Along the Yellow River, many peach trees have started to bud, and overnight, peach blossoms have bloomed. Some other trees and plants have begun to blossom as well. Many city and village residents have uploaded videos proving that the north has abundant rain, warmer temperatures, and there's been a second blooming period this year.

Some animals have calmed down and begun to look at the Yellow River with devotion. Even when brought to the river's edge, they did not run around wildly but lay quietly on the ground.

At the Yangtze River Estuary, numerous sea fish have gathered, lingering at the river's mouth, allowing fishermen by the sea to have a bountiful harvest.

Along the Zhujiang River, some people have spotted rare birds like black storks and mergansers, taken photos, and attracted a bit of attention.

...

"The Spiritual Qi on Blue Star is way too thin. I only performed some casting, almost no True Qi leaked out, just some Incense and Candle Qi scattered, and the peach trees along the river bloomed again." 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Liu Qingyan, who was casting spells with Shen Ying, looked gently at the Samoyed lying quietly on the grass along the distant shore, and said with a soft smile, "It's okay, after all, Lu Lang said he has already created several mysterious cases. Last time, he even left a stele engraved with the Golden Palace Heart Sword Seal. As long as most people haven't witnessed it firsthand or doubted, it's fine."

Shen Ying chuckled as she watched a team of researchers busy setting up instruments in the river, testing data, while an elderly man with white hair was agilely getting off a kayak docked at the shore, continuously scrutinizing a form, which seemed rather funny.

"By the way, those people look quite competent; they must be military personnel, right? I saw them putting a small unmanned submarine into the river; I wonder if they're searching for us?" Shen Ying pointed at a team on the western shore of the Yellow River and said.

"No idea." Liu Qingyan shook her head, "But they shouldn't be able to find us, right?"

"Hehe, let's try and see," Shen Ying giggled, stretched her hand, and pointed. A man across the river had just set down a submarine, when suddenly his foot slipped, and he fell backward onto the speedboat.

"Splash!"

"Ouch!"

Seeing the people beside him help him up, and the group continued downstream without noticing anything, Shen Ying nodded and said, "Looks like they can't discover us."

Elsewhere along the Zhujiang River, Si Lingxi glanced at the two mergansers fishing and playing on the riverbank, flicking a tiny bit of True Qi into the birds' bodies to keep them strong and healthy, prolong their lives.

However, the two birds were still sensitive enough to feel the changes in their bodies, got startled, and quickly fluttered their wings and flew away.

...

"Flowers are blooming along the Yellow River in Lu Province? Abundant rain, humid climate, the bloom happens again? What's going on!"

Without a doubt, Shen Ying caused the biggest commotion. It's already May, and most flowers' natural blooming period has passed. A re-blooming undoubtedly attracts attention.

"Well, it's good. At least with a 'scientific' explanation, no one will think of mythology."

"...Honestly, it makes sense."

"So we can essentially confirm, the entity along the Yellow River should be an Immortal managing plant growth? Hundred Flowers Fairy? Or Spring God Ju Mang?"

"It's hard to say; maybe it's the Bodhisattva Guanyin's Ganlu Jade Purification Bottle?"

"...Seriously, can we connect this to previous cases?"

"Can't tell."

"Alright...next, is the entity along the Yangtze River a Phoenix?"

"No, doesn't seem like a Phoenix. Look at the latest report from Zhejiang Province. Before the fishing moratorium, the last offshore fishing cycle, with dual impacts from ocean currents and nutrients from the river entering the sea, fishermen generally harvested abundantly."

"That's nonsense; such situations haven't occurred before."

"Right, so think about the Typhoon Dragonfly, also in the East Sea, maybe it's the same entity, adept in Water Control."

"East Sea Dragon King?"

"That's your saying; I didn't say that."

"...What about the Zhujiang River?"

"Seems like the entity along the Zhujiang River should be the most powerful. So far, there haven't been any notable events."

"Could it be related to the Shu Province aircraft, southwest rainfall, Mianbei Stele incidents?"

"I personally recommend not connecting this event with previous ones without any evidence, because we lack any clues."

"Alas! What's going on, how is it that the opponent leaves not a single trace?"

"Who knows, oh right, similar to the events in Hai City previously, I've already had people collect myths and legends related to Lu Province, because Lu Province has been China's cradle since ancient times, Mount Tai, Lao Mountain, Jiang Ziya, Confucius, etc., so related legends are more than in Zhejiang Province."

"You wouldn't include 'Strange Tales of Liao Zhai', would you?"

"'Strange Tales of Liao Zhai' is a novel compiled by Pu Songling from the oral stories of merchants and commoners he encountered. Who knows if it contains variants of lost ancient legends? Are you sure you don't want it?"

"Fine, makes sense, include it..."

"..."

After an awkward silence, someone finally spoke again.

"What's going on with the world? Has Spiritual Qi revived? During the initial Shu Province aircraft incident, we focused on the technical origins, but then the southwest rainfall incident made us suspect mythology. But, is this scientific?"

"Then say, is the southwest rainfall event scientific? Is the East Sea typhoon event scientific? Is this water flow acceleration event scientific?"

"It's because they're not scientific that I'm falling apart; my perspective is about to shatter. Are those myths and legends true?"

"No, most are certainly false, or else immortals would be flying everywhere, and past Emperors wouldn't need to seek them everywhere. But, from the current situation, there might be scattered real cases hidden within those folk-fabricated myths and legends."

"And judging from historical Emperors seeking immortals yet failing, perhaps these beings have unavoidable reasons not to interact with us? But once disasters occur, they will selectively appear."

"But why have no records ever appeared before, only surfacing in recent years? During a century of humiliation, no appearances were recorded, nor during previous great disasters."

"Don't know; countless possibilities exist." Someone sighed, "Probably only by contacting the other side and asking directly can we answer these questions."

...

As relevant personnel busied themselves and people strolled leisurely, time flowed slowly, and three days passed in a blur.

Si Lingxi, who first lowered the water level below the safety line, went to Lu Province to lend Liu Qingyan and Shen Ying a hand. Upon returning to Hai City, they found Lu Zheng had already prepared a banquet and awaited their return.

Flood crisis, easily resolved!