The game starts with escaping from the famine and flipping the table

Azure Continent.

Southern Region.

Qingxi Town, a border town.

Qingxi Town is adjacent to the Misty Forest. The town is mostly inhabited by ordinary hunters and herbalists, with a few spiritualists who know rudimentary alchemy skills.

Su Xiaoya lives in Qingxi Town.

They make a living by growing medicinal herbs.

At this moment, Su Xiaoya stood in front of the medicinal herb field, looking at it in confusion, her mind a little blank.

What was she about to do?

"Little girl, hurry up! If it gets any later, our caravan will be setting off soon!" A young boy's hoarse voice rang out from the neighbor's courtyard on the left.

"Zhao Yu, don't rush us. If we can't make it in time, we can just sell it to Baoyuan Pavilion." The boy from the neighboring courtyard on the right spoke in a clear and cheerful voice, almost as soon as Zhao Yu finished speaking.

"Lin Hu! Can you stop sabotaging us? Our caravan is going really far this time, and the prices are definitely much higher than at Baoyuan Pavilion in town."

Su Xiaoya then came to her senses and, while answering, ran into the medicinal herb field to pick herbs.

She survives on these medicinal herbs!

From a young age, Su Xiaoya had a special connection with the spirits of flowers and plants, and could sense the flow of spiritual energy. The spiritual herbs she cultivated were of the highest quality in the town, and her reputation spread far and wide.

Unfortunately, this little girl had a difficult life; both her parents passed away when she was still an infant.

Fifteen years ago, Grandpa Su, who was lame and ill, brought her, who was in swaddling clothes, to Qingxi Town and settled there, becoming a medicinal herb farmer.

When Su Xiaoya was five years old, her grandfather passed away, leaving her to live alone.

Fortunately, Qingxi Town is like a paradise, peaceful and undisturbed, with simple and honest folk, and kind-hearted neighbors.

Su Xiaoya was also very intelligent. With the help of her neighbors, she grew up safely to the age of fifteen, thanks to her superb skills in growing medicinal herbs.

Although Qingyuan Town is an ordinary town, the surrounding misty forest is home to many low-level spirits and monsters—including tree spirits, blue fox demons, wind wolf demons, mighty golden apes, and golden monkeys…

The inner perimeter of the Misty Forest is the dwelling place of low-level demons and spirits. Their strength is mostly at the first or second tier, equivalent to the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment realms of humans.

Fortunately, the spirits in the Misty Forest all obeyed the orders of their leader, the Tree Spirit, and strictly adhered to the ancient precept of "not harming mortals and protecting the spiritual veins," maintaining a friendly relationship with Qingxi Town for generations.

The leader of the spirits, the Tree Spirit, is the spirit of an unknown ancient tree that has lived for ten thousand years. It has witnessed the glory of the Source Spirit Clan and is acquainted with Su Xiaoya's ancestors.

It was thanks to the tree spirit's guarantee that Su Xiaoya and her grandfather were able to settle down in Qingyuan Town and quickly integrate into the community.

The hunters of Qingyuan Town only hunt common wild animals such as pheasants, rabbits, and deer on the outskirts of the Misty Forest, and sell the pelts to Baoyuan Pavilion in town. The chicken, rabbit, and venison, besides being consumed by their own families, are sent to butcher shops and restaurants in town to exchange for spirit pearls to buy necessities.

Yes, the Spirit Pearl!

Although Qingyuan Town is a small town for ordinary people, its currency is not gold, silver, or copper coins, but spirit pearls.

These are scraps from the mining process of Ling Shi stone, which are then processed into granules the size of soybeans.

One low-grade spirit stone can be exchanged for 1000 spirit beads.

One mid-grade spirit stone can be exchanged for 100 low-grade spirit stones.

One high-grade spirit stone can be exchanged for 100 mid-grade spirit stones.

One top-grade spirit stone can be exchanged for 100 high-grade spirit stones.

Humans and spirits live in peace and harmony, and on the seventh day of each month, they open a market on the shore of Blue Mist Lake on the outskirts of the Misty Forest to exchange goods.

Of course, spirit stones and spirit pearls can be exchanged in the market, or goods can be bartered.

Apart from Su Xiaoya and her granddaughter, who are outsiders, the other residents of Qingxi Town have lived there for generations.

It was precisely because of the protection of the tree spirits in the Misty Forest that Su Xiaoya was able to grow up safely and almost never suffered any grievances.

The 15th day of the tenth lunar month.

Su Xiaoya turned fifteen and came of age.

A night of full moon, a night of homesickness.

Under the old locust tree in the courtyard, on the stone table, lay an open jar of her best osmanthus wine of the year, along with three wine cups crafted from polished bamboo.

The wine glass has an extremely smooth surface.

It's clear that it wasn't newly polished.

Since Su Xiaoya was seven years old, every year on her birthday when the moon is high in the sky, she would open a jar of the best osmanthus wine and pour three cups for her grandfather.

A toast to Heaven!

A toast to the earth!

A toast to Grandpa!

May Grandpa be safe and sound, whether he goes to the heavens or the underworld!

The fragrance of osmanthus wine instantly filled the courtyard.

Su Xiaoya sat down silently and looked up at the bright moon.

Although Su Xiaoya no longer knew where her hometown was.

For her, the word "parents" was nothing more than a few words on paper.

Only her grandfather protected her as she grew up through thick and thin...

But in the end, he also left her.

Tears fell unnoticed.

The bright moon in the sky also became blurry and indistinct.

Suddenly, the ancient locust tree beside me seemed to be enchanted, emitting a faint but mysterious light.

Immediately afterwards, a vibrant green locust leaf drifted down from the branch without warning, as if drawn by some invisible force, flying straight toward Su Xiaoya's forehead.

When the light leaf gently touched Su Xiaoya's skin, a chill quickly spread throughout her body from the point of contact, making her shiver involuntarily.

Coming to her senses, Su Xiaoya subconsciously reached out to touch her forehead, but a strange thing happened—she couldn't touch anything!

The locust leaf that should have landed on my hand vanished without a trace, as if by magic.

What's even more surprising is that it seems to have penetrated Su Xiaoya's skin and gone straight into her forehead!

Before Su Xiaoya could even feel surprised and confused by this bizarre scene, a series of unfamiliar and complicated pieces of information surged into the depths of her mind like a tidal wave.

This information came so suddenly that Su Xiaoya could hardly bear the impact it had on her.

Gradually, as her thoughts cleared, Su Xiaoya finally understood the truth hidden behind everything that was happening before her eyes:

It turns out that this place called Qingyuan Town is not an ordinary town for mortals, but the place where the descendants of the Yuanling Clan lived for generations in ancient times.

Su Xiaoya then understood why the common currency in the mortal town was the spirit pearl.

The ancient locust tree, towering into the clouds in the center of the town, is the location of the bloodline totem that the Yuanling people regard as sacred and inviolable.

Legend has it that beneath this giant tree lies a mysterious altar capable of awakening the special abilities of the Source Spirit Clan…

However, for thousands of years, the altar has never been activated.

So, no one knows whether it's true or false. It's passed down from generation to generation, from mouth to mouth, as if it were an obsession.

That's all.

It seems that even the people of Qingyuan Town themselves don't believe any more of this.

However, whether you believe it or not, every household in Qingyuan Town, regardless of wealth or the size of their courtyard, plants a locust tree in their home.

They will only plant one locust tree.

It seems that this is a symbol unique to the family heritage of Qingyuan Town—a kind of spiritual sustenance.

At that very moment, just as the locust tree in her yard was shining with a strange light, all the other locust trees in Qingyuan Town also began to emit a faint glow, like twinkling stars in the night sky.

Including the old locust tree in the town center!

This caused a stir throughout the entire town of Qingyuan.

In that fleeting moment, as if time had frozen, everyone was bewildered and wondering what kind of deity had caused such an earth-shattering celestial omen.

In this peaceful and tranquil town, the elderly residents, weathered by time and weathered by the years, know full well:

They have passed down a mysterious ancient saying through generations: "When bloodlines awaken, celestial signs appear, and ancient spirits connect heaven and earth."

When the ancient and vigorous locust tree in the center of the town suddenly emitted a strange light and trembled, people were astonished to find that the blood in their bodies began to stir!

At the same time, the remnants of the Source Spirit Clan, who had been silently guarding the altar, seemed to sense some kind of call and gradually awoke from their long slumber...

Ever since the day she turned fifteen and a locust tree leaf crawled into Su Xiaoya's forehead, Su Xiaoya has been trapped in a bizarre and strange dream every night.

In the dream, countless unfamiliar and ancient characters emerged like a tidal wave, these characters were as intricate as tadpole script.

But what's truly astonishing is that Su Xiaoya could understand them effortlessly!

So these are the long-lost ancient languages ​​of the Source Spirit Clan!

What's even more unbelievable is that whenever night falls and a bright moon hangs high in the sky, the old locust tree in her yard will glow whenever Su Xiaoya's mood fluctuates slightly.

The intensity of the light was synchronized with the fluctuations in Su Xiaoya's emotions.

The key point is that as long as the old locust tree in the Su family courtyard shines, all the locust trees in the entire town will light up, including the towering tree in the center of the town.

Qingyuan Town is quietly beginning to change.