By the time Chu Xiaoyue finished washing and dressing, the old man Chu had already turned around the flower hall several times, and when he saw his baby granddaughter coming out, he didn't say much, he just hugged him in his arms and got up in the sky and went to the back mountain.

In the Caizhen courtyard, Lan Zhi and the others finished saluting the ancestor, and when they looked up, they saw that his back had already traveled far away.

Lan Zhi beckoned several girls to come around, and each of them gave a few commands.

The few people present were all people arranged next to the eldest lady.

"These ...... Did the eldest lady ask for it?" said one of the young girls, whose face was full of surprise.

Before she could continue to speak, Lan Zhi glanced at her lightly, and the girl immediately stopped.

Another girl hesitated for a moment and said, "The eldest lady has ordered, and we will go to prepare, but I don't know, do you want to inform the lady, the eldest lady is still young after all......"

Lan Zhi shook his head, "No matter how young the eldest lady is, she is also our master, and we will do whatever the master commands, and there is no reason to inform others about it." ”

After she finished speaking, the girls around her listened and nodded.

She said, "Since the eldest lady asked us to do it, and did not ask the lady directly, what does this mean and I want to say this? The eldest lady is about to be enlightened, this is the first task she has given us, and if there is a leak from anyone, I will report it to the eldest lady truthfully." ”

And all the people were in awe, and went their own way.

The back mountain of the Chu family has always been a forbidden place in the clan, from the Chu family's mansion to the halfway point of Tongtian Peak, about up, the heavier the fog, the entire back mountain is shrouded in a mist. Even if you look at this side from the Chu family's mansion, you can only vaguely see a few upturned cornices and faint tree tops.

Only the elders of the family can enter and exit here, in the hearts of many Chu family disciples, the back mountain is a forbidden place, but also a holy land, even if it is a talented and well-chosen descendant who has been selected by the family to focus on cultivation, there can only be two opportunities to set foot in his life, one is to cleanse the marrow and enlighten, and the other is to return to chaos.

The Chu family has been inherited to this time, and the head of the family, Chu Lin, is the head of the Chu family, and the father of the head of the family, Old Man Chu, as the youngest ancestor of the lineage, is also the only Yuanying monk in the family, and now he is the speaker of the Council of Elders.

In addition to the old man of Chu, there are eight other elders of the Chu family, all of whom are cultivators of the Jindan Great Perfection, some of them are from the side of the Chu family, and some are monks with foreign surnames who are highly gifted and have been focused on cultivating.

But in them, there are some common characteristics, such as loyalty, such as toughness.

Looking at the five major families, the lineup of elders with such strength can be called arrogant, compared to the weak Xiao family, and the Yan family, which has no successor, the Chu family can be called the leader in the family with such a grand occasion, and an elder can have a golden configuration of one yuan infant and eight gold pills, even if it is placed in the immortal gate, it should not be underestimated.

This is not counting the two descendants of the Chu family, the head of the family, Chu Lin and his sister Chu Hao, are both Jindan monks.

It's just that these eight Jindan elders have either been in retreat in the back mountain for a long time, or they have gone out to travel, and they rarely appear in the main house, and the last time a large number of elders were dispatched to sit in the town was when the current head of the family, Song Qingyuan, the eldest daughter-in-law of the year, gave birth.

Chu Xiaoyue followed the old man Chu through the back mountain array, walked through the Nine Directions Asking Heart Gate, and in front of him was the ninety-nine-eighty-one steps leading to the ancestral temple.

The steps in front of her seemed to have no end, she looked up, five steps away was the gradually thickening fog, the majestic ancestral temple was so far away as if in the clouds, the fog drifted, and the ancestral temple was covered in a blink of an eye.

Old Man Chu walked two or three steps in front of her, guiding her step by step.

She knew that on the ninety-nine and eighty-one steps, in the ancestral temple of the Chu family, the ancestors of the Chu family for ten thousand years were enshrined, as well as the clan heroes, loyal people, guardian beasts, and so on.

There are family rules: The descendants of the Chu family must bow to the ancestral temple to worship!

You can't use magic, and you can't borrow animal power!

Chu Xiaoyue climbed step by step on the stone steps that were almost as high as her calf, the fog around her was shrouded, and the figure of the old man Chu in front of her seemed to be covered with a veil.

Forty-eight, forty-nine......

She gasped for air, and a pounding heartbeat could be heard in her eardrums, but even so, she heard what seemed to be the sound of dust in the distance.

Gradually, she walked slower and slower, and this kind of intensity was a bit difficult for a little girl who had not yet started to cultivate.

After all, he was less than six years old.

Every step up is a test.

When she walked to the fifty-five steps, Chu Xiaoyue was already sweating profusely, and her hands were on her knees.

The girl who hasn't cultivated yet is just an ordinary person right now.

Old Man Chu felt that she stopped, turned around slowly, his expression was slightly serious, but also with a hint of distress, and was just about to speak, only to see the little granddaughter exhale hard with her hands on her hips, borrowing her hands and feet and climbing up with her steps.

Old Man Chu turned around, didn't say anything, and continued to lead the little girl up in silence.

The closer to the ancestral temple, the clearer the sound of the dust in the wind, not like a bell, not like a Sanskrit chant.

It's like a whisper of encouragement.

It's like an earnest admonition.

Inaudible.

But it makes people's hearts extremely stable and warm.

Sixty.

Sixty-one.

Sixty-two.

......

Panting, her throat seemed to be on fire, and her knees were so heavy that she couldn't lift it, Chu Xiaoyue's physical strength was seriously overdrawn, but the strange thing was that with the sound of empty dust, there seemed to be a light in her heart, gradually dispelling the confusion and anxiety that had been going on for many days.

Who am I?

The past dissipated so quickly that she couldn't remember it clearly.

But the answer to this question is clear to her.

I am Chu Xiaoyue!

Why am I here?

Chu Xiaoyue's eyes lit up.

Three thousand worlds, all kinds of things.

There is a world in the book, and the world is in the book.

Which is real? Which is unreal?

The present is real, and the perception is real.

I'm here, and I'm real!

What is fate?

If the world finally dies up......

Destruction is fate, or is it fate......

Chu Xiaoyue closed her eyes and took a step upward.

I don't care what fate is!

Don't cling to illusory settings, and don't be afraid of what hasn't happened!

The predetermined destiny is an obstacle.

I'm here to turn things around!

Don't chase the past, don't think about the superfluous worries!

I'm going to take it one step at a time and get out of my way.

When she opened her eyes, she was already standing at the door of the ancestral temple.

"Hum-" A bell rang in the distance, Chu Xiaoyue's spirit was shocked, and her heart was unprecedentedly firm!

The main hall of the ancestral temple towered, and the height was submerged in the mist, and outside the hall gate, there were four white-clothed elders dressed in the costumes of the elders of the Chu clan standing on the left and right.

The eight Jindan elders were all waiting for her here!

Seeing such a big battle, Old Man Chu turned his head, but saw that the girl's eyes were full of brilliance, but there was no trace of cowardice in her fleshy face.

"Xiaoyue, are you afraid?"

In front of the main hall, the heroic spirits of the Chu Clan were looking at her!

"Don't be afraid, Xiaoyue only feels extremely proud!"

Old Man Chu laughed, said a few good words, took her little hand, and walked forward.

She followed the steps of Old Man Chu and walked step by step into the most majestic hall of the Chu family.

Since you want me to be Chu Xiaoyue.

I will never shirk what I should do!

Whoever owes me will pay it back to me!

......

Ancestor worship.

Baizong.

Trained.

Follow the instructions to leave the natal jade card.

Goodbye......

After worshipping in the ancestral temple, it was close to noon, and the old man Chu arranged Chu Xiaoyue to eat in the side hall, and several other elders went to the venue that had already been prepared to prepare the marrow washing formation for her.

It was an empty stone room, and the whole stone room was pitch black, and it looked like a very common idle room.

As soon as the second elder stepped into the house, his body immediately looked like electricity, and after skipping a few directions, he stepped on the pole position, and the aura around his body surged, and he shouted softly, "Get up!"

Mysterious patterns appeared on the ground in an instant, gradually splicing into a complex and exquisite pattern, slowly exuding a fiery red brilliance.

"It seems that our second elder is in a good mood. A voice sounded, it was the fourth elder, "Yesterday I said that you would come with me, weren't you reluctant?"

The second elder tugged at the corners of his mouth a little stiffly, obviously not making this expression often.

"I look at this child as good, and in all these years, I haven't seen anyone in the family so calm as her. The Ninth Elder also interjected, shook his head and said, "What's even more rare is that there is such a qualification. ”

"No, especially when compared to your boy, it looks even better. The Eighth Elder was obviously in a good mood, and when he laughed at this time, he couldn't help but make a joke, and the Ninth Elder was immediately unhappy.

"I said, can you not praise one and belittle the other, Chuangrui was not young back then. Speaking of this, he was also a little embarrassed, touched his nose and said, "He has been a little good over the years, and when the family is small, you will be impressed." ”

To say that the younger generations of the family, regardless of the distance of the descendants, are all about six years old for spiritual testing, all the qualifications of the double spirit root and above, will first go to the back mountain to worship the ancestors, and then under the guidance of the elders to wash the marrow.

Chu Chuangrui, the son of the Ninth Elder, is a golden earth twin spirit root, and his qualifications are extraordinary, but in terms of heart, he is still a lot worse than Chu Xiaoyue.

However, in the past, even if he climbed the eighty-first heavenly step and grabbed the ground for a while, he rolled around in the square of the main hall for a while, and he was stunned for a while during the sacrificial ceremony, and finally washed out the soil and earth spirit roots!

Chuangrui is still very promising!

The Nine Elders couldn't help but glance at the Eighth Elder, Hmph, I must be envious that I have such a good son, so unlike you, I can't even find a Taoist companion!

"Okay, don't be poor. The third elder snorted lightly, "All ready to prepare, Xiaoyue is a good child, the future of the Chu family depends on these children, how important this washing is to her, I don't need to say more." ”

As he spoke, everyone's figures flashed and appeared above the eight directions.

At this moment, Old Man Chu took Chu Xiaoyue into the house and guided her to sit down cross-legged in the formation.

An even more dazzling red light suddenly appeared.

Old Man Chu sat cross-legged across from her.