newbobooks Chapter 509 3 years ago
Chapter 509 3 years ago
On the second day, at daybreak, the chief of Tianyu Village brought a young man to Li Changxiao, and asked him to lead the way towards the village where locust plagues were more frequent. They did not arrive at their destination until three quarters after noon.
This village is called Baiqian Village.
After some trouble, Li Changxiao finally met the village chief of Baiqian Village as he wished. He explained his purpose to the village chief. The village chief looked him up and down and saw that the man was extraordinary in figure and appearance. He also came because of the locust plague. He did not dare to neglect him and extended his hand to invite him to follow him. He inspected the village and introduced it to the village.
The locust plague was raging, and even Baiqian Village was not spared. Locusts could be seen swarming on the roadside and along the edges of houses. If Li Changxiao could really solve the locust plague, everyone in Tianyu Village, Baiqian Village, and even the villages of all sizes scattered within a radius of dozens of miles would be grateful.
The village chief led Li Changxiao to a small red and green temple. The temple was three people high and four people wide, slightly larger than the small land temple. There were two windows on both sides. There were many red candles on the ground where the temple touched the ground. The wax dripped and solidified on the ground, forming a red dirt. When stepping on it, the soles of the feet felt sticky.
This is the Sanchongdi Temple, a minor deity conferred by the emperor, but the Baiqian Village worships her as a deity, not knowing the deity but Chongdi. Incense has never been interrupted. Just like the daily prayers, sincerity will eventually bring results. Even though the locust plague has not been completely eradicated, Baiqian Village has still existed for decades, with the population increasing and decreasing, always around a constant number, and has not turned into a complete wasteland.
Entering the temple to worship, Li Changxiao saw the statue for the first time and said to himself, "As expected, in the statue of Sanchongdi, he found a feature that is common to the statues of the West God, the East God, Jihua River, Gushan Land, and other mountain gods.
Since entering Dayu, Li Changxiao would go into every temple he saw just to see the statues. Most of the statues have this feature, which is by no means a coincidence.
The statue of Sanchongdi looks like a boy with two pigtails sitting cross-legged on a bluestone platform. There are three insects on his body: a locust, a leech and a toad.
Judging from the appearance alone, this statue is not decent, especially the statue of the boy, whose nose is slightly wrinkled and the corners of his mouth are turned down. After a long look, he looks like a naughty child in anger. Looking more closely, his eyes are narrow and half-closed, and the corners of his eyes are curved and cunning, revealing a bit of cruelty and cunning.
Li Changxiao looked at her for a few more times, then looked away. After paying his respects to Sanchongdi, the village chief took Li Changxiao back to the house. He took out a small cloth bag from his arms, opened it, and found some scattered tea leaves inside. He brewed a cup of hot tea and started talking.
Li Changxiao mostly asked about the locust plague. The village chief of Baiqian Village was already old and could not remember the past very clearly. He could still answer a few questions about things in recent years, but his memory was mostly vague about old things from ten or even dozens of years ago.
Fortunately, as the village had been plagued by locusts for many years, every locust outbreak would be recorded in the village register. The village chief found the village register and told Li Changxiao that if he wanted to know anything, he could just look it up in this register.
This village book remembered more than him, and more clearly. Li Changxiao flipped through the village book, his pupils shrinking slightly.
The first locust plague appeared thirty years ago, and it appeared suddenly. Before that, there had been no record of any locust plague in Baiqian Village.
The chief of Baekje Village is forty-seven years old this year. Combined with his answer, it was confirmed that there was no locust plague thirty years ago. Even Li Changxiao couldn't help but look solemn.
Thirty years...
This is a very important node. Now the change has lasted for more than 500 years. Thirty years ago, it was more than 470 years. During those years, the world was not peaceful.
Green Territory...the giants were completely wiped out, and it happened to be that year.
Li Changxiao was in a daze for a moment, then calmed down. Although the incident of the Green Domain Giants and the locust plague in Baiqian Village happened at a similar time, their locations were very far apart.
Maybe they just bumped into each other by chance. Li Changxiao continued to look through the village records. In the past thirty years, there has been a small locust plague every five years and a large locust plague every ten years. It seems to have become a certain pattern. Baiqian Village invited Sanchongdi back to the village thirteen years ago. Since inviting Sanchongdi back, the locust plague has been alleviated a little, but the trouble is still there.
Seeing this, Li Changxiao was almost certain that the locust plague was man-made. He closed the village register and said goodbye to the village chief. He rushed to Tianyu Village, intending to further solve the locust plague. Just after walking four or five miles out of the village, he saw the locusts covering the sky and the sun, and seemed to be flying towards Tianyu Village.
Li Changxiao shook his head and laughed. Before he could make a move to find the culprit, he revealed himself. His spiritual energy flowed into his ears, and he could vaguely hear some piano sounds.
If he guessed correctly, this method of using sound to drive away insects was once a method of the Qinfeng Tower. He had seen a few disciples of the Qinfeng Tower, but had never fought with them. He never thought that the first time he experienced it in person was after his spiritual energy was exhausted.
His eyes turned into a deep blue color, and he looked towards the direction of the piano sound, catching the overflowing dream, and then he saw a hint of obscure evil thoughts. He knew clearly in his heart that the handwriting of this place was indeed from the Extreme Evil Sect.
But he is not a high-ranking member of the Extremely Evil Sect.
Those who harbor pure malice and evil thoughts, and who can be seen through by Li Changxiao at a glance, are mostly low-level people.
Seeing this, Li Changxiao frowned, and saw the Extreme Evil Sect again. He remembered that the Green Domain incident was also caused by the Extreme Evil Sect, and the locust plague here was also caused by the Extreme Evil Sect. And after the giants were wiped out, the locust plague happened to be raging here.
This way.
It seems that there is a hidden connection between the two. Li Changxiao's figure was elusive, chasing after the mastermind behind the scenes. In a dark cave, he saw a woman sitting cross-legged on a stone, plucking the strings of a musical instrument with both hands.
The corners of her mouth were raised, and she was sneering. The daring mortals dared to resist, so she would teach them a lesson and make them suffer. Her fingers were slender, and the sound of the piano flew out from her bare hands. The melody was not beautiful, but it had a touch of magic, which could control the locust swarm. Even mortals with weaker hearts would be in a trance when they heard this sound.
But the coherent and smooth rhythm suddenly broke at some point.
She frowned and lowered her head, feeling that her hands were out of control. Just as she was wondering, she felt a slight pain in her wrist. The pain became more and more obvious, until finally, a line of blood appeared.
next moment.
The pair of bare hands fell on the xylophone with a "click". The gushing blood dyed the strings red. The sticky blood dripped down the strings.
Her pupils suddenly shrank, and when she came to her senses, she felt a chill on her neck as if a long sword was pressing against her. She was so frightened that her soul trembled. She dared not turn around, not dare to move easily. Her eyes moved left and right, but there was no one in front of her, and no one on her left and right.
The man with the sword was like a ghost, wandering out of her sight and never within her perception.
No sound, no trace.
Li Changxiao's eyes were cold. He placed his palm on the woman's head and instantly performed the dream-drawing technique.
I hope to get one or two useful clues.
What exactly is the Extreme Evil Sect seeking? Perhaps for these Extreme Evil people, it is just to do evil and just to have fun.
However, this pure "evil" can achieve certain goals if used by someone with ulterior motives.
In the early days of the Reform Movement, he was a wicked man who was like a rat in a gutter. Now in the middle of the Reform Movement, he can no longer be ignored. If we look into his plans, they will surely shock the world!
It’s a pity that the Extreme Evil Sect’s actions are too scattered, and the purpose behind them is hidden in the messy lines.