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Chapter 239 A Sage Has Descended from Heaven
Old Master Gao poured out his troubles to the people by the roadside outside the Bajie Temple.

Several hundred bandits, of unknown origin, set their sights on Gaojia Town. Seeing that it was a prosperous place, they established a stronghold in the mountains thirty miles away, demanding monthly tributes from Gaojia Town.

Old Master Gao also tried to organize able-bodied men to deal with this band of mountain bandits, but the enemy was numerous and powerful. Not only did they have armor and weapons, but the bandit leader also knew some military strategy. The able-bodied men he organized became prisoners of the enemy.

The old man had no other choice but to come to the temple to pray to his ancestor, Pigsy, hoping that Pigsy would appear and save Gaojia Town.

"What a coincidence," someone by the roadside remarked.

"Isn't that right?!" the old man laughed.

Old Master Gao inwardly exclaimed that his ancestors had shown their divine power by sending them this strongman from the roadside.

Putting aside the fact that Lu Bian had shown off his strength when he lived in Gaojia Town, and now that he had traveled back and forth to the Song Dynasty, it was clear that Lu Bian was no ordinary person.

Old Master Gao clung to the roadside like a lifeline.

"Do you really know nothing about that gang of thieves?" someone asked from the roadside.

"I really don't know," the old man said, spreading his hands.

Chenxiang tugged at the corner of Lu Bian's clothes. Looking at Lu Bian's expression, Chenxiang knew that Lu Bian was going to take care of this matter.

"I rescued the able-bodied men who had been arrested, and then what?" asked Old Man Gao by the roadside.

"I'm planning to……"

"Well……"

The old man hesitated, and without further ado, the person on the roadside used magnetic field reading to see what the old man was really thinking.

The old man spent most of his life practicing vegetarianism and reciting Buddhist scriptures; he had a compassionate heart.

The old man believed that people would not become bandits unless they were forced to the brink of despair.

He wanted to take in this band of bandits and let them settle in Gaojia Town, giving these hundreds of people some land so they could live peacefully there. He also wanted to tell them not to set up camp in the mountains anymore; wasn't this flat land good enough for them?
“I understand,” he said to the old man by the roadside.

"What do you understand?" the old man asked, puzzled, completely unaware that his thoughts had been read by the roadside.

"Grandpa, I accept your request."

"Thank you so much, Hero Lu. Just tell me what you need and I'll do my best to meet it."

"My family is still waiting for me inside..."

"Old man, you can go now."

Old Master Gao turned back every three steps, reluctantly entering the Bajie Temple.

Chenxiang spoke only when he could not see anyone.

"Godfather, don't you think something's wrong?"

"When we were eating at the restaurant, we didn't hear anyone discussing this matter, nor did we see anyone on the street looking distressed about it. Logically speaking, how could anyone be in a good mood when all the able-bodied men in the town have been captured?"

"This place has been protected by Pigsy for hundreds of years. Every year there are abundant harvests, full granaries, and no worries about food or drink. There has never been any fighting. Everyone is kind and their mentality is very different from other places," said a roadside resident.

"And those hundreds of bandits might not even be bandits at all, but rather refugees from other places. They didn't kill any able-bodied men in Gaojia Town; they just wanted food. This won't fundamentally harm the people of Gaojia Town, as food is the last thing they lack."

He took a piece of sandalwood and found a secluded spot by the roadside, then took to the air and flew in the direction indicated by Old Master Gao.

From the air, I saw the panoramic view of Gaojia Town for the first time from the roadside. The fact that the people of Gaojia Town never lack food is not only due to the protection of Zhu Bajie (a character from Journey to the West), but also greatly related to the diligence and hard work of the locals. Wherever there's a potential project, the people here develop it.

Seeing a pit, they wondered if they could fill it with water to raise fish; seeing a slope, they thought about whether they could grow some vegetables; they didn't waste a single bit of cow and sheep manure, piling it all up to compost...

The joke about the people of Jambudvipa resurfaced in his mind again.

The two flew thirty miles in an instant and saw from the sky the mountain stronghold built on the mountain, which was drafty all over.

The bandits numbered several hundred, including men and women, old and young. They were clearly refugees, not bandits.

In the old man's mind, all he saw by the roadside were men among the refugees who came to rob; not a single old, weak, woman, or child showed up.

The refugees settled the captured able-bodied men from Gaojia Town in another place and treated them well.

It is conceivable that after demanding grain, the refugees now intend to use the hostages they hold to exchange with the people of Gaojia Town.

If he were to rescue the able-bodied men, he would be depriving the refugees of a bargaining chip.

"Chenxiang, do you have any more potatoes?"

“Yes, there are still several hundred kilograms in the Erhai Lake,” Chenxiang replied.

"Just bring them all out. Let them plant potatoes; at least they'll have something to eat," someone said by the roadside.

A force descended from the sky, and magnetic energy swept from the roadside towards everyone.

Instead of using force, they resort to psychological attacks.

He immediately used magnetic field power to instill his ideas into the hundreds of refugees on the mountain and adjusted their thoughts.

To prevent them from clashing with Gaojia Town.

They were told to let the able-bodied men go back, and the able-bodied men were also to prevent the Gao family from causing trouble for the refugees.

The refugees need to move down the mountain to live; they can no longer hide on the mountain.

They instilled knowledge, teaching the displaced people how to grow potatoes, and stipulated that the potatoes used for seed should not be eaten as food...

Along the roadside, ten rules were established in the minds of hundreds of refugees, along with survival knowledge, promising that they could all start a new life here.

“A saint has descended from the heavens…” The leader of the refugees had the strongest willpower of all. While everyone else was affected by the magnetic field power on the roadside, he was able to maintain his composure.

After the "psychological attack" ended, all the hundreds of refugees lay down and fell asleep. Dozens of able-bodied men who had been imprisoned by the roadside were released, and the men were taken back to Gaojia Town.

The able-bodied men were well taken care of by the refugees, but all they could eat was a thin porridge made with wild vegetables and tree bark. They were all starving and exhausted, and it was late at night before they finally made it back to Gaojia Town.

That night, Old Master Gao received a message from Chenxiang, who had come ahead to deliver the news. He led the townspeople to light torches and wait for the able-bodied men to return.

At the entrance to the town, Old Master Gao had a brazier set up, and all the able-bodied men returning home were to step over it to ward off bad luck.

"Many thanks to Hero Lu for his help!! On behalf of the entire Gao family, I express my sincere gratitude!!"

"It was nothing." He helped the old man who was about to bow down by the roadside.

"This isn't over yet," someone on the roadside said.

"Yes, I understand."

"I have already persuaded the women in my family that we will send our daughter to marry those people in a few days. Once we are family, how can they still have the nerve to come and snatch us away?"

"Then why not just send them a few cartloads of grain?" said the roadside man to Old Master Gao, somewhat speechless.

"oh oh."

Old Master Gao smiled, then fell backward and breathed his last.

"Grandpa Gao? Grandpa Gao?!" I called out a few times by the roadside, but there was no response.

The doctor examined Old Master Gao and whispered the situation to the people around him. Then, the people from Gaojia Town who came to fetch able-bodied men began to wail and cry.

The old man has passed away.

"The old man was killed by the bandits. He held on until Lu Yingxiong returned, and only then did he feel relieved," the doctor told the townspeople.

(End of this chapter)