"Ah, it hurts, it hurts, please stop pulling it!!"
Jiang Yuebai cried because of the pain. Yun Shang was so scared that she quickly retracted her hand and studied the two small Ganoderma lucidum on Jiang Yuebai's head with surprise and curiosity.
“So cute~”
Jiang Yuebai was gnawing on the crispy snake meat, his face covered in oil.
"Not cute at all. If the people in the Snake Village find out that I am an alien, they will kill me. But it's also strange. Why do the witch tribe reject aliens so much? Isn't it said that aliens were created by the ancient witch tribe?"
Yun Chang poked the Ganoderma lucidum on Jiang Yuebai's head with her finger. Jiang Yuebai frowned and the Ganoderma lucidum moved twice.
"I don't know either. We just arrived at the Snake Village and my aunt met an old friend who was called to help. I didn't dare go out alone. I was bored for many days and really wanted to eat. When I went out to buy some food, I was hit by a hydrangea... Oh!"
"You not only bought food, you also bought storybooks. Aren't you going to fast?"
Yun Shang blushed and sat down. "My aunt was here before and kept staring at me while I was fasting, but I couldn't help it."
Jiang Yuebai raised an eyebrow, "I understand, I won't tell her. I think we have just established our foundation, it is still difficult to completely stop eating and drinking, it is not good to force ourselves too much."
"It's better to let go and try some delicious food from all over the world, so it will be easier to concentrate later. I didn't encounter anything delicious in the Quicksand Region, and I was able to fast for more than three years without any hassle."
Yun Shang nodded, sat down, picked up a piece of crispy snake meat, and ate with Jiang Yuebai, smiling.
"Try this stir-fried mushrooms. They are all from the Shiwanda Mountains. They are very delicious."
Yun Chang picked up a piece of food with chopsticks for Jiang Yuebai. The Ganoderma lucidum on Jiang Yuebai's head moved, and he had an indescribable strange feeling in his heart. Fungi and Ganoderma lucidum... seemed to be the same kind.
"How have you been these years? Is Uncle Yu still strict with you?" Jiang Yuebai didn't move his chopsticks.
Yun Chang shook her head. "My aunt is much more open with me now. When she first established her foundation, she traveled around the Nine Realms and knew people everywhere. Every time she arrived at a place, she would leave me behind to find her friends. So I traveled by myself most of the time and experienced many life-and-death crises."
"If the men in Baipuyu weren't so enthusiastic, I wouldn't have asked you to accompany me. But Xiaobai, how come you are practicing so fast? I was the first to establish the foundation, but you have reached the middle stage of the foundation before me. But I won't call you senior sister, I will just call you Xiaobai."
Jiang Yuebai sighed, "I have no choice. It was because of an accident in Cang Yan Land that I accidentally turned myself into a Fire Demon Spirit. My cultivation is so fast, and it will be very difficult to form a pill in the future. Now I have become an alien to form a pill."
Seeing the book Yun Shang had put on the table, Jiang Yuebai asked again, "Does the Wu Clan really have something called love poison? Once planted, can it make the other half loyal and faithful?"
Yun Chang glanced at the book and shook her head, "No, my aunt told me that women in the Wu tribe have a very high status. Only women have the right to inherit all the property, and men are just accessories."
"If a Wu tribe woman falls in love with a man, the man must follow her, unless he can defeat the woman. Even if she falls in love with another man, she can snatch him away through fighting Gu, so why do they plant love Gu?"
"I think the stories in these books about witch women who can't get the love they want from a man and risk their lives to plant the so-called love poison are all fantasies of the men in the witch tribe, but the women in the witch tribe don't buy it. If I hadn't dug this book out from a corner, it would still be gathering dust."
Jiang Yuebai nodded, "Then can't the Wu clan men go somewhere else to make a living? Don't you feel suffocated here?"
Yun Shang's eyes flickered. "I know this. The man who blocked me in the room earlier saw that I was an outsider cultivator and wanted me to take him away from Baipu Territory. Men born in the Wu Clan are not allowed to leave without permission unless they get married. They must have been poisoned by some kind of poison in their bodies since they were born, so they can't leave."
"So that's how it is. When will the Gu fight begin?" Jiang Yuebai asked.
Yun Chang calculated, "It will be held in Chan Village in about two and a half months. During this time, I want to go to the outskirts of the Shiwan Mountains to collect some rare insects and beasts in Baipu Territory. Xiaobai, can you accompany me?"
"Of course you can. There are many kinds of spiritual herbs and medicines in the Shiwan Mountains, and I need to collect more of them. But before we set off, you must accompany me to the Snake Village. I need to find out about the affairs between the Wu Clan and the aliens."
The "Immortal Grass Sutra" now requires 100,000 points to upgrade the Yunzhi grass bloodline from level 6 to level 7. She must save them up bit by bit. Entering the Ten Thousand Mountains is a good choice.
After they had eaten and drunk their fill, they walked out arm in arm.
Jiang Yuebai was still dressed in men's clothes. The jade hairpin on her head not only concealed her evil aura, but also made it impossible for others to tell whether she was a man or a woman, or what her cultivation level was.
The two of them would try anything delicious they saw, but they would avoid the local liquor made from poisonous insects.
In a bookstore, Jiang Yuebai found many translated versions of ancient demon literature, which were more complete than those in the Shanhai Tower in the Liusha Domain, and were easier to understand because they were easier to understand.
She has only understood a small part of the music score on the green jade bamboo flute and still needs to continue learning the ancient demon language.
When Jiang Yuebai was buying a book, he tried to find out why the Witch Clan rejected strange people. The female bookstore owner was very secretive and said that it was forbidden to talk about strange people in the Snake Village.
When he heard that Jiang Yuebai and Yunchang were going to the Shiwan Mountains, he kindly reminded them that each village in the Shiwan Mountains had its own territory, which was rather xenophobic and unfriendly, so he told them that it would be best for them not to conflict with the people in the village.
In the past, foreign monks who came here would often offend one person, and eventually be retaliated by the entire village.
Jiang Yuebai thanked the female shopkeeper and bought a copy of "History of Celestial Witches" and three books on ancient demon writings.
When the female shopkeeper took the spirit stone, she secretly touched Jiang Yuebai's hand and threw him a seductive look.
"Do you want to go play in the back with your sister?"
Jiang Yuebai was so scared that he quickly pulled Yunshang and ran away, feeling that no matter men or women, they were not safe here.
The Wu clan has few members and they seldom intermarry with other clans, so they are very open about that aspect and have a culture of worship in that regard, hoping that the Wu clan can spread and become stronger and stronger.
After buying some medicines to prevent poison and miasma as well as some medicines to drive away insects and detoxify, the two of them went straight into the clothing shop.
"This one looks good. I want to wear it." Jiang Yuebai said to Yun Shang, pulling a witch dress hanging on the wall in the store.
Yun Shang was pulling out another set, "I want to wear it too."
The two looked at each other and said at the same time, "You pretend to be a man."
The two of them looked at each other with determination, both wanting to wear a nice skirt and let the other pretend to be a man to avoid unnecessary trouble.
Finally, Yun Chang compromised first, "How about we take turns pretending to be a man, each for three days?"
"make a deal!"
Jiang Yuebai readily agreed. He and Yunshang each bought two sets of witch clothes. They went out and bought some silver jewelry before returning. They planned to rest for a night and go into the mountains tomorrow.
Late at night, Jiang Yuebai was refining essence for consumption in his room when a girl in her early twenties walked into the backyard of Wangjiang Tower.
Her simple blue dress was full of tears, and her face was stained with blood, but her shrewd eyes were filled with joy.
"Hey, Lu Ying is back? You have been in the mountains for more than three months. Have you found the elixir for foundation building?" asked the middle-aged man who was chopping wood in the backyard.
Lu Ying smiled and nodded, "I found it. I'm going to retreat to build my foundation. Uncle Weng, please tell the shopkeeper to finish the work when I come out of retreat."
"Okay, I wish you success in building your foundation first."
The moon was bright and dim, and Lu Ying looked towards the direction of Tianyan Sect with a smile on her lips.
"Xiaobai, I'm going to build my foundation. I wonder if you are okay now?"
More will be added later~
(End of this chapter)