Xu Chunniang used a dust-cleansing technique, and the dust on all the books was cleared away in an instant.
Li Zheng watched from the side with his eyes wide open, secretly admiring the superb methods of the immortal.
But I saw the immortal master gently picked up a book and started reading it.
It would take time to finish reading all these county chronicles.
"Master, if you need anything, you can call me at any time."
After saying this, Li Zheng left tactfully.
Xu Chunniang looked through the county annals. She glanced at all the annals within the past two hundred years and put them aside.
It was not until I looked through the county annals with a history of more than 200 years that I took a closer look.
Finally, when I read one of the county annals, I found some clues.
Xu Chunniang thought for a moment, found the previous book, flipped through it and compared it, and finally confirmed that the changes in Yang County occurred about three hundred and twenty years ago.
Before this year, Yang County's annual grain output was quite abundant. Until the beginning of this year, many crops died for unknown reasons and the output dropped sharply.
The problem must have arisen this year.
Xu Chunniang picked up the county annals of that year again and read it carefully.
Her eyes fell on one of the pages of records.
"It was September. I couldn't sleep at night, so I got up and paced in the courtyard. Suddenly I saw a stream of light in the sky, and then I heard a loud noise coming from the west, shaking all directions. The cause is unknown."
After searching through the county annals of that year, I only found this suspicious sentence.
A thoughtful look flashed in Xu Chunniang's eyes. The flowing light and the loud noise, could it be a meteorite from outer space
Unfortunately, it was a long time ago, so even if she wanted to investigate, she had no way to start.
However, it is mentioned here that the loud noise came from the west, so it is expected that even if there is a meteorite from outer space, it should have appeared in the west.
Xu Chunniang put down the county annals and decided to travel west in person.
The appearance of meteorites from outer space is often accompanied by celestial fire, but this happened 320 years ago. Logically, it should not have had an impact for such a long time.
Three hundred and twenty years is enough time to smooth over many things.
Maybe there are other reasons.
After leaving Yang County, Xu Chunniang traveled westward and did not find anything special.
However, one can feel that the further west one goes, the less spiritual energy there is in the surrounding water.
In the end, there was even no water spirit left.
Xu Chunniang frowned. It is not uncommon for one of the five elements to be missing. For example, the water spirit is active around the spiritual spring, but the fire spirit is scarce.
The wood and earth spiritual energies in the spiritual field are extremely strong, but relatively speaking, the gold and fire spiritual energies are not much.
But Yang County is located in the mundane world where spiritual energy is sparse. Why would such a situation occur
Xu Chunniang searched this land several times and finally narrowed down the scope to a valley.
The soil in this valley is black, with no grass growing on it, and the surrounding area is extremely hot and dry.
Just staying there for a short while will make people feel bored.
Three hundred years have passed, and the terrain has not changed much. In all likelihood, this is where the meteorite landed.
Meteorites come from outer space, but no one knows where they come from.
They are extremely hard and are often used to make flying swords.
Just add a little bit of it when refining a flying sword, and the hardness of the flying sword can be increased to a higher level.
If we classify them into grades, meteorite from outer space belongs to the lower third grade, which is a material for the Jindan period.
But in terms of its rarity, its number is much less than that of other third-level spiritual objects, and it is often hard to find.
Xu Chunniang naturally would not think that after more than three hundred years, the meteorite from outer space would still be there waiting for her to pick it up.
The meteorite from outer space appeared, and the cultivators in the secular world naturally could not fail to notice it. Once such spiritual objects appeared, they would soon be taken away by the destined person.
I just don’t know who ended up with this meteorite.
She came here this time just to find out the reason for the imbalance of spiritual energy.
Since her search had yielded no results, she naturally wouldn't waste any more time.
After noting down the location of the valley, Xu Chunniang returned to the Censorate.
Before we arrived at the place, we saw many people gathered outside the Censorate from afar.
Some of the people in the group noticed that Xu Chunniang had returned, and they all knelt down and kowtowed to her.
"The wheat fields dried up and were about to die. Fortunately, the immortal master passed by a few days ago and used his magic to make rain, which saved the wheat fields."
"The wheat fields are our lives. Please, Master, please cast a spell to bring rain and save us."
"Please have mercy on us, Master, and save the lives of our family."
Xu Chunniang never expected that her unintentional behavior a few days ago would lead to the scene before her.
She was suddenly embarrassed.
It's not that she doesn't want to take action, it's just that the spiritual energy in the mortal world is thin, and the more spiritual power is used, the less it is. Without the use of spiritual stones or spirit gathering formations, and relying solely on breathing to replenish it, it will take at least ten days to replenish the spiritual energy.
Yang County is not a big county, but it has more than 20 villages under its jurisdiction. Each village has at least a hundred households, and each household has some small fields.
How could she handle it all by herself
Xu Chunniang shook her head. "I am not an immortal master. I am just a disciple in the Qi training stage. The so-called immortal method is nothing more than a minor trick."
How could the people believe it? They only believed what they saw with their own eyes.
"Master, please help us. We are at your disposal."
"As long as the Immortal Master is willing to send rain, we will repay him even if we have to work like slaves."
"Please have mercy on us, Master."
Xu Chunniang sighed inwardly. Even a Jindan cultivator couldn't solve this problem, so how could she, a mere Qigong practitioner, do it
Just looking at the people in front of her, each of them emaciated and frail, but with eyes full of hope, she ultimately couldn't utter the words of refusal.
"Forget it, you guys go back first, and let me think of a solution. But I can't guarantee that I can solve the problem."
The people kneeling on the ground were somewhat confused. It was obvious that the immortal master could solve the problem with just a raise of his hand, so why did he say that he couldn't guarantee it
However, they did not dare to object to the immortal master's words. They kowtowed again to the immortal master they thought they were and expressed their gratitude before leaving.
After everyone had left, Xu Chunniang couldn't help but hold her forehead with her hand.
She is a cultivator and should have a heart of stone. But why does she still feel sorry for the suffering people
Besides, Yang County was suffering from a drought. She had gone to investigate the source but couldn't even find out the cause, so there was no way to solve it.
I should have rejected it completely just now.
Now I've caused myself trouble for nothing.
Xu Chunniang let out a breath and was really distressed.
She murmured to herself, "The original intention of the Censorate was to uphold justice and understand the suffering of the people. I agreed to this, which is in line with their intention. Forget it, I will go to the valley again tomorrow to take a look."
On the second day, Xu Chunniang arrived at the valley early in the morning.
The valley was still dark, silent and empty, and nothing could be seen at all.
After she circled the valley twice without any results, she slapped her head and decisively let Xiaobai out.
I almost forgot that Xiaobai is a famous treasure-hunting mouse, maybe he can find something.
After these years of practice, Xiaobai's cultivation has made great progress and reached the sixth level of Qi training.
Xiaobai was very excited when he was just released, but the next second he felt a certain breath and his whole body trembled.
Then the little head looked towards the direction of the valley in disbelief.