I didn't intend to become a fairy

Chapter 321 Calming the Locust Plague
The old locusts were blown to death by the Taoist gust of wind, but new ones kept coming. The old man in the field was so tired that he had to rest for a while, planning to wait until later, when it was dark, and then follow the instructions of the government. Light a fire in the field to cure insects with fire.

This ghost bug is really annoying.

I'm afraid it's not that the locust god is reborn?
The old man came out of the field holding his waist, looked up at the bugs all over the sky, and couldn't help sighing deeply.

At this moment, a movement was suddenly heard in the distance.

Looking up, I felt that there seemed to be a mass of ink in the dark world, and this mass of ink was still blurring to the surroundings, turning into countless black shadows, scattered all over the sky, and there were black shadows flowing from the top of the head, The whistling wind and the chirping of birds were all around his ears, and the sounds were also small and converged into a river. This scene frightened him quite a bit.

Some birds also lowered their altitude and flew down.

The old man stabilized his body, took a closer look boldly, and found out that it was a swallow.

Black and white feathers, smart and beautiful.

Looking up at the sky again, there are black shadows all over the sky, chirping and chirping non-stop, are they all swallows?
……

People in many places think that the plague of locusts is a natural disaster. Even if it is not a punishment from God, it is some kind of miraculous power, like a locust god or a demon. Appearance also changed?
In addition, the locust is also the emperor, which is awe-inspiring.

So even though they have already suffered from the plague of locusts and suffered unspeakably, they dare not get rid of the insects easily.

Fortunately, the original Zhizhou was courageous and took the lead in eradicating the insects, which also eliminated people's awe of the locust plague. Even if the later officials were not as good as him, they continued this attitude and have been working hard to eradicate the insects.

There are many officials and soldiers in the front. In the place where the locusts are most dense, according to the records of many ancient books, such as "Catching Locusts", "Catching Locusts", "Catching Locusts" and "Catching Locusts", they use the fish foil method and net method. The locusts are caught by methods such as the bag-making method, and then burned and buried on the spot.

This is the confrontation between man and God, and nature.

It is obviously impossible to say that the locust plague is completely contained, but it is wrong to say that it is useless.It's just that the locust plague is terrible, and it has been difficult to deal with throughout the ages. These people are just trying their best to contain or slow down the spread of the locust plague. If they can save more food for the rear, they will keep more.

Regardless of whether they can withstand natural disasters or not, in short, no one succumbs.

At this time, the local governor came to the front line in person and did not dare to slack off.

In addition to the buzzing of insects, there are shouts from people around, one after another, very noisy.

Suddenly, amidst these voices, there was another gust of wind.

"Canopy..."

It's like shouting in the silent woods in autumn or winter, and countless birds soar into the sky.It was also like raising pigeons in the city, and the pigeons flew in groups in the sky, but the sound was louder and more dull than the birds in the wild or the pigeons in the city.

look up -

I saw a dark cloud coming from the sky in the distance. When I looked closely, I found out that it was a flock of birds, and it was all black.

like the flood of heaven.

As the torrent rushes past, birds continue to fly out of it, lowering their heights, or flying around deftly in the air, or falling on the ground to hunt and kill locusts.

Local officials froze.

The rest of the people were also stunned.

It's all birds?
Where are there so many birds?

After these locusts mutated, the birds didn't want to eat them. What did these birds do when they flew over?

With a sound of swiping, a bird flew over and landed in front of them. It lowered its head and pecked a locust to death, but did not eat it. Instead, it took two steps to the side and pecked at others.

Only then did everyone see that it was a swallow.

"This……"

"do not move!"

"Don't touch them!"

Everyone shouted, all surprised.

Looking up at the sky, his eyes are also wide open.

This is really amazing.

Only the local officials frowned, feeling as if they had heard similar stories somewhere——

It seems that there was a drought in that year, and there were countless hungry people. There were swallows in Xuzhou, covering the sky and covering the sky, covering the clouds and the sun, bringing grain and rice to relieve the victims.I heard before that a few years ago, swallows went overseas to search for high-yielding seeds and came back to save the world, and they were regarded as swallow immortals.

I don't know if it has anything to do with it.

Anyway, it must be unusual.

……

After locusts live in groups, not only will they change their appearance, but they will also produce toxins. Birds really don't like to eat them, but swallows are made of illusions, so they don't eat them at all, they only hunt them.

It is said that the swallows transformed by Anqing Yanxian can empty the entire official warehouse's grain and rice in one go, so how long will it take to quell the locust plague here?

Song You didn't know.

But looking up at the sky that gradually became clear as the swallows flew over, one knew that the eradication of the locust plague was a foregone conclusion.

I don't know how long it took before the swallow flew back from the sky and landed on the horse, as if extremely tired.

"Anqing Swallow is really powerful."

The Taoist also looked back and smiled at him.

It's been five or six years since I met the old Yanxian. I know that this person has profound morals and superb abilities, but it's only now that I have seen the demeanor of this thousand-year-old Yanxian.

"I have arranged their flight direction. They will clear the locusts here by themselves. They will stop and disappear until the aura is exhausted. I am afraid that if there are several times more locusts, they will be cleared."

"You have been able to get rid of this disaster, and how many victims have been rescued. You have immeasurable merit."

"I don't dare to say any credit, but I, Anqing Yanzi, have been able to continue because of the people of the world, so I followed my husband and did what I can for the people of the world." Yanzi said weakly.

"very good."

The Taoist smiled slightly, turned his head to look, and fixed his eyes on a mountain in the distance.

There is a boulder at the foot of the mountain.

"This is your credit, and it is also the ability of the old Yanxian. To save the world and help the people, you should have a name. Both you and Yanxian want it." The Taoist paused, "Even if you don't want it, Laoyan Immortals have just been proclaimed as gods, and they need incense and faith in the world. Thanks to Lao Yanxian's ability, he was able to eliminate disasters, and his name should be left behind in both emotion and reason."

"..."

Yanzi opened his mouth, but still didn't say anything.

"Let's go..."

After a while, the Taoist left here.

It's just that the boulder that was originally located at the foot of the distant mountain has been moved to the side of the road at some point, and there is only a simple line written on it:
Anqing swallows are here to eliminate disasters.

It didn't say which swallow it was, nor did it say it was Yanxian.

The Taoist had already turned around, took the bay red horse, and left here unhurriedly.

Along the way, you can still see people who get rid of insects, or people who are suffering because the crops are eaten up by insects, but most of them are looking up at this time, watching the sky full of swallows fighting against the insects.

After all, a lot of crops have been eaten, and some people will be displaced after all, but this can only be solved by government relief.

The Taoist left a huge stone as a stele, first to let people remember who helped the disaster relief, and second, to give some good fortune to the old Yan Xian who had just become a god, so as to help him consolidate his spiritual body and god status as soon as possible, and go to a higher level, maybe in the future There are still things that need his help, and the third is to let people know that there are gods here. Since the gods have also noticed the disaster, the government may be more motivated to provide relief.

This is not only to get rid of the disaster, but also to see if we can see the old man again. Now that the locust plague has been suppressed, we will go to the old man again.

The sword-wielding Mr. Demon Slayer mentioned by the old farmer may or may not be a swordsman he knows.If so, it should be because he realized that there were no monsters here, or realized that there was nothing he could do about the locust plague, so he left, either to Jinhe County to get rid of the tiger monster, or to find other ways elsewhere.

The Taoist intends to visit Jinhe County.

Behind him the horse bell rang incessantly.

Swallow was exhausted and stood on the horse, not keeping too far away from the cat in the bag, nor being too vigilant.

Maoer seems to be completely ignorant of the suffering of the local people, just like when she knew about the plague of rats in Lanmo County, but she was concerned about the fact that the rats could not be caught and eaten all over the place. She didn't understand how much harm it would be, and she didn't care about it. At this time, she just shrank in the bag and poked her head out to talk to the swallow:
"Do you like it here, swallow?"

"do not like."

"why?"

"Why like it?"

"You can't eat all the bugs here in your lifetime."

"I can only eat a few for a meal." Yanzi answered her with a tired spirit.

"It's simple." The cat's expression was serious and serious. "You can use salt to make wax worms from the worms, so that you can put them in your pocket and eat them for a long time."

"This……"

"Haven't you done it?"

"No……"

"Will you do it?"

"will not."

"Then you're not smart."

"..."

Cats are ignorant of worldly affairs, and know nothing of suffering in the world.

But then again, as a cat, she only needs to know the suffering in the cat world, so why should she know the suffering in the world?She is an open-minded cat who has experienced the sufferings of the cat world and is used to it. Why should she be so sad because of the suffering of the people in the world?It is rare to be so open-minded and pure, so why worry about it?

As he walked, the cat had already begun to teach the swallow the secret of making wax worms.

Swallow was stunned for a while, and dared not answer.

The Taoist continued to walk ahead. Hearing these words, he couldn't help but feel a little more relaxed after seeing the suffering along the way.

In fact, this is the case--

It's not that Taoists are so detached, uninfected by worldly affairs, and they are still calm when they see the sufferings of the world. It is really a good medicine to heal the heart with such a cat by their side.

The prosperity of the world is to be seen, but not lingering. The suffering of the world is also objective, but there is no need to sink into it.A person with a firm mind, since he is not confused by the outside world, is not trapped by it.A busy life is only a hundred years. No matter how long the Taoists of Fulong Temple walk in the world, no matter how much they change the world, in the end, they will return to the Yin-Yang Mountain to be themselves.

If you ask how you feel at this moment, the Taoist only hopes that you can meet the swordsman you know in front of you.

(End of this chapter)