Yi Shuyuan went up to the Heavenly Realm and persuaded the Heavenly Gods to help bring rain. It was actually quite simple.
The disaster Heaven intended to send down was naturally part of heaven's prevailing course, but by now, Great Yong surviving this calamity could also be considered ordained. So what, exactly, was heaven's decree? What was heaven's principle?
Ordained or not, Yi Shuyuan had gone to heaven himself. Even if it was not ordained, he would make it so, and the Heavenly Gods had their own considerations.
On one hand, Yi Daozi's words made sense. On the other, Dragonkind coming here to summon clouds and rain might seem beneath their dignity, but it was actually an act of responsibility. The Heavenly Realm could not remain at daggers drawn with Dragonkind forever, and also wished to ease tensions.
Under these circumstances, Lingdong's "rainy season" arrived.
That year, during the height of summer, rain fell throughout Lingdong, and quite frequently at that.
The people of Lingdong and elsewhere in the mortal world naturally knew little of the specific reasons, but to the common people and court officials, Lingdong's drought had ended. Though its root cause remained, that was certainly how it looked through mortal eyes.
Across Lingdong's fields, crops began brimming with life again. People tried planting other crops in places where everything had withered completely, while the crops in many fields turned green once more.
Under these circumstances, however, the damage caused by the locust plague became conspicuous. Abundant rainfall made vegetation grow rapidly, and the locust swarms increased by the day.
But compared with fighting a severe drought without a single drop of rain, locusts were at least an enemy they could see and touch.
In Shallow Granary County, Yun Province, just before sunset that day, thousands of people