Lu Dayou said, gently pushed open the door of the house, and walked in with Liang Yan.
Inside is a mahogany tiled house with two floors. The house is not very tall, but it is spacious. There are several peach trees planted in the yard outside, and there are unknown white flowers in the corner, exuding a faint fragrance.
"That's the 'moon praying flower' that Brother Lu calls it, right? The fragrance is indeed unique." Liang Yan's smile contained a hint of approval.
“Brother Liang has great eyesight!”
Lu Dayou laughed and said: "The 'Moon Praying Flower' is a unique specialty of ours and cannot be found in other places. The fragrance of this flower can calm people's mood and get twice the result with half the effort when practicing."
"There is also this wonderful effect."
Liang Yan nodded slightly and followed Lu Dayou into the house.
The furniture inside is very simple, with only a few futons, a wooden bed, a coffee table, and an incense table.
There are several landscape paintings hanging on the wall. Although the scenery in the paintings is majestic and profound, they have no aura at all. They are obviously just ordinary ink paintings.
Liang Yan took a casual glance and found that although the furniture here was simple, it was spotless. Apparently someone came to clean it from time to time.
"This is the guest room used by our Shiling clan to entertain travelers. Although it has been vacant for many years, it has been cleaned by people. Brother Liang, don't dislike it." Lu Dayou chuckled.
"Brother Lu, what are you talking about? I used to practice in a cave and slept on stones. This place is so clean. Liang is already very satisfied."
"As long as Brother Liang is satisfied." Lu Dayou smiled slightly, pointed upstairs, and continued: "There is a spirit gathering array on the second floor. The spiritual energy in it is very sufficient. Brother Liang can use it at will."
"And the spirit gathering array?"
Liang Yan was a little surprised.
According to his past common sense, although the major sects in Antarctic Immortal Continent also have spirit gathering magic circles, they all need to consume the sect's contribution points to get a chance to enter the magic circle to practice.
Only the more contribution points, the longer the training time will be.
It is really unheard of to receive such an unconditionally free Spirit Gathering Array.
"Brother Lu, I'm afraid this is inappropriate. Liang is just a guest. How can he be embarrassed to use the spirit gathering array?"
"What's this?"
Lu Dayou glanced at him and said nonchalantly: "Mother of the Earth is full of spiritual energy. Every household in our village has a spiritual gathering circle. It's not a rare thing. Why should Brother Liang be so unconventional?"
“Every household has it!”
Liang Yan was really surprised this time, and secretly thought in his heart: "When did the spirit gathering array become a 'big cabbage'? And is the aura here really so rich?"
No wonder he was surprised. You must know that the "Spirit Gathering Array" concentrates all the spiritual energy within a certain range and finally absorbs it into the array, just like a robber, forcibly snatching the nearby spiritual energy.
Suddenly coming to an unfamiliar environment made Liang Yan feel wary.
Although the folk customs of the Shiling tribe are simple and hospitable, Liang Yan has seen too many insidious and cunning people, and he is not sure whether this village is really what it seems, or if it has ulterior motives for him.
To take a step back, even if the Stone Spirit Clan is really the same as they appear, there may be other strong men nearby. If your cultivation level remains at the Golden Core realm, you will be in danger sooner or later.
"The top priority is to get rid of the 'reincarnation evil spirit' in my body. Only by driving away these evil spirits can I repair my injuries and restore my state to the past."
Thinking of this, Liang Yan felt a little worried again.
The leader of the Stone Spirit Tribe is only in the late stage of Golden Core. The strength of the entire Stone Spirit Tribe is evident. It is almost impossible to find a way to break the evil spirit here.
To take a step back, even if you can find a few people with advanced cultivation, the "reincarnation evil spirit" is a product of Antarctic Immortal Continent. People here have never even heard of Antarctic Immortal Continent. How do they know how to crack it?
"It's difficult."
Liang Yan sighed softly. Although the situation in front of him was not critical to him, it was still a deadlock.
"Let's ask Lu Dayou first."
Thinking of this, Liang Yan temporarily put down his thoughts and sat cross-legged on the spot to meditate and recuperate.
Time flew by and it was the next night in a blink of an eye.
In the past two days, he did not wander around the village, or even leave the house for half a step, which disappointed many women from the Stone Spirit tribe who were stranded on the street outside and planned to have a "chance encounter" with him.
When the sun set in the west and the last ray of sunset disappeared, there was a knock on the door outside the house.
"Brother Liang, it's Lao Lu who's here!"
Lu Dayou's unique rough voice came from outside the house.
Liang Yan, who was meditating, opened his eyes, raised his hand to temporarily lift the restrictions in the house, and then said with a smile: "Brother Lu, please come in!"
"Hahaha!"
Before I saw him, I heard his voice first. As soon as the door was opened, I heard Lu Dayou's hearty laughter.
"Brother Liang, you are so lucky! The high priest of our tribe came back today. He heard that a guest was visiting, so he specially set up a banquet and invited you to participate. This is considered an honor for our tribe."
"priest?"
Liang Yan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Brother Lu, I don't know much about tribal affairs. Can you explain it to me so that I won't lose etiquette later?"
"You don't even know about the high priest!" Lu Dayou was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses, nodded and said: "That's right. You have been in the mountains before, and you don't know much about this. Let me tell you together.
Alright."
"All ears." Liang Yan smiled slightly.
"Among each tribe, the one with the highest prestige is naturally the clan leader. Below the clan leader are the high priest, Shenwei and Hongyun."
"The high priest is responsible for communicating with the Mother of the Earth, and she presides over every 'Earth Spirit Conference'; Shenwei is the defender of the clan rules. If someone violates the clan rules, he will personally punish them; as for the three men of Hongyun,
He is the representative of a tribe’s fighting power, and can be said to be the most capable young man in the tribe.”
"Actually, under the three heroes of Hongyun, there are also the Seven Heroes of Baiyun and the Twelve Heroes of Black Cloud. Every ten years, our Stone Spirit Clan will hold a fighting competition for young monks. The winner will be promoted. The highest honor is 'Hongyun'."
Three Scholars'."
"I see."
After listening to Lu Dayou's words, Liang Yan had some understanding of the entire tribal system.
According to what he said, the high priest has a very high status in the clan, second only to the clan leader. During this meeting, he must be careful not to offend the other party, and at the same time find a way to find out some information.
Thinking of this, Liang Yan smiled slightly, bowed his hand to Lu Dayou and said, "Thank you, Brother Lu, for clearing up the confusion. Since it is the high priest's kind invitation, Liang will not be respectful and asks Brother Lu to lead the way."
"Haha, Brother Liang, please!"
Lu Dayou invited Liang Yan out of the house, took him into a carriage, and drove slowly towards the other side of the village.
Although Shiling Village is a village, it covers an extremely large area, comparable to a small city in the Antarctic Fairy Continent.
The carriage traveled from east to west for about half a stick of incense before stopping in front of a manor.
"We have arrived. This is the residence of our priests."
Lu Dayou got out of the car first, opened the curtain, and invited Liang Yan out as well.
The first thing you see is a brown courtyard wall. Although it is already night, there are many lanterns hanging on the courtyard wall. The swaying lights illuminate the entire street, giving people a brightly lit feeling.
There were several monks at the gate of the courtyard. When they saw Lu Dayou approaching, they all greeted him warmly.
"Dayou, you are really slow. The banquet is all ready, and you are just late with your guests."
"Sorry, sorry! My Lao Lu is good at everything else, but I'm a little slow-tempered and kept you all waiting for a long time."
Lu Dayou laughed and continued: "Come, let me introduce to you. My little brother's surname is Liang Zhidao. He is a hermit in the mountains and has extraordinary conversation. We will have a few more drinks with him later!"
"That's natural! That's natural! I've seen Brother Liang!"
The rest of the people smiled and greeted Liang Yan. After being polite to each other, they entered the house together.
A banquet had been set up inside, and the table was piled with spiritual fruit and spirit wine, as well as various delicacies. Although the spiritual energy was not particularly strong, many of the varieties Liang Yan had never seen before, and they looked strange.
"Sit, sit, sit!"
Lu Dayou was not restrained at all and took Liang Yan to find a drinking table to sit down at random. The other monks were not polite and invited each other to sit down in twos and threes.
Not long after, several people came out of the courtyard.
The first person was an old woman, over fifty years old, with gray hair, but bright eyes, and she did not look old at all.
Behind her followed a middle-aged man. He was tall, square-faced, and well-groomed, but he was stern and had no expression on his face.
Further back, there are three young men.
One of them was naked from the waist up, his muscles were tangled, and there was a dragon pattern on his right arm. His energy and blood were very strong, and he looked like he was a physical practitioner.
There was also a man with a fair face and handsome appearance. Unfortunately, he was blind in one eye and had a terrifying scar running through his left eye.
The last man was slightly shorter, wearing a linen robe and carrying a barrel behind his back. He looked at the ground while walking and did not look at anyone else.
Because of the mystery of the "Babu Yanyuan" technique, Liang Yan only glanced at it, and he already knew everyone's cultivation level.
The white-haired old woman's cultivation had reached the late stage of Jindan, and she was walking in front of everyone. She was obviously the "high priest" in Lu Dayou's words.
The middle-aged man behind her has a cultivation level in the middle stage of the Golden Core. He has a majestic aura about him. He should be the "divine power" of the Stone Spirit Clan, who specializes in punishment.
As for the last three young men, it seems that they have not been practicing for a long time, but they have the cultivation level of the early stage of Jindan. If the guess is correct, they should be the representatives of the Shiling clan's combat power: the "Three Red Clouds".
While Liang Yan was secretly observing, several people coming out of the backyard had already sat down.
The white-haired old woman smiled and glanced at the crowd, and soon fell on Liang Yan.
"As soon as I returned to the village today, Lu Dayou told me that a guest came to the village. Now it seems that it is this little brother. He is indeed a talented person!"
The white-haired old woman looked Liang Yan up and down with a smile on her face.
I don't know why, Liang Yan's heart suddenly "thumped", and he had a vague feeling that was not good.
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