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Chapter 60【Calling the Wind and Rain】

As the sun rose high, rolling heat waves began to bake the earth, and the air near the ground became distorted.

The carriage carrying the eunuch and the big man sped along the official road covered with loose dust. One could see canals built beside the large wheat fields on both sides of the road, but the water in them had dried up, and the green wheat had wilted under the scorching sun.

There is indeed a severe drought in Julu County.

The two people in the car drove on the road for more than an hour, and then they saw a fort on the plain in the distance.

The fort was neither big nor small, and looked no different from the populated settlements the two had seen along the way, but in front of the gate grew an extremely tall peach tree, and around the tree gathered thousands of farmers in coarse cloth and short jackets.

Hu~
The carriage continued to move forward for another mile, and the driver pulled the reins, stopped not far from the crowd, and said to the passengers in the carriage.

"See? The Great and Good Master is here begging for rain."

The eunuch lifted the curtain and saw a chaotic scene of people crowded together. He glanced at people's clothes based on his experience, but found that among the thousands of people, there was not even one person wearing silk.

Therefore, he was unable to find the Great Sage Master.

"where?"

At this moment, the big man behind him suddenly raised his hand and pointed at the crown of the peach tree.

The eunuch raised his head in the direction he pointed and saw a figure in a gray robe sitting cross-legged on the crown of a peach tree with his five hearts facing the sky, muttering to himself.

Moreover, there was nothing under this person's butt, and it was two feet away from the leaves below.

"Being able to levitate so high in the air, it seems Zhang Shou has cultivated true energy."

To be honest, the big man felt a little disappointed when he saw the great and virtuous teacher.

Because the higher the martial arts skills, the more likely it is that the other party is a liar who relies on advanced martial arts to pretend to be mysterious.

I'm afraid Your Majesty will be disappointed on this trip to Julu.

However, since he was already there, the big man still planned to test Zhang Shou's background.

Since the other party is praying for rain, let's see how he can make a heavy rain fall in the cloudless sky!

What will happen if such a big event fails and the prayer for rain fails?
After running around for half a day today, the horse pulling the cart was so hot that its mouth was foaming. The driver wanted to drive it to Zhangjiabao to drink water.

The two men got out of the car and walked to the edge of the crowd standing silently under the peach tree, and began to inquire about the situation as usual.

"Father, how long has this ritual been going on? How long will it take for the rain to start?"

As soon as the big man finished speaking, he was met with angry glares and low shouts from several people around him.

"Silence! Can't you see the Great Sage Master is casting a spell?"

"If you interfere with the rain-begging ritual, I will kill you, a foreigner."

Apparently, the big man's accent and behavior are not welcome here.

The two men then went around to a distant place and tried to talk to people several times but almost got into a fight. They were chased dozens of feet away by a dozen farmers holding farm tools.

While everyone was arguing, they suddenly heard a loud chanting voice.

"Heaven's will is clear. In the year of Gengshen, the land of Jizhou is a thousand miles of barren land. I respectfully burn incense and pray before the throne of the Yellow Emperor and the gods of the four directions:
The scorching sun scorches the earth, and the rivers and wells dry up;
The crops are scorched, and the children are crying with hunger..."

As soon as these words were spoken, the farmers glared at the two outsiders, then turned back and knelt down in front of the peach tree.

He was muttering things like, "The Yellow Heaven has shown its power," and "The Great and Good Master has prayed for rain," a low, humming sound filling the air. Hearing the irritating prayers, the eunuch looked up at the clear blue sky above and sighed.

"What are you all yelling about? There's not even a cloud in the sky, how can it rain?"

call--

As soon as he finished speaking, a sudden gust of hot wind blew up the eunuch's robe, revealing his calves with sparse hair.

"It's... the wind is picking up!"

The eunuch and the big man subconsciously raised their heads and saw endless black clouds rolling in from the horizon, which covered the blue sky and the golden-red sun in just a moment.

Standing on the vast, unobstructed yellow-green land, with the equally boundless black clouds above my head, the feeling of powerlessness and insignificance of being a human being in such a world seems particularly strong at this moment.

"Compared with heaven and earth, man is but a tiny thing."

After witnessing the vast scene of black clouds coming like a tide, these words came to their minds at the same time.

Although there are martial arts in this world that can defeat a thousand enemies alone, even a martial arts saint who has cultivated to the pinnacle of martial arts would probably be far from being able to manipulate the situation like this.

"Call the wind and summon the rain, call the wind and summon the rain, this is the real magic of immortality. Zhang Shou is the person your majesty is looking for..."

The big man and the eunuch were shouting wildly in their hearts, and like the farmers around them, they looked enthusiastically at Zhang Shou floating on the peach tree.

……

“The sky covers all without discrimination, the earth carries all without discrimination;

The divine power is vast and benefits all living beings.

Imperial decree——

The Cloud Master spreads rain, the Thunder God beats the drum;
Yinglong swings its tail, and Xuanming opens its gates."

Chen Sheng sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, floating above the peach tree. He looked calm and composed, but in fact he was under a huge pressure.

Casting spells to bring rain on a large scale is not an easy task. People who practice related Taoist techniques often need to set up an altar half a month or even several months in advance, and use formations to intercept the thin water vapor in the flowing atmosphere. Only when the water vapor gathers to a scale that can form clouds can they cast spells to bring rain.

This kind of large-scale Taoist magic cannot be performed successfully by simply perceiving the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Of course, there are indeed cultivators among other Yambu fruits who can create rain on a large scale out of thin air, but the rain-calling Taoist magic performed by those who are half a step away from becoming immortals has nothing to do with the word "begging for rain".

Moreover, with Chen Sheng's cultivation level of only Fengjie Realm, he could not use Taoist magic of that level.

The "Pray for Rain" that Chen Sheng performed at this time was a magical technique, supported by the incense and wishes of hundreds of thousands of people in Julu County, and the miracle created by their prayers for rain.

Taoism and divine arts are different. One relies on one's own abilities, while the other relies on a large number of subordinates.

No matter how incredible something sounds, as long as it can be supported by the sincere prayers of the people, under the transformation of the divine talisman, the person being prayed for will be able to obtain unparalleled divine power to realize his wish.

This is Shinto, a power that is completely different from Xiandao.

Although there were only a few thousand people at the rain-begging site, since the beginning of this spring, when the drought first appeared, Taiping Daoists began to spread propaganda throughout the county, saying that as long as they burned incense and prayed to Huang Tian in the morning and evening, Huang Tian would grant the Great Sage the power to call the wind and rain.

Therefore, after hundreds of thousands of people in the county prayed day and night and eagerly hoped, Chen Sheng was able to accumulate the power to pray for rain every half a month at a limited location and with a limited magic spell.

Although this was only a one-time divine art bestowed upon him by all living beings, it did allow him to experience in advance the terrifying power of large-scale celestial manipulation...

(End of this chapter)