The sun slowly shifted westward, and a village gradually emerged before them, with houses of various heights scattered along the roadside.
"Look, this is the hamlet I was telling you about," said Li Zhi with a smile, pointing at the large expanse of black tiles before them, then striding towards it.
"Follow me, I've got a fellow villager here, and we can stay at his place for free."
Watching as the figure receded into the distance, and with a casual wave of his hand, Li Huowang led the two donkey carts towards the village as well.
As they walked on the dirt road between the houses, Li Huowang and the others looked around the eerily quiet surroundings.
Oddly enough, there wasn't a single person to be seen in the fields or the yards.
"What's going on? Where are all the villagers?" Li Huowang wondered to himself, puzzled.
As he was thinking this, Li Zhi's head popped around a corner upfront, his old face so excited he could hardly contain himself.
