The outer perimeter of Chuandong Village is an earthen wall that seems to have a long history, with grey bricks that are mottled.
On the top of the city gate, the three characters "Chuandong Village" are written in a flamboyant style. Walking into Chuandong Village, most of the buildings inside are stilt houses, a kind of three-story wooden building with the bottom floor elevated.
Because the humidity in the mountains is too heavy, the layer close to the ground is mostly made up of thick wooden pillars that support the small wooden buildings with unique shapes.
These wooden buildings have double eaves and flying corners, and are covered with glazed tiles. They are ancient and have the flavor of historical relics, making Ye Feng feel that he has traveled through time and space and arrived in ancient times.
Ye Feng looked at the street, which was paved with old bluestone slabs. There were some shops under the wooden buildings on the roadside. In the early morning, these shops had not yet opened, making the street look particularly quiet.
Ye Feng followed Xiaobai along the street. From time to time, doubtful, vigilant, and even hostile eyes flashed across the wooden buildings on both sides.
Although the morning sun seemed scorching hot when shining on his body, Ye Feng did not feel the heat in Chuandong Village. Instead, he felt waves of chill surrounding him.
Ye Feng noticed that the streets of Chuandong Village had a slight curve. After passing several intersections, he felt that the direction of the wooden village here vaguely conformed to the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams. The entire village was more like a five-element formation.
Five streets, gold, wood, water, fire and earth, are interconnected and connected from beginning to end. No wonder after coming in, there is always a feeling of being monitored and suppressed. Unknowingly, I have entered a five-element formation.
Ye Feng is already familiar with this formation. As long as no one activates the formation and launches an attack, the Five Elements Formation can at most make people dizzy and lost.
Xiaobai relies entirely on smell to find his way, so the Five Elements Formation has no effect on him, and is even more useless to Ye Feng, who possesses the divine eye that knows destiny.
Xiaobai and Ye Feng came to a dead end. The end of the street was not a dead end, but the central link of a five-element formation.
In front of Ye Feng stood a five-story building that was exquisite and tall, much taller than the surrounding wooden buildings. It gave people a feeling of standing out from the crowd of chickens. The biggest difference from the surrounding wooden buildings was that this wooden building was painted bright red.
Xiaobai called out a few times towards the wooden building; the smell was there.
Ye Feng slowly went up the stairs to the second floor, stood in the corridor, and focused his mind inside.
Suddenly, the wooden door on the second floor slowly opened, and Bai Wu walked out of the house. She was wearing a white off-shoulder long dress with silver ornaments hanging all over her chest.
Although Bai Wu is nearly forty years old, her skin is as fair and tender as that of a young girl, and her slender arms are as crystal clear as jade carvings.
She had a faint smile on her face, and was not surprised by Ye Feng's visit: "Ye Feng, you are here."
Ye Feng looked at Bai Wu in confusion. Her expression didn’t look like she was kidnapped. Could it be that she was poisoned by a poisonous insect and lost consciousness
The divine eyes that know destiny secretly checked Bai Wu's whole body and found that there was no poison in her body. Her smile was very natural.
"Come in and sit down."
Bai Wu walked into the wooden building first. When she turned around, a bright red swallowtail butterfly tattoo was revealed on the back of her shoulder. The bright color added a touch of enchanting beauty to her.
There were three old men sitting in the room. They had gray hair and were about fifty years old. They were dark and thin, wearing gray cloth clothes. They looked at Ye Feng with indifference.
Bai Wu introduced with a smile: "He is Ye Feng, the master of Yihua Palace, and also the current ancient martial arts supreme."
When they heard that Ye Feng was the Supreme Ancient Martial Artist, the three old men's expressions changed at the same time.
Ye Feng saw something in Bai Wu's eyes, and he clasped his fists generously and said, "Hello, leaders of the Holy Gu Sect."
Seeing that Ye Feng revealed their identities in one sentence, the three of them looked at each other and their faces turned gloomy.
Ye Feng sat down on the bamboo chair as if nothing had happened, and a thought came to his mind.
Ye Feng's voice rang in Bai Wu's mind: "Where's Yiyi? Is she not with you?"
Bai Wu was not surprised by the telepathic communication. She poured a cup of tea for Ye Feng with a smile and gave Ye Feng a few glances to let Ye Feng know her thoughts.
Bai Wu's tone was anxious: "Yiyi was captured by them. It's great that you are here. Yiyi is in Gushen Mountain. You must save her. I was so worried."
"Who are these three old men?"
"They are disciples of the Holy Gu Sect, sent to monitor me."
Among the three old men, the one with a scarred face said coldly: "Sect Master Ye, how did you know this place? And you came here with such fanfare. It seems that you care about our Junior Sister Bai very much."
Ye Feng did not find it strange to hear the old man call Bai Wu "Junior Sister". Bai Wu's father, the Gu King Yilai, had a high seniority in the Holy Gu Sect. The three old men had to call Yilai "Uncle Master" and naturally called Bai Wu "Junior Sister".
Ye Feng smiled: "Of course, Sister Bai Wu and I are as close as siblings. Sister is in trouble, so of course I, as a younger brother, have to rush here."
An old man with squinting eyes asked nervously, "Where is our junior brother? Wasn't he responsible for entertaining you in Jiangnan City? Didn't he come back with you?"
It turned out that the middle-aged man was their junior fellow apprentice. Ye Feng took a sip of tea and said with a sneer, "It's a pity that he went to a place that you all wanted to go and were about to go. This man was too impatient and had to go first to wait for you. It must be lonely to be alone on the road to the underworld."
Everyone could understand what Ye Feng meant. The three old men had heard that Ye Feng was the supreme master of ancient martial arts and did not dare to act rashly. But when Ye Feng said that his junior brother had gone to the Yellow Springs Road to wait for them, they became so angry that they could no longer bear it.
"You are going too far, little brat. Today is a happy day and we shouldn't kill anyone. But if we don't kill you, we will be unable to get rid of the anger in our hearts."
The three men took out two shining swords from behind their backs. The blades were sharp and shining with cold light, and they slashed at Ye Feng together.
Bai Wu nervously retreated to the corridor outside the building, holding more than ten steel needles between her white and tender fingers. These needles had been hidden in her hair, and she would not take them out unless it was absolutely necessary.
A white natal Gu emerged from her arm, crawled to Bai Wu's shoulder, and set up a defensive circle around her.
Bai Wu said nervously: "Be careful, they are the direct disciples of the Saint Gu Sect Master."
The three old men attacked in clear layers and their offense and defense were orderly. Moreover, a blue beetle-like poisonous insect crawled out above each of their heads.
The three poisonous insects were alert and vibrated their wings from time to time, making a buzzing sound.
The three sharp knives danced tightly and powerfully, with light and shadow interweaving without revealing a single flaw.
But Ye Feng stepped on the Luoyan Step, and was calm and relaxed amid the swordplay. He didn't care about their double swords, but only paid attention to the blue-backed beetle on their shoulders.
Since they are disciples of the Holy Gu Sect, martial arts are not their strong point, and those poisonous insects are their most dangerous weapons.