The people here, like ordinary people in the Yang world, are used to getting up early, so when the sky gets dark, the village becomes lively again.
As for the ghosts in the ghost village mentioned last night, they didn't make any movement. Maybe they knew that there were people from Huaxian Temple in the village, so they didn't dare to cause trouble.
Xiao Yu found the village chief here again the next day, and after asking if the sun in the sky was a golden crow, the doubts in his heart were solved.
It turns out that the Golden Crow in the sky is not the real Golden Crow, but the real sun. It's just that the sun here is different from the one in the Yang world. It stays in the sky for a shorter time, so people say it is the Golden Crow.
The other old village chiefs are not sure either, and they need Xiao Yu and others to find the answer on their own. After all, they are just ordinary people and do not have many opportunities to interact with people in Xuanmen.
Qinglong and several strong men went up to the mountain to hunt, while the sloppy Taoist and the Taoist priests from Huaxian Temple were building a protective stone circle for the village.
As for Xiao Yu, he had nothing to do and was assigned a task, which was to go with the army to a city two hundred miles away to sell some beast pelts. The most important thing was of course the water demon's elixir.
I heard from the old village chief that the water demon elixir was very popular among some city people, so they would spend a lot of money to buy it.
Several wooden carts hitched the buffaloes and began to creak and creak as they walked on the very mountain road.
Although the mountain roads here are flat, the surrounding mountains are undeveloped, and all kinds of weeds, vines, etc. are spreading everywhere.
Therefore, people need to use sickles to clear the mountain roads while walking. This trip may take a long time.
Xiao Yu sat on the soft fur. Although the mountain road was bumpy, it had no impact on him.
“Super soft sleeper, good, good.”
Xiao Yu was very satisfied with his treatment.
Next to him sat two children, a boy and a girl, who followed their parents into the city.
The two children, one six years old and one four years old, have big heads and big heads, and they often smile at Xiao Yu.
Seeing these two children, Xiao Yu couldn't help but think of his own children. Based on their age, his children should be eight or nine years old now.
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, I am about to run for three!
"Kid, can uncle do a magic trick for you?"
Xiao Yu put his hands in front of the two children and shook them, then pretended to blow a breath and took out two more packs of snacks.
Dried tofu, which is a must-have for drinking, is also a snack that Xiao Yu likes to eat, but he didn't see it in the ancient jade corner.
"Wow, what is this? It's so powerful, so powerful."
The two children were attracted by Xiao Yu's miraculous stunt and kept applauding. Even some adults turned around and looked over.
"You can eat it, try it."
Opening a clinker bag, Xiao Yu skillfully took out one stick and demonstrated it to the children to dispel their wariness.
Seeing Xiao Yu eating, the two children became more courageous. They put the dried beans in their mouths and chewed them, and then they all cheered in surprise.
"Thank you brother, it's so delicious.
Dad said he would take me to the city to buy fancy clothes, and then take me to work for rich people, so that I wouldn’t have to go hungry in the future.”
The six-year-old girl innocently hugged the dried beans and began to whisper to Xiao Yu.
"Do you have relatives in the city?"
Xiao Yu saw the innocent smile on the little girl's face and asked with a smile.
"No, I heard that dad found it for me. There are many people there, colorful clothes, and delicious food.
I only eat one meal a day and leave the rest for my brother."
The little girl shook her head, her hopeful face showing her longing for a better future.
After hearing this, Xiao Yu secretly made a guess in his heart.
This decision is often seen on TV. Many poor families will send their daughters who cannot support them to become maids in wealthy families.
But they will still raise the boy, after all, the boy is the family's only hope to continue the family line.
The girl's father was wearing the cheapest wild boar skin. After hearing the girl's words, his body paused slightly, and then he squeezed hard with his hand holding the reins.
In such mountain villages, they rely on hunting and ancient slash-and-burn cultivation, which cannot guarantee a harvest of food crops.
Food determines their fate.
Xiao Yu smiled and rubbed the little girl's head, while focusing on the little boy.
The innocent little boy still didn't know that this was the last time he saw his sister, and that they would be separated from each other from now on.
Xiao Yu no longer laughed with them, but closed his eyes slightly and entered the ancient jade again.
"Yu'er, you want to help them?"
Xiao Shi seemed to have already known what Xiao Yu was thinking, so when he saw Xiao Yu appearing among the ancient jade again, he walked over directly.
"Grandpa, what do you think?"
Xiao Yu looked at his grandfather's soul that was slowly solidifying and said without denying it.
"Everyone has their own way of life, and they all have their own destiny. This kind of thing happens often in the Yang world. Can you take care of it?
Besides, where you are now, you cannot distinguish between true and false, false and true, and if this is all just an illusion, wouldn’t it be in vain in the end?”
Xiao Shi dissuaded.
Even Xiao Shi doesn't know the current situation of Xiao Yu and the others.
When he was alive, he was only at the third level of Gu Yi's cultivation. In addition, he was injured by Panlong Mountain and his cultivation level regressed, so he could only be a wandering Taoist priest, catching wild ghosts and observing Feng Shui.
He had never thought about a high-level place like the Ghost Tower.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes these past few days, he wouldn't have believed that all of this was true.
So now he is only providing some advice to Xiao Yu and cannot give much help.
"Grandpa, this secret realm doesn't look like an illusion. I've also used Taoist techniques to explore it, but I can't find any trace of an illusion at all.
Although there are many poor people in the world, I have not encountered them. If I did, it would be unreasonable if I did not help them."
After speaking, Xiao Yu took his grandfather's hand and came to Guyu's medicine garden.
"I heard from the village chief that although elixirs are everywhere in this wild wilderness, it requires strong strength to capture them.
The city we are going to now definitely does not have very good medicinal materials, so I plan to exchange a spiritual grass for some money."
As Xiao Yu spoke, he came to a vine-like spiritual grass and cut off a branch at the root of the vine.
The branches are green and shrouded in light green aura, which is not an ordinary thing.
"This is Hui Ling Cao. This is the smallest one. It should be more than six hundred years old. He is the only one."
Xiao Yu took the Hui Ling Cao in his hand and weighed it, then took out a box made of jade and put the Ling Cao inside.
"Now that you've decided, just do what you want.
Just remember that your wealth should not be exposed, and your identity must not be known to others, otherwise not only will you not be able to help the people in the village, but you will also bring disaster to them."
Just when Xiao Yu was about to leave Guyu, Xiao Shi once again held him back and warned him patiently.
"Well, don't worry, grandpa, I will be careful."
Xiao Yu nodded, and then left Gu Yu again. His body that had been sitting cross-legged trembled slightly, and then his eyes slowly opened.
