"Boom!"
With a thunderous roar, the land, previously covered by dark clouds and plunged into blackness, was suddenly illuminated by an exceptionally bright light.
The Peasants, who had been diligently carrying water, instinctively looked up upon hearing the thunder. Seeing the night sky now covered in dense dark clouds and streaking lightning, their water buckets unconsciously dropped to the ground.
"Is this... going to rain?"
The Peasants looked up, their faces filled with disbelief as they stared at the dark clouds in the sky.
If not for the constant flashes of lightning within the clouds, they wouldn't have even been able to see the pitch-black clouds.
Seeing the lightning within the dark clouds, everyone's faces were filled with incredulity. They knew that for months, there hadn't been a single cloud in the sky, so how could it suddenly start raining?
According to their observations, the coming period should have been a continuous drought, with no rain at all.
But tonight, it was actually starting to rain?
The Peasants' faces were filled with disbelief, but after a moment, that disbelief turned into joy.
Although they didn't know what was happening, seeing that it was indeed raining here now was a good thing for them. As for anything else, they didn't need to worry about it.
Thinking this, their expressions instantly became incredibly joyful.
As long as it rained, the crops in the fields, more or less, could be saved!
Thinking this, they quickly moved and ran towards the fields. They needed to go back and enclose the fields. It was a rare rain, and they couldn't let the rainwater flow out of the fields.
Thinking this, they hurried towards the fields...
"Gong family child, it's raining! Hurry and go check the fields, block up any gaps!"
Outside Huo Yun County, in Yun Family Village, outside the small courtyard where Gong Yuanyun lived, an old voice rang out, calling to Gong Yuanyun inside the house.
Gong Yuanyun, who was feeding her father medicine, immediately recognized the voice as that of Old Man Zhao from next door.
"Old Man Zhao, how could it be raining outside? We haven't even seen a single cloud these past few days. It's been a drought for several months, how could it possibly rain?"
Gong Yuanyun didn't even have the thought of going out, and directly replied to Old Man Zhao.
Old Man Zhao, hearing this, tapped his cane on the ground, "You, this Gong family girl, how can you not even believe Old Man Zhao's words? Am I, your old man, trying to trick you?"
Judging by the sound of the cane hitting the ground, Old Man Zhao was a bit angry at this moment.
Seeing this, Gong Yuanyun quickly fed her father the remaining medicine, then hurried out of the house and to the door.
Then she saw Old Man Zhao outside the door, his face full of anxiety.
"Old Man Zhao, you know what the weather has been like these past few months. How could it be raining? Didn't the elders in the village all say that this drought would last for several months and there wouldn't be any rain?"
Some of the elders in the village had experienced this kind of weather before.
So they all thought that it basically wouldn't rain this summer.
It was because of this that she had thought Old Man Zhao might have been mistaken, which was why he was saying it was going to rain.
Old Man Zhao tapped his cane on the ground, "That was before. Now the Dragon King has shown his divine power, and it's going to rain!"
Saying this, Old Man Zhao pointed to the night sky, "Look at the sky, such a large expanse of dark clouds. If this isn't going to rain, then what is it?"
Gong Yuanyun muttered to herself upon hearing this.
Why was Old Man Zhao, like He Xiuyuan before him, also talking about the Dragon King?
If the Dragon King was truly effective, then it wouldn't have rained before.
Thinking this, Gong Yuanyun still looked up, and with that look, she was immediately stunned, then her pupils slightly constricted.
She saw that in the night sky, under the illumination of countless lightning flashes, those thick, dark clouds were densely packed in the sky, and the wind suddenly began to pick up all around.
A hint of coolness could be felt in the air.
It was really going to rain!!
Gong Yuanyun's eyes were filled with astonishment at this sight. Didn't they say it wouldn't rain?
So what was with these dark clouds in the sky now? How was it already preparing to rain?
Could it be, as Old Man Zhao said, that the Dragon King had shown his divine power?
No, that's impossible.
If the Dragon King had truly shown his divine power, he would have done so much earlier, not waited until now.
Gong Yuanyun only thought about it briefly before immediately dismissing the idea.
During these past few months, the Dragon King Temple in Huo Yun County had continuously received incense offerings, and even invited opera singers to perform for the Dragon King, with various sacrifices never ceasing.
But after these few months, the drought had not stopped. Under such circumstances, how could it be the Dragon King showing his divine power?
Thinking this, she secretly shook her head repeatedly, but the cool breeze blowing around her was undeniable.
If anything, it would be more believable to trust He Xiuyuan's words.
When He Xiuyuan came that time, he had said that perhaps after he arrived, it would rain in Huo Yun County.
Gong Yuanyun couldn't help but curve her lips into a smile at this thought.
This He Xiuyuan, she wondered what he was thinking, to come up with such words.
Surely, the heavy rain tonight couldn't be his doing?
Thinking this, Gong Yuanyun couldn't help but smile in her heart, and her lips also curved slightly.
Old Man Zhao, seeing Gong Yuanyun smiling, immediately became a little annoyed, thinking that Gong Yuanyun didn't believe the Dragon King had shown his divine power, and was therefore laughing.
He immediately said angrily, "Those old people in the village, they've lived for most of their lives. Can't they tell if it's going to rain or not?"
"You should also think, who reminded you the several times it was about to rain in your village before?"
"Now that it's been in drought for so long, and there were no signs of rain, if it's suddenly raining now, if you say it's not the Dragon King showing his divine power, then what is it?"
Old Man Zhao spoke with spittle flying, and Gong Yuanyun's expression became increasingly complex as she listened.
After a long while, Gong Yuanyun looked at Old Man Zhao with a difficult expression and asked, "Old Man Zhao, in your opinion, is it true that the weather wouldn't really rain, and that the Dragon King has shown his divine power?"
"Of course it is! How long has it been a drought? There aren't any clouds around, how could it possibly rain? This must be the Dragon King showing his divine power!"
Gong Yuanyun heard this and looked up at the dark clouds, the expression in her eyes gradually changing.
After a long time, a figure flashed through Gong Yuanyun's mind... This can't be, right!?
