"Brother." A clear female voice suddenly came from behind Lu Sheng, as if someone was calling him.
"Brother."
Another voice came.
Lu Sheng turned around and saw two people walking quickly behind him. A man was fifteen or sixteen years old. He had a handsome appearance and still had innocence and rebelliousness in his eyes. He was wearing a white outfit and was young.
, heroic and vigorous.
The other person is a girl, slightly younger, about fourteen years old, with bangs, waist-length hair, big eyes, and a pitiful temperament.
"Xiao Quan and Zhen Ling." There are two people in Lu Sheng's memory. Lu Quan and Lu Zhen Ling are the closest brothers and sisters in name to the eldest son of his.
"Brother came to visit the ancestral hall again." Lu Quan said carelessly, "What's so good about the ancestral hall? Our ancestors liked to be clean when they were alive. Could it be that after death, we still want people to come and watch all day long? Why don't we go practice, big brother?
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"What nonsense are you talking about?" Lu Zhenling helplessly patted Lu Quan on the head, "Brother got up from rest before his body recovered, and now he's shouting about sparring. It seems like you haven't lost enough?"
"That's not what you said," Lu Sheng smiled, showing Lu Zhong's usual gentle smile.
These two younger siblings are not of the same blood as him, they are both his biological parents.
"Maybe one day, he will suddenly be qualified to beat me." Lu Sheng reached out and touched the young Lu Quan's head.
His two younger brothers and sisters began to ask him for some tips on practicing the family martial arts on a daily basis.
The Lu family of Ziyan Villa has always circulated a crude martial art called Shanglin Sword Technique. Lu Zhong has practiced this sword technique to a great extent, but most of the moves in this sword technique are not used for sparring, but are used in rituals.
need.
After Lu Sheng carefully answered the two of them one by one, he watched his two younger brothers and sisters leave happily. Someone approached and reminded them in a low voice.
"My eldest son, the owner of the village wants you to go to Lian Thatched Cottage."
"I got it." Lu Sheng nodded, and then he felt better and could stand up. A series of things were waiting to be dealt with immediately.
He waited for his younger siblings to completely go away before he started walking along the corridor of the villa, and soon stopped in front of a strange house that was dark, damp, and solemn.
The door of the house was open, and a middle-aged man with a solemn face and a serious temperament was standing quietly inside. The man had a handsome appearance, and it could be seen that he was a rare handsome man when he was young. He was wearing a simple and capable suit, and
Light gray outfit without losing solemnity and sophistication.
As soon as Lu Sheng arrived, the man spoke in a deep voice.
"Zhong'er? Come in."
"Yes." Lu Sheng lowered his head and responded exactly as Lu Zhong did.
Before he understood the surrounding situation, he had no intention of breaking through the protective disguise of Lu Zhong's identity.
The middle-aged man Lu Dangfeng is the current generation owner of Ziyan Villa. At this time, he also looked at the son in front of him with complicated emotions, which made him not very worried.
During the ceremony a while ago, suddenly the eldest son was not accepted by the guardians for some special reasons. Instead, he was kicked out of the ceremony because of his random thoughts and was rude to the guardians, and was seriously injured as a result.
Now it seems that although the injuries are mostly healed, it is still very difficult to pass the ceremony and inherit the position of the village owner.
"Does it still hurt?" Lu Dangfeng looked at the respectful eldest son in front of him, his heart finally softened, and he asked softly.
"I can't go back to my father," Lu Sheng replied in a low voice.
"Don't blame me, father. You will understand in the future that our Ziyan Villa has this tradition since its origin. We communicate with the guardians, perform sacrifices and ceremonies for them, and protect the powerful seal underground. This is what we must do.
"Lu Dangfeng's lips moved slightly, and his words were a little low and vague. He seemed to be talking to himself, and he seemed to be just whispering softly.
"Your younger brothers and sisters have their own corresponding guardians. If you cannot be recognized by the guardians, I am afraid that you will not be able to inherit the thousand-year tradition of the villa." Lu Dangfeng said helplessly.
"I understand." Lu Sheng also knew this allusion to a guardian from Lu Zhong's memory.
My father, Lu Dangfeng, would often say things he didn't understand, such as guardian, guardian spirit, evil seal, and protection for thousands of years.
But ever since he was a child, Lu Zhong has heard these words as cocoons, but he has never seen any special scenes that are beyond his imagination.
So I didn’t care about it for a long time.
"There will be an additional ceremony in the afternoon. You can join me in it," Lu Dangfeng continued.
"Yes." Lu Sheng nodded. He was also quite curious about the purpose of this inexplicable ritual.
"Okay, you go down and get ready." Lu Dangfeng waved his hand.
Lu Sheng then slowly exited the dark and damp inner hall and returned along the original path.
When returning from the original route, he accidentally passed by the servants and soldiers who were training. Standing in the corridor he passed by, he looked out and saw a team of about 20 people on the school field on the left, surrounding the school field.
Run fast.
"knife!"
Suddenly the leader of the family shouted loudly.
Wow!!
Immediately, all twenty people slashed forward with a single stroke of their swords, their movements were smooth and full of murderous intent.
The bright silver blade reflected a bright light in the sunlight.
"shield!"
The general shouted again.
Immediately, all the soldiers sheathed their swords and turned around. The other arm held the shield in front of themselves, covering their heads and most of their upper bodies.
"Not bad qualities." Lu Sheng nodded secretly in his mind. This kind of speed of movement, even if he was placed in Da Yin, he could be considered an elite soldier.
After retracting his gaze, Lu Sheng did not stop all the way and went directly back to his courtyard to rest.
After lunch, and some medicinal porridge to replenish qi and blood, Lu Sheng was arranged to take a bath, burn incense and meditate. Afterwards, he was led by two cold-looking maids in red skirts and returned to the place where he had met his father, Lu Dang.
The Thatched Cottage in Fengfeng.
This time, Lu Dangfeng was not the only one standing in the Lian Thatched Cottage, there were also five senile family elders with a gloomy and lifeless temperament.
The five elders sat in a fan-shaped form in the thatched cottage, with Lu Dangfeng sitting in the middle. The floor of the room was carved with a large circle of dense symbols and patterns, which looked like random graffiti by children. Or like
There are certain patterns and distortions hidden in it.
The patterned lines are blood-colored and deeply imprinted on the floor, exuding a mysterious and cold atmosphere.
Lu Sheng was led to a black stone seat and sat down. Like everyone else, he sat on the edge of the formation patterns on the ground.
Then the two girls in red dresses who led him through the door slowly walked to the center of the formation.
ah!!!
Suddenly there was a scream, one girl suddenly screamed with inexplicable fanaticism, and the other girl started to open her hands and perform some kind of mysterious dance.
Her dance was a bit like a puppet dance, but her eyes were wild, and hersing noises like bugs and snakes came from her mouth from time to time.
The screams kept changing in high and low, and even had some inexplicable rhythm.
The door of Lian Thatched Cottage slowly closed.
Lu Dangfeng stood up and placed a white candle as thick as a fist at the front of the formation, which became the only light source in the entire Liancaotang.
He began to recite something in a low voice to the candle.
The five elders on the side began to grab handfuls of things that looked like paper money and kept throwing them at the two girls.
Lu Sheng was not asked to do anything, he just sat quietly.
Weird screams, weird dances, mysterious murmurs, dim candlelight, and five weird elders with most of their feet in the coffin.
There's something wrong with this picture.
Time passed slowly, and Lu Sheng gradually felt something was wrong.
In Lian Thatched Cottage, I don't know when, some inexplicable smell gradually appeared in the air, it was very cold, but very ordinary.
He glanced around calmly, but was surprised to find that at some point in the darkness, there were a few blurry black shadows appearing on the edge of the formation pattern.
These black figures were like passers-by watching the excitement, surrounding the perimeter, quietly watching the dancing and screaming of the two girls.
Time passed slowly, and the crowds of black shadows became more and more numerous and denser.
The black shadows were standing in the darkness, standing at the outermost edge where candlelight could shine. Most people's eyesight could not detect them, but Lu Sheng was different.
He did not rely on Lu Zhong's body perception, but relied on his own body perception. In this way, these black shadows were clearly revealed.
Lu Sheng took a deep breath, feeling an inexplicable worry well up in his heart.
He looked at the owner of the village, Lu Dangfeng, who was reciting something. The worry in his heart arose precisely for him.
'Every generation of village owners dies young, and my father is getting older and older, so don't worry about anything.' A thought came from the bottom of his heart.
Huh?
Lu Sheng was stunned for a moment. Then he quickly realized that this should be Lu Zhong's thoughts and wishes that he had fused and absorbed.
He closed his eyes and meditated, carefully sensing the situation in his soul. This thought was like a white line on a blackboard, clearly highlighted, and extremely solid and conspicuous.
He tried to disperse this inexplicable thought, but it was useless. It seemed that this thought had become an obsession.
He had an inexplicable feeling that as long as he could complete this cause and effect, he would be able to completely end the matter here and get clues to return to the Great Yin.
This intuition comes from the depths of the divine soul. The structure of the divine soul is too mysterious. Even today's Great Yin, no one can study it thoroughly. At this time, he also couldn't figure out whether he should believe this intuition or not.
believe.
"If my guess is correct, I should have been born in response to Lu Zhong's demonic thoughts, and the one who disguised himself was his extraterritorial demon. Heavenly demon, perhaps I was the result of Lu Zhong's unexpected inner demons. According to the traditional routine
, if I want to completely complete this fusion, I should fulfill Lu Zhong’s wish in order to completely obtain this divine soul power.”
Thoughts were running through his mind, and he quickly decided to try something based on his intuition. Since there were no other clues now, he might as well do it first.
When I came back to my senses, the ceremony had already begun to take on new changes.
Lu Dangfeng didn't know when a small bowl appeared in his hand, which contained a dark, fishy, viscous liquid.
In front of the candlestick in front of him, there was also a big black toad with green eyes.
While muttering something, Lu Dangfeng picked up the black mucus with his hands and sprinkled it on the head of the toad in front of him.