Let them donate medicine, they donated medicine. Let them donate silver, they donated silver. Next, they want them to work like oxen and horses; that’s too much. As people of the Shui Clan, they won’t endure such humiliation.

The power of the mudslide became apparent to them after descending the mountain. Seeing the completely indistinguishable direction of vegetation, mountain paths, villages, and crop fields, they gained a deeper understanding.

It also made Jiang Xue realize that in the face of nature, humans are truly insignificant. No one knows what will happen in the next moment; cherishing the present is so important!

"This time, the earth dragon’s movement impacted the Holy Dynasty the most. With Beijing as the center, within a radius of a thousand miles, heavy damage occurred. Holy Water Manor was no exception. Fortunately, our houses are wooden; everyone evacuated proficiently, so the casualties weren’t great. The collapse of houses is severe, including landslides, cracks, uneven ground, and fissures. So, even if you return, you may be forced to temporarily stay in temporary shelters."

Jiang Xue wouldn’t mind these: "This is already very good. What about Snow Wolf Valley? How is the situation over there?"

"Not bad, it’s relatively far from Beijing, so the impact isn’t great, but it still needs repairs. Your former home has already collapsed, the entire mountain fractured and rolled down, so...,"

When Shui Yixuan looked over at her sympathetically, Jiang Xue felt relieved inside, thankful that she had already cleared all her important belongings from Snow Wolf Mountain before leaving, like food, medicinal materials, bottles, and jars. The only pity was her raised chickens, ducks, geese, and snakes. Chickens, ducks, and geese were released directly; the key was those poisonous snakes—hopefully, they won’t harm innocent people.

Holy Water Manor is located thirty miles southwest of Beijing because their primary business is medicinal materials. Hence, the manor supports thousands of medicine farmers. These farmers rely on Holy Water Manor for survival, so they build houses at the foot of the mountain, later forming Medicine Fragrance Village. The villagers of Medicine Fragrance Village are tenants of Holy Water Manor. The land is all owned by Holy Water Manor, inviting them to farm it. Each year, the harvest is divided based on quality. If it looks good, it will be split half and half; if not, even thirty percent is possible. Even at thirty percent, countless people are supported. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Due to Holy Water Manor’s sufficiently humane management system, it never harshly treats medicine farmers, so the area of the medicine fields increases each year.

Shui Yixuan and Jiang Xue took breaks along their journey. To take care of her, they traveled by day and found random places to stay at night, eating the dry food left by Mu Hui. Because there wasn’t much, they had to rely on hunting along the way. Tired is truly tired, as ancient shoe soles are thin. Jiang Xue, who had never walked such a long distance, suffered a lot; even blisters formed on her soles, but she dared not speak. Eventually, Shui Yixuan discovered something wrong, removed her shoes, and his face changed.

Later, he instructed her not to walk, deciding to carry her the whole way. She wanted to refuse but was forcefully carried by him.

Though being carried, even for a martial artist, the physical exertion is considerable. So what might have taken ten or fifteen days turned into more than twenty days. By the time they reached the jurisdiction of Holy Water Manor, it was already late September, and the weather had become gradually cooler.

Holy Water Manor is located deep within the Old Forest, surrounded entirely by medicinal fields, hundreds of thousands of acres. Fortunately, the mudslides didn’t wash over this side; although the ground cracked quite a bit, the medicinal materials in the fields weren’t severely affected. Nearly a month passed without rain, and the sun hung high, allowing the medicinal materials watered over the month to mostly survive.

Shuili Mountain is the mountain behind Medicine Fragrance Village. Normally, villagers also hunt in this mountain, areas Holy Water Manor doesn’t interfere with.

Villagers know that the deeper they go, the more dangerous it is, so they always only operate in the outskirts of the mountain body. There’s a passage deep within, leading to Holy Water Manor. This road is rarely used because it requires overcoming mountains and ridges, extremely difficult, and was the earliest road constructed.

Later, they developed a waterway, using a river below the mountain, navigating small boats into the lake at the back mountain, piercing through an extremely narrow passage where the sky opens up. Here is Holy Water Manor’s real hidden sanctuary. Routine matters are conducted in the biggest house in the village, while the core personnel periodically handle official duties, and the rest reside here in seclusion.