Chapter 154: The Transparent Magical Artifact
In Chapter 150 of "The Great Ming in the Box": The sun had just woken up. When it stretched, some sunlight broke free and spilled... Discover the next events!
The sun had just woken up. When it stretched, some sunlight broke free and spilled into the lower world.Once the sun arrived, the public sun chariot could be set in motion.
Two newly appointed drivers took their positions. Over twenty villagers from Zhengjia Village boarded the vehicle in turn and began their journey toward the village.
Riding home to farm every morning had become essential for Zhengjia Villageâs people, but today their hearts were heavy.
The news brought by Xing Honglang was bad; thieves in Heyang County could rush into Zhengjia Village at any moment, ruining their cropsâŚahâŚ
It was hard-earned progress after the Deity summoned the Dragon King, revitalizing Zhengjia Village. Everyone had tended the wheat fields carefully since planting last autumn. With the âcelestial fertilizerâ granted by the Deity, this yearâs wheat grew promisingly. Come harvest, they might achieve an unprecedented bounty.
Why did Heyang County have to see thieves now!
The two new drivers were overly cautious, moving the vehicle slowly. The six li of cement road took the time for most of an incense stick to burn. The villagers jumped off impatiently.
Zheng Daniuâs father was the first to run to his fieldâs edge. He was about to step onto the land when a loud âpaâ sound echoed through the sky, as if someone had clapped their hands up high.
The villagers startled and lifted their heads. They saw a sheet of paper emerge where the clouds parted, bearing two large characters: âBe careful!â
None of the twenty-something villagers could read. They didnât understand the giant paper in the sky, but they knew the Deity must have a reason for giving an instruction.
âThe Deity issued an edict, but what does it say?â Zheng Daniuâs father shouted. âEveryone stay sharp and alert! Is it those Heyang County thieves coming?â
At this, they all jumped nervously. Movements became cautious instantly, and their eyes sharpened noticeably.
Curiously, with heightened awareness, something felt off at once.
Their fields seemedâŚtilted?
Yes, the fieldâs borders looked broken!
Though uncultured and inexperienced, the villagers knew sunlight could refract on waterâthey grasped the result, not the cause.
Zheng Daniuâs father cried out, âHey, did anyone notice? A transparent wall is blocking the field front.â
Of course, everyone had spotted it.
This glass wall might escape detection if overlooked, but with the slightest attention, it was visible.
City dwellers might recognize this as âglazed glass,â but Zhengjiaâs people did not. They exchanged confused glances. âWhat is this transparent wall? Why block our farmland?â
âLetâs find an opening to get in.â
The villagers circled the glass wall. After a full lap, they found no way through.
That baffled them even more!
âWhat on earth is going on?â
âAh! I get it, haha, I know!â Zheng Daniuâs father suddenly laughed wildly. âThis is a magical artifact set down by the Deity. He used it to surround our farmland and keep Heyang Countyâs thieves out, saving our wheat from destruction.â
Those words lit up their minds. The edict from the Deity just now must have been signaling the deployment of a magical artifact!
Though illiterate, they saw the edict had two charactersâwerenât those âmagical artifactâ?
Armed with this outsiderâs perspective, their thoughts flew free. âThis magical artifact is transparent. It stops thieves but not sunlightâtruly powerful.â
âA magical artifact is a magical artifact! This transparent wall is so thick. A heavy hammer couldnât smash it.â
âLet them stare at our thriving wheat but starve. How maddening for them, hahaha!â
âHey, but we canât get in either. I planned to weed today.â
âThisâŚâ
Everyone went blank.
Li Daoxuan deliberately waited without action. Once they discussed it thoroughly and grasped the situation, he began. He reached into a box, gently picked up a bottomless fish tank, and lifted it out.
The villagers only heard a rumbling as the transparent wall suddenly rose into the sky, vanished into the clouds, and disappeared.
Zheng Daniuâs father cheered. âI can enter my field now, haha! I get it, I understand! When we come to work, the Deity removes the magical artifact. After we finish and leave, he covers it again.â
Li Daoxuan retrieved fish tank after fish tank.
Zhengjiaâs villagers hurried into their fields, hurriedly completing their tasks, then retreated beyond the fields and bowed respectfully to the sky.
True to their guess, when work was done and they readied to leave, sky-borne transparent magical artifact shells descended again, going âduang duang duangâ as they sealed every wheat field in Zhengjia Village.
Zhengjia Village cheered, âThe Deity bless us!â
This left the villagers more confident in their farms than ever. Their footsteps lightened as they cheerfully boarded the public sun chariot, happily returning to Gaojia FortressâŚ
Li Daoxuan also grinned. He tapped the characters âGaojia Village,â and his vision swept back instantly.
That very moment, a fine scene greeted him.
Gao Yiye was dressed formally, standing sternly before the militia.
The hundred-strong militia stood respectfully, feet together, posture bolt upright, each listening intently with serious faces.
Save one exceptionâGround Rabbit!
Ground Rabbit mumbled softly, âWhatâs this? I barely passed the trials to join, yet you wonât teach me boxing. Now you pull me in for class for no reason.â
Gao Yiye glanced at him. âGround Rabbit, youâre new, right?â
âYes!â Being singled out, he shed some laziness and straightened hastily. âI enlisted just yesterday.â
He nearly called himself âMr. Rabbitâ by habit but, facing the Saint Lady, dared not be insolent, so he dropped the honorific.
Gao Yiye smiled. âI wonât blame you as a newcomer unaware of rules. But if you stay idle like this again, even if I let it slide, the Deity himself will punish you.â
That shocked Ground Rabbit. âWhat? Skipping class draws the Deity? Seriously? I thought he was easy on everyone. When Gao Sanwa cut classes, he didnât get punished. Why am I singled out this harshly?â