Chapter 1703: The Changed Calabash Well
“No, the Calabash Well didn’t dry. It’s just... changed.”
The old man spoke slowly as if he hadn’t spoken in a very long time. “In the past, the water of the Calabash Well was sweet and delicious. It was sweeter than fine wine and purer than morning dew. It could even strengthen one’s body and immunize them from all diseases, making us as strong as the hawks soaring through the sky. It was the best gift the heavenly god has given to us.”
“But... half a month ago, that all changed. The water of the well was neither sweet, pure, nor strengthening anymore. Instead, it became bitter and smelly.”
“Not only that, the plants in the city began to wither, the livestocks began to die, and everyone who drank from the well started to fall ill...”
Fear and despair contorted the old man’s face as he burst into an uncontrollable sob. “The heavenly god has abandoned us... the heavenly god has retrieved the Calabash Well and is now enacting divine judgment upon us... Uuuu...”
“It will be fine. We will check out the well. Perhaps we can solve its problem and return things to the way it was before!” Ye Qing comforted him.
“It’s useless, useless...”
The old man shook his head in despair. “Many powerful figures have tried to treat the well before. Even a venerable one from the Mara Sect has tried to treat it. Nothing worked.”
“The heavenly god has abandoned us... abandoned the Calabash City...”
“The Mara Sect, you say?”
Ye Qing raised an eyebrow. Now that was a familiar name. Their Devi was his Heavenly Demon Dependent.
“Sleep, elder. Perhaps everything will be back to normal once you awake from your slumber!”