It has been more than a year since the outbreak of the giant locust plague, and Yang Junshan has turned fourteen. For more than a year, the weather in Yu County has been relatively smooth, and the spiritual fields in the disaster-stricken counties and towns have begun to gradually grow. recover.
However, due to the ferociousness of the huge locust plague the previous year, and the unfavorable situation of the counties in resisting the disaster, the locust plague recurred on a small scale in the Lingtian areas of the affected counties and towns in the second year. Although it was quickly eliminated, it was still A certain amount of damage was caused, and the recovery of the Lingtian itself took time. Therefore, the Linggu harvest in the disaster-stricken counties and towns in the second year could only barely recover to 70% of previous years.
Of course, this does not include Tuqiu Village. Although the spiritual fields of Tuqiu Village were also damaged by giant locust larvae, Yang Tiangang was reminded by Yang Junshan that he had already made preparations for these disasters. nipped in the bud, Tuqiu Village’s Linggu harvest in the second year has returned to normal levels.
This year, Shaking Tianzong's grain tax also returned to normal levels, and the vast majority of spiritual farmers naturally complained about this. The spiritual grains received by spiritual farmers in many villages were only used to maintain their own cultivation. , the growth of many young monks has also been affected by the further reduction of cultivation resources; in order to take care of the growth of their offspring, some parents even reduce the spiritual grain needed to maintain their own cultivation, causing a decline in cultivation.
There is even more news about the decline in cultivation, shortened lifespan, and even direct death of elderly spiritual farmers because their spiritual grains are not enough to maintain their own cultivation.
None of this happened in Tuqiu Village. The villagers of Tuqiu Village, who were originally quite complacent about it, also began to fall silent. They silently watched everything happening in the surrounding villages, and in comparison, they cherished their own homes even more. Today's living conditions are hard-won, and Yang Tiangang's prestige has also risen to an unparalleled level in this silent comparison.
Yang Junping followed Yang Junshan and ran towards the west mountain. The two of them did not stop at all along the way until they reached the pomegranate forest.
Yang Junshan's breath was even and his face remained unchanged, but Yang Junping was already out of breath. After all, he was only a twelve-year-old child. Although he had practiced Mangniu Boxing and Crouching Tiger Figure diligently every day under Yang Junshan's supervision in the past two years, His physical endurance is outstanding among his peers, but the gap between him and Yang Junshan is not that small.
"Brother, what are you doing here? I'm exhausted. You can't slow down on the way. I just had my spiritual orifice tested, and the spiritual energy I received hasn't spread throughout my body yet!"
Sitting on the ground, Yang Junping rested half-ly with his hands on the ground and said, "Brother, pick me a pomegranate quickly, I'm so thirsty!"
A month ago, Yang Tiangang took Yang Junping back to the Yang family's old house in Qingshi Town, Chenyu County for a qualification test. Just like in his previous life, Yang Junping had three fairy orifices, one of which was in the palms of his left and right hands.
Different from the expression of regret in his previous life when he learned that Yang Junping had a pair of fairy souls in his hand because he could not get a matching pair of fairy souls, Yang Tiangang, who was in high spirits at that time, almost shouted with excitement on the spot. Three sounds.
When his son brought the pair of Bear Palm Fairy Spirits back from Baique Mountain, Yang Tiangang also thought of exchanging them for jade coins or other cultivation resources. You must know that although the value of this pair of middle-grade Fairy Spirits is comparable to Top grade, but its rarity is still above top grade fairy spirits. If it is really used in exchange for cultivation resources, it will be a huge sum.
But in the end
Still, Yang Junshan persuaded him, saying that he still had two younger brothers and sisters. What if one of them had a pair of fairy orifices
Unexpectedly, his son's words turned out to be a prophecy. His second son really had a pair of fairy orifices, and what was even more valuable was that they appeared in the palm of his hand, together with the pair of bear palm fairy essences. It couldn't be a better fit.
As soon as I was happy, my son would naturally suffer the same misfortune, and his expectations for his second son immediately increased. After returning to Tuqiu Village, Lao Yang began to personally train Yang Junping, explaining to him the "Spiritual Art of Covering the Earth" step by step, and teaching him How to attract spiritual energy, and even the posture of the daily bull punch began to be corrected step by step.
In Lao Yang's words, it means that your eldest brother worked hard to bring back a pair of middle-grade fairy spirits from Baique Mountain. You are lucky enough to have this qualification. If you don't know how to work hard, these good things will be in vain. , I want to clean up the house as soon as possible!
When Yang Junshan said that he would take him to Xishan to play, Yang Junping was so happy that he jumped three feet high and quickly agreed. He had been drilled to death by his father these days. Even when Han Xiumei's heartbroken son asked for mercy, Yang Tiangang ignored him. He blocked him back unceremoniously, and only his elder brother Yang Junshan, who was now gaining more and more face in front of his father, dared to call him out of the house to play.
Yang Junshan picked up a large red-skinned pomegranate from the tallest tree in the forest and threw it to him. Then under Yang Junping's surprised eyes, he lifted it among the dead branches and leaves under the tree, and saw a disguised pomegranate. The raft was lifted up by Yang Junshan, revealing the cave below.
Regardless of peeling off the pomegranate in his hand, Yang Junping stood up and came to the edge of the cave. He saw a stone slab at the bottom of the cave. This stone slab was exactly the same as the spirit sealing stone slab on the spiritual well in the backyard of his home.
"Brother, what is this? Are you hiding something good here?"
Yang Junshan smiled jokingly, and leaned down to pull open the spirit-sealing stone slab. A surge of spiritual energy suddenly surged out from the cave behind the stone slab. Yang Junping, who was caught off guard, was hit by the fierce spiritual energy and raised his head. He sat on the ground and sneezed three times in a row to regain his composure.
However, after regaining his composure, Yang Junshan did not bother to cause trouble for his elder brother who was plotting against him. Instead, he lay down on the edge of the cave again and looked down. This time, he was more careful and was not smoked by the strong spiritual energy. With.
"Brother, is this the spiritual cave you found? No wonder you often run to the West Mountain. I thought you were here to play with Huniu. It turns out there is such a good place here. The spiritual energy here is comparable to our spiritual well. Still rich!”
Yang Junping first praised him, and then said dissatisfiedly: "Brother, you are so uninterested that you brought me here now!"
"Nonsense!" Yang Junshan scolded with a smile: "What could you do if I brought you here earlier? I haven't tested the fairy spirit aperture, I haven't started practicing, and my body can't absorb even a trace of spiritual energy. Taking you up the mountain every day only arouses suspicion and exposes what's going on here. manage?"
Seeing his eldest brother jumping into the cave, Yang Junping hurriedly followed, and continued: "Then you can't hide it from me. You discovered this place, does daddy know?"
Before Yang Junshan could answer, the gurgling spiritual spring in the cave had already attracted his attention. He immediately cheered and threw the pomegranate in his hand without knowing where he had thrown it. He ran straight to the edge of the pool and picked up the clear spring water. Two big mouthfuls.
Exhaling happily, Yang Junshan lay on the bluestone beside the small pool and moved around the cave.
There is a raised stone platform on the west side of the cave. On it are a spirit sealing box, a small bucket of talisman ink, a sapphire inkstone, a talisman pen on the pen holder, and some scattered on the stone platform. Some of the talisman papers have many talisman patterns drawn on them, and there is also a Hanshan stone paperweight carved into a leopard on them. In addition, there are also some spiritual stones with small talisman patterns carved on them, as well as talisman feathers and arrows. Classes have always been used by Yang Junshan to practice making talismans.