In ancient times, they secretly became gods in the deep mountains.

Chapter 52 The Strange Peaceful Town

Reminded by the Black Bull Demon, none of the thousand-year-old demons made a move. Although they all harbored the intention to invade Seven Emperors Mountain, it would be extremely foolish to act rashly without understanding the strength of the other party.

No more spiritual energy dissipated within the Divine Palace.

One by one, the evil spirits departed.

Gu Yuexi asked the system, "How much faith power do I have left?"

She spent hundreds of thousands of coins to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills and a considerable amount of faith power to add several spiritual veins to the Divine Palace. Her faith power rapidly dwindled, and it is estimated to be less than ten thousand.

[Host has accumulated 3850 Faith Points]

Solving the drought gave her a surge of hundreds of thousands of faith points, but she probably won't have that opportunity again now; she needs the faith of many more people.

She focused her gaze on the water mirror.

Qingchan Temple is located in Ping'an Town, dozens of miles away from the county seat. After Huowa and Shuiwa arrived in Ping'an Town, they immediately noticed something was wrong.

The streets of the town were deserted.

Desolate, deathly silent.

"Where have all the people in town gone?" Huowa and Shuiwa asked at the same time.

After three years of severe drought, it has finally ended. Now is a critical time for rebuilding and for people to find ways to survive.

How could there be no one on the street?
"Bang bang bang!"

The two children randomly chose a house on the street, and Shuiwa went up and knocked on the door.

"Cough cough!" A heart-wrenching cough came from inside, followed by several heavy gasps, as if the person inside had suffered a serious illness.

Shuiwa knocked on the door again.

This time the door was opened.

The person who opened the door was a young man in his thirties.

The man was dressed in drab gray clothes, with sunken cheeks, dark circles under his eyes, and an unnaturally pale complexion. He looked like he was seriously ill. His legs trembled as he walked, like an old man in his twilight years.

"You...you...you monsters!"

The man opened the door and was surprised to see two adorable little children. He rubbed his eyes, then suddenly screamed and ran away.

Shuiwa dodged and blocked his path.

"Don't panic, we're not monsters!"

"How is this possible!" The man exclaimed in panic and fear, pointing at her with trembling hands. "You suddenly appeared in front of me. How could a human being do that?"

He knelt down and kowtowed: "Grandma monster, spare us! Our family has contracted a plague, and the food is not tasty."

"We don't eat people!" Huowa emphasized.

The man looked incredulous.

“We are attendants of the Golden Saint Goddess, the spirit of the Golden Saint Mountain Range. When the Goddess saw that Ping’an Town was filled with deathly aura, she guessed that the people were in trouble, so she specially sent us to save them.” Shuiwa thought of the strange things in the town and found a reason that was closely related to the people.

“That’s right, you can call us Fairy Children. We just want to ask a family why there are no pedestrians on the street.”

Fire Boy chimed in.

"A deity?" Li Danian's body trembled as he suddenly remembered the rumors circulating in the town.

It is said that before the drought ended, the shadow of an immortal appeared in the sky and disappeared in an instant. Li Danian did not see it with his own eyes, and he always thought it was a rumor made up by everyone to celebrate the end of the drought.

The thought that this little girl had the ability to teleport made Li Danian wonder if there really were gods in the world. His face was full of disbelief.

"Get up first." Shuiwa used his spiritual power to lift him up.

"We mean no harm, we just want to know about the situation in the town."

"As long as you tell us what's going on in town, we'll report to the Goddess and have her save you," Huowa promised, trying to gain his trust.

"Are you really gods? How can there be gods in this world?" Li Danian was in a daze, shocked and astonished, a faint but unnoticed joy rising in his heart. Deep down, he longed for gods to appear and save the world.

"What exactly happened in town? Why are the streets deserted?" Shuiwa asked.

She and Huowa saw an overwhelming aura of death outside the town, which proved that the plague on the people was not a natural occurrence.

Perhaps it's related to the deathly aura hanging over the town.

Li Danian still had some doubts about the two children's identities, but he held onto a glimmer of hope that if there were truly gods in the world, they might actually be able to receive a cure.

Seeing that his expression softened, Huowa and Shuiwa stopped asking him questions and gave him time to consider.

"Cough cough!" Li Danian covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve and spat out a mouthful of blood, which flowed down his sleeve onto the ground.

He was breathing heavily, his face contorted in pain.

This is a despairing, near-death experience!

Shuiwa condensed a ball of azure spiritual energy and injected it into his body.

Li Danian was shocked on the spot. He felt that his internal organs, which were about to fall apart, were relieved. A cool and gentle light soothed his throat, which was so painful when he spoke.

They... really do have the means to save lives.

Li Danian's voice was no longer as hoarse and unpleasant as before. He told the two children about the situation in the town: "As the ancients said, a great drought is followed by a great epidemic. Not long after the drought ended, some people in the town suddenly developed festering sores on their bodies. The doctor took a look and found out that they had contracted an epidemic."

"The disease spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred. Eventually, no one in the entire town was spared from contracting the disease. At first, the people were full of hope and waited for the imperial court to send people to rescue us, but after waiting for a long time, no one from the imperial court came."

"The county magistrate didn't say anything either. The entire Ping'an Town seemed to have been abandoned. The people had no will to live and could only return home to wait for death, which is why no one went out to the streets."

"Most importantly, more than half of the town's population died during the drought, and many of the remaining people also died from disease."

"The entire town probably only has three to five hundred people left now."

"thump!"

Li Danian knelt on the ground and begged, kowtowing repeatedly: "Please, two celestial children, save us! The people are suffering terribly and plagued by disease. If the plague doesn't end soon, Ping'an Town will probably become a ghost town."

"Don't worry, we will report the situation to the Golden Saintess. She is kind and benevolent, and she will definitely lend a helping hand."

Shuiwa nodded.

Li Danian was overjoyed. He had personally experienced the fairy boy's abilities. Not only could she move instantly, but she could also alleviate the pain caused by the plague. It seemed that the Golden Saintess mentioned by the fairy boy must have even greater supernatural powers.

"Thank you, Immortal Child! On behalf of the townspeople, I bow in gratitude for your great kindness and virtue!"

He knelt down and kowtowed several more times.

Shuiwa then asked Li Danian, "Do you know Qingchan Temple?"

"Qingchan Temple is located in Ping'an Town. Are the two fairy children going to Qingchan Temple?"

Li Danian recalled that after three years of severe drought, the people went to Qingchan Temple to kneel and pray to Buddha for rain, but to no avail.

When the epidemic began, some people went to burn incense and pray, but those who contracted the disease still died.

They knew that even the Buddha could not solve such enormous calamities as drought and epidemic.

However, today he experienced the feeling of being saved.

According to the two fairy children, their goddess can cure the plague, which is undoubtedly great news for the people of the town.

"Do you know if anything strange has happened at Qingchan Temple?" Huowa asked.

“I don’t know about that. There was a severe drought for three years, and I was sick for three years as well. After the drought ended, I contracted an epidemic and couldn’t even leave my home,” Li Danian replied sadly.

Huowa and Shuiwa were about to leave when Shuiwa said to Li Danian, "Let's go to Qingchan Temple first. Don't worry, we'll definitely report back to Niangniang about the situation in the town. With her help, the epidemic in the town will surely disappear."

I've done some retouching on this one~
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