Chapter 35: Back to the Rivers and Lakes
My grandfather asked me to kill him? The long knife in my hand almost fell to the ground!
My grandfather said sharply: "Hold the knife for me!" I told you a long time ago that I was already dead, and that you were nothing more than chopping a dead man. Remember to me that you can risk your life to save your living companions, but don't pay attention to the dead, even if it's your loved ones. Do you understand? β
"But ......," I wanted to say, "I can't do it." That's my grandfather, even if he is no longer alive, I can't slaughter his remains!
My father said angrily: "You listen to me, if you don't do it, you are not my Wu Qiankun's grandson, and don't say that you are a member of the Wu family in the future." This is the last thing I told you, and you must remember it. Even if it'......"
My father said in a deep voice: "Even if you meet me again in the future, you have to kill me if necessary!" β
I suddenly looked up and said, "Master, what do you mean?" β
My grandfather sighed and said: "So far, no one has been able to change their life successfully, but I don't give up, I have to try again." But only if I have to ask you to give me a knife. If you want me to be wiped out and never be reborn, go now! Otherwise, you'll go under the knife. β
I gritted my teeth and nodded, "I listen to you!" β
My grandfather's voice softened at this time: "Every word I say now, you have to remember it clearly, and even take it as a precept, you know?" β
"First, if you are not at the moment of life and death, there is no blood feud, it is not a great favor that is difficult to repay, and you must not use usurpation. The stakes are high, and if you leak it, you will either be imprisoned for life and usurp your life; Either you will pay an unbearable price and regret it for life. Remember, remember. β
"Second, the half-life ghost vein, the ghost eyes are mysterious; Divine vein, unparalleled divine hand. If there is a chance in the future, no matter what, I will get the anti-heaven hand of the divine vein. Remember, whatever method you use, you have to get it. I said that the pair of hands you are missing is in the divine vein. β
"Third, when you encounter a half-life branch, don't be gullible. Remember, remember. β
"Fourth, don't believe too much in the mysteries of the devil's eyes. The most difficult thing in the world to calculate is the number of fates. Lives don't have to be set in stone. It is as difficult as a warlock to usurp his life, and it is easy to change his life from heaven, and if you rely too much on the Devil's Eye, you may never recover. β
"Fifth, the key to the inheritance of the half-life path is a coffin. In the future, if there is an opportunity, we must fight with all our might, and whoever dares to stop it can be killed. Remember, remember. β
"Sixth, your appointed wife has three red moles in the palm of her hand. You are destined to meet at some point, and she will marry you as a matter of course. You can't marry anyone other than her, even if that person makes you love you unforgettable! Can you do it? β
My grandfather said six things in a row, but this one was forcing me to answer. At that time, my mind was all messed up and I couldn't figure out what to do, so I just nodded and said, "I can do it!" β
My grandfather said in a deep voice: "I want you to swear!" Swear by blood! β
I ...... "I didn't expect my grandfather to be so solemn, and I didn't know what to say for a while."
My grandfather said in a deep voice: "I say a word, you say a word." I, Wu Zhao, are here, and I swear to heaven. If I don't respect my grandfather's admonition and marry someone else, my grandfather Wu Qiankun's soul will go to the eighteenth layer of hell, and he will be tortured forever, and he will not be reincarnated for eternity. This oath can be learned from heaven and earth, and gods and ghosts are imprisoned. β
After my grandfather finished speaking, I couldn't help but shudder. Why did my grandfather do this?
In this world, there are many people who don't take their oaths seriously, because very few people will see the fulfillment of their vows. However, Warlocks are different. Warlocks are born to deal with ghosts and gods, and once the oath is made, it will come true, even if heaven and earth do not punish it, ghosts and gods will never spare it. What's more, it's still a blood oath based on the blood of a warlock?
Before the thought in my head could be turned, my father said sharply, "Are you unwilling to swear?" Say-"
"I do!" I could hear that there was sadness in my grandfather's voice. Whether it's for family affection, or to make my grandfather feel more at ease, or to reduce some of the guilt in my heart......
I could only draw a knife and cut the three fingers of my right hand, raise my hand to the sky, and solemnly said, "I'm Wu Zhao......"
With every word I spoke, three beads of blood slid down my palm and fell to the ground drop by drop. I didn't look down at the blood on the ground, but I knew that my blood was seeping into the ground in a traceless wayβit was the spirit guiding the blood oath.
When I finished my last sentence, a muffled sound suddenly exploded in my ears: "Vow!" β
Ghosts and gods are in prison! Sure enough, it was a ghost and god prison. I'm afraid this blood oath is going to be with me for the rest of my life.
My grandfather sighed and said, "Good boy, it's hard for you." One day, you will surely understand Grandpa's good intentions. The last thing Grandpa wants to tell you is, live, live well, and spread the branches for my Wu family. If...... I mean, if ...... If it is possible, we must end the tragedy of the Wu family with our own hands. β
"Generations of the Wu family have been paying the price for the mistakes made by their ancestors. My father, my father, my ...... Although he thought he had mastered the art of usurpation, he failed to change the fate of the Wu family. β
"Remember, you have to find the coffin."
"Remember, you must have a child, and then go to cut off the fate of the Wu family."
"Hands-onβ"
The last two words that my father uttered were almost roaring. I subconsciously stepped forward and slashed at him in the neck with my knife. The cold blade came close to the back of his neck with the sound of the wind, but I stopped alive. Although the blade of the rakshasa cut the collar of my father's clothes, it did not hurt him for half a point.
As soon as I let go of my hands and threw away the rakshasa, the person also knelt down: "Master, I really can't do it!" I ......"
"Hey......" my father sighed in a low voice, "it's still a bad move." β
My grandfather said, "Do you know what is the most taboo thing about usurping? It's all kinds of things you can think of, but you can't change them. I can imagine that you will not be able to bear to make a move in the end, but what if I push you again and again? You can't bear to do it, and you will do it at any time. Forget it! Let's go! β
My grandfather reached out and took out three ghost coins: "It's yours." When you go out, seal the secret passage and let no one in. β
When I went to receive the ghost money with both hands, I saw my grandfather's appearance clearly in the faint light of the candle flame. Only sallow yellow skin remained on my father's face, and his eyes had turned a gray color, as if he had become blind.
"Master......" I couldn't help but tremble my hands and wanted to touch my father's face, but my father said: "Silly boy, I told you a long time ago, I am a dead man, why don't you believe it?" β
My father was talking, but his lips didn't move. It was not his people who spoke, but his ghosts.
"Master, what's wrong with your eyes?" I can see that my grandfather must have been dead for a long time, maybe he is no longer alive as soon as I left school. But what about his eyes?
"I made it myself." My grandfather said, "I have to close the seven orifices. When a person dies and goes into a coffin, it is nothing more than to find a place for the ghost to rest. The corpse is perishable, and only then did it come to mind to make a coffin; If the body is not broken, it is the best coffin. I sealed the seven orifices, and took the antiseptic potion, even if I got myself a flesh coffin! You don't have to think about burying the coffin, so be it! Let's go! β
My grandfather's words are obviously inconsistent. One moment, he said that he wanted me to behead him, and the next moment, he said that he had made himself into a coffin.
This is certainly not true!
I said in a deep voice: "Master, are you really usurping your life? Am I doing something wrong? β
My grandfather whispered, "I'm usurping my life. However, I didn't use the family usurpation, but something I had figured out on my own. In order to cut off the fate of the Wu family, the ancestors of the Wu family made countless attempts, as long as they can think of it, someone must try it, even if it is whimsical or even absurd. I'm just guessing! β
"The usurper codex of the ancestors of the Wu family was written before he died, placed under the corpse, and then taken by later generations and bound into a book. The Usurper Codex is on the beams of the house, and you can take it out and look at it. But I don't think that's useful. β
My grandfather finally said, "You go out!" Do as I say, and in ten years' time, you'll open the Chamber of Secrets again. If I'm lucky enough, we'll see each other one day. If...... Hehe...... I was wrong, that is, dust to dust, and you don't have to be sad. β
This is the third time that my father has pushed me away, so I had to kowtow to him three times, pick up the rakshasa and leave the secret room.
That time when I returned to my hometown, I said that I was not uncomfortable, but that was false. But I didn't mean to be grief-stricken, because my father said that maybe we would see each other again in ten years. Although I know that hope is extremely slim, but there is hope after all, even if there is only a little bit of it, it is enough to become the heart of my heart, let me hold on and wait.
Leaving the village, it is to return to the rivers and lakes again, and return to the rivers and lakes as a usurper. I don't know what kind of fate awaits me, but I know that from the moment I take the ghost money and take the rakshasa away, my life will not be peaceful.
I came back thinking and left with the same thoughts.
When I returned to Sanxi City, I locked myself in my rental house and began to flip through the pages of the Usurper Codex. There are at least thirteen generations of ancestors' conjectures about usurpation, just like my grandfather said, all conjectures seem absurd, and even a little ridiculous, but the ancestors of the Wu family used their lives to verify those guesses. All I could see was the deep pathos of the Codex.
If you don't change your life, the descendants of the Wu family will always be alone, and it will be difficult to stay with your lover for a long time.
If they don't change their lives, the Wu family will have to make sacrifices between their heirs, choose the person who is most likely to survive, and continue the incense.
If you don't change your life, the Wu family will be entangled with ghost money forever.
What did the Wu family do back then to make the Wu family fall into a never-ending curse? Just to usurp your life?
My eyes finally fell on two words - "coffin"!
All the ancestors, without exception, mentioned the coffin. Is the coffin that was lost by the half-life path the key to changing one's life against the sky?