Chapter 680 The Closed Village
If we have to choose a "most mysterious" village in the world, Xinade Village will be undisputedly elected.
There are actually many remote villages, such as Kokot Village, Bokai Village, and Jiangbo Village.
But these villages also communicate with the outside world on a daily basis, unlike Xinade Village, which is completely self-sufficient. Whether it is merchants or tourists, you may not see many of them throughout the year.
How did this isolation come about?
People who have never been to Xinade Village may guess that it is the special folk customs that cause the villagers to be xenophobic, but anyone who has been here in person will find that the villagers of Xinade Village are unexpectedly warm and hospitable.
The only reason that prevents people from traveling is the terrain.
Xiqi Country is a large island in the East China Sea, and it is also the origin and hometown of the Dragon People.
But there are scarce resources and inconvenient transportation here. Most of the Dragon People have spread to various parts of the continent in the past countless years and integrated with human civilization.
The once glorious dragon civilization has long disappeared in the long river of history, leaving only large pieces of broken ancient ruins dotted everywhere.
Isolated overseas and sparsely populated, these two points have already screened out more than 90% of merchants and travelers.
This is just to Xiqi Country.
To reach Xinade Village, you have to go to the Sky Mountain Range, where the mountain is almost straight up and down, and various monsters are infested. Go all the way up to the top of the mountain to see this small village hidden on the top of the mountain.
To say that it is difficult and dangerous is an understatement.
Later, with the development of aviation technology, the difficulty of coming to Xinade Village has been greatly reduced. Coupled with the strange scenery of Sky Mountain, if the locals are willing to cooperate with publicity, they may also be able to develop a little tourism industry and become lively.
However, for this dragon village with a very high average age, it is not necessary to be lively, but it will disrupt their peaceful life.
Young dragons who yearn for the outside world often try to find a way to go down the mountain and leave, such as the village chief of Jiangbo Village back then.
Most of the rest are old people who can accept this kind of indifference. They drink a cup of tea, a bag of cigarettes, and watch the clouds in a daze for a whole day. It is common to find that they forgot to light their pipes.
Farming and tending crops by themselves is like pruning flowers and plants. This kind of indifference and leisure in isolation from the world cannot be experienced in other places.
The most intuitive experience is that when the Isana landed in Jiangbo Village, the curious villagers almost surrounded them.
When it docked at the edge of the mountaintop platform where Xinade Village is located, except for a lively dragon child holding a windmill and running to watch the fun, most of the villagers seemed to have not seen them.
Farming, strolling, and enjoying the breeze.
Feng Ying was the first to jump off the boat, and then she was entangled by the lively child. Fortunately, she was a talkative person who didn't mind the noise, and chatted lively.
"Amazing! Big whale! Super big whale!"
"Amazing! Have you seen it before? Ahahaha!"
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Gordon glanced over there and stopped paying attention. Feng Ying could get along well with local children wherever she went.
He turned his head to look at the leader of the brigade, "Let's go see the great monk first? We can't keep piling up all these specialties of Jiangbo Village in the cabin, making the whole ship smell like dried fish."
"Let's go!" The leader of the brigade adjusted his hat and strode down the gangplank.
"Do you need us to go together?" An Xier asked.
Gordon thought about it and shook his head, "No, there are several fully armed hunters following them, as if they are going to do something. I know the great monk, so I'll go."
An Xier nodded, whistled at Liefeng, and prepared to take it for a walk around.
Liefeng almost jumped over. It was almost suffocated these days on the airship.
Before Gordon and the brigade leader had time to leave the Isana far, a squinty-eyed dragon youth came to greet them.
Looking at the small windmill on the young man's waist, Gordon suddenly felt a little emotional - this scene was exactly the same as when he came to fight the beetle a few years ago.
"Grand Abbot, long time no see." Without thinking too much, Gordon raised his hand and greeted him.
The Grand Abbot, dressed as a "kind farming youth", froze, and almost couldn't hold back the friendly smile on his face.
Like his brother, the Grand Abbot has a good memory, at least he didn't forget who Gordon was who he met a few years ago.
Holding back the "May the wind guide you" that was about to blurt out, he said helplessly: "Mr. Gordon, Grand Abbot is just my position when I am a priest in the temple. I am just an ordinary young villager at ordinary times."
Gordon shrugged, obviously not taking the Grand Abbot's words to heart. He pointed to the brigade leader beside him and briefly introduced his identity.
"Eh? Brother's letter? And gifts from brother?" The chief monk, who claimed to be a young villager, seemed a little surprised.
The leader of the brigade took out the letter from his bag and handed it to the other party.
After looking at the handwriting on the envelope and confirming that it was indeed the handwritten letter from brother, the chief monk smiled happily. The pile of specialties on the boat were secondary.
The chief monk led the brigade leader and others to find the elder of the village, an old man of the dragon race who fits the stereotype of "old dragon man".
He asked him to help arrange the few young and strong people in the village to help carry and distribute the specialties sent by brother, which is the gift brought by brother to the whole village.
Gordon and his team finally figured out that the elder in front of them was the main person in charge of Xinade Village. The Great Abbot had a superior status, but it was more reflected in the religious level. Most of the daily affairs in the village were handled by the former.
Hearing the news from the big-nosed village chief of Jiangbo Village, the elder was not as happy as the Great Abbot. Instead, he felt that his nose was not a nose and his eyes were not eyes.
This was a very traditional and serious old man. He didn't have a good impression of the Jiangbo Villager who abandoned the village and the Great Abbot's duties.
If the Great Abbot hadn't persuaded him, he wouldn't even want to send people to touch those specialties.
This atmosphere made Gordon and his team feel a little uneasy.
As early as before, he saw from the evasive attitude of the Jiangbo Village Chief that for the people of Xinade Village, the pure white dragon scale seemed to symbolize some kind of taboo and ominousness.
The elder was angry at the moment, and it was afraid that there would be no good results if he asked about it. He could only find a chance later.
The elder was a reasonable person. Although he was unhappy with the big nose of Jiangbo Village, he did not extend this dissatisfaction to outsiders like them.
While sulking, he did not forget to arrange food and lodging for the group.
The group, the Silver Edge Hunting Group, and the cats and dogs were quite large. If it weren't for the fact that there were enough cabins on the Isana, it would be difficult for the small village to accommodate such a large group of outsiders.
At night, the chief monk invited the group to his home.
A large amount of food that was not exquisite but very local in style was already on the table.
No matter what the elders and the stubborn old guys in the village thought, as the younger brother of the head of Jiangbo Village, at least the chief monk himself was very grateful to the group for bringing news of their relatives.
Looking at the small windmill whirring outside the window, he smiled and said, "The wind of fate has guided us to meet here. We are not very polite for not hosting you well. Please enjoy it."