The light of the morning sun fell on the roof and window lattice of the inn, and Wei An woke up from his sleep.
He put on his clothes, washed himself, and then woke up Jin Xiaobao, who had been sleeping for a day and a night.
"Daddy, where are we?"
Jin Xiaobao looked drowsily at the unfamiliar scenery outside the window, with question marks all over his forehead.
Wei An smiled and said: "We have arrived at Baima County. After breakfast, I will take you to the ancestral home of the Jin family to recognize your ancestors."
"Okay."
Jin Xiaobao had no doubt that he was there, because he had no idea about the distance and how many days it would take to travel.
The two ate breakfast quickly and walked to Jin's house.
Walking on the street, Wei An came across three temples along the way, and there was an endless stream of people burning incense and worshiping Buddha.
Zenzhou is the headquarters of Buddhism, and there are many people who believe in Buddhism.
For those believers, going to the temple every day to burn incense and worship is just an ordinary part of daily life.
Looking around, most of the passers-by on the street are wearing one or two strings of rosary beads on their necks or wrists. Even the daughters' headdresses are of Buddhist style.
As I was walking, a middle-aged monk came towards me.
This man was fat, with a bald head, wearing a gray monk's robe, and holding an alms bowl in his hand.
I saw him walking, tapping the alms bowl, and mumbling something.
BANG DANG DANG!
A passerby took out a few broken rough stones and placed them in the middle-aged monk's alms bowl.
"Thank you, donor."
The middle-aged monk's face remained calm and pious.
Seeing this scene, Jin Xiaobao pulled Wei An's sleeve and asked, "Godfather, is that monk asking for alms?"
Wei An nodded and said, "Well, the monk is not engaged in childbirth and relies on alms to support himself."
As soon as he finished speaking, an angry shout came from the distance: "Stop!"
Everyone turned around and saw two tall monks appearing at the street entrance. They were holding eyebrow-level sticks and were very powerful. They looked like Buddhist warrior monks.
The middle-aged monk's expression changed and he suddenly ran away.
However, he was caught by two monks before he ran far.
"You are such a liar. You have repeatedly pretended to be a Buddhist monk to make money. I have never caught you before. I never thought you would dare to do it again." The monk said angrily.
The middle-aged monk knelt down and cried: "I know I was wrong. I only took this step because my mother was ill in bed and I couldn't raise life-saving money for a while."
"Fart, you are obviously addicted to gambling and owe a lot of gambling debt." The monk swung his eyebrow stick and hit the middle-aged monk on the legs.
Click!
Both legs were bent violently, and the middle-aged man immediately let out a shrill scream and passed out from the pain.
"Next time you do it again, I will break all the bones in your body." The monk spit a mouthful of fishy phlegm in the man's face, and then walked away.
Pedestrians on the street witnessed all this and started talking about it.
However, no one came to rescue him, leaving the middle-aged monk to fend for himself.
Jin Xiaobao blinked and asked doubtfully: "Isn't the monk compassionate? Why are you so cruel?"
Wei An shook his head, said nothing more, and pulled Jin Xiaobao forward.
Before they knew it, they reached Happy Horse Street and walked straight ahead. At the end was the Jin family mansion.
"Let's go."
Wei An took a step forward, and at this moment, a light suddenly flickered out of the corner of his eye.
"Hey, is there any treasure?"
Wei An shuddered and turned his head to look, his eyes quickly falling on the street corner.
There is a clay sculpture in the corner, sitting cross-legged.
Wei An walked over and took a closer look, and found that the clay sculpture had a vague face, a bald head, a monk's robe, and a string of large Buddhist beads hanging around its neck.
This clay sculpture is suspected to be a Buddha statue. It has been left here for an unknown period of time, but no one has taken care of it. It is covered with mud and bird droppings.
[Item: Clay Buddha statue]
[Level: Unknown]
[Remarks: Human beings’ biggest fear is the unknown. This clay Buddha statue is too mysterious. It is recommended that you approach it with caution]
"It's this kind of thing again..."
Wei An felt awe-struck, and his brows could not help but twist into a knot.
The last time the system gave such a "crisis" prompt was when Wang Xiaoying showed him a stone statue.
Stone statues, clay Buddha statues!
They are inconspicuous, even no one cares about them, and there is nothing special about them to the naked eye.
They are all unknown secrets...
"What the hell is this?"
Wei An retreated cautiously. Even though he had reached the peak of the first rank, he was still the handsome Taoist man at heart, insisting on taking a steady path.
When encountering such a dangerous and unpredictable clay Buddha statue, Wei An would naturally not get too hot-headed and rush towards it.
He chose to ignore it.
"No matter what it is, there's always a way to figure it out."
Wei An's mind was spinning and his thoughts were busy, and he had arrived at the gate of the Jin family's mansion before he knew it.
"Send your name to those who come."
The knife-wielding guard stopped Wei An and looked back and forth to confirm that it was an unfamiliar face.
Wei An didn't say anything and directly handed over the greeting card.
"Liangzhou, Pantian Sect!" The guards were surprised. Although they were far away in Chanzhou, they had also heard of the Liangzhou army's feat of pushing millions of soldiers across the border and annexing Qizhou.
As for Pantian Sect, there is no doubt that it is the largest sect in Liangzhou. Who dares to despise it?
So, the guard immediately took the greeting card and announced it.
After a moment, the door opened.
Wei An and Jin Xiaobao entered the huge mansion and were led by the doorman to a gorgeously decorated living room.
Wei An entered the living room and when he looked up, he saw an old man with white hair wearing a purple robe. His eyebrows and beard were neatly trimmed. He was energetic and not angry.
"It turns out that he is an honored guest from the Pantian Sect. He was not welcomed from afar." The white-haired old man glanced at Wei An and Jin Xiaobao, cupped his hands and said with a smile.
This white-haired old man is none other than Jin Xuanhua, the head of the Jin family.
Wei An immediately returned the courtesy and said: "I'm here to tell you, Zhang Sanqiao, the elder of Tianzong, this child is my adopted son, the heir to the Jin family in Huyang County, Liangzhou, and Jin Xiaobao, the descendant of Jin Shouliang."
Jin Xiaobao then saluted and said, "Meet the ancestor of the clan."
"No gift."
Jin Xuanhua took a deep look at Jin Xiaobao, and extended his hand to Wei An in a gesture of invitation, "Elder Zhang, please take a seat! Come and serve some good tea!"
Wei An pulled Jin Xiaobao to sit down.
Jin Xuanhua sat on the main seat, minding his own business.
Tea and snacks were served quickly, and the three of them drank tea and ate cakes in a polite manner.
After that, Jin Xuanhua asked: "Elder Zhang came all the way, what's the matter?"
"I have two things to do."
Wei An did not hide it, but before he explained his purpose, he let Jin Xiaobao go out to play, and then whispered: "Jin Shouliang participated in the battle of Changle Plain and unfortunately died in the battle."
"died?!"
Jin Xuanhua's expression suddenly changed, he was silent for a long time, and then asked: "What happened to the Jin family in Huyang County?"
Wei An replied: "Suddenly losing its backbone, the Jin family has been torn apart and will no longer be as glorious as before."
Jin Xuanhua was not surprised by this and sighed: "Years ago, two geniuses came out of the Jin family. They were brothers, but they competed with each other and neither one accepted the other. Later, they fought for the position of the head of the family.
The winner will naturally stay, but the loser will run away from home, so my Jin family split into two branches."
Wei An said bluntly: "I have no interest in that branch family in Huyang County. I am Jin Xiaobao's adoptive father. I only care about the future of this child. I want him to recognize his ancestor and return to the clan. This is one of them."
Jin Xuanhua twisted his beard and said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to recognize my ancestor and return to my clan."
"why not?"
"Well, to be honest, our ancestors had already made their last wishes to expel Jin Shouliang's branch from the family tree. From that moment on, they were no longer members of my Jin family." Jin Xuanhua shook his head.
Wei An said speechlessly: "As the head of the family, it is not difficult for you to give Jin Xiaobao an insignificant title, right?"
Jin Xuanhua chuckled and said: "My Jin family is a well-known family after all. How can we come and leave as soon as we say? Those who leave should never come back."
Wei An wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Jin Xuanhua: "I am not a three-year-old child. What are you trying to do by hoping that Jin Xiaobao will recognize his ancestor and return to his clan?"
Wei An said calmly: "Since you asked that, let me tell you straight away. My second purpose is to hope that you will pass on the ninth level of the "Eagle Wing Kung Fu" to Jin Xiaobao."
"Hahaha, indeed!"
Jin Xuanhua understood, curled his lips and sneered: "Jin Shouliang doesn't have the complete version of "Eagle Wing Technique". Over the years, he has been begging me to pass it to him on the ninth level, but to no avail. Unexpectedly, everyone else is dead, but he still has it."
Just wishful thinking."
He stood up, rolled up his sleeves and said, "Elder Zhang, if there are no other important matters, I won't send you away."
Wei An frowned slightly. He didn't expect Jin Xuanhua's attitude to be so cold and decisive. After a while of silence, he asked: "I don't know what I should do to make you change your mind? If you have any conditions, you might as well put them forward."
Jin Xuanhua squinted at Wei An and sneered: "What a loud tone! Don't forget that this is Chanzhou, not Liangzhou! If something happens, I, the overlord of the Jin family, can't do it. Why do you, an outsider, do it?"