Bearing the blue sky

Does Hua Liusha have a solution?

Zhu Ge's heart stirred: "Sister, what do you want to say?"

Hua Liusha immediately said, "I sensed earlier that there is a place near your house where souls can reside, but I don't know what's in that place."

Near home?

Zhu Ge was taken aback.

He then explained the matter to Scholar Yu and hurried home.

"This is it!"

The double happiness symbol next to Zhu Ge's soul twitched slightly, and a phantom Hua Liusha shadow appeared beside Zhu Ge.

She was dressed in a bright red wedding gown and wore a red veil. She pointed to something in the corner of Zhu Ge's house.

The ghostly figure that night was indeed Hua Liusha… Zhu Ge knew this as soon as he saw the illusory image of Hua Liusha gathered outside.

The song he heard and the shadow he saw after meeting Mr. Insect that day were formed from the condensed sand of the Xi Gui Hua Liu Sha.

Unfortunately, Hua Liusha had not yet advanced to the second realm at that time, so it was difficult for him to speak. Therefore, he could only remind Zhu Ge with a certain song.

Then, Zhu Ge followed Hua Liusha's finger and looked towards the corner of the wall.

A basket shaped like a sea urchin lay on the ground.

"This is……"

Zhu Ge raised an eyebrow and picked up the basket from the ground: "A basket my mother wove while she was being controlled?"

"I see." Scholar Yu nodded and sighed.

"Perhaps when your aunt was being controlled, her soul instinctively wanted to save you, so she subconsciously wove this vessel and gave it to you. This love for her son is truly touching."

Was it created subconsciously?

Zhu Ge thought of the taciturn parents in the original owner's memories and shook her head with a sigh.

Love is a mysterious and powerful thing.

At first, he thought his mother was being controlled and had done something strange, like a human head.

Looking back now, perhaps when her mother was controlled by the Fungus God, she saw Zhu Ge return to normal, so her deepest soul has been making an effort all along.

Unfortunately, the original owner's parents had been completely deprived of their divine powers and were no longer alive.

"Here you go." Zhu Ge handed the basket to Yu Xiucai: "Plant the fungus."

"Okay." Yu Xiucai took the basket, then picked up the light spot in his hand and gently placed it into the basket.

The light floated to the center of the basket, from which some illusory mycelium extended, connecting to various parts of the basket.

The next moment, the basket slowly shrank and became smaller, eventually turning into a small, spiky seed, about the size of a thumb.

"Alright." Yu Xiucai nodded and handed the spiked ball to Zhu Ge: "You already have the Double Happiness Ghost Guardian, and with this item protecting your soul, you can train your body more in the future. It can be considered as all-round, all-around protection."

Zhu Ge exclaimed in surprise, "I'll accept it? But didn't you say that the gods can protect the village?"

"The village?" Yu Xiucai sighed.

"Now there are only a few of us left in the village. It's no longer a suitable place to live. Perhaps we need to seek refuge in the nearest city."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ge looked helpless and accepted the seed: "Will those cities take us in?"

In these chaotic times, demons, ghosts, monsters, and gods roam the land, and big cities are overflowing with people, so crowded that they can't even fit everyone.

The nearest city is called Yuanyang, and it is said that its population has reached two million.

Two million!

This is based on statistics; there are many more cases that haven't been recorded!

In Zhu Ge's previous life, this would have been perfectly normal, but in the present, it's simply a fantasy.

Those refugees probably don't even qualify to enter the city.

Or rather, they didn't even know what qualifications were needed to enter the city.

In times of chaos, even big cities are in turmoil, and with a large population, all sorts of people tend to mingle.

The abilities of the aliens are numerous and varied. What if some like the Fungus God were allowed into the city?

That would be a disaster.

Therefore, let alone checking in, they need certain qualifications and checks even to enter the city.

"Actually, we don't necessarily have to go to the city."

Zhu Ge pondered, "Yuanyang City is still thousands of miles away. With our strength, we might perish as soon as we enter the jungle."

Yu Xiucai nodded: "Indeed, there are too many strange beings around here, but Tiger God and Mr. Insect are actually 'old acquaintances' and will not harm us for the time being."

Most importantly, the lingering influence of the gentleman is still there!

In addition, it also has the aura of a second-realm Xi Gui. Regardless of its strength, it is at least a second-realm being.

Mr. Insect has territory, Tiger God has territory, but can't the Double Happiness Ghost have territory?

They are at least at the second level. If Tiger God and Mr. Insect insist on invading regardless of the consequences, they should be prepared to suffer heavy losses.

This is a chaotic world. Humans live in constant fear in the mountains and forests, but that doesn't mean other races are completely safe.

In a world where the strong prey on the weak, even a wounded tiger god could be targeted by other creatures.

Therefore, the best approach is naturally to keep to ourselves and not interfere with each other.

Of course, Zhu Ge will also prepare for the worst.

"Let me practice martial arts for a while, and then study Confucianism and Taoism." Zhu Ge's eyes gleamed with a hint of shrewdness. "Once we have the ability to protect ourselves, it won't matter whether we go to Yuanyang City or not."

"That makes sense." Scholar Yu's eyes were full of admiration. "I will do my best to teach you the Confucian and Taoist teachings I have learned, hoping that you can go further and reach the same level as your teacher."

Zhu Ge bowed and said, "Then I should address you as 'Sir' as well."

Scholar Yu grinned and said, "We're about the same age, so there's no need to be so formal."

Zhu Ge smiled but didn't say anything.

Having survived this life-or-death crisis, he discovered that the real Yu Xiucai was actually different from the one in the original owner's memories.

Or perhaps the original owner was dull-witted, which is why Yu Xiucai was so terrifying from the original owner's perspective.

"Let's go see how many people are still alive."

……

The entire village lay sprawled on the ground, with only a few people kneeling or standing, their expressions filled with grief.

Someone spotted Zhu Ge and Scholar Yu approaching and immediately exclaimed, "Look! Scholar Yu is here!"

"And the Zhu family boys! They're still alive!"

"Sigh, it's good to be alive. There are only so many left in Jianshan Village. It's good to be alive."

Upon seeing that Yu Xiucai and Zhu Ge were alive, the four of them stood up.

Although it's said to be four people, there are actually only three adults and one child.

Two young men, a woman and her daughter.

Including Yu Xiucai and Zhu Ge, only six people survived in Jianshan Village.

Moreover, Zhu Ge and Yu Xiucai suffered greatly in the process, and it is unknown whether they will survive.

"Since things have come to this, let's eat the mushrooms first." Zhu Ge looked at the several tables of mushrooms that were still clean not far away.

"Eat fungi?" Yu Xiucai now felt a chill run down his spine whenever he heard the word "fungi".

Zhu Ge laughed and said, "Now that the Bacterium God isn't here, we've been fighting for so long and we're exhausted. Let's eat something to replenish our strength, then rest and plan our next move tomorrow, shall we?"

To be honest, Zhu Ge was starting to feel the strain.

I was hungry, tired, sleepy, and weak.

Upon seeing Zhu Ge's red eyes, Yu Xiucai couldn't help but nod.

The others, however, also realized what was happening.

"Fungi? Fungus God?"

"My daughter was killed by the Fungus God?"

"Sigh, it seems my daughter and I have been rescued."

Although the four wanted to ask something, they didn't say anything more at Yu Xiucai's prompting.

Zhu Ge couldn't care less about anything else.

I was originally planning to eat mushrooms, and now that the mushroom god is gone, I can finally indulge myself.

So he devoured a whole table of food in a flash, and then, feeling satiated and exhausted, went to Yu Xiucai's house to sleep.

Yu Xiucai took on the responsibility of guarding the place. The survivors dug a large pit, buried everyone in it, and then came to Yu Xiucai's house to sleep together.

Yu Xiucai also took the opportunity to tell everyone about what had happened during this period.

Zhu Ge didn't wake up until the afternoon of the next day, feeling that it was the best sleep she had had recently.

Upon waking up, Zhu Ge didn't care whether anyone else was there or not; instead, she checked her gains first.

"What are the wondrous uses of this combination of a god and a ghost?"