Chapter 63: The God of the Ghost Region

"Don't cry, child. Sometimes, having insight into the human heart and balancing human nature is also a form of wisdom."

Reaching out, he stroked Li Boyang’s slightly warm, red hair.

The old village chief was genuinely fond of this child who had brought change and prosperity to the village.

Even though some of the boy's ideas were quite whimsical.

But it could not be denied that they truly brought benefits to the village.

The only thing the old village chief worried about was that Li Boyang never seemed to consider the fickleness of the human heart, instead viewing everything from a higher, more detached perspective.

It was fine while he was still alive, as he could help the boy handle the malice stemming from human nature.

But the old village chief could not live forever; he was not even sure if he would live until Li Boyang reached adulthood.

If there were the slightest misstep, perhaps the village would lose more than just a priest of the Mountain God.

Falling from kindness into evil, from a heart full of passion to taking revenge on society...

Similar stories existed in this era, and the old village chief was well aware of this.

"I know that."

"The reason I want the 'Sanitation Brigade' to remain is actually because I want them to sow and harvest together."

Not rushing to refute the old village chief's words, Li Boyang slowly voiced his thoughts.

"After all, there is only one Tooth Pig, and it was borrowed from the Mountain God."

"Every year when spring arrives, for various reasons, we are never able to maximize the utility of the Tooth Pig."

"The young and strong are responsible for the fields, the experienced elders are responsible for passing on their knowledge, and the women of the households are responsible for delivering meals and looking after the children..."

"As long as everyone in the village is mobilized and we divide the labor..."

"The village's overall harvest next year will certainly be much higher than it is now."

Drawing on the experience of his past life, this was indeed a way to push individual strength to the limit within an agricultural civilization.

"You want to establish communal property?"

Although he was a bit confused by what he heard.

But the old village chief was indeed the most knowledgeable person in the village, and he quickly grasped Li Boyang's idea.

"That probably won't work. Although our village doesn't have many people, there are, after all, some who are lazy and cunning."

"If you do more, they will naturally find ways to do less..."

"As time goes on, everyone will feel they have been wronged, and by then, the village will fall apart."

In fact, what the old village chief said was already quite subtle.

Various historical events have shown that until productivity and production relations reach a certain level, things like communal property can only be considered a stopgap measure.

"I know you feel bad for the situation of Qiwa's family, but we have already taken enough care of them."

"If their situation ends up affecting other families..."

"I fear that even with my prestige, I wouldn't be able to suppress the younger generation."

Sighing deeply, the old village chief, as the patriarch of Li Family Village, certainly understood the situation of Qiwa's family better than anyone else.

"There are still conflicts and disputes between uncles, aunts, and in-laws, let alone among 'outsiders' who only share the same surname."

Hearing the old village chief say this, Li Boyang couldn't help but blink.

Because these were indeed problems he had thought of but had not pondered deeply.

However, this did not hinder him from proposing a concrete solution.

"It is simple to make everyone unite; it is nothing more than a common crisis or common interests."

"As long as the results of everyone working together are greater than the individual..."

"Then even if there are occasional signs of discord, they can be covered up."

"Besides, I don't mean for everyone to give up their own little plots of land."

"I just think that if we could select someone with prestige and enough fairness to take charge of the big picture, it should allow everyone to live a better life."

"As for those who are lazy and cunning?"

"Can't we just not let them use the Tooth Pig?"

"Turning it from a favor-based loan into a fixed system—I think that is the best way to utilize the Tooth Pig."

Li Boyang's explanation clearly exceeded the old village chief's ability to comprehend.

The old village chief, whose brain had stalled, took a long time to roughly understand his meaning word by word.

"Don't cry, child, do you want to be the village chief?"

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Setting aside how the old village chief reached the conclusion that Li Boyang wanted to be the village chief.

At this very moment, in Li Boyang's home, a youth with delicate features was pacing back and forth, making no effort to hide his current anxiety.

"Has he not returned yet?"

Looking up at Chen Yun, who was doing needlework, E Tu could no longer remember how many times he had asked this.

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

Rolling her eyes in helplessness, Chen Yun, who also couldn't remember how many times she had answered this question, replied thus.

Unlike the others in the village.

Chen Yun knew that E Tu was a spirit creature, and she was also clear that his current appearance was merely a transformation.

In the past, every time E Tu came to the village, he would bring some strange and curious items.

But this time, E Tu had come in a great rush.

He hadn't even brought a single scroll of the books her son liked most.

From this, Chen Yun could roughly guess that E Tu must have come with a request.

Standing from a mother's perspective, Chen Yun certainly did not want Li Boyang to get involved in E Tu's troubles.

But she was equally aware of her child's extraordinary nature and did not intend to become a stumbling block in his growth.

Not to mention, the thunderstorm and hurricane in the distance were so conspicuous and exaggerated that Chen Yun could not possibly pretend not to see them.

"You came from Gao Village Town; what exactly happened over there?"

After a moment of silence, Chen Yun finally couldn't help but put down her needlework.

That soul-stirring storm was sweeping toward this direction.

The strange phenomena produced by the intertwining of lightning and thunder were even more terrifying.

"That is the god of the Ghost Region Kingdom..."

Turning to look at Chen Yun, in whose eyes a trace of worry was faintly revealed, E Tu said quite frankly.

"The Ghost Region Kingdom began large-scale human sacrifices three years ago, and they have now appeared in this vicinity."

"Perhaps it won't be long before they enter the mountains to capture the mountain folk in large numbers..."

Pausing for a moment, E Tu continued.

"You are from the Chen family and were almost chosen as a 'human sacrifice'; you should know how terrifying this kind of human sacrifice is."

"In these Hundred Mountains, your son may be the only... person who has a chance to stop this disaster."

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