And said you're not a fairy

Chapter 193 Heaven and Earth are not benevolent

the next day.

When the day will break.

A faint white light appeared on the horizon, and the white light gradually expanded, lighting up the entire world.

Chen Yuan gave up meditating, got up and walked to the door of the hut to take a look. As expected, he saw that outside the door was already a vast ocean.

Because of the location where they roosted last night, the pine tree was on a slope with a higher height.

But even so, the area where the doorway had been reinforced with wooden sandbags had been submerged for two feet, and it looked like there was only less than a foot left from the top.

Not only the door, because it rained until midnight last night, the walls of the thatched house began to seep water continuously. Chen Yuan used sandbags and wooden boards from Buzhenshu to reinforce the walls of the thatched house.

Otherwise, the hut, which was not strong to begin with, might have collapsed due to rainwater damage last night.

"Chen Yuan, the river outside is flooded, what should we do?"

Xue Niang climbed onto the sandbag-reinforced waterproofing in front of the hut. After looking at the ocean outside the house for a while, she turned around and asked Chen Yuan.

"We can't stay here forever, we have to keep going."

Chen Yuan looked at the corner of the hut under his feet. There was already a layer of water up to his ankles, and the entire ground was wet. He looked helpless.

Given the sturdiness of this hut, even if you continue to stay here, the hut will not last long and will soon be flooded with water, leaving no room for shelter.

Although he can divide the water, the flood in front of him will not impose any restrictions on him, but the snow girl and others will not.

You can't just leave the three of them alone, right?

"But it looks like the road has been flooded. If we want to continue on our way, we need a boat."

Chen Yuan thought.

"It's easy to handle. I can't help you, Chen Yuan. You can turn your pen into a magic spell. We need a boat. Just draw one."

Xue Niang's eyes lit up when she heard this.

"Xue Niang, you are right."

Chen Yuan nodded.

Then he took out a paintbrush and paper from the "Hutian Curse" space on his sleeves, and began to draw a boat on the paper.

Although Chen Yuan is best at painting horses and Yaksha girls, it does not mean that he cannot paint other things.

One method, one hundred methods!
It’s just that I’m not that good at painting other things.

Since there was no desk, Chen Yuan simply supported the paper with one hand and drew with the pen in the other.

I saw Chen Yuan's brush strokes moving around like dragons and snakes, dotting and pulling horizontally. It didn't take long for a lifelike boat to appear on the drawing paper.

Since he didn't know if it would continue to rain, Chen Yuan used a brush to draw a few strokes on the paper and drew a small awning in the middle of the boat. If it rained again, they could hide under the awning. Go and take shelter from the rain.

After finishing the painting, Chen Yuan used the art of making the painting come true and shook the painting paper in his hand.

The small boat on the paper disappeared, and on the water outside the hut, a small boat with a black awning, one foot two long and five feet three wide, appeared.

"Come on, let's get on board."

Chen Yuan said to Xue Niang, Xiao Huang and Gray Donkey.

One man, one rat, one dog and one donkey got on the boat one after another.

After boarding the ship, behind Chen Yuan and the others, the hut that had protected them all night, and the waterproof roof reinforced with wooden sandbags, disappeared at the same time, turning into a few drops of ink, which was submerged and diluted by the influx of rain.

Chen Yuan took a look at the boat and felt that the hull was very wide. There was a person, a rat, a donkey and a dog on it, and there was still a lot of remaining space. However, there was one guy who occupied more space than Chen Yuan, Xue Niang and Xiao Huang put together. All big.

"It seems that you carried me before, and now it's my turn to carry you."

Chen Yuan said to the gray donkey walking on the bow of the boat.

The objects drawn by Chen Yuan using the art of turning brush into reality need to continuously consume Chen Yuan's mana to maintain them.

Although it doesn't consume much, when the things drawn with the "Brush-Realization Technique" are useless, Chen Yuan will disperse the "Brush-Realization Technique".

Of course, this is also because Chen Yuan's cultivation level is too low. When Chen Yuan's cultivation level reaches a certain level, the things he draws will become permanent.

After hearing Chen Yuan's words, Gray Donkey pointed his big nostrils at Chen Yuan and looked at Chen Yuan with a very innocent expression.

Chen Yuan said no more, turned around and looked at the sculls at the stern of the boat.

This small black-topped boat was drawn by Chen Yuan based on the real boat, so it naturally has oars.

"Xue Niang, if the boat wants to move, it must paddle. I leave the paddling to you."

Chen Yuan said to Xue Niang.

"no problem."

It was also the first time for Xue Niang to experience paddling. She found it very fun and interesting and was eager to try it, so she immediately agreed.

Then she jumped to the stern of the boat, stood up like a human, grabbed the sculls with her forelimbs, and prepared to row.

As a result, when she moved the oar, the whole boat shook violently. Chen Yuan didn't care. His whole body was firmly attached to the hull of the boat and motionless. Gray Donkey and Xiao Huang were caught off guard and almost fell off the boat.

Wang Wang Wang ~
Xiao Huang made an unfriendly cry to Xue Niang!
Although the gray donkey did not dare to yell at the snow lady who was the first to follow Chen Yuan like Xiao Huang, but judging from its constantly waving ears and its resentful eyes, it was obvious that it only dared to be angry but did not speak out.

"You are so ungrateful. You forgot that it was Xue Niang who picked you up. If you scold Xue Niang again, I will throw you off the boat."

Xue Niang said angrily in embarrassment.

She has spent the longest time with Xiao Huang, and she can understand Xiao Huang's "dog language". When she heard Xiao Huang scolding her, Xue Niang threatened Xiao Huang.

Oh oh oh~!

When Xiao Huang was threatened by Snow Lady, he immediately put his tail between his legs and let out a shrill cry, indicating that it was his fault just now.

However, this made Xiao Huang seem to get more and more angry. Not long after he calmed down, he ran directly to Chen Yuan, rubbed his legs with his back, and kept wagging his tail at Chen Yuan, as if to please Chen Yuan.

Wang Wang Wang ~
Then he shouted provocatively at Snow Lady not far away.

"Dogs rely on human power!"

When Xue Niang saw this scene, she curled her lips, ignored Xiao Huang, and continued to try rowing.

After learning and literacy with Chen Yuan, Xue Niang has understood some truths that only humans can understand.

When Chen Yuan saw this scene, a smile flashed in his eyes and he did not participate in the fight between rat and dog.

As the snow girl became more proficient in paddling, she soon learned how to use the sculls to control the balance of the boat and the direction of the boat.

The boat was turned around, away from the place where they stayed last night, and rowed a short distance away.

When the boat arrived at the official road they walked yesterday, Chen Yuan found that the official road had completely disappeared. He could only see the street trees on both sides of the road, every two or three feet, half-way out of the water, and he could vaguely identify the location of the official road.

"Chen Yuan, where did all the pedestrians we met on the road go last night?"

Xue Niang was rowing at the stern of the boat, while standing at the bow with her hands behind her hands, looking at Chen Yuandao around her.

"Maybe most of them drowned, and only a few survived." Chen Yuan said in silence for a moment.

This is a natural disaster, and humans cannot stop it at all.

Even if modern societies in previous generations had developed water conservancy projects, once a flood of this magnitude occurs, a small number of people will be killed or injured.

Let alone Dayong, an ancient world like this.

What's more, the impact of floods is not just the people who drowned. The greatest impact is on the crops cultivated in people's fields, as well as their own houses and food.

Wherever the flood passed, everything was washed away, not to mention all the crops grown in the fields were destroyed.

The sheltered houses where people lived were gone, and the food that their families had saved in the past was gone.

But now it is the beginning of autumn and winter is about to enter. Even the people who are lucky enough to survive the floods will soon face the situation of having no place to live and no food to eat.

Chen Yuan could already imagine that after the flood receded, the entire Chuzhou Prefecture would be starved to death and covered with bones.

The harm of this flood disaster is much greater than that of the locust plague that occurred in Changlong County when it passed through Changlong County before.

No matter how harmful the locust plague is, it only affects a few counties, but this flood will affect more than just a few counties. It may affect several prefectures.

"Heaven and earth are not benevolent, treat everything as a straw dog..."

At this time, Chen Yuan thought of a sentence he had read in Dao Zu's "Tao Te Ching" and felt deeply about the powerlessness of the people in the face of natural disasters.

Xue Niang stopped talking and just rowed quietly behind.

As the sky gets brighter, the originally gray world begins to become brighter.

Everything before was turned into the same color as the sea and the sky, and only some tree crowns that had not been completely submerged by the flood could be seen vaguely, plus the surrounding mountains standing in the water.

The world that used to be full of life has become dead at this time. The surroundings are extremely silent and there is no sound of any birds.

"Heavy rains and floods in previous lives were caused by natural weather changes, but in this world there are gods and immortals. It stands to reason that natural disasters are controlled by gods, just like the locust god encountered in the last locust plague."

"There must be a reason for such a big disaster in Chuzhou Prefecture this time. It would be great if we could know the reason."

Chen Yuan thought in his heart.

If you know the cause and let the flood recede quickly, you can save many people.

There is a big difference between such a big flood disaster in Chuzhou Prefecture and it will take three to five days to subside and it will take half a month to subside. The latter can save the lives of many people who were originally going to die.

"The Brocade Empress is the god of the Lujiang River. The Lujiang River crosses several places. She may know the cause of this flood."

Chen Yuan secretly said in his heart.

"It's been several months and I haven't contacted Lady Brocade. You can write a letter and send it. Firstly, you can inquire about the cause of the flood, and secondly, you can contact Lady Brocade."

In Chen Yuan's hand, there is the Flying Crane Talisman in the "Fenghuoyuan Spirit Talisman Book", which can be used to send messages.

Chen Yuan thought for a while, then took out a pen and paper, opened the door curtain, walked into the awning of the boat, and wrote a letter to the Brocade Empress.

There is a table in the awning, which can be used for writing letters.

Seeing Chen Yuan walking into the awning, Xiao Huang also followed behind Chen Yuan, walked into the awning, and lay down next to Chen Yuan.

The gray donkey saw that Chen Yuan and Xiao Huang had both entered the awning. It hesitated and wanted to get into the awning. As soon as it put its head in, it was stopped by Chen Yuan's look.

"You can't come in. Once you come in, this awning will be destroyed. If it continues to rain, we will have no shelter from the wind and rain."

Chen Yuan said in a bad mood.

Although the gray donkey is not as big as a horse, it is already very large compared to a human being.

This awning was painted by Chen Yuan according to the proportions of the human body. It is for people to take shelter from the rain and rest, not for donkeys.

Seeing that the owner, Chen Yuan, was unwilling to let him in, Gray Donkey could only exit the awning with an expression on his face.

After doing all this, Chen Yuan began to write a letter.

He laid the letter paper flat on the table, ground the ink in an inkstone, sat at the table and meditated for a moment, organized his words, and then took a pen and started writing:

"Long time no see, how are you doing, Madam?"

"After I said goodbye to my empress, I boarded a cargo ship and sailed down the Lujiang River. Several interesting things happened during this period. I will tell my empress when we meet in the future..."

"Later Pindao went to Jianghuai City, the capital city of Chuzhou, and stayed in a Taoist temple called Qingyang Temple in Jianghuai City. During the process of staying in this Taoist temple, Pindao got acquainted with a ghost fairy who went to Na'ao Mountain , visited Shangqing Palace and Shenhuo Temple, and got to know many comrades..."

"In addition, I also found traces of the White Lotus Dao..."

"Recently, I was traveling to the junction of Chuzhou Prefecture and Linchuan Prefecture. The weather changed drastically and heavy rain drifted. In just one night, it caused a flood. Everything I saw around me turned into a vast ocean. Such a huge flood is rarely seen in the world. . I can’t help but feel sad when I think that after the flood, Chuzhou and Linchuan will be starved to death thousands of miles away.”

"I thought that the empress is the God of the Lujiang River and is the god in charge of the water veins. She might know the cause of this disaster, so I wrote a letter and asked the empress to inform me."

After Chen Yuan finished writing, he did not send it out immediately, but read it himself.

When he reached the end of reading, after thinking for a moment, he crossed out part of the last sentence in the letter and added some more:
"The poor Taoist and the empress have an inseparable relationship. They are close friends. When I have doubts in my heart, I think of the empress immediately, hoping to get answers from the empress."

"In addition, I got too many fairy grasses, Xingyuecao, which are of little use to me, so I gave three of them to the empress as a thank you gift."

Chen Yuan looked at the letter in front of him, which he had finally revised and added, and he said with a satisfied expression:

"This way, it's much more appropriate."

Although he and Brocade Empress are good friends, even if they are good friends, they cannot not contact each other at ordinary times. When they contact her, they ask for help. This will hurt the feelings of both parties.

Although considering the long lifespans of practitioners and gods, a few months without contact is not a long time, but at the end of the letter, Chen Yuan revised and added the words to express to the Brocade Empress that he regarded the Brocade Empress as an irreversible acquaintance. I am a good friend, so whenever something happens, the first thing I think of is to ask the Brocade Empress for help.

In addition, the help was not in vain. Chen Yuan took out three Xingyue Grass and gave it to the Brocade Empress as a thank you gift.

Doing things like this is called being measured. As the saying goes, being polite to many people is not surprising.

As long as the gifts are not intentional, appropriate gifts can deepen the friendship between two people.

After feeling that there was nothing wrong with it, Chen Yuan took another piece of paper and copied the letter again. Chen Yuan found a black cloth bag similar to a money bag. He dried the letter he had written and folded it, along with three others. Plants of star-moon grass are put into it together.

Then Chen Yuan came to the bow of the ship. He took out a Flying Crane Talisman and used it. While he was reciting the incantation, the yellow talisman in his hand spontaneously ignited without fire. After a ball of fire, a few wisps of green smoke slowly rose up, condensing and not dissipating, turning into a A huge white crane with snow-white feathers and graceful figure stood on the bow.

"Send this thing to the Lujiang River Goddess Brocade Empress."

Chen Yuan said to Bai He.

goooo~
A crane chirping sound came from Bai He's mouth, seeming to be responding to Chen Yuan.

Then Bai He took the black cloth bag from Chen Yuan's hand, put it in his mouth, then waved his wings and flew into the sky.

"I hope Feihe can deliver the letter to the empress as soon as possible."

Chen Yuan prayed secretly in his heart.

Because when he finished all this, the cool drizzle began to fall bit by bit, and it tended to keep getting bigger.

After just three or four hours of rest, it started to rain again. It may be difficult for this flood to recede quickly.

(End of this chapter)