Xie Lian went into cultivation and stayed there for 3 days. While the child soldier was kicked out of the army. though with no knowledge of this Xie Lian continued cultivation clear headed.
When Xie Lian came out of cultivation he found out there is no water in Yong'an. So he set out to find the rain master. The little boy was cleaning the abandoned shrine in the woods of the crown prince of Xianle.
It took Xie Lian not very long to get to Yong'an, though it took a while to find a man with the rainmaster hat to bring rain to Yong'an.
Xie Lian went back and forth for days trying to fix the rain while citizens of Yong'an came to stay in Xianle bringing problems with it. A man whose son died wanted to stay for that but all of Yong'an was kicked out .
This was out of knowledge of Xie Lian until he got home to find hundreds of Yong'an people outside the main gate while some tried to scale it to get medical attention for their families.
This disgusted Xie Lian, how could his own people act like this. The people wanted Xie Lian to kill the people of Yong'an and the people of Yong'an wanted Xie Lain to save them. This is what made Xie Lian hesitate.