A moment later, near the farmland outside Toyota Village.
Pei Wende, whose figure was hidden, strolled leisurely among the fields, but his eyes always stayed on the dense rice fields.
Just as Pei Wende had speculated before, the rice planted in this field happened to be in season for a good harvest.
Golden wheat ears hang on the straw, showing the fruits of the harvest.
"Did you find anything?"
Xiao Qing, who appeared silently behind Pei Wende and hid her body in her own cave, asked.
At this moment, Xiaoqing is in a state of superposition of reality and illusion. Outsiders cannot see her figure at all, let alone hear her voice.
This is Xiaoqing's special ability after obtaining the exclusive cave.
Compared to turning into a green snake and walking with Pei Wende, Xiao Qing in this state is obviously more secretive.
Of course, Xiaoqing himself doesn't actually like this shadowy form of existence.
Compared to the present where the real body is hidden in another dimension, Xiao Qing enjoys the life of traveling and bickering with Pei Wende more.
"There is indeed something fishy about this farmland..."
He didn't answer Xiaoqing's question directly. He only saw Pei Wende slowly walking to a field of wheat and squatting down gently, then extending his hand to signal the other party to come and take a look.
"What's the matter?"
Looking curiously from behind Pei Wende, Xiaoqing didn't notice anything strange.
"The soil here...is reddish-brown."
Just like the previous road leading to Toyota Village, the soil under this farmland is also a striking reddish brown.
Although Pei Wende is not an agricultural expert, he also knows that this is definitely not the color of normal soil.
Or rather, normal reddish-brown soil has no fertility at all.
It is not suitable for planting at all, let alone growing such dense rice farmland.
Among the many soil classifications, the most fertile is black soil. The soil layer has a very high organic matter content and presents a sticky black color.
When the fertility is exhausted, the color of the soil layer will become lighter and lighter.
In Pei Wende's limited knowledge, reddish-brown soil is usually a sign that the soil structure has been destroyed and the fertility has been exhausted.
"What does this mean?"
Xiaoqing couldn't help but raised her eyebrows slightly, and Xiaoqing seemed to notice something.
Because after Pei Wende's reminder, Xiao Qing discovered that not only the color of the soil was abnormal, but also the smell of the soil was obviously different.
As a snake that lives in the mountains and forests all year round, Xiao Qing can be very sure that he has never seen soil similar to these reddish-brown soils.
[These soils... are contaminated by the 'blood of ghosts and gods'! 】
At this moment, the shadow behind Pei Wende suddenly twisted, and the exquisite voice was introduced into the hearts of Xiaoqing and Pei Wende at the right time.
Although Linglong has remained silent for a long time, he has been paying attention to what is happening in the outside world.
But in most cases, Linglong just likes to quietly observe everything happening in the outside world.
"Is that true?"
Hearing this, Pei Wende, who had expected it, sighed lightly.
The next moment, Pei Wende directly held his right hand and gathered a rotating air blade out of thin air.
Wow…
Wherever the air blade passed, golden wheat ears fell to the ground, and soon a piece of harvested farmland appeared directly in front of Pei Wende.
However, something strange happened at this moment.
The ears of wheat that fell into the field were like ginseng fruits that melted when they hit the ground. They disappeared from Pei Wende's sight the moment they hit the ground.
"this……"
The pupils suddenly tightened, and Xiao Qing, who had the mirage dragon incarnation, naturally saw the fishiness in it.
"Are these wheat ears fake?"
Here, it may be a little inaccurate to say false.
Because the rice actually existed before it was harvested.
But at the moment when the rice was harvested, the "foundation" that maintained the existence of the rice suddenly disappeared.
Since there was no so-called rice from the beginning, what was harvested was naturally only air.
This kind of performance between existence and non-existence, between reality and illusion, is a kind of magical power of "refining falsehood into reality".
"It's not just a lie..."
Staring silently in front of him, Pei Wende reminded him softly.
Then, as if in response to Pei Wende's statement, the rice that he had harvested before actually grew again.
The cut straws withered automatically, the tender green seedlings grew rapidly, and the golden ears of wheat swayed in the wind...
In just a blink of an eye, the harvested farmland grew again with harvest-season rice, as if nothing had happened.
"This is the truth behind the 'bumpy harvest' of wheat fields!"
Reaching out and stroking the swaying rice, Pei Wende could even feel the extremely real touch.
“It’s not just a coincidence that the timing of our arrival coincides with a bumper harvest in these fields.”
"On the contrary, the rice in these farmlands is always in a state of abundance, as if time has been fixed."
"No matter when we come, whether it's spring planting, autumn harvest, or even the twelfth lunar month of winter..."
“What we see when we come here is this land of rice that is always in good harvest condition.”
There was a slight pause in his voice. When Pei Wende said the last sentence, he corrected a certain wording in his words in time.
"There will always be a good harvest, but there will never be a real harvest..."
"It's a curse, an eternal curse on Toyota Village."
Pei Wende was silent, Linglong was silent, and even Xiaoqing, who was indifferent to all this, was silent.
——It's within reach, but you can never get it.
The most severe punishment in the world is none other than this.
"Could this be the curse of the mountain ghost?"
After a long silence, Xiaoqing spoke again.
“That mountain god who doesn’t exist in this land—is this her curse on Toyota Village?”
Shaking his head gently, Pei Wende was noncommittal.
"Don't jump to conclusions so early. After all, there are too few clues now."
"What happened in Toyota Village may be the curse of a powerful ghost or god, or it may be the spell of some kind of monster that plays with people's hearts..."
"We don't even know what happened here. Jumping to conclusions will only mislead the direction of future investigations."
The voice paused again, and Pei Wende said solemnly without any hesitation this time.
"Besides, we all know about the existence of mountain ghosts from Lao Xiong and Ku Chan."
"If the instigator behind the scenes does have the ability to 'refining falsehood into reality' similar to that of the mirage dragon, then it is still unclear whether the mountain ghost really existed."
——Monthly Ticket/Recommended Ticket——
(End of chapter)
