I Come to Teach You Cultivation-Chapter 63 - 19: God of Guifang

"Non-crying" Baby, sometimes understanding human nature and balancing it is also a kind of wisdom."

He reached out and gently stroked Li Boyang’s slightly warm red hair.

The old village chief genuinely liked this child, who had brought change and prosperity to the village.

Even though some of his ideas were rather fanciful.

But undeniably, they did bring benefits to the village.

The only thing the old village chief worried about was that Li Boyang seemed to never consider the fickleness of people’s hearts, always standing from a higher, more detached perspective to think about everything.

While he was still alive, it was fine—he could help deal with the malice born of human nature for him.

But the old village chief couldn’t live forever; he wasn’t even sure if he could live to see Li Boyang come of age.

If even the slightest carelessness occurred, the village might lose much more than just a priest of the Mountain God.

The path from goodness into evil, from passionate idealism to revenge against society...

Stories like these existed even in this age, and the old village chief knew it well.

"I know that."

"The reason I want to keep the ’hygiene brigade’ is actually to have them join in planting and harvesting."

Without rushing to refute the old village chief, Li Boyang simply voiced his thoughts calmly.

"There’s only one tusked porpoise, after all, and that was borrowed from the Mountain God."

"Every year, when spring arrives, for various reasons we can’t fully maximize the use of the tusked porpoise."

"The strong young adults work the fields, the elders teach their experience, and the women at home bring food and look after the children..."

"As long as everyone in the village is mobilized and we divide up the work and cooperate..."

"The village’s overall harvest next year is sure to be much better than it is now."

Drawing on experience from his previous life, this truly was one way that agrarian societies maximized individual strength.

"You want to operate communal property?"

Though still a little confused,

the old village chief proved himself the most insightful man in the village, quickly understanding Li Boyang’s intentions.

"I’m afraid that’s not going to work. Our village may not have a lot of people, but there will always be those who slack off or cut corners."

"If you do more, naturally, someone will find a way to do less..."

"Give it enough time, and everyone will feel wronged. By then, the village will split apart."

In fact, the old village chief had already spoken quite tactfully.

Countless stories since ancient times have shown that until productivity and social relations reach a certain level, collective ownership is merely a stopgap measure.

"I know you feel for Qiwa’s family, but we’ve done enough to look after them."

"If, because of them, the other families are affected..."

"I’m afraid that even my authority won’t be enough to keep the youngsters in line then."

He let out a long sigh. As the patriarch of Li Family Village, the old village chief understood Qiwa’s family’s situation better than anyone.

"If even uncles, aunts, and in-laws have conflicts and disputes, how much more so when everyone is just so-called ’outsiders’ sharing the same surname."

Hearing this, Li Boyang blinked involuntarily.

After all, these were issues he had thought about but never fully considered.

Still, that didn’t stop him from offering concrete solutions.

"Getting everyone to unite is simple, nothing more than a common crisis or common benefit."

"As long as the collective fruits of everyone’s labor outweigh what one could gain alone..."

"Then, even the occasional discord will be easy enough to gloss over."

"Besides, I have no intention of having everyone give up their own small plot of land."

"I just think that, if we could appoint someone respected and fair to oversee things, everyone’s life could improve."

"And as for those who want to slack off and cut corners?"

"Just don’t let them use the tusked porpoise, right?"

"Changing the porpoise’s use from a favor among friends to a formal system—that’s the best way to make use of it."

Li Boyang’s explanation was evidently a little beyond what the old village chief could process.

The old man’s mind went blank for quite a while before he finally, word by word, managed to grasp the gist of what was being said.

"Non-crying" Baby, do you want to be the village chief?"

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But let’s put aside how the old village chief jumped to the conclusion that Li Boyang wanted to be village chief.

At this moment, in Li Boyang’s household, a handsome young boy was pacing anxiously back and forth, making no effort to hide his current worry.

"He’s still not back?"

Looking up at Chen Yun, who was working her needle and thread, Er Tu couldn’t even remember how many times he’d asked this same question by now.

"Judging by the time, he should be back soon."

Rolling her eyes helplessly, Chen Yun honestly couldn’t remember how many times she’d answered him, either.

Unlike the others in the village,

Chen Yun knew Er Tu was really a Spirit Monster, and that his current appearance was only a disguise.

Whenever Er Tu came to the village in the past, he would always bring some bizarre trinkets.

This time alone, Er Tu had arrived so abruptly,

he hadn’t even brought along a single roll of the books her son loved most.

Because of this, Chen Yun could more or less guess that Er Tu had come with some request this time.

From a mother’s perspective, Chen Yun naturally didn’t want Li Boyang to get caught up in Er Tu’s troubles.

But she also knew how gifted her child was, and didn’t wish to become an obstacle to his growth.

Besides, that distant thunderstorm and whirlwind was so glaringly obvious that Chen Yun could hardly pretend not to see it.

"You came from Gaotun Village. What exactly is happening over there?"

After a moment of silence, Chen Yun couldn’t help setting aside her needlework.

That soul-stirring storm was sweeping its way in this direction.

The strange spectacle of lightning interwoven with thunder was truly frightening.

"That’s the Gods of the Guifang Kingdom..."

Turning to look at Chen Yun, whose eyes betrayed hidden worry, Er Tu said straightforwardly.

"Guifang Kingdom started large-scale live human sacrifice three years ago, and now they’re already nearby."

"It may not be long before they enter the mountains and start capturing the Mountain People in earnest..."

He paused for a moment, then Er Tu continued.

"You’re from the Chen Family, and you were almost chosen as a human sacrifice yourself—you should know how terrifying those live sacrifices are."

"In these Hundred Lands Mountains, your son may be the only one—who could possibly stop this disaster... a human."

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