It wasn't until the village chief introduced himself that she realized what was going on.

"My two esteemed immortals, I am Li Ergou, the current village chief of Li Family Village."

I was unaware of your esteemed presence, two celestial beings. Please forgive my failure to greet you properly!

"May I ask, esteemed immortals, are you also here to visit the Flower Fairy's temple?"

Shijin was astonished!

This is Li Ergou, the darkest, thinnest, earliest riser, and most hardworking man in that village.

Not bad, you've made something of yourself, becoming a village chief!

Li Ergou is now fatter and stronger.

However, just by looking at the hoe in his hand and the sweat on his hair, you could tell that the position of village chief had not changed his hardworking nature.

Shijin looked at Li Ergou, who was now dark-skinned and chubby, and nodded in approval.

Li Ergou was overjoyed to receive Shijin's praise. He felt excited and even more energetic when he went to hoe the ground later!

However, from his repeated use of "Great Immortal Master," it was clear that he did not recognize that Shijin was Li Dahua.

However, Assorted didn't care much.

She's dressed in men's clothing now, and half of her face is covered by a mask. Not to mention him, even Duoduo didn't recognize her at first.

But what do you mean by "also visiting the Flower Fairy's temple"? Many people have visited it before.

Wait, a flower fairy?

she???

Then, Li Ergou respectfully led the two of them to the barren mountain behind the village.

However, the barren mountain is no longer called the barren mountain; it now has a new name.

It has a grand name: Dahua Mountain.

Uh, those who know... know.

Yaochi Duoduo's expression clearly showed that she was trying not to laugh after hearing the name of the mountain, and Shijin felt that even her mask couldn't hide her embarrassment.

There is a Flower Fairy Temple on Dahua Mountain.

The temple is not large.

From a distance, you could see about a dozen people carrying bricks and tiles inside.

According to Li Ergou, the villagers are expanding the Flower Fairy Temple.

Shijin glanced inside.

There was a group of people carrying the bronze statues out of the room.

Shijin looked at Li Ergou with confusion: "Does expanding the temple require moving the bronze statue?"

Upon hearing this, Li Ergou immediately became proud.

He said, "To be honest, Your Excellency, thanks to the Flower Fairy, Li Family Village has been developing better and better in recent decades, and the villagers are extremely grateful to the Flower Fairy!"

So a few years ago, the villagers spontaneously petitioned, and every household contributed money and effort, and everyone personally sculpted a golden statue for the Flower Fairy!

With the new statue in place, the old bronze one was naturally replaced...

Assorted: ?

A golden statue?!

She tentatively asked Li Ergou, "Golden body? Does it mean the surface is coated with a layer of gold paint?"

However, Li Ergou became even more proud: "No, no, no, it's pure gold! It's cast entirely from pure gold inside and out!"

Assorted:!

Yaochi Duoduo: !

Shijin seemed to have already heard Yaochi Duoduo gasp.

"Ahem, ahem, well, Li Dahua is quite famous in our cultivation world."

I had heard before that when she was in the mortal realm, she had also helped a poor village to open up a river.

But... can a river really make you live so well? Shijin asked her question.

Upon hearing this, Li Ergou became even more energetic.

He puffed out his chest so high it almost looked like an inverted C, as if afraid others wouldn't notice his pride!

"Your Excellency, you may not know this! Our Flower Fairy did much more than just create rivers for us!"

Back then, our village couldn't get enough water, and our crops weren't enough to last through the winter!

When the Flower Fairy found out, she rushed back from the Celestial Realm and specially opened up a river for us to irrigate!

You wouldn't believe it, but since then, no one in our village has ever starved to death in winter!

When she heard that our village was poor, she specially brought me a lot of livestock and distributed them to every household!

Since then, our village has not only been able to have enough food, but has also developed animal husbandry!

From then on, every holiday season, we always ate big meat dumplings!

In the past, the people in our village were illiterate and uneducated, and because of this, they were often looked down upon.

When the Flower Fairy found out, she contributed money and effort, personally supporting our village's first runner-up!

That was the second-place scholar personally selected by the current emperor! He was second only to the top scholar!

Even after the second-place scholar was bestowed an official title by the Emperor, he didn't forget us. He used the gold and silver bestowed by the Emperor to build bridges and pave roads for Li Family Village!

They even specially invited a famous teacher from Kyoto to open a private school in the village so that every child in every household could study!

The children did not disappoint the Flower Fairy's expectations. Over the years, Li Family Village has produced another second-place scholar and a third-place scholar!

Furthermore, the Flower Fairy taught us medicine, specifically for treating hysteria. Just bury it in the ground and then cover it up—it has miraculous effects!

Li Ergou talked on and on, as if he were very proud!

Yaochi Duoduo listened with surprise, her expression shifting from suppressing a laugh to one of astonishment. In the end, she frequently glanced at Shijin, her eyes filled with admiration.

Shijin felt incredibly embarrassed.

Ah, I feel really embarrassed...

This might be called... an unexpected but fruitful outcome?

Seeing Yaochi Duoduo's increasingly admiring gaze, Shijin felt a mix of embarrassment and unconscious joy.

It is said that a woman's love for a man usually begins with admiration.

Looking at Duoduo's eyes, is she about to fall in love with him?

Huh?

Has my plan to win over the female lead taken another step forward?

Because of Li Ergou's helpful assistance, Shijin cast an admiring glance at him.

But Li Ergou didn't know that the praise was for him.

He assumed that Shijin also admired the Flower Fairy, so he praised her even more enthusiastically.

He really praises everything.

In the end, even the postpartum care of the sow at Old Wu's house next door was somehow attributed to the Flower Fairy.

Shijin dared not listen anymore; it was too outrageous. So, she interrupted Li Ergou.

"Village Chief Li, Fellow Daoist Hua's deeds are truly admirable! Oh my, but speaking of such a huge golden statue, how much gold must have been used! Don't you feel any remorse at all?"

She skillfully steered the conversation away from the topic, afraid that Li Ergou would continue talking about postpartum care for sows.

Little did they know, Li Ergou was constantly talking about his Flower Fairy.

Li Ergou: "My lord, you are unaware of the truth! This entire Golden Mountain was left to us by the Flower Fairy and her companion before they left!"

But now we can only mine a small portion to sculpt the golden statue of the Flower Fairy! We are ashamed enough! How could we possibly feel reluctant?!

We wish we had more manpower, more advanced smelting technology, and could extract even more gold!

"At that time, let alone the golden statue of the Flower Fairy! We want to make every single brick and tile of the entire Flower Fairy Temple out of pure gold!"

Assorted: !!!

Jin, Jinshan?

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