When facing Patriarch Longyan, the feeling is completely different from when seeing Patriarch Mingsheng. Although Patriarch Mingsheng looks a bit old in appearance, he can give people the aura of a blazing sun in the prime of life.
Ancestor Longyan is not only thin, she also seems to have a trace of depression. It is no wonder that Ancestor Longyan has been in increasingly bad condition in recent years. She has greatly reduced her consumption of spiritual food to save on supplies. The younger members of the family.
As a monk at the Lingtai Realm, his body functions are far more powerful than those at the Qi Refining Realm. However, according to the law of conservation of energy in the universe, energy sources do not arise out of thin air. The more powerful the body, the greater the consumption.
For ancestors of the Lingtai realm, ordinary food has a very low conversion efficiency of energy and blood. Therefore, ancestors of the Lingtai realm usually need to supplement spiritual food for a long time to maintain the strength of their body functions and even to strengthen themselves.
However, as the sixth old lady Wang Xiaohan failed to attack the Lingtai realm, the family's resources became increasingly tight. Ancestor Longyan gradually reduced her consumption of spiritual food. Now she only consumes 80 kilograms of spiritual rice and 100 kilograms of spiritual fish and spiritual meat every year. And 2 pieces of the second-level elixir Gu Yuan Dan.
Among them, the total amount of spiritual food is only 36 dry gold, and the two Guyuan Pills are only 60 dry gold.
The dignified ancestor of the Lingtai realm consumes less than 100 dry gold every year! This is probably just enough for her to maintain a state of meditation...
In fact, she is not the only one doing this.
The elders in the family only receive spiritual food and other resources to maintain their bodies, and their cultivation has stagnated for many years. They have given up their opportunities to younger and more promising descendants.
"Shouzhe, are you sad?" Patriarch Longyan did not look back. There was something ethereal and light in her voice, not at all hoarse like that of an ordinary woman as she gets older.
"I just feel sorry for my ancestor." Wang Shouzhe said truthfully.
In fact, Patriarch Longyan is only one hundred and fifteen years old, a few years older than Patriarch Mingsheng of the Lu family, and is still far from the end of the Lingtai realm.
It is said that Patriarch Longyan was promoted to the Lingtai realm when he was thirty years old, and reached the middle stage of the Lingtai realm when he was sixty years old. His body functions have always been maintained at the peak of youth, beauty, and peak condition.
At that time, she was so high-spirited and her life goal was directed towards a higher level of heaven and human realm!
Unfortunately.
The beast disaster in the 3095th year of the Changlong calendar forced the Ping An Wang family from the clouds to the mud, and at the same time broke the wings of the ancestor Longyan.
"The ebb and flow of the tide, the blooming and fading of flowers, are the most common things in the world." Ancestor Longyan said calmly and slowly turned around, "I have heard Hui'er tell you about your recent experience. Well done.”
Although her figure is slightly thin, she wears an ordinary cotton gauze dress and cloth shoes, but she has an air of immortality. Her pair of starry eyes are like a hundred-foot cold pool, which is completely impossible to see through.
The only thing that Wang Shouzhe regrets is that Longyan ancestor is wearing a veil on his face and his face cannot be seen clearly.
However, the ancestor's veil was not worn today. Wang Shouzhe had been dressed like this since she could remember, and she had never seen the true appearance of the ancestor Longyan.
"Thank you for the compliment, ancestor." Wang Shouzhe said with cupped hands, "As long as ancestor doesn't blame Shouzhe and Meng Lang." After a pause, he said with a little curiosity, "Ancestor came here to find Shouzhe, do you have any instructions?"
He felt a little uneasy, fearing that the Longyan Ancestor would not agree with his implementation of the sequence competition mechanism, because the older generation of clansmen valued unity and friendship among the clansmen. They might wonder if competing for sequence positions would lead to brotherly feuds, sisters falling out, and other disadvantages.
"Shouzhe, you are the leader of the clan." Ancestor Longyan said calmly, "I will never tell you what to do."
"Ancestor, this time..." Wang Shouzhe was a little confused. Ancestor Longyan was not the kind of person who would come to chat with him and make casual compliments.
"I need you to make some arrangements and accompany me to the Hundred Island Guard." Longyan Ancestor said.
Hundred Island City?
Wang Shouzhe was stunned, and after a while he remembered that it was an acropolis near the East China Sea. His slow reaction was normal. He had never been to Dalian Changning Guard since he was a child, so how could he think so far ahead?
And since that catastrophe, Ancestor Longyan has never left the Changning Guard area.
He suppressed his curiosity, cupped his hands and said: "Shouzhe accepts the order, please stay for two days, ancestor, and I will make arrangements right away." No matter what ancestor Longyan's intentions were, Wang Shouzhe could not refuse her request.
After receiving the order from Longyan Ancestor, Wang Shouzhe returned to his yard, took out the map of the state and county, started to look at it, and planned his travel plan.
For ancestor Longyan, the first factor when traveling is to be secretive.
Now is the period when the insect infestation is at its most serious. Liu and Zhao are in dire straits, but even so they cannot relax their vigilance.
Secondly, ancestor Longyan's physical condition must be taken into consideration. She should not be bumpy as much as possible, and she also needs someone to serve her all the way. The person who can serve her personally must also be carefully considered.
In a short time, he had drawn up the route and plan for the trip.
"Wang Gui." Wang Shouzhe called the boy in, "Go and invite my fourth aunt Xu and Wang Lizi to come over."
Wang Gui was stunned: "Fourth aunt Xu? Which Xu family?"
"You kid, of course you are from my fourth uncle's family. There are only dozens of family members, old and young, in the family. Can't you remember it?" Wang Shouzhe frowned and almost kicked him.
"Could it be that the head of the family wants to summon Mrs. Rou?" Wang Gui nodded and ran out hurriedly, "I'll go right now, I'll go right now."
But it's no wonder Wang Gui, firstly, there is more than one Xu family in the family. Secondly, Wang Shouzhe's fourth aunt Xu Zhirou has always kept a low profile. After the death of his fourth uncle Wang Dingbang five years ago, she has become even more reclusive.
However, Wang Shouzhe's memory is more profound about his fourth aunt Xu Zhirou. She was born in the direct lineage of Jinsha's Xu family. When Wang Shouzhe's biological mother passed away when he was a child, Xu Zhirou was the one who took care of him.
Even after the aunt Gongsun Hui married Xu Xian later, Xu Zhirou helped take care of her for a long time. After all, Gongsun Hui was still a delicate little lady back then, and her fourth aunt Xu Zhirou taught her everything.
In his memory, Xu Zhirou had a gentle and delicate personality, but was also very ingenious. She was good at cooking and knew how to make gadgets that made him happy.
He was ignorant and sad at the beginning, but it was his fourth aunt who took care of him through the most difficult days. Unfortunately, the fourth aunt later became pregnant with his fifth sister Wang Luojing, and she went back to raise the baby six months later.
From then on, Wang Shouzhe lived with his aunt Gongsun Hui until he was fourteen years old before moving to live alone in the courtyard of the young patriarch.
Wang Shouzhe chose Fourth Aunt Xu because of her gentleness and meticulousness. When the ancestor traveled, he needed an experienced and mature woman to take care of her. After much thought, Fourth Aunt was very suitable.
Putting aside distracting thoughts for the time being, Wang Shouzhe continued to perfect his travel plan.
After a short while, the fourth aunt Xu Zhirou and Wang Lici were ushered into his side hall by the boy Wang Gui.
The last time Wang Shouzhe met his fourth aunt was during the funeral of his late father. As a female member of the family, she was naturally busy taking care of various things. But at that time, Wang Shouzhe was in a daze and didn't talk to her much.
Now I took a closer look and saw that Xu Zhirou was wearing a plain-colored fine-grained cotton skirt. She didn't have any extra jewelry on her body. She was simple and clean. The only thing that was different from her memory was that she was already slightly middle-aged.
She looks like a woman.
No wonder, she gave birth to three children, and her fourth uncle passed away five years ago. Taking care of those children was hard enough for her.
"Ms. Xu has met the head of the family." Xu Zhirou bowed politely.
Wang Lizi on the side also hurriedly saluted and said: "Li Ci has met my fourth uncle."
"Fourth Aunt is so polite. You should call me Shouzhe as before." Wang Shouzhe hurriedly returned the courtesy to Xu Zhirou, "Come on, come on, please sit down and talk first." Then he smiled and waved to Wang Lizi and said, "Big
Girl, please sit down too."
They thanked each other and took their seats.
Wang Gui hurriedly served tea and fruits and then left.
Wang Shouzhe chatted with Xu Zhirou for a while, and then turned his attention to Wang Lizi. Seeing the girl holding a piece of candied fruit, he smiled and said, "What are you busy with lately?"
Wang Lizi hurriedly swallowed half of the candied fruit, stood up and replied in panic: "Back to my fourth uncle, I haven't been busy with anything. I just read and practice every day."
This girl is the daughter of eldest brother Wang Shouxin. She is sixteen years old this year and the eldest among the eighth generation girls in the family. Therefore, everyone in Shouzhe's generation likes to call her Big Girl.
"Well, it sounds like you are very diligent. Okay, very good." Wang Shouzhe was very pleased. At least there was one girl in the family who needed to know how to study hard. He immediately said with a smile, "Then the fourth uncle will come and test your homework."
, if you pass the test, you will definitely be rewarded.”
"What?"
Wang Lizi's pretty but baby-fat face turned pale with fear, and her calves began to tremble. Her fourth uncle was a demon ten times more terrifying than her father, Wang Shouxin. Just look at the extremely miserable end of her eldest brother Wang Zongwei.
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Her heart was full of remorse, and her eyes were moist. If she had known that her fourth uncle would call her to take a test on her schoolwork today, she should have tried her best to hold the Buddha's feet and study harder these days.