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Chapter 162 Huangya Village (asking for monthly tickets)
This "Five Ghost Swords" is Wu Jinghan's sword ball technique.

He controlled five sword balls at the same time, coordinating with each other with extraordinary precision.

There are very few sword ball techniques, and even in Aunt Wang's "Five Ding Cooking", there are no corresponding techniques.

"Five-Tripod Cooking" focuses on the fire in the abdomen.

Therefore, Xu Yuan's fire in his belly, both in quality and control, is far superior to that of other alchemists of the same level.

However, Xu Yuan studied this technique carefully, but was still undecided about whether to practice it.

Although the combination of the five sword balls is ingenious and mysterious, the sword balls are scattered, making their offensive capabilities somewhat insufficient.

Xu Yuan put it away first and would carefully weigh the matter and make a decision after this mission.

Qin Taichen led the way, and after walking for more than ten miles, he pointed ahead and said, "That's Huangya Village."

The surrounding hills are undulating, and in the distance is Xiaoyu Mountain which gradually rises from the ground.

There is a flat land in the middle.

The villagers cultivated the fields.

Two small rivers flow out of Xiaoyu Mountain and flow around the village.

Several canals brought river water to irrigate the fields.

As long as it is not a day when people are prohibited from visiting the river or bathing, the villagers will work in the fields.

To the north of the village, there is a yellow-brown earth cliff, about thirty meters high, which is the origin of the name of Huangya Village.

When Xu Yuan and his companions arrived at the village entrance, the village headman came out in a panic and asked, "Why are you adults coming to our village?"

Qin Taichen stepped forward to explain, and the village chief was puzzled: "Are you coming to our village?"

He shook his head. "I've questioned everyone in the village today, and no outsiders have come in these past few days. Could it be that those people have entered Xiaoyu Mountain?"

Xu Yuan looked at the sky and said, "Let's stay here tonight."

The village chief was in a dilemma: "There is really no place in the village to accommodate you gentlemen..."

There are only twenty or thirty households in this village, and it really cannot accommodate so many people.

"How about..." the village chief suggested, "You all have horses. If you run faster, you can still get back to Qingyu Township."

Qin Taichen angrily said, "Nonsense! It will be dark in half an hour. How can we get back?"

The village chief spread his hands and said with a sad face: "But our village is so small. You know that there are not enough houses for adults to live in."

Qin Taichen said: "Each family will get a share, as long as they can stay overnight."

"This..." The village chief was still reluctant and suggested: "You all have your own abilities. Why don't you think of a way to set up camp outside the village? I can get everyone to help..."

"This place is so close to Xiaoyu Mountain. If the evil spirits from the mountain come down at night and the people in the Exorcism Bureau get hurt, can you afford it?" Qin Taichen asked angrily.

Xu Yuan and others already had some doubts in their hearts.

"Is there anything happening in the village?" Xu Yuan asked.

The village chief quickly waved his hands and said, "No, no, well, never mind. As long as you gentlemen don't mind, I'll live in the village."

The headman could no longer refuse, so he went to ring the gong to gather all the villagers, and then assigned the captains to every household.

The headman was familiar with every household. The larger houses could accommodate two people, while the smaller ones could accommodate only one person.

Xu Yuan gave a wink, and the inspectors quietly reminded their brothers: Be smart at night!
The chief's house was the largest and housed five captains.

Qin Taichen also lives in the headman's house.

But in the end, only seven or eight people were left.

Qin Taichen said, "The rest... let's put them in the village temple."

The village chief was like someone's tail had been stepped on: "How can this be possible? This will disturb the spirits of our ancestors..."

Qin Taichen scolded, "Stop making excuses!"

After a pause, Qin Taichen secretly glanced at Xu Yuan again before saying, "The village temple is a little unusual, but the adults in the Exorcism Department won't mind."

Xu Yuan remained calm.

Di Youzhi stepped forward and said, "It's not easy for you to farm and survive here. We understand that you may perform some sacrifices in private."

This was equivalent to explicitly pardoning Huangya Village, but secretly pardoning those sacrifices that were not in compliance with court regulations.

However, there was still no sign of relief on the headman's face.

He sighed helplessly, shrank his neck and said: "In this case... Gentlemen, please follow me."

He led everyone around the back of the earth cliff.

The so-called village temple appeared before our eyes.

Five tall, imposing tiled houses! The walls were whitewashed, the doors were vermilion, and the window panes were new and bright. They were better than any other house in the village. Two half-human-high door gods were affixed to the doors.

Putting aside the weirdness, the villagers of Huangya Village live a good life.

The fields in the village are fertile and the harvest is good every year.

But we can't afford to build a house like this.

When Xu Yuan stood here, he had a feeling: something was looking at him.

At first, I felt that something was quietly observing me from behind the window on the left side of the gate.

Xu Yuan looked towards the window.

That feeling disappeared.

But soon I felt that the thing had reached the roof and was still looking at me.

Xu Yuan looked up again and again at the roof.

The thing disappeared again.

Then, I felt it poking its head out from the west gable...

Xu Yuan stopped looking in that direction.

The headman respectfully opened the lock, went in to burn incense, kowtowed repeatedly in front of the ancestral tablet, and muttered words like "I am an unfilial descendant, please forgive me, ancestors."

Then he invited Xu Yuan and others in.

After entering, everyone saw that the layout of the temple was somewhat similar to that of the clan temple outside the mountain.

There is a large altar in the main hall.

There are five floors in total.

Arranged according to seniority, the oldest ancestral tablet is on the top layer.

This tablet seemed a little strange, with only a name written on it.

Xu Yuan counted and found that there were only about twenty tablets.

Are there only these few ancestors in Huangya Village?
On both sides of the altar, there is an eight-immortal table, on which are placed some bowls and plates, as well as a basket of chopsticks.

Xu Yuan frowned as he watched.

The village chief explained, "When offering sacrifices to the ancestors, everyone eats in this temple."

Xu Yuan still frowned. These bowls and plates were all made of fine porcelain. Was Huangya Village so wealthy that they bought all these things and placed them in the village temple just so the whole village could have a meal together during ancestor worship?

There were four benches next to the table, but both the table and the benches were one foot higher than usual.

If a person of normal height sits on it, his feet will definitely be hanging in the air.

It would be very uncomfortable to sit and eat like this.

Xu Yuan remained calm and went into the houses on both sides.

Di Youzhi and Yu Yunhang followed quickly with their swords in hand, guarding the adults on the left and right.

These rooms are not empty either, and are filled with all kinds of furniture.

Wooden bed, table and chairs, and dressing table.

The bedding on the bed was made of new cloth and cotton, and there was no smell of mold in the room.

Xu Yuan paid close attention and found human hair on several beds.

"Does this temple often have people staying here?" Xu Yuan asked.

The chief quickly shook his head: "No, absolutely not. These things are prepared for the enjoyment of our ancestors.

It’s just like those paper figurines we burn, but our village is more pious, so everyone pooled their money to prepare real things.”

Xu Yuan didn't ask any more questions.

The headman followed behind Xu Yuan and seemed a little embarrassed to speak.

After Xu Yuan had checked all the houses, he said, "Sir, could you please not touch these things? After all, they are all prepared for our ancestors..."

Qin Taichen shouted, "What are you talking about? Are you going to let the adults sleep on the floor?"

The headman was afraid of Qin Taichen, but he still muttered, "It's not like people can't sleep on the ground..."

Xu Yuan stopped Qin Taichen and nodded, "Okay, we won't touch these things."

The headman breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Yuanbian secretly watched all of this.

(End of this chapter)