The gongs and drums are noisy, and the firecrackers are blasting.
The Zhang family in Huludao and the Cui family in Kazidao are both among the most prestigious monk families within a radius of thousands of miles.
The two families working together to organize the wedding cannot be summed up in the word lively.
At a glance, there were hundreds of families, big and small, coming around.
These people brought their relatives and friends to congratulate each other on a happy marriage. The catalog of gifts alone filled more than 800 pages.
The older generation of monks drink tea and play chess, just like meeting old friends.
The young descendants, in small groups, discussed: Whose family do you belong to, what powerful people have come from your family, whose family does he belong to, and what reputations have your ancestors achieved?
People flock together and things divide into groups.
The Island of Hundred Miles is a circle, and the Island of Ten Miles is another circle.
If your family only has a tiny island covering an area of several miles, then sorry, just prepare to follow everyone else and be a follower.
That’s it, I don’t want to take you to play yet.
Doesn’t it sound like playing house?
The essence is similar. The archipelago world speaks with spiritual roots. Low spiritual roots mean that your future can only be a low-level monk, and there is almost no possibility of reversal.
What kind of circles have you been exposed to since you were a teenager?
It means that what kind of achievements and friends you will have in the future, it is very rare to make up for what you are born with.
The vast majority of monks from small families are inseparable from their surroundings for the rest of their lives. The circle you are in today will most likely be your circle for the rest of your life.
Blow and blow.
The bride and groom have entered the house.
Zhang Heng stood in the crowd and watched quietly, and found that Cui Ying had a mole under her eye, which gave people the impression of being soft and weak. She was the kind of person who needs care at a glance.
"It's strange. Didn't Lu Xiong from Lushan Island say that Cui Ying had a private life-long marriage with him? Why did she marry Zhang Yong today?"
"You also know about this, I thought it wasn't the same person."
"Can you not know that Lu Xiong is such a big talker and wants everyone in the world to know what he does? At the party last year, Lu Xiong even brought her to show us."
"Everyone, please keep your voice down. According to the orders of the parents and the words of the matchmaker, Cui Ying is now the granddaughter-in-law of the Zhang family. Don't mention Lu Xiong again in the future."
"Yes, Lu Xiong is nothing but a low-grade talent. I am Cui Ying's parents and I wouldn't choose him. Zhang Yong is a direct descendant of the Zhang family and has superior spiritual roots."
I heard whispers behind me.
Zhang Heng didn't look back, he just took one more look at Cui Ying.
Enter the eyes.
Cui Ying was wearing wedding clothes and a phoenix hairpin, biting her lip, her eyes full of uneasiness and helplessness, as if she was looking for something.
What to look for.
Zhang Heng didn't know.
But he could tell that Cui Ying's marriage to Zhang Yong didn't seem like she was willing to do so.
Time flies.
Another year has passed in the blink of an eye.
The Zhang family wants Zhang Yong to leave blood to the family before he leaves.
But after a year, Cui Ying's stomach didn't move at all.
On the other hand, the Cui family gave birth to a little girl for Zhang Heng and his wife. Because she was small, weighing only four pounds and six taels, she named her Zhang Xiaoxiao.
"Zhang Heng, Zhang Heng..."
This year.
Zhang Yong is sixteen, Zhang Heng is eleven, Zhang Xiaoxiao is one, and Cui Ying is seventeen.
"I'm leaving. Fourth Auntie said that the South China Sea Alliance hopes that I will go there as soon as possible to be trained with the new generation of the alliance."
Zhang Yong said with a look of reluctance: "You have to work hard too. I will perform well in the South China Sea Alliance. When you can read and read, and you can recognize the characters well enough, you can test your spiritual roots. If you have spiritual roots, I will join the alliance with you."
Let’s talk to the stewards inside and bring you to the alliance so that we brothers don’t have to be separated.”
Zhang Heng smiled and did not talk about himself, but asked: "You are leaving. Where is Cui Ying? Do you want to take her with you?"
Zhang Yong shook his head: "Fourth Auntie said she would only take me alone this time. After I get settled there, I might take Cui Ying over."
After finishing speaking, Zhang Yong whispered again: "I heard from my fourth aunt that Yugoslavia is not a kind place either. There is great competition among peers and women are very troublesome. We will decide later whether we can accept her or not."
Zhang Heng didn't say much.
Because in his opinion, going out to practice practice is really not suitable for raising a family.
Otherwise, if you compete with the geniuses of your generation and your wife is kidnapped at every turn, how can you have fun?
"When I get to Yugoslavia, I will write to you often."
Zhang Yong squeezed Zhang Heng's arm: "I don't know what you grew up on. You are so much smaller than me, but you are almost as tall as me."
Zhang Heng was a little speechless.
Zhang Yong is sixteen years old and is only over 1.6 meters tall.
Looking at him like this, it's hard to say whether he will be 1.7 meters tall in the future.
It's not that Zhang Heng is tall, but that Zhang Yong is too short, a head shorter than Cui Ying.
"Say nothing more."
"When I leave, the family and your sister-in-law will be entrusted to you."
Zhang Yong turned around and walked away.
This time we say goodbye, I don’t know when we will meet again.
Spring passes and autumn comes.
Zhang Heng still looked like a little transparent person in the Zhang family.
He stayed at the front door all day long. As time passed, many Zhang family members even forgot that he existed.
Fast forward another two years.
This year Zhang Heng was thirteen years old and Zhang Yong was nineteen.
Every now and then, Zhang Heng would receive a letter from Zhang Yong.
The letter said that there are many geniuses in Yugoslavia, and superior spiritual roots are nothing here.
But he worked hard, and his cultivation has improved by leaps and bounds in the past two years. He made many friends and even asked Zhang Heng how his family was doing.
"How is your family..."
Zhang Heng looked at the letter and whispered: "What do you want me to say?"
After Zhang Yong left, Cui Ying lost her love and began to run away to her parents' home.
At first I went there once or twice a month and stayed for a day or two at a time.
Now it's the other way around, I only come back once or twice a month, stay for a day or two and then leave, and spend more time living in Kagoshima.
What about the Zhang family?
She didn't want Cui Ying to go to Yugoslavia to find Zhang Yong, for fear of disturbing Zhang Yong's practice.
He turned a blind eye to her behavior, turned a blind eye, and didn't care much about her.
It was fine before and there were no bad reviews.
But recently, some children of the Zhang family spread rumors below that Cui Ying was hooking up with Lu Xiong again at the Cui family in Kazi Island.
Lu Xiong also said: "I don't have the destiny to have superior spiritual talent, but I have the destiny to sleep with the wife of a person with superior talent."
"It is inevitable for a good man to have an unvirtuous wife and an unfilial son."
"There is no Lu Xiong, but there are Zhang Xiong, Zhao Xiong, and Wang Xiong. As a sister-in-law, I am very greedy. I don't look like a person who can stay lonely, let alone be remembered by others."
Zhang Heng was also helpless.
But there was no way to tell Zhang Yong all this.
How can I say this? Maybe most of the protagonists who go out to travel and leave their beloved wives at home have this kind of unspeakable secret, especially those who have wives and concubines in groups.
kind.
"Sister-in-law..."
one day.
Cui Ying came back from Kako Island and saw Zhang Heng standing at the door.
"It's my uncle."
Cui Ying was a little surprised because Zhang Heng stayed at home all day and she didn't see much of her brother-in-law.
"Uncle, are you waiting for me?"
Cui Ying came up to him with a smile: "Is there a letter from Brother Yong?"
When Zhang Heng saw Cui Ying mentioning Zhang Yong, he sighed: "You..."
"Yingying."
Don't wait to say more.
There was the sound of footsteps outside, and a young man in his twenties, with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, walked over.
"This is?"
Zhang Heng frowned slightly.
"This is Lu Xiong, my former friend."
Cui Ying hurriedly explained: "I'm going to get something when I come back. It's not convenient to be alone."
When Lu Xiong saw Cui Ying talking to Zhang Heng, he came up from behind and touched Cui Ying's lower back with one hand: "This is Zhang Yong's stupid brother. He doesn't look stupid at all. He is really
Staying at home every day, like a stone?"
Cui Ying gave Lu Xiong an angry look and knocked his hand off: "What are you doing?"
"What do you think?"
With a bad smile on his face, Lu Xiong said to Zhang Heng beside him: "You kid, go home first and I'll have a chat with your sister-in-law."
With that said, Cui Ying was pushed towards the house.
"Sister-in-law..."
Zhang Heng sighed: "You have stayed alone in an empty house these past few years. I know the pain in your heart."
"There are some things I shouldn't say, but you should never, never, ever bring people home."
"There is no airtight wall in the world. If word of this spreads, have you thought about the consequences?"
Cui Ying looked a little confused and said weakly: "I just want to come back and get something."
Zhang Heng didn't answer the question and just said: "I'll watch you take it."
Cui Ying had no choice but to signal to Lu Xiong to be honest.
Although Lu Xiong was unwilling to give in, he also knew that this was Huludao and the territory of the Zhang family.
If you make a fuss, you won't be able to take advantage.
"Zhang Yong is hateful. He took you away from me because of his high talent."
"Zhang Heng is also hateful. I finally went home with you and looked at me as if I were on guard against a thief. I didn't even give you a chance to be alone with you."
Got something.
Lu Xiong and Cui Ying boarded the ship, and said with hatred: "Just wait, one day when my cultivation level is high, I will definitely not break up with the Zhang family, sooner or later I will snatch you back."
Cui Ying looked unbelieving: "Brother Yong is a top-notch talent, and he is currently training in the Yugoslav Alliance. How can you surpass him?"
Lu Xiong was even more angry: "There are always more solutions than difficulties, but if it doesn't work, we will give him a shot when he comes back..."
"What?"
A whisper came to my ear.
Lu Xiong and Cui Ying looked up and saw Zhang Hengzheng standing on the deck with a calm face.
"Uncle?"
Cui Ying was startled and adjusted her clothes subconsciously: "Why are you here?"
"Come to see you."
Zhang Heng answered and looked at Lu Xiong: "What are you thinking about?"
Lu Xiong glanced at the ship at his feet, and then at Huludao, which was gradually going away, and he felt evil: "I haven't settled the accounts with Zhang Yong, and you came to my door first. It's very good. I heard
Zhang Yong cares most about your brother, so let’s collect some interest from you first.”
"don't want."
Seeing that Lu Xiong was about to attack Zhang Heng, Cui Ying hurriedly stepped forward to stop him: "He is my brother-in-law. If you kill him, how will I face Brother Yong?"
"How long has it been? When he returns to the Zhang family and tells the Zhang family what I said, will you still be able to become the Zhang family's daughter-in-law?"
Lu Xiong pushed Cui Ying away and offered a triangular pyramid weapon: "Kill him, once and for all, and no one will know that we did it."
Whoosh...
The triangular cone came through the air and went straight to Zhang Heng's chest.
Cui Ying was too frightened to look at it, she screamed and covered her eyes.
One second, two seconds...
The screams I imagined never came.
After waiting for a while, Cui Ying raised her eyes awkwardly and saw that the demon-breaking cone shot by Lu Xiong was hovering three inches in front of Zhang Heng. No matter how hard it was moved, it could not move any further.
"you you..."
Lu Xiong couldn't believe it: "How can you block my demon-breaking cone?"
The next second.
A look of surprise appeared on Lu Xiong's face: "I understand, you have the treasure Zhang Yong gave you, right?"
Zhang Heng said nothing and looked at Lu Xiong quietly, his eyes glowing with white light.
Being illuminated by this white light, Lu Xiong felt an unbearable itching all over his body, and he scratched it involuntarily.
"Brother Xiong!"
Cui Ying's panic sounded in her ears.
Lu Xiong looked back and found Cui Ying retreating step by step and looking at him with a horrified expression.
"What's wrong with me?"
Lu Xiong subconsciously looked at his hands.
When you look into your eyes, your hands are full of wrinkles. These are not the hands of a young man, they are clearly the hands of an old man.
"my hand!"
Lu Xiong was panicking.
Touch your face, your muscles are relaxed and your eyelids are drooping.
I picked up the bronze mirror on the ship and took a look, and what struck my eyes was that under the bronze mirror was an old man in his dying years.
"It's your fault, right?"
Lu Xiong reacted and looked at Zhang Heng in panic: "What kind of magic did you use? How did I become like this?"
Ahem...
I just said a few words.
Lu Xiong was out of breath and coughed.
He covered it with his hand and found a fallen tooth in the palm of his hand.
"what have you done?"
Lu Xiong felt very tired and reached out to grab Zhang Heng, but he staggered and every step was extremely difficult.
After three steps.
Lu Xiong's feet softened and he fell to the ground.
He wanted to get up, but he didn't have the strength to lift his arms. He gasped like a windmill: "Demon, monster..."
"Brother Xiong?"
Cui Ying came to her senses and hurried to check on Lu Xiong's condition.
When he knelt down and took a look, he found that Lu Xiong had already died of old age, considering he was only twenty-one.
"A demon, a demon that takes away time?"
Thinking of Lu Xiong's words before his death.
Cui Ying was so frightened that she collapsed on the ground, her mind going blank.
"Sister-in-law."
"I know you are feeling bitter, but who are you going to be with? A person like this?"
"Did you know that Zhang Yong is the only person in the Zhang family who can be recognized by me?"
"Now, you and the adulterer want to harm him, how can I rely on you?"
Zhang Heng's eyes bloomed with white light again.
Cui Ying was so frightened that she lost her mind and begged: "Uncle, please spare my life, uncle. I never thought about harming Brother Yong's life. It's all Lu Xiong's nonsense. I didn't."
White light flashed.
Cui Ying's lifespan was taken away instantly, and she fell to the ground motionless.
Zhang Heng's face was full of indifference and he whispered: "My silly sister-in-law, you should die if there are any signs of this. Is it possible that I have to wait for you to take action? What evidence can I give you?"
"Um?"
Zhang Heng was about to arrest the two souls.
Before they could take action, they suddenly discovered that there was a black circle under their feet that normal people couldn't see.
Right now.
The souls of Lu Xiong and Cui Ying fell directly into the black circle and disappeared between heaven and earth in an instant.
After swallowing the two souls.
The black circle also disappeared, as if it had never appeared.
"This is..."
There is no underworld in the island world, and there is no sense of reincarnation.
After a person dies, his soul will be sucked away by an inexplicable black circle and disappear.
"There are indeed weird things in this world."
Zhang Heng frowned, thinking of the Spiritual Root Method and the inexplicable black circle, and couldn't help but muttered: "Isn't this an experimental site? Some unknown existence uses the world as a laboratory and all sentient beings."
As a guinea pig, use sea beasts as catalysts to verify the feasibility of spiritual roots and spiritual root methods?"