Village and Flowers

The battered car, reeking of sour odors, jolted along little-known mountain roads, even making use of some forest paths that were nearly impossible to spot.

Clearly, this greasy, caked-in-grime unlicensed taxi driver had some real skill. He was practically an old hand in the local illegal taxi trade.

Taking the opportunity, William, seated in the back, asked,

"Driver, how much do you know about Flower Sea Village?"

"You foreigners are really impressive. Your Mandarin is actually better than mine... Flower Sea Village? That's one place I know fairly well. After all, most of my income comes from out-of-town tourists heading there.

"Flower Sea Village grows vast numbers of jacarandas. Normally, they only bloom from May to June.

"But Flower Sea Village can keep them blooming all year round. No matter when you go, you'll get the best possible travel experience.

"That has a lot to do with the Sea God worshiped by the locals. I hear their Sea God is a beautiful woman who loves flowers, especially jacarandas, whose color resembles seawater.

"When the blue flowers fall, the waves carry them into the sea and cover the surface. The sight is absolutely incredible!

"But about a month ago, I heard a group of young people who didn't know their place tried to boost their livestream traffic by uncovering the secret behind Flower Sea Village's year-round blooms. They did everything they could to film the Deity's Secret hidden among the village houses.

"One of them seemed to have been granted a Lesser Blessing. In the end, they really did get past the layers of villagers guarding the place and found Flower Sea Village's hidden location.

"The result was that they angered the Sea God~ That group of young people, including the one granted the Lesser Blessing, all died. Not only that,