Mute Village.
This place lay in the southern part of Fengxian County, very close to Song Family Village. Surrounded by low mountains, it was exceptionally difficult to enter or leave.
Like Song Family Village—or rather, like every village near the Southern Border—the inhabitants here were mostly of mixed Chu and Yi blood. Their folkways were fierce and hardy. They lived off the mountains, rarely farmed, and often went to the county seat to trade mountain goods for daily necessities.
Likewise, Mute Village had a smuggling route and maintained close ties with forces on the Southern Border side.
Night. The moon shone bright.
A black shadow slipped into Mute Village, moving without stirring a breath of wind, like a ghost.
Xiang Yuan made a circuit of the village. The jade disc sensed no others of its kind, making him suspect that White Phoenix had given him the wrong address. Or perhaps the other party had been unable to wait and had eagerly rushed into some new world.
Since he was already here, Xiang Yuan quietly entered a household, hypnotized someone, and asked about the situation. The answer he received was that life was hard, with people rising early and working late into the night.
Mute Village had been peaceful lately. Just like Senior Jiang's place, there had been no major disturbances.
There were even fewer outsiders. Everyone was an honest, law-abiding local.
This made Xiang Yuan even more certain that the person who had obtained the jade disc was merely an ordinary villager, not some demon or monster wandering over from the Southern Border.
No snake demon. A little disappointing;
No demons harming people. That was acceptable.
If the newcomer had truly entered a new world already, then with the strength of an ordinary villager, there was a ninety-percent chance they