Gaojiazhuang is not the manor of a single wealthy family, but a village composed of dozens of families named Gao, hence the name Gaojiazhuang.
Maybe there are people with other surnames mixed in, but I don't know for sure.
It is said that this village has been passed down by an ancestor for dozens of generations...
Therefore, after learning this information, Bai Yang was a little confused. Is it Gaojiazhuang or 'Gaojiazhuang'?
These are just small details and I don't care about them.
Bai Yang and Ling Jiao inquired about the situation in Gaojiazhuang nearby, and then went directly there.
Gaojiazhuang is more than 20 kilometers away from Baishigou Town, but that is a straight-line distance. This village is located among the mountains. There is only one path in and out. The path is halfway up the mountain. If ordinary people don't pay attention, they will be shattered into pieces if they fall.
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"Isn't this troublesome? I don't know what the ancestors of Gaojiazhuang thought, actually building the village in the mountains." Standing at the foot of the mountain, Bai Yang looked up to the sky and was speechless.
"After all, villages are not as good as cities. In addition to facing attacks from wild beasts, they also have to guard against bandits. In fact, the ancestors of Gaojiazhuang were very smart and built the village in the mountains, which greatly reduced the possibility of being attacked by bandits."
Unlike Bai Yang who was speechless, Ling Jiao looked at the mountains in front of him and said with a very knowledgeable expression.
"It's not all you martial arts practitioners who resort to knives whenever you disagree, without considering the feelings of the people at all. It's you who people are wary of," Bai Yang curled his lips and said.
"What does it have to do with me? I've only been studying martial arts for two days, and I haven't had time to fight anyone yet." Ling Jiao yelled, "It's unfair."
This guy is very skilled, but in other aspects he is a complete novice. Now that he has become familiar with Bai Yang, he has no awareness of being a master at all. Well, his bad behavior of showing off has not changed...
"Then I guarantee you won't fight with others in the future and the common people will see them and scare them."
"..."
Ling Jiao was speechless.
At this time, there was a sound coming from behind them. A middle-aged man in a green shirt did not take the usual path. He walked among the hills and quickly came to them not far away, tens of meters in a step.
"Eh? This senior looks pretty good!" Turning around and seeing the person coming, Ling Jiao muttered excitedly, subconsciously grabbing the long knife in his hand as if he was about to spar.
Bai Yang quickly stopped and whispered: "You can easily offend people like this."
"My hands are itchy because I was beaten by my master since I was a child and I haven't touched anyone yet." Ling Jiao smiled awkwardly.
The middle-aged man was more than ten meters away from Bai Yang and the others, stepping on a stone that was obviously unstable. Bai Yang felt that he would fall down at any time, but he stood firm and steady.
People who practice martial arts have really good balance skills.
He raised his hands to Bai Yang and the two in a friendly manner, and asked with a look that you know: "You two, did you go to Gaojiazhuang for that matter too?"
"Yes, are you too?" Ling Jiao said immediately, looking like he had finally entered the world.
"Well, I'll take a step first and see you in Gaojiazhuang." The man nodded and said everything without saying anything. Then he stood up and disappeared into the mountains like a spiritual ape climbing a rock.
"Eighth level warriors, I'm too lazy to compete," Ling Jiao said disappointedly when he saw the man leaving.
Bai Yang glanced at him strangely and asked, "Hezhu, did you realize that his cultivation level was lower than yours, so you didn't do anything?"
"That's right. Otherwise, do you think you can hold me back? He's just a warrior. My fight with him is not a discussion. It's just giving advice. It can also be said to be bullying." Ling Jiao raised his chin slightly.
Starting to pretend again...
Bai Yang ignored this guy and looked at the mountain road in front of him worriedly. He was now an 'ordinary person'. Facing the cliff in front of him where he could only put one foot down, it was like a road to hell.
He truly admired how the villagers in Gaojiazhuang brought daily necessities in and out.
"It's okay, Brother Bai, I'll just take you in." Ling Jiao noticed Bai Yang's dilemma and patted him on the shoulder.
"I'll wipe it, please be gentle, hey..."
Caught off guard, Bai Yang was almost knocked to pieces, but before he could finish his words, Ling Jiao grabbed his shoulders and jumped into the air. With a tap of his toes on the cliff, he leaped up like an eagle.
Facing the cliff around him, Bai Yang was afraid that his feet would slip at some moment and the two of them would fall into pieces.
I'm dizzy, I like to go off the beaten path so much, I'll find an opportunity to hang you on a cliff and blow the cold wind for three days and three nights! Bai Yang said without any malice in his heart.
Ling Jiao was so fast that the wind blew Bai Yang almost unable to open his eyes.
"Tweet...tweet..."
The two of them were running halfway up the mountain when a strange bird call came from above their heads.
Ling Jiao stood with one foot on a rock that could roll down the cliff at any time, holding a knife in one hand and a poplar in the other. He looked up and said with great interest: "Hey, look at the big bird, there's someone up there.
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Baiyang raised his head with difficulty. The bird was indeed very big, with a wingspan of almost ten meters. Its body was emerald green, and it looked like an eagle. The bird had a graceful figure like a magpie, and there was a woman wearing emerald green clothes on it.
"Bah, you're a bastard"
A soft moan came out, and the woman on the back of the big bird shook her hands and swung out a bright willow-leaf flying knife. It struck Lingjiao in front of Lingjiao with a flash of cold light, and then rode away on the big bird without turning her head.
Click...
Ling Jiao opened his mouth and bit the flying knife with his teeth, and sprayed it somewhere. With an innocent look on his face, he asked Bai Yang: "I didn't do anything. Why did that woman call me a pervert?"
"It's weird that you said Big Bird has a good temper in front of that girl," Bai Yang said speechlessly.
"Well, that's not what I meant. No, I have to go find her and explain it clearly." Ling Jiao scratched his head, then picked up Bai Yang and went faster to chase the woman.
Therefore, meeting a guy who is almost a novice in terms of human nature is so speechless. Bai Yang feels that even if he finds the woman, there will probably be no second possibility of a fight. How can he explain this kind of thing clearly?
Oh, say in front of other girls, 'The big bird I'm talking about is not that big bird but that big bird?'
"You two, I'll go ahead and see you in Gaojiazhuang."
At this moment, a white shadow beside the two people quickly flew away, leaving such a sentence behind, and the breathing figures could no longer be seen.
"Well, although that guy is only at the sixth level of a warrior, he has obviously practiced special light-body techniques and can move his blood energy quite quickly." Ling Jiao glanced at the person who was walking away and commented.
"You are a master, why is it that you are not as fast as others?" Bai Yang struggled with this.
"To take care of you, I slowed down a hundred times, otherwise you wouldn't be able to bear it," Ling Jiao said with a "I'm fine" expression.
No wonder you can't catch up with that bird. After all, you are also a martial artist...
Bai Yang stopped talking, feeling that this guy was already drifting away on the road of showing off and would never come back. You can't afford to hurt someone who seizes every moment to show off his superiority.
The mountain road was difficult to walk, but for Ling Jiao, who had come to Gao Lai to do it, it was like walking on flat ground, especially if he was traveling alone.
After walking along the mountain road for half an hour, they finally arrived at their destination. During this period, at least a dozen people passed by them, and they all said hello in a friendly way.
The purpose is the same, to go to Gaojiazhuang to participate in the so-called grand meeting.
Standing on the ridge at the entrance of Gaojiazhuang Village, you can overlook the entire Gaojiazhuang.
This place is located in a basin between the mountains. The area is not small. It is estimated to be one kilometer in length and width. A small river flowing from the mountain passes through the entire basin and disappears at the foot of the mountain. It should have followed the underground river.
There are fields beside the river and buildings along the edge of the basin.
The first time he saw this place, Bai Yang almost thought he had arrived at the legendary Peach Blossom Land. It was really beautiful and the environment was beautiful. If it was decorated a little, it could be a place for retirement.
Of course, that is if this place is not destroyed.
The entire buildings in Gaojiazhuang have been destroyed, most of them have been burned, and everything is charred and in ruins!
Bai Yang had very good eyesight and saw many corpses in the mud, including old people, children and women. None of their bodies were complete and they had been brutally murdered.
I don’t know how long these corpses have been there, and due to the heavy rain not long ago, the scene is impossible to see.
"Damn it, how could this happen!" Ling Jiao looked at the scene in front of him with a ghostly expression on his face.
Those who died were obviously villagers from Gaojiazhuang, but now there is no one alive at all.
"Maybe they know why this is happening," Bai Yang said, pointing to a group of people gathered in the middle of the basin.
There were quite a few people there, probably no less than a thousand. They were all dressed up as people from all walks of life, carrying knives and swords. They looked like they were not good people at first glance.
Thousands of people, men, women, old and young, gathered together, but there was almost no communication. They each stayed aside as if waiting for something. Only acquaintances would come together to discuss in low voices.
"Did they kill all the villagers here? But, didn't they gather together to do some heroic deeds? I'll kill them!" Ling Jiao clenched his fist and said murderously.
That's enough. Bai Yang was speechless and persuaded: "Don't jump to conclusions. They probably didn't do it. Look, those villagers have been dead for at least two days. These people have obviously just arrived."
"Is that so?" Ling Jiao asked confusedly.
As a newcomer to the world of martial arts, I take everything for granted...
Bai Yang understood and said: "Let's go over first and ask what the situation is."
"good"
The road conditions were not bad next. Bai Yang got rid of the embarrassing situation of being carried away like a chicken by him and quickly walked towards the crowd.
Seeing them coming, almost everyone glanced at them, most of them nodded in a friendly manner, while the others all looked at Bai Yang with a strange expression.
Bai Yang understood instantly with this look, he just thought he was the fifth scumbag fighting here to join in the fun, you are the fifth scumbag fighting...
"Two, we meet again"
Beside, at the outermost edge of the crowd, a middle-aged man in Tsing Yi looked at them and nodded in a friendly manner.
This person was the one he met outside the mountain at the beginning. He seemed to be easy to talk to. Bai Yang walked over and asked in a low voice: "Senior, why is this happening here?"
"You don't know?" the other party asked in surprise.
"Should we know?" Bai Yang was a little confused, as if the whole world knew things that we didn't know.
This is indeed the case.
"Since you don't know why you are here to join in the fun?" The middle-aged man was speechless.
"We heard that there was a grand meeting here, and then we came. There were so many people." Ling Jiao looked around and spoke truthfully.
Uncle, can you please stop being embarrassed? A thousand people think it's too much for you? Are you that country bumpkin who ran away from the mountain?
Bai Yang took a step away, with an expression like "I don't know him."
"Humph, it turns out they are two guys who came here to join in the fun out of curiosity." A cold but pleasant voice sounded from the side.
Although we did come here to join in the fun out of curiosity, don't you feel a little embarrassed to say it? Bai Yang looked at the woman who came here riding a big bird.