Zhou Bin smiled and helped Zhang Baoshun up, saying, "Fellow villagers, there is no need to do this. We just happened to be passing by and found the monster. We must help you."

Zhang Baoshun was very happy and said, "You heroes saved us all. We have to thank you very much. Please come with us to the ancestral hall and sit for a while while we prepare a thank you banquet."

When Zhou Bin saw that the other party was so enthusiastic, he smiled and agreed.

After a lot of trouble, they were indeed a little hungry, so they had a good meal and found out about the situation here.

Afterwards, the villagers accompanied Zhou Bin and his party to the village ancestral hall, which was the best house in their village and also the place where they entertained distinguished guests.

When we arrived at the ancestral hall, there was a special hall with tables and chairs, which looked very tidy.

Zhang Baoshun invited Zhou Bin and others to sit down, and then several respected elders in the village also sat beside them, while the others stood by.

At this moment, Zhou Bin suddenly remembered the children at the entrance of the village and hurriedly said, "Village chief, there are still a few children at the entrance of the village. It was when we ran into them that we realized something happened in the village."

Zhang Baoshun hurriedly called someone and asked him to go out and call the children back.

Zhou Bin felt relieved. After all, a monster had just appeared here. If another monster came, the children would be in great danger.

After a while, the villagers came up with hot tea, and some brought some cakes and placed them in front of Zhou Bin and the others.

This is the most solemn etiquette used by the villagers to entertain distinguished guests. Ordinary people do not receive such treatment.

Zhang Baoshun said with a smile on his face: "My dear heroes, we are in a remote mountain area and there is nothing good here. You can drink some tea and eat some cakes first, and we will eat later."

Zhou Bin bowed and smiled, "Village Chief, you are so polite. Thank you very much."

As he spoke, Zhou Bin picked up the teacup and took a sip, then picked up a cake and started eating.

This shows respect for the host and is basic etiquette.

Sure enough, when Zhang Baoshun and the villagers saw it, Zhou Bin started eating without hesitation, with a smile on their faces.

When Bailong and Xiaobao saw that Brother Zhou had started eating, they started eating too.

The villagers looked at Zhou Bin and his companions with joy. They were all very grateful to them. If they had not appeared in time, the whole village would have faced a devastating disaster.

While Zhou Bin was eating, Zhang Baoshun politely asked, "Where are you from, fellow heroes?"

Zhou Bin took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "We came from Xuanming Mountain. We found the child when we passed by the village, so we came in."

Zhang Baoshun was stunned. He had never heard of the name Xuanming Mountain, but he thought it was because of his ignorance, so he didn't ask any more questions.

He immediately clasped his fists and said, "So you are the immortals from Xuanming Mountain. We really didn't recognize you!"

Zhou Bin wanted to laugh in his heart. He just made up a name on the spur of the moment, otherwise it would be difficult to explain the matter to them clearly.

At this time, Bailong and Xiaobao were both stunned. Brother Zhou's ability to make up lies was really amazing.

If it were them, they really wouldn't be able to make up lies so fluently.

Zhou Bin took the opportunity to ask: "Village Chief, why do you have monsters here? And they dare to eat people?"

Speaking of the monster, Zhang Baoshun couldn't help but sigh and said, "Alas, it makes us feel uncomfortable just talking about it, but what can we do?"

Zhou Bin asked with a smile: "What's going on? Tell me about it."

Zhang Baoshun saw that Zhou Bin was very interested, so he began to tell him the origin of their entire village.

According to Zhang Baoshun, almost everyone in their village has the surname Zhang, so it is called Zhangjia Village.

They are all pitiful mortals, not cultivators, let alone immortals.

Mortals actually make up the largest number of people in the spiritual world, and they are all the pitiful people at the bottom of society.

The ancestors of Zhangjia Village used to make a living by farming, and later they settled here.

As time goes by, they have lived here for hundreds of years.

When I first came here, it was still a peaceful land and there were no monsters around.

Everyone makes a living by farming. Although life is hard, it is very peaceful.

But who would have known that just ten years ago, earth-shaking changes suddenly took place here.

Just a few dozen miles away from here, there is a place called Wanglong Mountain. Suddenly one day, a group of cultivators came to the mountain, and they seemed to be from the Xunlong Sect.

After these people set up camp here, they immediately broke into the village and forced everyone to pay tribute.

If everyone doesn't agree, they will kill everyone.

The villagers had never seen such powerful people before and were all terrified. Under their coercion, everyone had no choice but to pay tribute to them every year.

This is nothing. They seem to be particularly fond of things like monsters. I heard that their sect has hundreds of monsters, which are particularly scary.

The key is that these monsters will run out from time to time and cause harm to the surrounding areas.

You know, this is the most remote place in the entire spiritual world, and people usually don't want to come here at all.

But ever since the Dragon Seeking Sect came, their lives have become very difficult.

In addition to feeding themselves every year, they also had to pay them tribute of grain and spirit crystals for them to squander.

Everyone was already feeling very aggrieved, but who knew that their monsters would come out to harm people.

These monsters usually stay in the mountains, but you never know when they will sneak out and harm people.

When everyone saw the monster for the first time, they were terrified. Over the years, dozens of people in the village had been eaten by the monster.

Every time the villagers begged them not to let the monsters come out to harm people, they agreed.

But usually they don't care about these things at all, allowing the monsters to wreak havoc, making everyone miserable.

Not only their village, but more than a dozen nearby villages also suffered greatly.

After listening to Zhang Baoshun's explanation, Zhou Bin finally understood where the monster came from.

So Zhou Bin asked, "Why do those people stay on that mountain?"

Zhang Baoshun shook his head: "I don't know. Our place is very remote. Who knows why they came here? I heard that there are fine Lingyun stones on that mountain. I don't know if it's true."

When Zhou Bin heard this, his eyes lit up immediately. Lingyun Stone? This is the most valuable treasure!

Before, when they were in the spiritual world, gold, silver and jade could not be considered money. Only spirit crystal stones and spirit rhyme stones were considered money.

Unfortunately, after reincarnation, all the money he had disappeared.

And this time when I came to the spirit world, everything seemed different. I guess after thousands of years, everything in the spirit world has changed.

If they want to survive in the spirit world, money is essential. If they can get spirit crystals, they won't have to worry about anything in the future.

Thinking of this, Zhou Bin has become very interested in Wanglong Mountain.

At this moment, the banquet in the village was ready. Zhang Baoshun immediately stood up and warmly invited Zhou Bin and others to attend the banquet.

Zhou Bin and his friends gladly accepted and followed Zhang Baoshun to the ancestral hall to enjoy a big meal.