move out of the mountains and live and retire in a better place, but the government will also provide them with better housing. But for our village, we don't need it."
The village chief sat at home, thinking about the content of today's meeting, and couldn't help sighing. He smoked his pipe and smacked his lips with a worried look.
The reason why the villagers have lived in this place for such a long time and have not thought about moving out even when they had the opportunity is that they are reluctant to leave the land and houses in the village.
Of course it’s because my godmother is here!
If they move away from the village, only their godmother's tree will be left here, and they are worried.
The old Sophora japonica tree in their Daxi Village is well-known in villages outside. A few years ago, a rich man in the city heard about it and wanted to buy it. He even wanted to donate money to the town to build a road.
But the villagers of Daxi Village would never agree to this. The entire village disagreed. Due to the tough attitude of Daxi Village, the man failed and the promised donation of money was shelved.
Because of the lack of donations, in those years, whenever the village chief went to town and met people from other villages, people would talk about him.
After all, with that money, regardless of whether they can get much of it themselves, just building the road will make life much more convenient for other villages along the way.
But the people of Daxi Village rejected them. Daxi Village did not want such a good thing, which disappointed the people of other villages who were looking forward to it at the time.
People in Daxi Village talked about that matter for several years. Whenever people asked about it, the first thing they would ask was, "It's such a good thing, why don't you villagers want it?"
If it weren't for the subsequent national policy to build roads to every village, they would probably have to complain for a few more years.
Now, if all the villagers really move away, the Sophora japonica trees that have been growing in Daxi Village for hundreds of years will definitely be difficult to move.
Not to mention anything else, they don’t know how to dig up the roots of the locust trees that have spread across most of the village. After they have sorted them out, they don’t know where to find a place to settle the locust trees.
In the past, locust trees grew in Daxi Village and belonged to the Daxi Village collective. As long as the villagers were not happy, no one else could touch them.
But if the trees are moved out and planted on someone else's land, and if someone else sets their sights on the Sophora japonica trees, can the villagers still protect them?
Such concerns further strengthened the village chief's determination not to move away.
Sitting next to the village chief was Grandma Stone, who was sorting out her medicinal herbs that had been dried.
These medicinal herbs were picked by her when they were ripe in the mountains.
She usually wanders around in the mountains and does nothing serious. These medicinal herbs are her main source of income.
"There's no point in worrying here. You should call a meeting with the villagers tomorrow and explain everything clearly, including the interests involved. The villagers will understand. If someone wants to leave, they can leave. If someone doesn't want to leave, they can stay."
Grandma Shitou’s thoughts were not complicated. After listening to the village chief’s words, she thought for a while and then continued.
“If only it were that simple.”
The village chief shook his head, still worried.
"Don't worry, I don't understand those complicated things. There's just one thing. If everyone in our village has to leave as soon as we leave, most people in the village won't agree to leave. After all, our godmother is still here. If we all leave, someone will sneak into our village and take our godmother away, and we won't even know who did it."
Grandma Shitou shook her head, put the drying sieve in her hand on a shelf beside her, turned around and solemnly expressed her opinion to the village chief.
"Of course I know about this. A few years ago, there were young people from outside who tried to secretly cut down trees. Although they didn't succeed at the time and were caught by us, who knows if they had any intentions in their hearts."
Having said this, the village chief shook his head and felt even worse.
"Let's ask them at the meeting tomorrow. If no one wants to leave, I'll file a petition with the higher-ups. It's not the first time our village has acted independently. The higher-ups should be prepared for the possibility that the villages below may not follow their expectations. What I'm worried about now is whether they have any backup plans."
The village chief nodded, his idea formed, but he was still a little worried.
"Well, it's nothing. We'll see when the time comes."
Grandma Shitou responded but didn't continue the conversation.
If one person's emotions spread to two people, then they will both stay awake until dawn tonight.
"Rest, you'll be busy tomorrow."
Grandma Shitou reached out to turn off the light, adjusted her quilt, and lay down to rest.
"Yeah, okay."
Seeing that his wife really didn't want to bother with him anymore about this matter, the village chief had no choice but to lie down and look at the roof above. He looked left and right, but still felt a little uneasy and couldn't sleep. In the end, he could only think of something to divert his attention.
"Didn't our mother bring back Mr. Lu's great-granddaughter? I didn't have time, so I just took a quick look. The girl didn't look very good. What do you think?"
The village chief said, turning the topic to Chu Xinran.
"Don't even mention it. This little girl looks even worse off than an old woman like me. She gets out of breath after walking a few steps and can't even eat properly. I don't know how she managed to support herself in the past."
When it comes to this topic, Grandma Shitou becomes very excited.
He shook his head and began to recall the other person's state when he met Chu Xinran.
She likes plants. Although she has not systematically studied traditional medicine, she knows the effects of many plants and can indirectly see some clues from people.
Chu Xinran had just returned home in the evening. Seeing her daughter sitting at the table and eating with her children, she frowned.
It seems that their appetite is even less than that of two four-year-old twins. They eat slowly and chew their food carefully. It seems that they have no appetite.
Her slowness was not simply due to table manners, but because she looked like she had no appetite at all, and because the children around her were staring at her, she felt embarrassed to leave any food, so she forced herself to eat.
There wasn't much rice in the twins' bowls, their mouths were small, and they ate in a messy manner. But even though they were a little slower due to these objective reasons, at least they were really eating, and they ate very happily.
Comparing the two, people with some life experience can see that the little girl really has no appetite.
"While eating at the table, their grandfather and others noticed it and asked about it. If they didn't have an appetite, they could just leave it aside. There were still some poultry in the backyard that could be digested, so there was no need to worry about waste.
But the child finally forced himself to finish it.”
Granny Shitou shook her head as she spoke. "This child is quite stubborn and doesn't like to cause trouble for others. If he doesn't cause trouble for others, the end result will be that he will suffer losses and feel uncomfortable all over."
"This personality is a bit eccentric. I heard a long time ago that there are not many people in Mr. Lu's family. When they left the village, people were worried. This time when they came back, there was only a little girl left at home, which is even more worrying."
The village chief listened to what his wife said, shook his head, and sighed helplessly.
When he said this, the village chief placed Chu Xinran in Lu Ye's house, and did not leave her with her father as an outsider.
Not to mention anything else, just the good things Lu Youfu did for Daxi Village were enough to make the villagers accept this young man who had never returned to Daxi Village.
"What else can I do? When you're done tomorrow, find someone to fix up the Lu family's house. Let the little girl know that she's not living under someone else's roof, and she won't push herself so hard."
Grandma Shitou was already feeling sleepy, and she fell asleep right after she said this.
The village chief listened to the voice and felt helpless. He could only close his eyes and continue to try to fall asleep.
The village gradually quieted down, but Ying Huai did not immerse himself in cultivation as before. Instead, he looked up at the sky, contrary to his usual behavior. He was observing and carefully checking the spiritual energy content in the air.
"It's improving so fast, is there something wrong?"
Ying Huai was a little confused. The spiritual energy he could feel rising before was slow and within a certain range.
But just now, when he was about to practice, he found that the speed at which the spiritual energy was rising was accelerating, which was obviously abnormal.
Ying Huai was puzzled, but he couldn't just look thousands of miles away. He could only continue to observe the direction of the spiritual energy in the air, trying to know which direction would benefit in the end after this sudden incident.
Of course, while he was observing, he would not treat himself badly. He himself had a high demand for spiritual energy, and this improvement just happened to be convenient for him.
Not having to convert the villagers' wishes into spiritual power saves a process and makes things easier for him.
Just as Ying Huai was paying attention to the spiritual energy content in the air, the source of the sudden increase in spiritual energy in the distance was a little at a loss.
"I don't know what happened. I just took something out and it just happened."
Zhuang Dun had just moved something out from the bottom of the pit, and then they found that the comfortable atmosphere emanating from the pit became stronger in an extremely short period of time.
"Press it back, can you press it back?"
Although the Taoist was envious of the spiritual energy coming out of the pit, he also thought about just letting it go. After all, it was the revival of spiritual energy, and with more spiritual energy he could practice faster.
But thinking about the changes in the world today, he couldn't guarantee that the sudden increase in spiritual energy would only satisfy humans. What if those alienated animals and plants benefited more than them?
Thinking of this, he was conflicted and decided to ask Zhuang Dun to find a way to fill back what he had taken out.
"I...I'll try..."
Hearing the Taoist's words, Zhuang Dun was a little confused, but he still followed the other party's idea and began to put his hand on the pit. However, as soon as he put the thing back, he felt that it was bounced out.
"No, I can't press it back. It just bounces back into my transformation space."
Zhuang Dun stood up somewhat at a loss, his whole face wrinkled and looking quite distressed.
Before the Taoist could continue speaking, he squatted down again, put his hand above the pit, and continued to use his special ability.
"It still doesn't work. I can't put it back."
After trying several times, his supernatural power was exhausted and he had to stop.
"It's like a gate, easy to open but hard to close. I don't have the ability to force things back in place.
Moreover, even if we force it back and block the outflow of spiritual energy, in a few days, the entire gate will probably be broken open, and by then, more spiritual energy will be released than now."
After Zhuang Dun finished speaking, he stood aside helplessly. He had no other choice.
What Zhuang Dun said is easy to understand.
The people present had thought of this possibility when he took out the things and couldn't put them back, and now he just confirmed the idea.
"It can't be helped. We've done something stupid."
The Taoist turned around and looked at the result of the divination in his hand with some madness, feeling helpless.
"I said before that after the revival of spiritual energy, the probability of my divination being inaccurate has increased. I didn't expect that the probability of my divination being wrong would increase so much."
The people in his research institute proposed to study certain materials under the pit. When the leader came to him to calculate whether it was feasible, he even asked him to do a few more divinations to be on the safe side.
Who would have thought that I was wrong in the end.
Because I have studied Zhuang Dun's abilities before, I can be sure that his abilities are relatively useful.
It is to transfer items to his conversion space through the air. The items can stay in his conversion space for about half an hour, and then they can no longer be put away and can only be transferred to another place where they can be stored.
It can't be compared with the space in novels, but it is indeed a good ability to transfer supplies.
Knowing Zhuang Dun's abilities, the people at the research institute suggested that he be used to transfer things underground remotely.
Just because the people at the research institute have studied it, it is useless to dig this pit normally. You can only dig to the superficial skin layer and cannot get the research materials they want.
"Something's wrong."
The leader looked at a piece of glittering stone that was moved out from Zhuangdun and murmured to himself.
"This thing is obviously not something we can control right now. If we can't put it back after we get it out, it's obviously not a good thing."
"Nonsense, I know that too, but my hexagram told me that this was the right direction! It's not my fault that I got one hexagram wrong, but if all of them are wrong, it really kills me..."
The Taoist priest sat opposite the leader, looking at the stones in the box in front of him, his expression a little broken.
"There's special energy overflowing here again, Leader, how about we close the isolation box first?"
The person who was talking about doing research saw the two of them in this state, and walked forward with the equipment, feeling a little nervous, and gave suggestions.
"It's not spiritual energy, it should be something else, turn it off first."
After hearing his words, the Taoist lowered his head and looked carefully at the stone in front of him. After making sure that he did not feel any spiritual energy, he signaled him to go forward and seal the isolation box.
This box was hastily made overnight by a group of researchers at the research institute for the revival of spiritual energy.
The isolation of spiritual energy was only barely achieved, and now faced with an energy that they had never studied before, even less could be sealed.
After a busy period, the researcher looked down at the energy detector in his hand. The energy leakage icon on it was still flashing, but it was smaller than before.
"Tsk, what are you doing..."
The Taoist stretched his head to take a look, and after a sigh, he reluctantly took out a talisman from the small bag he was carrying, muttered a few words, and stuck it on the top of the isolation box.
The stone that was just roaring and releasing energy suddenly seemed to have its mouth covered. Although it could still make some noise, no one could hear its voice unless they got close.
The same is true for the energy in this box. Most of it is sealed inside by talismans, and some of it vaguely comes out from the gaps, which is inevitable for them now.
Seeing his action, the leaders and people from the research institute turned their eyes to his small bag, as if they wanted to see something else and were extremely curious about what was inside.
"Alright, these are useless to you. I haven't figured them out myself. They were left to me by my master, and I can't make them myself. If I use one, there will be one less. Don't worry about them."
The Taoist noticed their gaze and hurriedly packed up his small bag and put it on his back, expressing his rejection with his actions and words.
Seeing that the Taoist had packed up everything, the leader and the researcher withdrew their gaze with regret.
These are things that are used less and less by Taoists. There is no guarantee that they will not need them when they encounter problems in the future. It would be a waste to study them now without any foundation or understanding.
Instead of wasting it, it’s better not to touch the Taoist’s things. At least he really knows how to use them.
"You guys are busy, I'll stay outside."
The Taoist packed up his things, stood up and walked out. Looking at the direction he was going, it was obviously the pit that was constantly emitting spiritual energy.
"Now is the time when we need to work hard. I suggest that those of you who feel something is wrong stay over there for a while." The Taoist thought of something before leaving and turned to speak to his leader.
The leaders he mentioned could all guess why, but if he hadn't reminded them before, even if they knew that this spiritual energy was good for the body and could enhance abilities, they would have chosen to study it thoroughly at the research institute before trying it.
But this time, they are not allowed to slow down.
They made a blunder that forced them to move forward.
This conclusion was confirmed by the data provided by the research institute the next day.
The mutant plants and animals that were previously included were originally mutated within a certain range, but their speed increased after they took the stone out of the pit and couldn't put it back yesterday, causing the spiritual energy content to suddenly increase. Their mutations also seemed to increase with the increase of spiritual energy.
A mutated plant in the research institute that had previously looked very quiet and well-behaved had a leaf thrown at someone when the institute was collecting samples this morning.
It looked soft before, but after the mutation started, the leaves just became more flexible.
But as the spiritual energy increased last night, its mutation accelerated, it became stronger, and the serrated edges of the leaves became sharper, causing a burning pain when it hit people.
If the researcher had not been wearing a research suit, it would not have been a simple dull pain, but a stab wound.
The Taoist priest was sitting in front of the pit, puzzled as to how he could have calculated so many hexagrams wrong.
"That shouldn't be the case. If this is really wrong, then why wouldn't it be wrong for so many hexagrams?"
The Taoist kept muttering to himself as he sat there absorbing spiritual energy while thinking about the flaws he had made all day.
Finally, he concluded that there was nothing wrong with his hexagram. His hexagram was correct for this world of spiritual revival, but it was not applicable to humans who did not choose to focus their main attention on cultivating their abilities.
After figuring it out, the Taoist practiced faster, as if to confirm his previous idea.
This feeling has never happened before.
"This world of resurrected spiritual energy is surprisingly so magical..."
After the vortex that quickly absorbed the spiritual energy passed, the Taoist felt refreshed and was extremely happy.
Different from the worries that arise among flower growers, these are the worries that arise everywhere because of the increase in spiritual energy content.
Ying Huai was delighted to see that the spiritual energy in the air had increased significantly overnight.
The spiritual energy content in the air now is comparable to the most remote places in the world of cultivation recorded in the jade slips left by cultivators in the Tianyuan Secret Realm.
Of course, the most important point is that he felt a little bit of the breath emanating from the way of heaven.
This is a sign of its awakening.
"It's been such a long time since the spiritual energy has been revived, and there are only the slightest signs of awakening now. I don't know what's going on in this world."
Ying Huai looked up at the sky and muttered, glancing at the Tianyun Fruit that he had been protecting in his natal space. "I wonder when you'll have the chance to sprout."
A hundred years ago, the Tianyun Fruit brought him safely to this world. Later, in order to prevent the spiritual energy of the Tianyun Fruit from dissipating in this scarce world, Ying Huai, who himself was very short of spiritual energy, used the little spiritual energy he had to protect the Tianyun Fruit by carrying two people at the same time.
If the villagers of Daxi Village had not offered him sacrifices, giving him the power of wishes to transform into spiritual energy, he would probably have died with the Tianyun Fruit.
"Heavenly Dao, what's wrong with you? It's already this late, and you're still not awake. Could it be that you're not okay?"
Ying Huai had waited long enough and was now a little impatient. He was still waiting to put the Tianyun Fruit next to Tiandao to sprout.
If this goes on, when will the Tianyun Fruit be able to break free from the constraints of the fruit and become a sapling?
So I started to speculate about what was going on in the world.
He, the demon plant that almost died when he first came to this world, is still alive and well. It would be fine if the way of heaven in this world was asleep, but now the changes in heaven and earth are so obvious. No matter how deep the sleep is, it should wake up, right?
If he can't even wake up, what else could it be but failure?
Ying Huai, who was muttering to himself, had no idea that in the direction he was looking, a trapped little ball was running around in anger.
"Damn it, don't think I don't know what you're talking about just because I can't get out now! Wait until I get out, and I'll make you pay. I'll give you one more of your advanced heavenly thunder!"
Just thinking about it makes me angry. Tuanzi tried to rush to the other side again, but it was useless.
This is the cage set up for the next new Heavenly Dao by the so-called gods who left this world after the previous Heavenly Dao fell.
He had finally managed to break open a hole, and a fragment had fallen out. He was just about to absorb the power within to strengthen himself, but he hadn't expected those incompetent humans outside to get him out!
"Ah!!! I get angry just thinking about it!"
"Bang!!!"
【Author’s words】
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