After crossing, I surrounded the capital from the countryside

We had dinner at Wang Xiaofang's house. Everyone enjoyed the simple dishes.

Finally I found a place to stay. My heart is so relaxed. I have nothing to do and feel free. How can I not be happy?

During the dinner, everyone was laughing and talking, it was a very harmonious atmosphere.

the other side

After Xu Qingqing and her group completely disappeared from his sight, the village chief turned and walked towards the village temple.

Outside the temple, many villagers who had just finished their farm work were burning incense and praying.

A group of people gathered in front of the temple, praying devoutly to the statues in the temple. They held incense sticks and gently lit them, and the smoke rose and filled the air. They clasped their hands and knelt, praying silently, and every action expressed their inner piety and respect.

The statues of gods in the temples are solemn and dignified, wearing gorgeous robes. Generally speaking, the statues of gods should have solemn and compassionate faces.

However, the deity worshipped in Anping Village is a handsome young man.

His facial features are clearly defined, with smooth and graceful lines. His high nose bridge and slender features outline a perfect face that exudes majesty and solemnity.

Although it is a carved stone statue, his eyes give people a deep and bright feeling, as if he can really see into people's hearts. Those eyes are full of wisdom and divinity. I believe that no matter who looks into his eyes, they will feel an invisible force stirring in the depths of their hearts.

He is wearing a gorgeous robe with smooth and delicate folds, and the details are full of carefully carved patterns and designs. Every exquisite detail shows the craftsman's ingenuity and ingenuity, perfectly showing the dignity and divinity of the statue. This also shows the craftsman's worship and yearning for Him when carving.

This extreme level of detail gives people an inexplicable and strange feeling, as if the craftsman had seen Him face to face.

At this time, the village chief quietly passed by the crowd, crossed the temple and walked into a dark room at the back of the temple.

"I am the village chief of Anping Village, Li Min, and I am honored to meet you, Your Excellency!" As soon as the village chief entered the house, he knelt deeply in front of the people in the house with a pious look on his face.

No one could understand the village chief's excitement at this moment.

It’s been fifty years, fifty years!

His father told him since he was a child that the people of Anping Village were not ordinary civilians, but a branch of a mysterious tribe. They settled here to fulfill the mission given to them by the witch who had existed in the tribe for thousands of years. They built Anping Village, lived here under an assumed name, and waited for the witch's call.

Although his father said this, he also told him clearly that this statement was only passed down by each generation of village chiefs, and he had never seen that mysterious tribe or witch.

In this way, day after day, year after year, the mysterious witch never appeared. Even when he went out of the mountain to inquire outside, he had never heard of such a magical tribe in the world, and the same was true for the totem.

He was young and impulsive at that time, and he also thought about leaving the village and venturing into the outside world, but after struggling for a long time, he still did not go against his father's wishes.

Over the past few decades, he has worked hard to manage Anping Village so that everyone can live and work in peace and contentment and live out their lives in seclusion here.

However, not long ago, a child in the village suddenly gave him a sheepskin totem, which was engraved with mysterious symbols and patterns, which seemed to have profound meanings and symbols.

The arrangement and combination of circles and spirals, printed on an unnamed animal below that looks like a deer but not a deer, and a tiger but not a tiger, is like a kind of order and cycle, making this totem radiate a mysterious glow. When people gaze at it, they feel as if they are beyond reality, as if they can connect with the universe.

The village chief looked at the totem in his hand and stood up from his chair excitedly. His eyes were full of awe and excitement, and his whole body was trembling slightly.