HCB Chapter 151: Mountain Sweeping Tradition
Chapter 151: Mountain Sweeping Tradition
Hua Changle told Bai Xie and Ling Ren about the situation, and they immediately agreed.
[I have something to do. The actor and I will arrive at 2pm. Will we be there in time? ]
【If you have time, don’t rush. 】
【Then let’s go together at two o’clock. 】
Bai Xie also added: [I will accompany you up the mountain when we get there. It’s just right. The Yang energy is strong at 2 or 3 o’clock. It can control that thing. It’s safe! (Thumbs up)]
Hua Changle laughed out loud.
Hua Xiange heard the voice and came over: "Did you agree?"
"Well, they'll be here around 2pm."
Hua Xiange said, "That's great. I'm going to go out and check on the lunch arrangements with Brother Qiao. I'm going to tell the director that you don't have to go out."
By noon, due to online arrangements, lunch was changed from Yan Wu's home to a pavilion on a nearby mountain.
The pavilion is old and has stood the test of time. Sitting in it, you can feel the ancient charm that transcends time and space.
Looking out from the pavilion, the mountains and rivers are like a painting, and heaven and earth breathe together.
The scenery is unadorned and pure.
A table was set up in the middle of the pavilion and everyone sat around it.
What they eat is meals made from ingredients grown by the townspeople themselves; what they drink is rice wine brewed by the villagers themselves.
By the second period, everyone was obviously more friendly with each other.
I can’t say that our relationship is very close, but we understand each other’s personalities pretty well, so we know how to get along with each other.
As adults, a nodding acquaintance is enough. If you are in the same circle, such a relationship is enough.
Fang Yi looked at this heartwarming scene and nodded.
He doesn't like to see the guests fighting with each other, that's too low-level for him.
Just like there was a program before, which invited five people, four of them were "well-behaved people" in the circle. As a result, they were fighting openly and secretly throughout the whole program, which gave him a headache.
From then on, when Fang Yi chooses guests, he would rather choose those with bad tempers or those with real personalities, and they don’t go on the show just to step on the show to get ahead.
Among the guests this time, although Liang Chengyu is indeed more of a show-off, he is indeed a person who loves face and is rough-hearted, and cannot be considered to have bad intentions. In addition, the quality of the guests this time, especially the amateur guests, is ridiculously high.
Thinking this way, the annoyance caused by the online trolls dissipated a lot. Fang Yi happily ate a piece of chicken leg.
After dinner, at about one o'clock, everyone walked down the mountain.
When we returned to the vicinity of the mayor's house, we found that all the elderly people, from teenagers to sixty years old with agile legs and feet, had gathered there.
Everyone should bring their own weapons.
Some carried hoes, axes, and machetes in their hands; some had daggers and bamboo tubes that could shoot needles on their waists; some carried bows and arrows and red tasseled spears on their backs...
The equipment was crude, but everyone had a serious expression, and no matter whether they were men or women, at this moment, they all looked like soldiers ready to go to war.
VJ immediately followed the camera.
Yan Wu stood at the front. Seeing everyone coming back, he came forward and said, "Are you teachers back? It's just right. We are going to sweep the mountain. Do you want to go with us?"
"Sweeping the mountain? What is that?"
Yanwu explained: “Sweeping the mountains is one of our traditions.
Every year, we hold a ceremony to commemorate our ancestors and heroes. The day before the ceremony, we sweep the mountain as usual.
The main thing is the fighting force of the entire village. Everyone is divided into groups and goes to the mountain to scan and see if there are any new dangerous species, or if there are any abnormal species. At the same time, they also have to pay attention to the traces of wild beasts to reduce their threat to the town.
All children in the town who are twelve years old or older must participate in this activity."
When everyone looked over, they saw a group of teenagers standing at the back of the crowd.
There were boys and girls alike, carrying bows and arrows and daggers, with anticipation and pride written on their faces.
“Although we are ‘powerless’, we are not without the ability to protect ourselves.
The town will cultivate children's survival and hunting skills from an early age, ensuring that everyone can protect themselves, and then hunt wild beasts, fight against alien species, and defend their homes."
Yan Wu said this with determination and pride written on his face.
He is not just talking to the guests, he is also talking to people in the outside world.
They are guilty at their roots, and that is wrong. But they are trying to survive, and that is nothing to be ashamed of!
Everyone looked at each other. If it happened somewhere else, this would undoubtedly be a commendable move. However, with the current background of the town being revealed, these words inevitably sounded a bit ironic.
The comments have long been mixed.
[I laughed, a group of descendants of deserters advocated protecting their homeland]
[It's obviously a script, right? And they're sweeping the mountain? It's quite intimidating! ]
Fang Yi made a gesture to them, meaning "go".
Everyone agreed.
Before leaving, Yan Wu instructed as usual:
“First, do not approach the restricted area, and do not provoke the powerful alien species and beast kings that are inside;
Second, it is forbidden to hunt cubs, kill indiscriminately, destroy the medicinal herbs on the mountain, and destroy the mountain forest environment.
If anyone violates the rules, they will be punished according to the clan rules!"
Then, he gave an order and everyone set out from the mountains.
The five groups of guests were divided into four groups to follow, and the Qiao and Hua families were in the same team.
Because in an hour, they will take Bai Xie and Ling Ren who came here to look for the traces of Yin Ling. So in order to facilitate the action, they follow the same team.
The scenery of the mountains and forests is indeed beautiful from a bird's eye view, but it is indeed dangerous once you go deep into it.
It rained heavily in the mountains the day before yesterday. The hot and humid air was shrouded in the dense forest, like a natural steamer, not easy to dissipate, making people feel stuffy and suffocated.
The environment is indeed very primitive. The mud on the ground is soft and sticky in some places, and your ankles will sink into it when you step down.
There are poisons, flying mosquitoes, plant spores, and everything else on the ground, on the trees, and in the air around us.
The town only provided leather boots and plastic ponchos, and the conditions were very simple.
Qiao Song and Qiao Risheng, two wild species in human skin, were fine, as they had strong adaptability to the environment. Hua Changle was also fine after training in a similar environment. But Hua Xiange was obviously a little uncomfortable.
The air was too stuffy and turbid. After a while, he began to sweat excessively and was obviously not in good spirits.
Hua Changle noticed that his face was not right, so he took off the small gourd hanging from his waist and handed it to him. It contained the cold wine left over from noon.
"Brother, take this, cool your forehead, and drink it like water after a while."
[Favorability: +10]
[Current target favorability: 35]
Hua Changle: ...
She has gotten used to this crazy favorability.
She had every reason to suspect that the so-called favorability was all determined unilaterally by 422 without any careful calculation.
"Is Teacher Hua okay?" Yan Huaizhi was in the team and came over when he saw this.
Hua Xiange took it and shook her head: "It's okay, it's just a little hot and stuffy. It doesn't matter."
Hua Changle looked at the experienced townspeople who were leading the way.
They used wooden sticks to gently sweep through the undergrowth, observing the surrounding environment and creatures with their primitive naked eyes.
"Yan Huaizhi, is it enough to just investigate the situation of the alien species and wild beasts in this area?"
Hua Changle asked.
"Yes."
"Does your 'Sweeping the Mountain' have any rules prohibiting supernatural powers?" Hua Changle asked cautiously.
Yan Huai was stunned and shook his head. He guessed something: "You want to?"
Hua Changle chuckled, and four vines swirled out from his body.
"go with!"
Four vines immediately spread out in four directions.
"Wow!"
Several children came over curiously, and the adults also stopped to look at her.
"Won't you help?" Hua Changle looked at Qiao Song.
Qiao Song raised his eyebrows slightly.
Was she trying to see him take action, testing him?
Qiao Song curled his lips and chuckled, then raised his hand and gently twisted his fingers.
The townspeople and the audience only saw a gray light flashing by and felt nothing.
But Hua Changle and others knew that strange energy was emanating from him.
Gray power?