Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 164 Desperate Situation
The rainfall brought about by Gong Tianwu was quite good. It directly blessed the three counties. More importantly, the ponds, lakes, etc. that had been dry in these places were filled with water again.

This will greatly alleviate the drought in the three counties. Even if there is still no rain in the next three months, the crops in the fields can still support the end of this season's harvest. There is no doubt that Gong Tianwu is very pleased with this result.

When Gong Tianwu fell from the sky, he looked at the people kneeling in the mud and water below and listened to their choked cheers. Suddenly, a strange emotion emerged in his heart.

This emotion has nothing to do with utilitarianism, but it makes people feel an indescribable sense of joy.

Especially when seeing the tears on the faces of those white-haired old people and the happy children rolling in the mud, this feeling of joy reached its peak.

"Mortals are human beings, and immortals are also human beings."

Gong Tianwu couldn't help but mutter.

"Since we are supported by the people, we should protect the peace of the land!"

However, just when Gong Tianwu was about to make another effort, a sword order from the sect leader suddenly came over, ordering him to return to the mountain quickly.

This immediately gave Gong Tianwu an ominous premonition.

Sure enough, when he came back to Zizai Peak, he found that in addition to Feng Hongzi, there was another person, who was the supreme leader of the Great Snow Mountain: Jing Yunzi.

Feng Hongzi's face looked very unhappy, while Jing Yunzi looked indifferent.

After seeing Gong Tianwu, Jing Yunzi simply stretched out his hand, and saw that the Dragon Snail Realm magic weapon actually flew out from Gong Tianwu's body and fell directly into his palm.

Then, Jing Yunzi stretched out his hand and pinched it. This magic weapon that carried the fate of countless disaster victims cracked and completely turned into fragments! Then they fell from his fingers one after another.

Then Jing Yunzi turned around and left without saying a word.

But his actions have undoubtedly clearly demonstrated his firm attitude.

Gong Tianwu's expression was of course very ugly, but what could he say? What could he do?

After Jing Yunzi had been gone for more than five minutes, Feng Hongzi sighed, walked up to Gong Tianwu who was still standing there, and said:

"You always like to stir up trouble, now you are done!"

"But I have taken all the responsibility in front of the master. Don't worry, you won't be punished. Remember to stop causing trouble for me in the future."

After hearing this, Gong Tianwu said "oh" and then turned around and left with a distracted look.

In fact, a person like Gong Tianwu would certainly not be scared by a veteran like Jing Yunzi. In his eyes, the ones who had done him a favor were the Daxue Mountain, to be more specific, Liu Xun and Wei Liang.

He would only respect people like Jing Yunzi, or even disrespect them.

If you really push yourself to the limit, the worst that can happen is that you just turn the table over and leave!

The reason why Gong Tianwu behaved so strangely was that the divine reading technique was actually activated at that moment before!
This thing has a bit of a bullying feeling. It is triggered quite frequently on the weak, and the probability of triggering on the strong is even lower. This triggering time is probably unprecedented.

Gong Tianwu was a little shocked by Jing Yunzi's thoughts after reading the divine art:
"Can you easily interfere in matters like drought punishment? These youngsters really don't know their place! They don't know the horror of it."

Just one sentence made Gong Tianwu feel something strange and dangerous.

First of all, Jing Yunzi must know something, otherwise he would not call this drought a drought punishment, and he also used the word "great terror" to describe it.

But Gong Tianwu was almost certain that nothing could be gotten out of this guy's mouth. He hated such old guys who took advantage of their seniority the most.

At the same time, he was determined in his heart and didn't believe that he couldn't find something similar to the magic weapon of the Dragon Snail Realm!

In the future, when you do things, try to keep a low profile, leave when it rains at night, and be a great man who does good deeds without leaving a name. Then see who can still restrain you?

***
There is no doubt that Gong Tianwu's execution ability is still very strong. He quickly spread the word through his own trade routes, requesting to purchase magical weapons or spiritual objects that can bring rain.

Of course, Gong Tianwu is not that stupid. He used the name of a close friend of Seventh Sister to ensure that there would be no fault to be found on the side of Daxueshan.

However, probably because these things are extremely scarce and rare, no good news was received for a while.

In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed.

At this time, Gong Tianwu was sitting in the study, playing with a cold soul bead in his hand and closing his eyes to rest.
He felt the cold air emanating from the cold soul beads, and introduced it into his body little by little from the "Laogong acupoint" in his hand, spreading it to the sea of ​​qi.
The cold and comfortable feeling spread along the meridians throughout his chest, which helped to ease his anxious mood a little.

Suddenly, the door of the study was pushed open, and it was the seventh sister who came in with a stack of information and put it on the table.

Gong Tianwu picked it up and looked through it, and found that there was no good news. Even if there were some positive feedbacks, either the cost of a single use was too high or the effect was too poor.

For example, the Yunxiadou written in this document can release a large amount of thick fog after being released, which may have the effect of bringing rain. The key is that the selling price is extremely expensive.

For example, yesterday there was a document about a magical power called the Heavenly Hail Technique. As the name suggests, this thing can make hail fall. Well, it seems a bit like that, but Gong Tianwu took a look and found that it takes ten years to get started with it, and fifty years to achieve minor success.
Damn it! By the time I reach a certain level of success, I'm afraid this drought will have passed.

Looking at these things, Gong Tianwu felt particularly irritated. He stood up and walked a few steps in the study room and said:
"This information seems to be useless. It's really annoying. I think I should take the Xuntianlou ship to ask somewhere else."

The seventh sister said gently:
"Don't be anxious, my dear. The people below are also doing their best."

"But this drought has lasted for a long time and has a wide range, which can be said to be unprecedented in the past few decades."

"There are many smart people in the world. I'm sure there are some who are searching for similar things like you. It will definitely take more time."

Gong Tianwu was about to speak when something suddenly flashed from the eaves next to him and then jumped onto the back of Qimei's hand. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a small tiger-striped spider.

Then this thing stretched out its two front legs and waved them in the air, as if it was communicating something.

The Seventh Sister stared at the little tiger-striped spider for a few seconds, a look of surprise appeared on her face and she said:

"A distinguished guest has come from Mujiang City and has come to my third sister's shop. I'm asking if you have time to go over and meet him."

Gong Tianwu was stunned and said:
"Who is it? So cautious?"

The seventh sister stared at the little tiger-striped spider for a while:
"The guest disguised himself and did not want to reveal his identity. He only left a message."

Gong Tianwu frowned and said:

"What?"

Seventh sister said:
"It's a favor for him to come, but it's his duty not to come. However, he has something urgent to deal with, so he must give an answer whether he comes or not. He can only stay for three hours."

Gong Tianwu said: "What a trick. Well, since this guy said it so seriously, I have to go and take a look."

Seventh sister said:
"Since this guest is so serious, then my husband should be more careful. It would be best to go to a few shops outside first and then go to Third Sister's shop."

"After all, it's better to be safe than sorry. My husband is in a high position now, and he is responsible for the lives and property of hundreds of people. There must be many eyes watching behind the scenes to see if he makes any mistakes."

Gong Tianwu nodded, and asked Little Spider to go back and pass the message. He walked around outside twice before going to his third sister's shop.

After he arrived at the store, he was led directly into the inner hall, where he met the "VIP". But what surprised Gong Tianwu was that he didn't know this person at all.

Yes, after looking him up and down for several seconds, Gong Tianwu frowned and said in confusion:

"who are you?"

The mysterious VIP looked at Gong Tianwu twice, then suddenly knelt down, trembling all over and waving his hands repeatedly. He looked very panicked, and made an "ahhhh" sound from his mouth.

A closer look revealed that this person was actually a mute!
Such a scene, of course, made Gong Tianwu both angry and amused, so he turned to look at the third sister and said:

"How is this going?"

The third sister smiled bitterly:
"After he came in, he took out the token from Mujiang City, and then handed me a note with all the information written on it."

However, the third sister's words were interrupted because a puppy wagging its tail suddenly walked in from the small door next to it. It was a mixed breed of Teddy and Pekingese, and it was very cute at first glance.

Then, the dog spoke in human language:

"Hahaha, everyone, please forgive me. I asked the mute servant to do this."

After seeing the dog, Gong Tianwu was even more surprised:
"You, who are you?"

The next second, a black smoke spread and rose up, and then a burly figure appeared. The expression on Gong Tianwu's face became even more exciting:

"Master Huahua! Why are you here?"

It turned out that the cute and harmless looking puppy was actually Hua Manlou, one of the six demon generals of Mujiang City.

Gong Tianwu never expected that the acquaintance who came from afar was actually him!
Gong Tianwu immediately realized that something big must have happened, which required Hua Manlou to personally come to the heart of the Great Snow Mountain to meet him.

After figuring this out, Gong Tianwu immediately cast several spells to shield the surroundings, and then said:
"But what big thing happened in Mujiang City?"

Hua Manlou sighed and said:

"Yes, and it's a matter of life and death."

Gong Tianwu said:

"I knew that something that made you come all the way here must be something big."

Hua Manlou said in a deep voice:

"This is a serious matter, so I must come."

Gong Tianwu said:

"You tell me."

The corridor is full of flowers:

"You should know that the drought near Mujiang City has lasted for three or four years. Thanks to the food you sent us, we have been able to hold on for a while longer."

"But the drought has become more severe this year. There has not been a drop of rain for four whole months. Even the rivers have dried up and the grass and trees have dried up. The demons have also begun a desperate and frantic attack."

"Under such circumstances, the Grand City Lord sensed something was wrong and sacrificed hundreds of years of his life. In the end, the divination revealed that it was a sign of extinction!!"

"At this time, the young city lord also joined in, and he did not hesitate to sacrifice a hundred years of his life to continue the calculation, but it was still extremely difficult and obscure."

"In the end, based on the fifty Heavenly Daos and the forty-nine Heavenly Derivations, and the variable of escaping one, I was able to forcibly deduce that the only way out of this situation was to be in the extremely dangerous place in the west."

Gong Tianwu asked curiously:
"The most dangerous place in the west?"

The corridor is full of flowers:

"Yes, we were also puzzled at the time, because the drought in the west was the least severe. But we still went to investigate carefully according to the hexagram, and finally understood that this unprecedented drought was not a natural disaster but a man-made disaster!"

Gong Tianwu took a breath of cold air:
"Man-made disaster? Who could cause such a disaster?"

The corridor is full of flowers:

"I don't know the details. The only thing I was sure of before I left was that the cause of the drought in the entire Xiongbian Mountain area was probably caused by a demon!"

This time it was finally Gong Tianwu's turn to be surprised:

"What? Ba? I have heard of Han Ba, but what is Mo Ba?"

The corridor is full of flowers:

"Ba is actually a type of zombie. Once it appears, it means drought. The drought-like Ba you heard about is just the most common type of Ba. It was very common in ancient times and caused great suffering to the people."

"However, when the human tribe system disappeared from the wilderness and the country began to be established, the Ba began to disappear rapidly. Do you know why?"

Gong Tianwu pondered for a moment and said:
"I heard that the killing power of the drought demon itself is very weak. It is said to be two or three feet tall, with its body exposed and its eyes on the top of its head. It moves as fast as the wind. Its name is Ba. Once it is found, it can be dug out and burned to kill it."

“So finding it is actually the most difficult part of the whole process.”

"A tribe only has a hundred thousand people at most, but a country's population can easily reach a million! The monarch also has much greater control over the people than a tribal leader."

"Under such circumstances, the king gave an order and millions of people began to search. They were literally digging deep into the ground. Not to mention the drought demon, they could probably find even a mouse."

Hua Manlou nodded and said:
"Yes, but this method is only effective against drought demons. Stronger demons are not something that ordinary people can deal with. No matter how many mortals go there, they will only provide them with more blood and food."

"But this kind of ba is also very rare. It is difficult for a mortal to encounter one once in a lifetime."

(End of this chapter)