In ancient times, they secretly became gods in the deep mountains.

Chapter 9 Plant Recovery, Eating Grass

As planned, Gu Yuexi distributed the rainwater in two separate showers around Shenque.

"Rumble--"

Dark clouds covered the top of Qihuang Mountain, and torrential rain poured down.

"Gousheng, listen, isn't there thunder?" Gousheng's mother was soaking dry grass in the yard with rainwater she had collected during the rain. This was the food for the three of them for the day.

Suddenly, a rumbling sound came from my ears, the sound was distant and faint.

She looked up and saw a clear blue sky with a blazing sun.

Having just experienced a downpour, she had a gut feeling that thunder was about to fall somewhere, and asked her son, Gousheng, with some uncertainty.

Gou Sheng listened carefully, then suddenly ran out of the house.

"Hey! Where are you going again, kid?" Gousheng's mother tried to call out to her son, but when she reached the door, Gousheng had already disappeared.

She sighed helplessly; her son had always been a whirlwind.

Zhang Gousheng ran all the way up the mountain.

Under the blazing sun, I was covered in sweat.

During the three-year drought, villagers rarely left their homes except to search for water and food, as the sun was so scorching that many died under its rays.

"It's the Golden Saintess! It must be the goddess displaying her divine powers again," Zhang Gousheng muttered confidently to himself.

"Boom~~"

"Whoosh!"

The closer you get to the Golden Sacred Palace, the more the heat in the air gradually disappears.

"Wow~"

Standing not far from the Divine Palace, Zhang Gousheng smiled as he looked towards the Divine Palace of the Golden Saintess.

"It really is!" he chuckled foolishly.

Suddenly, a miracle occurred before his eyes.

The cracked land was washed and cleansed by the torrential rain, the cracks began to heal, and the dead grass and trees on the soil grew and revived as if in spring.

In an instant, flowers and plants sprouted on the dark soil, and the whole world seemed to come alive.

Plants are reviving deep in Qihuang Mountain.

The hard, dry soil beneath Zhang Gousheng's feet softened, and looking down, he saw that the previously cracked land had sprouted vegetation.

He was standing on a pile of flowers and plants.

"Your Majesty has displayed extraordinary powers!"

He knelt on the ground and kowtowed several times.

He picked a handful of green grass and returned to Peach Blossom Village.

Once they emerged from the depths of Qihuang Mountain, the blazing sun once again loomed overhead. "Mother! Grandpa Village Chief, look what I brought!"

The village chief's house and Zhang Gousheng's house are next to each other.

Gou Sheng's mother was complaining to the village chief's wife about her son being too active.

A group of elderly women were huddled together, soaking hay and tree bark in water while chatting with each other.

During droughts, people suffer because they have no crops to tend to. They often sit together and share their grievances.

"Dog's mom, your dog, Dog, is here."

"Huh? Why is this child all wet? Did he spill the rainwater I collected?" Gou Sheng's mother's heart skipped a beat.

"Mother! Look what I brought back!" Zhang Gousheng proudly presented the green grass in his arms to his mother.

Gou Sheng's mother exclaimed, her attention drawn to the object in Gou Sheng's arms.

The village chief and his wife were both there.

"This... grass, this is lush green grass!" The village chief's wife gasped when she saw it.

"What are you saying, old woman?"

The village chief was hard of hearing, but he could usually hear people around him talking. But right now, he felt like he was really deaf.

Otherwise, how could he have heard his wife mentioning green grass?

There was no lush green grass at all.

In a drought, having a handful of dry grass that is edible is a luxury.

"Oh my goodness!" the village chief's wife exclaimed excitedly, hurriedly asking, "This is fresh grass, where did Gousheng find it?"

"Damn it!" Gou Sheng's mother's pupils widened in shock.

Gou Sheng grabbed a handful of grass and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing as he said, "Deep in the Seven Luminaries Mountain, it's raining around the Golden Saintess's Immortal Palace. That rain must be from the goddess using her supernatural powers; the raindrops are crystal clear and have a golden divine light."

“The place was covered with green grass and trees, and I saw that the dead trees had come back to life.”

“We’ve already paid our respects to the goddess, so we can go there to eat grass.”

"Really?!" People gathered around, staring longingly at the green grass in Zhang Gou's arms.

Zhang Gousheng divided a handful among everyone.

Everyone who tried it found it incredibly sweet!
"Delicious, delicious! I haven't eaten such sweet grass in years."

"Waaah, village chief, let's hurry up and find some time to go and worship the goddess. I can't wait to run to the goddess's place and eat grass."

"Let's go up the mountain the day after tomorrow. Let's not rush and disturb the goddess's cultivation," the village chief said, chewing on some green grass.

"After the people of Peach Blossom Village have finished worshipping the Goddess, we will ask her if we can bring people from other villages to eat grass together."

(End of this chapter)