Ah Tao thought for a moment and replied, "There is only one condition. ”

She looked at the old ghost with a serious expression: "I can't affect my master, the jade son of the Xiang clan." ”

The old ghost was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is the Jade Master very important to the First Ancestor?"

Ah Tao smiled and said, "Childe is above all else. ”

The old ghost's eyes became complicated, and the originally old and cloudy eyes gradually became deeper.

He suddenly knelt on the ground, folded his hands in front of his chest, and said solemnly: "The Jumping Ghost Clan has always made it our natural mission to follow and serve the blood of the Ancestor Lord, and I beg the Ancestor Lord to allow the Elder Immortal to accompany you and perform the duty of guardianship. ”

The old ghost looked at Ah Dao, his expression was full of anticipation, and his excitement became stronger.

"This ......" Ah Tao was very surprised, but embarrassed.

"Although I have inherited the blood of the ancestor you want to follow, my identity is the sacrifice of the child, I will eventually die, and before I die, I will have the son to protect me, whether you protect it or not, for me, there is no difference. ”

"Moreover, even if I allow you, Gongzi and the Xiang clan will not agree to your entry into the mansion, I don't want to embarrass Gongzi, yes, I am afraid I will not allow you this wish. ”

The excitement in the ghost's eyes faded, and a touch of loss melted in his eyes.

He smiled a little self-deprecatingly, and said, "It seems that the old decay, like my father, was also rejected by the blood of the ancestors." ”

Adao: "Your father?"

A nostalgic smile appeared on the corner of the old ghost's mouth: "More than six hundred years ago, my old father once asked to follow Lord Yueli like me, but he was also refused. ”

With a faint apology, Ah Tao just wanted to say something, but he heard the old ghost say again: "In this case, the old man has no other wishes, only that the ancestor is healthy and prosperous, and lives smoothly." ”

Ah Tao smiled wryly.

She is a sacrifice to be sent to the altar, where did she come from "Chang'an", and where did she come from "Shun".

Ah Tao thought about it, spread out the palm of his right hand, and a piece of yellow wood instantly appeared on the palm.

She handed the yellow wood to the old ghost and said with a smile: "If one day in the future, you have a new wish, just use this yellow wood letter to inform me." ”

The old ghost looked at the yellow wood in his palm and was stunned.

Immediately, he was flattered and hurriedly knelt on the ground: "The Ancestor is already old, please take back this piece of yellow wood!"

Ah Tao was puzzled: "Why?"

"It's your duty to be your mount and guide you through these days, and you don't have to pay it back with a wish. ”

"On the other hand, what the old man wants, whether you give it or not, is the grace of the ancestor to the old man, and since the old man has no wishes, the first ancestor does not have to do it anymore. ”

After the old ghost finished speaking, he presented Huang Mu's hands to Ah Dao.

Ah Tao was helpless: "I gave you Huangmu, not for your repayment, nor for grace, but as a thank you." ”

The old ghost was stunned.

"I'm not the Ancestor Himself, and I don't know how your Jumping Ghost Clan got along with them in the past. ”

"But if you want to get along with me, since you call me the Ancestor, can you also act in my way?"

The old ghost hesitated.

Ah Tao stretched out his hand to help the old ghost up: "In this world, no matter how powerful a person or ghost is, they all need help, and when they are blessed by others, just like no matter how difficult things in the world are, there is always a way to solve them." ”

"I know that I am weak, most of them have to rely on external forces to solve the problems of people or things in this world, if I have a request for others, I will use Huangmu as a basis, a promise, is the so-called a gang and a thanks. ”

"This is just my way of doing things. ”

Ah Tao blinked and said jokingly, "I don't have the habit of using my own blood to enslave other ghosts. ”

The old ghost looked at Ah Tao with a shocked face, and on the extremely ordinary face in front of him, the smart and translucent eyes were glowing with a seductive brilliance.

Dazzling and not profane.

It simply overlapped with what his father had told him about the upside-down demeanor of the moon fence, the inheritor of the blood of the previous generation.

"Ancestor, this time the old man will do his best to help you find the missing dancing girl and relieve you of the January pre-death curse on your body!" the old ghost said with a very serious expression.

Ah Tao was a little touched: "So, thank you very much." ”

Then, the old ghost grinned lightly, and said, "I've worked hard for you in the past few days, you can rest for a while, and the rest will be left to us." ”

After speaking, she looked at Qin Shuang, who was cleaning up the straw mat on the side: "Qin Shuang, how about we go and find some dry firewood and game together?"

Qin Shuang answered, and went out with Ah Dao.

The old ghost watched their backs leave, and looked at the yellow wood lying quietly in the palm of his hand, and the yellow wood exuded a faint woody fragrance, which slowly passed into his nose.

A sincere smile appeared at the corner of the old ghost's mouth, and the folds on his face became tighter and tighter.

At this time, Qin Shuang, who was walking towards the woods, secretly looked at Ah Tao beside him from time to time.

Ah Tao said angrily: "You are suddenly not afraid of ghosts, you dare to look at me blatantly." ”

Qin Shuang was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly retracted her gaze, with a shy face: "I didn't mean to...... Just a little curious......"

"Curious about what?"

"It turns out that you ghosts also have class differences...... Qin Shuang said in a hesitant manner, "You must be in the ghost world like Jade Gongzi in the human race, right?"

Ah Tao was stunned.

She had never thought about it.

Ah Tao said in a somewhat mocking tone: "Even if it is the highest status among the ghosts, in front of you humans, all ghosts are just creatures born vulgar and despicable. ”

Qin Shuang was stunned: "Actually, people like me are not much different from you ghosts. ”

"What kind of person are you?"

"I am from a poor family, and in the eyes of the nobles of Yin'an, I am only a little higher than the ghosts. Qin Shuang said, and measured twice with his thumb and index finger.

Ah Tao suddenly realized: "It turns out that you are a child of a poor family." ”

When all the ghost deterrence masters faced Ah Dao, they all saluted peacefully, and Ah Tao thought that he was a subordinate, but he didn't expect that he was from a poor family.

Ah Tao was a little embarrassed, no matter how Hanmen said it, it was still a clan, and he didn't want to be treated much differently from the people in the Xiang family.

"It is very difficult for the children of the Han Sect to come out, except for clinging to other prominent clans, most of them are like me, becoming ghost masters. ”

Ah Tao looked like he was listening.

Qin Shuang continued: "The ghost deterrent master is to practice the ghost deterrent technique with popularity, the stronger the popularity, and the acquired diligent practice, the more powerful the ghost deterrent technique will be, therefore, the clan disciples who are more powerful than ordinary people are the most suitable candidates for cultivating the ghost deterrent technique." ”

"However, although the Ghost Deterrent Courtyard is an official department subordinate to the imperial court, after all, after all, dealing with vulgar and lowly ghosts all the year round, the descendants of the hundred clans on the Hundred Clans Book are naturally unwilling to become ghost deterrent masters, so now Yin'an's ghost deterrent master is either a descendant of a poor family who is more humble than the children of the powerful family clans, or a concubine in the hundred clans. ”

"It is extremely difficult for a child of a poor family to get ahead in officialdom, but if he becomes a ghost deterrent, he can quickly get on the line with the powerful, and then bring honor and substantial benefits to the entire family, which is a faster and easier way to be promoted than becoming an official. ”

"And for the concubine from a hundred clans, becoming a ghost deterrent master is not one of the ways to gain more attention and power for himself in the family. ”