Chapter 833 Getting Higher and Higher
Xiaohu's heart tightened, he knew that any abnormality in the village could lead to an unexpected crisis. After comforting Mingming, Xiaohu immediately gathered the young and middle-aged people in the village and some elders who knew a little about supernatural things, took flashlights and some objects to ward off evil spirits, and rushed to the land temple.
The land temple was at the edge of the village, surrounded by weeds and rarely visited on weekdays. Night had already fallen, and the moonlight shone on the dilapidated temple walls, making it even more eerie. Xiaohu and the others approached cautiously, and before they reached the temple, they heard a faint, low chanting sound, which was particularly clear in the silent night.
"Everyone be careful." Xiaohu whispered and walked into the land temple first. The temple was filled with an old atmosphere. The statue of the land god on the altar had long been dilapidated. In front of the statue, a crystal ball emitting a faint green light was suspended in the air, slowly rotating, and the light was reflected all around, making the whole temple look strange and unusual.
As everyone was looking at the crystal ball in surprise, suddenly, the crystal ball emitted a strong light, covering everyone. In the light, they saw shocking pictures: hundreds of years ago, the village suffered a rare drought, the crops failed, and the villagers fell into despair. At this time, a mysterious Taoist priest came to the village. He set up an altar in the land temple and took out the crystal ball. With the help of mysterious power, it brought rain and saved the village. However, the Taoist priest touched a dark force in the process of the ritual. In order to seal this force, he left the crystal ball in the land temple and set up many restrictions, warning the villagers never to get close.
After the picture disappeared, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Xiaohu realized that this crystal ball might be the key to solving the current mystery. He walked forward and tried to touch the crystal ball. Just as his hand was about to touch the crystal ball, a powerful force bounced him away.
"This crystal ball is restricted. Touching it rashly may cause greater danger." said Grandpa Li, an old scholar in the village.
Xiaohu frowned and thought for a moment, then decided to go back to the village and gather everyone to discuss countermeasures. After returning to the village, the whole village was in an uproar because of the land temple. The villagers gathered around Xiaohu and discussed it in a flurry.
"What should we do? Will some evil spirit come out to harm the village again?" an old lady said worriedly.
"Maybe this is an opportunity? Maybe we can use the power of the crystal ball to make the village a better place." A young man said expectantly.
Xiaohu listened to everyone's speeches quietly, and gradually came up with an idea. He decided to contact a friend, Professor Lin, who was studying mysterious culture at the university, to see if he could provide help.
After receiving the call, Professor Lin showed great interest in the matter. The next day, he brought several graduate students to the village. After understanding the ins and outs of the matter, Professor Lin and his team began to study the crystal ball. They brought various advanced instruments to analyze the energy fluctuations and forbidden runes of the crystal ball.
After several days and nights of hard work, Professor Lin finally found a way to break the ban. On a full moon night, Xiaohu and the villagers came to the land temple again. According to the solution, Professor Lin placed some special instruments around the crystal ball and chanted something. As Professor Lin chanted, the light around the crystal ball began to change, and the originally dark green light gradually became softer.
Suddenly, the crystal ball made a crisp sound, and the ban was successfully broken. However, just when everyone was relieved, a terrifying roar suddenly came from outside the land temple, as if a huge monster was approaching. Xiaohu and others immediately rushed out of the land temple, only to see a huge monster with black mist all over its body approaching the village.
"This is the dark power that was sealed back then!" Professor Lin shouted in horror.
Xiaohu did not retreat at all. He stood in the front and shouted loudly: "Fellow villagers, we can't let it destroy our village! Let's unite!" The villagers picked up the tools in their hands. Although they were full of fear, no one retreated under Xiaohu's encouragement.
Just as the monster was about to rush into the village, the crystal ball suddenly flew into Xiaohu's hands, emitting a dazzling light. Xiaohu felt a powerful force surging into his body, and with the help of this force, he rushed towards the monster. Under the shining light, the monster's movements became slower, and the black mist on its body gradually dissipated.
After a fierce fight, Xiaohu finally succeeded in repelling the monster, which turned into a wisp of black smoke and disappeared into the forest.
After the crisis, the village returned to its former peace. But Xiaohu knew that this was only temporary. In order to completely eliminate the hidden dangers, he and Professor Lin decided to conduct a deeper study of the crystal ball to see if they could find a way to completely seal the dark power.
During the research, they found that the crystal ball not only contained powerful mysterious power, but also had a close connection with the history and culture of the village. It turned out that the ancestors of the village had repeatedly used the power of the crystal ball to resist foreign enemies and natural disasters in the process of protecting this land.
As they delve deeper into the crystal ball, Xiaohu and Professor Lin also discover some clues about the future development of the village. The crystal ball records an ancient agricultural technology that allows crops to grow in harsh environments and significantly increase yields. Xiaohu decides to promote this technology in the village to make the villagers' lives more prosperous.
During the promotion process, some difficulties were encountered. Some villagers were skeptical about this ancient technology and were unwilling to try it. Xiaohu went from house to house to explain the principles and benefits of the technology to them. Finally, with Xiaohu's efforts, some villagers began to try to use this technology. As a result, their crops had a bumper harvest, and the yield increased several times more than before.
Seeing these achievements, other villagers followed suit. The agricultural production in the village has been greatly developed, which not only meets the living needs of the villagers, but also brings surplus agricultural products to the market, bringing considerable income to the village.
In addition to agriculture, Xiaohu also used the cultural heritage recorded in the crystal ball to further enrich the village's tourism projects. He organized villagers to rehearse a large-scale live performance with the village's history as the background, and through wonderful performances, he showed tourists the village's traditional culture and mysterious stories. Once the performance was launched, it was warmly welcomed by tourists, and the village's popularity became higher and higher.