pertwk Chapter 2332 The Earth Mother's Target
Chapter 2332 The Earth Mother's Target
Chapter 2332 The Earth Mother's Target
Even He Lingchuan couldn't answer the mine inspector's cries. Aunt Zhu stepped forward and said to him:
"This is the monster we're tracking. Tell me, they must have a leader, right?"
"Yes!" said the mine supervisor. "It's a huge stone figure, five zhang tall, as if it were made of mud and stone, and it's covered with moss, mushrooms, and small trees!"
"The day it descended, it personally devoured the city lord! Its demons followed suit, devouring officials in broad daylight, as if holding a banquet. Everyone who saw it was terrified." The mining supervisor swallowed hard. "The other demons all called it 'Mother!' I only saw it once, and afterwards it stayed in that strange city and never showed its face again."
“It really is Mother Earth.” Dong Rui nodded. “That strange city should be Jade Capital City.”
Aunt Zhu said, "The Earth Mother may not always stay in the city; it's just that mortals don't know where she is."
“I am the mine supervisor, and I have to deal with monsters when transporting ore,” the mine supervisor continued. “I heard them say that not long after the Mother Goddess woke up, she complained that the local mines had been drained, so she wanted to find another source of mystic crystals. She also said that the operation of the monster city was very costly.”
Giant monsters like the Earth Mother have an enormous need for spiritual energy and mystic crystals, and they also have a large group of monsters under their command, so they have to share in the benefits as well.
When the boss eats the meat, shouldn't the underlings get a sip of soup?
"So these monsters led the entire Jade Capital City out and plundered the Xuanjing mines everywhere?"
"Shaocheng is the third city they have occupied. The first two were Wuzhou in the northwest and Chongning Kingdom. Their leader probably wants to occupy a larger country with more people and more Xuanjing mines."
Aunt Zhu said to Dong Rui, "This Earth Mother is even more outrageous than your snail toad. She doesn't just carry a shell on her back, she carries an entire city!"
The Soul-Capturing Mirror clicked its tongue twice: "Is this Earth Mother some kind of oversized snail-toad?"
He Lingchuan thought for a moment:
"Do you know that Shaocheng belongs to Lingshan?"
“I know, I know!” the mine supervisor nodded. “The former city lord was able to secure his position only because he had the support of Mount Ling. Otherwise, in this chaotic world, in this chaotic world…”
He didn't say anything more.
In this chaotic world, small forces like Shaocheng are easily preyed upon if they can't find a powerful patron.
“Our Xuanjing ore is mined and refined, and Lingshan sends people to collect it every two months.” As the mining supervisor, he naturally knew many details that the city's residents were unaware of. “The price is about 30% lower than the market price, but Lingshan will provide protection to Shaocheng and also bring supplies and weapons from the outside world!”
Generally speaking, with the protection of Lingshan Mountain, Shaocheng is much safer. After all, there are no particularly powerful local forces in the surrounding area.
But he never expected that even Shao Cheng's attempt to curry favor with a powerful figure would be futile in the face of the Earth Mother's calamity!
Aunt Zhu asked a crucial question: "What was Lingshan's reaction during the period when Shaocheng was occupied?"
Mount Ling cannot simply ignore the Earth Mother; otherwise, with such a bad example, all the great demons will be able to disregard her in the future.
If you accept protection money from others, you must fulfill your responsibility to protect them; otherwise, it will severely damage the prestige of Lingshan.
"There were two battles. Many people came from outside the city, they seemed to be immortals, and the supernatural powers they released were all accompanied by light... but they couldn't defeat the monster city, they either died or fled."
He Lingchuan pressed further, "How did you know they were sent by Lingshan?"
Dong Rui understood his unspoken meaning: it might be a demon.
"Ah, I heard them cursing during the battle, saying that Mount Ling would not let such a scum as the Earth Mother go, and so on, and then they were eaten."
Do you know which sects have sent them?
The mining supervisor stammered, "I don't know, I rarely leave Shaocheng."
Nowadays, the wilderness and countryside are not safe. Ordinary people rarely leave the protection of cities unless they follow large caravans along official roads.
Dong Rui asked quickly, "Has Mother Earth had any other visitors recently?"
Did those two gods come?
The mining inspector shook his head: "I don't know, I spend most of my time in the mine."
"You don't even know where Mother Earth is going?"
"No..." The mining supervisor was shaking his head, then remembered something and his shaking slowed down. "Oh right, when I went to deliver the last batch of Xuanjing ore the day before yesterday, I heard some monsters say as soon as I entered that they were going to Shen Kingdom, to some desert. At that time, I was happy, thinking that these plague gods were leaving, and that the people of Shaocheng could finally get rid of them?"
Little did they know, they had no intention of saying goodbye at all, but instead simply stuffed everyone into their stomachs and took them away!
Shen Kingdom? Desert? Upon hearing these two keywords, He Lingchuan's expression changed.
There are two or three deserts around Shen Kingdom, but the only one He Lingchuan could think of was Panlong Desert!
What is the Earth Mother doing in the Panlong Desert? There are no Xuanjing ore veins there.
Aunt Zhu shook her head: "The Earth Mother is really old-fashioned, still using practices from ancient times."
In ancient times, powerful demons roamed freely, disregarding the law. What was it to devour an entire city's inhabitants? Without the protection of powerful demons from immortal sects or other extraordinary forces, ordinary people could easily become meat on a chopping block.
In today's world, powerful demons rarely do this anymore, for obvious reasons. But the Earth Mother's power allows her to retain her unbridled nature.
He Lingchuan pondered, "How long did it sleep before it woke up?"
The Blood Demon replied, "If nothing unexpected happens, given its power, it will take at least seven or eight hundred years, and I don't know if it will be intermittent in between."
The stronger a being was in ancient times, the more difficult it was for them to endure the scarcity of spiritual energy, forcing them to fall into a long slumber.
"If it had been dormant for many years, how would it know about the Panlong Desert? Why would it go to the Shen Kingdom?"
The Panlong Desert was originally a wasteland, only becoming a desert after the fall of Panlong City, making it only a little over a hundred years old. If Mother Earth had been asleep for hundreds of years, how could she know of the Panlong Desert's existence?
Aunt Zhu speculated: "Or perhaps it has a clone that is active in the human world."
The main body of Mother Earth may be asleep, while perhaps her weaker avatars remain awake?
He Lingchuan said slowly, "Or perhaps, someone told it."
"Are you talking about a person or a god?" Dong Rui understood what he was talking about.
He Lingchuan stood up, and the mining supervisor saw him take out a flute and start playing it.
Strangely, there was no sound.
Do you have any relatives nearby?
"My second uncle lives in Cun County, which is a hundred miles away."
“Go and seek refuge with him.” He Lingchuan glanced at Dong Rui, who then took out a water pouch, dry rations, and two gold and silver ingots. “If nothing unexpected happens, the Earth Mother will not come again.”
The mining supervisor thanked him with tears in his eyes.
Soon, a flock of giant cranes flew in from the horizon and slowly landed in front of the crowd. The wind from their flapping wings made the mine supervisor's hair dance wildly.
He Lingchuan then sent a large crane to take the unfortunate man to the village county, and then he returned to his clan.
Dong Rui put away the demon puppet, and the two of them, along with a spider, rode a crane into the sky, heading towards the Shen Kingdom.
"Let's go, let's revisit this place."
(End of this chapter)