"These past years, besides hunting wild beasts, the villagers had thought of many ways to fill their bellies!" Elder Wu said again. "Unfortunately, this millet is something our Meng Mountain people cannot live without! Every so often, I had to gather some millet grains and distribute a portion to each person according to the village population!"
"But these were only stopgap measures! All our struggles now could not withstand the celestial changes. Although the millet in this Su Garden had been carefully tended, it was declining with each passing day. I feared that within a year or so, this millet would no longer bear grains. When that happened, it would be the day our Meng Mountain people perished!" Elder Wu sighed.
"Mm, because the Jiajie Worms also needed this millet, they often came to attack Shebi Village, seeking to consume these millet grains!" Xiao Mao understood.
"Yes. If those Jiajie Worms descended, not to mention slaughtering all the people of Shebi Village, even if they merely swept away all these millet grains, how many more days could Shebi Village endure?" At this point, Elder Wu lowered his voice further. "In truth, it was already no small feat that Shebi Village had lasted until now. The other villages... had long since passed their limits. I imagine that when my lord came to Meng Mountain, you had already seen it. For the sake of survival... our Meng Mountain people had entered the Sword Domain, searching for a way to live in both the Sword Domain and the Three Cultivation Kingdoms!"
Elder Wu's voice was extremely soft. It seemed he was guarding against Xiao Hua as he revealed this immense secret, yet he did not use the Meng Mountain language. Who knew what he was thinking?
"Ah? So... so that was it!" Xiao