Chapter 169: Gatekeeper
Along the grass all the way to the direction of light smoke, Promise and Ling Ming had to admit that this was simply a paradise, blue sky and white clouds, green grass and wooden houses, even the taste of the air was sweet, such a good ecological environment, many people in modern times could not feel it in their lifetime.
At the end of the meadow, on the steps of the wooden house, sat a man, dressed in a casual linen shirt and trousers, not carefully cut, but by wearing it for many years, polishing his rough face and grinding his figure. He has a muscular build, bare arms and knotted muscles, a so-called blacksmith's feel, a black and white beard and hair, and looks like he is shaved and casual on weekdays.
Until Ling Ming and Promise approached, he didn't look up at the two of them, holding the knife wholeheartedly and carving a wooden sword.
I don't know where the others have gone, the two of them have just arrived, and they don't understand the taboo of getting along with the Ouyezi family, thinking about starting with that wooden sword is the most foolproof.
"Is there a purpose for carving a wooden sword?" Ling Ming rejected several suggestions in the spirit world, and finally settled on this sentence.
The wooden sword of the gatekeeper is amazing, at first glance it looks like the product of the lost wax method in the bronze casting process, but there is no doubt that he carved it out with a knife by himself, and its body is hollowed out, there are many reliefs, the content is not consistent, and several parts in the middle can still move in the sword, quite like the hollow ball of the ivory carving in Guangzhou.
"If you can do it with your thoughts, it's easy to use your thoughts alone. β
This sentence has a deep meaning, which makes the adrenaline of the two of them soar, this gatekeeper is a spirit, then the spiritual exchange they just had without encryption must have been sensed clearly by him... Whatashameβ¦
"Dare to ask Your Excellency's name. β
"Zhu Xie is red-hearted. β
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"It's just a matter of reusing the names of the ancestors. β
"Oh..."Zhu Xie Chixin or Li Guochang, that is a character from the end of the Tang Dynasty, and he can be regarded as the reincarnation of Peng Zu when he lives until now, "But why is Your Excellency a foreign surname?"
"Son-in-law. β
"Oh..."
Promises come and go, but the ultra-shallow chatter was quickly interrupted by Ling Ming.
"The formation outside, but your Excellency arranged it?" The last illusion world they entered, the one holding the jade seal ** was the descendant of the Zhu Xie family, and it was too much of a coincidence to say that there was no connection between the two.
"Of course. Zhu Xie's tone was an understatement, as if the formation that trapped the task force outside was like the small wooden sword he carved every day, not worth mentioning, "And if I hadn't modified it, would you really think you were on the right path?" Not to mention the distinction between the real and the fake, and the antique of the descendants..."
"So, if it weren't for this person who had the heart to let them here, they wouldn't have been trapped in that bronze labyrinth for a hundred years.
"Master, dare to ask those who are with us... You can..."According to Zhu Xie's red heart, it seems that he has special care for them, so shouldn't the task force still wander around the bronze labyrinth and the infinite illusion world, long before entering the jade seal illusion world of the transmission country, the team's supplies have been exhausted, and no one will let them go, I am afraid that there will be more than one luck.
"Hmph. Zhu Xie said lightly for so long, and suddenly there were mood swings, which made the two almost enter a state of combat readiness, "The people from Tianwei want to talk about cooperation, then send them to meet the people who can talk." You two want a personal weapon, so let you go. β
Between the words, Zhu Xie clenched his fist, and the carved wooden sword disappeared out of thin air, entering the private space, he patted his clothes, got up and opened the door, "Come in." β
"Why do you favor us?" promised to be infected by Xiang Shaomu's crazy desire to seek the truth, and what he wanted at this moment was sure to come true, so no matter what, he still wanted to know the real reason.
Zhu Xie stopped at the door, looked at the promise, and looked at Ling Ming again, "You, there is no smell of smoke; β
I don't accept it! What the hell is the comment! I really don't understand!
Just add a spiritual barrier and think about it in your heart, Ling Ming followed Zhu Xie Chixin, promising to follow Ling Ming and walk into that door.
Contrary to what they thought, there was no smell of a fiery furnace or blackened walls when they entered the door, but the smell of sunlight exuded like a quilt sunburned on a sunny day, and the walls were pasted with natural materials such as glutinous rice mortar, showing a grayish cream color, and everything looked carefully decorated.
This head of the family, life is very serious, and he rarely forges swords?
"Come here. Zhu Xie Chixin led them through the corridor to the wooden house on the left and opened the door.
The Ouyezi family is famous for casting swords, the elite is single-minded, his descendants can be masters, and there are few other weapons other than swords, so the swords hanging in the wooden house are all swords, shaped swords, but they can't be called the finished products of swords in the world of the ability, because the veins of energy circulation on their bodies have not been formed, and if you get started, you can only use the surface.
Zhu Xie Chixin waited by the other door in this room for them to finish looking at the swords made of strange iron mines and skillful craftsmanship, although they were restrained, but they could see that they were waiting for the guests to enjoy the foreplay and present the collection they were most proud of.
It was still a sword that filled a whole room, but if you use your spirit to sense, you will find that the veins in it are complex and delicate, like a piece of sword-shaped chips, but this has to be formed by the swordsmith with his own energy, and it is best to complete it at once, otherwise the interruption will not coincide, and a divine weapon will become mortal iron in an instant.
However, it has never been possible to have such a delicate vein of a weapon before it has an owner, and most of the hand-me-downs with exquisite and complex veins have been repeatedly created and opened up by countless generations of masters, because the formation of a complex but perfect system vein is too high and too high. Who can do it on their own? Either a monstrous master, or... It is an experienced spirit.
How many spirits can there be in this world?
"Master, you're the only one here?"
"Of course. β
"You've always been alone?"
"For a long time, yes. β
The muscles of Ling Ming and Chengcheng's whole body reacted, looking serious and serious, not that they were free and casual before, but now they were more nervous.
"Are you the head of the house?"
"It's not. β
I don't really understand!!
Promise growls with a slight, decent, well-thought-out bewildered look that looks silly because of it.
"Who told you that if you live in the most appropriate place, have the most strict protection, and are the best swordsmith in the world, you will be the head of the family?" Zhu Xie Chixin gave the inference that they had taken for granted these days, but ended with a negative rhetorical question.
"But how could a clansman be the patriarch of a swordsmith who was not the best?"
"I am the best swordsmith in the Ouyezi family, but I am not the head of the family, otherwise the group of people from Tianwei should be here now. I only do what I want to do and complete what I have to do, after all, there is not much to care about in this world. Zhu Xie's words revealed the desolation of the ages, as if his life was only tied to the world by a thin silk thread, and it had been tied for a long time, and now he would make this silk thread shake violently like never before, "Boy, you have asked her a lot, now I will ask you, what is your name?"
"Uh... Promise. β
Zhu Xie's eyes lit up inexplicably, and at the same time, she promised to receive a spirit with a high degree of encryption, from Ling Ming, and she told him a terrible situation, "I can't pass through his spiritual barrier." β
Without waiting for the promised response, Zhu Xie Chixin asked him again, this time the speed of his speech was actually faster, "Count your ancestors upwards, and go to the top generation to know it." β
The promise has never been understood, and now he can't sense Zhu Xie's uneasiness, but he has always been more obedient to the words of his elders.
"Inherit the heirs, inherit the beams... Grandpa also has a younger sister named Chenglan, and then Chengziqian, there seem to be five in that generation... Cheng Zi Zhen, Cheng Zi Kan... I don't know anything else. β
Zhu Xie listened silently, nodded, and then slowed down, took a deep breath, and took out a narrow sword box from his private space.
"Promise, this is the best sword in the world for you, and it's finally time for you to take it. Zhu Xie opened the sword box with a red heart, and the sword in it, the sword body was dark and dull, only the blade was bright and catchy, not to mention how gorgeous it was, but the promise was surprised by the sudden feeling of breathing and sharing fate with it.
"The divine soldier who has accompanied your ancestor Chengfeng through a glorious life, you inherit the sword that your family is destined to have - Xikong. β