Chapter 400: The Forest of Runes

"Ancestral grave?" I couldn't help but exclaim, and followed Uncle Gui slowly inside, the whole space was dim, only where Uncle Gui walked because of the light in his hand, it could reflect a piece of light.

The more we go inside, the more surprised we are, this space can no longer be described as a room, its width has far exceeded the concept of a room, and when we go inside, we are all at our feet with exactly the same tomb, the same size of the tomb, with exactly the same jade stele inserted on it, the same, each of which is a wordless stele. It's pitch black inside, and you can't see your fingers, but you know there's a lot of space inside.

"Uncle Gui, since you said that this is the tomb of our Kui family, why don't these tombstones have names on them, so that you can't even tell who is who." I say.

"This is a natural cave in the mountains, and the marble structure is actually very fragile and not suitable for building a tomb at all." Uncle Gui said without a preface.

"Since it is not suitable for building tombs, why did it become the ancestral tomb of our Kui clan?" Grandma asked.

"To be precise, this is not the Kui family, nor the ancestral tomb of the Jiang family, but the ancestral tomb of the Ji family." Uncle Gui said.

"Him?!"

"That's right, the Ji family, that is, your ancestors, in terms of generation, the current Kui family and the Jiang family can only be regarded as the collateral of the Ji family, and you are the only one who is the descendant of the Ji family. I also hope that from your generation, the Hime clan can be truly revived. Uncle Gui said.

"I will naturally carry the family mission, but I don't know what kind of mission it is." I say.

"Mission. Big or small, long or short, can be said or not, I only know that my mission is to find you, this is also the mission of the Kui family and the Jiang family for many generations, as for your mission, I don't know, the only thing I can do is to take you to where you should be. You were born with the talent of the Heavenly Pupil, which is the symbol of the Hi clan since ancient times, the Heavenly Pupil. It can be through life and death. It can pass through the past and the present, and it can pass through the world and the world, and the Ji family, who was once a member of the god family, will not be an idle person. Uncle Gui said.

"But Uncle Gui, I don't have that ability." I'm ashamed to say.

"Just because you don't have it now doesn't mean you won't have it in the future." Uncle Gui said. In the process of dialogue, we keep moving forward. Grandma walked slowly. So we didn't go very far.

"Uncle, how many tombs are there? And why was it built here? I asked.

"I haven't counted, I haven't even walked from beginning to end. I don't know if the Jiang family or the Kui family put these tombs here. Anyway, it existed a long, long time ago. Although it is a natural site and is not suitable for excavation, in fact these tombs were not dug up, but were made by laying sand on top of the flat ground and piling grave bags. Uncle Gui said.

I was shocked when I heard this, squatted down, and tested it with my hands, and the soft sand under our feet was delicate, and I turned it down a few times, and only dug half a foot down, and I actually touched the marble below, and there was really nothing under the tombstone.

"Why aren't people buried in the ancestral grave?" I asked.

"The Hi clan was originally an immortal clan, and the cycle of life and death is naturally different from ordinary people. My own speculation, I am afraid that before the pre-Qin period, the Hi clan did not have an ancestral tomb at all, and it was only when Qin Shi Huang slaughtered the clan that almost the entire clan was wiped out. These fake tombs here are also set up to commemorate the ancestors at that time, which is really tragic, and I am afraid that the people who survived later will not be able to go back to collect the corpses, so they can only pay tribute in this way. However, these tombs are not completely unmarked, don't you two feel anything unusual when you come here? Uncle Gui asked.

As soon as he said this, I really felt that there was something different, in the dark ancestral tomb before, now there were suddenly many bright white spots, like stars in the dark night, beautiful. And one of these spots turned out to be on my body, and I quickly lowered my head and saw that the life talisman that I never left was emitting a faint blue light at this time. I looked at my grandmother, and she also took out her own life talisman from her body, and I now realized that I had never seen my grandmother's life talisman. It was a wild goose, faintly glowing with red light, but that kind of light was very soft, and I saw that the water of grandma's life talisman had bottomed out, and there was not much left.

"Looking back, the smoke and willows are getting heavier, the light clouds are lonely and the geese are far away, and the cold day is red in the twilight. This goose of yours seems to be flying far away now. Uncle Gui said.

"Yes, this life talisman corresponds to this word, and it is really a portrayal of my life, Lonely Goose, isn't my life always so lonely." Grandma said that I couldn't interject, so I could only stand quietly aside.

"Although you are lonely, you are also a blessed person, you have raised a good granddaughter, Qingluan, that is a divine beast." Uncle Gui said.

"Yin and Yin are blessed with profound blessings and talents, which really makes me feel a lot gratified." Grandma said.

As I listened to them, I looked around, and it turned out that there was a life talisman hanging on each jade tombstone, but all of them were empty, emitting a white light.

"These are all talismans?" I picked one up and looked at it, but there was not even a name on the tombstone of some graves, "Why are some tombstones still empty, nothing?" I asked.

"These talismans, when they are made, the process is complicated, the production is excellent, and the best ancient jade must be used, so the preservation time will be very long, after the extermination, most of the clansmen died in battle, and these talismans were regarded as treasures and looted. After generations, many life talismans have slowly appeared, and these are slowly collected by later generations, but there are also those that have not been found until now. Later, because of the sudden change in the family, the descendants of the Kui family stayed away from the house and went to another country, so the search for the talisman was delayed. Uncle Gui said.

"The Ji clan, the souls of generations, don't know where to wander at this time, helpless." I said sadly.

"The dead are gone, and now all we have to do is fulfill their last wishes." Grandma said.

"Yes, I see." I say. Uncle Gui still led us forward, this seems to be a never-ending road, endless, Uncle Gui no longer speaks, just the lamp forward, I walked while counting the tombs around me, just the ones with life charms on them, it is already dense and countless, not to mention those that do not.

"Uncle, these talismans all seem to have different shapes." I say.

"This nature, the talisman, is the prosperity of a person's life, although the talisman is precious, but if it is just a broken talisman, it will not put a person to death, not to mention that the talisman has been cast several times, and it is not easy to break it." Uncle Gui said.

"It turns out that the talisman is explained like this, and I have been listening to my grandmother's words and carefully protecting it." I say.

"Although the talisman is not fragile, it cannot be used casually, and I advise the young master not to try it. In the process of making the talisman, the appearance will change according to the different personality talents of different people, similar to a kind of spirit, there are no two identical people, and naturally there are no two identical talismans. Uncle Gui explained.

"I see, by the way, Uncle Gui, we've come so far, where are you going to take us?" I asked.

"Go where you should be and meet someone you should meet." Uncle Gui said.

"Oh." Uncle Gui is always half-talking, and he is mysterious, it's really hard to communicate. I looked at my grandmother beside me, she was obviously tired, but she didn't speak, she still walked forward slowly, looking from behind, grandma's waist was bent more and more, and the grandma who I used to look up at all the time, I don't know when she has become an old man who needs to look up at me. Every step she took seemed to mobilize all the strength of her body, and I didn't feel distressed to look at it. I walked up to my grandmother, squatted down, and put her on my shoulder.

"What are you doing, do you think your grandma is old?" Grandma said unconvinced.

"That's right, I just think you're old, you're not the proud and majestic family member who is high up no matter what happens, you're just an old man now, my grandma, you're really old." I said, and Grandma was silent for a moment.

"Actually, it's good to be old, when I was young, I was as beautiful as you, the same conceit, I was afraid that I would get old, at that time I didn't know the intricacies of the Kui family and the Jiang family, I just thought about my own thoughts. I'm afraid of getting old and ugly, but now I'm not afraid, and I've never been happier than I'm now, glad I'm getting old, because my weakness means you're getting stronger. Grandma said.

"Grandma, I'm sorry......" I said in a choked voice.

"Silly boy, what to say sorry to me, it's me who should say I'm sorry, I've never hugged you since I was a child, nor have I carried you like now, I have never given you the love of those ordinary people's ancestors and grandchildren. Because of my decision, your mother had to avoid you, Yin Yin, you have been a lonely child since you were a child, and these are all caused by me, it is Grandma who is sorry for you. Grandma's voice trembled as she spoke.

"Grandma, although you didn't hold me or carry me on your back, everything you did was to give me a foot, and you put your shoulders at my feet all the time." I say.

"You are a good sensible boy, it's good if you can understand me, don't blame me." Grandma said.

Uncle Gui, who had been walking in front, suddenly stopped and turned around, "The head of the Kui family, you have to wait here with me, we are here, and the previous section can only be left by the young master alone." "Grandma got off my back, nodded, and signaled that I was fine, and Uncle Gui made a gesture of please." Young master, please. (To be continued.) )