Chapter 4: Ancestor Worship
The autumn wind is blowing, the sun rises and the moon sets, three days later.
In the early morning, Ye Yinan cleaned up a little, wore a green shirt, and tied a blue and white beast pattern belt around his waist. As the saying goes, people rely on clothes and horses to rely on saddles, and now he exudes a chic and refined son's demeanor no matter how you look at it.
Today is the appointed day, in his opinion, the practice must be relaxed, and the repetition of life at two o'clock and one line every day makes him more and more mentally tired, and it is necessary to go out for a walk.
Ye Qingyan's ancestor worship, he has also heard a little, it seems that the Ye clan has to hold it every year, led by the master of the clan, to hunt in the Beisha Land adjacent to Ziyun City.
This is a tradition that has been passed down from our ancestors, and it is said that it is because a beast tide broke out here a long time ago, and in order to pay tribute to the heroes who died defending Ziyun City in those beast tides.
Another important reason, which is also very realistic, is that hunting in the land of Beisha led by a master means that the harvest is bound to be not shallow, which is also a major input of Ye's income every year.
There are a large number of strange beasts active in the land of the North Evil, after they are killed, they can be said to be treasures all over their bodies, their minions can be made into weapons, their flesh and blood can be used in medicine, and the most valuable thing is the beast crystal, which is also called the beast core, which is condensed by the source of its power.
Beast crystals can't be directly refined, for martial artists, they contain too much anger, and there is even a residual will of foreign beasts after the death of high-level beast crystals.
Therefore, after obtaining the beast crystal, it is generally used for trading or alchemy, of course, there are also people who have special means to deal with the beast crystal, after all, there are many capable people in the world, and they should not be underestimated.
When you open the door, there is a female Qingyan, slim and slim, slender and slender.
She was already waiting in the small courtyard, wearing a light green plain skirt, the skirt was embroidered with a few simple patterns, her hair was soft and casually pulled up, a cyan long sword was tied around her waist, and a folded flower purse hung from the hilt.
A few traces of being wet by the morning steam can be faintly seen on the shoulders of the incense, and it seems that compared with the cold fog of the morning that permeates the small courtyard, the girl's coldness is better.
The autumn mood in the sky is gradually thickening, and the ground is scattered with fallen leaves that have not yet had time to be cleaned, mixed with a thin layer of pure white.
When the two walked side by side to the front yard, there were already many people waiting here, gathering in twos and threes.
Ye Yinan saw a lot of unfamiliar faces, many of them were strong men with big shoulders and round waists, sharp eyes, and long breath, he secretly guessed that these people should be Ye family's good hands, and they were the elites of the clan specially selected for this ancestor worship.
With no one to greet them, the two waited in the empty space, but at this moment, a discordant voice suddenly sounded, breaking the silence.
"Ye Yinan, what are you doing here?" The person who spoke walked towards the two, looking a little older than Ye Yinan, who was quite handsome, and was dressed in a colorful brocade robe.
The person who came was the second young master of the Ye family, Ye Huaijin, who was already a nine-stage ascetic at the age of sixteen, even if it was Ye Yinan after the breakthrough, his cultivation was a little far behind.
"When I came here, I naturally went to worship my ancestors. Ye Yinan glanced at him in surprise, but he was not angry because of his unkind tone.
In my memory, this second brother doesn't like himself very much, and his attitude is naturally very harsh, uh, but with the previous style, I'm afraid that few people in the clan like him.
"Are you going to worship your ancestors?" Ye Huaijin had a guess in his heart, but after hearing this, the original disdain in his eyes was still hidden by three points, and he turned to surprise.
However, when he remembered that someone had wanted to do something to his maid, he said with a cold face: "I advise you not to join in the fun, there is no beautiful girl in the land of Beisha, only the female beast with a bloody mouth." ”
Most of the people present were rough men, and their words made them laugh, and they praised Ye Huaijin directly.
This time, before Ye Yinan could speak, the girl standing quietly next to her lifted a strand of hair on her cheek behind her ear, and her soft lips opened lightly, "The descendants of the Ye family worship their ancestors righteously, and the second brother is a little wider." ”
Looking at Ye Qingyan, who looked calm as if her words were not what she said, Ye Huaijin blinked, her lips opened slightly, and she seemed to be a little unable to believe that the beautiful girl in front of her would take the initiative to defend that bastard boy.
"Fourth sister, I know that you had a very good relationship with him before, but it was all when he was a child! He doesn't want to forge ahead, sooner or later he is not a person of the same world as us, don't be spoiled by him!"
"Besides, you haven't been ...... for years"
"Don't speculate for more than half a sentence, please. Ye Yinan saw that he had been chattering, suppressed the impatience that was gradually rising in his heart, and interrupted.
"Ignorant people, ashamed to be together!" Seeing that he looked unfazed and ignored himself, as if he had punched the cotton, Ye Huaijin snorted coldly and brushed his sleeves away. At the same time, there is also a little strange in his heart, compared with the past, this guy is really calm today, especially the look in his eyes, which makes him feel that he is a clown who jumps off the beam.
The farce is over, but the lively people don't think it's a big deal, and the whispers in the courtyard come and go.
"The third young master is Yaxing today, and I want to change my taste, but it's a little heavier~"
"When I come back this time, I can share a lot of benefits, and I have to ask him for a lesson or two, I don't know which little lady ......"
"I guess it's just going to go for a walk so I can show off to his friends. ”
“......”
Ye Yinan was quite helpless when he saw this, it seemed that his image had been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so he simply didn't look at those people.
Beside her, Ye Qingyan leaned against a stout old locust tree, closed her eyes and recuperated, as if she couldn't hear these gossips at all, exuding the aura of not approaching the living, waiting quietly.
There was a burst of chatter, and another group of teenagers and girls came talking and laughing, it seemed that they were also here to participate in this ancestor worship, they were the juniors of the separated family.
One of the girls laughed, and suddenly glanced at Ye Yinan under the locust tree here, and a moment of panic flashed in her eyes, and she whispered something to her companions, and then they all looked over curiously, as if they were surprised why he appeared here.
Ye Yinan was very embarrassed, the girl just now, of course he remembered that when he teased her in his memory, the soft touch made him dare not look at her.
"Everyone, long waiting!"
At this moment, an old but inner voice came, and the originally slightly noisy courtyard suddenly quieted down, and everyone's eyes turned in one direction.
I saw an old man wearing a loose purple robe with a white-fronted tiger pattern pierced with two hanging eyes appear in sight, with a Chinese face, slightly thick eyebrows, and slightly tilted eyes like eagle falcons, looking like a non-angry and arrogant taste.
He is Ye Yinan's grandfather, the patriarch of the Ye clan, and one of the strongest people in Purple Cloud City, Ye Tianxing!
Unexpectedly, this time it was him who personally led the team!
The quick-witted little man tiptoed, stretched out his fingers to count, and after confirming that all the people on the trip had arrived, he trotted over and reported.
Ye Tianxing stroked his beard, bowed his head in satisfaction, looked around the audience, and paused slightly when his gaze fell on Ye Yinan.
"Let's go!"
There was no encouragement before departure, and without the slightest delay, he gave an order, and the people gathered in the courtyard followed him towards the city gate.
How many years have passed, Ye Tianxing has not changed at all, and he is still so resolute.
Although Ziyun City is remote, the city is still quite lively, with people coming and going on the streets, and all kinds of small merchants and vendors are endless, and the cries of selling and cheering are endless.
Especially now that it is autumn, there are many more cooking wine shops, and in the past, in order to warm up their bodies, guests will often throw a copper plate and drink a bowl.
At the city gate, under the leadership of Ye Tianxing, a group of people and horses were gathered, so many good martial artists, the momentum alone cleared the surroundings into an empty place, and it was no longer crowded and blocked.
"It's Lord Ye! let them go first!"
The chief of the city gate guard is a middle-aged man in black armor, but he is very discerning, and when he saw who the person was, he immediately shouted orders to his subordinates, and even the routine inquiries were directly omitted, and his attitude was very respectful, so Ye Tianxing's status in the city can be seen.
"The big clan is good! With the support of such a strong person, there are many resources to enjoy. ”
"That woman, the one who rides a white horse, is really the best in the world! If you can kiss Fangze, it will be worth living for 20 years less!"
"It's a little more tender, but I still think the Oiran in Wanhuafang is more flavorful. ”
"Be quiet! That's the pearl of the Ye family!"
“......”
Attracted by the battle at the entrance of the city, many people stopped on the street to join in the fun, all holding a bowl of wine and pointing out, for a while, the temperature after the autumn seemed to gradually rise with the atmosphere.
However, the happiest are those smiling wine cooks.
They each chose a horse and rode side by side, in the middle of the group, which was the privilege of the young people who accompanied them, and for safety reasons, and perhaps for some fear that they would delay their journey.
"The charm is not small, most of the people at the entrance of the city are staring at you, Miss Mingzhu?" Ye Yinan glanced at Ye Qingyan on the white horse, and joked without turning his head.
This sudden joke made the girl's heart tremble slightly, as if she was a little dissatisfied with his teasing, she turned her face away and snorted softly.
......
Somewhere on the edge of the Northern Evil Lands, a black-clothed masked man stared at the dense forest in front of him, as if waiting for someone.
Sand...... Rustling......
There was a slight and small sound of footsteps, and his whole body tensed, as if he were facing a great enemy.
"Hee-hee-hee...... Don't be nervous, I won't ...... Ate you. Before the person appeared, the eerie chuckle came first, making people shiver.
The black shadow slowly walked out of the forest, wearing a beast face mask, his palms were cocked like flowers, and his every move showed a feminine temperament, judging from his timbre and posture, he should be a man.
"This ...... This is what you want, remember your promises. The masked man threw a slightly bulging letterhead, his eyes dodged, and he didn't dare to look directly into the other party's eyes, and a fine bead of sweat on his forehead exposed his nervous heart at this time.
"Hehe, of course I remember, after talking about the harvest this time, we seven, you three, how can we forget our partners?" The masked man stretched out his fingers and clamped the letterhead, the look under the mask was extremely mocking, but the masked man couldn't see it.
"You! I will tell you the truth!" Before he could finish speaking, the masked man fled backwards, and it could be seen that he did not want to spend more time with the person in front of him.
"Idiot!"
The masked man didn't make any more gestures, chuckled and cursed, and secretly laughed at those guys in his heart.
Idiot dreams, fell into the land of Beisha, I'm afraid not even thirty percent, this is their own territory, can they still get in?
Teach us to do things? We do things, that's all.
Putting the letterhead away, his figure flashed, and he scurried into the dense forest like a wolf beast, and the speed was eye-catching.
......
The Purple Dry Realm is very large, not counting the mysterious Endless Sea, but also the Five Great Domains of Celestial Star, Yanyue, Greedy Wolf, Fighting Heaven, and Miaomiao, and the Beisha Land that Ye's team is going to on this trip is the boundary of the Yanyue Domain, which is known as the "Martial Mound".
At this moment, they stopped, and in front of them lay a wall five feet high, and this wall was not known how long it was, and its end could not be seen from both sides. On the other side of the wall, there are dense barbs, and you can even see many dried beast corpses on them.
Along the dirt road, there is a gap in the wall, and at the gap stands an old stone tablet with the words "enter with caution" written in red ink.
This is the Great Domain Boundary Wall, and as long as you step over this wall, it is equivalent to leaving the stars and entering the Moon.
With such a tightly encircled defense, you can imagine what kind of situation it was on that side of the wall, and it is no wonder that Yanyue will be called Takezuka by the world.
However, this was not the case with the original Derivative Moon.
But in the Ancient Sage Period, there was a war that swept through the Five Domains, and this battle shattered the heavens and the earth, the saints fell, and countless sects were destroyed.
The originally rich and peaceful Yanyue Domain was most affected by the battle of the saints, and almost even the landform was completely changed, and gradually, it became a land infested with strange beasts, and it was rarely populated.
And that unexplained war, recorded as the Ziqian Rebellion, may not be known except for those saints, no one knows the secret behind the war, and future generations can only see a few words about the Ziqian Rebellion in ancient books, and there are different opinions about it.
"Where is the front, I don't think Ye Mou needs to say more, you also know that it is dangerous and unpredictable, from now on, you will all cheer up!" Ye Tianxing's voice came from the front, and with a cold autumn wind blowing through the team, it clearly sounded in people's ears.
Everyone in the team responded in unison: "Yes!"
Many clansmen or casual cultivators who are attached to the Ye clan are sharpening their knives, wanting to show their hands in front of Ye Tianxing to show their hands, Ye Yinan is not indifferent to this, with his little three-legged cat cultivation, it is better to watch from afar.
However, he was quite interested in the beast, and he did not know how it differed from the beasts he knew.
The procession of ancestor worship this time has been ranked first over the years, and it can be said that there is no problem in hunting on the periphery of this ancient forest in the Northern Evil Land.
Ye Tianxing, it is rumored that the cultivation of the Three-Pattern Spiritual Master is enough to deter countless small disciples.
Above the dark horse behind him is the eldest son Ye Longjun, a middle-aged man who looks a little wooden, his appearance is very similar to Ye Tianxing, and a black close-fitting suit makes his already burly and upright figure even worse, and the breath of the Nine Veins Control Yuan Shi is hidden and unmoving, and it is thunder when he moves.
There is also a loose cultivator recruited by the Ye family many years ago on his right, Ye Yinan heard of his name from the leisure discussions of the people in the mansion, and once cut off the Xue Lang of the waterfall with one sword, known as the broken water flow.
This person was carrying an ordinary long knife, with a thick layer of calluses on the tiger's mouth, and his whole body exuded a killing aura, and at a glance, there were countless souls under the knife.
In addition, there is a man at the back of the team, he is Ye Tianxing's second son, Ye Xiao, wearing a stone blue robe, with white skin, eyes and shrewdness.
Fang Cai's son didn't see him when he was arguing with Ye Yinan, but he didn't expect to participate in this ancestor worship.
The team crossed the Great Domain Boundary Wall and stepped into the Ancient Forest, and from the outside, it looked as if it had been swallowed up by a hideous-looking pitch-black beast with its mouth open.
The forest is dark, and the trees here are all long-standing old trees, with lush foliage and pitch black, with only a small amount of light to shine into. Fortunately, all the people who come here are martial artists, and their eyesight is much stronger than that of ordinary people, otherwise it would be difficult to move an inch.
Hiss...... Roar...... Gaga...... Chirping...
There was a strange sound constantly echoing in the distance, and I don't know what kind of strange beast it was coming from, and several junior girls from the family were already frightened, attracting several other teenagers to compete for courtesy.
The air was filled with the smell of decaying vegetation, and it was not long before the occasional fighting could be heard in front of the group, and it seemed that the hunt had begun.
Somehow, since entering this forest, Ye Yinan always felt as if someone was secretly peeping, and the feeling of being on his back made him feel uncomfortable.
But now there was no way out, and the team couldn't turn around and return because of his inexplicable premonition, so he had to put away the ease and curiosity in his heart.
I'm afraid it's not that simple.
The delicate face of the girl next to him was facing him, in this dark environment as if smeared with pearl powder, the slender jade hand gently stroked the sword body, the eyes were still, staring at the horse's mane, absolutely beautiful like a painting.
Ye Yinan's face looked a little serious, and he said in a low voice: "I have a faint feeling of uneasiness, maybe we will be in trouble this time." ”
With his slight cultivation and past style, if he said this kind of thing, if others heard it, he would probably have some contempt and questioning, but Ye Qingyan just said it lightly.
"If there is danger, I will protect you, you always protected me when I was a child, and now, it is my turn. ”
Ye Yinan looked at the people who were close at hand, and her slightly cool and firm whispers echoed in his ears, he was stunned, although this was stained with the light of the previous owner of this body, but I have to say that this feeling of being cared for is really good.
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