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

Chapter 76 There is a Fairy Palace on the Sea

Is this space the source of the blood food?
Gu Yuexi looked ahead.

Zhang Gou Dan stared blankly at the sea. The sea was calm in the distance, and there was no sign of life. They had just discovered that there wasn't even a fish here. It was as if everything except the sky and the sea was fake.

He couldn't help but feel despair and sorrow.

God wants to kill him!

Suddenly, a bright light flashed across the sky.

He blinked and stared intently at that spot, where he saw a huge phantom appear in the air, dominating half of the sky. In a daze, he felt as if he had seen a god!

He blinked, making sure he wasn't seeing things.

"Uncle Xiuxuan!" He quickly shook the dazed Zhang Xiuxuan and excitedly pointed to the sea, saying, "Uncle Xiuxuan, look! Isn't there something on the sea?"

"Dog Egg, stop messing around. What could possibly be out at sea? There isn't even a fish in this godforsaken place. We've run out of food and water. We're just waiting to die."

After Zhang Xiuxuan finished speaking, she fell into a deep sleep and lost consciousness completely.

Zhang Gou Dan then shook the others: "Xiao Qi, Ping An, look quickly, isn't there someone on the sea?"

Zhang Xiaoqi got up and looked around. He rubbed his eyes and stammered, "There's a fairy palace on the sea!"

Zhou Ping'an shook his head: "Xiao Qi, you must be mistaken. There's no such thing as a fairy palace on the sea." Suddenly, he let out a wail and cried out, "I've heard that people can see things that ordinary people can't see when they're about to die. It seems we're really going to die here!"

After hearing Zhou Ping'an's words, Zhang Xiaoqi also felt that this was possible. Hope turned into despair, and he lay down again.

Apart from the sound of the sea, there was no other sign of life in this place.

Was it a delusion before death?

Unlike the others, Zhang Gou Dan was filled with hope. What if it really was a god?

The desire to survive is immense. Zhang Gou Dan was inherently persistent, and even if it was just a dream or a fantasy before death, he wanted to try it.

He looked closely, and he wasn't mistaken!
You really didn't see it wrong.

He knelt down and cried as he begged, "Gods of the sea, please save us! We've accidentally ended up here and can't get out."

"Dog Egg, what are you doing? What kind of gods are you talking about? Isn't this just a dying fantasy?"

Zhang Xiaoqi did not faint. He saw Gou Dan's strange behavior and was quite surprised.

"Xiao Qi! Didn't you see it too? There really is a fairy palace on the sea, and it's even shining! Let's quickly beg the gods inside to save us!"

Zhang Gou Dan excitedly shook everyone.

"Uncle Xiuxuan, it's safe... Wake up! There are gods! There really are gods! Let's beg the gods to save us and get us out of here!"

Regardless of whether this glimmer of hope was real or not, Zhang Gou Dan wanted to give it a try.

"Dog Egg, stop fooling around. What kind of deity is this? I've heard that mirages often appear at sea. Maybe what you're seeing is a mirage."

"Impossible! A mirage can't be that clear!" Zhang Gou Dan refused to believe it.

The group, worn down by his persistent nagging, struggled to their feet, knelt down, and prayed to the gods. But as soon as they kowtowed, a strange change occurred.

"brush!"

Several people's eyes blurred.

Looking up, I saw green trees and vines, the chirping of insects and birds, and faint human voices coming from afar.

"Ah!" Zhang Xiaoqi screamed, looking around nervously. "What's going on? Weren't we supposed to be waiting to die at sea? How did we suddenly end up here? And where is this place?"

"It...it feels familiar." Zhang Xiuxuan recalled for a moment, then suddenly shuddered, his eyes welling with tears, and he exclaimed in a shrill voice, "Peach Blossom Village!"

"This is Peach Blossom Village!"

"We're home!"

Zhang Xiuxuan's lips trembled.

Zhang Gou Dan was startled, his eyes welling up with tears of excitement, and said, "That's right, this is Peach Blossom Village."

The crowd cheered, "We're home! We're home!"

The group danced with joy.

Only Zhang Gou Dan, recalling everything that had just happened, said tremblingly, "We've encountered immortals, real immortals!"

"Yes, we prayed to the gods and...we came back!" Zhou Ping'an exclaimed in astonishment, his mouth agape.

"Bang bang bang!"

They quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

They all got up and ran home. After the autumn harvest, villagers from several villages gathered together to build an altar for the Golden Saint Goddess, and hundreds of people gathered in Peach Blossom Village in a grand procession.

Master Luo and the county magistrate found craftsmen and determined the location of the altar. The villagers were all busy, and the village was filled with laughter and joy.

It was thanks to the blessings of the Golden Goddess that they not only survived the drought, but also have now stockpiled a sufficient amount of food.

They imagined that the Golden Goddess would bless them for generations to come, and that the altar they built would be recorded in history books and known to the world thousands of years later.

The group of people who suddenly burst in were panting and calling for their families.

"father!"

"mother!"

"Miss!"

Upon seeing their familiar relatives, the group cried out in tearful voices.

A man's voice suddenly came from the village entrance!
"Thud!" Gou Sheng's mother was moving stones with the village chief's wife when she heard her eldest son's voice and, in surprise, threw the stone she was holding away.

"Old woman, why do I hear Xiuxuan's voice?" the village chief said in a trembling voice. He thought he had just heard his son calling out to him.

"Look, several men have appeared at the village entrance!"

Those with sharp eyes immediately noticed something amiss and exclaimed, "Hey! Isn't that Xiuxuan and Gou Dan? Didn't they go to war? How could they be back now?"

"Has the war ended?"

"Xiu Xuan!"

"mother!"

The village chief's wife ran towards her son first.

Gou Sheng's mother rushed over in tears and saw her strong and tall eldest son. Surprise, joy, and sadness almost made her faint from the shock.

"Mom, be careful. Big brother is right there, he won't run away." Seeing his mother looking dizzy, Zhang Gousheng quickly helped her up.

"It really is Gou Dan and his gang!"

The workers stopped what they were doing and swarmed towards them, asking all at once, "Xiuxuan, Gou Dan, Ping An, Xiao Qi...didn't you go to war? Is the war over?"

"But why hasn't our Tiger come back?"

"Where's my brother? He hasn't come back either?"

"Heavens! Of the eight villages that left at the foot of Qihuang Mountain, are only a few of you left to return? Why hasn't my son come back?" An old woman's legs gave way and she collapsed to the ground, sobbing loudly.

"My son has not returned either. They must have died in battle. My poor son, he died far from home before he could marry and have children!"

"Uuuuuu——"

The village was filled with cries and wails.

Zhang Xiuxuan and the others didn't have time to catch up with their families before they hurriedly explained to the villagers.

"Second Aunt, Third Aunt, you've all misunderstood. We came to your home on the Emperor's orders. The others haven't returned, and the war isn't over yet. Please stop crying."

"Yes, yes, stop crying. We're just going back to the village temporarily. We'll be going back in a few days."

"So that's it."

"That proves my son and the others are still alive!"

Upon hearing the explanation, the villagers stopped crying one by one.

Then she started crying again.

“My son has been gone for several years now, Gou Dan, I don’t even know if he’s still alive.”

They began asking about their families' situations in the army, and Zhang Gou Dan and the others told them everything they knew.

"Goo~"

Someone's stomach rumbled with hunger.

Village chief Zhang Youhe quickly said, "Stop talking. Let's let the children rest first. Once they've rested, you can come to my house and ask them what's wrong. Look how thin and tired these children are. They must have suffered a lot on the way. Let them go home and have a good meal first."

Zhang Xiuxuan and others' families rushed home to cook for their children.

After Zhang Gou Dan returned home, he knelt down at his mother's feet with a thud.

"Mom, I'm back!"

He choked up as he said, "Dad told me to tell you that he and Grandpa are still alive, so you don't need to worry."