Chapter 235 Miaojiang High Priest

It was also the first time that Jiang Jiu met the high priest of Miaojiang.

It's exactly the same as the one in a certain audio app.

Black clothes with red edges look heavy, and black has a sense of mystery.

But when the high priest spoke, he was still kind.

"Yu'er, are these all your friends? Please help me find my daughter."

Chu Yu looked at everyone and agreed.

"Master, please tell us in detail what happened to Xiaoyue so that we can discuss countermeasures."

The high priest pondered for a moment and then told the story.

Miaojiang refers to a large area where their people live, but this large area does not only inhabit Chu Yu and his people.

There are five villages in Miaojiang: Wu Village, Gu Village, Snake Village, Chong Village and Yun Village.

It is said that their ancestor passed on his medical skills to his descendants, and each of them had his own strengths.

Later, the villages were named according to their surnames and the departments they studied.

Wuzhai is the village where Chu Yu is located. It is the center of the five villages. He has learned a lot, but he is best at witchcraft. The high priest is also in this village.

Therefore, every year during the sacrifice, people from the five villages would gather in this house, which is the square in front of the courtyard, to perform the sacrifice.

The term "Longevity Village" refers to a village where the people are good at raising longevity pigs.

The Snake Village is a village where the people are good at raising snakes.

The Insect Village is good at raising various insects, mainly poisonous insects, scorpions, and centipedes.

As for Yunzhai, although it also belongs to Miaojiang, their family is more mysterious. They are Han Chinese like Daning, not Miao people.

Their ancestors have stayed here for generations and are said to be gravekeepers.

The reason why it is called Yunzhai is because the place where they live all year round is either covered with poisonous fog or colorful clouds, which looks foggy.

There is also a road on the Yunzhai side that leads to the bottom of the mountain, but once their people go out, they can no longer come back in.

If you want to come back, you will never be able to go out again in your life.

They are tomb keepers, and legend has it that they are guarding the tomb of the Queen Mother.

However, these people would never tell outsiders where the cemetery is.

Bai Yue was kidnapped because she saved a man some time ago.

It is said that the man came from Yunzhai.

People from Miaojiang can intermarry, but they generally do not intermarry with people from Yunzhai.

After the man recovered from his illness, Bai Yue let him go back. Who knew that the man actually wanted Bai Yue to take him away from here and go to other cities in Daning.

Bai Yue would not easily take him along the path Chu Yu and the others took.

Besides, there are roads leading to other cities in Daning from Yunzhai, so why bother asking Bai Yue for help?

Bai Yue thought that he might be some bad guy from Yun Village, so he let him go back and figure out a solution himself. Bai Yue said that he had never been out of the village and didn't know any way.

Who knew that the man would directly tie up Bai Yue.

He told the people in the village that he would release Bai Yue as long as they agreed to send him away.

The high priest naturally agreed to such a small matter.

Who knew that the man took Bai Yue directly to the forbidden area of ​​Miaojiang.

Now, let alone saving Bai Yue, there’s no guarantee that both of them can be rescued.

"Forbidden area? They actually went to the forbidden area? What should we do? We may not be able to find Xiaoyue after they go there."

Chu Yu was so anxious that she almost cried.

Xiao Yimo, Jiang Jiu and others were all puzzled.

Jiang Jiu asked: "Are there any taboos in the forbidden area? Why is it called a forbidden area?"

The chief priest sighed heavily: "The reason why the forbidden area is called the forbidden area is that it is said that there is a divine beast inside that guards the tomb of the Queen Mother of the West. There is also a formation. Once people enter, they cannot get out. Therefore, that area is a forbidden area for us Miao people."

Jiang Jiu was shocked: "So, there really is the tomb of the Queen Mother of the West in this mountain?"

The high priest smiled bitterly: "It's been thousands of years, who knows? Anyway, you really can't enter the forbidden area. Once you enter, you can't get out. But that person took Bai Yue to the forbidden area. How can you not be angry and anxious?"

Xiao Yimo thought for a moment and asked, "It may be a forbidden area for you, but it may not matter to us. However, that place is unfamiliar to us. Do you have a map or something so that we can get out after we enter?"

The high priest shook his head again: "No, there was a map of the forbidden area in the past. It looked like an open space with trees, but it was lost later..."

Jiang Jiu: "If you have seen a map, you can draw it for us."

The high priest sighed, "I only heard from my grandmother that there were forests, an open space, and a palace. The map was lost when my grandmother was alive, so how would I know?"

The high priestess is in her forties this year and her grandmother passed away many years ago.

In other words, there is no map of the forbidden area.

Chu Yu's mother, Wu Caifeng, suddenly slapped her thigh.

"I have a map of the territory that I sent down here. I wonder if you can understand it and find it useful."

Having said that, Wu Caifeng stood up, took out the key and went out.

Jiang Jiu was curious and looked at Zhao Zhuoxi. Zhao Zhuoxi knew that Jiang Jiu had to enter the forbidden area this time.

Zhao Zhuoxi said, "Lu Ming, Xiao Yimo and I will go in, and you guys just wait outside."

Jiang Jiu glared at him: "I'll go too."

Chu Yu grabbed Xiao Yimo's hand and said, "I'll go too."

Who knew that Jiang Jiu and Xiao Yimo both advised Chu Yu: "Don't go, you are still pregnant."

Chu Yu's eyes turned red: "Xiao Yue is my childhood friend. We grew up together. She originally agreed to go to Beijing with me this time..."

The high priest patted Chu Yu's hand and said, "You are pregnant, so don't run around. There is more poison in the forbidden area, which is not good for the children. I will take them there."

As she spoke, Wu Caifeng brought over a map drawn on a piece of sheepskin.

When it was taken out, Jiang Jiu and others took a look and found that it was almost the same as having nothing. Jiang Jiu couldn't understand the abstract map at all.

Instead, Zhao Zhuoxi was studying the sheepskin map intently.

"The scale of the map is one to one thousand miles, which means that if you follow this road all the way west and pass through two thousand miles of woods, you will find an open space. This piece of land is empty, and it is very likely not far from the tomb of the Queen Mother of the West."

"Then go north from here, what is this? A temple?"

Wu Caifeng looked at it for a long time and shook his head. The high priest also took a look and said, "A palace, right? They said there is a palace. This map is too rough. Look, there are thousands of miles of it on the top of the snow-capped mountains, but it has only grown a little bit here..."

Zhao Zhuoxi did not give up: "Bring me a pen and paper."

I have to say that Zhao Zhuoxi is really talented. He drew a detailed, expanded route map based on the abstract map.

After he finished drawing and compared the size, Zhao Zhuoxi thought for a moment and said, "We may not have to go too far before we can find them."

Jiang Jiu asked in confusion: "Why?"

Zhao Zhuoxi: "This forest looks not far away, but it actually takes at least three or four days to walk through it. It is also very large and it is easy to get lost. So, our focus is on this forest, not on moving forward."

"Traces." Jiang Jiu's mind lit up, and he also found the problem. "Since it is a forbidden area, there must be no roads. If they want to leave, they must open a road. We should find it quickly by following the traces."