The atmosphere in the kitchen was extremely quiet for a while.

Ouyang Rong wanted to make a joke, but found that no one said anything.

In front of the stove, the little junior sister who was cooking in an apron paused after receiving a prank slap on her back, and the kitchen knife in her hand didn't move at all.

It's still daytime now, the sun is shining brightly outside, and the light in the kitchen is not too dim.

Viewed from Ouyang Rong's rear view, the little junior sister's back was graceful, her head buried deep in her chest, her ears seemed to be red, and the snowy skin of her thin neck under the swan-like curve showed a touch of sunset red.

Ouyang Rong didn't think it was anything at first, but the quiet atmosphere made him move his eyes downward along the graceful curve of the young lady on his back...

Xie Lingjiang fell into breathless concentration at this moment,

I don't know if it was the aftereffect of the shot just now, but my body was numb and stiff.

She suddenly felt that after bathing and incense today, she had worn too few clothes, and her snow-white nightgown was too thin, so... So she couldn't blame him completely for being unable to resist?

My head was dizzy and I was thinking wildly, and my head was buried deeper and deeper in my chest.

The kitchen knife in her hand seemed to be filled with lead. If she were to spin the kitchen knife in her hand like she did just now, it would probably fly out and murder her husband at random. She would be really weak.

The enemy behind him remained silent, and the atmosphere in the kitchen remained silent.

Why don't you move? He... what on earth is he going to do... Do you want to push him away later... Don't go too far... Don't ask for too much... How can you do it in the kitchen... The stove and table are too cold

... Just when Xie Lingjiang mentioned it with a high heart, he was nervous and scared, and also vaguely felt a little exciting and bold.

She suddenly heard rustling sounds behind her.

At this moment, Xie Lingjiang's hearing was extremely keen, and she noticed that the senior brother behind her seemed to have taken a step forward, approached her behind, and then... then there seemed to be a slight sound of clothes folding when he squatted down... Wait, he squatted down properly.

Why are you doing it behind her back? Do you want to do it from below...

Xie Lingjiang, who lowered his head and buried his chest, couldn't help but stare, and his delicate body suddenly tensed up.

On the pair of red rope clogs below, the white and tender feet wearing white socks, the cardamom-like big toes subconsciously curled up and pressed together, making a habitual little action of buckling on the floor.

Just when the heavy kitchen knife in her hand almost slipped from her palm, Ouyang Rong's voice suddenly came from behind her:

"The pear fell, please move your feet."

"ah?"

"Ah, what, you are so stupid, making a plate of fruit salad... the spring orchids and autumn chrysanthemums are all missing."

Ouyang Rong shook his head, picked up a pear, stood up again, and placed a pear on the back of Xie Lingjiang's pale hand by the handle of his knife.

"Oh... no." She spoke back like a conditioned reaction.

Ouyang Rong glanced at the chopping board: "Do you want me to come?"

"It was fine, it wasn't someone who was in the way..."

The blush on Xie Lingjiang's neck dissipated a little, and while muttering arrogantly, he looked at his senior brother's face from the corner of his eye.

I saw him picking up the snow pear again, walking to the water tank nearby, scooping water and washing the pear body. His expression was calm, as if nothing happened just now, and there was no clue.

But it was clear that he was the one who made the first move to her just now... and made a shameful hint that something was wrong.

Why are you so honest all of a sudden?

Could it be that she is overthinking it?

Xie Lingjiang was shy and blamed herself, feeling guilty towards him. In fact, the senior brother was quite a gentleman sometimes, but she was overthinking it...

Ouyang Rong nodded seriously: "Okay, I won't stay next to you. I'll wait for you outside. When the food is ready, call me..."

Xie Lingjiang interrupted: "Wait a minute, take these and wash them too. You don't have to go out. In fact, it won't affect anything."

"Okay." He said calmly.

The ambiguous moment in front of the stove not long ago seemed to be over.

A certain noble lady of the Xie family had to learn to pretend to be confused.

In the kitchen, the two of them divided the work, one washed the fruit pulp, the other was skilled in knife skills, and the conversation returned to normal.

Xie Lingjiang was the first to break the silence:

"The Three Talisman Mountains are so named because they share a common talisman system. Taiqing, Yuqing, and Shangqing all originate from different sects. However, the cohesion of the three mountains is better than that of many sects on the mountain. This is because of this talisman system.

"In the Three Talisman Mountains, direct disciples will be taught the talisman after they reach adulthood and meet the conditions, so that they can use the talisman. However, not all Taoist priests can learn the three pure skills.

"Because the Sanqing Taoist Sect's Patriarch Hall can produce extremely limited quantities of top-quality talismans every year, including red and black talismans, vermillion talismans, and platinum talismans.

“There is naturally a strict screening threshold for who can use it and who cannot.

"Sanqing disciples need to go through layers of selection and testing. In the end, only a small number of people can enter the Ancestral Master Hall and become the core existence. As the mainstay of the sect and future heavenly masters, they will receive the best talismans awarded by the Ancestral Master Hall and be able to display the unique skills of the Three Pure Ones.

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"So the production of talismans has always been the secret of Sanqing and the foundation of the sect's inheritance. In this way, even if the secret skills of Sanqing accidentally leaked to the outside, the Sanqing Ancestral Master Hall, which has the source of the production of top-quality talismans,

It can still choke outsiders’ necks.”

Xie Lingjiang recalled it for a while, while cutting the fruit flesh skillfully with his bare hands, he spoke slowly.

"So Lu Ya's taboo is a normal reaction. He shouldn't be immediately suspicious of senior brother, but..."

She shook her head slightly:

"As the third disciple of Master Yuan, who is currently walking under the mountain in Maoshan, I won't believe him even if I kill him if he doesn't have a red and black talisman at the bottom of the box.

"Even the illegitimate son of Master Yuan is a loser, let alone him."

Ouyang Rong said thoughtfully:

"I asked him indirectly about the ink paper used to make the best talismans. He inexplicably mentioned something about ghosts and ghosts and asked me if I knew about it. Could it be related?"

Xie Lingjiang looked thoughtful and said:

"It's normal. Taoist priests can draw and make ordinary talismans at will, and they don't have high requirements for paper and ink materials. But for the best talismans, since the Sanqing Ancestral Hall is trying its best to produce them in limited quantities, it must require special spiritual materials from the ghosts and ghosts.

, it’s not hard to guess, well, it might involve legendary mythical creatures and requires mythical materials.”

"Mythical creature?"

"The five insects with mythical power. Well, the five insects are spiders, scales, hairs, feathers, and insects. They can conquer all living things in the world."

"What is the difference between mythical creatures and ordinary ghosts and ghosts?"

Xie Ling Jiang's pretty face turned serious:

"Those ghosts and ghosts are incomparable to mythical creatures. The latter are rare beings.

"Elder brother, mythical creatures possess pure and primitive mythical power. Almost all of these mythical creatures are the remnants of those special creatures in ancient times. After Dayu controlled the floods, he was lucky enough to leave them on the mainland of China. Such ancient relics are now dead.

One less head.

"Moreover, these mythical creatures are closely connected to certain mythological channels, and even have the same origin as the mythical power of a certain channel. The relationship is mysterious."

"Why is this?"

"Because they all come from the age of mythology."

"The Age of Mythology?"

"There is an ancient book in my family's secret vault that records that a mythical era once existed in ancient times.

"These mythical powers existing in the world, whether they are mythical creatures or mythological channels, actually all come from that mythical era.

"Until Dayu controlled the floods and ended the age of mythology, he cast the Nine Cauldrons and absorbed all the mythical power into the cauldrons to forever rule China.

"From then on, the land of China entered the Bronze Age without myths, which was also the first dynasty of the human race, Xia."

"Jiuding? The original tripods of the Dingjian were forged by Dayu when he was controlling floods?"

Xie Lingjiang hesitated: "It should be."

"should?"

"My ancestors of the Xie family secretly passed down some things... The Nine Tripods that sealed the mythical power were passed down from Xia to the Zhou Dynasty. The Zhou royal family lost their virtue and the princes went to Chu. The Zhou shou's storage room moved south accordingly. When they crossed the Surabaya River, the Nine Tripods were lost.

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"Later, the Nine Tripods appeared again, during the Warring States Period. Some people suspected that they were imitations of Zhou Shou's Tibetan Room and were not the real first-generation Nine Tripods. The reason was that the Nine Tripods were a sacred weapon that controlled the country, indicating the destiny of the destiny. The tripod controlled the destiny of the world.

Can be the lord of the world.

"But at that time, the Emperor of Zhou could no longer summon the princes, and the rites and music of the Spring and Autumn Period collapsed. Even if the new Jiuding came into being, it did not stop it in the slightest. Therefore, it was a fake tripod to restore the people's support. Of course, it failed. The princes and the scholar class did not accept this

set.

"Well, the reason is a bit far-fetched, but it is not unreasonable. Maybe she is just like the Empress Wei of Luodu. She also likes auspiciousness, and when Empress Wei built the Mingtang in Luoyang, she also imitated nine of them.

The tripods were each named and placed in the Mingtang... But these are just names, and the real Jiuding has been lost.

"However, the Jiuding, whose origin is doubtful, still started the Warring States Period after the Spring and Autumn Period. Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms, but failed to collect all the Nine Cauldrons. Then the first Cauldron Sword made by the remnants of the nobles of the Six Kingdoms was born, and the longevity medicine was born. Then came the second part of the Qin system... The First Emperor did not collect all the Nine Cauldrons or the Cauldron Sword until his death. When Qin II died, the era of the Cauldron Sword began."

Xie Lingjiang turned his head, his eyes clear and bright:

"Elder brother, there were tripods in the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, which only lasted for about 1,800 years in three dynasties. Perhaps it is true, as the ancient books say, that the Nine tripods made by Yu contain myths and can indeed forever control the destiny of the Nine Provinces and stabilize the king's power.

"But without Jiuding, wouldn't the world be able to be unified? Wouldn't the people be able to live in peace and contentment?
To be continued...