Not far away stands a towering mountain, dotted from its base to halfway up with many bamboo buildings, these buildings resemble those of Humming Abyss but are more exquisite.
At this moment, in the middle of the night, the Stilted Buildings have fallen into a deep sleep; this must indeed be the true interior of Witch Ancestor Mountain.
According to Manager Qiao’s introduction, Witch Ancestor Mountain has a clear hierarchical system.
The higher one’s ability and status, the closer they live to the mountain top.
Ordinary Gu People generally live below the mountain foot.
The Divine Temple of Witch Ancestor Mountain is set midway up the mountain; Gu People usually come here to request services.
Below the Divine Temple are residential houses, and above the Divine Temple is the Insect Forest, where Gu People can catch Insect Food and refine Gu insects and so on.
As an Elder of Witch Ancestor Mountain, Manager Qiao lives near the Divine Temple, whereas the master of Lady Lin, being an outsider, resides in Famous Scholar Village at the mountain foot.
Currently, Bai Junjun is unable to contact Fox and was supposed to directly go to find Wu Nuan near the Divine Temple, but she was also uncertain about Wu Nuan’s situation, and felt it inappropriate to rush over.
After much thought, she decided to first seek out Lady Lin’s master to gather information.
At this moment in the Stilted Building of Famous Scholar Village, an old man is soundly asleep, hugging his quilt.
Suddenly, he senses a sound inside the room.
Thinking of the poisonous snakes that often appear in the middle of the night, the old man calmly turns over and continues sleeping.
It bothers the old man that Witch Ancestor Mountain often dispatches poisonous snakes to monitor their sleep.
But complaining is useless, at most it brings a few days of peace, then the poisonous snakes return.
He even suspects that his complaints are never addressed, as these snakes seemed to appear randomly from the beginning.
Sometimes appearing every three to five days, sometimes once every half a month, always appearing without any pattern.
Previously he thought the appearance of poisonous snakes was due to Witch Ancestor Mountain having too many snakes, insects, rats, and ants, so the old man set a trap to catch the snake.
But not long after catching the poisonous snake, a group of Guards arrived, all sharpening their knives with a murderous look, only then did he learn that this snake was not an ordinary beast, but an inspector of Witch Ancestor Mountain, overseeing all movements on the mountain, and if the snake died, its owner would immediately know and could trace them.
The residents here are used to it; they don’t harm these snakes.
But he didn’t know that, and he had already suffered a great deal because of this snake. Fortunately, his apprentice escaped early, for she would probably be unable to sleep like him if she encountered the snake.
Thinking of his unruly apprentices, the old man even sighed in his dreams.
Bai Junjun, seeing the old man apparently awake, still sighing but stubbornly refusing to open his eyes, was thoroughly impressed.
This old brother, staying under someone’s roof, hears noise in the room but doesn’t open his eyes to check—who doesn’t worry that she might be a villain?
Bai Junjun stood in the room for a while longer, confirming that the old man really had no intention of opening his eyes, before she finally sighed, "Old sir, wake up."
"?" The old man was startled. In the middle of the night, did he hear a girl’s voice?
Could it be that the snake transformed?
"Old sir," Bai Junjun spoke again, "I am a friend of Lady Lin."
"???" The old man abruptly sat up.
In the dim room stood a young girl in scarlet clothes.
The girl’s dress, under the moonlight’s reflection, appeared somewhat mysterious, her porcelain white face delicate and beautiful.
She looked just like a sprite.
The elderly man, startled, was uncertain how to react.
"Nice to meet you, I am Bai Junjun, a friend of Lady Lin," Bai Junjun greeted politely with a bow.