"What is the purpose of Ji Gongzi going to Yuanqiao Mountain with us?" asked Hua Chengcheng.

"Huh. Ji Zi'an chuckled, "It seems that the girl in Allure still has doubts about Ji!"

"Of course, after all, you have never shown us the most basic confession. It can be said that whether you are friend or foe, I still have no time to decide. "Painting Allure said very bluntly.

"What about Qing Ci, did he confess it to you?" Ji Zi'an asked without answering.

"What? did you know each other before?" asked Hua Chengcheng sensitively.

"I don't know. But as far as I know, you didn't know him before. I should even say that I have known you longer than he has known you. Why do you trust him so much, but you can't treat me?" Ji Zi'an raised his eyebrows and asked a little playfully.

He ...... It's not the same. After pondering for a while, Hua Chengcheng finally gave this answer that made Ji Zi'an speechless.

"Ji is really wronged, and the way the girl looks at people is really 'following her heart'. Ji Zi'an smiled helplessly.

"Do you know what it means to be 'old at first sight'? Do you believe that there is a destined fate in this world? This is how I feel about Brother Wunian and Qingci. Even if they don't say anything and hide anything from me, I will give them all my trust. Painting Allure said calmly.

"At first sight, I think I knew. As for what is the destined fate, I'm really sorry, Ji only knows that everything needs to be fought for by himself, if he doesn't fight, even if it is a destined fate, sooner or later there will be a day when he will be separated. Ji Zi'an smiled at the corner of his mouth, but his expression was a little intriguing.

"Listen to what Ji Gongzi means by this...... Don't you have a sweetheart?" asked Euphemistically, in fact, she wanted to ask Ji Zi'an if she had a crush on a woman, but the woman was not with him in the end.

"It is impossible for such a thing to happen to me. Ji Zi'an said lightly, and there was even a hint of deliberate disdain in his tone.

"Ji Gongzi said this, will it be too absolute? After all, no one can control emotional matters. Hua Chengcheng frowned and said disapprovingly.

"Oh, if the girl is interested, I'll tell you a story. Ji Zi'an's narrow peach blossom eyes stared at the painting and laughed softly.

After all, there are still some children in the painting of Allure, and she is not very sleepy tonight, it is rare that the man in front of him who does not know the enemy has the heart to talk to her about his past, and the painting of Allure readily agreed.

However, as soon as Ji Zi'an spoke, Hua Chengcheng's heart began to be disappointed, because he said: "This is one thing I saw with my own eyes when I was still in the Wu Clan......

It turned out that what he wanted to tell her was someone else's business, and Hua Chengcheng was a little lacking in interest, but it was not good to interrupt the other party at this time, so he had to listen patiently.

Back then, Ji Zi'an was just a young man in the clan who didn't know anything about the world, he was the only son of the patriarch of the Wu clan, and he showed an unusual talent for witchcraft since he was born, so he has been burdened with the family's extremely high expectations since he was a child.

However, things in the world are often so indignant, some people forget to sleep and eat, try their best to use all means, and they cannot achieve their goals in their lives, and can only end up with hatred. And some people are born with a golden spoon in their mouths, and they don't need to put in much effort, just wave their hands to reach heights that others can't reach in a lifetime, but they don't know it, and they don't even care.

At that time, Ji Zi'an obviously belonged to the latter.

He doesn't just don't care about what he has, he even feels like a burden. At an age when other children were fighting crickets, mending butterflies and even digging hornet's nests, he was locked in the study by his father to stacks of witch Gu jade Jane. Those obscure Gu spells handed down from the ancestors of the Wu Clan were like heavenly books to Xiao Ji Zi'an at that time, making him want to burn all those things.

Other children envy him for his talent, and envy him for having a father who is the patriarch, who has resources superior to others to avoid detours and learn the most exquisite witchcraft. And he is envious of other children who have a free and happy childhood.

is because the family disciplines him very strictly, so he has very few friends around him since he was a child, and those who can get close to him must be extremely outstanding juniors in the clan. In the absence of many options, he had the best relationship with one of his cousins.

However, what Ji Zi'an wants to tell is the story of his cousin.

The cousin's name is Ji Ziran, one year older than Ji Zi'an, and he is the eldest son of his third uncle. His third uncle's qualifications were dull, but no one expected that the eldest son he gave birth to was extremely talented.

Ji Ziran and Ji Zi'an grew up together since childhood, and like other children with good qualifications in the clan, they have been taught by the elders of the clan since they were young, and they will be trained as the successors of the next patriarch.

Unlike Ji Zi'an's resistance, Ji Ziran worked hard, the reason is very simple, he knows that his talent is not as good as his cousin, and his father has always been regarded as a waste by the family because of his stupid talent.

Ji Ziran wanted to rely on his talent and hard work to fight for himself and his father.

It is a sincere brotherhood for Ji Ziran to treat Ji Zi'an's strong opponent, and Ji Zi'an is also very happy to have such a talented and hard-working cousin, so that he has an excuse not to have to work hard to inherit the great cause of the Wu clan, because that is not his ambition at all.

Ji Zi'an lived day after day with such meaningless struggle and laziness, until the year when he was weak, something happened that made him no longer believe in the relationship between men and women.

That year, Ji Zi'an was twenty years old, Ji Ziran was twenty-one years old, two cousins who grew up together since childhood, and they had been learning the witchcraft of the clan together for more than ten years, and they were already closer than brothers.

And Ji Ziran, who was in the prime of his life, also fell in love at this time and fell in love with a girl named Li Ji in the clan.

Although Li Ji, who was twenty-eight years old at the time, was also considered beautiful, she was not the most beautiful girl in the Wu clan. However, compared to the other women in the clan, Li Ji is very special, because she is a destined witch in the witch clan.

"Shrine maiden?" Hearing this, Hua Allure couldn't help but be surprised, "Doesn't the witch of your witch clan have to maintain a virgin body and cut off the root of love?"

"Yes, for as long as I can remember, I've been wondering if the ancestors of my clan were stimulated by something to set such an inhuman rule. The witch is also a human being, and it is inhumane enough to remain a virgin for the rest of her life, and she is not even allowed to be emotional. Ji Zi'an said with a mocking smile.

"So, that Miss Li Ji also likes your cousin?" asked Hua Chengcheng worriedly.

"Oh, it's just fate! I'll never forget how my cousin almost went mad. It's a pity, if it's just a pair of hard-working mandarin ducks being broken up because of this inhumane family rule, it may be a relatively perfect ending. Ji Zi'an hooked the corners of his mouth, and his narrow peach blossom eyes narrowed slightly, condensing a deep mockery and a sadness that couldn't really be seen in the painting.

"What does Ji Gongzi mean by this? Could it be that something else happened in the middle of the way?" asked Hua Chengcheng in astonishment.

"Of course, if it hadn't happened to my nearest and dearest, and I saw it with my own eyes, I am afraid I would not have been so disappointed in the emotions of this world. Ji Zi'an's face became a little lonely.

Although Ji Zi'an seemed to be lazy on the surface and indifferent to any major affairs in the clan, it didn't mean that he really didn't understand anything. When Ji Ziran told him that he was in love with Li Ji, the witch of the Wu clan, Ji Zi'an was dumbfounded.

After making sure that Ji Ziran was not joking, Ji Zi'an analyzed the seriousness of the situation with his cousin and best friend very seriously: First of all, Li Ji is one of the new witches.

In the witch clan, there are a total of ten witches for each witch. Because every hundred years, a new batch of shrine maidens is replaced, and if a witch dies unexpectedly or violates the clan rules and is executed during this hundred years, the most suitable one will be selected from the ordained shrine maidens in the clan to fill the vacancy.

However, Li Ji did not fill anyone's vacancy and became a shrine maiden, but in the year when she was fifteen years old, the previous batch of shrine maidens were all replaced. She has been a destined witch since she was born, and she has practiced various forbidden techniques in the forbidden land of the Wu clan since she was a child, and naturally became one of the new witches of the Wu clan.

Ji Ziran fell in love with Li Ji, and out of his heart, he naturally wanted to have her. But he also knew that if Li Ji fell in love with him and was discovered by the elders of the clan, then Li Ji would definitely die.

Secondly, although Ji Ziran's father, Ji Zi'an's third uncle, is not welcomed in the family, but because of Ji Ziran's existence, the family no longer dares to underestimate them as in the past.

Once they are valued and cultivated by the family, then their marriage affairs are not up to them, including Ji Zi'an, what kind of woman they will marry in the future is decided by the elders of the clan. The reason is also very simple, because most of the witchcraft is related to people's seven emotions and six desires, so finding a suitable woman to complement and combine yin and yang with them is the best way to carry forward the witchcraft art.

fell in love with someone he shouldn't love, and wanted to marry someone he didn't want to marry, these two points alone caused Ji Ziran's inevitable tragedy.

For this reason, Ji Ziran set a goal for his life, that is, no matter what means he uses, he will become the new patriarch. Only when he becomes the patriarch can he be qualified to propose changes to the clan rules.