Chapter 117: Tianshui Village
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I don't know if the sky in southern Xinjiang has been so hazy in this season, after coming out of that small hill, under the guidance of Xiaobai, the two of them and a monkey headed towards the west of the Incense Valley.
That night, the volcano erupted in the Xuanhuo Altar of the Incense Valley, the heaven and the earth changed, the power was great, there were inductions within a radius of 100 miles, a few days later, in the gloomy sky of southern Xinjiang, although the big hole that was burned by the blazing magma in the sky was gone, but there was still a large cloud, showing a red yellow color, hanging high in the sky in the direction of the Incense Valley, it was very strange.
Such great changes in the heavens and the earth, which were already eye-catching, are now taking place in the Incense Valley, which has always been low-key and mysterious, and coupled with the status of the Incense Valley itself in the cultivation of the righteous path, it has attracted the attention of the world.
For a while, there were rumors all over the world, all speculating about what happened in the Incense Valley?
It's just a few days, in the wild land of southern Xinjiang, which has always been peaceful in the past, many strange faces have begun to gather, and countless public or hidden forces have begun to gather in the wilderness, all openly and secretly trying to see what is going on.
This situation is naturally not what the Incense Valley is happy to see, on the contrary, because of some unknown secrets, the Incense Valley is extremely angry about it.
On the one hand, the Incense Valley treated the disciples sent by the righteous sects such as Qingyunmen and Tianyin Temple to inquire with a pleasant face, good tea and water, and finally a natural disaster passed perfunctorily. On the other hand, for the secret spying of the three major factions of the Demon Sect, the Burning Incense Valley was within its own sphere of influence, and for a while, in the vast land centered on the Burning Incense Valley in various parts of southern Xinjiang, there were swords and swords flickering from time to time.
It's just that whether it is the righteous path or the people in the Demon Sect, they all faintly feel that under the mysterious aura of the Incense Valley, there is a faint revelation of something unusual. This time, the Incense Valley seemed to have been greatly stimulated, and almost all the disciples in the valley were mobilized, searching all over southern Xinjiang day and night.
Over the past few days, the gloomy sky in the southern Xinjiang has been much more lively, and many dazzling and beautiful lights have often been seen flashing from the sky, all of which are the outstanding disciples of the Incense Valley who are tracking something.
Rumors also arose.
What strange beast was born, or a mysterious treasure rose in the crater, all kinds of rumors, and so on.
What's even more outrageous is that there are still people who have eloquently rumored that there is civil strife in the Valley of Burning Incense, and that some rebellious disciples have killed the valley lord Yun Yilan. Correspondingly, Yun Yilan, the valley master of Incense Valley, really didn't show up for a few days. In the end, this rumor spread more and more fiercely, and even within a few days, it alarmed the Daoxuan Zhenren of Qingyunmen and Master Puhong of Tianyin Temple, and the two jointly sent disciples to the Incense Valley to inquire, and the Incense Valley couldn't cry or laugh, so they had to explain that the valley master was in retreat and could not come forward.
The conclusive news came back, and Qingyunmen and Tianyin Temple were relieved, but what kind of people were the heads of these two major sects, how could they not guess that there must be something strange in the middle, so they secretly ordered the disciples not to hurry back to the mountain, and secretly investigated on the spot.
For example, today's chaos, the demons are dancing wildly, and the Incense Valley has always been mysterious and ambiguous, and when the battle of Qingyun was in the middle of the battle, it happened to be absent, and people couldn't help but think of anything. Therefore, because of the ghost power, he inadvertently rescued the nine-tailed sky fox that had been suppressed for three hundred years, but it caused an undercurrent of the general trend of the world, and the gathering of wind and clouds in southern Xinjiang.
Because the Incense Valley sent countless disciples to track and check back and forth, and practice with the Tao of Ghost Power and Xiaobai, naturally they would not be afraid of these disciples, but thinking that if their whereabouts were exposed, they would inevitably cause countless troubles, and if they alarmed the big people in the Incense Valley and led the crowd to chase after them, I was afraid that it would be difficult to resist, after all, the Incense Valley was a thousand-year-old sect, and the potential was unpredictable.
Ghost Li thought about the top priority now, and it was still necessary to track down the dark witch clan who could save Baguio.
So after coming down from that hill, at Xiaobai's suggestion, Ghost Li found a remote village, bought two sets of local clothes with money, a man and a woman, and changed clothes with Xiaobai to put them on.
In the remote areas of southern Xinjiang, the customs are naturally different from those of Middle-earth, that is, even the clothes that are usually worn on the body are also different from the robes of the people of Middle-earth.
Because it is a remote village to buy clothes, so the clothes on the handmade rough is also expected, worn on the body, these clothes and the clothes of the Middle Earth The biggest difference, in addition to the different styles, is that the color is relatively bright, men's clothes are dark blue as the base, women's colors are complex, gorgeous.
Because to avoid the eyes and ears of the Incense Valley, Ghost Li and others will not be able to fly in the air, although Ghost Li is quite anxious in his heart, but in Xiaobai persuaded a few words, saying that he has waited for ten years, could it be that the matter is coming, and he can't even wait for a few days? If it is because of the urgency to attract the chasing soldiers of the Incense Valley, I am afraid that the situation will be chaotic, but I don't know when to go!
Although Ghost Li was anxious, he couldn't deny that what Xiaobai said was reasonable, and the two walked slowly.
Dressed in southern Xinjiang costumes, they traveled all the way, and on the way, they met several groups of disciples who were tracking the Incense Valley, but they were not recognized by them. At most, it's because of the strange appearance of Little Gray, so he just looked at it twice.
The most important thing is that that night, Ghost Li and Xiao Gray have not been exposed, so the people in the Incense Valley don't know what they look like, but they just blindly check the strangers with strange whereabouts, but ignore them in the past.
At this moment, Ghost Li and Xiaobai were walking on an ancient road three hundred miles away from the Incense Valley, which was in the wilderness, and there was no one on the road. It had only been half an hour before they swaggered over from a group of Incense Valley disciples.
The sky was overcast, the dark clouds moved lightly, and the ghost frowned slightly, and walked forward. On the contrary to him, the little white beside him always had a smile on his face, and he was quite interested, looking around all the way, looking at the scenery of southern Xinjiang, even though it was a desolate barren mountain and ancient road, in her eyes, it seemed to be the most beautiful scenery.
Ghost Li glanced to the side, and the monkey Xiao Gray was sitting on Xiao Bai's shoulder at the moment, calm. I don't know if it's because they are all rare spiritual creatures in the world, Xiao Ash is very affectionate to Xiao Bai incarnated by the nine-tailed sky fox, and it seems that he has spent more time with Xiao Bai in the past few days.
Looking at Xiao Ash and Xiao Bai joking from time to time, squeaking and laughing, Ghost Li suddenly thought that if Zeng Shushu, an old friend on Qingyun Mountain, saw such an appearance, he must be very envious!
Xiaobai is wearing the ordinary clothes of a southern Xinjiang woman, the style is no different from ordinary people, but this ordinary clothes, with her peerless appearance, are like shining and hot, and she has never seen a style before, but it seems that this woman should be born to wear such clothes, revealing the unique charm and taste of southern Xinjiang women everywhere.
Xiao Bai seemed to notice the ghostly gaze, and in a blink of an eye, he smiled: "What, I look good in this dress?"
Ghost Li smiled faintly, and with his temperament, he didn't want to answer such a slightly frivolous topic, so he turned his mouth and asked: "I see that you are very familiar with the customs and environment of this southern Xinjiang place, not to mention anything else, there is such an ancient and remote village in the deep mountains near the Incense Valley, you can actually find it, have you been here before?"
Xiaobai pursed his lips and looked forward, only to see that the mountains in the distance were connected and endless, which was the unique landform here in southern Xinjiang. There is an ancient road in front of you, winding forward, and there are strange rocky hills on both sides, far or near. The distant mountain peaks in the sky are connected from afar, and the gloomy dark clouds hang on the top of the high mountain peaks, drifting with the wind.
She walked slowly, sighed softly for a while, and said quietly: "I've not only been here......"
Ghost Li was slightly surprised and said, "What's wrong?"
Xiao Bai let out a sigh of relief, shook his head with a smile, as if he wanted to gently shake off the past years, and said, "You don't know! Our fox demon clan originated here in southern Xinjiang, and I grew up in this poor mountain and bad water since I was a child. ”
The ghost was stunned for a moment, and said, "Then why is it that in the past thousand years, the folklore of Middle-earth has always had the shadow of your fox demon?"
Xiao Bai said lightly: "That's because thousands of years ago, I led our fox demon clan to leave here, go to Middle Earth, and finally settle in the Fox Qi Mountain in the southwest. ”
Ghost Li was taken aback, and he couldn't speak for a while, and then he said astringently: "What, you ......"
Xiao Bai glanced at him with interest, smiled, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, like ambiguity, and like vicissitudes: "I didn't expect it, this is where the current main hall of your Ghost King Sect is located."
Speaking of which, the name of Fox Qi Mountain is probably from our fox demon clan!"
Ghost Li was silent for a long time, and said slowly: "Then you have a ...... with the Ghost King Sect"
Xiao Bai didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and directly shook his head and said: "You can rest assured about this, our fox demon clan and the Ghost King Sect have been neighbors for hundreds of years, and they have been at peace with each other, not only that, but in the past few hundred years, there have been several shemale loves." Therefore, in addition to repaying you for rescuing me from the Xuanhuo Altar, knowing that you are a disciple of the Ghost King Sect is also one of the reasons why I am willing to help you. ”
Only then did Ghost Li put his mind at ease, and then remembered something again, and said, "Then after this incident, do you still want to go back to Huqi Mountain to visit your fellow clansmen?"
"Fellow clan?" Xiao Bai's face slowly darkened, he looked up at the sky, and after a while, he said softly: "My clansmen have all been killed by me." ”
Ghost Li was stunned again, Xiaobai smiled bitterly, his expression became more and more cold, but he didn't want to say any more.
Ghost Li was silent for a moment, then changed the topic and said, "We have been walking for three days now, how far is it from the "Qili Mountain" you said?"
Xiao Bai looked at him, his eyes crossed his face like water, and said: "Qilitong is the largest gathering place of the Miao people in southern Xinjiang, according to my impression, this place has been twenty miles in the past, it is a lively place where various ethnic groups live together, called "Tianshui Village", from there there is a treacherous path to the south, which is the road to the Miao people's Qilitong. Then, she smiled lightly and said, "But I don't know if there have been any other changes in the situation here in southern Xinjiang in the past three hundred years. ”
Ghost Li nodded silently and subconsciously quickened his pace.
Xiaobai followed behind him, his eyes lingered on him a few times, and then looked ahead, the mountains were connected, towering, majestic and precipitous, as if they were giants, looking at the heaven and earth, on the ancient road, these little people......
In the past ten years, Ghost Li has been to southern Xinjiang many times for Baguio, and he knows a little about the customs here.
In addition to the wild alien races in the 100,000 mountains that stretch for thousands of miles in the extreme south, the people who have lived in the border areas of southern Xinjiang for generations have roughly five main tribes, namely: Miao, Tu, Zhuang, Li, and Gaoshan.
In terms of population, the Zhuang nationality has the largest number, accounting for almost 40 percent of the total population in southern Xinjiang; in terms of territory, the Miao nationality is the most powerful and occupies the most fertile land; and in terms of folk customs, the mountain ethnic group with the smallest population is the most fierce.
These five major tribes have lived in this southern frontier for generations. Each of the five ethnic groups has its own language, but in general, they communicate with each other in a common language similar to that of Middle-earth, but they all have some local ethnic "characteristics".
For many years, there have naturally been times when they communicate with each other and enjoy each other, but there are also contradictions that intrigue and fight with each other. Over the years, a situation has gradually formed in which the five major tribes have their own territory, but their territories are intertwined with each other.
In places where the territories of various tribes meet, there are often villages and towns where people of several tribes live together, and at most there are even five tribes living in the same place at the same time, living together with each other.
The Tianshui Village in Xiaobai's mouth is located in the border of the Miao, Zhuang, Tu and Gaoshan ethnic groups, and it is also a well-known lively place on the border of southern Xinjiang.
When the sky gradually darkened and approached dusk, Ghost Li, Xiaobai and Xiaogray, two people and a monkey finally walked into Tianshui Village.
Although there is a village word in the name of this place, it is fundamentally different from the cottage that is usually built on the top of the mountain in southern Xinjiang, Tianshui Village is built on a spacious flat land, there is a road out of the village in the southeast and northwest, according to the explanation on the Xiaobai Road, this place was originally built by the Tu people, and the original site is not here, but on a mountain not far from the west, because of a clear spring at the head of the mountain, it is called Tianshui Village.
It was only later that the four tribes bordered each other and the population grew, and the place became a place where the population was mixed.
And the business travel gradually increased, and then lived in the mountains, one came to the place is small, the residence is inconvenient, and the second is quite difficult, even though the people here in southern Xinjiang are generally stronger and healthier than the people of the Middle Earth, but no one is willing to climb the mountain every day to exercise.
As a result, some people began to move to live at the foot of the mountain, from less to more, and after a long time, the people in the whole cottage gradually migrated down, and with the prosperity of the trade of the four tribes, the business travel became more frequent, and the scale also expanded. As for the cottage on the original mountain, it is gradually abandoned, and only the name Tianshui Village has been retained.
At this moment, the sky has just darkened, and there are still many pedestrians on the street, coming and going, the surroundings are noisy, and the languages of various ethnic groups are sounding from time to time, which is completely different from the desertion on the ancient road just now. Sitting on the shoulders of Little White, Little Gray was very amused, and the monkey head was spinning around, looking around, squeaking non-stop.
The three-eyed monkey, after all, was different, and soon attracted the attention of pedestrians on the street, and there were even a few children wearing the costumes of the southern Xinjiang tribes, giggling and following behind the two, grimacing at Xiao Ash and teasing Xiao Ash.
The little gray character was already playful, and he was excited for a while, and his tail was dangling, and he was about to jump down to play, but fortunately, the ghost snorted, dragged it over, and grabbed it in his hand. Xiao Ash was helpless, knowing that he couldn't run away, so he had to climb on the shoulder of the ghost, squeaked at the children behind him, and made the same grimace to go back, and the children who provoked him were even more excited, and they didn't know what to say when they chirped in their mouths.
Ghost Li frowned slightly, and his heart was slightly annoyed, but it was not for Xiao Ash's playfulness, but faintly thought of some other concerns.
He turned his head to look to the side quietly, and saw a smile on the corner of Xiaobai's mouth, looking at the group of children and Xiao Gray frolicking with great interest, coarse linen shirts, but where could she hide her soft and charming beauty.
Not to mention that in this southern frontier, the wind and frost are severe, and most of the women are ordinary-looking and dark-skinned; it is to go to the middle of the earth, with Xiaobai's thousands of years of practice and turned into a human form, that under the delicate and beautiful appearance of the faint emanation of the soft meaning, a smile, all have the charm of intoxication.
Sure enough, a moment later, in the midst of the children's playful laughter and scolding, more and more people looked over, and the eyes of those adults naturally and quickly moved from the monkey's body to the woman whose coarse linen clothes could not hide her beauty.
In an instant, it seemed that the invisible sound wave spread, and everyone was amazed, but the woman under the gaze of countless eyes did not have the slightest shyness, looking at the way she kept smiling, it seemed that she liked this feeling.
Ghost Li felt a big headache, it was so eye-catching, it was definitely not his intention, and he was thinking about whether to remind the woman next to him, quickly find a place to live, get up early tomorrow, and go to that Qili Mountain to do business.
It's just that it seems that his idea is destined to be unrealizable, and the characters who will inevitably appear in countless stories that have been passed down in the world have also appeared at this moment.
The legendary hooligans originally existed in the border areas of southern Xinjiang and among the ethnic minorities.
The three people who walked out of the crowd were almost the same men, tall, rude, with a bear's back, speaking a half-baked language mixed with local characteristics, and began to flirt with Xiaobai.
Hooligan A: "Uh, black one...... This woman is so beautiful!"
Xiao Bai Yanran smiled, brushed her face with her hand, and said indescribably soft, "Really?"
In an instant, the crowd of onlookers was in an uproar.
The three hooligans were overjoyed, and Hooligan B opened his clothes, revealing a good figure: "Little sister, follow me! I'll let you eat spicy ...... Drink deliciously!"
Many of the onlookers burst out laughing, and Xiao Bai glanced at the ghost standing next to him, with a smile on his face.
Rogue C laughed at Rogue B and said: "Do you know what it means to eat spicy food and drink spicy, that is to eat and drink spicy!" After that, he turned his head and said to Xiaobai: "Little sister, my family has 10,000 acres of fertile land, you follow me, and you ...... it."
He was halfway through his words, but he couldn't speak for a while, only to see a stronger smile on Xiaobai's face, as if it was a charm emanating from his heart, and his eyes were like water in a pair of bright eyes, as if they were about to flow out.
It's just that her body took a step back, stood beside Ghost Li, and said softly: "I'm a good person. ”
The surrounding crowd was in an uproar again. The monkey Ash, who had already climbed up Ghost Li's shoulder, fell off Ghost Li's shoulder with a "whoosh" and fell to the ground.
After a while, for some reason, Ash suddenly fell to the ground, thumped it on the ground with a monkey's paw, and grinned.
With a gloomy face, Ghost Li stood there silently, feeling the six fierce eyes of the three hooligans in front of him, full of hostility towards him.
After a while, the hooligans rushed up, and it seemed that the southern Xinjiang proverb that came out of the fist was still vibrant and practiced by the people of southern Xinjiang for thousands of years.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
With three sounds, three figures flew out, slammed into the roadside wall, and then fell heavily, moaning loudly.
The onlookers were dumbfounded, and the ghost said lightly: "Let's go find a place to stay, and we'll leave early tomorrow morning." After saying that, he walked forward, and Xiao Gray, who was lying on the ground, caught up with him two or three times, jumped on his shoulder, squeaked and laughed non-stop, and turned his head and grimaced at Xiaobai.
Xiao Bai smiled slightly, followed, walked to Ghost Li's side, and suddenly whispered: "You see that I have been imprisoned for three hundred years, so I am not old, right?"
Ghost Li didn't say a word, just quickened his pace.