Two Worlds: I Became an Immortal

Chapter 159 Dao Shengyi
It’s not even summer yet, but I can already feel the heat waves rolling in from afar. Even the chirping of insects and birds in the woods nearby has become much less frequent.

"It has been raining heavily in Lan Ning Mansion for months, but how come it is so scorching here? It is really scorching hot."

There were many people traveling together on the official road.

A few traveling merchants hurried by, looking at the scorching sun in the sky with a hint of complaint in their words.

"It's much better than Lan Ning Mansion after all. The road was difficult to walk on with such heavy rain. Fortunately, it rained for so long and there was no flood, otherwise it would be terrible."

In comparison, this place is better. Although it is a little hotter, the road is easy to walk on and there is no danger.

Unlike Lan Ning Prefecture, there was a lot more rain, the river water swollen and difficult to cross, the mountain roads were slippery and difficult to walk on, and some official roads were in disrepair and had a lot of water, making it difficult for carriages to travel.

It can be said that along the way, I really had enough of the suffering caused by too much rain in Lan Ning Mansion.

Seeing that there is no rain here at all, it feels better.

"It's good for us, but the people here are miserable. There's not a single drop of rain, and the sun is so scorching. If it continues like this, there might not be a single harvest this year."

Another businessman frowned and couldn't help but say something when he heard this.

He is not a grain merchant. If there is a drought here and no crops are harvested, the price of grain will probably go up, and his business as a cloth merchant will be in trouble.

"It is God's business to manage the rainwater, and it is not something we can control. If it were me, I would transfer some rainwater from Lan Ning Mansion and the matter would be settled."

The fellow traders smiled upon hearing this, but did not seem to be concerned about the matter.

As a businessman, he only wants to make some money, and other matters have little to do with him.

If business really becomes difficult at that time, we will have to find other ways.

Song Yunyuan followed beside him and sighed in his heart as he listened to the words of the traveling merchant. If those goblins had not taken away the rain water here, this would not have happened.

In addition, this place was also very strange. The rainwater that he used magic to irrigate the land was actually taken away by something.

Moreover, he couldn't even feel the other party casting spells, which was very strange.

Song Yunyuan picked up the wine jug and took a sip, thinking for a moment.

He was still wondering what that thing was and why it was so powerful.

"We're here. Yingping Mansion is in front of us."

Just as Song Yunyuan was lost in thought, a group of carriages had already arrived at Yingping Mansion.

Forget it, I’ll go to Yingping Mansion and rest for a while.

Along the way, Song Yunyuan consumed a lot of magic power when sensing the power of heaven and earth, resulting in not much magic power left on him now. He planned to go ahead and explore more after nightfall.

The entire Yingping Prefecture is so large and there is a water shortage everywhere, so it is quite laborious to irrigate the plants bit by bit.

If we could lay down a water curtain and then let it fall drop by drop, it might be able to serve as an irrigation system.

But this way, the scope is a little wider.

But the problem is that if the drought continues here, the water he condensed may be of no use.

"I'm selling water. Would you like some water, sir? This is mountain spring water from thirty miles away. It's very sweet and delicious!"

"Cooked pancakes, selling cooked pancakes, mutton cooked pancakes!"

The cries of hawkers continued to ring out. Song Yunyuan turned his head and saw a water cart selling water nearby.

While the vendor on the waterwheel was hawking his wares, passersby looked somewhat disdainful.

"You can really say there is a spring water thirty miles away. Everyone knows there is a spring water five miles away. How can you really say it is a spring water thirty miles away? Who would believe it?"

"That's right, I really think others are fools."

A passerby heard the shouting and said something disdainful.

When the water driver heard this, his dark face flushed red. "Nonsense! This is the spring water I brought back from thirty miles away. The spring five miles away has run out of water. If you don't believe me, just ask the people who went to fetch water today!"

The driver was very angry at this moment. He didn't lie. How could these people slander him out of thin air?

Moreover, if people nearby heard it, they would not believe what he said. How could they sell the water then?
When a passerby heard this, he paused for a moment and his expression changed slightly.

"What did you say? There's no water in the spring?"

"How is it possible? The spring water there flows out every year into a stream. How could there be no water?"

This spring is very important to many local people. Some people rely on this spring water to irrigate their fields, while others come here to fetch water.

It would be troublesome if the spring water here were to dry up.

The closer water source is some wells nearby, but these wells have inexplicably run out of water recently and have all dried up.

This further highlights the importance of the mountain spring here.

If there is no water in the mountain springs, then...
When a passerby thought of this, his face suddenly became extremely ugly.

"This can't be faked, why would I lie to you?"

The driver snorted coldly when he heard this, and then continued to hawk his wares.

Passersby felt dizzy after hearing this. "It's over! This is a sign of a severe drought. If the drought continues like this, there will be disasters this year!"

Thinking about the recent drying up of wells and dry-up of streams in Yingping Prefecture, the group of people suddenly became a little panicked.

How come in just one month, these four weeks have turned out like this?

Song Yunyuan was standing in the crowd and heard the conversation just now. He couldn't help but frown.

Something seems to be wrong around Yingping Mansion. Is it related to the thing that was pumping water directly before?

How about asking the City God of this place? I don't know if he knows the reason.

"Someone has revealed the list!"

Just as Song Yunyuan was pondering in his mind, a shout suddenly came from a distance, causing Song Yunyuan to look up.

As the voice fell, many people around began to move.

"Excuse me, what does this announcement mean?"

Song Yunyuan was slightly startled when he saw this, and then quickly asked the porter beside him.

The porter glanced at Song Yunyuan after hearing this. Judging from his accent, he must be from another place. "The government office has posted a notice recently, inviting people from the countryside to find water. If you can find well water in Yingping Prefecture, you will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver. If you can solve the drought in the fields, you will be rewarded with 5,000 taels of silver."

One hundred taels of silver?

Song Yunyuan's expression changed slightly when he heard this number. He often heard about rewards of tens of thousands of gold, but in fact, this was a huge exaggeration.

Take the current one hundred taels for example, it is already a very high reward.

An ordinary family might only earn more than ten taels of silver a year. The one hundred taels rewarded now is the silver earned by a family in seven or eight years.

"Who is this person who holds the list? Can he really find water?"

Someone couldn't help but murmur at this moment.

"The person who holds the list seems to be an old beggar. He doesn't look very reliable." After hearing this, someone on the side pondered for a moment and then said something.

He had seen the person who had received the notice before, and now he had been taken to the government office because of receiving the notice.

At this moment, the crowd began to move and rushed towards the government office.

Song Yunyuan thought about it and followed the crowd towards the government office.

A moment later, surrounded by the crowd, Song Yunyuan finally arrived in front of the government office.

However, there were too many people in front, and even when I got close, I couldn’t see clearly what was going on inside. Only some sounds could be heard.

Song Yunyuan didn't care about this. He just needed to listen to what was going on inside.

"Look at you, an old beggar. You don't look like someone with any ability. Do you know what the consequences will be if you get on the list?"

The county magistrate sat high up in the hall, looking at the old beggar below with an angry face.

This guy is really infuriating. He was so happy when he heard someone announce the results.

After all, someone has taken up the challenge, so the water shortage problem in Yingping Prefecture may be solved next.

He was already in high spirits and was preparing delicious food and wine to entertain the guests, but when he turned around, he saw that the person brought was actually an old beggar. How could he tolerate this?

If he hadn't been concerned about his reputation and the fact that there were so many people outside, he would have ordered someone to drag him down and give him twenty lashes of the cane.

The old beggar in the hall saw this and smiled. "Why does the county magistrate judge people by appearance? We need to fight to know whether the old beggar has the ability or not."

Facing the county magistrate's scolding, the old beggar seemed calm and even seemed confident.

The county magistrate in the hall frowned slightly when he saw this and looked at the old beggar with some suspicion.

Does this guy really have such a skill? Is he making fun of him?

But when he thought about the recent situation in Yingping Mansion, he didn't dare to drive the other party away just like that.

Over the past month, water supply has been cut off in areas surrounding Yingping Prefecture. The wells have dried up inexplicably, and today I heard that the spring on the hilltop five miles away has also dried up.

In this case, wouldn't there be no water around Yingping Mansion?

Worried about this matter, the county magistrate issued a list early, hoping that some capable person would be able to solve this problem.

"Well, I'll believe you."

The county magistrate pondered for a moment and nodded, "When can you start looking for water?"

"Tomorrow at noon."

"At 7:00 pm?" The county magistrate nodded. "Okay, then at 7:00 pm tomorrow, Xiao Wu, continue to post the list. It will still be valid if someone takes it down in the future."

The county magistrate did not trust the beggar, so he ordered his men to continue pasting the list.

As for the beggar in front of him, there's no harm in letting him try. It's just a waste of time anyway.

The yamen runner named Xiao Wu nodded immediately upon hearing this, and hurried away with the list.

At this moment, the beggar rubbed his hands a little embarrassedly and said, "May I ask, sir, can you take care of my food and accommodation today?"

The veins on the county magistrate's face jumped when he heard this. Looking at the beggar below, his anger rose slightly, but then he suppressed it.

"Come here, get fifty copper coins and take him to buy some bread and give him a place to stay."

What I have said has already been said, so it is not easy to go back on my word now.

At this moment, the county magistrate almost regarded this beggar as a person who was eating and drinking for free.

The old beggar's face lit up immediately when he heard that. He bowed to the county magistrate in a proper manner and then left the hall under the guidance of a bailiff.

When the people around saw this scene, they slowly dispersed.

Old beggar?

Song Yunyuan stood where he was, and waited until most of the people around him had dispersed before he turned around and left, pondering.

From what I saw just now, this old beggar didn't seem to have any spiritual energy. How could he find water? Or could he solve the flood problem here?
Forget it, we’ll know the answer tomorrow.

Song Yunyuan thought about it and found an inn to stay in.

into the night.

Although he no longer needed to take a bath in his current physical state, Song Yunyuan still took a bath and changed his clothes, then sat cross-legged on the bed. Then the spiritual energy flowed around him and was absorbed into his body bit by bit.

Song Yunyuan stopped only after the spiritual energy in his body gradually filled up.

Seeing that the night in the distance was as dark as ink and there was still some time before dawn, Song Yunyuan thought for a while and took out the jade slip to continue his comprehension.

According to the jade slip, if you want to learn this method, you need to comprehend the power of heaven and earth.

But based on what Song Yunyuan had done before, he had some thoughts in his mind.

Perhaps even if he has fully comprehended the power of heaven and earth, he will still need to rely on his own spiritual power to call upon it.

But when we talk about the power of heaven and earth, what is the power of heaven and earth?

Song Yunyuan lowered his eyelids and thought, while he was immersed in the understanding of the power of heaven and earth.

Let’s talk about heaven and earth first. According to Song Yunyuan’s own understanding, we have to talk about the Tai Shang Dong Xuan Bao Yuan Shang Jing.

As the saying goes, Tao gives birth to one, which is the primordial Qi.

One gives birth to two, the inner is called yin and yang, and the outer is called heaven and earth.

Two gives birth to three, the inner is called harmony of Qi, and the outer is called man.

Three gives birth to all things, yin and yang interact.

If we use this to discuss the power of heaven and earth, perhaps we can find some rules.

Song Yunyuan had already realized the concept of Yuan Qi in the Tai Shang Qing Ling Volume. As for the concept of Yin and Yang, if one feels it carefully, it might not be easy to feel.

but.
When Song Yunyuan thought of this, he couldn't help but look down at the gourd on his waist. The gourd he was looking at was the Yin-Yang Gourd.

After a slight hesitation in his heart, Song Yunyuan stood up and took off the mouth of the gourd. Then he gently moved it, and a wisp of yin and yang energy came out.

As soon as the yin and yang energies came out, they were about to wander and sink into the space between heaven and earth.

However, Song Yunyuan just pointed his finger and trapped the yin and yang energies.

"All things carry the Yin and embrace the Yang, the collision of the Qi makes them harmonious, and the interaction of Yin and Yang forms Tai Chi."

Song Yunyuan recited silently in his heart, and then the yin and yang energies in his hands slowly moved around Song Yunyuan's body as Song Yunyuan moved in his heart.

After a moment, the yin and yang energies began to blend.

After a while, the Yin and Yang energies circulated faster and faster, making it impossible to see their shapes clearly. After an unknown amount of time, the Yin and Yang energies finally stopped slowly, and then formed a Tai Chi pattern under Song Yunyuan's feet.

The Tai Chi diagram was extremely bright at this moment, wrapping Song Yunyuan completely in it. Mysterious energy slowly circulated and emanated from it, as if it was causing resonance in the surroundings at this moment.

(End of this chapter)