Calabash Fairy

Chapter 106 Raven God General

In front of the mountain god temple.

Fang Yan held the jade tablet in his hand and gazed into the distance. He was traveling with Shu Yu and that senior Taoist. His only two friends from the beginning of his reincarnation had both left the Ten Thousand Mountains.

The four regions are vast and boundless. Although he doesn't know when he will see this friend again, he is genuinely happy that Shuyu can leave.

Everyone has their own path. Although Shuyu was born in the Ten Thousand Mountains, like Junheng, their future and path do not lie here.

"That's fine too. Cultivators have long lifespans; a thousand or a hundred years is but a blink of an eye."

"I really look forward to the day when and where I will meet these two friends again."

Fang Yan looked at the jade tablet in his hand, a smile appearing on his face. He walked slowly back into the mountain god temple, past the villagers who came to offer incense.

Shu Yu finally found his opportunity and his path, so naturally he couldn't stop there.

"Judging from his current divine realm, it will be at least several decades, or even hundreds of years, before the Mountain God Seal breaks through to the next level. There's no need to rush to the second god position. Let's ask him for his wishes first."

"Speaking of which, judging by the time, Hei Yan should be arriving at that child's village soon..."

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One hundred thousand mountains away.

A black raven, entirely black with a black snakeskin bag around its neck and golden markings on its forehead, was rapidly flying over the fields and villages on the plain, its gaze constantly sweeping across the land.

"The world outside the Ten Thousand Mountains doesn't seem particularly special, except that there are no monsters and more people. These villages don't even look as big or as nice as Xiahe Village."

Not long after, Hei Yan flew over a forest again and soon came to a small mountain village with wisps of smoke rising from its chimneys.

As if sensing something, Hei Yan quickly took out a yellow paper talisman that was faintly glowing with spiritual light from the snakeskin bag hanging around his neck.

"The master's incense talisman is responding; it seems this is the place!"

A golden glint flashed in Hei Yan's dark eyes.

In its eyes, the incense talisman was emitting a smoke-like aura about the thickness of a thumb, which was winding down and gradually extending into a somewhat secluded wooden house in the village.

In front of a slightly dilapidated wooden house, amidst the summer cicada chirping, a woman who looked to be no more than thirty years old sat on a small wooden stool mending clothes, but her brows were full of unconcealed sorrow, and she sighed softly from time to time.

Inside the wooden cabin, a pale-faced, sweat-drenched, and somewhat thin man was groaning incoherently.

In another room, a boy of about ten years old was holding a sleeping baby, but his eyes were red, as if he had just been crying.

And the connection between those incense offerings and the young man was this very same young man.

"I have been praying to the mountain god for three days and even asked my uncle for half a stick of incense, but nothing has happened yet."

""

"Sister, what should I do to wake Father up? What should I do to help Mother...?"

As the young man spoke, tears welled up in his eyes as he looked at his sleeping sister in his arms.

Who says that young people don't know the taste of sorrow? It's just that in the past, someone sheltered them from the wind and rain.

Now that his father is ill, he has never felt so powerless and longs to grow up quickly and support this family...

Just then, a gust of wind blew in through the window, and a piece of yellow paper was blown along with it, slowly drifting down onto the swaddling clothes wrapped around the baby.

The boy blinked his blurry eyes and shook his head before he could see clearly that what had landed on his sister was a yellow talisman with mysterious vermilion runes drawn on it.

"Little child, I am the God General of Qingfeng Mountain. Today, I have come to help you rescue your father on the orders of my lord, the God of Qingfeng Mountain."

"This talisman was bestowed by the Mountain God. Simply put it in a bowl of water and have your father drink it, and all his illnesses will disappear."

As the authoritative voice continued to resonate in the boy's mind, his eyes widened, and he felt his heart race, his head spin, and his legs tremble with weakness...

On the tree branch outside the courtyard, Hei Yan waited for the baby inside for a long time, but saw no movement from it, which made him a little puzzled.

When he saw the people of Xiahe Village, let alone speaking to their own masters, even the slightly different smoke rising from the incense offerings could excite them for a long time, which they regarded as divine revelation.

But why is it completely different when it comes to him? He was actually quite looking forward to this trip...

Inside the wooden house, a good half hour passed before the boy recovered. He moved his somewhat stiff body and carefully placed his sister on the bedding. Then, he carefully picked up the talisman, swallowed, and tried to suppress his pounding heart.

The boy stared at the mysterious vermilion runes on the talisman in his hand, and inexplicably felt a warmth emanating from it...

"It's really...it's all true..."

A moment later, he quickly tucked the talisman into his pocket and quietly ran towards the water vat in the house, glancing at his mother outside the door every now and then.

Soon, the boy scooped out a bowl of water and put the talisman into it.

Under his astonished gaze, he saw the talisman emit a burst of light before dissolving into nothingness and disappearing into the bowl. The water in the bowl, apart from being slightly warm, remained unchanged, as if it were still ordinary water.

The boy dared not delay and quickly went to his father's side, carefully feeding him the bowl of water little by little.

What's truly amazing is that this man, who hadn't had a drop of water the day before, unconsciously drank the entire bowl of water very quickly, and his complexion visibly became rosy.

Seeing this, the black flames on the treetop flapped their wings and took flight again.

He had just looked around the village for a while and found that, apart from the boy's family, there were several other families in the village that had encountered similar situations. Fortunately, the mountain god had given instructions that there would be plenty of talismans!

That day, many families in the village heard the voice transmission of the God General Qingfeng Mountain Crow and saw the talisman. As villagers who were weak or even unconscious were awakened, the whole village became noisy.

Black Flame, quite proud, flapped its wings and flew towards the surrounding mountains and forests.

The next morning, Xiahe Village.

...

Xu Hu sat at the wooden table in the courtyard, looking at the sun slowly rising on the horizon with a somewhat complicated expression.

Last night, he received a dream from the Mountain God, who asked him if he would like to become a guardian deity of Qingfeng Mountain, serving as the Mountain God's attendant and cultivating on the mountain to protect Qingfeng Mountain.

"No wonder the village chief changed like that... From a god, a guardian deity, can I really...?"

Although he was the strongest man in the village and admired and revered by countless young people, this was only true in Xiahe Village.

He lacked the profound knowledge of Village Chief Yang Sheng, and even more so, the virtuous character and cultivation that commanded the utmost respect from everyone in the village.

To put it simply, he was just an ordinary mortal with some strength.

"But...the Mountain God said, 'Trust me...'"

Xu Hu recalled the mountain god's gentle smile from last night, and his expression gradually hardened.