C1376 Early Morning Chitchat
C1376 Early Morning Chitchat
Originally, it was only the common coarse clothes worn by villagers. However, when it was worn on Chu Yan's body, it gave him an extraordinary and refined appearance.
All of a sudden, the villagers wondered if there was something wrong with their eyes.
Seeing Chu Yan, the village chief was even more sure that his previous judgement was not wrong.
After all, he was a warrior and the most knowledgeable in the Shijia Village.
This young man who had lost his memories was most likely a martial artist as well, and definitely not below the level of Stage Three of Genuine Force — The village chief made a decision in his heart.
Moreover, he felt that the probability of his guess being correct was more than 90%.
At this time, with the continuous recovery of his memories, Chu Yan had already felt that there were a lot of things that were about to be revealed in his mind.
Therefore, at this moment, he did not ask the villagers about the details of what happened yesterday. Instead, he raised his doubts about what he had just seen in the village.
"The atmosphere is a little tense?" After the village chief heard this, he stroked his beard with a smile, "Actually, it's only been half a month. If nothing big happens, it might be possible to recover in half a month. Recently, it's just a special situation, just in case we make some preparations."
"Just in case?" Chu Yan asked doubtfully.
The village chief did not directly answer Chu Yan. Instead, he pointed to the continuous mountain range behind Shijia Village and asked Chu Yan: "Do you know the name of this mountain?"
Chu Yan shook his head.
"It is called Dragon-Ridge Mountain, and rumored to extend over two thousand five hundred kilometers." The village chief revealed the appearance of the village's most knowledgeable elder, and explained to Chu Yan patiently: "In the Dragon-Ridge Mountain, there are no less than twenty bandit s who can be called out.
And these mountain bandit not only have practitioners from the Genuine Force Stage, they also have cultivators from the Pulse Condensation Stage overseeing them. "
When he talked about warriors, the village chief purposely emphasized his tone a little bit. Afterwards, he carefully looked at Chu Yan, wanting to see the changes in his expression from Chu Yan's face.
But unfortunately, although Chu Yan's memories had not been recovered, his original bearing had already returned to normal.
In other words, Chu Yan had not only killed celestial mood stage before, but this time, even the Violet Palace Stage Northern Heaven King was rubbing his body. Although the one who truly attacked was not him, after feeling the atmosphere and hearing the sounds of Genuine Force Stage, or perhaps it was Pulse Condensation Stage, he would naturally not have any reaction.
However, the Village Chief would not think of this.
He felt that it was still because of Chu Yan's amnesia, so he did not respond to his own words, and continued: "These mountain bandit never come out of the Dragon-Ridge Mountain's range to rob and steal, but they never worry about food and drinks. Do you know the reason?"
"Because there is a trade road in the Dragon-Ridge Mountain. Chu Yan said almost without thinking.
"Eh? You understand. " The Village Chief could not help but open his eyes wide, at the same time, he was more certain that his guess of Chu Yan's background was correct.
If he wasn't the merchant, how could he have replied so quickly?
It was obviously a subconscious reaction.
Chu Yan replied as a matter of fact, "Yes, when I was eight …"
As he was speaking, he suddenly stopped again, just like last night.
He vaguely remembered that when he was eight years old, he had done something similar to what the Village Head said. However, he could not remember it now.
In fact, what Chu Yan was going to talk about right now was precisely the time he was eight years old, when he had the second level of Genuine Force Stage, with one sword each, he had slaughtered three of the bandit's strongholds, killed seven hundred and sixty Black Wind bandits, and opened the Northwest Merchant Road.
However, at this time, he still could not recall his memories.
The village chief stared at Chu Yan, waiting for him to continue, but when he saw Chu Yan frown, he immediately knew what was going on.
Therefore, he comforted Chu Yan and said: "You don't have to be too anxious about this matter of amnesia. When I have time later, I will also get the people from the village to help you pay attention to it.
The village chief had already determined that Chu Yan was a member of the caravan kidnapped by the Dragon-Ridge Mountain s. As such, he did not say anything more as to how his companion was still alive, for fear of irritating Chu Yan.
However, Chu Yan's thoughts were currently not on it, so he did not think much about it.
"Mn, that's about it, because to go to the neighboring cities, Dragon-Ridge Mountain is the only way.
If they took a detour, it would be normal to spend two to three months on the road.
So the caravan had to leave from the Dragon-Ridge Mountain.
As for those mountain bandit, they rely on the robbing caravan to survive, so there is no need for them to plunder outside the mountain.
Saying that, the Village Chief paused for a moment before continuing, "However, in the past half month, I heard that some kind of natural disaster has occurred. Hmm, I think so, because I was sitting at home that day, I could clearly feel the ground trembling a few times.
I heard that there was a child in the village who was shaken off his bed.
Anyway, since that day, there have been a lot more caravans passing by the Dragon-Ridge Mountain. "
The Village Chief spread out his hand and stretched out his fingers. "Five times more than usual!"
"That's quite a lot. If it's a natural disaster, then it's either hiding or taking the opportunity to earn some money." Chu Yan immediately said, "Under these circumstances, the possibility of the latter is higher, so mountain bandit must have been out here quite a few times.
After all, merchants who want to earn a fortune will need to bring a lot of gold and silver, as well as resources that are even more important to the mountain bandit. "
"You actually guessed it." The Village Head could not help but open his eyes wide. "You've already heard about it from others?"
"Nope." Chu Yan shook his head, "But it's not hard to guess that you must be thinking the same thing."
"En..." "Well, yes." The Village Chief blinked, then nodded and said.
Chu Yan did not mind the elder's unnatural expression, he looked around and continued: "If that's the case, then I understand.
Since the mountain bandit had been frequented frequently recently, then those caravans would naturally need more people to protect them.
If one invited a martial artist from outside the city, or a martial artist from their own family, then the expenses on the road would inevitably be great. Moreover, if there were any losses, then that would be the loss of their family.
Even if the goods were delivered there, it would still be a great profit. But if a martial artist of a family was killed, that was still a loss that the family would find hard to make up for in a short period of time.
Therefore, the most suitable method was to hire the local villagers to join them as escorts.
The villagers had lived here for generations, and they understood the environment of the Dragon-Ridge Mountain more than others.
Furthermore, the villagers themselves are very against the mountain bandit. As long as they can agree on the price, they will be the most suitable bodyguards for the journey. "
Chu Yan pointed at the nearby villagers who were holding onto swords and sabers, walking around, and said: "They should have this kind of work to do today, am I right, Village Chief?"