Nanshan is not a mountain, but is divided into three undulating hills in the front, middle and back, and Qufu is built on the gentle front mountain. After the front mountain, the higher and steeper is the back mountain, which is like a person sitting cross-legged and holding the front mountain into his arms.

And between these two mountains, there is a small hill, called Zhiqiu, and there is a tower on the top of the hill, called Shura Ancient Tower. Legend has it that the ancestor of the Qu family was an unknown person, and by chance he accidentally broke into the underground palace in the abandoned ancient tower base, found a book of mental methods and martial arts, and became famous with this, and finally opened a sect here and became a powerful party.

The ancient tower has long since collapsed, and only the base of the tower remains. Later, the ancestors of the Qu family rebuilt this tower after opening the sect, named it Shura Ancient Pagoda, and listed this as a forbidden place for the Qu family, and outsiders were not allowed to approach. Even if it is a child of the Qu family clan, it is not allowed to enter it. But there is one exception, and that is the day of the Qu family's great sacrifice.

The Qu family festival is held on June 15 every year, and it is specially selected on the day of the opening of the sect in order to commemorate the ancestors and ask the ancestors to bless the Qu family to prosper forever. On this day, the Qu family went up and down, killing pigs and sheep, sacrificing ancestors, and it was not lively.

But if there is one of the most eye-catching activities, it must be the treasure hunt carried out in the Shura Ancient Pagoda.

The so-called treasure of treasure hunting is the manuscript of martial arts. On this day, a large number of martial arts manuscripts were placed in the ancient tower, allowing the children of the Qu family to imitate their ancestors and enter the ancient tower to find the manuscripts. This ceremony not only allowed the children of the Qu family to obtain a copy of martial arts and enhance their strength, but also prayed that future generations could encounter adventures like their ancestors and achieve a career in the future.

Early in the morning of this day, Mrs. Qu replaced Qu Liang to kill chickens and blood, and sacrificed to the ancestors. All the children of the Qu family who were qualified to participate in this treasure hunt gathered together, and there were as many as 100 people, the largest number in the past. There are only 40 manuscripts in the tower, which means that more than half of the people will not be able to get them.

Everyone is riveting, if they miss this good opportunity, it will not be so easy to obtain a copy of martial arts in the future.

Among them, the most calm is the eldest seventeen-year-old Qu family's disciple. They are the oldest, and their average cultivation is naturally the highest, and they also have the experience of participating in treasure hunts several times, so this time they are naturally handy.

But there was one rule that was the least against them, they were the last to set off, half an hour behind the troops in front. The first group to enter the tower was the youngest group, Qu Yi, who had just reached the age of fourteen this year.

Qu Yi stood at the front of the crowd, and next to him stood Qu Xu, Qu Xin lined up behind him. Further back, there are the elders and the children who have come from other places and still retain their clan status. As soon as he stood in the queue, he felt a mang's back.

This feeling has often been felt by Qu Wu since he was locked up. He knew that he was helping Qu Xin carry the black cauldron, and now it became him who reported Qu Wu and forced him to hurt people.

It seems that everyone in Qu Wu's affairs has maintained a tacit silence, and even if they bump into it, they will turn a blind eye. People who are not clean themselves will naturally not report, after all, once the mouth of the report is opened, they cannot act recklessly. Even those who are not involved in it will not wade into this troubled water, after all, no one wants to cause trouble.

Probably only a stunned young man like Qu Xin would bite Qu Wu so deadly. But he couldn't stand up and refute it, after all, he couldn't put his sister out and shrink behind his back. I can only blame him for his bad luck, but it's not a big deal for him, anyway, it's the same as before.

But what surprised him the most was not the needle-like gaze behind him, but the fact that he was also able to participate in the Qu family's sacrifice. He thought that he would not be able to participate this time, but he didn't expect that at dinner last night, Sheying asked him if the clothes for today's festival were ready.

She Ying personally led him to the front of the queue and said to him: "Yi'er, you are the son of the Qu family, and you will take your younger brothers and sisters in the first batch in a while." ”

Qu Yi nodded and said, "Yi'er understands." ”

She Ying stroked his head lightly, then walked to Qu Xin's side and whispered to her.

It was no one else who was responsible for arranging this treasure hunt, it was Sheying, maybe it was because of her that he was able to participate in it. He couldn't help but secretly thank him in his heart, although he was not as good as Qu Xin, but Sheying had been good enough to him over the years.

The mother and daughter beside him were whispering, and he turned his eyes to Qu Xu on the side, he looked full of confidence and was bound to win, and seemed to have some confidence in the situation inside.

Qu Yi looked up at the pagoda in front of him, the tower body is more than five zhang, one zhang and one layer, a total of five layers, the first layer is the largest, and it is also the highest, and then the layers shrink. The green tile and red wall, the eaves are high, independent of the top of the hill, surrounded by forests but the world is independent, in the peace and the front and back of the two mountains face each other, such as the monk who sits here upright, probably because of this, the ancestors of the Qu family will name this tower Shura Ancient Tower.

The base of the ancient tower is obviously different from the part above it, which is the original remnant of the ancient tower. Qu Yi couldn't help but wonder what the true appearance of the ancient pagoda that could leave behind the predecessors who practiced qi and martial arts that made the Qu family soar to the sky, and what was its name?

After whispering, Sheying looked up at the sky, the sun was about to rise in the middle of the day, and the hour was approaching. She returned to the altar, finished the last sacrificial text, sprinkled the bloody wine, turned around and drew her sword, and handed it to the most respected elder of the Qu family with both hands.

The Great Elder's beard was white, and his two white eyebrows almost hung down to his mouth, but he still looked vibrant, and his skin was white and ruddy. He has a high status in the Qu family, and he is the oldest of the existing figures in the Qu family, and according to his seniority, even Qu Liang has to call him uncle.

The Great Elder has a high status, but he hardly cares about family affairs, and rarely comes out to show up, and lives in Shiqiu all the year round, retreats and practices, and is the caretaker of the Ancient Pagoda of the Forbidden Land. Qu Yi only sees him at the annual festival.

Ying handed the sword to the Great Elder, which was a signal that the treasure hunt was about to begin. In previous years, Qu Yi and they could only watch from a distance below, but this year, it was their turn to enter the ancient tower, and it was the first batch!

The Great Elder took the sword with both hands and walked to the gate of the ancient tower in small steps. The ancient tower cannot be easily opened, the ancestors of the Qu family laid a special formation on the ancient tower door, if you want to open the ancient tower, you must have a unique recipe passed down from generation to generation by the Qu family. If you don't have a mantra to break into the tower, the mechanism in the tower will be activated, blocking the tower, and if it is forcibly breached, the formation will completely blow up the tower, leaving nothing behind the intruders.

This mantra for opening the door is now in the family, and only Qu Liang and the Great Elder have it.

The Great Elder stood in front of the gate of the ancient pagoda, holding a sword in his right hand and standing in front of his chest, and his left hand was pinched into a sword finger, drawing a special symbol in front of the sword, and chanting words in his mouth. His hand stopped, the Great Elder stomped his right foot to the ground, his eyes suddenly opened, and his eyes seemed to shoot a fine light, and suddenly his whole body was covered in wind, and then he began to dance his sword in front of the ancient pagoda.

Just as Qu Yi and the others wanted to take a good look at what kind of swordsmanship this dance was, the Great Elder suddenly rose into the air and sat up in mid-air. Holding the handprint in one hand and the sword in the other, his eyes were wide open, like a god descending from heaven, causing the following to scream again and again.

Although it was not the first time that Qu Yi had seen someone actually take off in the air, he was still quite surprised. As far as he knew, in order to ascend into the sky, cultivation required a cultivator who had reached the minimum level of reverence to be possible. And the Venerable Grace was three levels higher than the monk he was currently in, and the difference during the period was not small.

The clothes were fluttering in the wind, but the beard hair did not move, and the elder's mouth opened, and a word seemed to come out of his mouth in style: "Open!"

"Boom", the entire hill seemed to tremble slightly, and the gate of the Shura Ancient Pagoda slowly opened on its own, revealing the deep space behind the door.

Ying said, "Kids, go in!"