I will teach you how to cultivate immortality

Chapter 61 The Houtian clan

Is a thunderstorm coming?

Looking into the distance, Li Boyang raised an eyebrow in surprise.

"Could there be such a big storm at this time of year?"

Walking ahead of Li Boyang, Li Jingshu also saw the dark clouds flashing with thunder in the distance.

The deafening roar could be clearly heard by the two people even though they were hundreds of kilometers apart.

A fierce wind swept across the land, lifting vegetation and livestock into the air...

After three years of training and intensive practice, Li Jingshu can now clearly see the livestock and mountain people screaming in the strong wind.

"Little brother, should we speed things up a bit...?"

Faced with such divine might, even the usually audacious Li Jingshu turned pale.

At this moment, the two were on their way back to Li Family Village, and along the way, many wild beasts and spirits were also startled by the distant storm.

"This storm... is almost as strong as a Category 13 or 14 typhoon..."

Feeling that something was amiss with the storm, Li Boyang muttered to himself.

Since coming into this world, Li Boyang had never seen such a violent hurricane.

Li Boyang was unsure whether the storm was naturally formed.

His greater concern now is whether the hurricane will affect the crop harvest in Lijia Village.

Thinking of this, Li Boyang took out the Heavenly Fate Bone Armor again and tossed it around as usual.

As he predicted, if the storm continued to spread in this direction, it would indeed affect this year's harvest.

Even century-old trees cannot withstand the ravages of this storm, let alone the crops in the fields.

"Little brother?"

Upon seeing Li Boyang take out the Heavenly Fate Bone Armor, Li Jingshu couldn't help but stop in her tracks.

Having spent so much time with Li Boyang, Li Jingshu knew better than anyone when he would use the Heavenly Fate Bone Armor.

"Come on, we have to get back to the village right now."

"At the speed at which this storm is moving, it will probably arrive here soon."

"The crops in the fields can't withstand the damage from this storm; it could even leave us with no harvest this year."

He habitually explained to Li Jingshu, a habit Li Boyang had developed over a long period of time.

In this ignorant era, Li Jingshu is perhaps the only one who can understand Li Boyang's words and has no doubts about them.

"what?"

Just by simply imagining that scene, Li Jingshu's expression changed drastically.

Unlike Li Boyang, who was born just three years ago.

Li Jingshu, who is almost nine years old this year, has personally experienced several famines.

The scenes of starving people everywhere and cannibalism left a huge psychological scar on Li Jingshu.

In the past three years, thanks to the carefully selected superior seeds by Li Boyang and the intentional or unintentional protection of Xi Luo, Li Family Village has been able to live a slightly quieter life.

The thought of going hungry again next year filled Li Jingshu with hostility as she looked at the storm.

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At Li Boyang and Li Jingshu's pace, a mere twenty li was not a particularly long distance.

In less than a short while, the two arrived near Lijia Village.

Or more precisely, what the two first saw was the endless golden rice fields on the outskirts of Lijia Village.

The fields are different from those three years ago.

Those golden rice paddies were all newly cultivated fields, presenting an overall terraced structure. This wasn't because the people of Lijia Village wanted to create something unusual or beautiful, or to produce a spectacle.

The problem is that this godforsaken place doesn't have much flat land available for cultivation, and then there's the limitation of water resources...

This type of terraced field, which extends from top to bottom, naturally became the most suitable method of land reclamation for the current situation.

Thanks to Li Boyang's persistent pleading and cajoling with Xi Luo over the past three years, he managed to borrow the right to use the Tooth Pig from her, which barely allowed him to complete this massive project.

Alongside the reclamation of these terraced fields, composting and fermentation work was also carried out in Lijia Village.

After all, the superior varieties cultivated by Li Boyang require extremely high soil fertility, and ordinary mountainous areas simply cannot support those superior varieties.

Of course, Li Boyang did not deny that he had had enough of the dirty environment in the village.

That feeling of constantly stepping in poop or pee while walking on the street.

For Li Boyang, who comes from a civilized society in the 21st century, this was an immense torment.

Especially after he learned to walk, Li Boyang loathed it even more.

Even now, Chen Yun still uses this incident to mock Li Boyang, saying that she gave birth to a "divine person whose feet never touch the ground".

To be honest, if Lijia Village had a small population to begin with, it would be possible.

With the strong support of the old village chief and Li Yu, Li Boyang's composting and fermentation work might not have been able to proceed so smoothly.

Even so, looking at the uneven rice paddies, Li Boyang couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"Seven's family is slacking off again..."

They followed Li Boyang's gaze.

Li Jingshu also noticed that the field was noticeably more desolate than the others.

Despite using the same high-quality seeds and the same planting methods, Qiwa's family has been growing worse crops than other villagers for two consecutive years.

This even caused gossip in the village, labeling Qiwa's family as "lazybones."

"No, Seventh Brother's family didn't slack off..."

"It's just that Seven's father hit his head, so he's always a step behind others in everything he does."

With a deep sigh, Li Boyang knew, of course, what kind of situation Qiwa's family was in.

Father hit his head, Mother ran away with someone, and Seventh Child is still too young...

So even with the help of the brothers Li Yu and Li Chengfeng, they could only barely survive.

After all, Li Yu and Li Chengfeng also have their own families to take care of, and it's impossible for them to spare too much free time to help them during the busy farming season.

"Little brother, we've already helped him too much."

Seeing through what Li Boyang was thinking at a glance, Li Jingshu said in a rather mature tone in a low voice.

My little brother is good in every way, except that sometimes he has an inexplicably strong sense of responsibility.

In Li Jingshu's opinion, without Li Boyang's proactive help, Qiwa's family would never have been able to survive until now.

"Sigh, I just don't like watching other people starve to death in front of me!"

Within his own capabilities, Li Boyang doesn't mind helping others.

"Starving to death... is the most painful way to die in the world."

An image of Li Jingshu's emaciated appearance flashed through his mind when he first met her.

Li Boyang's tone was unusually firm, and his eyes seemed to hold a determination.

"Since so much has already changed, there's no reason to hesitate to take another step forward!"

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