I can't change Shen Jingyun's mind, but I can't do anything about my situation.

Maybe it's because I didn't feel any immediate danger except for Xiaoqiang's encounter. So, I don't know how bad my situation is. It actually needs the protection of an entire collateral family.

From the words, Shen Jingyun also revealed to me for the first time the rules of this world that are not known to ordinary people.

In fact, there is no difference in essence, they are all intertwined forces, and they are still the "law of the jungle", the strong naturally stand on a high place, and the weak can only accept the mercy and exploitation.

And me? Obviously, he is the weakest of the kind, and he doesn't even have the qualifications to decide where he is, I feel that Shen Jingyun's words have faintly regarded me as a burden?

When people are desperate, their thoughts are inevitably darker.

Seeing my aggrieved appearance, Shen Jingyun suddenly rubbed my hair, but said in a low voice: "Obedient, okay?" ”

His voice was full of exhaustion and helplessness, I don't know why these simple words softened my heart more than the previous tirade, I couldn't help but look at him and nodded slightly.

Seeing me nodding, Shen Jingyun breathed a sigh of relief, and he suddenly said, "Lin Xiaoshuang, believe me, this kind of day won't be too long." I won't suppress it for too long, I once gave myself restraints, it was a great wish made by a cultivator from the bottom of my heart, so I had to fulfill it, I ......"

I looked at Shen Jingyun in confusion, in fact, I didn't understand what Shen Jingyun was talking about, but I understood what he said, such days would not be too long.

Shen Jingyun glanced at me, and suddenly smiled self-deprecatingly, there is a feeling that you don't understand, why am I telling you this.

The atmosphere became a little heavy, and Shen Jingyun and I were a little silent. In this silence, Shen Jingyun led me up a small road, he seemed to be familiar with this place, but in about ten minutes, he walked to the top of this village, which was a house surrounded by all the buildings.

The house is richly repaired, in a rigorous ancient style, but full of design. This is the ancestral hall of this village.

Coming here is to pay attention to the rules, under the leadership of Shen Jingyun, I also did some strange etiquette actions with Shen Jingyun, and bowed several times before I was allowed to enter this solemn ancestral hall.

The ancestral hall is a little dim, and it is obviously a sunny afternoon, but there is a feeling that the sun does not shine here. There is a kind of coolness, but it is not shade, but a solemn and depressing coolness.

When I entered the ancestral hall, the first thing I saw was the rows of ancestors, all of whom were surnamed Shen without exception. And on top of the rows of ranks, four things similar to shrines were repaired, and among them, there were four very large tablets, which were obviously treated by very prominent ancestors.

The tablet was offered before the table, and the tributes on it were abundant, and they could be taken out to set up a banquet.

However, thinking that a Shen family's foreigners are so rich, these tributes should be nothing to them.

Next to the offering table were two rows of seats, a total of ten seats, which were already full. Except for the person on the left of the head who looked a little younger, the rest were all very old people without exception, who could be blown down by a gust of wind, but in fact, their aura was terrifyingly powerful.

As soon as Shen Jingyun and I entered the ancestral hall, these eyes fell on me and Shen Jingyun.

I felt a huge pressure, probably afraid that I wouldn't be able to bear it, Shen Jingyun gently held my hand.

My palms were wet and sweaty, and his hands were dry and warm, and I felt much less pressure on me as he held them.

"Patriarch, clan elders, if you give Jing Yun a little bit of disgrace and remind Jing Yun to be respectful when he comes to the ancestral hall, Jing Yun will naturally suffer it. But this friend of mine is just an ordinary person, she..."As soon as Shen Jingyun entered the ancestral hall, he let go of my hand, then clasped his hands into fists, and said respectfully to the clan elders.

But before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by one of the old women who looked thin and only had a layer of skin left: "I don't dare to say that it is an ordinary girl, if it is an ordinary girl, it is strange that she can stand and enter this ancestral hall." ”

"Shen Jingyun, even if it is the ancestral hall next to the Shen family, you can't bring other corrections to enter. This is the rule, and if you break it, even if you have a pass, you will have to learn a lesson. When the old woman had finished speaking, an old man sitting below him spoke again.

I was angry in my heart, it didn't make sense to be good, it was clearly your clan who asked us to come to the ancestral hall, do you still want to convict Shen Jingyun for this?

At this time, an ordinary-looking old man, but with some kind eyebrows between his eyebrows, spoke: "Okay, fifteenth sister, twenty-seventh brother." In any case, Jingyun is always a member of my Shen family, and he won't be ignorant of the rules. Let him explain. ”

Shen Jingyun glanced at the old man gratefully, and then explained to everyone in the room: "This friend I brought is indeed an ordinary person. If you have a heart, you can investigate her life experience, although it is difficult, but it is also innocent. Jing Yun naturally knew the rules that he could not bring cultivators into the ancestral hall. This girl just has a special personality, and she is born with the talent of a cultivator, so she can bear the momentum of the elders of the clan, and that's it. But she definitely doesn't have any skills on her, and you clan elders can investigate it thoroughly. ”

After Shen Jingyun said this, he clenched his fists again, and stood quietly beside me, his hand gently resting on my back, as if to give me some strength support.

Because at this time, these clan elders did not retract the momentum of release, although I was not unable to hold on, but I also felt an obvious huge pressure, my forehead was slippery, and it was also full of beads of sweat.

At this moment, the patriarch who was called the fifteenth sister and the first to speak up stood up and walked to my side, she walked around me twice, closed her eyes as if she was feeling something, and when she opened her eyes, there was a hint of surprise in her eyes, and then she grabbed my wrist unceremoniously.

I clearly felt that there was a force invading my body, which made me very uncomfortable, and this behavior was excessive.

But Shen Jingyun's hand still gently patted my back, as if telling me to be patient.

Fortunately, this process was not long, and the fifteenth sister let go of my hand, and first said to the clan elders: "It is indeed a person who has no half skill. ”

After saying this, her eyes suddenly became sharp, and she looked at Shen Jingyun and asked, "What is this girl's life?" What talent? ”

"Similar to pure yin life, the talent should be spiritual sense." Shen Jingyun replied very quickly.

"Oh?" The fifteenth sister glanced at Shen Jingyun with a smile, and suddenly looked at me and said, "It's a good life, it's a bit of a waste to put it on ordinary people." I don't know if I'll be able to survive the catastrophe that this fate deserves. The old man is here to say cheekily, calamity or something, it's not too big a matter for my Shen family's sideline, see that you are also a talent, are you willing to become a foreign surname of my Shen family's sideline? ”

I was a little surprised, I didn't expect that the clan elder of the Shen clan would make such a request to me.

Before I could speak, Shen Jingyun stood up and said first: "Thank you for the kindness of the fifteenth clan elder." But my friend is used to living an ordinary life, and because of his age, I'm afraid he won't be able to become a cultivator. ”

"What is the reason for this? This kind of talent, even if you are a few years older, can still practice. It seems that you don't want to, right? As he spoke, the eyes of the old fifteen clans repeatedly looked at Shen Jingyun, but Shen Jingyun didn't seem to see it, and he didn't let go, as if he insisted on doing so.

Seeing that Shen Jingyun didn't let go, the fifteenth clan elder had no better way, so he could only turn his head, look at me and say, "What about you?" Are you willing to do it, if it's really this personality, I'm afraid you also feel that you're different, right? ”

"I, I don't want to." I don't know what to say, it's just that Shen Jingyun helped me refuse, there must be his reasons, I undoubtedly chose to listen to Shen Jingyun, so I refused. But I couldn't think of a better reason, and I refused a little bluntly, but that's all I could be.

"Hmph. Does that mean that we are contemptible? Forget it, after all, there is no shortage of people with foreign surnames in our Shen family. With that, the fifteenth elder sat back.

I feel very bad in my heart, I haven't said anything yet, I feel as if I have offended the old man of the fifteenth clan, I will stay in this village in the future, what should I do?

At this time, it was the old man of the kind clan who came to play the round and said, "Okay, these things are trivial. After all, being a foreigner is something you want me to do. Fifteen sisters cherish it, but there is no way to do it without fate, right? In any case, according to the rules. Jingyun, when you come to the ancestral hall, you should worship your ancestors first. Although you are a foreigner, you are also surnamed Shen. ”

Shen Jingyun glanced at the old man gratefully, then nodded, walked to the offering table, twisted the three pillars of incense, and after another complicated set of etiquette, it was considered to have worshiped the ancestor.

The ancestral hall was quiet again.

At this moment, the slightly younger old man, who was sitting on the left side of the top, stood up.

Shen Jingyun shouted respectfully: "Patriarch." ”

The patriarch nodded, and then said, "Shen Jingyun, speaking of which, you are also related to our lineage. So, this pass that represents the appeal is also used on us, so that you feel safe, right? ”

"Well, that's true." For this, Shen Jingyun has nothing to deny.

"But if the demands are excessive, the clan also has the right to refuse, although it is a little troublesome, and it must be decided with the consent of the master. Under normal circumstances, I don't want to bother the Lord's family, and I hope that you, a descendant who is related to us, will not make too many demands. Looking at Shen Jingyun, the patriarch said solemnly word by word.

The meaning of these words is not the slightest different from the one we met in the village before.

I once again felt the indifference of the Gu Xiu family, they are all members of the same clan, do you really want to get along with each other so coldly? I suddenly realized that perhaps this world, which is unknown to ordinary people, may be even more cruel.