I am a fairy

Chapter 41 Listening to Thunder
Yunbi Mountain.

Recently, villagers from several villages at the foot of the sacred peak and mountain dwellers from the newly moved villages often do strange things on the road or on the hillside.

A caravan came along the river and went through the main road to the county seat of Xihe County.

When they were about to leave the mountains, the merchants saw several people lying motionless on the side of the road. They thought that bandits had killed someone and abandoned the body in the wild.

Everyone was in a panic and worried.

"There's a thief."

"careful!"

The carriages and horses carrying goods stopped one after another, and everyone gathered together to guard the surroundings.

But when they got closer, they found that those people were still alive, and everyone in the caravan breathed a sigh of relief.

It’s just that the postures of these people were too strange. They were crawling on the side of the road, with their ears pressed to the ground and their eyes wide open, concentrating intently.

It seemed as if it was spying on some secrets beneath the ground.

The leading merchant approached and asked the person lying on the ground: "Hey, what are you doing? Why are you lying on the ground for no reason?"

One of the men lying on the ground raised his head and told the merchant, “I’m listening to thunder!”

The merchant was even more puzzled: "If you want to hear thunder, you should stand up and listen. Why are you lying on the side of the road with your ear to the ground?"

The man said again, “Because this thunder does not come from the sky, but from the earth.”

When the merchant and his guards heard this answer, they immediately burst into laughter, thinking that this answer was too absurd and bizarre.

"I've heard of the ancient story of a man worried about the sky falling, but I always thought it was just a fabricated story. I didn't expect to encounter an absurd story today that is comparable to the story of a man worried about the sky falling."

"Hahahaha, listen to the thunder coming from underground, why is there thunder underground?"

"It's true."

"Are all the people in Xihe County so crazy?"

Before he could finish his words, his feet suddenly shook.

The first to be frightened were the horses. One by one, they neighed, and some raised their front hooves high and ran around in fear. Fortunately, they were held back by the grooms.

The driver was terrified: "What's going on? What's going on?"

Everyone jumped and ran in all directions, as if they were avoiding something, but the noise came from under their feet, and no matter how they hid, they could not escape the ground.

"It's thundering." That's for sure.

"Did you hear that?" The others heard it too.

"I heard it, I heard it, the thunder seems to be coming from underground." The visitors looked down at their feet.

“Is there really thunder underground?” The leading businessman could no longer laugh.

Everyone was more and more amazed, and began to follow the man's example, lying on the side of the road and listening to the noises underground with their ears pressed to the ground.

When they put their ears to the ground, paying no attention to the situation above the ground and focusing on the unknown depths, they heard strange sounds and could also faintly sense movements beneath the earth.

There was a faint roar coming from underground, like something boiling or someone roaring.

The more I listened to the sound, the more it seemed to come from the underworld.

It is definitely not the sound of the human world.

"I seem to hear the sound of running water."

"It's clearly the sound of water boiling."

"I was wrong. I clearly heard someone shouting."

"What the hell."

The more they listened, the more frightened and panicked they became. However, the more frightened they were, the more curious they became, and the more they wanted to listen.

Until another loud thunder was heard from underground.

"Boom!"

The ground trembled. Although the amplitude was not large, because they were close to the ground, they felt it particularly strongly.

It even felt like I couldn't hear any sound for a long time and my whole head was buzzing.

But at this moment, they were just shouting excitedly.

“It rang.”

"It's ringing!"

"It's ringing again."

"It really is thundering. It's thundering underground."

"I've learned a lot."

"There is no thunder in the sky, but there is thunder under the ground."

"How did the thunder get underground?" Although everyone listened for a long time, they still didn't understand. Besides, they still had to go on business, so they just regarded this as a strange thing and dispersed.

However, the news of thunder underground gradually spread.

Therefore, more and more people passed by the outer roads of Yunbi Mountain and listened to the ground.
Some people say: "The bottom of the Shenfeng is connected to Gui Bo's netherworld ghost city. The sound of the water below must be the sound of Huangquan, and the screams are the screams of the dead souls."

Some people also said: "The spring thunder in the sky disappeared. It was taken away by the gods and hidden underground."

Some even say: "The drought demon has been taken underground by the gods, who strike it with thunder every day. What we heard must be the sound of the gods striking the drought demon."
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On the sacred peak.

The wizard still entered the Shou Palace at dusk every day when day and night alternated, but he never saw that figure again.

As for the thunder underground, the witches in the Yunzhongjun Temple naturally talked about it.

The witches all felt that this matter must be related to Yun Zhongjun, but even so, they did not dare to be completely sure.

The only thing we can do is to ask the sorcerer.

In the shrine, a group of witches knelt under the curtain of the high altar.

"Witch, there are more and more rumors about thunder underground recently."

"Yes, today when I passed by the foot of the mountain, I saw many people lying on the side of the road with their ears to the ground. Some even came all the way from the city."

"If this matter is related to Yun Zhongjun, should we prohibit it?"

"That's right, no matter what, if a mortal were to spy on the Nine Netherworld, disaster would surely befall him."

Divine witch: "If it is related to Yunzhongjun, we should not ask if Yunzhongjun has not issued an order."

The witches: "I don't ask about the affairs of heaven and earth, I only ask whether I should care about the affairs of the human world."

The witch: "Wait for me to pray to the Cloud God."

It's dusk again.

The witch walked alone into the depths of the bamboo forest, but after thinking for a moment, she brought a pot of wine and a zither with her this time.

However, there was no response to the usual burning of incense, prayers and recitation of blessings.

The wizard thought that ordinary methods really didn't work. Perhaps only during grand ceremonies or special occasions would Yun Zhongjun take another look at the human world.

However, after she carried the copper incense burner through the Shou Palace Hall and filled the room with incense, she stayed a little longer.

She carefully served the wine and placed it in front of the cloud wall.

Then he sat cross-legged under the cloud wall and played the zither, which meant offering wine to the gods.

The sound of the piano is melodious.

A faint light gradually appeared in front of the cloud wall. The light was not very obvious, just like the moon in the sky slowly falling down.

As the moon set, a figure walked out of the light and was reflected on the wall of clouds.

"It's Yun Zhongjun."

She was a little nervous, but she continued to play the piano until the song was over.

She stood up and knelt, about to say something.

Yun Zhongjun already knew her intention and responded to her.

The light and shadow flowed, and each word was reflected on the cloud wall, clearly visible.

"This is not a human matter, and has nothing to do with you."

She knelt down, holding the piano, and said something.

"Yes!"

Since Yun Zhongjun said so, it means that they don’t need to do anything about this matter, and naturally there is no need to ask any more questions.

He hooked his fingers on the rope of the incense burner, carefully picked up the zither and turned away.

The witch's heart was still unsettled. She hadn't expected that Yun Zhongjun would really come, whether because she brought wine, because of her piano playing, or just because he wanted to tell her that sentence.

She thought of many things that had happened before, such as Yun Zhongjun's appearance to save Zhangjia Village where a statue of him was erected, leading the mud dragon into the river, and having the drought demon struck by lightning.

And when everyone was preparing for the living sacrifice, Yun Zhongjun just chose a jar of wine.

"Because you like wine?"

"It's because I don't like living sacrifices."

But no matter what, Yun Zhongjun did not accept the living sacrifice in the end.

perhaps.

Yun Zhongjun not only has an immortal and eternally youthful body, but also has boundless magical powers to call the wind and rain, and drive away dragons and thunder.

Sometimes I am just like other people, I like drinking and music.

There are also joys, anger, sorrows and happiness.

(End of this chapter)