The station of the tomb keeper organization is probably somewhere in the mountains of western Shuxi, there is no ready-made road here, Xu Xingkong and Lin Xiaofeng followed He Zhiwei to get off the bus in a small town and start walking, and then went around the east and west for a long time without knowing the direction.

He Zhiwei also said that the reason why he didn't go through the air was because the entire mountainous area here was a giant magic circle modified on the basis of a natural magic circle, and he would never find a destination when he passed through the air, so he could only walk honestly with his feet.

Fortunately, the three of them were not ordinary people, although the mountain road was rugged and precipitous, and even many times there was no road, and they could only climb and cross the cliff like a gecko, but this did not slow down their group, and in the evening, they finally bypassed a mountain peak and saw a quiet valley and a small lake in the valley like a silver mirror.

Without He Zhiwei's introduction, Xu Xingkong had already determined that this place must be the residence of the Tomb Keeper Organization, because the abnormally rich and stable Yuan Ling here was completely the manifestation of the magic array array, coupled with Xu Xingkong's sense of the dragon vein, Xu Xingkong believed that he would never make a mistake.

The arrival of Xu Xingkong and his entourage did not cause any movement, stepping on the bluestone road in the valley, along the winding uphill road there are sparse buildings on both sides, these buildings are traditional Chinese courtyards, the area is large and small, but it is somewhat similar to the architectural pattern of Yushan Yuzhai.

Occasionally, someone passed by, and saw He Zhi smiling and greeting, He Zhiwei also responded with a smile, and briefly introduced Xu Xingkong and his wife, the two also saluted politely, and then went their own way, it seems that these people are not curious about Xu Xingkong's intentions, and they don't know what kind of character Xu Xingkong is.

These people are like ordinary mountain people, of course, they can't be ordinary mountain people, because Xu Xingkong can see their strength, basically they are all strong people in the distraction period, and even a seven or eight-year-old child he met has reached the level of the early stage of awakening, which makes Xu Xingkong a little surprised.

Along the way, Xu Xingkong roughly counted, there were almost twenty-seven courtyards, and there were six adults and one child in the courtyard, and the proportion of children seemed to be very low, but the adults were obviously not young.

He Zhiwei seemed to sense Xu Xingkong's curiosity, so he smiled and introduced:

"The people here are grave keepers who have been passed down from generation to generation, and if the offspring born is not qualified, they will be sent to the mountains to be raised, and they will never have anything to do with this place again. ”

"Oh, then the population here will gradually shrink, right?"

He Zhi looked at Xu Xingkong with a smile, shook his head and said:

"It's not going to be any less, in fact, it's not much different from what it was at the beginning, it's a few more. ”

Xu Xingkong narrowed his eyes:

"It seems that your genetics are quite strong, and there are no serious consequences for being too close. ”

He Zhiwei smiled and said:

"Elder Xu should know, the bloodline is actually controllable to a certain extent, and the ancestors of our people are all cultivators who have a certain understanding of this, coupled with thousands of years of continuous optimization, the descendants of our families will rarely have bad qualifications. ”

Xu Xingkong nodded:

"But I don't seem to see very many children, doesn't that seem to be the same as you say?"

"We are controlling the population increase, and we should know that we live much longer than the average person, so it is impossible to have offspring at a young age like ordinary people. ”

The three of them walked and said, after a while, along the bluestone steps came to a slightly larger courtyard, this courtyard is no different from other courtyards except that it looks larger, but the location is indeed the highest courtyard, standing on the stone steps at the entrance of the courtyard, looking back can overlook the entire valley, through the hidden trees, you can see all the courtyards on both sides of the mountain road, as well as the farmland and drying grounds on the north side of the small lake.

Seeing Xu Xingkong and Lin Xiaofeng turning around to watch, He Zhiwei casually introduced:

"It's spring all year round, we farm and breed ourselves, and we don't depend on the outside world for food. ”

Xu Xingkong said with a smile:

"The feng shui here is so good, the food grown must be much better than the ones outside, so a fool would buy food from outside." ”

He Zhi smiled slightly.

"Let's go, the archdeacon should be waiting. ”

Xu Xingkong nodded, turned around and looked at the ordinary courtyard, and smiled:

"Even if someone found this place, they would never have imagined that this place was actually the home of the Tomb Keeper Organization. ”

He Zhi smiled but did not speak, stretched out his hand and pushed open the hidden wooden door, and the wooden door made a loud sound, revealing the cobblestone path in the yard, as well as a bluestone wall, on which a big dragon character was written.

Xu Xingkong looked at it for a while, except that he was stronger, he didn't think there was anything special about this word, He Zhiwei didn't say anything, and when Xu Xingkong raised his head, he turned sideways and took the two of them around the wall and entered the courtyard.

The yard is also very ordinary, ordinary stone floor, ordinary rain gutter, ordinary courtyard layout, and ordinary houses, as well as strings of bright red peppers hanging under the eaves, and hoes and flat poles on the walls, which are no different from ordinary farm yards.

Xu Xingkong shook his head with some disappointment, of course Lin Xiaofeng knew what Xu Xingkong meant by shaking his head, and glanced at Xu Xingkong a little angrily, Xu Xingkong chuckled:

"I'm willing to bet it's all on the surface. ”

He Zhiwei shook his head with a slight smile when he heard this, led the two of them to step up two steps, came to the door of the main hall, and shouted at the empty room:

"Archdeacon, the guest has arrived. ”

He Zhiwei's approach is like a neighbor who comes to visit the door, and there is no etiquette and rules that a famous family should have, Xu Xingkong and Lin Xiaofeng glanced at each other, and a trace of curiosity flashed in their eyes.

"Oops, the guest has arrived, what a slack. ”

A voice came from the side, and an old man with gray hair came out of the room on the east side with a plate in one hand, and it seemed that it was the kitchen.

When the old man said this, he had already hurried over, he glanced at Xu Xingkong and Lin Xiaofeng, and nodded with a smile:

"It's rude, it's rude, please come in, you're here just in time, try my craft." ”

The old man said that he should enter the room, and then put the plate in his hand on the table of the Eight Immortals in the center, at this moment there were six plates and a large soup bowl on the table of the Eight Immortals, and it seemed that dinner had been prepared.

"The conditions in the mountain are simple, two guests forgive me, please sit, sit down, you're welcome. ”

Although the old man sat down to greet them first with a smile, Xu Xingkong and Lin Xiaofeng still saluted very well:

"Yushan Yuzhai disciple Xu Xingkong and his wife Lin Xiaofeng visited the archdeacon, and the younger generation was polite. ”

"You also call me Archdeacon, we are far away from the world, and we don't care which sect you belong to, and no matter what seniority you are, you don't pay so much attention to it, sit, sit. ”

Xu Xingkong and Lin Xiaofeng glanced at each other, sat down calmly, the old man picked up the bowl and picked up the chopsticks, pointed to the rather sumptuous dishes, and said:

"Casual, casual, it's all from the mountains, but it tastes good, it's better than the poisonous vegetables outside, hehe..."

The old man's joke made the atmosphere relaxed, and Xu Xingkong also picked up his chopsticks and said:

"You're welcome, we've been mutilated by poisonous vegetables for a long time, and today we just went ashore to take a breath!"

"Hahahaha, you're welcome, eat, Xiaohe, I won't greet you, you can do it yourself. ”

The old man didn't have the rule of eating and not saying anything, while chewing the food, he chatted with Xu Lin and the others casually, but what he said was that the parents were short, and by the way, he also briefly introduced the situation in the valley, I heard that Xu Xingkong was also a native of Shuzhong, and he was happy to let Xu Xingkong evaluate whether his food taste was authentic enough.

After eating, the sky has completely darkened, the temperature in the mountains is relatively low, the night is also very dark, the house is as light as a bean, but the outside of the house is as dark as an abyss, I don't know how there is a burst of wolf howls, occasionally something flies through the yard, Prala's slight incitement with a hint of weirdness.

He Zhiwei cleaned up the mess under the instructions of the old man, and the old man took Xu Xingkong and his wife, who had drunk tea, around the main house, and walked to the backyard from the small door on the side.

After passing the courtyard gate, it should have been an open-air courtyard, but Xu Xingkong and Lin Xiaofeng saw indeed a brightly lit Yongdao, which was a downward staircase, the old man smiled and walked down with the two of them.

After a few rounds, after a few forks, the old man pushed open a copper door, revealing rows of bookshelves behind the door, the number of bookshelves is extremely large, standing at the gate, at a glance, there is an illusion that you can't see the top. On the shelves are wooden boxes with labels indicating the contents of the boxes.

Xu Xingkong can see at a glance that these huge wooden boxes are not simple, each of them is a good spiritual weapon, this kind of box Yushan Yuzhai also has it, specially used to preserve items made of paper or other materials, which can prevent mildew and insects, fire will not be damaged and water will not be invaded, and the things inside will not deteriorate if they are stored for tens of millions of years.

The old man looked back at Xu Xingkong and his wife, raised his hand and pointed to the stacked bookshelves, and said proudly:

"Here, that's all the wealth left by our Chinese ancestors. ”

Xu Xingkong glanced at the archdeacon in surprise, exchanged a look with Lin Xiaofeng, and then said hesitantly:

"Archdeacon, you are... Let's watch these most precious treasures?"

The archdeacon nodded:

"The books and codexes here, as well as the essays and research records, are the things that we have guarded for generations, and even I cannot read them freely, everyone else can only read the outermost part of the contents, and today, this place will be completely open to you. ”

The archdeacon said with a smile, but Xu Xingkong's face became serious.

"Pardon, Archdeacon, for I don't understand what you mean by that, and why do you let us read it casually if we can't just look at it?"