Many times, the greater the moment, the more it starts from an inconspicuous moment.
A not-so-important little person made a seemingly unimportant decision, but driven by fate, a great and tragic prelude began.
But in fact, is this really the case?
Are those tiny changes really beyond the control of some beings?
Were those sudden changes really not planned in advance?
The answer is both clear and vague.
It just depends on how people think and see.
The same thing will always show different changes under the influence of time, people's hearts, rumors and personal thoughts.
The arrival of a disaster, the passing of a great thing, the birth of a life, the death of an idea... they may happen at the same time. As for whether they are involved, whether there is some inner connection, whether they imply anything, it is very unclear. It's hard to tell clearly.
When change comes.
As an agent of change, we are also unable to control the whole situation and be fully aware.
Because there is more than one hand pushing behind, no one can be sure whether he is a chess player or a chess piece.
Just like a beast in the forest that has just captured its prey, it is not sure that it is not the prey, and that the prey it captured is not the bait to lure it.
The northern part of the Min Kingdom has been experiencing drought for nearly three months. Since the beginning of summer, the sun has been blazing, but there has never been a drop of rain. The autumn harvest season is about to come.
However, the crops in the fields all looked downcast due to long-term water shortage.
If there is no rainfall, then simply diverting river water for irrigation will not be able to achieve the standard of a bumper harvest.
In order to compete for water sources, many villages located upstream and downstream of a river have repeatedly engaged in armed fighting.
Food shortages will cause more social problems.
And the locust plague that often appears after a drought makes many elderly people even more worried.
Practitioners invited to pray for rain have come in batches, but they have never been able to achieve success.
According to those practitioners, there is not a trace of water vapor condensing in the air in the north of Min State. Even if they can forcefully cast spells and attract a little bit of 'immortal dew', it will only be a drop in the bucket.
It still won't rain to moisten the hungry and greedy earth.
The air here is like a completely dry towel. No matter how you twist it, you can't squeeze out a drop of water.
Only true immortals can interact with heaven and earth, directly command heaven and earth, force water vapor to rise, and cause large areas of rainfall.
Even Master Yuanshen only acted according to local conditions and took advantage of the situation.
If there are clouds in the sky, you can use thunder to frighten the clouds, and use the clouds to make rain fall.
This statement may be true or false.
Practitioners... Even great practitioners in the Yuanshen realm cannot make rain out of thin air. This is true.
But it is actually false to say that they have absolutely no way to bring widespread rainfall.
It can be done by forming an array and casting spells, or by using special magic weapons to mobilize large amounts of water sources from elsewhere.
It's just that...the lives and lives of ordinary people, what do they mean to the high-ranking practitioners?
Don’t say it’s what the common people think of practitioners.
Even among those bureaucrats who enjoy the blessings of the people, how many are not like this?
The life and death of a group of ordinary people is not as important as a meal... This has never been a joke.
In fact, those who came to pray for rain and cast spells were just low-level practitioners.
Those who are invited will receive huge benefits, and those who pray for rain with "Xinran" have the highest cultivation level but the late Jindan stage.
After all, the entire Min Kingdom is just an inconspicuous small country in a corner of Wenzhou. Because it is surrounded by mountains and is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it will not be annexed by neighboring countries.
At the beginning of praying for rain, some practitioners who had some cultivation skills came.
Later, he became seriously ill and sought medical treatment.
There are also many more scammers.
The titles of the swindlers are louder and louder than the last, but their methods are more unsightly than the last.
Some scammers steal property and run away.
Of course, there were many who were beaten to death on the spot by the angry people, explaining what it means to die for food.
Gradually, even the liars stopped coming.
The mood of despair permeated the entire northern part of the Min Kingdom, and even gradually spread to the whole country.
After all, if there is a food shortage in the north, the food production in the south alone will not be enough to supply the whole country.
What's more, the south of Min State has always been mainly planted with fruit trees and tea, which are important exports of Min State.
The pressure to produce grain has always been on the north.
As for asking for help from outside...
There is a price to pay.
What's more, the price of Min State being easy to defend and difficult to attack is that external transportation is very inconvenient.
It would be almost impossible to transport grain from abroad into the country on a large scale without the help of a large number of monks.
At the entrance of the dilapidated wild temple, Liu San, with disheveled hair and feathers, was lying on a bamboo chair, squinting his eyes, thinking about how he would pretend to be a fool and stutter later.
He is not a spiritual practitioner.
But because of a lucky chance, he got a piece of formula from a broken ancient artifact, and gained the ability to control some inexplicable power.
This ability is not that great, but it also allows him to act like a ghost among the people, and has a certain degree of intimidation, becoming a famous wizard from all over the country.
In the distance, a large number of footsteps came quickly from the foot of the mountain.
Soon a large group of people crowded in front of the wild temple.
Looking at Liu San lying on the bamboo chair, these people fell to their knees on the ground without saying a word, kowtowing.
The one who took the lead was a very famous old man in the neighborhood. He had lived for seventy-two years, making him the longest-lived person within a hundred miles.
"Master Immortal! Please save us!"
"If we keep doing this...we won't be able to survive!" The old man looked at Liu San humbly with eyes full of earnestness and tears, and begged urgently.
Liu San turned around and did not respond.
Just five days ago, when Liu San was wandering down the mountain, he saw with his own eyes that this old man, with the young men in the village, beat two swindlers to death on the field ridge with sticks.
At that time, the old man's face was full of anger.
In an era of material poverty and humble life, an old guy who can live to be in his seventies, still strong, and become the most famous person in the countryside... is by no means a good person. The elders are kind to him. , just a disguise.
The people begged repeatedly, but Liu San just pretended not to see it.
He knows what he is capable of.
With the help of formulas, he can just pretend to be a ghost. If he really wants to pray for rain... he has absolutely no such ability.
"Master Immortal! We know you are a man of great ability."
"If you are willing to come forward to pray for rain, we from all over the country will not only collect a hundred taels of silver for you, but also... we can also make a book for you to beg the emperor to grant you an official." The old man no longer just leads the people. Go and beg and start making ready offers.
The selection of officials in the Min Kingdom was not an imperial examination system.
In addition to recommendations from prestigious officials and nobles, voluntary requests from the common people are also important means of entering the officialdom.
Liu San was certainly moved when he heard this.
If you become an official, you will no longer need to cheat.
In the future, I can live a decent life, marry more than ten wives, and live a different life every day.
But... thinking about it again, Liu San calmed down again. All these conditions are required for the success of praying for rain.
If it fails...
Liu San thought about the fate of those liars and shook his head.
At this time, the old man stood up, walked to Liu San, and whispered a few words in his ear, and Liu San's eyes suddenly lit up.
