Lou Xiaoyi was not clear about the rules between them. He thought that the next step would be to distribute the goods of his caravan. However, he did not expect that the twenty or so people of Liang would turn their attention to the few of them who were just here to watch the show!
As it turned out, the mountain people were tough and simple. Compared to the mountain people on the other side, they looked down on people who lacked courage. This was also the reason why the official who acted like he could not fight rushed up and threw a few punches, then pretended to be injured and fell down!
Seeing the Liang people approaching with ill intentions, Lou Xiaoyi sighed. As expected, it was wrong to just watch the show. It would not please either side.
However, before he could speak, the woman of the family of four moved first. She lightly patted the swaddling cloth in her hand. Immediately, the sound of a baby crying sounded like a ghost wailing and a wolf howling!
Then, something crawled out from the swaddling cloth. It had a big head and a small body, looking a little like a salamander. It was very strange.
Regardless of whether it was the Liang people or the Great Yue people, those who were standing all knelt down, while those who were lying down also turned over and prostrated themselves on the ground, calling out to the baby mother!
Lou Xiaoyi knew how strange the borderlands were. They had encountered the religion of the natives of the Cong Mountain Range.
The woman did not speak. The salamander cried out a few times, then shrunk back into the swaddling cloth, as if nothing had happened.
Within the Cong Mountain Range, regardless of whether it was the Great Yue side or the Liang side, the mountain people were all religious.
The Wo Sect had a holy infant, and the ones responsible for raising and protecting the holy infant were the mothers. They had a high status in the Wo Sect, and were existences that could not be belittled. This was not only because of their status, but also because the Wo Sect's fighting strength was expressed in these mothers and their holy infants.
To put it bluntly, this was a cultivation sect that specialized in rearing spiritual pets. However, the spiritual pets they reared were very simple, which was a type of spiritual salamander. Their orthodoxy, however, was more inclined towards the curse lineage of Taoism. In addition to the special environment and audience, their unique totem culture formed the formation of the Wall Sect. It was also a orthodoxy with a very long lifespan in this world. People often referred to it as an evil sect. In fact, it was only because people did not understand their traditional culture and could not accept that they were more inclined towards the culture left behind by their ancestors. It was not because of how much evil this sect had done or how many people they had killed.
There was no need for the infant mother to say anything else. The two combatants helped each other up, hugged each other's shoulders, and greeted each other. They did not realize that they were the ones who had broken each other's ribs.
This was the way the mountain people of the Cong Mountain Range got along with each other. On both sides of the Cong Mountain Range, they belonged to two different countries, and they were both under the same belief of the Wo Sect. They were opposed to each other amidst the integration, and they survived in conflict. It was hard to say whether the country had a greater influence on them, or whether their belief was the only thing they could rely on to survive.
It was very difficult for this kind of method to exist in other countries in the world, because they did not have the natural disposition of the Cong Mountain Range's mountain people, who coexisted in a barbaric and rustic way. Different places raised different people, so how could they have the same culture and the same personality?
At the very least, this taught Lou Xiaoyi how to face different ideologies in his future cultivation. He was still growing, and the world he saw was too small. His vision was too limited, and he did not have much experience. Although compared to ordinary people, he could be considered to have seen a lot of the world, but among cultivators, he was a true ant.
Fortunately, he had never been a meddlesome person, nor was he a person who was bursting with a sense of justice. Although he could not remember who he was in his previous life, the ideologies that he had left behind in his previous life were still imperceptibly influencing him.
Of course, there was no need to divide the goods. After this fight, neither side had obtained anything. The only thing they had gained was a large number of injured people. Flesh wounds were common, and there were plenty of people who had suffered broken bones. However, the valiance of the Cong Mountain Range's mountain people was on full display at this moment. They climbed onto their donkeys and continued on their journey, as if this small dispute that could not be any smaller was just a part of their lives.
The caravan continued on its journey. Because the infant mother was among the passengers, the mountain people became extremely respectful. This was not the fake affection and flattery that the lower class of the outside world had for the higher class. This was true respect that came from the bottom of their hearts.
There was a guide and six guards protecting them closely, as if this family of four was the most precious thing in the caravan.
As a fellow traveler, Lou Xiaoyi also enjoyed this kind of protection. However, the respect these simple mountain people had for the infant mother was sincere, and they did not hide their disdain for people like him who were as cowardly as a mouse, hiding behind a woman's back.
He did not care!
There was no need for him to stand out and play the hero every time something happened. Sometimes, watching others play the hero was also very interesting!
From what he could sense, this woman's cultivation should be at the late stage of Qi Eater, which was fundamentally different from his own. However, he had no idea what was so special about that salamander. If there was a dispute, he would immediately kill that thing …
However, this was just a contingency plan. It was basically impossible for it to happen. This woman was very low-key. This was also the nature of cultivators, so it was not strange.
At night, the family of four was arranged to camp in the center of the caravan. Of course, Lou Xiaoyi had nothing to do with this place. The next day, he took the initiative to keep a distance from the family of four and fell to the back of the caravan. Although he did not want to be in the limelight, he was not interested in being looked down upon every day.
Naturally, he fell to the back of the caravan and got mixed up with the two mountain people who were undercover. Due to his clumsy performance as a bystander in the melee, even the Cong Mountain people who did not like to talk could not help but mock him.
"Have the people of the Shining Night always been so weak? The men of the Shining Night don't even dare to participate in a battle that they know will not result in death! I really wonder how the Shining Night Kingdom survived. Did they rely on marriage alliances? "
Lou Xiaoyi really did not want to argue with these muscle-headed mountain people, but he had nothing to do anyway. In fact, this journey was a little too boring for him.
"First of all, in terms of history, the Shining Night Kingdom has been around for much longer than the Great Yue. You all mocking the Shining Night Kingdom is like summer cicadas mocking green birds. You want to compare whose life force is stronger?
A man who is beaten black and blue all day long wants to brag about his bravery in front of others, as if the scars all over his body represent his glory. Isn't that laughable?
Whether the Shining Night Kingdom is strong or not, and how it survives, the neighbors of the Shining Night Kingdom know very well. Unfortunately, the Great Yue does not have the right to know this!
As for the games you played on the glacier, the Shining Night Kingdom's children may be able to play these games, but they won't when they grow up. Who doesn't know how to play when they are young? "
When it came to bickering, how could the mountain people be a match for the scholars of the Shining Night Kingdom?
"You're a young man with arms and legs, but you're under the protection of others the entire time. You're like a baby, and even a baby is more useful than you!"
Lou Xiaoyi was very serious. "Please get one thing straight: I spent money!
A whole fifty taels of silver. In the Great Yue, that's enough money for a family to live for one or two years. Why should I give it to you?
Didn't I ask for your help? If I didn't need your protection, why would I spend the money? My family doesn't run a mine.
Is this a deal? Do you understand?
If you have the strength, then do it! If others have the money, then pay the money! Everyone has their own strengths. Officials, scholars, businessmen, fishermen, hunters … You're selling your strength, and now you're blaming me for not being able to protect myself?
Then if you go to buy ironware, can't the blacksmith say, buy it or not, and if you're not satisfied, then go get it yourself?
You still have the nerve to talk about fighting. Since you took the money, you should take responsibility. Now, you put the guests in unnecessary danger for no reason, and blame the guests for not being brave enough?
I gave you fifty taels of silver just to come here and be beaten up? "
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