Chapter 456: Leaving the Underground Space

A season has passed in the outside world, but a year has passed in Tian Lin's underground space.

"So, now I have mastered the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter!"

In the endless changes of the solar terms in the underground space, Tian Lin has merged the twenty-four solar terms seeds into four Tao fetuses.

The four Tao fetuses are the Tao of Spring, the Tao of Summer, the Tao of Autumn and the Tao of Winter.

"The four methods of spring, summer, autumn and winter have helped me achieve the middle stage of the Golden Core. If I want to improve further, I must have a deeper understanding. And it seems impossible for me to have a deeper understanding on my own."

Looking at the people busy harvesting wheat below, Tian Lin felt neither happy nor sad.

Sister Cui'er looked at Tian Lin and asked him, "Master, do you really plan to leave Beiye County?"

"I have spent too much time here. Staying here any longer will not have much effect on me or the people of Kitano County."

Logically, after he left, this underground space was almost abandoned, and it would be difficult to have such a big harvest as in recent years.

But in Kitano County today, although there is a shortage of food, what is more terrifying is the invasion of evil spirits.

Because of the invasion of evil spirits, the entire Beiye County has become empty, with only the county town and surrounding suburbs barely remaining stable.

The population of Kitano County is now less than one million, and the food shortage is no longer as great as it was at the beginning.

Thanks to Tian Lin's help over the past year, the Su family has been able to stockpile a lot of food.

This amount of food is only enough to feed one million people for one year.

But Tian Lin's departure does not mean that the land in the underground space is completely unusable, nor does it mean that some fertile land on the ground cannot produce food.

"Yes, we can't stay here forever for the sake of Beiye County. The master has helped the people of Beiye County a lot, and it's time for him to retire long ago."

Cui'er had long been bored of staying in the underground space, and because she was powerless, she had already asked Tian Lin to leave.

"After leaving Beiye County, shall we go back to Daoist Sect?"

After Yu'er asked, she heard Tian Lin ask her back: "What's the situation of Dao Sect recently?"

"Most of the county towns in the Northern Wasteland have already set up a large array to exorcise evil spirits, so Elder Xue and some other elders have already returned to the sect one after another."

Tian Lin nodded. As long as Elder Xue returned to the Wendao Sect, it would be safer for him to return to the Wendao Sect.

The three of them simply packed up some things, and Tian Lin waved his sleeves and led the two sisters towards the exit of the underground space.

The news that the master and servant were leaving had been circulating for several days.

Now, watching the three people leave, countless spirit plant husbands who were busy with their work looked up at them.

Some people knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the master and his servants in gratitude, while others looked particularly dissatisfied.

Only after the three figures of the master and servant disappeared did someone say indignantly: "As expected of the people of the Daoist Sect, they are all ruthless and heartless. Are such people worthy of cultivating immortals?"

"Yes, in times of peace, our Beiye County has never lacked tribute to the Daoist Sect. Now that we are in trouble, not a single elder has come to help us set up the exorcism formation.

And this guy named Tian! If it weren't for us, would he have been able to comprehend the principles of solar terms to this point? Now that he has achieved enlightenment, he has let go and doesn't care about our lives!

Doesn't he know that because of his action, countless people will starve to death in the future?"

These people dared not discuss it in person, but they could not help but feel indignant behind his back!

Fortunately, Cui'er didn't hear what they said, otherwise, with Cui'er's temper, she might have hit someone.

The master and his two servants have been in the underground space for more than a year and have never set foot on the ground again.

Now that they were out of the underground space, the situation was different from what they had imagined.

On the ground, the air was not as fresh as imagined, and there was a foul smell everywhere.

In the sky, the sun could not reach the ground, and the sky was full of flying locusts. As soon as the master and his servants appeared, a large number of locusts rushed towards them.

Of course, these locusts could not harm the three of them, but who would want to have these annoying things around them all the time?
"Should we go find Miss Mei first, or go to the county town to ask Miss Wang for her resignation?"

After Yu'er finished asking the question, Tian Lin's figure had already flown southwards: "Let's go find Mei Xiangu first and ask her what she thinks!"

While Tian Lin was speaking, his figure had disappeared, and a large number of locusts blocked Yu'er's vision.

She quickly waved her sleeves to drive away the locusts that were blocking her view, and flew south with Cui'er.

When the master and servant arrived at the village where Mei Xiangu was, Tian Lin had been waiting in the air for a long time.

They stood at the entrance of the village, looking at the dilapidated village, without saying a word for a long time.

"Has Miss Mei left?"

The locusts invaded the houses of the entire village, and even Wang Yanyu's temple was crawling with locusts.

There was no human figure here, let alone any trace of Mei Xiangu.

"If she wanted to leave, she would definitely tell us. Besides, she also knows that we will be leaving soon!"

When Tian Lin was about to leave the underground space a few days ago, he asked Zhuang'er, who had entered the underground space in advance, to pass on the message.

"Perhaps Miss Mei knew that we were leaving and was worried about the villagers. So she moved the villagers to the county seat of Kitano County—"

This explanation is the most reasonable. Cui Er said, "We should have gone directly to the county town just now, so as to avoid a wasted trip."

She heard that there was a large formation in the county city and that there was no master to protect her, so there were no locusts causing trouble.

She hated the locusts around her, so she wanted to leave here and go into the city quickly.

"Mei Xiangu didn't bring the villagers into the city!"

Tian Lin bent down and picked up a dead branch from the mud.

Others may not be able to tell where this dead branch came from, but Tian Lin himself owns the Goddess Tree, so it is easy for him to tell that this dead branch fell from the Goddess Tree.

The Goddess Tree will not drop its branches and leaves unless the person holding the Goddess Tree actively picks and breaks them off.

But if Fairy Mei went crazy, would she break the branches of her own Goddess Tree?
Moreover, even if the branches of the Goddess Tree are broken, they will not wither after falling to the ground.

Therefore, the dead branches on the ground were obviously cut off by outsiders, which completely cut off the vitality of the dead branches and caused them to wither.

"Let's go into the village and take a look!"

After Tian Lin finished speaking, he took Cui'er and her sisters into the village!

He made a hand gesture with his right hand, and a loud thunder sounded from the sky and the ground.

It was as if a dragon had turned over, and the entire village was shaken underground.

He used the Jingzhe method, and a large number of locusts flew up in fright.

In just a moment, all the locusts in the village flew high into the sky, revealing the clean ground and houses.

The locusts left, and everyone's view was finally no longer obstructed.

They saw the ruined village, the broken temple of Mei Xiangu, and the corpses of the villagers who had been eaten by locusts.

It was foreseeable that all the villagers protected by Mei Xiangu died, and even Mei Xiangu had suffered a fight before her death. Otherwise, the dead branches of her Goddess Tree would not be left here.

"Something must have happened to Senior Sister Mei! Let's go into the city and find Wang Yanyu to find out what's going on!"

Tian Lin glanced at the bones in the village, and without hesitation, he took the two sisters and flew towards the county town of Beiye County.

(End of this chapter)

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