"Joining hands with the villagers of Three Paths Village to fight the mountain bandits-this is a situation I've never encountered in all five times I've entered Three Paths Village."
"Brother Taiping, have you really thought this through?"
On the way to the ancestral hall of Three Paths Village, Gu Changming, whose body had merged with a little caterpillar on Xu Taiping's shoulder, once again sent Xu Taiping a voice transmission to confirm.
At that moment, Xu Taiping was hurrying toward the ancestral hall with Cuicui in his arms, following closely behind the Village Head and the others.
After hearing Gu Changming's voice transmission, Xu Taiping replied through voice transmission, his expression calm:
"Aren't you curious whether this unprecedented situation might actually offer Three Paths Village a way to survive?"
Gu Changming answered without hesitation:
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
He continued:
"The fate of these villagers of Three Paths Village has long since been sealed. Unless someone can sever the River of Time in a single stroke, it cannot possibly change."
Xu Taiping did not argue. He merely continued following briskly behind the people ahead while sending Gu Changming a voice transmission:
"Let's first see just what preparations the villagers of Three Paths Village have made for the coming bandit calamity."
Gu Changming agreed with that:
"That is indeed worth a look."
Seemingly struck by a thought, Xu Taiping immediately asked Gu Changming:
"Brother Changming, you said earlier that those who tried to assassinate the Village Head might have been Xiao Moji and his group. Do you have any grounds for that?"
"Of course!" Gu Changming answered at once.
"In recent years, a theory has circulated among the cultivators exploring Three Paths Village: the Village Head here is very likely the key to breaking this death trap."
"Some of those cultivators even