If it was just a deserted suburb, Qin Tian wouldn't be so surprised, but it looked like a large-scale disaster scene in front of him.
I saw collapsed houses everywhere and a mess.
Among the ruins, more than a dozen wooden sheds were built to provide shelter from the rain.
There are more than a dozen simple bed boards placed under each wooden shed, and the people lying on the bed boards are the sick or wounded.
There was a continuous wailing or painful moaning in my ears.
"Lord Messenger, why are you here?"
At this time, Bai Suzhen's voice came from behind.
Qin Tian turned around and saw that she was holding a water dish in her hand. There were bright red cloth strips in the basin, and her hands were stained with blood. ??
It was obvious that Bai Suzhen had just treated someone's wound.
Qin Tian asked in surprise, "What happened? How did West Lake City become like this? And why are there so many wounded and sick?"
Bai Suzhen put down the water plate in her hand, wiped her hands, and sighed helplessly.
"There was a major flood here some time ago, and all the houses and residents along the coast were washed away."
"After Xiaoqing and I learned about this, we rushed over quickly to try to calm the flood."
"But the flood was so violent that Xiaoqing and I couldn't stop it."
"Seeing that more and more houses were washed down and the number of victims gradually increased, Xiaoqing and I could only try our best to save people."
"In the end, if the third prince Ao Bing hadn't appeared in time, these victims would have died."
"Ao Bing?" Qin Tian wondered, "Is the sea area where the flood broke out the East China Sea?"
Bai Suzhen nodded, with a hint of helplessness on her face, "Well, there hasn't been a flood in West Lake City for thousands of years, and I don't know why it happened this time."
"Fortunately, the flood did not last long. With the support of the third prince Ao Bing, the flood subsided quickly."
"In the end, the officials and I spontaneously built these wooden sheds to treat the victims."
"So that's it." Qin Tian couldn't bear to look at the victims. "Then do you think there is anything else that needs help?"
Bai Suzhen smiled and waved her hand, "No, it's been half a month since the flood. Many victims have recovered, and now they are all seriously ill patients."
"Oh, by the way, Sir Messenger, what are you doing here?"
Seeing so many injured and sick people at the scene, Qin Tian was a little embarrassed to speak.
He scratched his head and said, "Actually, I came here to get some medicinal materials to refine the elixir for you, but now it seems that you need the medicinal materials more."
"How is that possible?" Bai Suzhen said happily, "If the messenger can give me more pills, that will solve my big problem."
Qin Tian was puzzled, "How to say?"
Bai Suzhen explained with a smile, "These are now seriously ill patients who are very weak. If they take the medicine directly, the effect will be too slow. In addition, it is difficult for them to absorb the medicine themselves."
"But if the elixir is made, it will be easier for them to absorb and they can heal faster."
After hearing what Bai Suzhen said, Qin Tian understood immediately.
Isn't this the difference between Chinese medicine and Western medicine?
"Seeing that the messenger has not come for so long, I thought he had forgotten about it."
Bai Suzhen always kept this incident in mind.
But it took a long time for Qin Tian to come to get the medicine.
Bai Suzhen almost thought that Qin Tian had already cooperated with another medicine hall.
Until I heard Qin Tian asking me for medicinal materials, I was extremely happy.
Qin Tian scratched his head in embarrassment, "I have been delayed due to some things recently."
"Then, Mr. Messenger, please follow me to Baohe Hall to get medicine."
Bai Suzhen stretched out her hand to make a 'please' gesture, even more impatient than Qin Tian. Tolerable.
After getting the medicinal materials, Qin Tian said goodbye to Bai Suzhen and returned to Tianmeng with some thoughts.
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Heavenly Court, Lingxiao Palace.
Some time ago, the East China Sea flooded, causing tens of thousands of casualties in West Lake City, and heaven was also alarmed.
When the Jade Emperor learned of this, he became furious, held an emergency court meeting, and specially summoned the Dragon King of the Four Seas to heaven.
Above the main hall, the Jade Emperor looked sullen and looked at the four Dragon Kings below with a hint of coldness in his eyes.
He shouted leisurely, "Dragon King of the East China Sea, do you know your guilt?"
The Dragon King of the East China Sea came forward in fear and knelt in front of the main hall with a confused look on his face.
"Your Majesty, I wonder what crime the little god has committed?"
"How outrageous!" The Jade Emperor slammed the table angrily and shouted angrily, "The East China Sea overflowed, causing thousands of deaths and injuries in West Lake City. You actually asked me what crime you committed?"
As soon as these words came out, all the immortals in the main hall were stunned.
When did your majesty do his duty so diligently?
Start managing the God Realm?
Even the Queen Mother was puzzled and didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the Jade Emperor's gourd.
Facing the Jade Emperor's sudden accountability, the Dragon King of the East China Sea looked at a loss.
More than half a month has passed since this happened. If he really cared about the lives and deaths of those victims, why would he have gone there so early?
Now that I am being held accountable after the fact, I am definitely not holding anything back.
Although the Dragon King of the East China Sea thought so in his heart, he did not dare to say it with his mouth.
Facing the Jade Emperor's accountability, he could only explain, "Back to Your Majesty, when the floods were flooding, the little god had already sent his son Ao Bing to rescue the victims, and he also stopped the flooding from continuing as soon as possible."
"Your Majesty, please take a closer look."
"The flooding in the East China Sea this time has caused people's livelihood to suffer. In the final analysis, it is your responsibility in the East China Sea."
Obviously, the Jade Emperor didn't listen to the Dragon King of the East China Sea's explanation at all, and still wanted to convict him. His face darkened, and he said leisurely, "But I won't blame you too harshly if you save him in time."
"This time I will fine you thirty years of salary to set an example, so that other immortal families will be more responsible in performing their duties."
The Queen Mother could not help but sneer, she finally understood why the Jade Emperor did this.
It's just trying every possible way to deduct salary.
The position of Dragon King is considered to be the largest priestly position in heaven. The salary for one year is 30 million, and the salary for 30 years is 900 million merit points, which is a lot of money.
In addition to the twenty years of salary that the clairvoyant had deducted before, the total merit value would be one billion.
I have to say that the Jade Emperor's calculation was really loud and clear.
The immortals in the main hall quickly understood and cast sympathetic glances at the Dragon King of the East China Sea.
The Dragon King of the East China Sea knelt on the ground, lowered his head and buried his face in his chest, gnashing his teeth in hatred.
900 million worth of merit was deducted for no reason.
The Jade Emperor did this just to be more upright and not issue salaries.
Even though he was the Jade Emperor, the Dragon King of the East China Sea could not swallow his breath and decided to tell the truth about the flooding of the East China Sea.
"Your Majesty, there is a reason why the East China Sea floods. It's because..."
"Brother, don't say it!"
When the other three sea dragon kings heard this, their expressions changed drastically, and they quickly stopped the east sea dragon king from continuing.
The truth about the flooding in the East China Sea concerns the three realms.
If everyone knew about it, it would definitely cause unrest in the three realms.
That’s why the three Dragon Kings tried their best to prevent the Dragon King of East China Sea from telling the truth.
Affection.
"No, I must say that this is not a matter for us in the four seas, but also a matter for the three realms!"
The Dragon King of the East China Sea really couldn't swallow the bad breath in his heart.
This is obviously not his responsibility, and he has tried his best to fulfill his responsibilities as the Dragon King, but his salary is still being deducted.
Is this justified?
Is there any royal law?
"Brother!" The Dragon King of the West Sea was so anxious that he almost jumped up and didn't know how to persuade the Dragon King of the East Sea.
The Jade Emperor frowned and was very displeased, "What are you trying to do here to make riddles? If you have anything to say, just say it!"
The Jade Emperor has spoken, but the Dragon King of East China Sea cannot do anything now. ??
"Back to Your Majesty, the main reason why the East China Sea is flooding is because the heart of the earth's crust has been loosened. Please take a closer look, Your Majesty. It is really not a dereliction of duty."
"What? The heart of the crust is loose?"
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the main hall, and everyone became panicked.
The Heart of the Earth's Crust only existed after Pangu created the world, and was transformed from Pangu's Heart.
Thousands of meters beneath the ocean, it is the lifeblood of all rivers and seas.
If the core of the earth's crust changes or falls off, the three realms will be flooded.
By then, no one in the area except the Heavenly Court will be spared, and it will become a vast ocean.
It's not like this has never happened before.
That was the period when the ancient goddess Nuwa still existed.
At that time, a hole was punched out of the sky and the earth at the same time.
The earth was about to turn into a vast ocean, but Nuwa took action in time and used colorful stones to fill the holes in the sky and earth, so that no greater damage was caused.
If this situation really comes to pass, it will be a catastrophe for the three realms.
Even the Jade Emperor's pupils trembled when he heard the heart of the earth's crust loosen.
Even if the flooding of the earth does not affect the heavens, it will still have an impact on the gods in the heavens.
They are gods and of course they need believers.
Only with believers worshiping and worshiping can they have a steady stream of merit.
If a flood floods the three realms and without believers, there will be no source of income.
"It's over. If something happens to the Heart of the Earth's Crust, wouldn't the Three Realms be doomed?"
"This is not the ancient times. There is a Nuwa empress. Even if there is, we may not be able to find colorful stones!"
"That's right, what should we do?"
All the immortals in the main hall were in a panic and jumped in a hurry.
This is also the reason why the other Dragon Kings of the Three Seas did not let the Dragon King of the East China Sea tell the truth.
Not only will it not solve the problem, it will only cause unnecessary panic.
"Don't panic, everyone!" The Dragon King of the East China Sea stretched out his hand to stop the panic of the immortals and said in a deep voice, "Through the joint efforts of my three brothers and I, the Heart of the Earth's Crust has been temporarily stabilized."
After hearing these words, the immortals breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's fine, as long as the Heart of the Earth's Crust is fine."
Only then did the Jade Emperor relax his expression, waved his sleeves, and said with a slight reproach, "Since the Heart of the Earth's Crust is fine, why do you need to bring this matter up! It will frighten all the immortals!"
The Dragon King of the East China Sea cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, although the Heart of the Earth's Crust has stabilized, there are still hidden dangers, so I beg your Majesty to allocate some money to repair the Heart of the Earth's Crust."
When he heard the word 'money', the Jade Emperor's face turned dark instantly.
But he also worried that the Dragon King of the East China Sea was doing this for the sake of the Three Realms. If he didn't criticize it, wouldn't it look very heartless?
The Jade Emperor gave a wry smile, feeling helpless. Spread your hands.
"Dragon King of the East China Sea, you also know that Heavenly Court is really short of money recently."
"In the previous battle with the Palace of Invisibility and the arrest of stowaways, the Heavenly Court has already lost a large part of the Heavenly Soldiers, and the Heavenly Court has lost a lot of money from the pensions. There really is no extra money to repair the Heart of the Earth."
"But the matter of the Heart of the Earth's Crust is unavoidable. After all, it concerns the Three Realms."
The Jade Emperor waved his hand, pretending to be generous and said, "Well, I've loaned you one million merit points in my own name. What do you think?"
One million?!
The Dragon King of the East China Sea almost cursed his mother in his heart.
What is one million enough for?
Do you think that is repairing a toy?
That’s the heart of the earth’s crust!
The heart of the earth's crust transformed from Pangu's heart requires rare materials worth tens of millions of merit points.
One million is not even enough to fill the gap between your teeth!
Moreover, this million was lent to Donghai in the name of the Jade Emperor.
Sending a beggar away is not that outrageous!
But because the other party was the Jade Emperor, the Dragon King of the East China Sea did not dare to express his dissatisfaction directly.
He could only say with a forced smile, "Your Majesty, this heart to repair the earth's crust requires at least two billion merit points. Isn't your one million a bit..."
Not only the Dragon King of the East China Sea, but also other immortal families can't stand it.
"Yes, Your Majesty, this Heart of the Earth's Crust is related to the three realms. Is one million too little?"
"If something happens to the heart of the earth's crust, our heaven will also suffer."
"Your Majesty, please think twice!"
Hearing what the immortals said to each other, the Jade Emperor couldn't help but feel a little displeased. He waved his hands and shouted, "You also said that the heart of the earth's crust is related to the three realms, so why should we in heaven pay this money? We should let others share it equally!"
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"..."
Hearing this, the immortals fell into silence.
Having said all that, it seems impossible for the Jade Emperor to give out another penny.
The Dragon King of the East China Sea was helpless, shook his head and sighed, "Since your majesty is powerless, the little god will not force it. It is just a punishment of thirty years, can your majesty take it back?"
The Jade Emperor stood up and waved his hands and said, "If you successfully repair the Heart of the Earth's Crust this time, I will consider taking it back."
"Retreat from the court."
After saying that, the Jade Emperor threw down a crystal card with one million merit points and left without looking back, without giving the immortals any chance to speak.
After seeing the Jade Emperor leave, the other immortals could only look at the Dragon King of the East China Sea with sympathy.
Taibai Jinxing stepped forward and handed a crystal card to Dragon King.
"This is half a million merit points. You should keep it first. Although it is not much, it is still a token of your gratitude."
Upon seeing this, other immortals also stepped forward to donate money, hoping to be of some help.
But all the immortal families' money together is only a drop in the bucket.
At this time, Tuoba Fuyao stepped forward and handed the Dragon King of the East China Sea a crystal card, "This is a little bit of your Majesty's wishes. It has a total of 20 million merit points."
The immortals looked surprised and showed incredulous eyes.
Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother, who is exactly the same as the Jade Emperor, is actually the most generous among the immortals.
Directly donated 20 million merit points.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." The four Dragon Kings bowed deeply to the Queen Mother above the main hall, expressing their deep gratitude.
The Queen Mother waved her hand for them to get up, and said somewhat helplessly, "I can only help you so much. I hope the four Dragon Kings will live up to their trust and repair the Heart of the Earth's Crust. After all, this is related to the Three Realms!"
After hearing these words, the Queen Mother's image and status among the immortals instantly became much more impressive.