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It had been a few days since Xu Daoda arrived in Jiangzhou City, and he had finally figured out the general situation in Jiangzhou City.
On this day, he was not in Jiangzhou City, but took Su Jiu and Chen Wan out of the city and came to a place more than a hundred miles away from Jiangcheng.
It is already summer, and when the sun rises during the day, the heat will also appear on the earth.
Xu Dao and the other three were standing on a loess mound, looking around. What caught their eyes were large patches of farmland, with wheat growing in the fields. The wheat had been cultivated, and the color became increasingly green.
However, under the scorching sun, the leaves were wilting a little, and the soil bumps on the field ridges were all extremely dry. It was obvious that the wheat fields in front of them were all short of water, and they needed God to provide rain quickly, or to divert canals for irrigation.
It's just that the place where the three of them are located is a hundred miles away from the river. There are no larger rivers nearby. The canals in the fields are all dry and bottomed out, and there is no water source that can be transported here.
Xu Dao looked around and made a little calculation in his mind. As far as he could see, there were acres of fertile land, and all of it was wheat.
The hot wind blows and green waves roll around, giving people a refreshing and shocking feeling.
But except for Xu Dao and the other three who were enjoying the pastoral scenery in front of them, the other people surrounding them had nervous expressions on their faces.
These people are all dressed in coarse cloth and short brown clothes. Even those with high status have yellowish-brown faces and slightly curved backs, as if they have been working in the fields under the sun all year round.
Their eyes looked at Xu Dao and Chen Wan, who was also wearing Taoist robes next to them, with their eyes full of worry, anxiety, and expectation.
“Nice view!”,
After looking for a long time, Xu Dao withdrew his gaze from the fields and fell on the nervous farmers around him.
These people couldn't help but feel nervous. The tens of thousands of acres of farmland in front of them had been short of water for many days. Since the beginning of summer, not a drop of rain had fallen on the fields.
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People and animals can still sell water from far away for drinking, but it is not possible in the fields. Tens of thousands or millions of catties of water are needed to save the wheat in the fields.
Moreover, the nearby 10,000 acres of wheat fields are closely planted and the plants are wide. Far from being comparable to the farmland planted by ordinary farmers, its scale is already comparable to the large farms in Xu Dao's previous life. It consumes a lot of soil resources. In addition to replenishing water, the fields must also be fertilized.
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Otherwise, even if we save 10,000 acres of wheat, the harvest will not be too high in the fall, and it may even affect next year's planting.
An elderly farmer saw Xu Dao speak out. He stood up and said respectfully and humbly:
"Two Taoist priests, the auspicious time has arrived, can you open an altar to pray for rain?"
That's right, Xu Dao came here today to bring rain to the ten thousand acres of wheat fields in front of him. This was exactly what surprised him slightly when he was flipping through the missions in the Demon Dancing Hall that day.
Since the beginning of Taoism, although Taoists have magic spells that can carry, call water, turn fossils into mud, and other abilities, these methods are only used in the Taoist's own production activities or in cultivating people, whether in the White Bone Temple or the Shezhao tribe.
Medicinal herbs may be used to feed monsters and beasts, but few are given to mortals for use.
Although demons and ghosts appear from time to time in this world, if ordinary people live a long time, they will always meet a true Taoist who can use magic in their life, but immortals are not the same.
Taoists are so superior that although they occasionally subjugate demons, how can they waste their mana on doing work for prisoners?
This is the first time that Xu Dao has seen powerful people willing to force Taoists to work for ordinary people. Of course, it cannot be said to be working, but to open a forum to help those in need.
Therefore, after he saw this kind of magic used in field production in the Demon Dang Hall, and it was used to plant mortal things instead of spiritual things, he immediately became interested and accepted the next task that suited him.
After hearing what the father-in-law said, Xu Dao did not arrogantly embarrass everyone, but waved his sleeves and said: "Yes."
When dozens or hundreds of farmers around heard this, their faces were all overjoyed, and they shouted: "The Taoist Master is asking for rain! The Taoist Master is asking for rain!"
"It's going to rain!"
A burst of expectant calls rang around the hill, and words of gratitude were shouted out. Until the old man who had just spoken to Xu Dao scolded everyone:
"It's so noisy! Please calm down, Taoist Priest is being disturbed! In the next few days, I'll be guarding the surrounding area!"
"The Taoist master wants to open an altar here to perform rituals. Not a single sparrow can be allowed in. If it ruins the important event of praying for rain, I will tear down the whole house for you!"
With such scoldings rang out, the farmers who were able to gather were already selected and well-behaved people from the nearby villages. Each one of them held their breath and concentrated for fear of upsetting many people.
Xu Dao looked around with interest. It was different from when he was slaying demons in Guodong County. Although the people around him were in awe, their eyes were full of eager anticipation and reverence, not fear or fear.
Xu Dao could already predict that if he really saved the ten thousand acres of wheat fields in front of him, these people would definitely kneel on the ground sincerely and thank him.
Xu Dao's eyes flashed with emotion. Since he started practicing Taoism, he has not had this kind of experience of getting along with ordinary people for a long time and just being purely respected.
On the one hand, this is because mortals are afraid of Taoists, and if they can kill demons, they can even kill them. On the other hand, it is also because Taoists are arrogant and do not behave well. They often have no scruples for the sake of cultivation, and their actions are vaguely inhuman.
But now in Jiangzhou, the situation is very different. Whether Chen Wan removes the body or Xu Dao is invited to come to rain today, the villagers just respect him and have no barriers.
At the same time, Xu Dao also learned from Chen Wan who was beside him that the reason why the ten thousand acres of high-quality wheat fields nearby could be cultivated and cultivated was also related to the Taoist priests in Dang Yao Hall.
"No wonder Chen Wan faked his death and turned into a corpse. Even though the villagers knew that he had turned into a 'zombie', they were still willing to set fire to find his body." Xu Dao sighed with emotion in his heart.
Perhaps this kind of relationship between mortals and Taoists should be normal, and what he experienced before was wrong.
There was a lot of busyness and noise on the loess mound. Under the command of the old man, tables, chairs, and tributes were constantly being carried out from the crowd, and a temporary wooden altar was built.
All the people working there are half-grown boys with still childish looks on their faces. It is obvious that they have been arranged or referred to the boy Chunyang, who has a reputation for helping to open the altar.
When Taoist disciple Chen Wan who was standing aside saw this, he also walked to Xu Dao's side, cupped his hands and said:
"Taoist Master Lu, do you need Xiaodao to help you set up the formation?"
Unexpectedly, when Xu Dao heard this, he just looked away from the farmer's actions with a smile, and then shook his head.
Such an answer made Chen Wan startled.
It should be noted that bringing rain to tens of thousands of acres of farmland is not a simple matter. Generally speaking, Taoists first need to set up a formation for praying for rain, sit in it, and absorb the nearby rain, and then rain can fall. It is not a magic formula.
If you pinch it, the wind will rise and it will rain heavily.
There may indeed be such a technique to control wind and rain in the world, but it can only be controlled by Taoists at the level of foundation building and above, and it is far beyond the ability of Qi Refining Taoist disciples like them.
Ordinary Taoist disciples took over the task of raining in the Demon Dang Hall. It takes one day to gather the rain, one day to make the drizzle, another day to make the rain full, and it will take at least three days to succeed. Here, even an inch of rain will not fall.
Feed the wheat in the fields at the right time.
For those with low magic power, it may even take seven or even ten days to complete.
Therefore, Chen Wan thought that Xu Dao asked him to come here because he wanted to use his magic power. Together with Su Jiu's, the three of them controlled the formation together and thought they could succeed in one day.
And this is also the reason why nearby farmers will organize themselves to protect the loess hills to prevent the Xu Dao rainfall from being disturbed.
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Xu Dao's eyes flashed with emotion. Since he started practicing Taoism, he has not had this kind of experience of getting along with ordinary people for a long time and just being purely respected.
On the one hand, this is because mortals are afraid of Taoists, and if they can kill demons, they can even kill them. On the other hand, it is also because Taoists are arrogant and do not behave well. They often have no scruples for the sake of cultivation, and their actions are vaguely inhuman.
But now in Jiangzhou, the situation is very different. Whether Chen Wan removes the body or Xu Dao is invited to come to rain today, the villagers just respect him and have no barriers.
At the same time, Xu Dao also learned from Chen Wan who was beside him that the reason why the ten thousand acres of high-quality wheat fields nearby could be cultivated and cultivated was also related to the Taoist priests in Dang Yao Hall.
"No wonder Chen Wan faked his death and turned into a corpse. Even though the villagers knew that he had turned into a 'zombie', they were still willing to set fire to find his body." Xu Dao sighed with emotion in his heart.
Perhaps this kind of relationship between mortals and Taoists should be normal, and what he experienced before was wrong.
There was a lot of busyness and noise on the loess mound. Under the command of the old man, tables, chairs, and tributes were constantly being carried out from the crowd, and a temporary wooden altar was built.
All the people working there are half-grown boys with still childish looks on their faces. It is obvious that they have been arranged or referred to the boy Chunyang, who has a reputation for helping to open the altar.
When Taoist disciple Chen Wan who was standing aside saw this, he also walked to Xu Dao's side, cupped his hands and said:
"Taoist Master Lu, do you need Xiaodao to help you set up the formation?"
Unexpectedly, when Xu Dao heard this, he just looked away from the farmer's actions with a smile, and then shook his head.
Such an answer made Chen Wan startled.
It should be noted that bringing rain to tens of thousands of acres of farmland is not a simple matter. Generally speaking, Taoists first need to set up a rain-seeking formation, sit in it, and absorb the rain nearby, and then rain can fall. It is not a magic formula.
If you pinch it, the wind will rise and it will rain heavily.
It should be noted that bringing rain to tens of thousands of acres of farmland is not a simple matter. Generally speaking, Taoists first need to set up a rain-seeking formation, sit in it, and absorb the rain nearby, and then rain can fall. It is not a magic formula.
If you pinch it, the wind will rise and it will rain heavily.