I use my supernatural powers to prove my immortality

Chapter 6: Mountain Goddess
Old Zhoutou is 62 years old this year and has a high status in Yuliangzhuang. Everyone respectfully calls him "Zhouzhuangtou".

All this is because Old Zhoutou is the most skilled in farming in Yuliangzhuang. Even when it comes to planting in the spiritual fields of immortals, sometimes they have to rely on Old Zhoutou to supervise.

Old Zhou can be used in plowing, sowing, weeding, fertilizing, pest control and harvesting.

Whenever the farmers in Yuliang Village encountered any problems, they would habitually ask Old Zhou to act as a witness.

From this we can also see the status and reputation of Old Zhoutou among the farmers in Yuliangzhuang.

but.

Recently, Old Zhou has been frowning. He often sits on the doorstep smoking a pipe, looking in the direction of his own fields, and sighing from time to time.

There were so many sighs that not only his wife Zhou Shenshi but also his sons could not stand it anymore.

After Old Zhou sighed again, his eldest son Zhou Dayou couldn't help but ask impatiently, "Dad, if you have something on your mind, just say it directly. What's the point of you sighing and groaning by yourself?"

Old Zhou glanced at his eldest son, then looked in the direction of his own field, and couldn't help but say, "The old immortal who looked after the spiritual field of the master family passed away not long ago."

Zhou Dayou was suddenly speechless. He thought it was something else.

"The old immortal is gone, but didn't Captain Wei say that the master has sent new immortal masters here? I heard they are two young immortal masters. Just live your life the same way you lived before. Don't worry too much."

Old Zhou knocked his pipe against the door sill and couldn't help cursing, "You know nothing. The old immortal is gone. Does the contract he made with us still count? All the tributes we paid to him over the years have gone down the drain. We don't even know who the new immortal master is. What if he has a bad temper?"

Hearing what Old Zhou said, his wife, who was cooking hot pot, couldn't sit still anymore and said nervously, "Boss, if the new fairy master doesn't recognize the contract, then our land... won't we starve again?"

Unlike his sons who had hardly suffered, Zhou Shenshi escaped the famine with Old Zhou.

Having witnessed too many tragedies in the world, he was lucky enough to be chosen by the gods of the Zhong family to come here to reclaim wasteland and cultivate the land, and only then did he live a good life for a few years.

As soon as these words were spoken, Old Zhou's first sons also became panic-stricken.

Zhou Dayou said nervously, "I heard that the new young immortal masters are all relatively young. They can't be greedier than the old immortals, right?"

Zhou Erfu swallowed his saliva, nodded repeatedly, and agreed, "Big brother is right, how can young people be as corrupt as Lao Buxiu?"

Old Zhou was obviously panicking, and couldn't help cursing, "You know nothing, young people are bad people. Before the old immortal, there were also young immortal masters who looked after the farmland. They only looked after it for three or four years, but they organized the reclamation of wasteland and increased the tax rate. Many people were exhausted to death at that time."

Zhou Shen nodded, looking flustered.

"The old gods are just greedy for money, but those young gods all have big ideas. I heard that practicing is very expensive, so they find ways to take food from us poor people."

To put it simply, the young immortal master still dreams of making a breakthrough in his practice, or even simply wants to prove himself.

[I have gained more from tending to the spiritual fields than you have. Doesn't this prove that I am more capable than you?]
but.

The price of doing so is often that the farmers below suffer terribly!

For example, Old Zhou was not only worried that the new young immortal master would be bad-tempered, but he was also worried that they would make a big move after taking office and directly remove him as the head of the village.

Not only Old Zhou's family, but other farmers, and even Wei Dutou's family members who are in charge of the farmland, are now in a state of panic.

Unlike the farmers who were worried about the increase in taxes, the soldiers who were guarding the fields were more worried that the new young master was too "ambitious".

Never forget the past. In the past, a new immortal master took them to the mountains to hunt, and then they encountered ferocious beasts, resulting in heavy casualties.

In short, the entire Yuliang Manor was shrouded in an atmosphere of worry over the change of leadership among immortal masters.

Zhong Lixiao and his party arrived at Yuliangzhuang in this strange and melancholy atmosphere.

Yuliangzhuang is located by the mountains and rivers, and is essentially a small river valley.

You can see a winding river widening and slowing down here, and merging with the stream flowing down from the valley, so the river is named "Xiaoqu River".

The reason why the word "small" is added is because there is a wider Qu River downstream of Xiaoqu River.

As for the winding mountains on both sides of the river valley, they are collectively called "Daliang Mountain" because their shapes are very similar to house beams.

Of course, the locals also habitually call it "Grain Mountain".

This also shows the feelings and expectations that the people living here have for this mountain!

Looking from the lower reaches of the valley, the first thing you see is farmland that goes up step by step, like layers of terraced fields.

Around the fields, you can see many houses scattered around.

Of course, more people still live on the plains near the mouth of the river valley, and a small town has been formed. On the river outside the town, you can still vaguely see some scattered fishing boats, and fishermen are constantly casting nets to catch fish.

What made everyone even more curious was that there was a small temple standing on a hill leading to the outside world from Yuliangzhuang.

The small temple was crowded with people and the sound of firecrackers could be heard from time to time.

Even Zhong Lixiao couldn't help but feel a little surprised. Who is this small temple dedicated to, and why is it so popular?

It looks like today is not the first or fifteenth day of the month, right?

At this moment, Zhong Lixiao was even more surprised to find that the magical power of "God loves fools" that he had acquired not long ago actually had some effect.

In his mind, the scene of him going to the small temple to offer sacrifices and burn incense vaguely emerged.

Zhong Lixiao's eyes lit up.

Destiny's guidance?!
Is there something magical about this temple?
Zhong Lixiao got the idea and said with a smile, "This is a very popular temple. It seems to be very effective. Let's go in and worship."

Zhong Sheng and others looked strange.

Do cultivators go to worship wild gods in small temples in the countryside?
If another cultivator came, it would be the least of his responsibilities to denounce it as a shrine to an evil god or an obscene one; it is not impossible that he would even cut down the mountain and destroy the temple!
However, these were all insignificant matters, so they just let it go.

Soon, everyone understood who the god enshrined in this small temple was.

She was revered as the "Mountain Goddess" by the people of Yuliangzhuang. She was spontaneously deified by the people after her death. When she was alive, she was called "Han Dan Niang".

As for his achievements, they are also recorded on the stele in front of the Niangniang Temple.

The first achievement was that while fleeing from famine, he discovered poisonous thorny berries and found the correct way to eat them, saving countless lives.

To put it simply, the skin of the prickly berry is turned over to make a bowl, and the pulp of the prickly berry is used to boil it until it is soft. The toxicity of the prickly berry can be eliminated and it becomes edible.

Zhong Lixiao was a little confused when he saw this.

Han Danniang is really a talented person. She can even think of this method?
It's even more outrageous than using oyster shells to store oysters!
But if you think about it carefully, it does make some sense.

Lychees can cause internal heat, but lychee shells and peels can reduce it; eating too many oranges can cause internal heat, but the white part of the orange can reduce it
The interrelationships of all things are so ingenious.

The second achievement was that he taught the local people the family's method of extracting dye from indigo grass free of charge, helping the people who had just fled to Yuliangzhuang to obtain the capital to exchange dye for food.

The third achievement was that she taught many women weaving and embroidery skills for free, providing them with new jobs and increasing the income of many families.

The fourth achievement was that he often held free clinics to provide free medical treatment to villagers, saving countless lives.

The fifth achievement was to notify the people to evacuate before a mountain torrent broke out, successfully helping a large number of mountain people escape the flood and mudslide.
Not only Zhong Lixiao, but other people in the team also stood in awe.

No wonder Han Danniang was spontaneously deified by the people after her death. This woman was not only of noble character, but also multi-talented.

Medicine, embroidery, weaving, and dyeing, mastering any one of them is very remarkable, and Han Danniang is proficient in all of them.

Especially the ability to predict major floods in advance can truly be regarded as "knowing both astronomy and geography."

Great!

At this moment, Zhong Lixiao also heard through his sharp five senses at the fourth level of Qi training that a pilgrim in the Mountain Goddess Temple was chanting, "Mountain Goddess, bless the new little immortal master to be kind and merciful, and not to levy heavy taxes and do evil things. I kowtow to the Mountain Goddess."

Zhong Lixiao was silent.

Perhaps this was the reason why the magical power "God loves simple people" prompted him to come and worship the Mountain Goddess.

It turned out that the people here had been living in fear of his arrival.

Doing good deeds and bringing benefits to the community are also the virtues and cultivation that practitioners should have.

The most important thing is that the seeds of magical powers contained in the villagers of Yuliangzhuang are his greatest wealth. It is far more important to win the favor of the people in advance than to take profits from the villagers.

Afterwards, Zhong Lixiao arrived at the temple of the Mountain Goddess under the astonished and frightened gazes of many villagers and farmers, and respectfully burned three incense sticks to the Mountain Goddess.

This surprised many villagers but also greatly increased their favorability towards them.

How could someone who is willing to burn incense to the Mountain Goddess be a bad person?

(End of this chapter)