Digging up spiritual roots and seizing blood? You scumbags, wait and tremble.

Not only is her cultivation at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, but everyone else here, except for teenagers and children, is at the Foundation Establishment stage.

With so many cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage, they are not much worse than a big family outside.

"Senior!" Zhong Ran bowed with both hands and said softly, "A few of us brothers and sisters went into the mountains to train, but something unexpected happened and we got lost."

"We walked in one direction and ended up here."

"Excuse me, Senior, which city is this place affiliated to, and how far is it from the city?"

The old woman's expression froze for a moment, and she repeated, "Lost? Walking in one direction, and ended up here?"

Zhong Ran and Mu Jinning looked at each other and nodded slightly.

The old woman looked her up and down again, and after a while she asked, "Does anyone among you have the Five Elements spiritual roots?"

Zhong Ran was stunned and looked at Mu Jinning again: "Senior, does this matter?"

The old woman snorted softly: "It's a big deal. Only people with five elements spiritual roots can come here."

Uh!

"Why? It doesn't seem like anything special."

"Since you are here, come in and sit down. I will talk to you slowly."

The old woman turned and walked back, with an excited smile on her face as she turned around.

The astonishment on the faces of the others disappeared and was replaced by excited smiles.

This feeling is very strange.

Mu Jinning gently pulled down her hand and used Qi to transmit a message: "Ranran, there's something strange here."

Zhong Ran nodded slightly and pulled him to follow.

If there is anything strange, you will find out after going in and taking a look.

Her spiritual sense probed into the village, but found nothing.

Nothing special about it.

"Our family has been here for thousands of years and has never been outside. We don't know what the outside world is like."

After sitting down, the old lady sighed and said, "Our ancestors left us books saying that only those with the five elements of spiritual roots can enter and leave this village, but the reason for this is long gone."

"In the past, many of our ancestors tried to leave, but they all returned in vain, and before they knew it, they returned."

"Then we stopped struggling and just lived here for thousands of years."

Zhong Ran was stunned. Thousands of years? Always here?

"Then how did you get married, have children, and reproduce?"

No outsiders are allowed in or out. Does that mean they can only marry and have children with their brothers and sisters?

"There are several clans here. They are not from the same family. They just fall in love with each other and become relatives."

"Then why are you here?"

"There's no way to trace these things anymore. We've been here since we were old enough to understand."

"Don't think you can see the whole village now. In fact, if you walk further in, there are mountain streams and several other villages inside. They are all people like us."

Zhong Ran didn't know what to say, so he just listened.

They thought they could ask how to get into the city when they came across a village, but it turns out they probably want to go into the city with them, right?

The old lady talked for a long time, and then said something that confirmed Zhong Ran's guess.

"Little girl, when are you going to leave the mountains and go into the city? Can you take us with you?"

Zhong Ran was speechless: "You have lived here for generations, why do you still want to go out? The world outside is not as beautiful as you imagine."

They are used to living in peace here, and they will be killed in minutes if they go out.

"The wish of several generations of us is to one day be able to leave here and see the outside world. We would be willing to die immediately."

A young girl next to the old lady said, "Sister, you can walk around outside. You can't understand our feelings."

Zhong Ran really couldn't understand it, but Huang Qiuyun could.

However, this matter still depends on Zhong Ran, so she didn't dare to speak.

But she was deeply shocked.

Zhong Ran had told her before that due to special circumstances, she was temporarily unable to build a foundation, and might not even be able to build a foundation in her entire life.

Now when she heard the old lady talking about the five elements of spiritual roots, she suddenly understood.

She had heard of the Five Elements Spiritual Roots, which were said to be useless and extremely difficult to achieve success in cultivating.

If Zhong Ran really has the five elements spiritual roots, it would be extremely difficult for him to advance. I heard that he needs to find the five elements spiritual energy separately, practice separately, and advance at the same time.

But she saw that Zhong Ran was clearly very strong. Anyway, until now, she didn't dare to mention sparring with her.

When facing her, she always feels extremely pressured, and sometimes even feels panicky.

"Grandma, dinner is ready. Please let the guests eat first."

A voice was heard outside, and then a middle-aged woman walked in with a smile on her face.

Zhong Ran was a little confused. She called the old lady "Grandma"? Then what should she call this young girl and the children outside?

"Girl, let's go eat together? After a day's rest, we can leave together tomorrow."

Zhong Ran and Mu Jinning looked at each other and nodded slightly.

Going out to eat is also necessary, as for leaving?

They were definitely going to leave, so if they wanted to follow, they could just leave. It didn't seem like a big deal.

Soon, they were taken to a large house where two elderly people were already sitting. They looked even older than the old lady in front of them. Their eyes were a little dull and their hands and feet seemed not to be flexible.

Their cultivation is also at the peak of the foundation building stage, but now there are signs of regression, which is really strange.

However, they did not delve into it further and sat down at the old lady's warm invitation.

Soon a young girl brought the food and placed a bowl of rice in front of each person.

Zhong Ran's expression changed slightly. There was actually a heavy dose of drugs put into these meals?

She looked up and saw the old lady warmly inviting them to eat, as if they were not the ones who put drugs in the food.

She glanced at Mu Jinning, and he looked at her too.

He was not an alchemist, and unlike her, he could not tell the presence of medicine at a glance, but he just felt something was wrong.

"Girls, is the food not to your liking?" The old woman saw that they were not eating and asked enthusiastically, "What would you like to eat? I'll ask them to make it again and bring it up."

"No, this is fine." Zhong Ran picked up the bowl and chopsticks and took a bite slowly.

Seeing her eating, Ah Sheng picked up the bowl and started eating. By the time Mu Jinning and the other two also picked up their bowls, he had already finished a bowl of rice.

"I want more. Your bowls are too small." Ah Sheng finished a bowl and handed it to the girl next to him.

The girl was stunned for a moment, then reacted and served him another big bowl of rice.

Zhong Yan ate very quickly. He hadn't eaten for more than two months because of his cultivation. Later he had barbecued meat. Now he had rice and vegetables, and they tasted pretty good. It would be a shame not to eat.

Only Mu Jinning and Huang Qiuyin ate slowly. Soon, all the dishes on the table were finished and they were asked to bring more dishes.