Poisonous snakes lowered their fangs, while fierce beasts retracted their claws. Even though they were almost driven crazy by hunger, hearing the chanting of the man in the lotus, they quietly and gently lied on the ground, without moving an inch, just like babies who had just had their milk.
But now, the fiercest bird looked at the two men with docile eyes, as if it was a chicken. Its throat rose and fell slightly, and it cooed submissively.
The people on the fence stared at the golden lotuses that grew out of the ground, dumbfounded. They had never seen such a strange scene.
Golden light spots descended from the sky. Every time a golden light spot landed on the ground, branches would grow out, leaves would grow out, and eventually, golden lotuses would grow out.
What was even more magical was that in those lotuses, two short men in Daoist robes were sitting in them, devoutly incanting a 'spell' that no one could understand! This kind of spell was completely different from the ones used by Maguspriests, but it calmed people down, and made them feel less hungry.
A white-haired, stooped elderly man slowly walked through the crowd and stopped in front of the two men.
The dark-skinned elderly man held a coarse thorny staff with both of his hands. He tried his best to open his blurry eyes and looked at the two men in front of him from head to toe. "What does this mean? Do you think we can eat and drink enough by trusting them? Do you think anyone would believe such words? "
The people behind the old man shook their heads and sighed softly.
Wasn't that right? Who didn't know how to make empty promises like this?
Eat and drink enough? Because of the heavy rain, not even a single wild fruit could be found in the mountains. How could people eat and drink enough?
Some women glanced at those poisonous insects and beasts lying on the ground, without moving. If these things were killed, they would be able to fill their stomachs. But, that would only fill their stomachs once. After they finished all the meat, they would continue to starve.
The two young men in Daoist robes laughed. They politely bowed to the portraits of Priest Hua and Priest Mu floating in front of them, then smiled mildly and said, "Of course. If you trust our Master Shifu and worship him in your ancestral temple day and night, you will certainly have enough to eat and drink."
The old man with the thorny staff still wanted to say something, but the two young men in Daoist robes had already started working.
Due to the impact of the heavy rain and the ravaging of the flood, the original village of this tribe was no more. The fertile and soft soil that had been painstakingly cultivated by generations of ancestors had all been washed away by the flood. What was exposed now was some hard, cold, and deep soil.
The natural powers in the Midland were extremely rich. If this deep layer of soil could be cultivated urgently, exposed to the sun for a couple of days, and brought in fresh water to irrigate the soil, with careful care, it could still become a fertile and fertile land.
What made people despair was that the toxins in the rain had seeped into the deep soil. The color of the soil had become colorful, like the stripes on a poisonous snake. Not to mention growing crops in the soil contaminated with this kind of poison, even ordinary people who lived on it for a long time would be infected by the poison and die from it.
As for reclaiming fertile land and planting crops, for ordinary people, they didn't have the ability to remove the toxins in the soil. This was completely a fantasy.
The two young men in Daoist robes scanned the surrounding area, then confidently smiled. Together, they bowed to the sky and said, "Master Shifu, please help us."
Along with their movements, a faint green light sprinkled down from the sky and circled around a piece of land that was about an acre in circumference. Visible wisps of colorful poisonous gas rose up from the ground, but under the illumination of the green light, the poisonous gas was quickly melted.
The hard and cold deep layer of soil suddenly turned soft and rich. The barren land suddenly turned into a top-grade fertile land, which had been cultivated for countless years. A few women, who were good at farming, threw themselves on the rich soil, grabbed a handful of the dark, warm, and fragrant soil, and remained silent for a while.
The rich and soft soil was feet thick, and these women sensed a strong aroma of plants from the soil.
People in these clans didn't say a word. They slowly walked over with an indescribable sense of devotion and fear. They held their breaths, looking at the two young men in Daoist robes in a daze.
Even the most fearless warriors, who dared to risk their lives to fight those fierce beasts in the woods, now held their breaths, carefully looking at the two young men in Daoist robes with a trace of piety and reverence that they would never have in normal times.
"We've said that as long as you are willing to join us and worship our Master Shifu day and night, you will be rewarded with great fortune." A young man in a Daoist robe satisfyingly looked at the devoutness and fear in the surrounding people's eyes, then conveniently took out three fist-sized rice seeds.
The jade-like, crystal-clear rice seeds released a strong aroma. The young man carelessly dug three human-head-sized holes on the ground and planted the three rice seeds in them. He gently incanted a spell, then waved his hand towards the sky. Following his move, a green stream of light poured down and landed on the three holes.
Immediately, the three rice seeds began germinating. The green roots drilled into the soil, and soon, seedlings grew out from the ground.
Crack! The seedlings grew to three-feet tall. All people in the surroundings burst into exclamations simultaneously. When had they ever seen a crop growing so fast? Before they realized what was going on, the three seedlings swayed in the wind and suddenly grew to nine-feet tall.
Golden veins, green leaves, and a green light poured down. The three seedlings swayed slightly, and within the span of a few breaths, they had grown to nearly a hundred meters tall.
Human-leg-thick ears of rice grew out one after another, and fist-sized grains grew at a visible rate. Everyone on the scene could hear the grain-filling noises.
In less than the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the three huge rice trees had finished growing, and a strong smell of rice wafted out. A young man in a Daoist robe leaped hundreds of feet high into the air, pulled down a fist-sized grain, and tore off the husk of the grain. A dark-green, translucent grain of rice appeared in front of him, emitting a strong aroma.
The young man handed this grain to a tall and strong warrior, smiled and said, "It's cooked. No matter how big your stomach is, you won't feel hungry for three days after eating this grain. Besides, if you eat it, you won't feel cold even in a three-feet-long cave. "
The three-feet-tall man threw the grain into his mouth, chewed for a while, then swallowed.
The starving man's pale face suddenly glowed with a red light, and a thin layer of sweat oozed out of his forehead. He felt like he was wearing a cotton-padded jacket in a hot summer day. His whole body was so hot that he couldn't help but wipe his sweat with his hands.
"This …"
The few elderly people were all stunned.
"Join us, and you'll be well-fed. Do you believe me now?" The two young men smiled politely.
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