The monks from Xianxia Island flew away one after another with their magical light, leaving Ji Yuan and Chang Yi behind in this mountain range.
Ji Yuan looked around. Although it had been burned by the Xiaguang Lihuo, there were not many scorch marks on the mountain. However, a subtle scorch smell inevitably spread. For them, the stronger their spiritual sense. For older people, the smell is more pungent, but for ordinary people, it may not feel anything at all.
Looking at the ground veins again, although the gap is still there, the violence of the ground has disappeared, and now it is just a deep rift valley, no different from ordinary natural features.
“It’s a pity for the mountain **** here. This mountain range is not too small. Originally, the mountain god’s Taoism should not be too bad. The rupture of the earth’s veins must have seriously damaged his vitality, and then he was taken advantage of by the demon…”
He sighed and said that the relationship between the mountain gods of this mountain and the branch of Xianxia Island was quite good. After the accident, they tried to notify each other as soon as possible, but unexpectedly, they ushered in a disaster for both parties.
“Let’s go and take a look around the mountain first.”
After Ji Yuan finished speaking, he and Chang Yi took off on the clouds, flew high into the sky, and then patrolled the mountains.
Most of the area in the center of the mountain range was fragmented due to the fighting between fairies, demons, and demons, while the outer areas were better. However, Ji Yuan scanned the mountains and saw the corpses of countless animals, all of which were washed away by the evil spirits. , leading to the death of animals on a large scale.
The problem that Ji Yuan is worried about is obviously not non-existent. Although the two people scanned the air with their magic eyes at this moment and found no traces of viciousness, the death of animals in the mountains showed an extended state.
It wasn’t until we flew further out for a while and reached the edge of this mountain range that stretched for hundreds of miles that we finally began to see living creatures, including herbivorous and carnivorous beasts.
On the clouds in the sky, Chang Yi looked more relaxed and said to Ji Yuan.
“Mr. Ji, it seems that the evil energy of the earth veins has not spread too far before, otherwise ordinary animals would not survive.”
“Well, let’s go further and have a look. I don’t know if the country in the world here is in chaos.”
“Chang is not clear about this.”
The two briefly exchanged a few words, then flew on the clouds toward the realm of the world further away, but the speed was not fast, because during this period, they had to observe the changes in the spiritual energy and the trend of the earth veins below.
In terms of time, at least a month has passed since the Xianxia Island branch monks set up formations at the cracks in the earth, then were attacked by demons, and then Xianxia Island rushed to rescue. This series of things happened from the beginning to now. More than enough.
With the speed of Xianxia Island’s formation and flight, it took more than ten days to get here from Dazhen. However, it also takes time for Xianxia Island to cross the East China Sea. Considering the previous circumstances, more than a month is considered a reasonable figure. .
During this period, although the earth’s violence did not erupt as violently as when it was detonated by demons, and most of it was contained in the mountains, Ji Yuan did not think that it would really not leak out.
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A month and a half ago, the northwest of Dongtu Yunzhou was also the northwest of Yuanzhao Kingdom.
On an originally sunny morning, the ground suddenly began to shake. Countless people panicked, and some even ran and hid in the house outside.
Until an old man or knowledgeable person yells: “The earth dragon turns over————!”
And screamed for everyone to escape from the house, otherwise they might be crushed to death by the collapsed house.
But in the end, it was still a false alarm. After all, the mountain range is still a bit far away. Although there is an obvious earthquake here, it will not cause too much disaster. Even the adobe house has almost nothing. In other words, a few of the original dilapidated buildings have collapsed.
Two or three days after the earthquake passed, most people had forgotten about the earthquake and continued to live a slightly difficult life.
This is the third day after the earthquake, and it is sunny and windy again.
Liao Daqiu and Lao Zhang from the same village took a rake and drove an ox cart along the road outside the village. The old ox at the front of the cart looked very thin, but the pace of walking was still very steady, dragging The cart moved smoothly along the bumpy village road.
Lao Liao and Lao Zhang were sitting on the cart. The former would scratch the side of the old scalper with his bullwhip from time to time, and the old scalper would know which way to turn.
Soon, a river appeared in his sight. Lao Liao looked at it and sighed.
“Hey…this world is so…”
Lao Zhang, who was sitting with me, looked in the direction of Lao Liao and saw two corpses by the river. They were both facing upwards, their faces were pale, their skin and flesh were swollen several times, and they looked like they were wearing armor. The thing, maybe two soldiers.
Because it was not very far from the river, the two of them could clearly see the figure in the river and confirmed that it looked like a corpse, and there was no need to run over to rescue them immediately.
“I don’t know if he drowned or died in a military accident?”
Lao Zhang sighed with emotion, while Lao Liao shook his head and didn’t want to talk about this topic. He slapped the cow’s **** and turned the cart into a trail. In front of it were several fields filled with straw.
Liao Daqiu looked back at the body on the river beach, and then at his companion Lao Zhang.
“Lao Zhang… wait until we collect the straw and go back, or…”
Lao Zhang also knew what Liao Daqiu wanted to say and nodded helplessly.
“Okay, after loading the straw into the truck, we will go to the river to collect the bodies of the two soldiers and put them on the truck, and then take them to the old place.”
“Hey, that’s it!”
While talking, the two old farmers parked the oxcart and went to work in the fields. These straws were loaded into several carts and could be used as firewood for cooking and cooking. Occasionally, they could also be used as emergency fodder for cattle mixed with other materials to feed the cattle. .
After being busy for more than an hour, raking grass and putting it on the oxcart, thick hay has been piled up on the cart, and there are still a lot of straws in the field, but the rest will not be carried Instead of leaving, we will set a fire so that during the sowing season, the crops will grow better.
“Okay, okay, let’s take a walk and go back.”
“Yeah.”
The two men drove the bullock cart and turned around, and soon returned to the river beach. The two corpses were still lying there. This time the bullock cart did not pass directly, but was driven to the river by Liao Daqiu.
“Hey…”
Both of them sighed slightly and began to use rakes to completely pull the body ashore. Because of their previous experience, they were particularly careful with this step, for fear of scratching the body and causing blood to stain the ground.
The weather was still cold and the corpses did not stink. It took a lot of effort and their clothes were soaked a lot to put the two corpses on the straw pile of the cart, and then got on The cart drove the cattle away.
More than a quarter of an hour later, the oxcart approached the outside of Maotan Village where Lao Zhang and Lao Liao lived.
“Lao Zhang, just watch here, I’ll call someone.”
“Got it, let’s go!”
Lao Zhang huddled himself in the haystack. His clothes were a little wet before, and he didn’t feel anything hot after finishing his work. Now he’s a little cold.
Liao Daqiu got out of the car alone and ran towards the village. Along the way, he would talk to acquaintances he met, and even went to the village chief’s home to call for them.
About half a quarter of an hour later, Liao Daqiu came back with four or five men, and they didn’t come back empty-handed. Some brought shovels, some brought rakes, and some carried broken mats.
“Hey, Uncle Liao, let’s not do this kind of thing in the future, okay? Just let the corpses of foreigners go…”
A younger man was carrying a **** and subconsciously fanned his nose before approaching the cart. He was afraid of the smell of corpses.
“Xiao Liu, what you Lao Liao said at the beginning makes sense. No matter how far away we are, we can’t control the corpses on the roadside and on the river beach outside the village. We can help if we can. Besides, our village also needs river water. , the county doctor said that accumulating corpses will lead to an epidemic. This is both a good deed and a help to yourself.”
“Yes, yes, let me talk too much…”
The young man said nothing and followed the others over there. The group of people first unloaded the straw poles and then drove the ox cart in the other direction.
It didn’t take long before we came to a place that looked like a mass grave. Small graves were scattered everywhere, some simply had wooden signs as tombstones, and some didn’t.
Liao Daqiu is also a little emotional. This grave can be traced back to his origin. Of course, he could not have killed someone. This grave area is full of unknown corpses that died near Maotan Village. It is Lao Liao. The idea was initially raised to help them bury them.
In this uneven world, corpses like this lying on the roadside can be found everywhere.
Not only for the sake of his hometown, but also to sympathize with the deceased, seven or eight years ago, Liao Daqiu first started at the village chief’s house, and found people he knew well to discuss the matter door to door, and finally came up with this cemetery area.
It must be said that most people are selfish, but even in difficult times, there are still good people.
A few people first worshiped at a small land temple half a person tall outside the cemetery, praying for the care of the earth god, and then started to work quickly.
They were all farmers who dug forage, and they had a lot of strength to dig holes. Several people took turns digging, and soon dug a big hole, and the corpses were rolled together with broken mats.
Without turning over the body, several people carried it and put it into the pit.
“Every wrongdoer has his own debtor, and we are not the ones who harmed you. We couldn’t bear to expose your corpses in the wilderness, so we found a burial place for you. These days, it would be nice to have earth to cover your body after death, but we don’t have that either. I will spare no effort to sacrifice you all, rest in peace!”
Liao Daqiu talked nonchalantly for a while, and then he and everyone else started filling the soil. This kind of burial work is not as complicated as a formal funeral.
Soon, with the joint efforts of several people, a small tomb was completed. Liao Daqiu and the old village chief used shovels to pound the tomb and compact the soil.
When we went back, everyone felt relaxed. Even the young man who had complained before, even if he had said a few words before, now felt a sense of accomplishment that he had done something good.
“Hey, Lao Zhang, we still have to straighten the straw poles.” “That’s not possible!”
“By the way, Uncle Li, I heard that there is a plague in the neighboring county?”
“Hey, don’t tell me, I’ve heard about it too. The last time I went to the county for shopping, I met my wife’s family. The man was a doctor. He told me that there was an epidemic in the neighboring county recently.”
The old village chief looked at them with his **** and then at Liao Daqiu.
“So it is necessary for us to bury the corpses together with Lao Liao. I heard that this disease is a poisonous miasma that originated from these corpses, and it is the resentment that the dead cannot be buried in!”
“Hey…Uncle Li, please stop talking…”
“Hahahaha, look for Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan.com. Are you such a timid young man?”
“Hahahaha… I mean, Xiao Liu, you can’t get a wife like this!”
“Go, go, who said I was timid!”
A group of people chatted with each other and returned to the village happily. Although life was sad, it was much better than those bones on the roadside.
Gradually, the sky gets darker and the night gets deeper. Will-o’-wisps gradually appear in the graveyard outside the village, while the Earth Temple next to it is filled with a faint yellow light.
In this peaceful night, a weasel suddenly appeared in the distant wilderness, then quickly rushed towards the graveyard, and finally stopped in front of the Earth Temple.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak…”
The weasel kept squeaking in front of the Earth Temple. The sound was high or low, some were sharp and some were like crying.
“What? The ghost of the epidemic? So powerful that even the underworld can’t suppress it!? Has it spread?”
As the voice of surprise appeared, a rickety old man walked out of the Earth Temple and looked at the weasel in shock.
“Zhizhizhi…zhizhizhi…”
“You…that’s all, go ahead!”
Hearing the words of the Earth God, the weasel stood up and bowed to him, then turned around and flew away, disappearing into the wilderness.
The Earth God sighed, turned around and looked at the graveyard, where ghost fires were rising and falling.
In the chaotic era, the underworld was weak, and even the lonely ghosts could not be fully contained. The landowner of this cemetery had already reported it to the city **** in charge, but after all these years, it still can only be like this. maintain.
“Hey, plague ghost…how many people will die this time…”