The leading elder gritted his teeth and said: "I dare not conceal from the Daoist, but this matter is secretive. Please, Daoist, follow us back to the village, and we will certainly recount everything!"
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Just as Wang Daoxuan said, the terrain of Old Bear Village is very special.
It is close to the Jialing River, surrounded by several small hills, forming a basin shaped like a bottle, with the mouth facing the distant Jinyun Mountain.
Old Bear Village is located within, overseeing a dock on the Jialing River, surrounded by dense bamboo groves in the mountains, truly a treasure land.
But the construction of this village seems a bit odd.
Outside, high wooden walls are built just blocking the road up the mountain, and the layout inside the village is orderly, with the foundation below and stilted houses above, completely unlike something from the same era.
