Chapter 702
Scattered branches and leaves, withered yellow seedlings—if he had not seen it with his own eyes, Li Banfeng truly would not have believed the sight before him was real.
This had been Ji Banfeng's earliest territory, new land obtained from the Mountain Pulling Master. The Local Earth God here was called Li Furong.
Li Furong's deed documents were complete. Under Zhang Wanlong's management, the territory had originally flourished. Li Banfeng had wanted to come back and check on Genzi's condition, and collect the popularity from the territory while he was at it, but he had never expected it to turn into such a miserable state.
The farmland lay in ruins. Li Banfeng went to the village Zhang Wanlong had built. The buildings in the village were still there,
but all the villagers were gone.
Whether they were the distinctive, complex-behaving villagers, or those who looked remarkably like Zhang Wanlong and could only perform simple labor, they had all vanished.
Li Banfeng walked to Zhang Wanlong's house. The furnishings inside were still fairly clean, and there was still some food in the pot,
though it had gone cold, it had not molded.
Zhang Wanlong should still have been living here. Where had he gone?
Where had he taken Genzi?
After walking outside, Li Banfeng sniffed. The entire village was permeated by an air of decay and desolation.
Even Zhang Wanlong's home felt unfamiliar to him, as different from the house Li Banfeng had known before as two separate worlds.
Li Banfeng searched all around the fields and finally spotted Zhang Wanlong in one plot of farmland.
Zhang Wanlong was holding a dipper and watering the seedlings. Genzi held a spoon and followed behind him, fertilizing them. Li Banfeng asked, "Brother Zhang, what happened?"
If Li Qi had not spoken,