Chapter 237.2 - I Became the Legendary Emperor Throughout the Ages After I Started Giving Away My Territory

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Through the Empire Sandbox, Lin Beifan discovered a swarm of locusts that blotted out the sky, flying in from Great Luo.

Lin Beifan was aware of the locust plague in Great Luo.

In fact, he was not without blame for it.

When the Great Xia army invaded Great Luo, he used the Empire Sandbox to drain the groundwater within Great Luo’s territory.

Without water, the air became hot and dry, which facilitated the breeding of locusts, leading to the plague.

Lin Beifan was quite calm about the locust plague that terrified many Emperors.

“Just a little locust plague. Watch how I eradicate it!”

He immediately used the Hand of Weather to make a drizzle over the White Tiger Mountain Range.

The rain was light, perfect for watering the crops without affecting people’s lives.

However, this rain was lethal to the locusts!

Once the locusts got wet, their bodies became heavy, and they could no longer fly.

That’s why locusts particularly despise water, especially rain.

So, when they reached the White Tiger Mountain Range, they couldn’t fly over and kept buzzing around outside.

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In the Great Luo imperial palace, a soldier reported.

“Report to Your Majesty, the locusts have flown over the White Tiger Mountain Range! However, because it has started to rain in Great Xia, the locusts have not crossed the border but are lingering outside.”

“The locusts arrive and it starts to rain. What good luck!” The Emperor of Great Luo raged with envy.

He noticed that Great Xia always seemed to turn misfortune into fortune whenever faced with natural disasters.

But he did not believe that the heavens would always favor them.

“Such light rain shouldn’t last long, so it will stop soon. Continue to keep an eye on Great Xia!”

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

By the second day, the rain was still falling, and the locusts still couldn’t fly over.

It was as if there was a dragon’s den or tiger’s lair ahead, and flying over meant certain death.

The Emperor of Great Luo was puzzled. This light rain had persisted too long, continuing for two days.

Such hot weather is not the usual time for light rain.

If it had been a torrential downpour for two days instead, he would have been pleased.

“Keep watching!”

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

On the third day, the rain continued, gentle like spring rain, silently nourishing everything.

The Emperor of Great Luo remained in his gloomy mood.

By the fourth day, the rain still hadn’t stopped, but the locusts gave up and turned back.

The Emperor of Great Luo fumed with frustration: “Four days of rain forced the locusts to turn back! Great Xia, you’re so lucky, dodging another disaster again!”

“Your Majesty, the locusts are now approaching the southeastern grain region, ready to devour the fields!”

“Don’t panic, what’s the big deal?” the Emperor of Great Luo scolded.

A locust plague would have caused panic in the past, but now things were completely different.

With the poison provided by the Taoist Sect, he could easily deal with the locust plague.

“Go, proceed with our previous method!”

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

Once again, they gathered dry grass, sprinkled it with poison, set it on fire, and let the toxic smoke spread across the sky.

The returning locusts hesitated to approach.

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At this moment, within the Great Xia imperial palace.

Lin Beifan looked at the intelligence coming from the Great Luo territory and laughed, “So they used poisonous smoke to fumigate the locusts and solved the locust plague! I won’t let you off so easily!”

His consciousness entered the Empire Sandbox, where he utilized the Hand of Weather.

Instantly, a strong wind arose in Great Xia and then whooshed towards Great Luo.

Although this strong wind lost Lin Beifan’s control and its power weakened considerably after reaching Great Luo, it was still strong enough to blow away the dust and smoke.

The poisonous smoke that had spread over the skies of Great Luo was swept away by this ‘cleansing breeze’.

With no poisonous smoke, the locusts immediately descended to nibble on the rice seedlings.

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Inside the Great Luo imperial palace.

The Minister of Revenue hurried in, “Your Majesty, there’s bad news, the locusts have flown back! They are devouring our grain, destroying many rice seedlings!”

The Great Luo Emperor furrowed his brows, “Didn’t you light the poisonous smoke to disperse the locusts?”

“Your Majesty, we did light the smoke, but a wind from the southeast blew it all away!”

“What?” The Great Luo Emperor was shocked.

He immediately followed the Minister of Revenue to the fields outside the city.

They saw the recently risen poisonous smoke being blown away by the wind.

Without the threat of the smoke, the sky-darkening swarm of locusts descended from the heavens and began feasting on his rice seedlings.

The Great Luo Emperor was extremely anxious, “This damned southeast wind! Why did it have to come now of all times? As a temporary measure, quickly find someone to deal with the locusts! This wind will pass soon!”

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

They immediately mobilized most of the nation’s troops to the fields to exterminate the locusts.

However, the wind had hardly weakened after a day and a night of effort, and they were left gasping for breath from exhaustion.

On the second day, they continued to fight the locusts, and the wind continued to blow.

The lit poisonous smoke was blown away before it could even rise.

Watching his grain supply dwindle bit by bit, the Great Luo Emperor was deeply pained and turned to the peerless beauty beside him.

“Fairy Yufei, do you have any solutions? If this continues, all our grain will be devoured!”

Song Yufei gave a wry smile, “Your Majesty, there really is no way this time. We can only wait for the wind to stop.”

“Alas!” The Great Luo Emperor sighed deeply.

And so they waited, one day, two days, three days…

The wind showed no signs of weakening.

Nor did it grow stronger.

It just kept blowing moderately, perfectly sweeping away the dust and smoke, yet not the locusts, leading to an ever-decreasing supply of grain.

The Great Luo Emperor had tried everything, even praying to the gods and worshipping Buddha, but to no avail.

The Great Luo Emperor was extremely frustrated, “Keep going! Keep going! Otherwise, all the grain will be gone! Without grain, what will you eat or drink?”

“But Your Majesty, we are really exhausted…” a general said weakly.

They had been fighting the locusts for five or six days straight, working tirelessly day and night.

Even though he is a strong martial artist, he was tired after working tirelessly for five or six days straight.

The Great Luo Emperor shouted, “No matter how tired, you must continue, or I will take your heads off!”

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

Everyone had no choice but to grit their teeth, supporting their exhausted bodies, and continue exterminating the locusts.

Soldiers started to fall in droves, but the locusts showed no signs of decreasing. In fact, there seemed to be even more of them.

Even within the cities, a large number of locusts had infiltrated.

Great Luo Emperor watched his soldiers, weary to the bone, and fervently rallied them with impassioned encouragement, “You are all Great Luo’s brave sons! Do not give up! You must hold on, in perseverance there is victory! Victory will surely be ours!”

Thus, they persisted for half a month, and finally, the locusts flew away.

It wasn’t that they had defeated the locusts, but rather that the locusts had consumed all there was to eat and had to move on to new feeding grounds.

Great Luo Emperor looked at the unrecognizable rice fields and wailed, “My grains are gone!”

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