I became an old man in my leisure time

Li Xiuer's mind was still clear.

Although she didn't find anyone searching outside, she still asked everyone to stay in the valley.

When she was bored, she cleaned the weeds or imagined practicing Push Mountain Palm in her mind.

It was not possible to practice with hands. Before the purple wheat was harvested, they had no food to practice martial arts.

But it was hard to let a group of half-grown children stay quietly in one place.

Li Xiuer thought of the old immortal, so she simply carved a statue out of wood and carved the word "agriculture" on the statue.

She couldn't carve and couldn't read, so the statue only had a rough human shape, the proportions were very strange, and the word "agriculture" was crooked, and it was difficult for people who could really read to recognize it.

But Li Xiuer was very careful and pious when carving.

After it was done, she said it was the old immortal, and a group of children looked at each other, and Xia Tieniu took the lead in licking... No, it was to support the village flower in his mind.

Then put the statue on a pit on the wall of the cave, and Li Xiuer led everyone to worship it.

It's called worship, but in fact no one understands it, it's just roughly carried out in the same way as worshipping ancestors.

No one pointed out the mistakes or omissions, after all, a group of children can't remember all of them.

If there are any differences, it's my own fault, it must not be the problem of Li Xiu'er, the big sister.

With this abstract statue of Shennong, a group of children have found spiritual sustenance.

If anyone feels depressed and irritable, they can come here to chat with the statue and pray for the blessing of the old god.

This is somewhat similar to a confession room. As long as the children tell their troubles to the statue, they will feel light-hearted.

Gu Ke, who is thousands of miles away, is a little confused: What is going on in Lijiagou?

Sanyue set up the god tablet early, and the worship on the same day gave him 2 units of soul source.

Then it was intermittent, and 1 unit of soul source was added every ten days, and the frequency even exceeded that of Xiongjia Village.

He didn't know that Li Xiuer had turned Shennong into a person to confide in. The children, who were used to believing in the old immortal, naturally accepted this change.

The piety of these children was much stronger than that of the people in Xiongjia Village, so they continued to provide him with soul sources.

At the end of June, Lijiagou suddenly worshipped collectively again and gave 4 units of soul sources.

Gu Ke had obtained 11 units of soul sources from the children in Lijiagou. The system prompted that the orphan of Lijiagou had condensed a causal coin.

This causal coin condensed the power of the children's wishes and could be used to purchase trading rights and then give the items back to them.

After a moment of surprise, Gu Ke finally came to his senses: System baby, are you obviously asking me to make additional investments?

With a thought, he took this causal coin out of the system.

Then he took out the Tianfu Tongbao he got from killing monsters, and placed them side by side in front of him.

The ordinary Tianfu Tongbao was red with purple, and the words "Tianfu" were written on it.

The purple coin from Lijiagou has a fine gold pattern on the surface, with the words "cause and effect" written on it.

When his perception touched the cause and effect coin, dozens of different voices entered his consciousness: "Grandpa, please protect us from being discovered."

"Grandpa, let the bad guys go quickly."

"Grandpa, I want to beat the bad guys."

"Grandpa, let the wheat seedlings grow quickly."

"Grandpa, thank you for the purple wheat."

"Grandpa, purple wheat tastes good."

"Master Shennong, thank you for letting my brother and I eat enough. It would be great if you let Sister Xiuer marry me."

The voices were both male and female, and they were all very childish.

The things they said were all kinds of things, including their escape to safety, planting and harvesting purple wheat, and eating their first full meal in a few months.

These were the true thoughts of the children in Lijiagou every time they talked.

Gu Ke read them one by one, but his mind remained unmoved.

The increased mental resistance of the bedroom allowed him to easily eliminate the interference of these thoughts.

The complexity of the thoughts of just a few dozen people is incomparable to the huge information flow that pours in when the perception is fully open and senses a radius of hundreds of feet.

After a moment, he murmured with a strange look on his face: "Why do I feel like I'm reading a chat record? Do you think I'm the chat group owner? Tell me everything."

Having said that, Gu Ke still had a smile on his face.

From the mumbling of these dozens of children, he knew what they had experienced after that night, and he was sure that they were all fine.

Not only that, the Xia Tieniu brothers provided a small valley for shelter, with water sources and high-temperature hot springs. Li Xiuer also took the risk and planted half of the purple wheat early, harvesting more than 50 kilograms of purple wheat.

The purple wheat matured today. A group of children only ate a few taels of purple wheat, and they were so full that they lay down in the cave collectively, releasing great gratitude to the statue.

This is the origin of the 4 units of soul source.

After "reading" Li Xiu'er's experience during this period, Gu Ke couldn't help but sigh "the fate of the protagonist".

This kind of treatment of having everything he needs is probably comparable to Zhang Wuji's fall off a cliff but not dying, but learning magical skills and greatly improving his strength. He is definitely the protagonist of a novel.

Recalling the words that the children said to Shennong, he pondered for a moment, made up his mind, and stared at the cause and effect coin: "It is important for people to be self-reliant and independent. The future is all in your hands."

Having said that, he raised his hand and gently threw the copper coin into the air.

The copper coin mixed with purple and gold rolled rapidly in the air, and suddenly a small ball of golden light burst out and penetrated into the void.

At the same time, in a small valley thousands of miles away, a ball of golden light suddenly flashed in front of the orphans of Lijiagou, and then turned into dozens of thin golden threads, which sank into them.

A familiar old voice sounded in the children's minds: "It is important for people to be strong and independent. The future is in your hands."

Without any explanation, they understood the meaning of this.

Along with this, the basic part of a martial art called floating on water and the lightness that took effect immediately appeared in their minds.

The cave was quiet for a moment, and then a loud noise started.

All the children were talking, wanting to tell others what they had gained.

But almost no one could hear what others said, and even a few babies were startled by the noise and screamed.

It was Li Xiuer who stood up and slowly suppressed the shouting of the crowd.

Only a few babies were screaming, but no one felt irritated, and their faces were full of surprise and excitement.

Li Xiuer looked solemn and looked around at her friends: "Grandpa Shennong felt sorry for us being alone and helpless, so he gave us martial arts again. We must not mess around because of this."

"It is important for people to be self-reliant. To live a good life in the future, we must practice martial arts and farm well, and never be lazy and become the useless people that Grandpa Shennong hates."

"Next month, the remaining half of the purple wheat will also mature. This year, we will have a full meal after planting the second season, so everyone must start practicing martial arts from today."

"As long as we practice martial arts successfully, we will have the power to protect ourselves, and we can fight off the bandits when they come, so that we can live well."

A group of children heard this, some nodded in agreement, some gnashed their teeth, and some had red eyes.

It was still Xia Tieniu, the best supporting actor, who spoke first: "Practice martial arts and farm, and never be lazy."

"Practice martial arts and farm, and never be lazy."

"Practice martial arts and farm, and never be lazy."

A group of friends gradually followed and joined in, shouting loudly.

The voice echoed in the small valley, and their expressions were excited, completely breaking free from the gloomy and depressed mood.

…

Only two days after Li Xiuer's visit, Xiongjia Village also held a village-wide worship ceremony.

Three units of soul source were sent on the spot, just enough to collect 10 units of soul source, and condensed into a cause and effect coin.

Taking out this cause and effect coin, Gu Ke checked the villagers' thoughts attached to it and found that they were varied and much more complicated than the orphan's. He couldn't help but chuckle and shook his head.

Those who have not been repeatedly tortured by desperate situations will not care too much about Shennong.

Without Shennong, they would not starve to death.

The sunflower demon slaughtered the village? That didn't happen.

Therefore, most people in Xiongjia Village are grateful to Shennong.

The only ones who can compare with Li Xiuer and others are Xiaoman's family and the few people who were rescued from the ghost-faced sunflower demon at the beginning.

This is a very normal human nature, not bad, Gu Ke doesn't care.

From the thoughts of these people in Xiongjia Village, it was found that the village was bustling and planning to add a child to the family.

Many bachelors planted purple wheat at home. After eating it themselves, they finally confirmed that they would have enough food in the future and wanted to marry a wife.

After a little consideration, Gu Ke decided to use this karmic coin to send Shui Shangpiao to Xiongjia Village.

Karmic coin is different from ordinary Tianfu Tongbao. By default, it is given back to all those who condense it.

But Gu Ke can make "technical" adjustments from it and ignore most of the people whose "contributions" are too low.

In the end, only Xiaoman's family and those who believe in Shennong the most in Xiongjia Village got Shui Shangpiao.

For the purpose of systematically spreading martial arts, other people can still learn from these families, so the speed of practice will be much slower, and there will be no special blessing.

But those who pay more will get more, this is the real fairness.

Well, Xiaoman will definitely be very happy if he knows. Thinking of this, he chuckled and flicked his fingers, and the purple-gold copper coin rolled forward, bursting out a ball of golden light.

At this time, he noticed a little about the situation in Xiongjia Village, and couldn't help but smile: "Okay, these will be your gifts to Xiaoman."

As soon as the thought came to his mind, the golden light dissipated, and several baskets of animal meat and fruit appeared in front of him.

Picked up two of the fruits, one with a green skin and slightly flat, and the other with a light brown color and a cone on the top and a round bottom.

Gu Ke smiled even brighter: "Orange? Pear? Xiaoman's family is really thoughtful."

...

Not long ago, every family in Xiongjia Village was happy.

The villagers were happy for today's rare purple wheat meal and for the good days in the future.

During the worship, everyone rarely burst out with gratitude that was not so obvious on weekdays.

Of course, after expressing gratitude, they still went home to enjoy themselves.

The mountain god grandfather was treated the same way in the past. When the mountain people had free time, they still hunted and worked more. Just worshiping the god could not fill their stomachs.

After everyone left, the bear father and his family took out the dried fruits and animal meat they brought and returned to the mountain god cliff.

There were also a dozen people who had not left, who were the few who had escaped from the hands of the ghost-faced sunflower demon, and their families.

When these families had nothing to do, they would come to worship Shennong. The men in the family were friends who had passed their lives on, so they were much closer than others after a few months.

Especially after Father Xiong became an entry-level martial artist, he taught the Black Evil Palm to these families and showed his strength a little.

In the small hills of these families, his family was the leader.

After the whole village worshipped, these families worshipped again privately, which was also agreed by Father Xiong with them.

According to the Xiong Wang family, the whole village worshipped that was the whole village's business, but their worship represented their own family.

Just like the clan property belongs to everyone, but not to their own family, their own property cannot be the clan property, and the two must not be confused.

Several families greeted each other, the head of the family to the head of the family, the wives to the wives, and the younger generation to the younger generation.

The exotic purple wheat had a good harvest, and everyone ate their fill. They were extremely satisfied with its taste and effect, and were in a very good mood.

The younger generation was even more noisy, punching and kicking each other.

They stopped playing until they were called by Old Man Xiong. They stood solemnly in front of Shennong's tablet and respectfully placed the offerings on the stone slab that served as the offering table.

Then Old Man Xiong lit the incense sticks he had taken from Granny Xiong and inserted them into the stone trough incense burner, and everyone formally worshiped.

For people in the mountains, private worship was not so particular, and it was over in a cup of tea.

But the families were sincere and never perfunctory.

Just as they finished praying and got up to leave, a ball of golden light suddenly appeared, and then divided into more than ten beams and entered their bodies.

"Work hard to cultivate, practice martial arts with heart, God rewards hard work, and sincerity is effective." A few lines of words quietly appeared in their minds.

They understood the meaning of these words without knowing them, and they knew what was happening more clearly.

Then came the water floating that came from the top of their heads, making them stand there in a daze for a long time before they came back to their senses.

The families looked at each other, but because of the gag order specifically issued by Gu Ke, they could not talk about what they had just learned, and they were so embarrassed that their faces turned red for a while.

It was Xiong Er who looked around to find the trace of Shennong, but found something unusual and broke the silence: "Dad, look at the offering table."

Everyone turned their heads subconsciously and saw that the offerings brought by the families on the offering table had disappeared.

"It's the old immortal..." Xiong Wangshi couldn't help but shout half a sentence.

Everyone nodded in unison: "Yes, yes, yes."

"It must be, it must be."

"That's right."

After repeating these words for a while, everyone restrained their excitement, respectfully withdrew from the pit, and returned together.

When the families walked away, a hunched and skinny figure walked out of the cave where the mountain god was worshipped not far away, frowning and staring at their backs.

This person was Granny Xiong.

After a moment, she retracted her gaze and looked at the Shennong pit next to her. After hesitating for a moment, she finally walked over.

She had disdained to come here in the past, let alone worship.

But today, the village officially worshipped, and she had to come out to preside over it.

In return, she received two kilograms of purple wheat from the village.

Because of her special status, Granny Xiong rarely communicated with the villagers on weekdays, let alone farming.

The mountain god cliff was separated from the roadside stall by the entire village and two miles. No one thought of calling her that night, so naturally she knew nothing about the purple wheat.

When she ate the purple wheat today, the effect was so magical that she realized that it was a different species, and it was a different species that existed in the whole village.

Almost instantly, she thought of the "Shennong Immortal" mentioned by the villagers.

She had always thought that it was an old liar in the same industry who pretended to be a god, but now she was finally shaken.