Transmigrating to another world, starting as a mountain god

The four of them rode in a carriage, heading towards the capital of the Great Yue Kingdom.

The territory of the Great Yue Kingdom is vast, far surpassing that of small countries like the Qian Kingdom.

The journey was long, and after only half a month, Li Yuan and his group discovered that the Great Yue Kingdom was in chaos.

The recent days are the Moon Wine Festival in the Great Yue Kingdom.

This should have been a joyous festival for ordinary people to decorate their homes with lanterns and gather in the market.

However, with the insect plague, the once lively festival was reduced to chaos.

The people surrounded the government office, complaining bitterly.

When the insect infestation first appeared, some honest people reported it to the government, hoping that the authorities would take notice.

The response from the government of the Great Yue Kingdom was that they would consult the mountain god.

At that time, the people were skeptical, but they did not cause trouble. Instead, they worked peacefully and obediently.

Even as the insect plague intensified and ravaged the region, the government of the Great Yue Kingdom remained completely silent.

The people had no choice but to fight the insect plague and protect their crops.

until......

The horrific insect plague directly devoured many of the people who remained in the fields.

After the swarm of insects swept through, those civilians who couldn't escape in time were left with their bones riddled with holes from being eaten.

From then on, the people dared not confront the pests head-on anymore.

But when they sought help from the government, the response they received was:

The mountain gods say this is the work of some spirits and wild deities, retribution for mortals' slaughter of other living beings and wanton abuse of resources!

The people were grieving. They were just living peacefully and lawfully, so why were they suffering retribution from monsters and wild gods?

Now, the Great Yue Kingdom has suffered a complete crop failure, and its people are short of food and rice, making it impossible for them to continue living.

Government offices throughout the Great Yue Kingdom were completely blocked.

The insect infestation has been going on for over a month, but the government has still taken no action.

The Great Yue Kingdom has grain reserves, and the government granaries contain a large amount of grain.

However, the government did not provide relief to the people or open the granaries to distribute grain!

The famine had already begun, and the more rational people were simply waiting for government aid.

Some of the more impulsive ones have already started looting and vandalizing.

However, even though chaos was breaking out everywhere, the government of the Great Yue Kingdom still did nothing.

Those who were wealthy and powerful went to inquire, only to receive a surprising answer:

'It's not time yet!'

Furthermore, they were strictly forbidden from uttering these words.

When Li Yuan and his companions reached the core area of ​​the Great Yue Kingdom, more than a month had passed, and a complete famine had broken out among the people.

They had thought the situation would be better in the core area of ​​the Great Yue Kingdom, but they found that the situation was even more serious!

Li Yuan and his companions were traveling in a carriage when they were robbed by many starving people.

They didn't blame these people for feeling disgusted; they simply silently withdrew their spells.

The tall horse pulling the cart was a magical illusion and should not be taken seriously.

Li Yuan and his companions switched to walking, doing their best to help the people they encountered.

However, money has lost much of its value.

Because the government closed its granaries, money could no longer buy grain.

Even the rich were drinking thin porridge, so you can imagine how difficult life was for ordinary people.

Displaced people rose up everywhere, and people suffered everywhere.

Without food, no one can stay at home comfortably.

Many people have already started peeling tree bark and eating grass roots.

However, even so, no deity or immortal appeared in the Great Yue Kingdom to guide the mortals through this calamity.

The people gradually lost hope.

The immortals and gods of the Great Yue Kingdom have always been aloof and rarely concern themselves with mortal affairs.

Now, the government is inexplicably standing aside.

This time, it seems the Great Yue Kingdom will truly be littered with corpses.

Emotions are contagious.

When people receive no help or hope, despair breeds evil thoughts.

Evil spirits will be born from people's hearts, adding fuel to the already chaotic vortex.

The people began attacking and robbing each other.

Whoever had grain became the target of the displaced people.

When you're starving, you're almost going crazy. Who cares if you're a good person or not!

Some people, driven by hunger, even blocked the road and tried to snatch Li Xiaoan and Zhengtai Biao.

Seeing the delicate skin of Li Xiaoan and Zhengtai Biao, their eyes turned completely red.

Li Yuan simply flicked his finger, which sent these people flying back without harming them.

At this point, the refugees realized that Li Yuan and his group were no ordinary people; they were probably extraordinary individuals.

They immediately dared not provoke them.

Zhang Tiansheng, on the other hand, was puzzled: "Why were they trying to snatch the children?"

Li Yuan could only sigh:

"When people are hungry for a long time, they need to eat meat."

Zhengtai Biao didn't care at all.

Even Li Xiaoan could only sigh and grip Li Yuan's hand even tighter.

One was a powerful demon, accustomed to the hunting and killing of wild beasts and creatures, and felt nothing about this matter; the other was once a beggar, who had suffered countless hardships and dangers.

But Zhang Tiansheng trembled all over:

"Such a thing could happen?"

Li Yuan flicked his finger, repelling another group of people who rushed forward to snatch the children, and shook his head with a sigh:

"Exchanging children to eat..."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Tiansheng gently closed his eyes.

In the magnificent Heavenly Court, he sat high above the nine heavens, overlooking the Three Realms.

No matter how much suffering there is in the mortal world, when it is presented in the memorials, it is only a sentence: "The people are suffering terribly and their pain is unbearable."

But they never mentioned how many lives were lost and how unbearable the suffering was!

Looking at the emaciated refugees before him, their bodies reduced to skeletons, and at the people whose eyes were bloodshot with hunger, this ruler of the Three Realms, the supreme Heavenly Emperor, felt a slight wavering in his heart.

Is it really a good thing for gods and immortals to be high above everyone else?

But in just a moment, the Heavenly Emperor gathered his thoughts.

He still believed that without the rule of immortals and gods, the world would only become more chaotic.

"All the relief efforts are ultimately just a drop in the ocean," Li Yuan sighed, while also explaining the meaning of "a drop in the ocean" to Li Xiaoan.

The other two had never heard of the term either.

However, after Li Yuan explained it, they felt that it was extremely appropriate to use it to describe the scene at this moment.

Even though Li Yuan was a deity, he couldn't conjure food out of thin air.

What use would it be to provide relief funds or use immortal power to nourish the sick mortals in the current situation of the Great Yue Kingdom?

"Go directly to the capital of the Great Yue Kingdom and see for yourself. If the gods and immortals of the Great Yue Kingdom do not appear and the people suffer without anyone caring, I will definitely report this to the heavens!"

Zhang Tiansheng's face was serious, and his voice was heavy.

The group found a secluded spot, and Zhengtai Biao used his magic to rise into the air on a cloud.

Soon, the group arrived at the capital of the Great Yue Kingdom.

Unexpectedly, the capital was in complete chaos, with conflicts erupting everywhere!

The population here is very dense, and the consumption of food is enormous. Without the government opening the granaries, many people have already starved to death, died of disease, or even been burned, killed, and looted!

The land surrounding the capital had been hollowed out by the starving people, and the trees had been stripped of their bark.

The people have eaten everything they could stomach.

The government of the Great Yue Kingdom never took any action.

Those anxious people begging for food were treated as if they were insignificant ants.

"Has the royal family of the Great Yue Kingdom gone mad?"

Li Yuan spat out a mouthful of anger, utterly bewildered.

They arrived in the capital and saw blood-stained streets and refugees everywhere.

A little girl, only a few years old, lay silently in the corner, her hands and feet mutilated, her flesh gone.

Beside her was an elderly man with a limp.

The old man was starving, emaciated, and hesitated, struggling, but still walked toward the little girl's body with bloodshot eyes...

Many people, suffering from severe illnesses due to the famine, were forcibly driven to one place, where they eked out a living, covered in filth and excrement, their bodies reeking of excrement.

Around those who are seriously ill, there are people waiting.

Quietly, greedily waiting.

Furthermore, the aroma of meat wafted from one of the houses, where a group of emaciated people were tightly surrounding it, filling the room as if they were waiting for something.

They swallowed hard, their faces showing guilt and reluctance, but even more so, a deep longing.

Li Yuan closed his eyes tightly, unwilling to look at this hellish scene any longer.

If a country's royal family and government completely disregard the lives of its people, what are they supposed to do?

"If the emperor cannot see the suffering of the common people, are the officials of the Great Yue Kingdom also blind and deaf?"

"Those immortals, they all close their eyes and ears, ignoring the suffering of mortals. Do they just pretend it never happened?!"

Li Yuan trembled all over, enraged.

For the first time, I was truly angry.