Our journey down the mountain was quite arduous.

I don't know what those people in Fengmen Village were thinking, they actually sent us to a mountain with no roads at all.

That would have been bad enough, but the real problem was that when they abandoned us, the car only had a quarter of its fuel left.

We drove around in circles for a long time before finally spotting a village in the distance. Just as we were about to ask for directions, we were stopped by traffic police for a checkpoint inspection.

We don't know why the traffic police came to check on this village road. When we saw the police car coming, we just left the car on the road and everyone rushed into the cornfield by the roadside.

Twenty minutes later, we emerged from the cornfield, panting, from the other side. Monkey lit a cigarette and waved to Manjing: "Which of you go back and check if the traffic police have left?"

I glanced at the monkey and said, "Are you crazy? Why are you going back to see the traffic cops?"

The monkey immediately retorted, "Nonsense, our car is still sitting there!"

"Pah! That piece of junk wouldn't even be enough for you to buy a pair of shoes if you sold it, what's the point of keeping it!"

I muttered something under my breath, then pointed in a direction and said, "The village we saw earlier is in that location. Everyone, take a detour into the village. As long as you can charge your phones and contact the outside world, that's fine!"

After a lot of trouble, we finally managed to charge our phones at a small shop in the village.

After inquiring, we learned that our current area is in the suburbs of Tianjin, about 30 kilometers away from the city center.

When Jiang Man called, the Tianxia Group sent a convoy of cars as quickly as possible to pick us up and take us back to the villa where Jiang Tianyi was working.

Our convoy had barely arrived at the villa's entrance, and before it had even come to a complete stop, Jiang Tianyi rushed over to Jiang Man's car: "Xiao Man! Are you in the car? How are you? Are you hurt? Are you sick? Are you having any trouble adjusting to being outside?"

Sitting in the back of the car, Monkey saw Jiang Tianyi nearly get hit and asked me in surprise, "Young Master Duan, is that man in front Jiang Tianyi, the boss of Tianxia Group? Isn't he supposed to be worth billions and extremely successful? Why does he seem so unassuming?"

I replied with a cigarette dangling from my lips, "Isn't it precisely because Jiang Tianyi is rich that he acts this way? With his wealth, he has almost no worries in life and doesn't have to fret about anything. At least for us, over 99% of difficulties are nothing to him! He doesn't have to worry about material things, so he has plenty of time to pursue spiritual fulfillment! Jiang Man is his only daughter. If he doesn't care about Jiang Man, does he care about you?"

"No wonder Jiang Tianyi wanted to kill your father so badly! He has already achieved great success and has no more ambitions. I guess the only things he cares about in this world, besides taking care of Jiang Man, are revenge."

The monkey smacked its lips and said, "So, it's not easy for you to become the Jiang family's live-in son-in-law! Look, first of all, Jiang Tianyi is a doting father. Even if you treat Jiang Man badly, he won't let you off the hook! Plus, with your relationship with Duan Jinyan, he'll probably go all out when he deals with you! You're practically risking your life for wealth and status!"

I slapped the monkey on the head: "Get lost, what nonsense are you spouting!"

After our car stopped, Jiang Tianyi grabbed Jiang Man's hand and started showering her with concern, completely ignoring our presence.

It wasn't until an hour later that Jiang Tianyi had someone invite us into the conference room.

My trip to Fengmen Village was at Jiang Tianyi's request, so after meeting him, I told him exactly what happened in Fengmen Village.

Of course, my relationship with the snake woman was a private matter, so I didn't mention it to him.

When Jiang Tianyi asked about our training, I only said that it was because Fengmen Village recognized Wang Qing's abilities and wanted to recruit him, and Wang Qing asked the people of Fengmen Village to help us in order to repay our kindness.

Jiang Tianyi didn't think much about it and quickly started talking to us about the purpose of his trip: the Miao Jiang Immortal Palace.

I handed the satellite cloud image distributed by Fengmen Village to Jiang Tianyi, and was about to tell him about the intelligence from Fengmen Village when he suddenly frowned: "The intelligence from Fengmen Village says that the Miao Jiang Immortal Palace is located in the Yalong River in Sichuan?"

“That’s right, the people of Fengmen Village announced this news publicly at the Heroes’ Gathering. Xiaoman was also there, so we definitely didn’t mishear it!”

I noticed Jiang Tianyi's expression was off, so I scratched my head and asked, "Uncle Tian, ​​the Miao Jiang Immortal Palace is in Sichuan. Is there something wrong with this?"

Jiang Tianyi picked up a cigar, seemingly deep in thought: "I've always believed that the Miao Jiang Immortal Palace should be located in western Hunan or southeastern Guizhou, but the intelligence you brought back indicates that it's in Sichuan. That doesn't make sense!"

"When I first learned that Duan Jinyan was going to the Miao Jiang Xian Gong, I researched the history of the Miao people and found that the Miao people had made five major migrations in history."

The Miao people originated in the middle and upper reaches of the Yalong River, Min River, Ba River and Jialing River in Sichuan. The reason for the first great migration of the Miao people was that the ancient Qiang people moved south and migrated eastward along the Yangtze River to settle on both banks of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.

After settling in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the ancestors of the Miao people rapidly expanded their power, establishing the Jiuli tribe. They defeated the Yan Emperor in the south and elected Chi You as their leader. Their military and technological capabilities improved further, and they waged war against the Yellow Emperor's tribe in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. The Yellow Emperor suffered nine defeats in nine battles, so he sought out another enemy of the Jiuli, the Yan Emperor, and joined forces with him to kill Chi You! The Jiuli tribe, leaderless, was forced to migrate from south to north to escape the war.

After Chi You's defeat, most of the Jiuli tribes retreated to the south, establishing the Sanmiao tribal alliance between Dongting and Pengli lakes in Jiangnan. After a period of recuperation, the Sanmiao tribes had become extremely powerful, to the point that even the then-leader of the tribal alliance, Emperor Yao, feared them. When Emperor Yao's successor, Shun, ascended the throne, he immediately implemented a policy of dividing the northern Sanmiao, exiling several major Miao tribes—Sanmiao, Gonggong, and Huandou—to various regions. This caused discontent among the tribes, leading to widespread warfare.

When Yu succeeded Shun, the Sanmiao tribe was initially brought back into the fold, but it had already been divided. Some of the Sanmiao tribes crossed the Yellow River, passed through Gansu and Qinghai, traversed the Tibetan-Yi Corridor where yaks and camels were produced, and settled down along the Jinsha River in southern Sichuan, northeastern Yunnan, and northwestern Guizhou.

The Huandou tribe suffered the most. They moved eastward from the Chongshan Mountains, reaching the area around present-day Changde in Hunan Province, and then along the rivers to the area between Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake. Later, the Zhou Dynasty regarded them as a potential threat and ordered an attack. Moreover, during the Warring States period, Wu Qi seized their land, forcing them to flee to the Wuling Mountains. After finally developing some strength, they were targeted by the Eastern Han Dynasty. Faced with repeated encirclement and suppression by the Eastern Han Dynasty, they finally settled in the area of ​​present-day western Hunan, northeastern Guizhou, southeastern Sichuan, and southwestern Hubei, and gradually stabilized.

In conclusion, although the Miao tribes migrated south throughout their primitive society and up to the Eastern Han Dynasty, their place of origin was in the Yalong River area. Therefore, it shouldn't be wrong for this Miao palace to be built in Sichuan, right?