Jiang Yuebai felt the small Ganoderma lucidum trembling on his head, and asked Heka who looked easy to get along with next to him.
"Are these the bodies of strangers? Why are they hanging here?"
Heka casually glanced at the corpses beside the road, "These are all strangers hiding in Shiwan Mountain. They tried to escape into the Baipu Domain and were killed on the spot. They hung here to deter other strangers."
"Why do you Witch Clan hate strangers so much?" Jiang Yuebai asked.
Heka said, "The ancestors of the Wu clan have been like this for generations. It may be the hatred deep in the blood. If you want to know, you can ask Granny Shi Lan in our village. She is very knowledgeable."
Jiang Yuebai secretly wrote down the name. The gate of the village in front opened and Yinhuan led everyone into the village. Everyone in the village stopped by the road and saluted Yinhuan with great respect.
The village is not big, and Jiang Yuebai can see about a hundred people. There are more men than women, and those with advanced skills are all in the Qi training period.
In other words, in the whole village, Yinhuan and Menglu were the highest in cultivation, in the middle stage of foundation building, followed by Heka in the early stage of foundation building, and the rest were all in the Qi training stage and children who had not yet practiced.
Heka saw Jiang Yuebai's doubts and explained, "It has only been more than ten years since our sister Yinhuan built the village by herself. Sister Jinhuan is a Gu Master in the Golden Core stage. Jinhuan Village is on the other side of the mountain and is relatively large in scale." You can protect us at any time..."
After listening to Heka's explanation, Jiang Yuebai learned that women from the Wu clan can go out alone and lead people to build their own strongholds after they have reached the foundation-building stage.
Sibling sisters usually build their villages closer together to make it easier for them to take care of each other. When the entire group grows larger, they can merge into one large village.
There are many such villages in the Hundred Thousand Mountains. They fight with each other for prey and resources. They rise and fall, evolve and change from time to time.
Only the Five Great Strongholds, where all forces are mixed, have always stood firm.
"Heka, you greet this boy from the Central Plains, and I'll take my sister to drink. Menglu, ask someone to prepare a bonfire. Good wine and meat. Let's greet the guests from afar tonight."
Yinhuan waved his hand, handed Jiang Yuebai to Heka, and took Yun Shang's hand to the largest stilted building in the center of the village.
Yun Shang looked at Jiang Yuebai with pleading eyes, almost crying. Jiang Yuebai shrugged his shoulders and expressed his helplessness. Who told her that she was an incompetent man?
There is no need to be a love rival, Heka has a kind attitude towards Jiang Yuebai and takes Jiang Yuebai to visit various places in the village.
The women in the village are all polygamous, the ones who do chores and take care of the children are all men, and most of the women are practicing Gu and Qigong.
Although the status of men is not as good as that of women, the women here treat men very well. At least they do not beat or scold them at will, and they are relatively respectful.
"You and Meng Lu are both Yinhuan men?" Jiang Yuebai asked Heka.
Heka nodded, "The two of us have been with Yinhuan for the longest time. She has left aside a dozen men she won from various villages. She still likes strong and capable men."
When Heka talked about the other men in Yinhuan, his expression did not change at all, which impressed Jiang Yuebai.
It can be seen that the men of the Wu clan are really domesticated and can accept the custom of putting women first, which is something that men from other realms cannot do.
The Wuweishan people once mentioned in a collection that if they wanted to choose a place to settle down, Baipu Region was the best place. Unfortunately, the Wuweishan people didn't like the humid and insect-filled environment, so they chose to live on the road without a fixed place.
"Can you take me to meet Granny Shi Lan, whom you mentioned earlier? I was reading "The History of Heavenly Witches" recently, and I feel that the development of your witch clan is really magnificent, with ups and downs, and there are many admirable people among them. The stories and stories made me yearn for it, and I only regretted that I was not from the Wu tribe."
Jiang Yuebai took out the "Historical Book of Heavenly Witches" that he had bought earlier. It had obvious traces of being read. Coupled with her words, Heka felt proud of being a member of the Wu clan and nodded immediately.
"Grandma Shi Lan lives behind the village. I'll take you there."
Heka took Jiang Yuebai around the stilted buildings arranged in a semi-arc shape in front and walked to the mountain behind the village. There was an old stilted building standing on the hillside among the lush old vine trees.
The eaves are covered with moss, and the vines on the pillars are covered with small flowers, almost blending in with nature.
The gray-haired old woman, dressed in starched blue cloth, was sitting on the porch sorting various dried insects.
"Grandma Shi Lan."
Heka stepped forward. Granny Shi Lan saw him and was about to respond with a smile. Suddenly she saw Jiang Yuebai behind Heka, and her cloudy eyes suddenly brightened.
"Grandma Shi Lan, I will take..."
"Get out of the way."
Before Heka finished speaking, Granny Shi Lan pushed her away. She put down the centipede stem in her hand and stared at Jiang Yuebai for a moment, with a smile on her face.
"Oh, what a handsome young man. He's just a little bit worse than the guy my mother-in-law fell in love with when I was young. Come on, come on, come closer and ask me to take a look."
As soon as Jiang Yuebai walked over, Granny Shi Lan held her hand and looked at her. She spoke very well.
Heka's heart twitched. Mother-in-law Shi Lan liked the fair and handsome men from the Central Plains the most, so he was able to get her mother-in-law's guidance on the art of Gu by his appearance.
Now...he is not my mother-in-law's favorite person!
Granny Shi Lan held Jiang Yuebai's hand and said, "Are you from the Central Plains? Have you ever met a man named Xu Qingye? He is very handsome and good-looking. Back then, he came to our Wu Clan territory and visited more than a dozen villages. All the village masters fought for him, but in the end I won him and he became my man."
"But he was too wild-minded. After learning all my skills, he still wanted to learn something better. He didn't want to stay with me in this 100,000-yuan mountain. I saw that he was not happy, so I let him go. As a result, he never came back. Take a look at me, ugh..."
Heka persuaded awkwardly, "Mother-in-law, that happened five or six hundred years ago, right? This little brother is probably less than thirty years old. How could he have met the person you mentioned?"
Jiang Yuebai was slightly surprised. The old woman in front of him looked like a mortal without any cultivation. Has she actually lived for so long?
Granny Shi Lan came back to her senses and smiled bitterly, patted Jiang Yuebai's hand and said, "When people get old, they like to recall the past and nag."
Jiang Yuebai shook his head, "It doesn't matter. I always like to listen to stories. It's an honor for me that my mother-in-law is willing to tell them."
Granny Shi Lan smiled brightly, "You Central Plains men are always good at deceiving women with sweet words. Granny, I like you as soon as I see you. Since Yinhuan lets you enter the village, you are a guest of the village. Why do you come to my mother-in-law?"
Jiang Yuebai took out the "History of Heavenly Witches" and said, "I had a lot of doubts when reading this book. Brother Heka said that you have the most profound knowledge, so I came to ask you for advice."
Granny Shi Lan patted the floor next to her and motioned Jiang Yuebai to sit down, "How does the book write about the Witch Clan?"
Heka and Jiang Yuebai were both sitting next to Granny Shi Lan, watching her continue sorting various types of dried insects.
Jiang Yuebai took the book and said, "I only read the first part, which said that the world first opened, and all living things were born from the chaos. In the chaotic ancient times, the four races of humans, monsters, demons and witches stood side by side."
"At that time, the Witch Clan was still called the Celestial Witch Clan. After the Great War between Immortals and Demons, the Demon Clan was destroyed, and the Celestial Witch Clan subsequently declined and slowly developed into today's Witch Clan. However, the specific reasons are unclear, which makes people very curious."
Granny Shi Lan nodded, "The war between immortals and demons is older than the disaster of Tianqing. It is true that not many people know what happened. Granny, I only know a few things from the songs passed down from generation to generation."
"Actually, the Heavenly Witches and the Demon Clan are both born from the turbid air of heaven and earth. The Heavenly Witches in the ancient times are what they are today."
Jiang Yuebai was shocked, "Huh? Then...are the Yiren the orthodox remnants of the Heavenly Witch? But aren't the Yiren related by blood to the demon clan?"
