Gou became a god or devil after splitting his body

Today is the second day that Li Yan has come to the Zhuang tribe.

After meeting the chief of the Zhuang tribe yesterday, Li Yan obtained the right to stay in the Zhuang tribe temporarily.

But there are requirements.

Some important places in the Zhuang tribe, Li Yan cannot enter without permission or stay around for too long.

If he is discovered, he will be expelled from the tribe immediately and will never be allowed to step into the tribe again. In serious cases, he will even be killed on the spot.

At the same time, when Li Yan is in the Zhuang tribe, there will be someone who will follow him and monitor his every move.

Because recently people from other tribes have fled to the Zhuang tribe and brought news that their tribes were exterminated by merchants.

This news shocked the top leaders of the Zhuang tribe.

At this time, Li Yan's sudden arrival naturally made them very vigilant.

Li Yan finally agreed to the request of the chief of the Zhuang tribe, otherwise he would have been driven out yesterday.

"Good morning, Zhuang Feng."

Li Yan stood on the tall wooden house and greeted a young man below.

The wooden house where Li Yan lives is specially used to entertain guests and merchants in the Zhuang tribe. There are three buildings built.

Zhuang Feng was a young man with a tall figure and handsome face, but his right hand was broken.

This man was sent by the Zhuang tribe to monitor Li Yan.

In response to Li Yan's call, Zhuang Feng just nodded slightly and didn't say anything.

Li Yan didn't care and slid down along the slide three feet away from the wooden house.

In the Zhuang tribe, only the [Chief's House] of the tribe leader, the [Sacrificial Temple] where the high priest lived, and the [Courage Hall] of the first warrior of the Zhuang tribe had ironwood steps.

Other ordinary tribesmen in the Zhuang tribe used an ironwood slide, which they used for going up and down.

Of course, there were some particularly poor tribesmen in the Zhuang tribe who couldn't afford the ironwood slide and could only use ordinary thick bamboo.

And thick bamboo is not resistant to insects and ants, and basically needs to be replaced once a month.

"Would you like some of the exotic meat that I asked your tribe members to roast yesterday?"

After Li Yan went down to the ground, he took out a dry and hard exotic meat and handed it to Zhuang Feng.

Zhuang Feng was obviously a man who didn't like to talk. He looked at Li Yan and shook his head.

Li Yan didn't force him. He threw the dried meat directly into his mouth. His steel teeth chewed it, making a crunching sound.

Then, Li Yan began to wander around the Zhuang tribe.

The entire tribe covers an area of ​​about 100 acres, and the terrain is getting higher and higher from east to west.

The highest point is the tribe's [Sacrificial Temple]. When the sun rises from the east, the first ray of light always shines on the [Sacrificial Temple], and then spreads to the [Courage Hall] and [Chief's House] closest to him.

These three buildings are in a triangular shape, occupying the highest point of the Zhuang tribe.

In the entire Zhuang tribe, Li Yan is most interested in a medicinal field near the [Sacrificial Temple].

However, before Li Yan gets close, Zhuang Feng's left hand presses on his shoulder.

"You can't get close here."

"Are those medicinal herbs all spiritual herbs? I've seen a few spiritual herbs in the mountains, and they look very similar to theirs."

Spiritual herbs are herbs that can interact with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. After being watered by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for a long time, even ordinary people can see at a glance that the spiritual herbs are extraordinary.

Zhuang Feng did not answer Li Yan, and his left hand remained on Li Yan's shoulder.

"Well, it seems that you don't want to answer, so let's go to the clan leader."

Li Yan had no choice but to turn around and leave here, walking towards the [Clan Leader's House].

Among the [Sacrificial Temple], [Courage Hall] and [Clan Leader's House], Li Yan could only enter the [Clan Leader's House].

"Clan Leader Zhuang, I saw a few spiritual herbs I need in that medicinal field just now. I would like to ask, can these spiritual herbs be exchanged?"

Li Yan asked directly after seeing Clan Leader Zhuang.

With his eyesight, he could see the dozen spiritual herbs in the medicinal field clearly just by looking at them from a distance.

Among them, there are three spiritual herbs that he needs for the last three blood transfusions.

Clan leader Zhuang looked at Li Yan unexpectedly, then stroked his beard and pondered for a while before replying: "These spiritual herbs were transplanted into the medicine field by the high priest, and it is also the credit of the high priest that they can survive in the end."

"So, if you really want these spiritual herbs, you should find the high priest. As long as the high priest agrees, the clan will agree."

The clan leader's words made Li Yan frown slightly.

"Sure enough, every spiritual herb is not so easy to get."

"Let's see if we can exchange it with the high priest first. If not, we can only find another way."

Li Yan had an idea in his heart, and his face gradually regained his composure.

"Then Clan leader Zhuang, can I see the high priest?"

"No, the high priest usually only shows up during large-scale sacrifices. At other times, even I can't see the high priest."

Clan leader Zhuang's words broke Li Yan's composure.

"Doesn't this force me to use other means?"

Li Yan had just thought of this when Clan Leader Zhuang said "but".

"But, we can convey your request to the High Priest through the High Priest's apprentice."

Okay, he paused.

"Then please convey it to me, Clan Leader Zhuang."

"Okay, okay, it's not difficult."

In order to avoid having to bother two people for one thing, Clan Leader Zhuang directly asked Zhuang Feng to go to the [Sacrificial Temple].

Li Yan naturally stayed here and chatted with Clan Leader Zhuang.

Clan Leader Zhuang talked about his younger days.

It turned out that when Chief Zhuang was young, he had left his clan and ventured outside the Ten Thousand Mountains.

However, the place he went to was not Linjiang County, but Qingtian County next to Linjiang County.

Linjiang County is close to the sea and has developed shipping, so its economy is considered a relatively developed county in Weizhou.

Qingtian County is different. Qingtian County is a plain area, and the entire county is very suitable for growing fertile land, so this county has become a grain production area pointed out by Weizhou Hou.

However, Qingtian County is the poorest county in the entire Weizhou, and the entire county often suffers from famine, and this is in the years of bumper harvest.

When Chief Zhuang went to Qingtian County, it happened to be the time when Qingtian County was suffering from famine.

Most of the grain grown by the farmers was taken away by the grain collection team sent by Weizhou Hou, and the remaining grain was divided up by the county and county towns, leaving only a pitiful amount of grain for the farmers.

If any farmer was found to dare to hide grain privately, the whole family would be beheaded to serve as a warning to others.

When Chief Zhuang first arrived at the foot of the mountain, he encountered this kind of thing.

He was young, inexperienced, impulsive, and strong, so he rushed to rescue the family and drove away the group of people who were carrying out the beheading mission.

Of course, a few weak ones died.

What happened later was a bit cliché.

The family had two daughters, who looked good and had a secret crush on Chief Zhuang, who was a hero and saved the beauty.

Then, Chief Zhuang took the family back to the Zhuang tribe, and the two daughters of the family became his second and third wives.

People with normal logic generally know that those who were driven away will definitely bring people back for revenge, so it can be said that the family begged Chief Zhuang to take them into the mountain.

The two daughters were half-pushed and half-pushed, and were sent to Chief Zhuang's bed one night by their father.

When Chief Zhuang talked about this, he had a smug expression on his face, but he kept saying that he was too young at the time, had no self-control, and was deceived.

Li Yan, who was listening next to him, couldn't help but feel itchy and wanted to hit someone.

After this time, Chief Zhuang went down the mountain several times to experience the prosperity and fighting outside.

After experiencing the prosperity, he was also dazzled by it. When fighting with others, he was also seriously injured and almost died.

After a few years in the outside world, he finally returned to the tribe where he was born.

It was the experience of these years that opened his eyes and made him no longer look at the surface of a thing, but began to look at it from different angles.

For example, when he was young, he never understood why he had to use precious spiritual medicines and exotic beast meat to exchange for things that were not precious in the outside world.

Isn't this a bargain for those outside merchants?

It was only after he practiced that he realized how difficult it was to bring those things in safely from the outside.

Just like the family of more than ten people he brought back to the tribe when he went out for the first time, not all of them arrived safely, and one-third of the family died.

If the two daughters of that family had not become Chief Zhuang's women, they would have died in the first batch.

From this, we can also see how wise their father is.

If the people of their tribe were to do it themselves and bring things from outside back to the tribe, I'm afraid that every trip would result in the loss of tribe members.

This is undoubtedly unacceptable for a tribe like theirs with only thousands of people.

Therefore, compared with the loss of many tribe members, the loss of some spiritual medicines and some exotic beast meat is completely acceptable.

And there are many similar things, which he slowly thought about after going down the mountain.

He sighed in front of Li Yan that if it weren't for the experience of these years, he would not be able to be a qualified patriarch.

Just when the two were chatting happily, or when Chief Zhuang was talking happily, Zhuang Feng came.

He brought a good news and a bad news.

The good news is that the high priest agreed to Li Yan's request for the spiritual medicine exchange, and the bad news is that the high priest asked to use a first-grade medium spiritual medicine called [Snake Orchid] in exchange for the three spiritual medicines that Li Yan needed.

"[Snake Orchid], I didn't expect the high priest to have not given up yet?"

When Chief Zhuang heard the name [Snake Orchid], his face changed and his brows began to frown.

"Chief Zhuang, what kind of elixir is this [Snake Orchid]? Why did you react like this when you heard it? And how can I find this [Snake Orchid]?"

Li Yan asked three questions in a row.

Chief Zhuang did not hide anything and answered these three questions one by one.

"This [Snake Orchid] is a strange elixir that grows in the Ten Thousand Snakes Valley. It can help snakes break through their size limits."

"In the Ten Thousand Snakes Valley, snakes that have eaten [Snake Orchid] are often more than one-third larger than their own kind."

"According to the records left by our ancestors, a certain ancestor was fortunate enough to see a hundred-foot-long Wanshe (another name for cobra), which was coiled in the valley like a small mountain, which was extremely terrifying."

"And in that valley, thousands of snakes were entangled with each other, densely packed, and extremely terrifying."

"The name of the Ten Thousand Snakes Valley came from this."

"So, if you want to find this [Snake Orchid], go directly to the Ten Thousand Snakes Valley to find it, and only the Ten Thousand Snakes Valley will have it."

"But I don't recommend you to look for this [Snake Orchid]."

Finally, Chief Zhuang couldn't help but say this.

"Why? Is it because it's very dangerous inside?"

Li Yan asked.

"It's very dangerous. A few years ago, our tribe organized a trip to the area. Although we brought back the Snake Orchid, only three of the more than ten tribesmen returned, and they were all tribesmen above the Bone Forging Realm!"

"Moreover, it was precisely because of this Snake Orchid that the three tribesmen who returned did not survive for more than a year and died one after another. They were all killed by poisonous snakes when they went out hunting."

"This is not an accident. When the three people died, there were tribesmen around them, but the poisonous snakes stared at the three of them and bit them. It was obviously the revenge of the Ten Thousand Snake Valley on them."

When Chief Zhuang said this, he looked sad and had a feeling of gritting his teeth.

This is because he clearly knew the murderer, but he had no ability to take revenge.

"Please accept my condolences, Chief Zhuang."

Li Yan comforted him.

"However, what I can't understand is that since this Snake Orchid is only useful for snakes, why does the high priest need this elixir?"

Li Yan asked in confusion.

After hearing this, Chief Zhuang sighed and then explained the confusion to Li Yan.

"The high priest was born prematurely, so he has been much shorter than others since he was a child. This has always been his concern."

"After learning about the effect of [Snake Orchid], he wanted to try whether the effect of this elixir could be realized on humans, which led to that action."

"After the high priest obtained [Snake Orchid], he began to concentrate on studying [Snake Orchid], and since then he has rarely appeared in the tribe. Except for the annual ancestor worship, I have never seen him."

"Later, the high priest also found me and asked me to send more tribesmen to pick [Snake Orchid], but I refused."

"After that, he never found me again."

"Did the high priest succeed?"

Li Yan asked hurriedly.

"Maybe it really worked. The last time I saw the high priest, I could clearly feel that he was indeed taller."

"But he was wrapped in a black robe. I'm not sure if it was the hood of the black robe that made him look taller."

"Does the high priest always wear black robes?"

"He used to wear it occasionally, but recently, he has been wearing black robes every time."

After that, Li Yan did not ask again, but the Zhuang clan leader was a little silent.

I had not thought about it carefully before, and the Zhuang clan leader thought it was nothing.

Now that I think about it, the high priest's behavior of always wearing a black robe is obviously a bit abnormal.

In addition, the high priest has often not shown up in recent years.

The Zhuang clan leader couldn't help but doubt and worry about the high priest's physical condition.

Of course, these things have nothing to do with Li Yan. After asking what he wanted to know, Li Yan began to prepare to set off for the Ten Thousand Snake Valley.

The Ten Thousand Snake Valley may be a deadly and dangerous place for the people of the Zhuang tribe, but it is much less dangerous for Li Yan.

After all, because of the special nature of the clone, he could ignore any poison that didn't melt people instantly.

"Are you really going to the Ten Thousand Snake Valley? Are those spiritual medicines so important to you?"

Zhuang Feng came to give Li Yan a map of the Ten Thousand Snake Valley.

When the map was handed to Li Yan, he couldn't help but ask.

"It's very important. One of the purposes of my entering the Ten Thousand Mountains is to find these spiritual medicines. They are the cornerstone of my further progress."

"In order to become stronger, I am not afraid of any danger."

Li Yan took the map, thought about it, and said this.

Then, he walked towards the gate of the Zhuang tribe.

"Become stronger? Can I still become stronger?"

Zhuang Feng raised his left hand, with a blank look in his eyes.

[Sacrificial Temple] A window facing the gate quietly opened.

A pair of yellow eyes with bloodshot eyes, looking down from above, stared at Li Yan's back at the gate.

"Hiss, I must bring back the Snake Orchid. One more, one more and I will grow taller."

"No, taller than everyone else."

"Hiss, hiss, hiss"