After the divorce, I became a mountain god

Xu Boan made a rough count and found that he had increased the power of incense and vows by more than thirty strands at once.

More than thirty wisp of incense and vows!

What a concept!
You should know that the most incense and vows Xu Bo'an received at one time before was only about fifty strands.

That was contributed by high-level governors like Wang Duan of Southern Xinjiang.

Moreover, he was accompanied by a group of Duan family members at that time, among whom there were naturally many people with outstanding status and wide influence.

Even so, Xu Bo'an only obtained about fifty strands of incense and vows.

Moreover, before this, even if it was Guo Wenzhong, the commander of the Qingyun Dao's military forces and the general of the Qingyun Army, when Xu Bo'an burned incense to the mountain god, he could only contribute more than ten wisps of incense and vows.

The people of Cui Valley in Cuiyun Mountain, including the man in its lead, look just like country folk, yet they can contribute so much with incense and vows.

Is there a hidden story here? Especially the man in the lead, what is his identity?
After all, he was the only one who burned incense just now, and the power of incense and vows that Xu Boan obtained were naturally due to his burning incense.

Although he was confused, Xu Boan did not rush to ask him.

Instead, he handed over the crushed bread strips and flocs in his hands first.

The scene that the people of Cui Valley saw was not that simple.

They only saw some white flocs suddenly appear in the small mountain temple. These things seemed to be slightly yellowish. This was the state of the yellowed crust of hand-torn bread after being crushed, but these little guys didn't know it.

But they could clearly smell a sweet scent approaching.

There is no doubt that the sweet smell I smelled earlier came from here.

"Okay, eat something first!" Xu Bo'an ordered in a solemn voice.

"Thank you for the gift from the mountain god. I bow down to you." The man in the lead kowtowed again, appearing extremely sincere.

The people behind the man followed him and made the same movements and shouted the same words.

"Thank you, Grandpa Mountain God, for your gift. I bow down to you."

Xu Boan said: "Okay, let's eat something first!"

Hearing Xu Bo'an's words, the leading man stood up first, but did not move. Instead, he waved his hand and said, "Follow the orders of the mountain god and take it and eat it."

As soon as he finished speaking, those people came up and took the hand-torn bread crumbs floating in the air and stuffed them into their mouths greedily.

What Xu Bo'an saw as bread crumbs were almost the size of pancakes in the eyes of these people.

"Delicious, really delicious! I've never eaten anything so sweet and delicious."

"I haven't eaten it either. What on earth is this? It looks like a pancake. It's really delicious."

"What kind of pancake is this? How can pancake compare to this? You country bumpkin, this should at least be as good as the snacks made by the chefs in the big restaurants."

"You're right, this is absolutely delicious. When I went out before, the snacks I bought at the snack shop were not as delicious as this."

"Yes, it's absolutely delicious. It's better than the snacks I had at Hongbinlou before."

The leading man said in a deep voice: "Stop talking nonsense, even eating can't stop your mouths, no noise is allowed in front of the Mountain God!"

Hearing the scolding from the leading man, people suddenly became quiet.

Xu Boan asked, "What's your name?"

The man kowtowed respectfully to the land temple and replied, "To answer the mountain god, my name is Luo Li!"

When Xu Boan heard the name, his heart suddenly became a little crooked, and he subconsciously asked: "No, wait a minute! What's your name?"

The man explained carefully: "Grandpa Mountain God, my name is Luo Li! Is there any problem?"

Xu Bo'an said casually, "It's not a problem. It's just similar to the name of an old friend of mine. I'm just curious about how you got this name!"

Luo Li said seriously: "I heard from my father that it was because I was very strong when I was young, so my family gave me this name when I grew up. Before that, when I was young, my family called me Gou Dan'er."

Xu Bo'an knew that in some villages many people did not have formal names when they were young. Many people even had to go to school before they got a formal name.

Moreover, there are too many names like Goudan, Gouwa, Chouxiao in the countryside, and the overlap rate of names is quite high. It is said that this is because the villagers have a legend from their ancestors that people with cheap names are easier to raise.

It seems that some villages in the bonsai world also have this custom.

After hearing the other party's explanation, Xu Bo'an said casually: "So that's how it is, not bad! Not bad!"

Only then did Xu Boan realize that the "Li" in the other party's name meant "strength". In this case, it would not be inappropriate to call a strong man "Li".

Xu Bo'an asked casually, "Among all of you, you are the one in charge, right?"

Luo Li said respectfully: "It's difficult for me to do this. Everyone trusts me!"

Generally speaking, the leaders in the villages are older people, but now these people gathered together and chose this young man as the leader.

No matter how Xu Boan looked at it, he felt that this combination of people did not look like a naturally formed village.

Could this group of people be bandits or robbers?
But what if they were bandits or mountain robbers? They were powerless in the face of natural disasters.

Xu Boan was just about to find out more about them, for example, asking this Luo Li how strong he was and when these people had lived in Cui Valley.

Before Xu Boan could speak, he suddenly saw a middle-aged man among the people eating bread standing at the back suddenly pinching his throat frantically with his hands.

"Woo...wow!"

The man's face was purple and blue, and his frantic efforts to dig into his mouth were somewhat difficult. It was obvious that he had choked on his food.

The people around were so anxious that they were helpless. They patted each other on the back and asked about the situation.

However, there is no effective first aid method and we can only worry.

Xu Boan was just about to lend a hand and perform first aid using the Heimlich maneuver.

But seeing this, Luo Li also hurried over, narrowed his eyes slightly, clenched his fist, and then instantly punched the man in the stomach.

The next moment, the man's body bent like a shrimp, his mouth opened subconsciously, and a bunch of things suddenly spurted out of his mouth.

Then the man was seen gasping for air, and it was obvious that the congestion in his throat had been cleared. Wow, this man was quite capable, and his simple and crude first aid method was very effective.

Luo Li instructed a man beside him, "This thing is too dry. Ah Mang, go to Cui Lake and see if you can get some water out of it and share it with everyone."

"Understood. I'll go right away, Brother Li!" A man responded and left.

Luo Li instructed another person, "Aqiu, you go with me. If the water is not enough, go to the cave and get some fruits. Also, put some fruits in the temple of the mountain god for worship."

Another person responded and left.

Xu Boan asked curiously, "Do you still have any fruit stored here?"

This place is so dry, how can they still save fruit?
Since there are fruits, how can it be so miserable!
Luo Li explained, "I'm sorry to bother you, Grandpa Mountain God. These are what we collected from the mountains a few days ago. There aren't many left. These are the last food for the children. The fruits in nearby places have long been gone, and even the bark of the trees is almost peeled dry."

When Xu Boan heard how miserable these people were, and saw that they had at least added some incense and vows to him, he kindly said, "Well, be a good person to the end. Please wait for a moment. I'll get you some more water."

"Water! That's great. Thank you, Mountain God, for the gift." Luo Li said in surprise.

This time, Xu Boan did not go out directly, but moved to the mountain temple in Kaoshan Village in the blink of an eye.

He took a plastic bottle cap that had been placed in the back mountain of the mountain temple to store water, then used the cap to scoop a cap of water from the pool under the cliff near the mountain village, and then came back to Cui Valley.

The next moment, these people only saw a huge white pool that suddenly rushed out from the direction of the mountain temple, and then fell to the ground with a dull sound, accompanied by a few drops of water splashing out of the pool.

A group of people were stunned.

"Oh my god, the water is really water!"

"Great, we finally have water!"

"With the water, Cuihu Lake can be saved, and Cuigu can be saved."

"Don't be ridiculous. This water is not enough to fill the bottomless pit of Green Lake. This is a gift from the Mountain God to us. Please drink it sparingly. When the next rainy season comes, Green Lake will surely be able to be saved."

"Grandpa Mountain God, I, Luo Li, have been cared for by Grandpa Mountain God. I have no way to repay you. If my life gets better in the future, I will definitely rebuild the temple and build a golden statue for Grandpa Mountain God."

Wow, it’s the same again. These words are probably the mature expressions of thanks agreed upon by people in the bonsai world.

Xu Bo'an had heard similar expressions of gratitude in Kaoshan Village and the City God Temple in Shanyang County.

"Haha, it's fate that we meet. Let me ask you, how many people are there in your Green Valley?" Xu Bo'an hurriedly inquired about the situation here.

Luo Li replied, "To answer the Mountain God, there are more than a hundred people, including men, women, old and young. However, many of them are not here now. They have gone into the mountains to hunt, find water, and pick fruits. We have just returned not long ago and just happened to meet Boss Yan on the road."

In Xu Bo'an's view, a group of more than a hundred people is nothing more than a village.

As the person in charge, Luo Li would normally be lucky to get two wisp of incense and prayer power if he came to burn incense. It was really surprising that he was given so much at once.

Xu Bo'an said with a smile: "Haha, since there are more than a hundred people, this amount of food is naturally not enough. I happen to have some rice here, you can use it. It can be regarded as a gift from me to you."

As he spoke, Xu Bo'an went out to get some rice and immediately scattered it in front of these people.

Seeing rice grains as big as heads emerging from the mountain temple and falling to the ground, everyone was stunned.

"Is this rice? It's so big!"

"It should be. I have never heard of rice this big."

"Boss Yan mentioned him before, but I didn't expect that we would meet him too. It seems that this good immortal is the same one that Boss Yan was talking about."

"I also think so. I heard from Master Yan that the things of the gods are different from the things in our mortal world."

Luo Li was also shocked by the sudden appearance of these giant rice.

"Grandpa Mountain God, all this rice is for us." Luo Li seemed a little unbelievable.

Xu Bo'an said softly, "That's right, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. Just enjoy your meal."

Luo Li said: "Thank you, Grandpa Mountain God. I am really ashamed. I have never offered incense or made offerings to the Mountain God before, but now I have received your blessing. I am really ashamed.

We are so grateful for your kindness that we cannot repay you. We have collected some rare things over the years and put them in the cave. Please move over, Grandpa Mountain God. If there is anything you are interested in, I am willing to personally present it to you."

You are almost starving to death, what rare things can you have? Xu Bo'an laughed and declined politely: "Haha, that's not necessary. I appreciate your kindness."

Xu Boan was being humble when suddenly a voice came from outside.

"Brother, that's great, I'm so lucky. Look what I found!"

As the words fell, a man carrying a bamboo basket ran in from outside.

Luo Li scolded in a deep voice: "Don't shout loudly, or you might disturb the mountain god."

The newcomer asked in confusion, "Brother, what are you talking about? What mountain god grandfather? Where did the mountain god come from? Where did the grandfather come from?"

Luo Li said: "Stop messing around and don't be disrespectful to the mountain god. Our lives depend on the help of the mountain god."

The man asked in confusion, "No, big brother, what are you talking about? When those people from the Baimian Sect tried to trick you, didn't you say you didn't believe in anything anymore? Why are you..."

Luo Li quickly interrupted the other person and said, "Okay, take a look. This is the food that Grandpa Mountain God gave us as a reward. Eat some first to fill your stomach. I want to see what good stuff you brought back."

Hearing this, the man boasted happily, "This is not an ordinary good thing. I found it on a cliff, not far from us, on the dried-up waterfall cliff.

You didn't know, brother, there is actually a hole there! Originally there was a waterfall blocking it, so none of us knew about it. Now that the waterfall has completely dried up, we discovered that there is actually such a great place behind it."

"Oh, a hole, what hole?" Luo Li asked curiously.

Xu An'an, however, had some fantasies about the place this person mentioned. From what he described, this place seemed a bit like the Water Curtain Cave in Huaguo Mountain.

In Journey to the West, when Sun Wukong discovered the Water Curtain Cave, wasn’t it also behind a waterfall in the Flower and Fruit Mountain?

The newcomer shook his head and said, "Brother, I'm not sure either. The entrance to the cave is really too high. I'm only halfway up and I'm sweating and starting to feel tired. I'm also hungry, so I don't dare to take any more risks. I'll rest for two days, then I'll climb in and take a look when I'm fully prepared."

"Oh, don't worry, eat something first. Then I'm even more curious, what on earth is in your basket..."

Luo Li had been talking halfway when he suddenly opened the bamboo basket, saw what was inside, and subconsciously shouted out.

"Uh, the magic grass, it's actually the magic grass, this is a magical medicine!" (End of this chapter)