"Since the ancient battlefield of the Yellow River, the Bai family defeated the rebels to protect Jiuquan Mansion, the prestige of the Bai family has reached an unprecedented level in Jiuquan Jiuquan, when the war has just been settled, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be revived, Jiuquan Mansion in order to stabilize the people's hearts and clean up the mess, so the position of Jiuquan River Patrol will be handed over to the Bai family hereditary replacement, and each generation of the head of the Bai family can go to Jiuquan Mansion to receive orders after his death, and other descendants can also claim other positions, just like the warden surnamed Bai you saw in Zero Rain City, is my youngest son, and also your grandfather's brother, Bai Jianghuan."

The old man sighed softly, his eyes were full of hope, he raised his eyebrows and glanced at me and said: "If it weren't for your grandfather's stubborn temperament and insistence on fighting with Jiuquan Mansion, this generation of the Bai family would not have withered into this, at least you would have a few more uncles and grandparents, and you could take care of each other if anything." ”

I was a little confused when I heard this, looked at the corpse of the ancestor of the Bai family in the cave, and muttered, "But, you ...... They ......"

The old man waved his hand, suddenly reversed the direction of the oil lamp, and picked the lamp pole on the neck of Bai Xiuneng's corpse, and the rotten collar suddenly turned into wisps of scrap and floated down his shoulders, revealing a dull cyan mark on his dry neck.

Sinkfish.

I frowned, thought of my grandfather and the Golden Gate, and said, "Why does the Bai family still have this kind of tattoo after leaving the Golden Gate?" ”

"It's not a tattoo, it's a slave mark."

"Regardless of the Bai family or the Golden Gate, as long as it is for the Jiuquan Mansion, it will be branded with this slave mark, touch the skin, and deeply imprint the soul, but whoever is branded with this seal, life and death cannot escape the control of the Jiuquan Mansion, even if it is a river patrolman, life and death are just between the thoughts of those adults, the master is the master, the slave is the slave, even if the latter suddenly gets a bone one day, it is also given by the master, as long as the position does not change, everything in the latter is under the control of the former, unless it can be like your grandfather, the shipwreck, I'd rather cultivate myself into a monster that is not tolerated by heaven and earth, rather than repeat the back path of my ancestors, but this is easier said than done, and how difficult it is to really do it. ”

The old man said and raised his withered palm and touched the mark on his neck, his expression was full of embarrassment, and it took him a long time before he said: "Changing one's life against the sky, not everyone can do it." ”

I'm stupid directly, the tattoo of the sinking sand fish is not a sign, but a slave seal, this is what I never expected, the so-called Jiuquan River Patrolman, just a slave's code name, the relationship between the Bai family and Jiuquan Mansion is like Song Ting and Liangshan, he wants to change all his life, but in the end he ends up with a person as a sword, I am the fate of fish and meat, is it true that the strength of Jiuquan Mansion has really reached this point, anyone, any strength in front of it has no resistance and resistance, can only bow their heads and accept their fate, to be a slave for a lifetime?

It must not be like this, otherwise thousands of years ago, the ancient battle of the Yellow River that almost razed the Nine Prisons and Nine Springs to the ground would not have happened, and my grandfather would not have turned into a demon, vainly trying to fight against the entire Jiuquan Mansion by himself, there is no absolute strength and weakness in the world, and the scale of the Heavenly Dao will not always maintain balance, as long as the weight in his hand is enough, there is nothing that cannot be changed.

"It seems that you, like your grandfather, are people who are unwilling to be bound by fate, but I am afraid that like many ancestors of the Bai family, you have struggled all your life, but you find that in the end, all this is also part of fate."

The old man's words made me sober up slightly, and I shook my head and said: "Some people are born with no turning back, what Nine Prisons and Nine Springs, the Yellow River Ancient Road, and what the Bai family and Jiuquan Mansion are all not within the scope of my consideration, I will only do one thing in my life." ”

The old man's eyes flickered slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "What? ”

"Like my grandfather, he changed his life against the sky and was born as a human being!" I said aloud.

The cave fell silent all of a sudden, like the night outside, without a trace of life or light, except for the "crackling" sound of wood explosion in the fire, only the old man's breath and my gaze remained.

"Who told you this?" After a while, the old man slowly raised his head, looked at me and asked.

"My grandfather."

"What a stinky boy."

The old man's cloudy eyes suddenly became blurred at this moment, his eyes were slightly red, and he murmured: "This stinky boy has loved to work with us since he was a child, he doesn't listen to anyone, and he causes trouble everywhere, I thought it was just quite stubborn, but I didn't expect to cause such a big trouble when he was old, and he also taught a grandson with the same stubborn temper, okay, it's really good." ”

The old man suddenly smiled low as he spoke, looked at me and said, "Going against Jiuquan Mansion is equivalent to going against the whole world, aren't you afraid?" ”

I shook my head slightly, met his gaze and said, "You're not right. ”

The old man was stunned for a moment, frowned and said, "What's wrong?" ”

"Jiuquan Mansion is not the world."

The old man's eyes became a little dull at this moment, stared at me for a long time, and muttered to himself: "Jiuquan Mansion is not the world。。。。。。 ”

Then he suddenly looked up at me and said, "Tell me, what do you want most right now?" ”

"Strength!"

I didn't even think about it and said: "I'm dissatisfied with this world, but my strength can't shake this filthy world at all, so I need the strength to compete with the entire Jiuquan Mansion to avenge my father and grandfather!" ”

"Good boy."

The old man nodded and said, "Then do you know where the real power is?" ”

I was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a long time, I hesitated: "The Yellow River Ancient Road? ”

"You mean to say the four major forces?" The old man asked.

"Well, that's a place where even the entire Nine Springs Mansion is afraid of, and when I go out this time, I'm going to go to the ancient road to find my own true strength."

But who knew that the old man suddenly laughed loudly when he heard it, and the laughter continued, as if he had heard the most ridiculous joke in the world, and waited until the laughter fell, and then wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said: "The real strongest power is not in the rivers and lakes, not in the ancient road, but in the famous and decent towers, above the peak of orthodox power, your so-called Yellow River Ancient Road, in the eyes of Jiuquan Mansion, is just a mulberry land that can be pocketed at any time, if you want to really get power, you must enter the range of the peak of strength, You haven't even seen what power is, how can you get it? ”

I was slightly stunned, and suddenly remembered the Shura Knife, which was enough to make everything lose color, and even the wolf demon and others did not dare to touch the power of its edge in the slightest, and a burst of excitement surged in my heart, and I murmured: "Jiuquan Mansion? ”

The old man smiled lightly and said, "You can still ask me one last question." ”

I didn't quite understand what he meant, but looking at the old man's solemn gaze, I couldn't help but feel a pang in my heart, bit my lip and said, "I, who is it?" ”

The old man nodded: "I knew there would be such a question, but unfortunately only two people in the world know about your background." ”

"Who?" I exclaimed.

"Your grandfather, and the head of the Golden Gate Buddha, the Buddha of Mourning."

I suddenly remembered that when I was separated from the Buddha of Mourning in the three bends, he had promised me that if I could get out of this trip, he would tell me everything, and when I was in Julong Villa, I thought that he had gone back on his word and killed Jin Xiaofa halfway, but from Jin Xiaofa himself, he learned that it was someone else who killed him.

Maybe even he knows exactly what his grandfather has done in Sanchawan over the years, as long as he can see the Buddha of Mourning, then everything will be revealed!

Thinking of this, I inexplicably began to be a little excited, but at this time, I heard the old man speak: "Don't go out in a hurry, just after the Zero Rain City, the entire Jiuquan Mansion will definitely be angry, it is estimated that the current Nine Prisons and Nine Springs can't even fly out, if you go out now, you can only kill yourself, stay here for a while longer, I still have something to give you." ”

"What's that?"

The old man shook his head, slowly got up and stood up from the ground, looked at the corpse flashing under the bonfire, sighed softly and said, "Before that, can you promise to do me a favor?" ”

"You said, as long as it is within my ability, I will never refuse." I was puzzled.

The old man smiled: "I just hope that in a few days, when you leave, my body will be placed together with the ancestors of the Bai family, that's all." ”