Taichu Yandao: Starting from the Villain

Inside the round thatched hut, the old grandmother became excited when she saw that Medicine Aunt recognized the words in the book. She bowed her head again and kowtowed for a long time.

Then, the old grandmother started to communicate with Bing, and the two of them were talking about something.

After a while, two girls came in from outside, carrying a square table.

The table was very simple, with ropes tied at the joints, protrusions on all sides, and a hollow center, which was polished smooth with stone tools.

The two girls placed the table between the three of them, then took out a round leather bag and poured sand into the middle of the table.

When the two girls spread the sand flat, a sand table appeared in front of the three of them.

Yao Gu suddenly understood and was amazed at the wisdom of these barbarians.

After the sand table was set up, the grandmother took out a wooden stick and began to draw on the sand table.

A striking word "天" appeared on the sand table, and the old ancestor looked at Yao Gu, asking questions.

"Heaven." Yao Gu read.

"Heaven." In the room, four people read in unison, but their eyes were full of confusion.

Upon seeing this, Yao Gu immediately opened Zhongyong and turned to the unfinished page. She pointed to the top and said, "Heaven."

The four people in the room suddenly understood, their faces were full of smiles, and they kept saying: "Oh my God, oh my God..."

The old grandmother recited for a while, then smoothed the sand table, wrote a fate word on the sand table, and looked at Yao Gu with curiosity again.

"Life." Medicine Lady said.

"Destiny." The four people in the room recited again.

But this time, Yao Gu frowned. She really didn't know how to explain this word "fate" to them.

She pondered for a moment, picked up a wooden stick to smooth the sand table, wrote a word "land" first, and began to explain to everyone.

The old grandmother and the two girls were extremely studious and worked tirelessly until nightfall. Only Bing could not bear it any longer and began to daydream.

That night, the two were left in the tribe.

Not only did the old grandmother serve them rich delicious food, she also gave the round shed to the two of them and found another place for herself.

The two of them stayed together for more than half a month. Through constant communication and learning, Yao Gu had basically mastered the language of communication and no longer needed to use her hands to gesture.

One afternoon, after they had finished learning some characters, the old grandmother took out the Doctrine of the Mean again and asked, "Respected Wu, may I ask who you are?"

"Zi is Confucius. He is the founder of Confucianism and is revered as the most holy teacher..." Yao Gu picked out some important content and told the grandmother.

The old grandmother was very happy and said, "He is a Confucian sage, and you are a witch sage. If God hadn't sent you here, we would have lived in ignorance forever."

Medicine Girl felt guilty for a moment and wanted to say that she was just a low-ranking cultivator, but she didn't know how to explain it, so she changed the subject and asked, "Hasn't there been someone like me before?"

"Our three tribes have lived on this land for generations, and according to the records of our ancestors, this has never happened before."

"There are three tribes, and I have only seen two. Where is the other one?" asked Yao Gu.

The old grandmother picked up a wooden stick and began to draw on the sand table. She first drew the four directions, then drew a mountain, and then drew a winding river from the mountain.

She drew a small dot in the middle and lower reaches of the river and said, "This is where we are now. There is the Chi family."

He then pointed at two points above the river and said, "This is the tribe of Xun Bing, the Sheng clan. There is another tribe upstream of them, the Zhu clan."

Yao Gu frowned slightly and asked, "There is the Zhi clan? There is the Sheng clan? There is the Zhu clan? Does it make any sense?"

The old grandmother smiled and said, "We have the Zhi clan. We can tame pheasants and let them lay eggs for us. This is the greatest wealth of our tribe, so we are called the You Zhi clan."

"And the tribe of Yun Bing and his people are good at making ropes. They are in great demand among the three tribes, so they are called the Yousheng clan."

"As for the Youzhu clan, they are a tribe of warriors who can tame wild boars, so they are called the Youzhu clan."

Yao Gu listened carefully and said as if she understood something, "Your names are very descriptive."

The grandmother looked confused and asked, "Image? What does that mean? These names were given by our ancestors and we still use them today."

"That's a good thing." Yao Gu didn't want to explain too much. She pointed at the mountain on the sand table and said, "Where is this place? Can we leave here?"

The old grandmother was very panicked and asked, "Leave? Are you going back to heaven? Are you going to abandon us, Wusheng?"

Yao Gu had a headache and could only say, "No, I've been to the north, east, and south, but I don't know what the west is. Tell me about it first."

The old grandmother breathed a sigh of relief and said, "To the west is the Ten Thousand Snake Mountain, where lives the Mother Snake of No Life and countless snake sons and grandsons. Every few years, the snakes of the Ten Thousand Snake Mountain will come out in droves and wreak havoc on this land. The three major tribes must resist together to survive."

"Then what do you call the north, east, and south?"

"To the north is the Lost Forest. If you mistakenly enter it, you will lose your way and end up trapped in the woods. To the east is the Weak Water Lake. Boats cannot pass through it. If you fall into it, you will most likely lose your life. To the south is the Marsh of No Return. Every step you take could be a swamp. If you enter it alone, you are nine out of ten likely to die." The old grandmother explained one by one.

Yao Gu listened carefully and thought to herself, "As expected, it seems that these clans only know that there are dangers in the four directions, and don't know that they are not far away from the border of this world. However, I still need to confirm the west to be safe."

She had an idea in her mind, and after hastily explaining some texts, she ended the day's study on the grounds of fatigue.

As soon as the old grandmother and her companions left the shed, she immediately put up an invisibility talisman and headed west.

An hour and a half later, Yao Gu arrived at a steep mountain.

The mountain was rolling and undulating, with no end in sight. Before entering, Yao Gu had already seen many snakes slithering among the trees, which was very scary.

She hesitated for a long time, then used the cloud climbing technique to step on a cloud and climb up the mountain.

The higher they went, the denser the poisonous snakes on the trees became. Even when Yao Gu was in mid-air, there were still poisonous snakes that suddenly jumped out and opened their mouths to bite.

Yao Gu's scalp felt numb and she had to hold up her magic shield before she dared to continue moving forward.

After a while, a platform hidden among the trees suddenly appeared about halfway up the mountain.

The platform was square in shape, with some mysterious patterns carved on the flat ground. It was connected to a cave at the back, but it was pitch black and nothing could be seen.

"This is... the Four Symbols Formation Diagram!"