After Xiao Zhan left, the four-person team became a three-person team.

Chen Er told Dongfang Yiruo in the voice that after he thought about the idea of changing routes, Dongfang Yiruo thought about it, and still found Dongfang Yiqi a little reluctantly. And conveyed Chen Er's words to her word for word to Dongfang to pity.

Dongfang weighed the pros and cons with pity, and finally agreed to this matter.

So they began to cross the mountains, heading for the other route closest to them.

Although they didn't know what danger there was in the middle, they had to do this in order to avoid the ink leopard.

Last time, the four of them barely drove the black leopard away, and now there are only three of them left, and they will be a little weak-hearted.

The distance between the two routes is not very far, but it needs to cross several high mountains, but since ancient times, the deep mountains and old forests are dangerous, and they can't care about avoiding the leopard.

One is the risk that may occur, and the other is the ink leopard that will definitely not be able to resist, the lesser of two evils, there is no other way.

After walking for a few more days, when they crossed a high mountain, they found a village halfway up the mountain.

There are about two or three thousand households in the village, which is so large that it is even comparable to some small towns outside.

Human beings are social creatures, even cultivators are no exception, and when they see people populating, they instinctively want to get closer.

What's more, the village deep in the mountains made them a little curious.

It may be that the hunters in the village either go up the mountain to chop firewood or go out to hunt a lot, forming a winding path, so the way down the mountain is quite easy to walk.

Outside the village, there is a fence enclosed with stones or thorny vines to keep out the beasts that pass by.

However, these things can only stop the beasts, and when they encounter the brutes, this kind of fence will be useless.

Chen Er glanced at it inadvertently, frowning slightly, always feeling that the patterns on the stone were a little awkward.

When a few people appeared outside the village, they were discovered by a sharp-eyed family nearby.

The family didn't ask the three of them what they were doing, but invited them directly into the village and took them to the only stone house in the middle of the village.

The stone houses are carved with strange patterns, similar to those on the stones piled up on the fence outside, but there are some differences.

Dongfang Yixi and Dongfang Yiruo were fine, and there was no reaction, but Chen Er always felt that he had seen this kind of pattern somewhere, but he couldn't remember it a little.

In the house lived was the head of the village, a kind old man. The old man was first surprised after seeing the clothes of a few people, and then asked cautiously, "May I ask if the three are immortals from the Immortal Sect on the mountain?"

Dongfang Yiruo couldn't stand it anymore when he heard what he said, so he ran to the side and secretly joked with Chen Er.

Dongfang Yixi bowed slightly, and said in an ethereal voice: "Uncle don't be so polite. ”

When the old man heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I can't help it! I can't afford to be a fairy, an old man!"

Dongfang didn't bother with this problem, just smiled slightly and chatted with the old man.

"What's the name of our village, and how did it come to be built deep in the mountains?"

After listening to Dongfang Yixi's words, the old man was stunned for a moment, and then asked tentatively, "Aren't you sent down by the immortals on the mountain to save us?"

Dongfang Yixi was also a little puzzled when she heard this, she really didn't know that there was still a village that could directly contact the cultivation sect for help.

"Don't worry, uncle, we did come out of the mountain sect, but we were just going to do something else, and we passed by here and saw our village. But if you have any difficulties, you can also tell us, and we may be able to help. ”

When the old man heard Dongfang Yixi's words, the look in his eyes completely dimmed.

"Because this village is built on the south mountain, it is called Nanshan Village. However, since the three of them did not come to solve this matter, there are some things that I can't say too much, so please forgive me. ”

Sighing slowly, the old man picked up the dilapidated book next to him, flipped through it at random, and said in a deep voice: "It's not early, I'll let the three immortals find a place to live first." Although the three of them are here, they have to be entertained, so please stay tonight and wait until tomorrow morning before you go on the road. ”

After the old man finished speaking, he called his eldest son who was guarding the door and took Chen Er and the three to a somewhat remote bamboo building.

"My father said that immortals don't like to be disturbed, so I chose a clean place for the three of them, and if you are not satisfied, you can tell me that I am outside and will not go far. The village chief's son left after a few polite words.

On the second floor of the bamboo building, Dongfang Yixi looked out of the lifeless room through a simple window, and Chen Er and Dongfang Yiruo were sounding on the side.

"What did you just say was wrong?" asked Dongfang Yiruo.

Chen Er still had that stupid expression, but he secretly said to Dongfang Yiruo: "What do you say the mortals under the mountain should react to when they encounter the immortals on the mountain?"

Dongfang Yiruo was stunned for a moment and shook his head.

Chen Er raised his forehead and said: "There are only two situations when mortals under the mountain encounter the immortals on the mountain, one is that they can't recognize it at all! The other is to be respectful and entertaining, even if they don't seek good fortune, they should also form a good fate!"

Dongfang Yiruo frowned, still a little as if he didn't understand.

Chen Er glanced at Dongfang Yixi, and when he saw that she was looking out of his mind, he secretly scraped Dongfang Yiruo's forehead with his fingers.

After Dongfang Yiruo gave Chen Er a wide roll of his eyes, he urged in a loud voice: "You should say it quickly, you want to die in a hurry?"

Seeing that Dongfang Yiruo was in a hurry, Chen Er stopped teasing her, and said again: "Didn't you hear what the village elder said?

Dongfang thought about it, but didn't feel that there was anything wrong.

"What's wrong with that?"

Chen Er sighed secretly, and explained helplessly: "You haven't thought that the old man of this village just wants us to pass tonight and leave tomorrow?

After listening to Chen Er's explanation, Dongfang Yiruo suddenly realized that she suddenly felt that her IQ had dropped a little recently.

Chen Er didn't say much, just looked out the window stupidly, with a hint of solemnity in his eyes.

There is no water source around, and it is still a village deep in the mountains, which in itself is wrong!

Then he sent some words to Dongfang Eruo.

After hearing this, Dongfang Yiruo pouted, came to Dongfang Yixi's side and said, "Sister, have you heard of this village?"

Dongfang Yiruo retracted his gaze, shook his head and said, "Although I don't have much contact with the things in the family, I still have some understanding of the mortal sects and forces around our family, but I have never heard of such a large village in this mountain range!"

"And on the family map, this place is clearly marked as a no-man's land!"

Dongfang Yixi said this, and Dongfang Yiruo also felt that something was wrong.

Cultivation sects are not as unworldly as everyone thinks, on the contrary, they will always have some intricate relationships with some mortal forces.

After all, a large part of the cultivators were selected from the so-called mortal world and brought back.

Therefore, the cultivation sect attaches great importance to the collection of information on mortal forces. There are so many disciples in a sect, and they are used to deal with these trivial matters.

Dongfang Yixi frowned, glanced at the lifeless village, and spoke again.

"And this mountain is not called Nanshan at all!"