Chapter 176 175. Langjin Chongyun Chong (Subscribe!)
On the vast river.

The river is clear, the wind is calm, the water is gentle and the waves are calm.

Senior Brother Yinshan, whose Taoist name is "Anyuan", and Taoist Master Anran, who is only eleven or twelve years old, are resetting the water-controlling formations on both sides of the river.

Compared to when they first arrived, the river water submerged both banks and only the water could be seen but not the fields. Now the water that overflowed the river channel has gradually receded, and large tracts of land and ruined houses on the shore have reappeared.

"Brother Yinshan, do you think the scale of this natural disaster is getting bigger and bigger?"

Taoist An Ran looked up and saw the dark clouds rolling in from afar. He sighed and muttered, "It's rare for the weather to clear up. It's going to rain again."

As he spoke, he kept throwing out water-suppressing talismans in his hands.

These water-suppressing talismans fell into the river and connected with the talismans of other disciples, forming a huge talisman formation.

"According to the Jingdu Qintiansi and the uncles in the temple who are good at divination, there is indeed a natural disaster in Nandu during this period."

"But the results calculated by all the fortune-tellers and divination masters were just a natural disaster of the 'earth-covering' level."

"But right now the Huai River, the Great River, the Great River and the Grand Canal are all affected by this natural disaster, and the scope of the impact is not just one province."

The Imperial Astronomical Bureau divides the natural disasters in this world into three levels: covering the earth, engulfing the land, and national disaster.

A natural disaster of the "earth-covering" level only affects a few prefectures or a province.

Although the people in the areas affected by the natural disaster were displaced and the scene was horrific, considering the current national strength of the Dasheng Dynasty, a natural disaster of this magnitude would not shake the country's destiny.

A natural disaster of the "territorial" level will affect several provinces. Once it occurs, tens of millions of people will be swept up in it, and the disaster will be enough to shake the national destiny of Dasheng.

Natural disasters at the "national disaster" level are the most dangerous, and their impact covers the entire dynasty's territory.

For a dynasty, the consequences could be the collapse of the country at best, or the overthrow of the dynasty and the rise of a new dynasty at worst.

Fortunately, natural disasters of this magnitude are rare in history, just like some kind of "great catastrophe" in mythology.

It doesn't appear easily, but once it appears, it is bound to change the situation.

"It's indeed a bit beyond my expectations." Senior Brother Yinshan didn't even raise his head, and the scriptures in his body evolved into a river map.

Compared with the countless mountains and rivers that intertwined before, this river map now only shows the scene of this section of the river.

From the river map, we can see that countless magical symbols formed something like chains, locking the water transportation of this section of the river.

After checking the situation of the river bank water suppression array, Senior Brother Yinshan continued the previous topic and spoke again:

"But the secrets of nature are unpredictable. No one can predict the extent to which the natural disaster will eventually develop."

"Human resources are particularly crucial. If disaster relief is timely and natural disasters can be controlled, they can be prevented from continuing to develop."

"If we leave it alone or fail to provide disaster relief, a natural disaster of the 'earth-covering' level may evolve into a 'earth-encircling' level."

Hearing this, Taoist An Ran glanced at the darkening sky. Heavy rain began to fall, pulling a thick rain curtain between the sky and the earth.

"I hope it's just a natural disaster that happened on its own. I'm afraid it's man-made and it's adding fuel to the fire."

pat!

Not long after the sky cleared up, it started raining again. The raindrops hit the roof tiles above, making a crackling sound, like big and small raindrops falling on a jade plate.

Pedestrians on the street ran away in panic to avoid the sudden heavy rain.

Inside the restaurant.

Xu Qing silently glanced at the extremely annoyed girl.

The vital energy in the body began to surge secretly.

After a while, seeing that the girl did not move and the expression on her face did not seem to be fake, the vigilance that had suddenly arisen after her identity was revealed gradually let down.

The Southern Xinjiang Gu Masters have never been united as a whole; there are many factions and forces among them.

Some forces are fierce and fight evil, some are peaceful, and some maintain good relations with Dasheng.

It is said that Yisheng, one of the four saints of the North Pole Exorcism Institute, who is stationed on the defense line of Dasheng facing the Southern Xinjiang Witch Kingdom, has a wife who is a Southern Xinjiang Gu Master.

So, not all Gu Masters are evil practitioners, it’s just that Gu Masters often deal with insects and poisons, which inevitably gives mortals a bad impression.

"It's okay, I'm not a bad person." Xu Qing smiled slightly, "Even if I know your identity, I won't do anything to you."

The girl's eyes lit up, and all the annoyance and sadness on her face disappeared: "Yes, big brother is not a bad person!"

"You just said that Maiwang came from your village. Do you have any way to cultivate Maiwang in your village?"

Xu Qing asked this question because Mai Wang was a rare treasure that was transformed after a bookworm swallowed the word "immortal" in the book three times.

As an expert in raising and playing with insects, the Gu Master may have already figured out how to use bookworms to make pulse readings.

In this way, he could buy a pulse from the girls' village and give it to his second brother to improve his qualifications.

The girl hesitated and said, "No, but we have a lot of strange insects in the insect pond in our village, including bookworms."

"Every few decades, there will always be one or two bookworms who are lucky enough to eat the word 'immortal' three times and become a pulse."

It turns out it depends on quantity and luck.
Xu Qingming is here.

However, it is not easy to achieve this.

After all, the rare treasures that can improve one's aptitude for cultivation and increase one's skills are all created by nature, and they require great luck to obtain.

It is already extremely good that the village mentioned by the girl can produce a piece of vein in decades.

"Big brother, the pulse in your hand" the little girl wrinkled her nose, "seems to have the scent of a thief who stole things from the village" "But it's been too long, the smell has become too weak."

Xu Qing raised his eyebrows: "I got that pulse from someone."

"People? Those big tigers?" The girl's eyes showed disdain. "Humph, our village doesn't even have enough pulses for our own use. Only a few of them will be exchanged."

"But it definitely won't be exchanged with those big tigers! It must be that thief who gave it to the big tiger you encountered, big brother."

After hearing this, Xu Qing pondered for a moment and asked:
"Did you come to Yangzhou Prefecture in pursuit of the man who stole things from your village?"

“No.” The girl’s originally sunny face turned cloudy in an instant, just like the changing weather. She said in a muffled voice, “I followed that man to Dasheng.”

"But after arriving here, I found that the man's presence was everywhere. I got lost while searching, and all the money my father gave me was gone."

"I can't find the people, I can't get my things back, and I don't know when I can return to the village."

The presence of that person can be found in many places?
Xu Qing's eyes moved.

He instinctively felt that something was amiss, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. He just had this feeling.

From the girl's statement, there was no problem.

The thief stole things from the girl's village and expected that there would be pursuers, so it was normal for him to create confusion.

So the girl who chased after the thief found the thief's presence in many places, which Xu Qing thought was normal.

But for some reason, he had a strange feeling.

This is a warning from one’s own soul, and also a warning from the twelve guardian gods in one’s body.

It's not aimless.

Thinking of this, Xu Qing quickly asked: "Which places are you talking about? Maybe I can help you get there."

But the girl shook her head after hearing this.

Xu Qing thought that the girl didn't want him to interfere in her affairs, but the girl's next words made Xu Qing stand up suddenly.

"Are you saying that the entire Nandu, or even the entire southern Dasheng, has the presence of that thief?"

"How can this be?"

Seeing that Xu Qing didn't believe it, the girl immediately took out a worm from the worm bottle hanging around her waist.

The worm was round, with a faintly glowing head and circles of yellow lines on its body. The glowing head was now spinning in all directions like it was having convulsions.

"Big brother, look, the tail of the scarf bug keeps spinning, which means that the thief's scent is all around."

"Langjin Bug?"

"Yeah." The girl poked the round bug in her palm and said, "This bug is called a langjin bug. It has a special ability, which is to track people who steal things."

"It's moving around like this now because the thief's scent is everywhere and it can't tell it apart."

Xu Qing stared at the alien insect. If the girl in front of him was not lying.
Xu Qing's eyes flashed with golden flames. He looked the girl up and down, but did not find anything strange about her.

"Did you forget to ask what your name is?"

"My name is Bai Lele." The girl said happily, "Big brother, what about you?"

"My name is Xu Qing."

Bai Lele repeated Xu Qing's name several times, and then said crisply: "I remember big brother's name."

Xu Qing's face was a little solemn: "Lele, can you take me to see the aura of the thief nearby?"

"That's no problem." Bai Lele glanced at the row of clay jars in the store.

Xu Qing smiled and said, "I'll treat you to a meal when I come back. I promise you'll be full!"

Bai Lele smiled happily, with two little canine teeth showing at the corners of his lips.

Under the leadership of Bai Lele, Xu Qing left Jiangdu County and came to a dense forest not far from the city.

"The breath is here?"

"Yes!" Bai Lele pointed to the rock in the forest, "It's over there!"

Xu Qing looked carefully and saw gecko-like insects crawling out from the cracks in the rocks.

These insects lie on the surface of the rock with their heads up and their mouths raised to breathe. The air they exhale is like beads, either blue or white in color.

These ball-shaped gases drifted into the air and turned into clouds after dispersing, making the dark clouds in the sky even thicker.

Xu Qing's eyes narrowed: "What kind of bug is this?"

As a Gu Master, Bai Lele naturally knew more about insects than Xu Qing. She said, "This is a cloud insect."

"A kind of insect that only appears when it is about to rain or when it is raining. This insect has no other ability, except that the gas it exhales can make the clouds and rain bigger."

"Similar to this kind of insect is the Rain Tiger Cloud Master. These two kinds of insects are delicious after being cooked."

"Cloud bugs can make the clouds and rain even bigger." Xu Qing murmured, lowered his head, and looked at Bai Lele: "You said that the whole Nandu has the scent of that thief."

"That is to say, there are now these bugs called 'cloud bugs' everywhere in the entire Nandu?!"

(End of this chapter)