Chapter 1380 - 1429: Research
After the surprise, Li Yifei asked, "Elder, you can actually speak Miao language?"
Yao Lingfu nodded slightly, glanced at Li Yifei, and said, "I don’t know much, but I do know some Miao language. Since you went to the Miao Village, have you heard a legend?"
A legend? Li Yifei blinked, his head spinning rapidly. He had heard quite a few Miao legends, but those were all mythological stories, unrelated to Yao Lingfu. Wait a minute, Li Yifei clapped his hands and suddenly said, "Could Elder Yao be the mysterious force forty years ago that halted the war between the White Miao and Black Miao and signed a covenant?"
Yao Lingfu chuckled and said, "Mysterious force hardly. Actually, I am also a Miao person, but different from White Miao and Black Miao. I’m considered a descendant of another hidden branch of Miao people. We’re all Miao, what’s there to fight over? So, forty years ago, when I saw them fighting to death, I stepped in to stop it."
Li Yifei listened excitedly, clapped his hands, and said, "No wonder you’re so knowledgeable about the Worm Technique, turns out there’s this background. Elder Murong introducing you to me was really spot on."
Yao Lingfu said, "I heard about what you did at the Miao Village recently, well done. In this society, why fight all the time? Why not live good lives together? These stubborn old fools."
The topic shifted back, and Yao Lingfu explained, "Although I am Miao, my clansmen do not practice the Worm Technique. We worship a mystical existence known as the Witch."
"Witch?" Li Yifei felt a tremor in his heart. He wasn’t unfamiliar with this word; it was both a surname and a kind of existence, often depicted in films and novels.
Yao Lingfu nodded gently and said, "Exactly, the Witch. You can call it Witchcraft or a type of belief. The Worm Technique of Black Miao and White Miao is also a form of Witchcraft. More on that later, let me talk to the young Miao girl first, or else I won’t be sure."
Li Yifei nodded hurriedly, briefed Su Yiyi, and took Yao Lingfu to find Na Yi.
Na Yi was watching TV; in fact, besides eating and sleeping, she had been doing this for the past few days. She could sense the attitude of the other women towards her. Although it hurt, she didn’t blame these sisters. After all, she made a mistake. So she thought of learning the Chinese language well, helping Li Yifei as soon as possible, or else she couldn’t express her thoughts.