At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Taizong Li Shimin had an order that those who were over 70 years old should be raised by the state government, and they would be given rice and meat to raise silk, and they would not be imprisoned for their crimes, and their sons and nephews would replace them.

The meaning is straightforward and clear, quite unreasonable, as long as you live past the age of 70, the state raises you, gives rice and meat, gives money and clothes, even if you commit a crime, you don't have to go to prison to stay, and the children and nephews in the family can be punished instead.

Why is there such a lenient approach to those who are over 70?

There is no reason for it, seventy years old, the age of ancient rarity, ancient scarcity, ancient scarcity, since ancient times, people who can live to seventy, it is really too few, in ten miles and eight towns, there can be a white-headed person, it can be called a great auspicious thing.

During the Warring States Period, when you are over thirteen years old, you can enter the barracks, a big war, ten steps do not exist, years after year, young bones everywhere, how sad.

In the Han Dynasty, the world was slightly settled, living and working in peace and contentment, and the life expectancy was long, but even so, there were few white-haired people among the people. Today's Ming Dynasty, in the prosperous Jinling City, people who are over the age of ancient are rare, forty years old is longevity, over fifty years old, can be called an old man.

Leaving aside hunger, disease, and war, even if the provision is sufficient, it is difficult to live more than 100 years, and it is the way of heaven to think about it.

Confucius squatted on the bridge, looking at the eastward flowing water, and also sighed that the deceased was like this, reluctant to give up day and night.

The fear of death and the unstoppable march towards death have been the same since ancient times.

The Qi Refiner was eating and drinking Lu Bigu to enlighten the Dao, while eating a lot of golden pills, and cultivating internal strength, like the sect master of Penglai Immortal Sect, living to be more than one hundred and thirty years old, it can be regarded as the peak.

There are no immortal people in the world, and there are no immortal monsters, but the lifespan of monsters is far longer than that of humans.

If it is not enlightened, the general birds and beasts, as short as a few years, as long as a few decades, even if the folk are rumored to be the longevity of the turtle king eight, but only seventy or eighty years of life.

Flowers and trees, more peculiar, rooted in the deep soil, derivative, it is supposed to be an immortal thing, but unfortunately there is no wisdom, it can only be called stiff, a firewood knife, a seedling wildfire, blink into ashes.

Blessed with the mercy of heaven, birds and beasts open their spiritual wisdom, and their life span is long, and they can live thousands of years, or die of old age, or die of old age, survive the thunderstorm, and their life span will be extended.

Qi refiners who pursue the way of immortality will naturally hit the idea of immortality on this group of monsters, and in ancient times, there were countless people who hunted demons, cramping and peeling skins, eating brains and drinking blood, and even more crazy people, sewing monsters and their bodies together, hoping to prolong their lives by taking advantage of the monsters and beasts.

It's a pity that as long as the essence and blood enter the body, these people will either explode and die on the spot, or become crazy and become demons, retrograde in qi and blood, crazy to death, and it is rare to have a good death, and over time, few people will take this road again.

But, in everything, there are buts.

One of the five great immortal sects, Abbot Immortal Sect, established 7,300 years ago, the seventh generation of Abbot Immortal Sect Sect Sect Master, is a descendant of the Southern Xinjiang Wu Clan, with ancestral witchcraft.

The Wu clan in southern Xinjiang, live by the mountain, there are demon beasts on the mountain, the people of the Wu clan are afraid and respectful, worship as gods, and in the long run, with several generations of people, hunt and feed them, and the demon beasts also cover up the killing intent, shelter the Wu clan under the mountain, and the humans and beasts get along with each other and live in harmony.

According to rumors, if the people of the Wu clan are in danger, they pray to the heavens, worship the gods on the mountain, dance with their hands, and shout a word that no one can understand, and then their strength suddenly increases, and the light of their bodies is faint, as if they are possessed by the mountain gods who are offered. Outside southern Xinjiang, people see it and think that it is a crazy demon, or a barbarian beast, so they mostly call the people of the native tribe in southern Xinjiang as Nanban.

In fact, there is no supernatural, what prays to the gods, what hands and dances, they are all cover-ups, the people of the witch clan are just shouting and shouting with their hands and feet, secretly drinking a drop of demon beast essence blood.

After the demon beast accepts the people of the Wu Clan, it will take out a few drops of essence blood and give them as a reward for the offering. If it is a tiger, it is infinitely powerful, and if it is a bird, it is as light as a feather.

Take advantage of this momentary change, either kill the enemy or flee for your life. It's just that although this method can help people for a while, it is difficult to help people for a lifetime, and there are endless troubles.

Demon beasts have practiced for hundreds of years, a drop of essence blood, can contain a large amount of essence, and there is a trace of body blood, the blood of demon beasts and the blood of the human body are incompatible, someone drank blood and ate flesh and died in the past, the people of the witch clan, although they will not explode into the demon, but also at the cost of serious damage to the body, to gain a moment of strength, so the people of the witch clan who take the essence blood of the demon beast can not live long.

But the immortal is worthy of being an immortal, the seventh generation of the abbot of the Immortal Mountain, and even more of a talented person, born in the Wu clan, can't help but have a question: Why did the profound Qi Refiner drink the blood of the demon beast and die, while the Wu Clan, who mainly cultivates brute force, only damages their lifespan, but they will not go crazy?

Grasping this question, pursuing all the way, the seventh generation of the abbot Immortal Sect Master finally found a problem, the more people of the Wu clan who get along well with the demon beasts, the less damage they suffer when they take the essence blood, and there are even people who are born to live with the demon beasts, like fathers and sons, and then take the essence blood, there is no damage, and they can even live a long life.

The seventh generation of Fang Huazhu was ecstatic, and then couldn't help but feel sad, he was old, even if he found another demon beast to sleep with every day, it would be too late to cultivate his feelings, and how could he sleep with this kind of slave who was destined to carry the mountain.

With a roll of his eyes, he couldn't help but think of a solution, there is another kind of people, who are extremely rare, they don't drink beast blood, but they are born to accompany the demon beast bloodline for a long time, and the demon beast bloodline has no resistance to them at all, and their blood should not make people go berserk, and they can also prolong their life.

This kind of person is a child born by the combination of man and demon beast.

The demon opened his wisdom, passed through the thunderstorm, turned into a human form, and stepped into the world. Since he is already a human being, it is inevitable to fall into the red dust of lovesickness and fall in love with people. The Legend of the White Snake, the Qingqiu Fox, the Conch Girl, the Mermaid, behind a personal demon love, there is a murderous machine that is difficult to hide.

People and demons are combined, it is difficult to be compatible with the world, and they are mostly beaten by sticks, leaving a broken and poignant love story, even if they escape from the world and hide in remote mountains and forests, it is difficult for this person and a demon to pass on to future generations, after all, the bloodlines are different.

It's hard, but there are some of them, so they're extremely rare.

"Wait!"

Listening patiently to Zhong Lijiu's tirade, he already had doubts about the peculiarities of his and his sister's body, hearing this, and then thinking back that he was indeed not like those stupid and stupid children in Jinan Mansion, the origin of his mother was indeed unfathomable, although Tie Lingshuang faintly felt that it was not good, but the more his face became darker and darker, he suddenly jumped off the bed with a row of beds, picked up the spear erected at the head of the bed, and stared at Zhong Lijiu coldly,

"You're a monster!"

Zhong Lijiu's mouth was dry, and he was about to pour a sip of wine when he raised his head, only then did he realize that the wine jug on his waist was empty, and he didn't care about the angry subway Lingshuang, and stretched out his hand to open the small door.

The three people at the door were eavesdropping, Qi Chen and Qin Fusu stood farther away, they all pricked up their ears, Qi Chen grew his mouth in surprise, but Qin Fusu frowned and thought carefully.

The Qin family has been in Jinan Mansion for generations, but Tie Xuan's uncle is not, according to his mother, he was transferred to Jinan Mansion after the scientific expedition, it is said that on the way here, he met a seriously injured and unconscious woman on the beach, and brought it to Jinan Mansion together, and later got married.

At this moment, when they saw the door suddenly open, they all woke up suddenly, and glanced at Qi Chen, a little embarrassed, this head was really rude to hear.

Xiao Ya's ears were attached to the door, and she was also fascinated, she didn't want the door to open, so she crashed into the house, Zhong Lijiu reached out to support her, glanced at the other two eavesdroppers, shook her head helplessly, and stuffed the wine jug into Xiao Ya's bewildered little hand,

"Go to Westinghouse, pour a jug of wine, and remember to knock on the door later. ”

Stretched out his hand to close the small door, and heard the sound of light and anxious footsteps outside, Zhong Lijiu looked at Tie Lingshuang, who was eager to try and was about to rush up, lowered his voice slightly, and pointed out the door,

"Xiaoya is just like you. ”

Xiao Ya, who ran to the West House and was busy pouring wine and then came back to eavesdrop, was at a loss, but Tie Lingshuang was no longer stubborn and ignorant, her eyes flickered, she withdrew her anger, and slowly withdrew her spear.

The last time in the Jiming Temple, the little baby monk with amazing spirituality saw that the blood veins of Xiaoya's body were faintly like monsters, and at this time Zhong Lijiu directly pointed out, Tie Lingshuang had a gloomy face, and he also lowered his voice,

"Why is she so weak?"

Zhong Lijiu smiled lightly,

"So, don't interrupt me, I'm getting to the point. ”

Anxious footsteps sounded, stopped in front of the door, and knocked on the door hurriedly, Zhong Lijiu reached out to take the wine jug, and then closed the door again, not blaming them for eavesdropping. He took a sip of his drink, moistened his throat, and continued.

Such a bloodline fusion, the children born, they inherit the blood of demon beasts in their bodies, and they will lurk down, generally no different from ordinary people, some will have special marks on their bodies, or flowers or grass, or birds or beasts, the shape is exquisite, clear at a glance, and some are hidden deeper, and there is no imprint.

The seventh-generation Fang Huazhang searched the world, captured a few descendants who were combined with demon beasts, imprisoned them, and then bleed.

This person was unusually cautious, and did not drink it by himself in a hurry, first found a few dying people in the surrounding countryside, pinched their mouths and poured them while they were sleeping, and then hid in a dark corner and secretly observed. Nothing magical happened, and within a year, those people drove west.

Although disappointed, the abbot Fang Hua, who was not dead, searched for the descendants of the combination of humans and demon beasts, snatched them and imprisoned them, while constantly bleeding, and then poured them on them without the old man knowing.

After decades of sneaking, until Fang Huazhu himself was also dying, he still got nothing, and no miracle appeared. Fang Huazhang was disappointed, and couldn't help but lament, it seems that this kind of bloodline has no effect on prolonging the life of qi refiners.

Just when he was about to give up, something happened. One of these imprisoned people went mad, or rather demonic.

It's no wonder that imprisoned in a place of size, without knowing where he is, and often bleeding, is better than death, living like a slave, it is difficult to see the light of day, and I don't know when the blood will drain, and then, there is a person who goes crazy.

The beasts that lurked in the depths of his veins tore at his body, impacting his soul, turning him into a murderous demon, with hair pouring out of his body and teeth exposed, similar to wild beasts, crazy and chaotic, bound to die violently.

Originally, the disappointed Fang Huazhang was about to let him die, but after thinking about it, he did his best to save his life with his own way of heaven, and after the man survived, he gradually returned to normal.

Then he put a bowl of blood as usual and poured it into an old man who was about to die, and a miraculous thing happened, and the old man who was poured down unknowingly survived for seven more years.

"Are you saying that you must return to normal after entering the demon, so that this kind of blood can prolong people's life?"

Zhong Lijiu nodded slightly,

"People are afraid of monsters, just afraid of their shape, people are the primates of all things, and the wisdom is not comparable to demons, so the descendants of people and demons, the blood of monsters has been hidden in the depths, only after the wisp of life and death, can you clearly feel it, and then enter the demon, and then survive, after that, it is truly integrated. ”

Tie Lingshuang turned around and asked at the empty wall,

"So, she has repeatedly passed the moment of life and death before entering the demon?"

Unexpectedly, Tie Lingshuang would ask this question first, Zhong Lijiu hesitated for a moment, nodded lightly, and quietly tasted the wine.

So it turns out that she has become a crazy peacock who loves to kill, not because of the witchcraft of the Southern Xinjiang Witch Clan, but because she has to go through countless battles of life and death, which stimulates the inheritance in the depths of her bloodline, so to speak, she has not lived as calm as she seems in the past ten years.

The breath was no longer agitated, and slowly subsided, Tie Lingshuang raised his eyebrows,

"After you fall into the demon, can you survive?"

The three people outside the door also heard the important point, Qin Fusu couldn't help but take two steps forward, stood under the eaves, and listened intently.

In the small room, in Tie Lingshuang's gradually blue face, Zhong Lijiu shook his head and put down the wine jug,

"If your life is flat, you will be born, old, sick and die like ordinary people, maybe smarter, maybe a little more energetic, or you may have other manifestations, but most of them are the same. ”

"But once they fall into the devil, most of them go crazy to death, and it is difficult to survive. ”

There was a soft sound outside the door, as if someone was about to push the door in, but Tie Lingshuang was calm and abnormal, and shouted at the door,

"Qin Fusu, get away!"

The footsteps instantly stiffened, and Tie Lingshuang was facing Zhong Lijiu,

"Running to the top of the moon mountain, the mark on the back of her hand has disappeared, and there is no magic appearance, has it been calmed?"

Zhong Lijiu shook his head, pinched his fingers lightly, and said lightly,

"Three days and a big mess, two days and a small mess, according to the time calculation, if it wasn't for Yang Xuanmo taking her away, she would have gone to the top of the Moon Mountain last night, and within half an hour, she would have revealed the Golem. It will last for two or three hours, and it is no better than the punishment of the Qinxin Sword on your shoulder, so you are eager to kill. ”

Outside the small door, Qin Fusu's face was anxious, yes, I met her three times, basically two or three days apart, so she also experienced life and death last night, did she persevere?

Tie Lingshuang stroked his shoulder, the familiar pain struck again, there was a lot less confusion and confusion in his heart, but it was clearer, he endured the severe pain, and was about to ask, Zhong Lijiu's voice sounded,

"Don't worry about it this time, the sword qi piano sound of Yang Xuanmo is the best in the world, but it can calm down and concentrate, and it is the most effective for entering the demon. If Emperor Jianwen is in the hands of the immortals, then Yang Xuanmo stays by Tie Ningmei's side, which is probably the arrangement of the immortals. ”

Hearing that there was a sigh of relief outside the door, Tie Lingshuang shook his head,

"This time?"

"Yes, looking at her breath, in about five days, she will enter the demon again, until the lines resurface, the same as when she was born, can she truly survive the tribulation. ”

"Is it dangerous?"

"What do you say, this time it is not something that the sword qi qin sound can appease, she needs to persevere, and she also needs someone to support her with all her might. That person back then, but Fang Huazhang did his best to save it. ”

Five days?Tie Lingshuang lowered her head and counted the time, nodded slightly, and asked calmly,

"So, it can be preserved?"

Seeing Zhong Lijiu nodded, Tie Lingshuang breathed a sigh of relief, and then said coldly,

"I want you to keep your eyebrows on your back, what do you want, just say it. ”

This, this is the first time, Zhong Lijiu smiled,

"It's too early to say that. The hidden guard doesn't have the manpower to handle your personal affairs, you can save her out, and then I will make a condition. ”

Tie Lingshuang nodded,

"Good. ”

The two of them reached a deal for the first time, Zhong Lijiu was in a good mood, looking at Tie Lingshuang, whose face was blue and turned away, he couldn't help but sigh that years of cultivation had finally paid off, laughed, and continued,

"That generation of Fang Huazhang lived for two hundred and seventy-three years, and according to records, he drained the bloodlines of nine people, and of course, those nine people died immediately! This method has also been passed down, and it is the top secret of the Abbot Immortal Sect. Of course, now it seems that this Southern Xinjiang Daiyu Immortal Sect has also figured out some taste. ”

"The seventh generation of Fang Huazhang gave such a person who returned to normal after entering the demon a special name, called the Blood House. ”

"Hehe, you can understand that it is a blood bag, a slave who specializes in storing blood. ”

Blood house, the giver, the solution of the house, the human body is the house, the blood is hidden in the house, the person is the house where the blood is hidden! Tie Lingshuang snorted coldly and turned around,

"So, Ge Qingshan, the hunters, are specifically arresting them?"

Zhong Lijiu shook his head and solemnly reminded,

"It's not them, it's you. ”

Tie Lingshuang sneered, what kind of national hatred and family hatred are on his back, and the last person he faces will definitely be a person in the realm of the Buddha of King's Landing, and he doesn't care that there is one more reason why he must become stronger, his eyes turned to Xiaozhumen, and asked softly,

"What about her?"

Zhong Lijiu looked back at the small door and smiled slightly bitterly,

"Pumped, look at the damage, it should also be the handiwork of the abbot Xianzong, but her mother's bloodline is special, so she survived. ”

The two fell silent again, Tie Lingshuang suddenly raised his eyebrows, angry,

"No, the back of Tie Ningmei's hand is a peacock, and the one in your hand is a Peng bird, how can these two be different!"