杜达雄大鸟

Chapter 658 Arrive at Zhaojiagou

Song Yuan gradually understands why Gao Ge can be so capable at his age.

Talent is important but luck also matters a lot.

Gao Ge can take the serpent meat lightly, which surely means that Gao Ge must have a lot of good stuff.

Of course, Song Yuan won’t harbor any evil thoughts about that. He only feels that he has ridden on a really capable man’s coattails.

Maybe Gao Ge is not so strong as the Shadow School. After all, the latter has several cultivators at the realm of Master.

In the past, the Shadow School might be inferior to the Xiaoshan Sword Sect but since the latter lost two young cultivators at the realm of Master, they have been kind of evenly matched. Maybe with some more time, the Xiaoshan Sword Sect’s title as the top cultivation school will be replaced by the Shadow School then.

However, not only does Gao Ge have infinite potential but also he is talented and lucky. His future is way too promising. No one will believe that the realm of Master is his ceiling.

After a short rest, Doudou who has digested the serpent meat also collects itself and continues heading towards Zhaojiagou, carrying Song Yuan.

Gao Ge was thinking that there must be some good resources in this mountain but the finding turns out to be somewhat disappointing. In this place, apart from the slightly rich aura, there are no other treasures. Actually, it is not normal. After all, with the aura recovery, some rare creatures or plants should appear in such a mountain.

According to Song Yuan, Gao Ge finally learns that there should be two or three small cultivation schools in this mountain. So that explains it. These small cultivation schools must search for good things in the mountain often.

Just like robbers, they plunder the mountain and take away all the resources. In this case, it is impossible to find any good thing in the mountain.

Gao Ge just has a question. Since there are some cultivation schools here, don’t they know what is happening in Zhaojiagou?

Having learned about Gao Ge’s confusion, Song Yuan only smiles bitterly.

“Actually, it is pretty normal. After all, for the cultivation schools, they only care about their own interests. Zhaojiagou’s incident is nothing to them. Even if all the people of Zhaojiagou are dead, it won’t affect them much.”

Song Yuan is telling the truth but it is still quite unintelligible for Gao Ge.

Since those people think that way, why do they make so much effort to be cultivators?

They are competent but they don’t want to do anything. What’s the point of cultivating?

It’s like a straight-A student. He always focuses on studying and strives for learning more knowledge but he never considers what he can do with his knowledge. Then, he just grows old day by day. What’s the point?

To pursue a longer life?

Yet, even if they can live long, they still want to do nothing.

“Apart from that, you know this incident has something to do with the Ghost School. As to the small cultivation schools, even if you lend some courage to them, they won’t dare to set against the Ghost Sect by all means! Even a disciple of the Ghost Sect is not offendable for them,” Song Yuan continues.

Gao Ge heaves a sigh and asks, “Since these people are unwilling to do anything, why do they cultivate?”

“I don’t know. Maybe to seek the meaning of existence?” Song Yuan ventures.

Gao Ge laughs and doesn’t discuss this question with Song Yuan, to which he can never get an answer.

It is getting dark and they have arrived at Zhaojiagou.

When they were standing on a high place, Gao Ge has got a clear bird’s-eye view of Zhaojiagou.

In fact, there are not many residents in Zhaojiagou, about a bit more than one hundred households. The signal coverage is really terrible here. Moreover, no electricity is supplied either. Therefore, basically, no passers-by can be seen outside. Very few people are willing to light up the kerosene lamp. In the past, they would go down the mountain once in a while just in order to exchange for some kerosene lamps and some daily necessities. However, it is very dangerous to go down the mountain and come back because there are some fierce beasts in the mountain.

Due to the incident of Water Dragon King, no one dares to go down the mountain. For a long time, only Wang Quan did once but when he came back, he was burned to death.

Actually, the villagers didn’t really want to burn him to death. They were just afraid that since Wang Quan violated the taboo, he would irritate Water Dragon King. By then none of them could survive.

Although the statement that they may be unable to reincarnate after death and become unfortunate all the time sounds crazy, they do believe it and don’t dare to disbelieve it. Likewise, some gangsters start to abstain from eating meat and chant scriptures after they grow old and give up the old business surely not because they’ve really found their faith or because they’ve been completely awoken. Instead, it is simply because they are worried that karma is going to get them. Needless to say, so many people choose to believe in religion simply out of fear of what may happen after they are dead.

As to whether such a thing exists or not, it just reveals itself. After all, the cultivators have come here. Who dares to say it is illusory?

Gao Ge also thinks it exists. After all, people will become a ghost after death. A lot of people are cultivating. Maybe the legendary immortals do exist. Yet, these things are too distant for Gao Ge to care about. Apart from that, he has never done anything too unvirtuous or unconscientious. As long as what he has done is righteous in his eyes, why does he have to be overcautious?

The appearance of strangers in the village also has posed a certain threat to the villagers of Zhaojiagou.

The last strangers in Zhaojiagou were the policemen brought by Wang Quan, who arrested the village head and several postadolescents.

God knows whether these people come to Zhaojiagou for the incident of Water Dragon King.

“Gao Ge, how about us finding a lodging in a family first?” Song Yuan turns around and asks Gao Ge.

Gao Ge nods his head.

Then, Song Yuan finds a house randomly and goes forward to knock at the door but no one answers the door after a long time. In fact, the kerosene lamp has just gone out when Song Yuan knocks at the door.

“It seems that the villagers of Zhaojiagou don’t like us!” Song Yuan says with a bitter smile.

“It’s quite normal,” Gao Ge says with a smile. “Actually, it is nothing if I don’t sleep for one night.”

Just when they are talking, suddenly some people walk to them holding lanterns. The leader is an old man, who is in his sixties, followed by two young men. They don’t walk fast. Two minutes later, they have arrived before Gao Ge and Song Yuan.

Actually, it is mainly because they are careful when they approach Gao Ge and Song Yuan.

“Who are you?” One of them talks in the local dialect. Gao Ge can only understand his words roughly but to his surprise, Song Yuan can completely understand and reply in the same dialect.

“We are only passing by.” Although even he himself feels it is not convincing, it doesn’t matter anyway! If he says that they are here to solve the problem of Water Dragon King, these people will probably rise together and expel them.