Long River Eternity

Although Yang An's heart was filled with despair like everyone else, his reason told him that now was not the time to be controlled by his emotions. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration, as if he had thought of something.

"Now that things have come to this, everyone calm down first. Maybe there is still a chance to save the situation." Yang An said as he stood in front of everyone.

"Do you have any way to go back?" Professor Qin was older after all, so he was the first to calm down.

"There is no way to go back, but don't forget, we are now in the past. If we do something, maybe we can change the future!" Yang An said with a little excitement.

Hearing this, everyone looked towards Yang An, their eyes rekindled with hope. Even Hao Fei, who was sitting on the ground with lifeless eyes, had a flicker in his eyes.

"Yes, as long as we find Dr. Wang from this period and tell him what will happen in the future, we will definitely be able to change history." Ye Tingxue said excitedly.

"But we seem to be in ancient times." Hao Fei poured a bucket of cold water on everyone at an inappropriate time.

"So, the first thing we have to do now is to go back to that village and find out what period it is and where this place is. I believe that even if we are in ancient times, as long as we do something, we can change history." Yang An said firmly.

"Xiao An is right. Now that things have come to this, even if we can't go back to the future, we must change the fate of human extinction." Yang Nian was the first to support Yang An.

"Yes, maybe this is the mission of our journey this time." Ye Tingxue also cheered up.

The others thought for a moment and agreed with Yang An's decision. Even Hao Fei stood up, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and walked silently to Yang An's side. Although he still looked a little depressed, it at least meant that he agreed.

In fact, Yang An had an idea in his mind that even he himself thought was crazy: "If there really were immortals in this world..."

After resting for a while, everyone rushed towards the village outside the forest without stopping.

During the conversation, Yang An asked Professor Qin to recall more ancient sayings to facilitate communication.

The group finally returned to the village just before sunset.

At this time, it was almost dinner time, and wisps of smoke were rising from every thatched house. There were no pedestrians on the road. Only a white-haired old man was standing at the village gate with a cane, as if waiting for something.

When the old man saw Yang An and his group, he knelt on the ground from a distance, repeating the same words over and over again.

Seeing this, everyone quickly stepped forward to help the old man up. Even after the old man stood up, he still hunched over, bowing and repeating what he had just said.

"He kept repeating 'Immortal, please forgive me.'" Professor Qin translated to the others.

"Old man, we are just ordinary people who are lost, not immortals." Professor Qin said according to what Yang An told him on the road.

The old man fell silent after hearing Professor Qin's words, his eyes filled with doubts. He then expressed his doubts.

"He said, 'There are ferocious beasts in the mountains to the north. Ordinary people can't cross this mountain at all. Many men in the village went hunting before and never came back. How did you get here?'" Professor Qin translated, looking at Yang An at the same time.

Yang An thought for a moment and said, "Tell him that we have lived with our master on the other side of the mountain since we were young. A few days ago, we went hunting and were attacked by wild beasts. In order to cover our retreat, our master died in the beast's mouth. We ran and ran and ended up here."

Professor Qin told the old man what Yang An had said. After hearing this, the old man, although still puzzled, did not ask any more questions and even seemed relieved. He then said something, waved his hand, and turned to go back.

"He said that since that's the case, let's go." Professor Qin translated to Yang An.

"Tell him that our master is dead and we have nowhere to go now. Could he take us in for a while?" Yang An said to Professor Qin at a very fast speed, fearing that the old man would go too far.

Professor Qin called the old man and repeated Yang An's words to him.

The old man turned around and looked at everyone suspiciously, then lowered his head to think for a while, pointed to the two slightly shabby thatched houses at the back of the village, said a word, and walked away without looking back.

"He said that no one is living in those two thatched huts at the moment, so if we want to stay, we can go there," said Professor Qin.

"Great, it's getting dark soon. Let's go and clean up the bigger room first. For safety reasons, we can squeeze into one room and sleep in it at night." Yang An said, and then led everyone towards the thatched hut.

After entering the house, I saw that it was full of dust and cobwebs. Apart from a fire in the middle of the room for cooking and a pile of thatch and two bundles of simple straw mats in the corner, there was nothing else.

"Let's just stay here for one night. Shi Gang, Hao Fei, you two go outside to pick up some firewood for the fire, and the rest of you can clean up the house." Yang An arranged.

Then everyone took action.

Soon, the house was cleaned up. Although it still looked rough, it was at least habitable. The thatched straw in the corner was spread on both sides of the fire, and the only two bundles of straw mats were naturally divided among the girls.

Fortunately, someone brought a lighter and lit the firewood they had picked up. Everyone gathered around the fire and ate the dry food they had brought. Everyone had dull eyes and was silent. The air seemed to be still, with only the flames dancing.

Today's experience has left everyone physically and mentally exhausted, and now there is finally a relatively reassuring environment where everyone can relax for a while.

"Go to bed early after eating. We are all tired today. Let's ask the old man about the situation here tomorrow." After saying that, Yang An threw the last piece of dry food into his mouth and lay down.

The others quickly finished their dry food and lay down to sleep.

At this time, there was a knock on the door. Shi Gang, who was closest to the door, went to open it and saw the old man he had seen during the day standing at the door with a pot of hot food.

Shi Gang quickly invited the old man into the house.

The old man handed the food to Professor Qin and said something.

"He guessed we had no food, so he brought some food over," said Professor Qin.

The little bit of dry food wasn't enough to fill their stomachs, so everyone stopped being polite and started sharing the food. The aroma of the food filled the room, dispelling some of the fatigue.

During this time, Yang An began to chat with the old man, and Professor Qin acted as an interpreter.

"Old man, my name is Yang An." Yang An smiled and introduced everyone to the old man, "May I know your name?"

"Just call me Uncle Jiang. I'm the village chief. Our conditions are simple, so please don't be surprised." Uncle Jiang said kindly.

"It's okay. Don't be surprised. Our master came here to seek refuge from the north and adopted us on the way. Our language was taught by our master, so we can't understand the language here. Only our eldest brother understands a little bit." Yang An thought of an excuse for his language barrier.

"It's okay. We rarely have outsiders coming here. Only the immortals from the other side of the mountain come here every year to select children with good qualifications to study there. But we are in a remote and poor place, and no one has been selected for a long time. So today, when that stupid woman saw your special clothes, she thought you were immortals who came for selection. Don't be surprised." The old man said helplessly.

"Because we have lived in the mountains with our master since we were young, and the master seldom mentioned things about the outside world to us. So we know very little about the outside world. Can the old man tell us about the outside world?" In short, Yang An now blamed everything on the non-existent master. If he didn't think about it carefully, he wouldn't find any problems.

"In fact, we have lived in this mountain valley for generations, and we don't know much about the outside world. Some of the news we know is from the chosen children who occasionally come back, and some of it is from the immortals who come for the selection." said the old man.

"It doesn't matter, just tell us everything you know. We are new here and are curious about everything outside." Yang An said.

"Well, our place is called Pangu Continent, which you should know. The area we are in is the outskirts of Kundu City under the Qian Sect, which is under the control of the Southern Xinjiang Fire Sect." said the old man.

The old man's first words shocked everyone. This kind of geographical division had never appeared in history. However, the words Pangu, Qian, and Dui, which were only found in China, showed that this world had some kind of inseparable connection with China.

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