Miao Gu Village is a relatively remote village in Kongshen Miao Village, which is located in Liangwang Township, Rongjiang County, Guizhou Province. Wuyi Mountain is four or five hundred kilometers away from Rongjiang County, the train can reach Kaili Station, from Kaili Station to Rongjiang County you need to take a car, after arriving in Rongjiang County, you have to reverse, and then you need to walk for a long time on the mountain road to reach Miaogu Village.

Miao Ancient Village, a relatively old village, is very backward in development, and the transportation and information are not developed, which can be said to be truly derailed from modern society. The road was quite bumpy, but fortunately, all four of them were cultivators, and it was not difficult to walk.

Several people arrived at Miaogu Village at five o'clock in the evening, the sky had already darkened, the whole village was lifeless, and there were hardly anyone in sight, which made people feel like a deserted village. However, Zhou Chen and the others have all experienced this kind of life, and they don't feel particularly strange.

Although Zhou Chen has always lived in the metropolis, he has been following the doctor for two years, living a life of "running around", and occasionally living in the deep mountains and old forests for a period of time, so he still understands some poor and backward places in China. And wilt has lived in the depths of the mountains since childhood, and naturally understands the suffering of the people. As for Zhao Xuan'er, he was also born in poverty, and he joined the Yinhe faction on the orders of his teacher to go to backward villages to develop sectarians, so it is not surprising that this kind of place is not surprising.

People living in the metropolis can never imagine that there will be such a poor and backward place in China, only through personal experience, can they truly know that some parts of the country are so poor, and the life of the people is not as beautiful as imagined.

There are even some impoverished people who have been struggling on the brink of life and death, living on a meager income; although these people are poor, they have always held fast to their beliefs, not to do things that violate discipline, and to live by their own hands.

"Zhang Ziling, look at the glamorous clothes you wear, have you really lived here all along?" Remembering that when I first met Zhang Ziling, this guy was dressed in a white suit and holding a white paper fan, he was simply a personable son-in-law, and he couldn't be connected with this place at all, Zhou Chen asked with a suspicious face.

Asked by Zhou Chen, Zhang Ziling scratched his head and explained with embarrassment: "I can't hide it, I haven't been here for a long time." When I was a child, my dad went out to do business and let me stay here with my grandfather, and then my dad made some money and made a fortune, and I was taken to the big city to study, and I rarely came here. ”

"And how long has it been since you came to see your grandfather?"

"It's been more than two years! I came here after graduating from college, and I haven't had time to work since then. Zhang Ziling said guiltily.

"You're so unfilial, and so is your dad. ”

The three of them despised in unison, Zhang Ziling smiled bitterly and said: "That's really not the case, my dad went out to work, and my grandfather broke away from my father-son relationship, saying that my dad violated the ancestral teachings and was not a descendant of the Zhang family, and expelled my dad from the house." Every time my dad came back, he was turned away by the old man and refused to let him into the house. My dad begged my grandfather to go to the big city with us many times, but he couldn't live or die, saying that the roots of our Zhang family are here, even if we die, we will die here. ”

Zhang Ziling said very sad and helpless.

This mood, a few people can understand to some extent, especially for the older generation, no matter how poor their hometown is, their roots are here, and when they leave their hometown, they think that they are duckweed without roots, and they are not at ease when they wander anywhere, and they would rather suffer in this poor land than leave their hometown.

This is the nostalgia of the Chinese people.

Feeling that Zhang Ziling's mood was a little sad, the three of them didn't say more, and walked along a very narrow street in Miao Gu Village, Zhou Chen thought about it and asked again: "Zhang Ziling, your grandfather won't treat you like your father, turn you away!"

"No, my grandfather loves me the most, and has always said that I am the future of the Zhang family, but he just told me that the descendants of the Zhang family must not forget the roots, so that I will never forget Miao Ancient Village, no matter where I am, I must not forget the responsibility of being a member of the Zhang family. Zhang Ziling smiled and explained.

A few people chatted like this, under the leadership of Zhang Ziling, they walked through this narrow street, and when they walked to the head of the village, they saw a particularly dilapidated and ancient house, Zhang Ziling pointed to the eerie-looking house, and said, "That's my grandfather's house." ”

Saying that, Zhang Ziling ignored everyone and ran a few steps; Zhou Chen and the others followed, suddenly, Zhou Chen felt that someone seemed to be staring at him behind him, and suddenly turned back, but the whole village was desolate and uninhabited, where was anyone staring at him, feeling that he was suspicious, Zhou Chen didn't think much about it, and followed.

"Bang Bang Bang"

Zhang Ziling knocked on the door and shouted, "Grandpa, it's me, Ziling, Ziling has come back to see you." ”

After knocking on the door for a long time, the dilapidated wooden door was suddenly opened with a "squeak", revealing an old man who looked old from the crack in the door, the old man was very thin, looked like skin and bones, and his body bones were very wide, and he was a little embarrassed, but it could be seen that he should be at least one meter seven or eight when he was young, and his eyes were sunken inward, but he gave people a very sharp feeling. The old man glanced at it, a smile appeared on his dry face, and he said happily: "Xiao Lingzi, you are here." ”

"Yes, grandpa, I've come to see you. Zhang Ziling hurriedly stepped forward, hugged the old man, and said happily.

"Quick, get inside. ”

Seeing his grandson, the old man was very excited, and hurriedly and warmly invited a few people in.

Zhou Chen and the three of them thanked each other and followed the old man into the courtyard. The courtyard is very small, only a dozen square meters at most, and there are a lot of herbs, grains, and even some dried corpses of animals such as scorpions, and the whole courtyard is filled with a strange smell.

Led by the old man, several people entered the house.

The room was small and dark, with a dim incandescent lamp on which it was impossible to see what was going on in the room. However, Zhou Chenye can see, and it doesn't have much impact, after a careful look, the house is very simple, there are almost no decent furniture, household appliances, and there are only a few chairs and two tables in the main house. On the large table were placed things to worship, and the worship was actually the bull-headed god, a god used to perform Gu magic.

"Grandpa, these are my good friends, his name is Zhou Chen, his name is Qing Wei, and her name is Zhao Xuan'er. Entering the house, Zhang Ziling introduced Zhou Chen and the three of them to the old man one by one.

"Good, good. I'm glad you came to see my old man. ”

The skin of the old man's dry face and smile was folded, and he hurriedly asked everyone to sit down, and asked, "Xiao Lingzi, I sent a message to you before, saying that the door of the Dragon Mystery Realm is about to open, have you got?"

"Grandpa, that's what I'm here to tell you about. ”

Zhang Ziling immediately told him what happened in the Dragon Xuan Secret Realm, and even Zhou Chen got Zhou Xianneng's inheritance, and the matter of the divine dragon's soul possessing Zhou Chen's body was also told again.

Hearing his grandson's story, the old man's deep eyes looked at Zhou Chen, and a pair of sharp eyes stared at Zhou Chen, as if he had seen Zhou Chen through. Being stared at by the old man's sharp eyes, Zhou Chen felt uncomfortable, but he couldn't be angry, so he could only smile at the other party awkwardly, not understanding why the old man was staring at him so much.