The benefits that the Space Spirit Spring brought to this continent continued to show. People became healthier and healthier, and plants grew rapidly and luxuriantly.

The yield and quality of grain and vegetables have been greatly improved, and farmers who suffered from the drought and lost one season of grain have benefited directly.

The increased vegetable production was sold at a price one or two times higher than usual.

The increased grain production was purchased at a high price by the affordable granaries under the names of Xiao Yunyan and Li Mohan, packaged into fine rice and flour, and sold to wealthy people in other places.

The people's income has increased. As the largest consumer group, they have driven the economic prosperity of surrounding counties.

The local tax revenue was increased by 30% compared to normal. This was something that had never happened before.

In the past, whenever a drought occurred in a certain place, there would be famine for a long time.

Even after the drought is over, locust control will be very difficult. It may take until the cold winter before the locusts are frozen to death.

The continuous reduction or even complete failure of vegetable and grain production caused by drought and locusts will lead to large numbers of people starving to death.

As a result, business in the affected areas will be depressed, and the prices of vegetables, meat, eggs and grain will soar due to reduced production.

In the past, when severe droughts and locust plagues occurred in many places, the people would suffer for two or three years.

As a result, life became difficult for scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans alike.

Not to mention raising taxes, even if some places are tax-free, it will not change the secondary disasters of economic depression and inflation.

This time, the entire continent was hit by an unprecedented drought, a locust plague that covered the sky, and bandits who robbed everywhere. It can be said that natural disasters and man-made calamities befell this place at the same time.

If Li Ping'an had not taken the lead in disaster relief, if Xiao Yunyan and Li Mohan had not given their strong support, if the Space Dragon and Phoenix Tribes had not worked hard to rescue the people, if the cultivators and soldiers from all over the country had not worked hard to wipe out the bandits, and if the volunteers had not actively distributed relief food and money, this continent would probably have become a living hell.

These are not the only benefits.

In the mountains and forests, drought struck, and the small animals also experienced a huge and devastating disaster.

At the beginning, in order to make a living, the common people flocked into the mountains to hunt and kill animals.

Then, due to lack of water, the animals competed for water, some died of thirst, and some were killed or injured in fights.

Finally, when the locusts passed through their territory, no grass grew, the herbivores were short of food, the mortality rate increased, the fertility rate decreased, and the carnivores also had no food.

The entire animal kingdom suffered an even more brutal disaster, with death and extinction occurring all the time.

The space spiritual springs and large amounts of water that the dragons continuously sprayed down not only saved the animals that were about to die in large numbers, but also made their bodies healthy and strong.

Fertility rates increased significantly for both herbivores and carnivores.

The abundant water sources full of spiritual energy and the lush and high-quality vegetation are enough to satisfy the large-scale reproduction of animals.

Similarly, the production of herbs and fruits in the mountains and forests has increased significantly.

Hunters who make their livings in the mountains, herbalists and mountain hikers who pick wild fruits and mushrooms are all beneficiaries. Every time they go into the mountains, they get a very rich harvest.

This result made the law enforcement gods who carried out the heavenly punishment very dissatisfied. The heavenly punishment they had worked so hard to carry out did not have the desired punitive effect.

For this reason, the Emperor of Heaven accepted many complaints from the law enforcement gods in the heavenly court.

"Emperor of Heaven, this job cannot be done. Is this still a punishment from Heaven? Go to that human world and see for yourself. After the punishment from Heaven, the human world is thriving everywhere.

How could this be the behavior one should have after being punished?

Doesn't this go against the original intention of God's punishment to educate the local people?

Should the people there be rewarded for doing evil?

Xiao Yunyan, Li Mohan and Li Ping'an, the three gods, took the lead in violating the Way of Heaven. Can we, the gods of law enforcement, give them an explanation?"