Jiang Shan was silent for a moment and said, "I only now realize that he was telling the truth. But in those days, under such circumstances, you should also know what would happen if you blindly spoke disrespectful words about the Divine Envoy."
Even just a few days ago, the humans of Changpan Valley were still denouncing him because Xiao Houzi lost the moonprint, wanting to drive him out of the village. Directly telling all the humans in Changpan Valley that they were being domesticated would be hard for the people here to believe.
Xiang Beifei foresaw this, which is why he went through great lengths to capture the Meat-Winged Monster, teaching the Hunters how to shoot down the Meat-Winged Monster, using various abilities to let these humans understand that the Meat-Winged Monster was their worshipped Moon God.
But obviously, the person at the time did not think things through as thoroughly as Xiang Beifei. He was too direct, neglecting the deeply rooted faith instilled in these people from childhood, which is very hard to change.
"What happened after that?"
"The tribal elder expelled him from the village and reported to the Divine Envoy. As for what happened afterwards, I don’t know. All I know is that back then, celestial anomalies occurred, with lightning and thunder outside, mountain torrents collapsing, the earth trembling, like the end of the world, making us extremely frightened."
Jiang Shan still felt a lingering fear as he recalled the scene and then said:
"After the anomalies ended, things returned to normal. Soon, a Divine Envoy came to tell us that it was the arrival of the Lord of the Huangquan Evil Spirit, aiming to destroy the Human Race, spreading rumors to confuse us. But fortunately, the Divine Lord had already suppressed him, telling us not to worry."
Xiang Beifei’s face turned solemn.
Even though the Eternal Night Demon King was defeated by his grandfather a hundred years ago, it still had the power of the Immortal Realm. This was one of the reasons Xiang Beifei was very apprehensive. If that person was suppressed, it would mean his power was only at the Heavenly Connection level.
Ten years ago... who was this person?
Xiang Beifei himself had entered the Border Wilderness for almost three years now. Calculating the time, had those two left the Jiuzhou continent ten years ago?
"Do you have any other impressions of that person?" Xiang Beifei asked.
"Hard to say, it’s been too long. Back then, we trusted the Moon God too much, and didn’t have much of an impression of him, truly regarding him as the Lord of Huangquan Evil Spirit." Jiang Shan said.
"Was it one of these two people?"
Xiang Beifei handed over the couple’s photo.
Jiang Shan took the photo, looking quite surprised at how such paper could render lifelike figures.
He scrutinized it for a long time, then shook his head, "No."
"Was it this one?" Xiang Beifei handed over his grandfather’s photo.
Jiang Shan shook his head again.
Not his grandfather, nor the comrades Xiang Tianxing.
"Who are these people?" Jiang Shan asked.
Xiang Beifei was silent for a moment and said, "Family, I’m looking for them."
"Are they your parents and grandfather?"
"I hope they are alright."
Seeing Xiang Beifei seemed unwilling to say more, Jiang Shan did not press further.
"What do you plan to do next?"
"First, remove the moonprint from everyone’s wrists, as it is more important for you."
Jiang Shan nodded slightly, again touching the mark of the moonprint on his wrist, confirming that the moonprint on his wrist had been removed by Xiang Beifei. Since freeing from the moonprint’s restraint, he knew exactly what changes occurred.
"Thank you, whether for myself or behalf of the entire Human Race of Changpan Valley, thank you for helping us." Jiang Shan bowed.
Xiang Beifei gently shook his head and said, "No need, we are all part of the Human Race."
After solving the matter, he would let these humans awaken the Dao embryo. But not now, he must get these humans out, otherwise if the plan fails, those who awaken the Dao embryo falling into the hands of the Meat-Winged Monster is definitely not a good thing.
The people of Changpan Valley were always busy building their defense works. Although in Xiang Beifei’s view, these facilities were of little use, it was progress nonetheless. Defending one’s race shouldn’t be a task for one person.
Jiang Shan gathered everyone together again, Xiang Beifei had already decided to tell everyone his origins.
When he mentioned that he came from Jiuzhou, everyone in Changpan Valley was extremely shocked, their reaction no less than learning the Meat-Winged Monster was the Moon God.
"You’re not Xiao Houzi, you came from Jiuzhou? Why didn’t you say so earlier?" Jiang Feng exclaimed, seeing Xiao Houzi turn into a stranger.
"The previous person who told you he came from Jiuzhou, you reported him to the Meat-Winged Monster, and he was suppressed." Xiang Beifei said.
Jiang Feng and the others were stunned, then vaguely recalled what happened over ten years ago. Most people still remembered the human once regarded by the Meat-Winged Monster as the "Lord of Huangquan Evil Spirit."
It turns out that person ten years ago was telling the truth.
Xiang Beifei briefly described the relationship between Jiuzhou and Hanxia, and why they were here, what kind of world the Jiuzhou continent is.
The people of Changpan Valley were quite astonished when they heard, having never left this place in their lifetime, they barely knew what the outside world was like.
"Is it... the Peach Blossom Land?" Uncle Liang exclaimed.
The Peach Blossom Land?
Xiang Beifei didn’t know how to explain it. While Jiuzhou continent had its flaws, living there at least was far better than being hunted as livestock by the Meat-Winged Monster. Changpan Valley was a slaughterhouse, and here humans waited to grow up before being slaughtered.