After the discussion between the two valley owners last night, they decided to keep Wang Dalu's people for a few more days before leaving, and secretly observed whether their conduct was trustworthy. If they were of good conduct, they would tell them the secrets in the valley and seek a way out for the survivors in the valley.
Early the next morning, the house where Wang Dalu and several people lived could hear insects chirping and frogs chirping outside, making the morning bustle.
When Wang Dalu woke up, he saw Qian Dayong and Zhao Gensheng teasing with Xue Xiaocui, while Xiang Guang and his grandson were learning Taoism from Nie Zi.
Li Shishi slept very late last night and hasn't woken up yet. She is still holding Tian'er in her arms, who is drooling and talking. They thought they had a good chat last night.
When Wang Dalu woke up, several people hurriedly saluted him and said hello. Xue Xiaocui helped Wang Dalu wash up.
After Wang Dalu finished washing up, he refused Xiang Guang to follow him. He wanted to wander around the valley alone and enjoy the beautiful morning scenery.
We walked around the path in the valley. Yesterday we arrived very late and could not fully see the entire valley. We could only see a corner of the valley with the help of night light and field torches.
The clear stream and rapids drive the roaring waterwheel to water the wheat fields.
Wang Dalu was very happy when he saw the clear stone pond. When he walked to the side, he saw that the water was extremely clear and he could see all the fish, shrimps, aquatic plants in the pond.
He gently cupped the flowing spring water with his hands, and couldn't help but praise it when he felt the sweetness and refreshing taste at the entrance.
"Delicious!"
At this time, a voice came from behind Wang Dalu.
"It is a blessing for this spring to be praised by the prince. It is worthy of the fact that it flows out here."
Wang Dalu turned around and saw the two valley owners from yesterday appearing here and stepped forward to say hello.
The two valley owners had already guessed yesterday that Wang Dalu was the son of a famous family in the outside world, but there was one thing about his family background that they really couldn't figure out, why Wang Dalu didn't speak the language of the aristocracy but the dialect of the East Barren.
But it was really strange to see the one-armed old man with advanced cultivation speaking fluent aristocratic language but treating Wang Dalu in front of him with the courtesy of a servant.
The two of them have never seen such a strange sight in their lifetimes, just because they have deep-rooted thoughts that the nobles in the entire ancient continent are now learning the words of human relations in China and using it to show their identity.
If you don't have the strength but learn the Chinese dialect, you will definitely be disgusted by those nobles and you will be killed.
Famous and distinguished young ladies, famous monks, noble ministers and nobles, all of them have not been exposed to Mandarin since childhood, learned the etiquette passed down from China, and been imbued with the yearning for luxury.
But Wang Dalu has been favored by Wang Gang since he was a child. He has been mingling with the people in Wolong City. He often observes the sufferings of the people and rubs salt into the wounds of the people in the city. He has learned to be cunning, lazy, and rebellious.
He didn't like to learn the Chinese dialect since he was a child, but he learned the folk sayings thoroughly. Now he seems to be in charge of the government, and no one can stop him. He can only act according to his own will.
He once told Old Man Turtle that he wanted the high-ranking figures in Middle-earth to learn Donghuang dialect with him. At that time, Old Man Turtle thought this was just a joke made by Wang Dalu, but Wang Dalu kept it in his heart and would let him learn it one day.
The joke came true.
The two valley owners couldn't think of it, and they no longer wanted to have a few words with Wang Dalu to ask about their origins and identities.
Wang Dalu made a few perfunctory remarks and kept asking about the reason for the confusion outside the valley.
In fact, when he arrived in the valley yesterday, Wang Dalu heard the warning from Jiaojiao in Zifu. Less than ten miles away from the front of the valley, he felt the aura of a strange beast emanating from his body, which was consistent with the poisonous miasma in the forest.
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It’s just that Wang Dalu couldn’t figure out how the Hidden Valley could remain unharmed if it was so close to that powerful beast. There must be some ulterior secret.
Both sides played carelessly with each other, and neither side ever revealed the truth.
On the breakfast table, a bowl of milky oatmeal porridge and pickles pickled in the valley sat in front of everyone, which whetted everyone's appetite.
After hearing Tian Erzui say that his grandfather had been in the valley for a hundred years, Wang Dalu and others were even more certain that the two valley owners were also cultivators.
I just don't know whether these two monks are guarding ordinary valley people or guarding something else in this hidden valley.
The more Wang Dalu thought about it, the more curious he became. He simply stopped thinking about it and went directly to the residence of the two valley owners to ask questions.
When Master Li first heard that Wang Dalu told her that the poisonous miasma was transformed by a strange beast that had been practicing for perhaps a thousand years and was hiding not far away, she was very worried about Wang Dalu.
Wang Dalu comforted Mr. Li for a long time alone, and only stopped when he saw that he felt a little better.
Knowing that Wang Dalu wanted to ask the two valley owners directly why, Nie Zi followed Wang Dalu and left.
The two valley owners also knew that Wang Dalu and others' visit to ask for advice must be related to the purpose of their trip, so they hurriedly invited a few people into the house to continue tea and talk.
Wang Dalu didn't show any politeness and asked the two valley owners what they didn't understand.
"I'm here to ask the two valley owners. The strange beasts outside the valley are so ferocious that they swallow their breath and spit out mist, causing a poisonous miasma to gather. I wonder why the valley is safe?"
When the two valley owners heard that Wang Dalu mentioned the strange beast in his words, their expressions changed greatly and they unconsciously spilled the tea set in their hands and froze on the spot for a moment.
Nie Zi and others saw the two nobles in the valley flustered and distressed, so they thought they were going to attack them, and each took up his sword and radiated brilliance.
The two valley owners knew that Wang Dalu and the others had misunderstood, and hurriedly stretched out their hands to stop what they were saying.
"Fellow Taoists, wait a moment and listen to what I have to say."
Wang Dalu did not panic, and still sat there drinking tea, letting Nie Zi and others put away their long swords and broad knives and wait for the two seemingly kind-hearted valley owners in front of them to explain everything.
The old man surnamed Ju nodded heavily to Tian'er's grandfather, the old man surnamed Chen, and then the old man surnamed Chen spoke to Wang Dalu and others.
This forest is located on the border with the Luyang Hou Dynasty and the Li Ziguang Hou Dynasty, and has never been visited by anyone.
The forest is deep and dense, and there are many tigers, leopards, and poisonous insects, so passers-by avoid it and do not go deep.
But there is a beautiful peach orchard deep in the dense forest, which is the Hidden Valley. At that time, there were also about ten families of hunters living here.
However, it is said that one hundred and fifty years ago, the entire mountain forest suddenly heard the roar of a giant python that echoed for dozens of miles around.
The hunters in the valley thought that the celestial phenomenon was strange and the thunder was coming, so they ignored it.
Over the next three years, a foggy miasma gradually emerged in the forest, causing travelers to suffer poisonous attacks. Moreover, the poisonous miasma remained as usual in the valley, only lingering outside the valley.
A few more years later, the setting sun was so dense with miasma that it was difficult to see the way back and forth, confusing many travelers and passers-by, so the poisonous forest was named Miasma Forest, and the border gate of Luyang Marquis, the closest to it, was also renamed.
Wuxia Pass.
Because standing on the hundred-foot-high Xiongguan Pass, one can clearly see that the dozens of miles of miasma and poisonous forest are surprisingly beautiful under the sunlight, shining with the glow of the rays.
There were also some adventurers and capable people from the two dynasties who went into the miasma to search for treasures, but they all became victims of the miasma and could not come back.
Over the past hundred years, so many bones have been piled up in the forest without seeing the light of day or the moon, which has made some people give up peeking into the miasma and let Hidden Valley enjoy the purity.
There has always been a green plant called the Green Lotus growing in this valley. Because of it, the valley has been protected from the invasion of miasma poisons.
Until a hundred years ago, the old man surnamed Ju and the old man surnamed Chen both came here and decided to stay to find out.
The two of them had been to the center of the Shili Miasma.
There is a cliff there with rugged rocks and huge rocks. At the mouth of the cliff there is a huge cave, which is more than fifty or sixty feet wide and sixty feet high and has an unfathomable depth.
It was already sunset at that time, and not long after, a strange wind blew out of the cave, causing the two of them to shake their bodies. Before they could recover, they saw a giant python head at the entrance of the cave in front of them, and it was spitting out two words of information.
Huge green eyes stared at them.
To be precise, they were staring at the young leaves of the green lotus in their hands.
The giant python can actually understand human speech. Although it cannot speak itself, it can influence the two people's spiritual consciousness to communicate with the wild fetus in their bodies, and then the wild fetus conveys the meaning of the giant python.
The giant python was delighted with the unshakable green lotus plants in their hands, and demanded that they pay tribute of a hundred plants every year before it would spare their lives and the lives of the people in the valley.
Because it was late at night, the giant python only showed a giant figure and could not see the whole body, so they could not tell Wang Dalu and others too much about the appearance of the python. They could only say that the python was far more successful in cultivating than the two of them.
Originally, we had been living peacefully together for so many years. We just agreed to donate a hundred green lotus plants every year. However, in the past few years, for some reason, many of the green lotus plants have withered. No matter how careful the people in the valley are,
Care cannot be taken back to the original condition.
According to the current situation, in another thirty to fifty years, the valley will no longer be able to provide unshakable green lotus for the giant pythons to enjoy, and it will surely encounter a catastrophic disaster.
The two valley owners also thought about the way out for the people in the valley, but these people had lived here for a long time and knew nothing about the outside world. When they came out of the border between the two dynasties, they could only be treated as thieves and troublesome people by the soldiers, who would be beaten, scolded, imprisoned, or beheaded in the worst cases.
show to the public.
There were also natives in the valley who went out to seek refuge from the capital, but there was no news. When two valley owners went out and pretended to be travelers and made inquiries in the capital, they found out that they had been treated as missing persons.
Mr. Ju and Mr. Chen originally saw that Wang Dalu was of noble birth, and wanted to understand his character and see if they could entrust the wealth and lives of more than 200 people in the valley. Unexpectedly, Wang Dalu and the others came here with the intention of touching that person.
Python thoughts.
This shocked the two old men and they hurriedly explained the origin of the giant python to Wang Dalu and others in order to dispel their ridiculous idea.
But what happened was counterproductive. After listening to what they said, Wang Dalu felt that this was a rare opportunity and he must go to the poisonous python's lair.