"And then what happened?"
The man continued,
"We fish here to make a living. Although life is tough, we manage to get by. But in recent days, cultivators have come from somewhere and taken away the able-bodied men from nearby small islands. The women left behind say those cultivators came flying from the sky and took the men as laborers, and they're unlikely to return!"
That's why when they saw Gu Shi Yi, they scattered in fear!
Gu Shi Yi understood and nodded, asking for the direction to Shangjia City before standing up and saying,
"Never mind, I initially wanted to give you some Silver, but you all live on this island, and Silver is useless here..."
After thinking for a moment, he said,
"I'll help you build a place to hide; it will be useful for future shelter!"
With that, he summoned his Firewood Knife, creating a concealed cave mansion in the woods at the center of the small island, and then rode the Demon Wind toward Shangjia City...