Chapter 3 Colliers
When Chu Qing brought the dagger to his father the next day, he obviously saw surprise on his father's face.
It turned out that this dagger was one of the many heirlooms of the Chu family, which was lost by him in the early years, but he didn't expect it to appear again after this fire.
"A lot of family heirlooms, are there a lot of heirlooms left by our ancestors?"
This Chu Qing really had never heard of it, in his impression, the family had never been rich, and his father was even poorer after he was injured.
"Those were left by your great-grandfather, but most of them were given away to outsiders when your grandfather was a child, and now the only thing left is this one, which your grandfather wore by his side until he died. ”
Chu Qing didn't have any impression of his grandfather, let alone his great-grandfather.
"What kind of person is great-grandfather?"
Chu Feng rarely showed a proud expression: "You Zeng Grandpa, at that time, he was the hero of this village, not only powerful, but also selflessly taught what he had learned to the villagers of the village, and now several big families in the village who can spread out have more or less received the favor of his old man." ”
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More than 70 years ago, Chu Tian fled the enemy's revenge and took his wife to the mountain village.
At that time, the village was just a poor village that had lived here for generations, with only a few dozen households, and it was dozens of miles away from the nearest village.
In order to survive, the villagers often go up to the mountains to hunt some demon beasts, but with their meager strength, they are often injured or even killed.
After dozens of villagers went up to the mountains to hunt and die, he decided to help these villagers, not only personally leading them to hunt, but also setting up a class to teach their children to cultivate.
His son Chu Linshu has been abnormally blocked in his meridians since he was born, and he can't practice, so he can only go all the way to refining his body, and his qualifications are not very good along the way to refining his body, so he pinned everything on the dozen teenagers at that time.
Huangtian lived up to his wishes, four of these children had a chance to surpass him, but he finally failed to see the arrival of that day, a few years later, Chu Tianxing died of regret due to the recurrence of an old injury, and Chu Lin Shuniang died in childbirth when he gave birth to him.
Chu Linshu was born with a severe blockage of the meridians due to dystocia, and could not practice, although he was an orphan, he was well alive with the care of his father, apprentices and villagers.
Probably knowing that he couldn't cultivate, plus he was too weak, and having many treasures would inevitably cause others to covet them, so he gave these things to his father's apprentices.
But time is a poison that consumes kindness, as time passes, the older generation gradually passes away, and the Chu family and those families that have developed because of Chu Tianxing are gradually drifting apart.
In Chu Qing's generation, the Chu family had almost no contact with the big families in the village, and these big families did not admit that the family's development was due to the small and dilapidated Chu family.
"Do all these big families in the village have the credit of great-grandfather in their development?" Chu Qingyou had a sense of family pride, even if he hadn't seen the legendary great-grandfather.
Chu Feng shook his head and said, "Except for those four people back then, most of them were just mediocre later, and after so many years, their descendants have long since disappeared from everyone. ”
Among these four people, except for one who died on the mountain during training, and one whose family moved out after the family grew stronger, the other two were the old head of the Gao family and the other was the old head of the Zhang family. ”
"Gao Lishi's family and Zhang Qingtian's family?" Chu Qing couldn't believe it.
"Well, the strength of those two old men has reached the artistic conception before their deaths, and they are one step away from entering the legendary rebirth realm. ”
This Chu Qing has some understanding, there are many kinds of cultivation, including spiritual cultivation, physical cultivation, sword cultivation and Buddhist cultivation, but no matter what kind of monk, they are roughly the same in terms of level distribution.
In order to distinguish easily, the people of the world later used the title of the most number of spiritual ranks, from the first to the ninth layer of the refining realm, through the foundation building realm, and the knot pill realm, they entered the transformation of the qi realm, the transformation of the form realm and the transformation of the artistic conception in the three realms called transfiguration, and then there were the three realms of rebirth that people dreamed of - the heavy bone realm, the heavy body realm and the heavy soul realm.
"When I was injured, these two old men also secretly came here to see me, after all, the ancestors of the Chu family were kind to them, although there was no cure, but they still left some pills, so they were able to survive all these years and they were also favored by them. ”
"Have they been here, then why have Gao Lishi been sending people to harass our family and my mother for the past few months!" Chu Qing became angry as soon as he talked about this, if he became strong one day, he must chop off the hands of those beasts with his own hands.
"Alas, at that time, when the two old men suddenly came to see me, I realized that it was unusual, they did not come for me, but for something from my Chu family. ”
Chu Qing was a little surprised, could it be this dagger? But no matter how he looked at it, although the dagger had a beautiful pattern, it was just an ordinary dagger.
"They didn't elaborate, but they just mentioned to me that your great-grandfather had a heavy treasure, and it may be that it was because of this treasure that he lived here incognito, and that there was no such thing among the things that your grandfather gave out in his early years. Chu Feng recalled the situation at that time and told Chu Qing one by one.
"What heavy treasure?" Chu Qing was a little curious.
"They just said that they had felt the earth-shattering momentum and great coercion of the room where your great-grandfather was, which not only made them tremble, but also caused a great reaction from the demon beasts in the mountains. ”
Chu Feng paused, thought for a moment, and then said: "Those two old men may have been unwilling to tear their faces with my Chu family based on the feelings of teachers and students or mutual restraint during their lifetimes, and now they both passed away three months ago, so I want to tell their descendants about that thing before they die." ”
"I said why did Gao Lishi always come to harass our family for no reason, that Zhang Qingtian had no contact with us at all, but he stood up and fought against Gao Lishi, it turns out that they all have plans!" Chu Qing suddenly realized.
"That heavy treasure is this dagger?" Looking at Chu Feng, he wanted an answer.
"I don't know, your grandfather didn't tell me, he just said that this is the only heirloom, let me cherish it, but then I don't know where I lost it, so I didn't care about it!"
Chu Qing heard about his ancestors for the first time, and tried his best to digest the situation he currently understood, looking at the dagger in his hand repeatedly, wanting to determine whether he was the treasure in the story, something that could make the strong people of the artistic conception fall in love, it must not be an ordinary thing.
Later, the Gao and Zhang families saw that Chu Qing's house burned down, and in the name of being sympathetic to their fellow villagers, they invited Chu Qing's family to live in the house.
Of course, Chu Qing's family rejected them, after all, the weasel gave the chicken a New Year's greeting, and Chu Qing still understood that even if he didn't mention the hateful Colliers, Zhang Qingtian was not a fuel-efficient lamp.
Later, with the help of Li Heizi and his next-door neighbors, several small wooden houses were built on the ruins of the original Chu family.
Although the house is simple, it is already very satisfying for Chu Qing's family, they just want a home that can shelter them from the wind and rain and provide a rest.
After a few days of observation, no suspicious things were found, and Chu Qing was relieved and no longer worried.
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The rainy season was indeed rainy, and it was not long before another torrential rain fell on the land, which not only drowned all the farmers in the field, but also flooded many low-lying houses in the village.
Fortunately, Chu Qing's family was located in the highland area near the mountains in the south, so he was lucky to escape.
"Looking at the weather, it should be able to clear tomorrow, and it is a good opportunity to go up the mountain to collect medicine. If the rain stops early, go as far into the forest as possible. ”
"If I don't find the spirit grass during the day, I still have to try to search the mountains at night, if the spirit grass really likes to appear quietly at night as the old man said, I won't miss it."
Looking at the drizzling rain outside the window, and the mysterious mountain hidden in the haze in front of him, Chu Qing was full of anticipation.