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There are still residents in Feimu Village, it is not the dilapidated place in my memory.
"Why is it that in the future there will be no other large settlements except for Narukami Island and Umijima Island..."
Li Mo thought.
What will happen on Bayun Island that will cause the residents here to evacuate? I need to pay more attention to it.
Not long after, the village chief of Himeki Village came back. He was a middle-aged samurai.
"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. I'm Washizu, the village chief of Himiki Village. May I ask why the priest has come to Yakiniku Island?"
Chapter 387 Various Things in Feimu Village
The chief of Himiki Village, Washizu, is a sturdy middle-aged man. Wearing a linen short shirt, his arms are muscular and there are calluses on the palms of his hands.
He is the one who holds the knife for a long time.
"I didn't come to Bayun Island on purpose. I came to this island by chance from another island. When I entered the village, I saw that it was very busy. Did something happen?"
Li Mo recalled the time when he first entered the village.
The adults all seemed busy, and there were many of them, many of them were injured. Otherwise, they would not let a child lead the way.
Washizu said, "My lord, you don't know. Some time ago, there was a sudden flash of light at the Tadashi Sand, followed by a violent explosion. It was louder than a thunderstorm from the sky. Then, one day later, the Tadashi Sand was closed. As a result, everyone lost their jobs and had to return to the village.
And because of the rebels and the shogunate army on Kaigi Island during this period, it affected Yagyu Island. Now the road from Tadashi Sand to Narukami Island is blocked, and the miners are forced to come to our village. That’s why it seems so busy.”
Washizu's words were a bit confusing, but Li Mo still extracted key information from them.
There was an explosion at Tadashi Sand, which caused some miners working there to be injured or even killed. This was the second most important thing. After the explosion, the miners lost their jobs because Tadashi Sand no longer needed the ore produced by the mine. Everyone had to go home. Because the people of Tenryo blocked the road to Narugami Island due to the war, the miners gathered in Himiki Village.
Li Mo thought for a moment and asked, "The people in Tianling do not allow the movement of people, so merchants cannot move either, right? Are there enough food and herbs in stock?"
The issue that the Hamster Party is always concerned about is supplies.
If you think about it carefully, the current situation in Feimu Village is that the resident population is increasing, and there are more mouths to feed, but the main traffic routes are blocked, and grain merchants cannot come in. Without an increase in supply, they can only consume the existing stock, which means they will end up eating up all the food.
"Through some channels, it can still be maintained." Washizu said hesitantly.
I think the channel should be invisible.
Li Mo didn't care about that kind of thing. As a member of the Mingshen Taisha Shrine, it was not in his power to deal with matters that should be handled by the Tenryo Bugyo.
"Bayun Island has a special geographical location. Have you ever considered retreating to Mingshen Island?" Li Mo asked.
Washizu shook his head, looking embarrassed. "It's not a good idea to leave unless it's absolutely necessary. In fact, some of the miners in Hime Village are from Narukami Island. Since the national isolation order was issued, no one can make much money, so many people come here to make a living."
"I understand." Li Mo nodded, and then said: "Thank you for troubling me today. I'll go and see where the patients are."
"Sir, do you know medical skills?"
"A little bit."
Two of Li's three girlfriends are doctors, and the other is a nurse. They know a little bit about medicine, and they also have almighty magic. Once they inject vitality, they can save anyone who is not dead.
In fact, there were many injured miners, many of whom had burns, but they were treated more or less. However, none of them got better.
Village chief Jiujin took Li Mo to the place where the patients were placed. There were large numbers of miners here. The whole environment was in good order. It can be seen that the manager is still capable.
Li Mo stood at the door and looked at the patients, and found out why they were not cured.
The bodies of these miners were connected to the power of worshipping gods in the ground, and the power of worshipping gods continuously eroded their bodies. If there were not something restraining and suppressing the power of worshipping gods, they would have died long ago.
"Master Priest, do you have any solution?"
"Are you Dr. Baoben? You handled it very well, but there are some things that medical skills cannot handle."
Before Washizu left, he introduced the two to each other. Baoben was a doctor in Himiki Village, but Washizu said his medical skills were not good because he was now using violet melon and sugar to boil juice for his patients.
However, after on-site investigation, we found that the treatment received by the patients was very good, which was the optimal solution under limited conditions.
"Master Priest, is it an evil spirit?" Bao Ben asked.
"Well, you did a good job. A placebo is better than doing nothing. Leave the rest to me."
Li Mo had little experience in removing the filth from the human body. The filth he faced at Mingjin Taisha were all entities like samurai, and he only needed to defeat them to remove them. The human body was polluted...
As a senior magician, it is not difficult to have no experience. With a change of thinking, Li Mo can easily extract the pollution brought by worshipping gods from the bodies of those people, and then digest them as snacks.
——The power of worshipping gods is not too "evil", it is just a snack to Li Mo.
"I'll leave the follow-up to you. It seems that the disaster at Ta'ersha was caused by the explosion of the Yuying furnace core. Do you know the situation over there? Make sure you break even." Li Mo asked.
Bao Ben squatted beside the nearest patient to check on his condition. After a brief inquiry, he smiled happily and then respectfully responded to Li Mo: "I'm sorry, Master Priest. I don't know about this."
"I'll trouble you to take care of it later. I won't bother you anymore."
Baoben seemed to want to check the conditions of all the patients immediately. Li Mo also felt that the atmosphere was rather depressing when he was here.
This is how students react when the head teacher is in the classroom.
After leaving the doctor's clinic, Li Mo went out and saw the child leading him to the village chief's house.
"Sir, why did you come out from Uncle Baoben?"
"I'm going to see the patient."
"Do you also know medical skills?"
"Yes, little friend..."
The child in front of him was a little bit unpredictable, but he was very straightforward. He could say anything. The father of the outspoken child was also a miner, but he was missing after the explosion.
Similarly, during the communication, Li Mo learned his name - Changci.
"Everyone else said that my father was dead. But my mother said that my father was just missing and he would come back. I think so too."
"Well, it will be like this." Li Mo said gently.
"Priest, are you saying that we will go back to the old days? Everyone is feeling strange and nervous during this period."
"We'll go back to the old days, Changci." Li Mo touched Changci's little head and played games with him for a while before leaving.
From Choji's words, I could understand every aspect of Himiki Village. For example, the village chief was busy inspecting the shrines on the islands - they were all built by him to worship the gods.
However, some uncles felt that the point was not to worship the shrine, but to do other things. There was a certain contradiction between the two sides.
Secondly, there is a real shortage of food in Himi Village, and Choji said that everyone’s food has been declining recently.
After getting enough information, Li Mo went to see the village chief Washizu again.
Chapter 388: The Destroyed Town
The weather on Bayun Island is not very good, it is always gloomy. The sky is covered with dark clouds, and even in the daytime there is no light, the whole world is filled with a dark and depressing feeling.
Li Mo found Jiujin at the edge of a shrine. When he came over, he was offering sacrifices to the shrine. Seeing Li Mo's figure, he seemed very nervous and walked towards him, as if he didn't want to let him get close to the shrine.
Stopping, Li Mo asked, "Village Chief Jiujin, what are you doing here? Are you offering sacrifice to the snake?"
This place is not far from the head of the snake god. With Li Mo's eyesight, he can see that the other party is not serving a fox or something...
"Priest, I...did you see it?" Washizu's voice became low.
Li Mo said: "I don't care about your beliefs. I won't manage this matter."
"I'm sorry, I'm not hostile to you." Washizu adjusted his breathing and said, "We always have to greet it when we live on Bayun Island. After the miners arrived, everyone was worried that the power of the god would affect us, so we hope to appease it in this way."
Mortals are powerless in front of gods. The corpses left behind by demons can still pose a deadly threat to people after a long time.
Li Mo nodded: "I understand. I'm not looking for you for this kind of thing. Village Chief Jiujin, please raise your hand."
Jiujin raised his hand without asking any more questions. Li Mo grabbed the other's hand.
"Master Priest?"
"Do not talk."
Feeling carefully, Li Mo could feel that there was a certain amount of God-worshipping power hidden in the other person's body. He was being eroded by the external God-worshipping power. If this continued, he would either go crazy or die.
It's not an illusion.
When he saw Washizu near the shrine, he realized that he was interacting with the surrounding power of the gods. Feimu Village was close to the Wuxiang Blade, where the power of the former General Lei Dian remained, curbing the power of the surrounding gods. In this area, the power of the gods was more active. Li Mo could clearly see it entering the human body.
"I should have thought of this earlier." The information I had seen at Naruto Taisha Shrine in the past came to my mind.
Yabujima is the place where General Raiden killed Kaigi Daimikami in the past, and it is also the place where the demon god Orobas fell. Its entity after death is still spreading power, which is the power of worship. According to the records of Narukami Taisha, after the death of Orobas, the then chief priest, Kitsusaigumi, specially arranged a talisman to suppress the power of worship.
Washizu asked in surprise, "Did something happen, Master Priest?"
"The talisman of the snake has lost its effect. Now the power of the gods formed after the death of the snake has begun to corrode the human body. I thought it was caused by the explosion, which caused such obvious erosion effect of the gods. But I forgot that there is the breath of gods in the air."
Li Mo said, "I just removed the power of worshipping gods from your body. Go back to the village and gather everyone. I will go check the situation of the snake talisman."
He moved, and Washizu couldn't understand how the other party left. In the blink of an eye, the high priest disappeared in front of him.
If this speed is not used to hurry, but to kill people...
Washizu touched his neck. Facing such speed, it seemed that resistance was futile.
Then he remembered his duty as the village chief and immediately returned to Himiki Village to make arrangements. The talisman had lost its effect, and the power of the gods began to erode people's bodies. This news was undoubtedly more important than the war between the shogunate army and the resistance army.
Washizu returned to Himiki Village and started to organize the crowd. Everyone was in a mess, not knowing what was going on. But these days, as the village chief, Washizu's contribution to the village was seen by everyone, and everyone was willing to put down their work and gather together without explanation.
Everyone didn't have to wait long before Li Mo hurried back.
With Washizu's assistance, Li Mo removed the filth brought by the power of worshipping gods one by one. With Washizu explaining things, there was no trouble.
The situation was of course told truthfully, but the priest uniform of Mingjin Taisha on Li Mo made people feel at ease. Secondly, there was a smile on his face, as if this matter was not a difficult problem.
Li Mo turned around and removed the filth from everyone. He also used a small trick to prevent the villagers from being eroded by the power of worshipping gods in a short period of time.
All the extracted power of worshipping gods was devoured by him and replenished into magic power.
After doing these things, Li Mo came to the village chief's house, and the village chief Jiujin also entered the room under his guidance.
There was no one around, so the smile on Li Mo's face fell, and he said, "I have confirmed that there is a problem with the snake talisman. Moreover, it was destroyed by human beings."
There are two possibilities for something to fail. The first is that it has reached the end of its service life. In that case, there is nothing that can be done about it, and it is the responsibility of Narukami Taisha. But after all, it happened hundreds of years ago, no, even thousands of years ago. At that time, the chief priest was still Kitsusaigu Shrine, and it happened to be a war five hundred years ago, which caused the entire Inazuma family to be cut off. It is understandable that the historical legacy was not properly handled.
But the second possibility is human destruction.
This is the reason why Li Mo is in a bad mood.
"Man-made destruction?" Washizu was stunned at first, then veins popped out on his forehead. As a native of Bayun Island, he knew very well what the power of worshipping gods was.