1. The Continent of Mystery
Lu Shiqing vaguely remembered that he fell asleep holding a tea book in the tea room, smelling the smell of sandalwood.
But who could tell him, when he woke up, why the book in his arms was gone, he lay on a small European idyllic bed, as far as the eye could see, there was a wide floor-to-ceiling window, and there was a narrow terrace outside the window, through which he could see the flowers in the courtyard outside.
When Lu Shiqing was at a loss, with the sound of the door opening, a girl with turmeric cat ears, blonde hair and blue eyes came in, wearing a red dress with black fur edges, and the same ginger cat tail showed from the edge of the skirt.
The girl walked to the bed and glanced at Lu Shiqing condescendingly: "It turns out that you are awake." ”
Lu Shiqing couldn't make a sound, he stared at the cat's ears trembling above the girl's head, and a group of grass and mud horses galloped past in his heart. Isn't this a cat's ear prop? Why does it shake?
The girl seemed to have expected Lu Shiqing's stupidity, and while walking to the floor-to-ceiling window and opening the half-hidden curtains, she introduced herself: "Hello, my name is Adella, and I am a female cat who is responsible for taking care of humanoid cubs. ”
Lu Shiqing complained in her heart in confusion, it was really a trouble-free name, the waves were turbulent, with cat ears on her head and a cat tail, everyone could see that it was a female cat...... But wait, why does the cat look like a human!
"I must not have woken up......," Lu Shiqing closed his eyes and planned to continue sleeping.
"Huh. Adella chuckled, "You're the funniest humanoid cub I've ever seen." ”
Why can I still hear the voice of that humanoid she-cat!
Lu Shiqing sat up from the head of the bed abruptly, only to see Adella smile and put a pillow behind Lu Shiqing, and tucked the quilt for him, with a spoiling taste: "Be careful when you sit up, you can't be naughty like those kittens, the bones of humanoid cubs are relatively brittle, and it is easy to hurt yourself if you don't use the right force." ”
"What is a humanoid cub?" Hearing this word from Adella's mouth for the third time, Lu Shiqing couldn't help but ask.
Adella smiled, although it was a human face, but Lu Shiqing saw a cat's demeanor: "Humanoid cubs are like you, born with neither cat ears nor cat tails." ”
"Yes, I don't have cat ears or cat tails! Who would grow that kind of thing in a normal person! And I'm twenty-three years old, so I'm not a cub! Where do I look like a cub!" Lu Shiqing shouted out his slot directly in the spirit of being unscrupulous in his dream.
Adella touched Lu Shiqing's soft black hair, and her young face was extremely loving: "Haha, every cub always likes to shout that they have grown up." Of course, twenty-three years old is still a cub, and you won't reach adulthood until you are thirty!"
Lu Shiqing's face was full of disbelief, and he was about to argue, but who knew that he accidentally bit his tongue, and his tears almost came out of the pain, who would tell him why it hurt when he dreamed!
"You're not dreaming, of course it hurts. Adella said, "Although the humanoid cub is lively and healthy, you should not be too lively and hurt yourself." ”
Only then did Lu Shiqing realize that he had shouted out the thoughts in his heart.
It's not a dream! That's even more terrifying!
After taking a few deep breaths, Lu Shiqing finally determined that he was not dreaming, but what was going on with the qiē in front of him? Could it be a joke made by the third sister or the fourth brother? He began to recall where there was such a European-style manor near his hometown, but he didn't think it was like a prank of his family.
The point is, he's never seen a cat ear prop that moves!
In an instant, a terrible thought ran into Lu Shiqing's mind: He wouldn't be unlucky enough to cross over like that wife and uncle, right?
The Lu family is a world-famous tea family, experienced a turbulent era of mass extinction, and after the establishment of the New World United States, they became a first-class nobleman for generations. Unlike the nobles of the empire before the extinction, the nobles of the United States were families who had contributed significantly to the establishment of the New World.
It is by virtue of the contribution of tea to human life that the Lu family has become a first-class nobleman for generations.
As for the wife and uncle, he was a legendary figure of the Lu family before the era of mass extinction, it is said that he was of mixed Chinese and Western descent, and had been living in foreign countries, and later returned to the Lu family's old house because of his admiration for tea culture. Even though he was not treated by most of the elders because he was a mixed-race child, he was very studious, and he was favored by the ancestors of the Lu family at that time, so he always took him by his side to teach, and finally participated in the tea fight and won the title of tea king.
That's not the point. It is said that this young tea king is the only male grandson of the Lu family's generation. The old ancestor gave him the dowry given to her by his cousin as a family heirloom, and ordered him to be the next head of the Lu family. Of course, the other children and grandchildren of the ancestor disagreed, and each tried to steal the heirloom, but who knew that the tea king evaporated from the world with the heirloom.
At this time, the era of mass extinction came, and the Lu family lost the best heir of the younger generation, and the other descendants were either intrigued or had mediocre qualifications, and soon fell into rapid decline. After all, the ancestor was old, and after passing the position of head of the family to the uncle of the relatively mediocre tea king, he passed away soon after. The Lu family recruited several outstanding daughters, which barely continued the operation of the family.
Unexpectedly, decades later, the family heirloom that disappeared with the Tea King mysteriously returned to the Lu family ancestral hall. Along with this set of heirloom tea sets, there is also a letter from the tea king, in which it is written that the cousin of the ancestor turned out to be a master of Taoism, and this set of tea sets is a treasure with a lot of inside. Back then, everyone snatched the heirloom director zhì accidentally caught fire, it was this set of tea sets that brought the tea king to another magical world, and now he has been successful in that world, and he tried his best to send the tea set back to the family, hoping that the family can rely on this set of magical treasures to better survive in the troubled times.
The head of the Lu family at that time, according to this letter, understood the mystery of the tea set, so that the Lu family's tea not only has a health care effect, but has really become an elixir to enhance physical fitness and prolong life, and the Lu family has risen from this, and this outrageous story has been inherited by word of mouth.
When Lu Shiqing was born, he was four generations away from his wife and uncle, and he didn't know much about the truth of the story and the role of the tea set. He has four brothers and sisters, the eldest sister Lu Shihong is a good hand at planting tea trees, the second brother Lu Shibai is a master of tea making, the third sister Lu Shilu is a master of tea art, and the fourth brother Lu Shihuang is only a tea garden, but he also has a lot of treasures for all kinds of tea.
Only except for Lu Shiqing, he is the youngest son, he has been doted on since he was a child, he feels that his brothers and sisters have their own specializations, he has no use for it, and his family is also busy, so his education is relaxed. When he came back to his senses, he had grown up, and no matter how well he disciplined him, it had little effect.
Lu Shiqing majored in Chinese at university, and after he graduated, he didn't want to work as a clerk, let alone stay in school or study. Fortunately, the Lu family is rich, and Lu Shiqing doesn't want to go out to work, so it's okay to work in the family, right? In short, the process is not mentioned, the fertilization accidentally burned the family's century-old tea trees, and the tea making has no strength to stay up all night, the tea art will only break the tea set, and the tea garden does not even know what kind of tea is produced by the family.
The Lu family unanimously felt that they couldn't continue to spoil him, so they locked him in the tea room of the ancestral hall and told him to study the tea book well, and don't think about it if he didn't learn something.
The extension of human life expectancy has led to the continuous postponement of reproductive age. Lu Shiqing was born more than 500 years after the mass extinction era, and the vast majority of human beings were already materialists. In addition to the descendants of the Lu family, the other side branches don't believe in the legend of the tea king, and Lu Shiqing just listens to it as a story.
Mrs. Lu and Lu Shiqing's two sisters always like to tell Lu Shiqing that the ancestors in the ancestral hall are spiritual, but in fact, they are also fooling him, but Lu Shiqing believes it. It's just that Lu Shiqing has never seen the manifestation of his ancestors, and over time, he doesn't take it seriously, and now the bizarre situation makes him break out in a cold sweat.
The villain in Lu Shiqing's heart cried silently: Ancestors, I have already learned that I am wrong, quickly get me back from this ghost place.
Adella didn't know what the cub in front of her was doing, and in less than a quarter of an hour the cub's eyes became watery and a look of frustration.
Oh, God Kate blessed, the heart of the humanoid cub is indeed very fragile.
Adella was a little embarrassed and reassured: "Okay, I apologize for what I just said, do you want to go to the yard to play with the kittens?
Lu Shiqing had just been called back from his thoughts, and he only vaguely heard the second half of Adella's words: "Listen, listen to the story?"
"Okay, the cub's wishes should be fulfilled. Adella said kindly, "What would you like to hear?"
With the vague idea of crossing over in his heart, Lu Shiqing couldn't help but fantasize that it would be good if he arrived in the world of his wife and uncle, and he could continue to be the second ancestor with peace of mind if there was someone on his head. But it's been hundreds of years, is my wife and uncle still alive?
"Uh, Adella. Lu Shiqing asked casually, "What is the average life expectancy in this world?"
Facing the curious cubs, Adella naturally knew everything: "The age of tomcats ranges from about 800 to 1,500 years old, and the average tomcat can live to be about 1,000 years old." ”
"I'm asking about the longevity of a person!" Panda? What the hell......
"The life expectancy of people fluctuates even more, some die at the age of four or five hundred, and some can live to about 1,800 years old, which is longer than the tomcat. Adella said, "As for the female cats, most of their lifespan is about 1,200 years, and it will not exceed 1,04 at most." ”
Hearing Adella say about the female cat, Lu Shiqing reacted, what she said just now was not rolling, but a tomcat, embarrassed...... However, the human lifespan is more than 1,800 years, and my wife and uncle should have a relatively long life if they have achieved cultivation, right?
Lu Shiqing tilted his head and asked, "Then have you heard of Lu Chuanyu?"
Adella shook her head: "Is that your dad?"
Lu Shiqing's face was full of black lines: "No, it's my wife's uncle......"
"What is Mrs. Uncle?" Adella wondered, the idea of a humanoid cub in front of her was really fanciful, but as an excellent nursery, she had to seriously understand the cub's thoughts.
"......" Lu Shiqing felt the congestion of his heart that he couldn't communicate.