Cloud Remote Ancient Village.
The Jiuli tribe's Southern Wasteland branch in the Hundred Thousand Mountains had a relatively large settlement. The village stood on a small plain halfway up a towering barren mountain. The high mountains received abundant rainfall, with lakes and streams, rice paddies, bamboo groves, and ancient banyan trees scattered everywhere. Since clouds and mist shrouded it year-round, and it gazed out over the Hundred Thousand Mountains, it was called Cloud Remote Ancient Village.
There was also a rumor that the girls of the village were as beautiful as their singing, like fairies dwelling amid the clouds—too distant to reach.
The ancient village had a large population. Whether in wealth or resources, it was beyond the comparison of small tribes.
Cloud Remote Ancient Village had its own walls and fortifications. Most of its buildings were round stone houses, which could defend against fire attacks and serve as fortresses for continued resistance after the walls fell. The largest round stone house stood at the center of the ancient village and could house several hundred people.
On a bright and breezy day.
A long procession of several hundred people arrived on the mountain road outside the village. They were the people Bai Yujun had rescued after their settlement had suffered devastating losses in a sneak attack by the Black tribe.
Cloud Remote Ancient Village opened its gates and took them in, settling the villagers who had come to seek refuge.
Most Southern Wasteland tribes were built around clan bloodlines. The small tribes that split off from Cloud Remote Ancient Village were essentially one family with it, which was why they could seek refuge there and be accepted. This was a common occurrence.
The Hundred Thousand Mountains were perilous, and survival was difficult. When the population of a large tribe swelled