Immortal Mystery Sequence: I Establish a Divine Duty for Heaven and Earth

The north wind howled fiercely by the mountain stream in winter.

Zhou Dahu opened his eyes groggily, only to be met with a desolate scene. His head throbbed with pain. He reached out and touched it, finding his hand covered in thick, dry, sticky scabs.

At that moment, his mind went blank, and a series of fragmented images flashed through his mind—

Weird!

Strange things are everywhere!

They surged out of the darkness, swarming towards the living to tear and devour them... Those bitten to death would rise again in no time and become new monsters, their faces grotesque and unrecognizable.

He witnessed with his own eyes that, in the critical moment, Manager Qian pushed him away, but he himself was pounced on by the monster and pinned to the ground. His face was twisted and deformed under the monster's gaping maw, his throat was bitten open, and blood gushed out... In no time, he stood up, but it was no longer him.

boom!

Zhou, the wealthy man, shuddered as if struck by lightning. He gasped for breath, his entire body aching, but compared to the excruciating pain in his heart, the physical pain was nothing.

More than five years ago, he took Manager Qian and a large group of people to sell some of the farmland and houses in Xiaopei County and come to Dajiang County to buy land and property. At that time, he was full of ambition and felt that Dajiang County had agricultural Taoist practitioners and was protected by the Taoist sect. It was a blessed land and a good place to get rich.

The first few years of development were indeed smooth. Several of the people he brought also awakened their innate wisdom and became "farmers". Thanks to them, Zhou Da Hu's status in Dajiang County rose, and he made many friends. Some of his acquaintances were even selected to join the Taoist sect, and thus formed good relationships with several Taoist masters.

He thought that in two years, he could move his whole family to Dajiang County and settle down completely.

Who knew... tonight, a strange disaster struck without warning!

Those monsters suddenly appeared and began indiscriminately slaughtering the people of Dajiang County; it was like a living hell.

He vaguely remembered that he ran very slowly. He was over fifty years old and his legs were not nimble. He would be out of breath after running a few steps. If it weren't for the loyalty of the people around him who carried him all the way, he would have died halfway there.

But later, one by one, the people around me fell ill.

Finally... finally he saw a pregnant woman being pounced on by a monster, which was about to bite her. He didn't know where he got the strength, maybe he thought that since he was going to die anyway, he might as well die with some dignity. He mustered up a large rock and smashed it on the monster.

And then, he knew nothing more.

Finally, Zhou the landlord came to his senses and looked around in confusion and fear.

Four children lay sprawled on the ground, their eyes vacant and blank. Not far away, a young man sat cross-legged on the ground, his hands pressed against the pregnant woman's back, clearly trying to breathe life into her.

The pregnant woman's face was as pale as paper, and her breath was barely a whisper.

Zhou the landlord squinted, carefully examining the young man's profile... Hmm? The outline seemed somewhat familiar.

Suddenly, his eyes widened in disbelief: "Dog Egg! Is that you? Dog Egg from Old Wang's house in the west of the village!"

Wang Congyun's hand trembled, and his true energy almost went astray.

He took a deep breath, suppressing his surging blood, glanced at Zhou the landlord, and made a shushing gesture... Can't you at least have some sense?!

Zhou, the wealthy man, wisely kept quiet, while Wang Congyun focused on the rescue.

But... something strange happened. After the Taoist energy in his body entered the pregnant woman's body, it became extremely strange. The energy seemed to come alive suddenly. Instead of nourishing the meridians and stabilizing the fetus, it began to greedily absorb the pregnant woman's life force.

The pregnant woman's vitality was fading at a visible rate.

Whoa!

Wang Congyun's forehead was sweating.

Something is wrong!

He had never encountered this situation before. The true energy of Taoism is extremely strong and pure, and is the foundation for expelling evil and upholding righteousness. How could it turn around and harm people?

Without a second thought, he gritted his teeth, channeled his energy back into his dantian, and stopped practicing.

The pregnant woman's breath finally stopped declining, growing weaker and weaker, like a candle flickering in the wind.

Wang Congyun rummaged through his pockets, took out several medicine bottles, and carefully selected a few pills to feed the pregnant woman. These were all high-quality precious pills that he had collected and bought over the years. Among them was a valuable Taoist pill, which was for saving lives. He only had this one!

The pill entered her mouth, and the pregnant woman's breathing improved slightly, a blush rising to her cheeks. However, she clutched her belly tightly, her face contorted in pain, veins bulging on her forehead, and she murmured incoherently.

"It hurts...it hurts so much...my child...my child..."

Upon hearing this, Zhou the landlord's eyes widened, and he instantly rushed over, pulling out several medicine bottles from his pocket and handing over two of them.

"Dog Egg, quick! One is for strengthening the body's foundation, and the other is for protecting the pregnancy! Give her these right away! Otherwise, the baby will definitely be lost!"

Wang Congyun took the medicine bottle and paused for a moment. Without thinking too much, he quickly poured out the pills and fed them to the pregnant woman.

As the medicine took effect, the pregnant woman's symptoms improved significantly! Her complexion gradually became rosy and healthy, the severe abdominal pain subsided, and her furrowed brows gradually relaxed.

Wang Congyun breathed a sigh of relief and wiped his sweat: "Master Zhou? After all these years, you still carry life-saving medicine and pregnancy-preserving medicine with you at all times?"

Zhou the landlord didn't reply, he just sighed and plopped down on the ground.

Wang Congyun muttered to himself, "Same as before... Sigh, but the pills made from these high-quality herbs are truly no less effective than the precious basic Daoist pills! It's a pity that only those 'farmers' who have awakened their innate wisdom can grow such high-quality herbs... Gone, now a disaster has wiped out all the herb fields and farmland... What a damn waste!"

Zhou the wealthy man remained silent.

His Zhou family has always had difficulty conceiving, with each generation having only one son. He is over fifty years old this year and has many wives and concubines, but he only has one daughter. She was born late in life, and it's fortunate that she wasn't brought to Dajiang County, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable... This generation, he is afraid that he will really have no descendants.

In his early years, his wife had a child, which was later confirmed to be a son. However, that year she encountered something unclean and accidentally had a miscarriage. At the time, she did not have any medicine and could not save her in time, resulting in the death of both mother and child.

From then on, Zhou the wealthy man always carried life-saving and pregnancy-preserving medicine with him. This anecdote was known to almost everyone in Xiaopei County!

"It really was you, Gou Dan."

Wang Congyun's face fell: "Master Zhou, could we change our name? I'm called Wang Congyun now. I'm a Taoist disciple, after all. Please give me some face..."

Zhou the landlord didn't speak again, lost in thought about the tragic scene of the people around him falling one by one, and the face of Manager Qian lingered in his mind... Those so-called awakened "farmers" were no different from ordinary people in the face of monsters, powerless to fight back, and were gone with a single bite.

It took him a long time before he finally looked at Wang Congyun.

"A Taoist disciple! Yes, you're a Taoist disciple!! Then can you tell me what exactly happened? I remember there are several Taoist priests residing in Dajiang County to ward off evil spirits, how could such a large-scale catastrophe suddenly erupt and slaughter the entire county?!"

"Where are those Taoist priests? Why didn't they stand up to protect us?!"

Looking back now, he realized that he hadn't seen a single Taoist practitioner make a move during his escape.

not a single one!

Something's not right. Something's off about this whole thing from beginning to end.

Wang Congyun frowned, his face contorted with worry. He opened his mouth and then closed it again, as if he was desperately suppressing some thought.

A moment later, he shook his head violently.

"I...I don't know what happened either! I also want to know why...Maybe, maybe the calamity broke out too suddenly, and the Daoist sect didn't have time to react..."

Even he himself didn't believe it when he said that.

He lied.

In fact, he had sensed a strange aura around him three days earlier. Ordinary people would not be able to detect it at all, but he was particularly sensitive to it because he had received the true teachings of the Taoist sect. He suspected that the prosperity of the local agriculture had attracted the attention of the strange creatures, so he reported it directly to his master, Dongdaozi.

And then... how did things turn out like this?!

Wang Congyun dared not think any further; what followed was anger, intense anger!

He took a deep breath to compose himself and stood up.

"Master Zhou, I'll escort you and the children back to Xiaopei County first, then I need to return to my sect to see what's going on... Something terrible has happened!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou the landlord immediately scrambled to his feet, supporting his aching back, and helped the pregnant woman on the ground.

The group of seven quickly disappeared into the mountain stream under the cover of night.

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Xiaopei County, Huaishu Village, Jiang Family Courtyard.

underground.

Jiang Tu squatted by the edge of the field, looking at a newly sprouted seedling, a faint smile on his face.

This underground farmland was secretly built by him over many years. It goes down two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters) underground, with blue bricks on all four sides and two small skylights on the top, which are cleverly hidden by the flowers and trees on the surface. Although the sunlight is not as bright as that of the open air, it is still just enough for crops to grow.

Dry fields are arranged in rows, and paddy fields in depressions, one in the north and one in the south.

For more than five years, he has carefully transplanted and tended to the high-quality crops. Including the two high-quality seeds he initially received, he now has seven complete high-quality plants and a small patch of high-quality seedlings that he has expanded to, and he can have a new harvest every year.

One of them is quite special; it is a genuine medicinal herb, an aquatic lotus planted in a corner of a paddy field. Its leaves are emerald green, its flowers are pure white, and its roots are embedded in the mud yet remain untouched by dust. At night, it emits a faint light, illuminating a pool of water that sparkles.

Jiang Tu named it "Listening to the Wind Lotus".

This lotus flower was an unexpected find!

More than a year ago, he dug a goldfish pond, introduced water into the pond, and carefully tended to the lotus flowers he had grown. It was an unexpected delight. The lotus seeds have a miraculous effect on treating ear diseases. Ordinary people can greatly improve their hearing in a short period of time by eating just one seed. They can hear the sound of the wind blowing, the grass moving, the needle falling, and the ants crawling.

Unfortunately, there's only one plant, so it can't be cultivated on a large scale for the time being.

Jiang Tu was just thinking about whether he could grow a few more plants next year when suddenly, a strange sense of unease welled up inside him!

He stood up abruptly, his brows furrowed.

He always felt that something was wrong. This intuition was hard to explain. After becoming an eighth-rank "field official", he gradually found that many of his intuitions were very accurate. He could sense when it was going to rain or when insects were going to appear on the ground and take precautions in advance.

But this time it doesn't seem to be the right time, nor is it farming... what is it?

next moment.

The sequence of Jin Ce deep within his consciousness suddenly trembled violently, as if an ancient bell were tolling!

Jiang Tu's heart tightened.

There's only one possibility for Jin Ce's tremor: sequential feedback!

But the feedback over the past ten years has always been slow, gentle, and gradual. Occasionally, when a cultivator from the agricultural path appears, the golden plan will tremble slightly and then calm down. It has never trembled continuously like this before, and it is getting more and more intense.

This is clearly a serious matter!