Xiao Lingyu only smiled and brushed off the deputy village chief's words and attitude. He didn't want any rewards, he just wanted to do something for the Linggu Valley so that when he asked the old village chief for the map in the future, the old village chief would readily agree.
The Linggu Valley's operation ended very quickly, because the silver-armored cultivators from Silvermoon Village had already been alerted to the Linggu Valley's counterattack. They either escaped or went into hiding, making it difficult for the Linggu Valley's brigades to find another opportunity.
However, other than Xiao Lingyu's brigade, only two other brigades managed to find the cultivators from Silvermoon Village.
In other words, the Linggu Valley had mobilized eight brigades of three hundred people, but in reality, they had only fought three battles. Other than Xiao Lingyu's brigade, which had achieved complete victory, the other two brigades had each killed more than fifty silver-armored cultivators.
The number of people who had died in the Linggu Valley was actually about the same as the number of people who had died in Silvermoon Village. This time, Silvermoon Village had brazenly attacked the Linggu Valley, but neither side had gained any advantage. They had only lost a few hundred villagers for nothing.
The people of the Linggu Valley couldn't be sure whether the cultivators from Silvermoon Village had already retreated, but for the sake of their livelihood, they had to continue hunting. However, the number of people in each hunting team in the Linggu Valley had to be above a hundred.
The harvest of a hundred-man team in a month was actually less than that of three teams of thirty people, because the hunting range of a hundred-man team was actually about the same as that of a team of thirty people.
In this way, the rate of meat replenishment in the Linggu Valley would greatly decrease. This was definitely not a long-term solution.
However, any village, or any large team, would definitely have some savings. The Linggu Valley was naturally the same, so the Linggu Valley could still hold on for a while.
In the eyes of the villagers of the Linggu Valley, Silvermoon Village had also suffered. They knew that the Linggu Valley wasn't a weakling that they could bully. Silvermoon Village probably wouldn't dare to casually attack the Linggu Valley again, so the hundred-man team's helplessness shouldn't last for too long.
However, Silvermoon Village didn't seem to be prepared to give up. After two months, a hundred-man team that went out to hunt in the Linggu Valley was once again attacked by a large group of silver-armored cultivators. This team of a hundred people from the Linggu Valley only sent out a message, but not a single person returned alive.... This proved that the enemy's numbers far exceeded theirs..
The villagers of the Linggu Valley were once again enraged. More than two thousand villagers wearing iron armor, under the lead of the old village chief and deputy village chief, silently left the Linggu Valley through a secret passage. They went to the dense forest to find the cultivators of Silvermoon Village and settle the score.
However, Silvermoon Village seemed to have already predicted that the Linggu Valley would retaliate. The two thousand people from the Linggu Valley searched bitterly for nearly three months, but still couldn't find a trace of the Silvermoon Village cultivators.
The Linggu Valley's iron armored cultivators could only dejectedly return to the village.
In a secret room, dozens of Linggu Valley cultivators gathered together. These cultivators were the stewards of large families or large teams. They were also the more prestigious people in the village.
"If this continues, not only will our meat replenishment be a problem, but our manpower will also gradually be depleted," the deputy village chief said worriedly.
"Does anyone have a good idea?" the old village chief asked everyone.
Everyone frowned. It seemed that they didn't have a good idea to solve this problem.
Xiao Lingyu, Kang Ping, and Yueru were all present, but the three of them didn't have any intention of speaking. They really didn't have a good idea.
"If there's no better idea, then we can only use their own methods against them!" the deputy village chief said with narrowed eyes.
"Oh?" the old village chief was a little confused.
"If Silvermoon Village can do this to us, then we can also do the same to them. They can keep watch near our village and wait for an opportunity to surround and kill our villagers. Why can't we keep watch outside their village? It's not like they don't need to hunt, "the deputy village chief said with a cold smile.
When everyone heard this, they felt that it made sense and silently nodded.
The old village chief pondered for a moment and said, "If we don't send enough people, I'm afraid we'll be counterattacked. If we send too many people, our valley will be defenseless. If they take advantage of this opportunity to invade, or if a large group of wolf demons and flying beasts attack like last time, our valley will most likely be breached. We were able to leave the valley previously because we didn't go far. If the village encounters an emergency, we can quickly rush back to help. However, Silvermoon Village is still a little far from our Linggu Valley. "
"But other than this method, what else can we do? Do we continue to watch as the villagers are continuously surrounded and killed? Or do we use a large team of a thousand people to hunt in the future? "the deputy village chief asked repeatedly.
Everyone fell into silence.
"I think we should vote on it," the deputy village chief suddenly suggested after everyone was silent for a while.
The Linggu Valley did have an old rule, and that was, when people didn't agree, they would vote to reach a consensus.
This vote seemed to be the most reasonable choice.
At this moment, Xiao Lingyu interrupted and said, "I feel that there are still many suspicious points in this matter. For example, why did Silvermoon Village suddenly attack our Linggu Valley? For example, how many people do they have around our village? We should clarify these suspicious points before deciding on the next course of action. The best strategy is to plan before acting."
Xiao Lingyu's words made Yueru and Kang Ping secretly nod their heads. However, many of the other Linggu Valley cultivators frowned.
These cultivators frowned not because Xiao Lingyu's words were unreasonable, but because he had just joined the Linggu Valley not long ago. It was not easy for these people in charge of the Linggu Valley to accept him speaking in this kind of situation. They were used to listening to the village chief and deputy village chief's arrangements. They didn't want to speak and didn't like to listen to others speak.
"Xiao Lingyu's words are reasonable. However, how would we know what Silvermoon Village is thinking? How many people they have around our village is definitely a highly confidential matter. It's not easy to find out. Previously, we had thought of capturing the people from Silvermoon Village alive. Unfortunately, even if we did, they would immediately commit suicide. "The deputy village chief shook his head as he spoke.
Since no one liked what he said, Xiao Lingyu didn't have the heart to say more.
In the end, they voted. Although Xiao Lingyu and a few others voted against it, as they didn't want a large number of Linggu Valley villagers to take the risk, most of the people in the room still felt that they had to go to Silvermoon Village to attack them.
In everyone's opinion, the Linggu Valley didn't know Silvermoon Village's motive. They also didn't know how many people they had near their village. How would they know when the Linggu Valley would be empty? How would they know how many people the Linggu Valley had sent out this time?
Other than the injured, there were less than two thousand and three hundred villagers left in Lin Valley Village who used to go hunting. For safety's sake, the old village chief left five hundred men to guard the village and only took one thousand and eight hundred men with him.
Silvermoon Village was indeed quite far from the Linggu Valley. However, with the experienced old village chief leading the team, everyone took a safer route. Although they took some detours, they weren't attacked by large groups of demon beasts along the way. Therefore, their speed was very fast. However, even so, it took nearly two months for the 1,800 Linggu Valley cultivators to reach the dense forest beside Silvermoon Village.
On the way here, the old village chief and deputy village chief naturally kept in contact with the Linggu Valley. As long as there was any movement, everyone would immediately turn back.
Silvermoon Village wasn't in the valley. Instead, it was on the peak of a mountain that was only 500 feet tall.
The peak of the mountain wasn't flat. The villagers of Silvermoon Village all lived in caves on the peak of the mountain.
At the highest point of the mountain, there was a very strange-looking boulder. The boulder was silver in color and shaped like a crescent moon. It would even emit a silver-white fluorescence at night. Thus, the mountain was named Silvermoon Mountain, and the village at the top of the mountain was named Silvermoon Village.
Silvermoon Mountain wasn't tall, but the mountain was very large. Although Silvermoon Village was on the peak, its overall size was definitely bigger than the Linggu Valley's valley.
Not far from the foot of Silvermoon Mountain, there was a large river that flowed endlessly.
The river's flow was very fast and the river was tens of thousands of feet wide. The rumbling of the water was like a series of thunder. Even from afar, one could hear it clearly. It was really unknown whether the sound of the water had any effect on the lives and cultivation of the cultivators in Silvermoon Village.
The river originally flowed straight, but when it reached Silvermoon Mountain, it suddenly turned ninety degrees. This caused both sides of Silvermoon Mountain to face the river.
On the opposite side of Silvermoon Mountain was a very vast forest. It was also an important hunting area for Silvermoon Village. The cultivators of Silvermoon Village couldn't fly across the river, and there was no bridge over the river. The cultivators of Silvermoon Village could only cross by boat.
At this moment, the cultivators of the Linggu Valley could see from afar that there were about ten small boats on the river. They were quickly sailing towards the opposite side of the river.
There were many wolf demons on the other side of the river, but they had to travel a long way to find them. The nearby wolf demons had already been mostly killed by the cultivators of Silvermoon Village. Under normal circumstances, the cultivators of Silvermoon Village would go to the opposite side of the river to hunt.
If the Linggu Valley wanted to take revenge on Silvermoon Village and kill the cultivators of Silvermoon Village, they had to cross the river. The old village chief then led everyone along the river, with their backs facing Silvermoon Mountain.
After traveling for almost a day, the old village chief finally stopped. Then, he took out the boat-shaped magic treasure that he had prepared long ago and led everyone across the river.
When they reached the forest, the old village chief and the deputy village chief split everyone into six teams of three hundred people, and let everyone search for their own targets.
In less than ten days of searching in this forest, they had only killed a few dozen villagers of Silvermoon Village. However, the old village chief received a message from the village.
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