Chapter 18: Ghost Night
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When Ishiku walked through the village again, the people looked at him with admiration, and the boys were full of envy.
And Shi Kong also found that some teenagers were clearly more energetic than before, and they were obviously improving their cultivation.
It's just that as Shikong got closer and closer to the Qingwu family, people's expressions became more and more calm, and they even walked in a hurry, holding some things such as stone incense burners, bird eggs, etc., and even unwashed beast meat that was still stained with blood.
Walking into Qingwu's house again, several teenagers rushed over like the wind, one by one either beating him on the shoulder, or patting him on the back, shouting, as if they were even happier than him.
"Shi Kong, I didn't expect your comprehension to be so high, you actually really practiced sword momentum!"
"The Green Emperor is a saint! There are very few of my ten clans in this generation, let alone blessings, there is not a single one. β
"It's like a dream, I want to get some rain in my dreams, now it's good, my internal breath is also full, and I can practice internal strength in the next day or two. β
The two brothers, Qingyun and Qingwu, were ecstatic, obviously this scattered creation almost changed their lives, at least in less than a month, they were able to be selected by the masters who arrived from the Luming tribe and entered the academy, which was unimaginable before.
"And I, Ishikong, not only stabilized my internal strength, but also opened up three of the twenty points where my heart is located. Qingwu held his head high, looking like he was waiting for praise.
"I've also developed my internal strength, but I've only opened up one trick. Qinghu said with some annoyance, but was glared at by the two Qingyun brothers angrily.
Qingyu's eyes were bright, he glanced at Shi Kong deeply, and said calmly: "I have also practiced internal strength and opened up two tricks. β
Shi Kong vaguely saw the changes in several people, and was very happy for them after being confirmed, in addition, he also found that Qingyu's temperament became more and more gentle, obviously his comprehension of Qinglian's heart method deepened again, this young man's fit with Qinglian's martial arts Cheng DΓΉ, I'm afraid it's not much weaker than him, if it weren't for Huang Nitai, he might not be able to surpass it so much at once.
"Okay, Qingyu, Qinghu, you guys go back quickly, it's getting dark. β
At this time, Hua Shi walked out of the inner room with some eagerness, still holding a stone incense burner in his hand, and solemnly placed it outside the door.
"It's getting dark, let's go back, we have practiced internal strength, and we have more self-preservation power. The four of Qinghu glanced at each other, their faces became solemn, they didn't linger any longer, and soon left with big strides.
"Qingwu, is the ghost night coming?......
Without waiting for Shi Kong to finish speaking, Qingwu pressed his mouth and said seriously: "Don't ask, you can't say, if you say it, you will provoke unclean things." β
Not clean stuff!
Shi Kong frowned, thoughtful, could it really be a ghost? It was really so terrifying, he sensed a hint of oppressive atmosphere.
"Shikong, Qingwu boy, you are ready to come to Shangxiang!"
A sturdy middle-aged man walked out of the back room, with a gentle face, this is Qingwu's father, at this moment his upper body is naked, revealing his back full of scars, which is the mark of blood left by hunting in the barren ancient forest all year round.
"Let's go. β
Qingwu nodded towards Shi Kong, Shi Kong was silent, and the two came to the door, only to see that in addition to the stone incense burner they had visited before, there were two bronze oil lamps, three bowls of bloody beast meat, a bowl of raw bird eggs, and an iron basin with a large grinding plate, in which there were pieces of rosewood, which were suspected to be a kind of coin.
"Let's incense. β
Qingwu's father handed over three pillars of high incense, which was also made of red sandalwood powder, exuding a faint sandalwood aroma.
The bronze oil lamp was lit, Qingwu lit the high incense, and bowed three times to the four sides outside the door, completely missing the appearance of jumping off on weekdays, with a solemn and solemn expression.
After worshipping, Qingwu inserted the incense into the incense burner, this incense burner was obviously not the first time it was used, Shi Kong saw that it was full of thick incense ash.
After a few sighs, Shi Kong also stepped forward, he lit three incense sticks, and like Qingwu, he bowed three times in all directions, and then inserted the incense into the incense burner.
"Today, we will offer offerings and wooden money, and the ghosts and gods of the Quartet will not disturb!"
Qingwu's father also put on three sticks of incense, as the head of the family, he bent down in all directions, and while muttering prayers and reciting words.
On the incense, Hua Shi held up a bronze oil lamp, and the animal oil wrapped in flames dripped down, and lit a pot of rosewood money, and the sandalwood bursts, and soon drifted away in all directions.
Shi Kong noticed that not only the Qingwu family, but also some Qinglian clan people not far away were also carrying out the same ritual in front of their doors.
Is this a ghost worship, making an offering, and asking for no nuisance?
Shi Hollow guessed in his heart, he looked up, today's sun, faster than the previous sunset, soon, the sun set, the cold night sky descended.
The stars were shining brightly, and the moon was like a disk, but soon there were black clouds covering the sky, and the whole world became dark.
"Shut the door!" Qingwu's father snorted.
With a bang, the thick rosewood door was closed, and Qingwu's father breathed a sigh of relief, but soon his face became solemn again, looked at Shi Kong and the two, and said: "The ghost night starts tonight and ends tomorrow, during this period, the ghost energy covers the sky and the sun, the bright moon does not come out, the stars are not visible, no matter who calls outside the door, you must not open the door!"
"Yes!" Qingwu nodded.
Shi Kong was a little puzzled, and his eyes became sharp, things didn't seem to be as simple as he imagined.
However, he still nodded and agreed, it was unclear at the moment, such as the seventh uncle and other cultivators who were far above him, they were also so taboo, and they refused to speak out, he didn't think that he could change anything, so he could only wait and see first, in order to be able to see some clues.
The night is getting darker, during which Shikong walked into the stone house and entered the ancient gods' domain, still forging pig iron for half a day, and going to the yellow clay platform for half a day.
After taking the first step into the Divine Fire Realm, the strength of his physical body skyrocketed, and the old blacksmith replaced him with a large hammer weighing nine stones, because he needed to adapt to the soaring power, the number of continuous forgings only increased slightly, and it could reach forty-three times.
On the yellow mud platform, the middle-aged man appeared again, thinking that practicing sword momentum, at least in swordsmanship, could force the middle-aged man to show all his strength, but he didn't expect the middle-aged man to be abnormal, but also to use the sword momentum, the sword power has also increased a lot, but it is still comparable to him, even so, every time the middle-aged man comes out of the sword, he can find the flaws and gaps in his sword momentum, and drive straight in, both have sword momentum, he not only failed to help the other party, but was also suppressed by the other party.
After a short period of stunned, Shi Kong was not surprised and rejoiced, this is a kind of sharpening of the sword momentum, fierce battle for half a day, urging the sword momentum, he has been able to barely resist the attack of the middle-aged man, although he is still at a disadvantage, but he is no longer as suppressed as at the beginning, and he has almost no power to fight back.
When he came out of the Ancient God Domain, Shi Kong shook his head slightly, the medicinal power of the Life Spring Pool seemed to have increased, it seemed to be in line with his skyrocketing cultivation, but the improvement of his cultivation was still the same, neither increasing nor decreasing, and it would take at least three to four days to open up the first point where the lungs were located again.
Walking out of the back room, the house is brightly lit, Qingwu beckoned to the stone sky, the family is sitting at the table at the moment, on the table, there is a statue the size of a human head, the statue of the Qingdi carved by Nanmu, the green smoke of a palm-sized incense burner in front of the statue, at the same time, there are fresh wild fruits, cooked animal meat and other offerings.
Shi Kong came to the table and sat down, not only the door, but also the windows were closed, and there was a strange and heavy atmosphere in the air.
Time passed breathlessly, Shi Kong wanted to speak, but was stopped by Qingwu's father raising his hand, signaling silence, at this moment, there was only half a stick of incense left in the distance.
I don't know how long later, on the table, the lit bronze oil lamp, the thumb-sized flame suddenly shook, and the room was calm, and there was no sound of wind. Shi Kong's face showed a different color, and the faces of the three members of the Qingwu family became very solemn.
Soon, outside the house, there was a noise, as if dozens or hundreds of people were walking, and there were faint whispers, but they couldn't tell what they were saying.
Ghosts?
Shi Kong's pupils contracted, he was sure that the people outside the house at this moment were definitely not the clansmen of the Qinglian clan, could it be that there were really ghosts in this world?