After a hard day's work, most of the villagers fell asleep quickly after returning home. At this moment, the village road was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
All that is left is a low voice, like weeping or complaining, just as the words say, like the bubbles of a dream, seemingly there but not at all.
It clearly resonates in my ears when I first hear it, but when I think about it, it hits my heart. I can't catch it, but I can't avoid it.
This is the mysterious sound that only I can hear. This is the guidance and call from the castle master to me!
My pace was very fast, and I swept several feet away, because there were too many questions filling my mind, and my eagerness to seek answers could no longer be suppressed.
Soon, a small single-family courtyard appeared in front of me. It was ordinary and didn't look much different from the residences of the surrounding villagers.
However, it is the holy place in the hearts of all the villagers in Dongfang Fort, just because a person, or in other words, a god lives here.
He is the owner of Dongfang Fort and the protector of all villagers - Dongfang wins me!
Of course, Yaoyao and I also grew up in this courtyard, but we also didn’t have many opportunities to see the Lord. For most of the year, he was almost in seclusion.
The overall layout of the small courtyard is consistent with that of Dongfang Fort, facing south. There is a slightly larger house directly in the north with green bricks and tiles and slightly higher steps, which is the residence of the owner of the fort.
A smaller house was built on the east and west sides, which are the houses of me and sister Yaoyao respectively.
The moment I entered the house, a huge and irresistible suction force came from the main house of the castle, sucking me into it without giving me any time to react.
At the same time, an arc-shaped light curtain visible to the naked eye suddenly appeared, instantly covering the entire courtyard and completely isolating it from the outside world.
"Grandpa Lord of the Castle!"
When I stood still again, I suddenly found a familiar figure meditating in front of me. It was not the castle owner! I was very excited at the moment. It had been too long since I had seen him since his last retreat, and I could not help but miss him.
I saw the castle owner with white beard and hair, a tall and tall figure, wearing a gorgeous costume woven from the unique insect silk in the Moon Burial Forest, with all kinds of symbols and seal characters that I didn't recognize on it.
He looks a bit like an outsider.
His strength is very powerful, and I don’t know exactly what level it has reached. But tonight, with just a soft chant, he was able to suppress the noise interference coming from the Burial Moon Forest. It is evident that his cultivation is profound, and he is worthy of the Oriental Fort.
The name of the protector.
But what I envied the castle owner the most since I was a child is not these things, but the fact that he doesn’t need to eat!
I still remember that when I first discovered this secret, I was surprised for several days. After all, the thinking of a child is that it would be pitiful to not eat anything.
Of course, I gradually understood later that it is a form of Bigu that can only be performed after one has reached the Taichu state of cultivation!
Different from those pseudo-inediates that I have come across in the real world, you don’t need to eat anything in real inediates, and you won’t feel hungry at all.
Because after cultivating to that state, just relying on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth absorbed every day is enough to meet all the energy needed by the human body, and even most of it will form a surplus to promote further growth of cultivation.
Sometimes I often think, if I can perform inedia at will in reality, huh, wouldn't it mean that after a few years of ineding, I can buy a house and a car with the food money I save?
It is said that the castle owner's house is very simply decorated. Apart from a futon used for meditation, there is only an oil lamp that stays on all year round.
Just now, while I was greeting the castle owner, without any surprise, I discovered that Sister Yaoyao was also in this room. She was kneeling and sitting next to the castle owner, looking at me with a smile.
At this moment, the oil lamp was lightly burning, the light flickered, and the warm light flickered on her face, making her face look red and beautiful.
At this moment, I was a little crazy. I really didn’t know whether her strange complexion was the result of the oil lamp shining on her face, or whether it was the red color she had during the day that has remained till now...
"Xiaotian, sit down quickly!" Suddenly the castle owner's friendly voice sounded. I couldn't help but feel my cheeks getting a little hot, so I quickly found a place in front of him and sat down on the floor.
"Pfft--" It seemed that Sister Yaoyao noticed my embarrassment and couldn't hold it back for a moment, covering her mouth and laughing, which made me feel even more embarrassed.
I believe that if there were a mirror at the scene, my face would be redder than hers.
Just as I was thinking about quickly asking the question that I had been suppressing for a long time to resolve the embarrassment, I heard the castle master take the lead and say: "Xiaotian, I know you have too many questions in your heart, but I can't answer you even those questions!"
"Let me tell you a story first." Without giving me a chance to continue asking questions, his deep voice echoed in the room, and the castle owner said, "Many years ago, there was a chivalrous man named Dongfang.
Win me..."
"He loves martial arts as much as his life, and has constant adventures throughout his life. Without joining any sect, he has cultivated to the innate realm by himself alone. This is a very remarkable achievement in the world of secular martial arts!"
"He has a bold personality and loves to fight for justice. He travels all over the world to fight against injustice, and finally achieves great fame in the next life!"
"He had a son in his later years. He passed on all his unique skills to his son and devoted all his efforts to training him to become the youngest innate master in that era!"
"One day, he unexpectedly learned that the Hidden World Academy, which is said to be able to cultivate masters beyond the innate realm, was about to accept disciples. He was overjoyed and went to inquire about it, but found that he was old and had lost his qualifications to apply."
"So he sent his son there. Sure enough, his son lived up to expectations and defeated all the other heroes in the academy's entrance competition, winning the first place in the competition in one fell swoop!"
"I didn't expect that this would be the beginning of all the disasters that would follow..."
"His son died mysteriously not long after he entered the academy. At that time, he even naively thought of going to the academy to ask for an explanation."
Having said this, the castle owner raised the corners of his mouth slightly and sneered: "It's really ridiculous..."
His voice suddenly stopped being low, and actually said with a bit of hatred: "They came to kill me before I even set off! Do you know? Just because he, my son, won the entrance competition in that shabby academy
He performed too well and stole the first place from others!"
"It was so tragic. Dozens of members of the family were all killed, leaving no chickens or dogs behind! In the end, I only had time to hold my poor newborn granddaughter and escape."
"You know, there is only one person coming from the other side, a cultivator from the Taichu realm! This is impossible to fight!"
"I really didn't expect that a high-ranking immortal could do such a despicable thing!"
"I swore at that time that if anyone could allow me to take revenge, I would be willing to work for him for the rest of my life, even if I die!" (To be continued)