The Spirit World

Chapter 669: Blessings and Disasters Are Unpredictable
After a long wait, Chang Yufeng finally entered the city. He found a very strange phenomenon: everyone was rushing to one place, and passers-by were always feeling hungry. The people in the city looked very healthy and did not feel hungry, but people in the city no longer lined up. The feeling of crowding was so hot that people almost fainted.

Even at the end of October, the city's hustle and bustle began to make people feel breathless.

Chang Yufeng never dreamed that he would be pushed around by others. Now he is a fat man, and he would not be able to move because of the crowd. He could only let the crowd come and go.

Xun Huangying stood above Chang Yufeng's head. Chang Yufeng was squeezed by the crowd until he was almost out of human form, but everyone was pushing him, so he couldn't really stand up.

"What is this for? Looking for the shadow of the wilderness?"

"Get food... Winter is coming soon... Just think about it, most of the villages that provided food in Wenti County have been burned down, and there is no food for the whole winter... Just thinking about having to survive the whole winter without food in the future, anyone would go crazy..."

Xun Huangying said such tragic words, but he actually became happy: "I guess only Longxugong can handle it. It's hard to rely on distribution to feed so many people. Are we going to fall into a great famine? Then we'll have some fun~"

"Why are you gloating over someone else's misfortune?" Chang Yufeng was squeezed and walked around, but he was always able to move forward for a while. Many people were indeed craving for food, and many were starving to death. I believe there are still many people starving in their own villages, and they just sent representatives from their families to get food...

Everyone was extremely anxious. They had waited outside for so long, but they still had to wait a long time before they could get the food they might have received...

It is unclear whether this food is enough.

“Did the people in front get their food?”

Chang Yufeng was still quite concerned that these two horrible and long waits would turn into empty expectations, which would surely make people despair.

"I got it. Don't worry. Lord Longxu's ability to do things is guaranteed. I think the supplies have already been sent over." Xun Huangying comforted Chang Yufeng and said, "If anyone else came to comfort so many refugees, I think there would have been a riot... Don't worry, I have checked and the river has been burned by fire. The supplies will be sent over soon."

"I should have told Lan Luo to be more careful..."

"Lan Luo is uncontrollable. You think too much. You have saved so many people, which is already very good. It can be regarded as untangling your heart knot."

Xun Huangying looked at Chang Yufeng who was squeezed forward and felt a little better. He calmed down and said, "There is no way to have the best of both worlds, don't you think?"

"I'm not referring to this. Can you help me see if Kraft and Ramos have come back? My plan has been completely disrupted... I have no way to carry out my plan..." Chang Yufeng walked with difficulty. One person's desire for food was so strong, let alone so many people. He really couldn't have imagined that it would develop into this.

It seems like it has nothing to do with what I think.

There was not even a chance to talk to Ramos alone.

"Ah? You're still thinking about your crappy plan... Forget it. Now think about how you should get away from the crowd." Xun Huangying gave Chang Yufeng a suggestion.

What should we do now?
What to do if there is no one.

Chang Yufeng couldn't even move.

This went on for an hour. The noisy crowd, the incomprehensible dialect hanging in the air, the voices of complaints rising and falling in everyone's ears, and the smell of the hungry people accumulated, making it really uncomfortable.

"Please bring your painted portrait here to receive a portion of rice or three portions of bread." A member of the Flying Eagle Team slowly took out Chang Yufeng's portrait, placed a bag of rice next to Chang Yufeng's hand, a bag of bread, and a small bowl of rice porridge around it.

Chang Yufeng took all the things and walked to the side. The entire Wenti County was crowded with people. After receiving the supplies, it was not so crowded. He actually walked out from the side.

"Oh... it's really... scary..."

Chang Yufeng sighed and looked at all the people still queuing. Their faces seemed to have hunger written all over them, and their joy and sorrow at receiving the supplies were too obvious to be hidden at all.

"You're not hungry anymore, so of course you'll feel terrible. It would be terrible if you were starving to death and had to squeeze in the crowd."

Xun Huangying took a sip of Chang Yufeng's rice porridge, and Chang Yufeng pushed the rice porridge in front of Xun Huangying.

“I really couldn’t imagine it would turn out like this.”

Chang Yufeng looked around. The thought of so many refugees was terrifying.

"Those who would have died in the fire before are now starving here. There is nothing we can do about it. I can only tell you that there is no such thing as having the best of both worlds. Believe me, you don't want to go through it again." Xun Huangying was drinking rice porridge. The rice porridge was actually very thin, and there was nothing edible. Xun Huangying ate it happily. He didn't do anything, and didn't experience any squeezing. He just drank Chang Yufeng's rice porridge.

"Ah... in the final analysis, I didn't think it through... to be honest, I don't want to see the current situation." Chang Yufeng was obviously a little sad. Looking at the raw rice and bread in the bag, he really didn't know how a person without a stove could cook them.

"You have to see it even if you don't want to. Now, the more the gods control people, the more new situations will appear. It is simply impossible to save everyone or to save everyone. Be more open-minded. You can feel sorry for the dead, but I don't think it's necessary to pull them back from the underworld to live again."

Xun Huangying paused for a moment, and he thought of something special: "Remember [Immortality]? You haven't foreseen any signs of things now, my lovely lamb! You still have a lot to do. You can't face the famine that can be handled and controlled now. In the future, there will be large numbers of deaths and large numbers of uncontrollable and unmanageable situations. You will be even more uncomfortable then. Now look at it more open-mindedly and let yourself go. Didn't Longxugong handle it well? You have to believe in the human beings themselves. Don't ask you to help."

"I can't forgive myself for watching innocent people starve, or for the current situation caused by my fault..." Chang Yufeng was indeed a little sad, but what he said was a bit heavy, so he changed his words: "Heaven and earth are not kind, I don't think there is any problem... I can only accept it... Otherwise, there is no other way to solve it. They can only rely on themselves."

"You're right to think so." Xun Huangying finished his porridge, lay on Chang Yufeng's head, and burped.

"I'm so confused now that I don't have any thoughts at all."

Chang Yufeng looked around and unexpectedly saw a very familiar person. The person was squatting in the corner drinking porridge and observing everyone all the time.

"My master... do you want to go and see him?"

Chang Yufeng saw Old Tom, his first master in this world who served as his guide.

He might also be the only master who taught him real "skills". Relying on the ability of being a guide, keeping an eye on all directions and listening carefully, he could support himself and guide others. It was also a craft. "Old Tom..." Chang Yufeng was stunned for a moment, looked at Chang Yufeng, and nodded.

Chang Yufeng noticed Xun Huangying's surprise. He thought for a second and asked, "Why? Old Tom shouldn't show up?"

"No, that's weird, he probably doesn't recognize you. Why are you still calling him Master?"

Xunhuangying glanced at Old Tom, who was squatting in the corner, slowly drinking a bowl of light porridge, with a cigarette next to him.

"Once a teacher, always a father. What else can you call me if not Master?"

Chang Yufeng walked over, took the bag of rice, and squatted next to Old Tom.

However, I really don't know what to talk about, but for other people, Old Tom is more likely to make himself closer. This wonderful feeling is really so strange.

When facing his parents, he didn't know what to talk about, but when facing someone like Old Tom, who was close to him but not someone they could spend every day with, the sense of strangeness was not so obvious.

On the contrary, he would find topics of conversation himself.

"There are so many people..." He muttered to himself while eating a piece of bread.

"Wow! That's a lot of people!" Old Tom saw the fat man next to him expressing some emotion, so he also joined in the conversation.

He is a guide and feels uncomfortable if he doesn't talk for a day.

He saw that Chang Yufeng was a good chatterbox, and the old man was not so reserved anymore. Instead, he felt happy.

Chang Yufeng understood Old Tom. He was no longer a non-existent person like the little fat man Snake, but a man who had lived for most of his life and had experienced everything, so he was not surprised by anything.

"This sky fire really shouldn't have happened..." Chang Yufeng sighed, his hands shaking as he ate bread.

"Should, why shouldn't we?!" Old Tom seemed to have hit a point, and began to talk eloquently: "You don't know, this skyfire came at a perfect time. Today is not a good year to begin with, and there are shadow hunters causing trouble, which Longxu Gong can't handle. With this skyfire, Longxu Gong doesn't have to plot to capture the shadow hunters anymore, because the shadow hunters can't hunt anything. Do you think it's right? This is absolutely right. The shadow hunters have all gone to other places. Everyone is so miserable, there is nothing for them to grab. Longxu Gong has got rid of a big headache! As long as the food is distributed, won't Longxu Gong be so happy!"

"what?"

Chang Yufeng was stunned and looked at Xun Huangying blankly. Xun Huangying shrugged his shoulders, looked at Chang Yufeng as if he was a fool, and rolled his eyes.

"If we send the supplies here, won't they be targeted by the Shadow Hunters?"

Chang Yufeng asked the question and looked at Old Tom.

It’s better to have a master like Old Tom, who is experienced and well-informed, not afraid of strangers, and is happy to chat with me.

"That's even better. Lord Longxu is afraid that they won't take action. That way it will be easier to catch them all in one fell swoop. Wouldn't Lord Longxu be very happy?"

Old Tom glanced at the innocent little fat boy with a bit of amusement. He finally finished his porridge and drank it very happily.

"what?"

Chang Yufeng went to look for Huangying again.

Xun Huangying rolled his eyes again, and this time, Chang Yufeng was no longer a fool.

"Good fortune is closely related to misfortune. Misfortune is closely related to good fortune. How can we know good fortune or misfortune?"

Xun Huangying spread his hands and snatched a piece of bread from Chang Yufeng.

Who can tell for sure about this kind of thing?

Chang Yufeng started eating the bread by himself.

"You're not a local, are you?"

Old Tom asked Chang Yufeng.

Chang Yufeng nodded.

"Hey, it will be fine in a few days. The famine is happening now because Fran's magic team hasn't arrived yet. Once they help the villagers thaw the land, the burned land will surely yield a good harvest next year. Although I can't help them to grow crops faster, at least if they survive these two months, they will have a good harvest next year."

Old Tom's words made Chang Yufeng nod repeatedly.

"It's good. This fire is also good."

He nodded with relief.

It's a blessing, not a curse, but it's a curse that cannot be avoided.

All things are like this.

(End of this chapter)