Shen Ying arrived riding the waves, handed the woman and child over to a sobbing man being held back by the crowd on higher ground, then watched the couple bang their heads against the ground before her.
"Thank you, Fairy! Thank you, Fairy!"
"Get up." Shen Ying raised a hand and lifted the couple to their feet. Seeing the baby girl in swaddling clothes smiling happily at her, she could not help but chuckle and tap the infant's forehead with a finger.
In the next instant, a pale pink peach blossom pattern appeared between the baby girl's brows. It flickered twice, then vanished from sight.
"I'll give you a bit of fortuitous opportunity. I hope you'll grow up healthy."
"Giggle... giggle..."
The little baby girl clutched Shen Ying's finger, seemingly wanting to put it in her mouth and take a bite.
"Looks like she's a little hungry." Smiling, Shen Ying returned the baby girl to the woman's arms.
The woman nodded repeatedly. Without bothering to avoid the others, she loosened her clothing, made a slight cover, and brought the baby girl to her breast.
At the same time, Lu Zheng and the others arrived on the high ground.
They set up shelters, lit fires, opened a clinic, and distributed grain.
"The Green Physician Goddess—it's the Green Physician Goddess!" Someone recognized Liu Qingyan. After all, they had passed through this place back then.
"The Goddess has come! The Goddess has come—Mother, we're saved!"
"Wow, Uncle, how did you dry all these dead branches?"
Yue Honghai primarily cultivated the Water Method and was especially skilled at controlling water. With a mere wave of his hand, he extracted every drop of moisture from the trees and branches left over from building the shelters.
Then, with a swipe of his hand across their surfaces,