If I let you become a druid, would you join the Demon Sect?

Chapter 5: Robbery on the Road
The mountain road is difficult to travel.

Apart from the barely visible path, the rest were weeds and dead trees, with occasional diligent snakes and insects popping out to scare people.

Gu Yan has good speed.

He had a strong sense of perception in areas with lush vegetation, covering an area of ​​eleven or twelve meters, and could move freely. Occasionally, snakes and insects that blocked his way with malicious intentions were killed on the spot by him, and his body was refined on the spot, thus giving some pocket money to the technician, nature.

It didn't take long for him to walk half of the mountain road that was more than ten miles long and come to a main road that was obviously more traveled by people.

It is called the main road, but it is actually a mountain road, but there are more people walking on it and fewer weeds and dead trees.

This main road was built by the mountain people from more than ten surrounding villages and connects to the official road leading to the outside world.

Speaking of which, there are quite a few mountain people living around here.

As the saying goes, live by the mountain.

The mountain people have no arable land, but the Niujiao Mountain behind them is a branch mountain range of the Qianceng Mountain Range. The Qianceng Mountain Range has countless branches and spans the land of two prefectures. It is rich in resources and supports hundreds of thousands of mountain people in the two surrounding prefectures.

Countless small villages similar to Qianshan Village live and thrive in the mountains.

Gu Yan's predecessor went to the county town to study in a private school for a few years, so he knew more than ordinary mountain people.

The country they lived in was called "Lin". Lin had three counties, seven prefectures and more than 170 counties. Under the counties were villages and towns, which was a simple structure of county-prefecture-county-village and town.

The area where Gu Yan is now is Guang'an Prefecture under Wuyi County, and Sanxian County among the twenty-seven counties of Guang'an Prefecture.

Most areas of Sanxian County are either mountains or water, with less arable land on the plains, so there are more mountain people and fishermen and fewer farmers. Fortunately, the mountains and waters are rich in products, and water transportation is used to transport mountain specialties and bring back food from outside, maintaining the operation of the entire Sanxian County.

Gu Yan is a mountain dweller, and his status is similar to that of fishermen. He is not as good as farmers who have their own farmland, but better off than servants who rent farmland from others. In addition, mountain dwellers and fishermen are different from farmers in terms of taxation and military service, and have more freedom of movement.

The biggest difference is actually the difference in social division of labor and rights.

Fishermen, woodcutters, farmers and scholars. Woodcutters are mountain dwellers who can chop wood, hunt and pick herbs, but they cannot take imperial examinations, engage in business or practice martial arts. The same is true for fishermen. If they want to change their industry, they must change their identity and class, which requires money. However, farmers do not have so many restrictions.

All I can say is, there are good and bad sides.

On the way, Gu Yan also met mountain people from other villages who were going to the market.

Winter is coming soon.

It is also the time for everyone to prepare for the winter.

Most of these mountain people are accompanied by hunting dogs, carry hunting bows and hold machetes, and travel in groups of three or five.

A powerful mountain hunter with a small falcon perched on his shoulder.

This mountain man had a black birthmark on his right eye. He had the most people around him, more than ten in total. Each of them was tall and strong, carrying a lot of furs and goods. The dogs following him also had shiny fur and bright eyes, and it was obvious that they were well-bred.

Gu Yan knew this person.

His father once said that in the nearby village of Lijia, there was a man named Li An who was born with a black eye in his right eye. He was good at raising falcons and was the most promising person in the area.

Gu Yan looked quite envious.

Holding Huang on the left and Cang on the right, he is really handsome.

However, he only had the dog training skills inherited from his ancestors, but no techniques for training falcons. He didn't know if he could rely on animal affinity to succeed.

You can try it later.

Mountain people love to travel in groups.

The main reason is that the nearby mountain villages often intermarry, and if you count them all, they are actually related. Therefore, when there is no conflict of interest, they are very united to prevent being bullied.

Seeing that there were more people around, Gu Yan slowed down his pace and blended into the crowd.

Just as they were about to walk out of the mountain road and reach the official road, a cry suddenly came from the sky.

A hen-sized falcon fell from the sky and landed on the shoulder of Li An, the mountain man whom Gu Yan had envied before.

Li An frowned, and quickly put a special whistle on his chest into his mouth, took a deep breath, puffed up his mouth like a toad, and blew hard, making a series of rapid whistle sounds.

The whistle sounded sharp and urgent, echoing through the mountains and reaching a mile or two away.

"Brother An, what's wrong?"

"Why did Xiao Hei suddenly give the warning?" More than ten companions around Li An quickly drew out their hunting knives and bows and arrows and became alert.

Hearing Li An's whistle, the mountain folks who had been keeping their distance on the mountain road, although looking puzzled, drew their swords and bows, and brought their own hunting dogs to gather towards Li An.

Because this is the common warning whistle rhythm used by mountain people to alert surrounding mountain people that there is danger nearby.

Everyone was puzzled as to what had happened.

However, Gu Yan understood something from the hawk's cry: there was danger ahead.

In this situation, whoever is more powerful is the boss.

Li An, surrounded by the crowd, spoke in a loud voice: "My falcon, Xiao Hei, told me that there is a fight ahead. The official road is just below. I think there are foreign robbers. Two fast runners, with hunting dogs, will lead the warning in front. The rest of you follow. Let's go ahead and take a look."

"Robbery?"

"I didn't expect that I would encounter such a good thing while going down the mountain to sell goods. Let's go, let's go together."

Hearing about the robbery, everyone became excited.

Some of the older hunters even bared their teeth and had a bloodthirsty look on their faces.

Gu Yan was swept up in the crowd with a confused look on his face. He held a broken hatchet in his hand and rushed forward with the crowd.

He really doesn't understand what's going on.

When his predecessor was young, he never left the village. He only learned how to make bows and arrows and identify herbs. When he was a little older, his father sent him to the county town to study. When he was even older, he started to get involved in hunting in the mountains, making traps, searching the mountains for herbs, dividing territory, etc. He fell ill before he had learned for long.

He really hasn't learned some of the tricks passed down orally.

There were about forty mountain people gathered together.

The crowd was already close to the official road, and now they sped up. In just a dozen breaths, they rushed out.

It is said to be outside, but it is actually still a mountain.

There is a road paved with sand, gravel and calcium at the foot of the mountain, and on the other side is a sparse forest with overgrown weeds.

But the official road is very wide.

At this time, more than forty people were fighting each other.

There were only seven or eight people on one side, but they were wearing uniform casual clothes, holding big swords, and were protecting two carriages and resisting hard.

On the other side, there were more than 30 people, half-naked, wearing all kinds of clothes, with weapons in their hands. There were strong men holding ring-handled swords, and some were smashing things with hoes. Most of them looked malnourished. It was just a group of rabble fighting.

It was obvious that it was bandits and refugees who were robbing.

There were more than ten corpses lying on the ground covered with unknown white powder and blood.

Most of them were the bodies of bandits, but there were also strong and young guards lying on the ground with their heads smashed in.

"It looks like they are a group of outsiders. Do you want to do it?"

Among the mountain people, Li An, who raised falcons, looked back at everyone. The black birthmark on his right eye twitched, exuding a murderous aura.

"You can tell he's a fresh-faced outsider. Go ahead!"

"Go for it, it's free money, why not do it!"

"Hehe, I'm lucky! I haven't encountered such a fool in a long time. I can just kill them and buy some cotton clothes for my kids at home!"

A group of mountain hunters, their eyes filled with bloodthirsty intent.

Gu Yan mixed in the crowd, waving his knife and acting pretentiously.

Although he didn't know who this group of people were going to target or why, none of that mattered.

It is so unethical to leave so many fresh corpses on the road like this.

It is everyone's responsibility to care for the environment.

Gu Yan just wanted to recharge the technician, nature, and make further progress himself.

(End of this chapter)