The autumn rain has stopped for several days, and today is a rare sunny day, and the bright and warm sunshine makes the Xizi feel exceptionally good. What makes Xizi even happier is that because of the big sacrifice at home, my sister, who has been away from home for four years, has also returned home from Pan Palace in Kunlun Mountain, and she can hold her sister and be coquettish again.

Ju Su combed his son's hair, feeling that time flies so fast, when he left home, his sister's impression in his memory is still that he is a child with a double girl, and now he is about to comb the sacrificial high bun.

"Will this dress be too big?" Xizi tried on the ceremonial dress and spun around in front of Jusu.

Seeing the slender sister in front of him wearing such a wide sacrificial dress, Ju Su wanted to laugh a little, thinking that he was like this before, and his heart was filled with a trace of sourness, if it wasn't for ......

"Sister, do these two Jade Jue look good with this dress?" Ju Su's thoughts were interrupted by the voice of the child, and she was holding two pieces of jade next to her ears: "This is given to me by my mother, and she said that she wore it when she got married." ”

"It's good-looking, of course it's good-looking." Ju Su pressed his sister's shoulder: "Come, you turn around first." ”

The son was turned around by his sister's shoulder, and then saw a bead chain appear around his neck.

"Wow, what is this?" Xizi happily turned to look at her sister.

"This is four kinds of jade from Kunlun Mountain: white, blue, vermilion, and ink, I picked each one and polished it into seven jade beads, and strung them together, which is for you to use when dancing the dance of the great sacrifice."

Xizi touched the bead chain around his neck, the white, blue, red and black jade beads were warm and moist, and the tentacles were smooth and greasy, presumably made by my sister with great effort.

"I love you so much!" The son hugged Jusu and put his head in Jusu's arms to be coquettish.

Suddenly, a strange touch came from his face, elastic and soft...... The son pulled his head out in surprise and saw his sister's breasts, which were a cut above him. Xizi took two steps back, looked at his sister head-on, looked sideways, and sighed "sigh".

Jusu looked at his sister's strange movements and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"That ......" the child gestured to himself and bowed his head and said, "Ya Li said that I ...... It's too small to look good in clothes...... Nobody likes ...... like that."

"Hahaha!" Ju Su laughed, touched his son's head and said, "You are only fourteen years old, but you still have to grow!" ”

"I'm going to be fifteen!" Xizi protested.

"Oh, yes, yes." Ju Su hugged his sister: "Our son-in-law will be married in March next year, and he will be able to get married then!" ”

Ju Su looked at his son narrowly: "Zhong Qi, that stupid boy, I'm afraid I'm in a hurry, right?" ”

"I told you to choreograph me!" The two sisters burst into laughter and slammed their two small fists at the orange soda.

"Alright, alright." Ju Su grabbed his son's hand: "You have been studying in the Biyong Pavilion for two years, can you see Zhong Qi often?" You shouldn't be afraid of him now, right? ”

"Who was afraid of him!" Xizi muttered: "That guy, pretending to be a serious ...... all day long" Xizi looked up and thought about it, and concluded: "He's just a fake serious." ”

"What is a hypocrisy?" Jusu laughed.

"Don't talk about him." The son was afraid that his sister would hold on to this topic, so he hurriedly changed the topic: "Sister, what have you learned in Pangong all these years?" I remember you said you were going to tell me interesting stories from the Pan Palace. ”

"Pan Palace? Alas...... It's boring, where is there any interesting story. Ju Su said: "Every day is to read, enlighten, work, and practice spells......"

Hearing the spell, the son became interested: "What kind of spells do you teach in the Pan Palace?" ”

"It's nothing more than making fire, manipulating water, guiding thunder, or something...... Everyone's talent is different, and different spells will be taught according to their talent. Ju Su said: "What about your Biyong Pavilion?" In addition to the six arts, can you learn spells? ”

"The spells taught by the Biyong Pavilion are mainly runes, and we learned the runes of fire dragon cannonballs, the runes of defense prohibitions, and the runes of fireworks......" Xizi thought for a while and said, "The art class is not in the six arts, and it is not a compulsory course, but I still chose it." The runes were taught by a young witch teacher, who I heard had also practiced in the Pan Palace...... Her name is Wu Ji, sister, do you know her? ”

Ju Su was stunned for a moment and said, "It's him...... Not too familiar. ”

"The teacher taught us to respect the power contained in words. Both the Wu clan and our human race communicate the power of heaven and earth through writing, and generate all kinds of spells. Xizi continued: "The classmate who slept with me, Ya Li, is a demon clan, she told me that their demon clan uses spells, and they don't use words, and they can control and release the power of the five elements through the 'source' pattern on their bodies. By the way, she also taught me a spell that allows us to meet and talk from a long distance, which is very fun. ”

"Sister, look." The son took out a handkerchief and presented it to Ju Su. I saw a strange rune drawn on it with cinnabar.

Ju Suqi said: "What is this? ”

"This is the rune made by Ya Li according to the 'source' pattern on her own body, she said that she can store the power of the 'source' pattern on her body in this rune, and she can use it about four or five times - so that even if I don't have the 'source' pattern on my body, I can use the spells of their demon clan!"

When Ju Su heard this, he felt angry and funny: "I've never heard that you can make the 'source' pattern of the demon clan into runes to use, you little guys really love to mess around." ”

"It's not nonsense." Seeing that his sister didn't believe it, Xizi said: "I'll try to show you." ”

The son took Ju Su to the bronze mirror in the house, pasted a square scarf with runes on the bronze mirror, and then recited the spell that Ya Li taught him. I saw that the runes on the mirror glowed with blue light, and gradually disappeared into the mirror, and then a circle of ripples rippled on the mirror, which seemed to become a water surface. Xizi put his hand on the mirror and meditated silently, and a figure really appeared on the mirror.

Ju Su watched Xizi cast a spell with a solemn expression, and muttered, "This is a very profound spell...... This classmate of yours is not an ordinary person......"

Xizi didn't hear what Ju Su said, turned his head and asked, "What did you say?" ”

At this time, a crow's voice came from the mirror: "Ahhh You've made it! I see you! ”

Xizi happily waved at Ya Li in the mirror: "Ya Li, have you already returned home?" ”

"It's home." Ya Li said: "Through our clan's 'Yumen', the journey is very fast. ”

The son pulled Ju Su over: "Ya Li, this is my sister, Ju Su." ”

Ju Su smiled: "Hello Ya Li, I always hear my son mention you." ”

Ya Li shouted in the mirror: "Ah, Sister Jusu, you are so beautiful!" ”

"Look!" The son of the child held up the bead chain around his neck with both hands: "This is given to me by my sister, let me use it when I dance, it looks good, right?" ”

"It's so pretty." Ya Li said enviously, "My sister has never sent me such a beautiful thing......" Ya Li pursed her mouth, "She still bullies me all the time......"

got the praise of his friends, and shook his head proudly.

"That's right!" Ya Li suddenly remembered: "A few days ago, your future husband-in-law, Zhong Qi, came to our dormitory to look for you. ”

"Looking for me?" Xi Ziqi said: "What is he looking for me to do?" ”

"He said he had come to apologize to you, and he brought a bag of vermilion as an apology—this thing grows on the cliffs, but it's not easy to pick—but it tastes really good. It's a pity that you're not here, so I'm cheaper. ”

"What are you sorry for...... Xizi touched the place where the stone was hit on the door of his head, and it seemed that he was still in a faint pain at this time: "Fake ......"

Ya Li smiled: "What a fake, I think he is stupid." I just played a joke with him, and he took it seriously, and he wanted to give me the jade huang he was wearing...... Also, when he was leaving, he left a few words for me to pass on to you. ”

"Fake serious...... "What can he leave for me?" ”

Ya Li thought for a moment and said, "What did he say...... You don't have to worry anymore, he has found a way to break your marriage contract, and it will be done before the big sacrifice or something......"

"What do you say? You repeat! Ju Su next to him suddenly said loudly.

Ya Li and Xizi were taken aback, Ya Li thought about it seriously, repeated Zhong Qi's words again, and said affirmatively: "That's right, that's it." ”

The blue light on the mirror flashed a few times and began to dim, and Crow Li said loudly in the mirror: "This time the magic power has run out, I will look for you in seven days......"

The light on the mirror disappeared completely, and the mirror surface returned to the appearance of a bronze mirror, and the rune scarf attached to it gently floated down.

The son picked up the square scarf and went to see his sister, and saw that Jusu's face was ugly and terrible.

"Sister, what's wrong with you?" The son asked cautiously.

"Wu Ji, this guy ......," Ju Su said hatefully.

There was a breeze on the water, and a flat boat gently leaned against the shore. Ju Su and Xizi jumped out of the boat, and their feet had already set foot on the land of Tao Country.

The two of them walked in a hurry, and the nephew didn't even have time to change the sacrificial clothes on his body, so he only took the mask he wore on weekdays in a hurry, and was pulled out by Jusu. Along the way, Ju Su's face was ugly, he didn't say a word, and he didn't ask any questions. Now that he has arrived here, Xizi finally couldn't help but ask his sister: "This is already Tao Country, what are we going to do?" The son looked at the sacrificial clothes on his body: "Tomorrow is the day of the great sacrifice, I shouldn't have come here at this time." ”

Jusu shook his sister's hand hard and said, "Let's go confirm something, this matter is very important, for you...... It may even be more important than a sacrifice. Trust me, okay? ”

Seeing that his sister was earnest, he had no choice but to nod.

When the two sisters came to the courtyard of Tao Guojun's house, they saw that the courtyard door was open, and an eleven or twelve-year-old girl in the courtyard was drying the washed clothes, and Ju Su knocked on the courtyard door gently.

Hearing the knock on the door, she put down her work and walked to the door, and saw that it was two slim women who knocked on the door, but she didn't recognize it, and she didn't think it was a native, so she asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Jusu asked, "This is the king's mansion, right?" Are you a veterin? ”

"Yes." Xingna recognized the sacrificial clothes and mask on Xizi's body: "You are Sister Xizi?" ”

Ju Su said: "Yes." She is the son of Qinguo, and I am Jusu. ”

Jing Cai was taken aback: "Sister Jusu, are you back?" Then he was a little embarrassed, "I haven't seen you look like you're not wearing a mask, I didn't recognize you for a while......"

Ju Su didn't care about the greetings and asked, "Is Zhong Qi here?" ”

Jing Cai said: "Second brother, he is not here, so he went out early." He went out early these days and came back late. ”

"Do you know where he went?"

"This, I don't know......" Jingcai thought for a while: "Uncle may know." ”

Xingcai called out the name of Shulai to the yard, and Shulai, who had two buns on his head, jumped out of the back of the yard, and when he saw an outsider at the door, he restrained his body, walked to his sister's side in a proper manner, stared at Jusu and Xizi with big eyes, and looked at Jusu and Xizi curiously.

Jing Cai said to her uncle: "These two are Sister Jusu and Sister Xizi of Qinguo, they have something to ask you." ”

Shulai respectfully saluted the two of them and said, "Sister Jusu is good." Sister Xizi is good. ”

Xizi looked at his uncle, and said in his heart that this is another trumpet Zhong Qi, but it is much cuter than his brother.

Ju Su touched his uncle's head and asked, "Do you know where your second brother went?" ”

Uncle said: "Second brother, he went to Danlin, and he has been running there for the past few days." ”

Ju Su asked, "Do you know what he was doing in Danlin?" ”

"I don't know." Shulai shook his head: "The second brother enters the 'door' every time, he can go in, but I can't." ”

Ju Su's face became grim, and he asked Jing Cai, "Where are the monarch and his wife at this time?" ”

Jing Cai said: "There will be a big sacrifice tomorrow, and my father and mother will take their clansmen to prepare for the sacrifice." It may be in the mountains, or it may be in the Qinshui ......"

Ju Su asked again: "Zhong Qi has been in the past two days...... Are there any unusual behaviors? ”

Seeing that the sacrifice of Qinguo came to the door the day before the festival, Jing Cai knew that it must not be an idle matter, and thought about it seriously, but he didn't think of any clues, so he asked his uncle: "Uncle, think about it, is there anything wrong with the second brother these days?" ”

Seeing his sister's serious expression, Shulai nodded and said, "The night before yesterday, the second brother hid something on the beam of the 'She', I secretly looked at it, it was a wooden box. ”

Ju Su hurriedly said: "That wooden box, can you show me?" ”

Uncle came to see his sister, and Xingcai nodded to him, so Uncle Lai jumped up and shouted, "You wait, I'll go get it!" "He ran out.

Xingcai looked at Jusu and asked worriedly, "Sister Jusu, is something wrong?" ”

Ju Su sighed and said, "Your second brother, I'm afraid I'm doing a stupid thing." She looked at Xingcai's worried expression, and patted her again and comforted, "You don't have to worry too much, it shouldn't be too late." ”

After a while, Uncle Lai held a wooden box, trotted back, and handed the wooden box to Jusu.

Jusu opened the wooden box and saw the two rolls of bamboo slips in the wooden box, Jusu eagerly unfolded the untitled volume, only glanced at it a few times, and muttered, "Sure enough, ......"

Xizi looked over from the side, and only saw a few words in the bamboo slips, which seemed to be a person's handwriting. When I was about to look at it again, I found that Ju Su's hand holding the bamboo slip was trembling. Just as he was about to ask, Ju Su snapped and closed the bamboo slip, rolled it up and put it in the wooden box, and said to Jing Cai: "You go to your father, give this to him, and tell him that Zhong Qi has gone to the Danlin, and he will know what is going on." ”

Xingcai took the wooden box and nodded in confusion.

Ju Su pulled his son to leave, but suddenly turned around again and asked, "Where is your drum?" ”

Jing Cai said: "Kui Drum has always been enshrined in the 'She'. ”

Ju Su said: "Bring it to me." ”

Tsunashi said embarrassedly: "I'm afraid this won't work." The drum is a sacred relic in our clan, and it is also a thing of our country, and it cannot be handed over to outsiders. ”

Ju Su pushed the son forward: "My sister sister, she is not an outsider. She is the eldest daughter-in-law of your family, and the future Lady of Tao Guo! ”

Jing Cai's eyes lit up, and she grabbed her son and said, "Yes, you are the second sister-in-law, you are not an outsider." Then I'll go get it. ”

Xizi touched the drum tied around his waist, seeing that he had already walked to the foot of the mountain, he was confused when he thought of this way, but he ran around with his sister without knowing it, and suddenly he was very annoyed, and he couldn't bear it anymore, so he grabbed Jusu and asked, "What the hell is going on, what are we going to do?" Sister, you're going to tell me! ”

Ju Su then thought that her sister still didn't know anything, she let out a sigh of relief, calmed down the chaotic breath due to the hurry, pressed the shoulders of the sister, stared at the eyes of the sister and asked seriously: "Xizi, you tell me honestly, what is Zhongqi in your heart?" ”

"What's the ......" my sister was still asking this kind of question at this time, and my son wanted to complain a few words, but seeing my sister's serious expression, it didn't seem like she was joking with herself, so she had to say: "It's just a ...... Someone you know. ”

"Something, it's time to tell you." Ju Su said: "Didn't you ask me before, why I was born in the same year as Zhong Qi, and I had a marriage contract with him, but it was not me, but you who were born two years later than him?" ”

"Yes......" Xizi didn't understand why my sister mentioned this.

"Did you hear what the water dish called you just now?"

The child's face turned red: "This girl, call ...... blind" Seeing that her sister was looking at her with burning eyes, she suddenly caught a clue in her mind, "She seems to be calling me ......'second sister-in-law'......"

"That's because," said Ju Su, "the one who signed the marriage contract with me was the eldest son of the Tao family, their eldest brother, Boyang. ”

"Huh?" When the son heard the news, his mind was a little confused for a while: "This ...... Why haven't you heard from you before? ”

"Bo Yang is three years older than Zhong Qi, and he entered the Pan Palace to study very early—earlier than me, when you were young." Ju Su said: "Later, I also went to Pan Palace, and I also lived under the same roof with him...... Ju Su tilted his head and looked at his sister: "Believe me, I have experienced all the troubles you have experienced before and now." Until ......"

Jusu closed his eyes tiredly, and finally mentioned the memories he had never wanted to touch: "Until one day, he came to me and told me that I didn't have to worry anymore, that he had found a way to break the marriage." ”

"I was too young to realize what he was talking about—just like you do now." Jusu continued: "So I didn't do anything...... Perhaps, in his eyes at that time, he was actually supporting him to do that. ”

Xizi knew that the "he" that his sister said at this time was referring to Bo Yang, and asked cautiously, "What did he do?" ”

"Do you know why our Qinyuan clan and they have a Tao clan and have to make a big sacrifice every twenty years?"

Seeing that her sister changed the topic again, Xizi shook her head blankly.

"Yes, you don't know yet, this was supposed to be taught to you by your father tomorrow." Ju Su said: "Although I haven't been formally taught, I still know a little, so I'll tell you." ”

"A long, long time ago, in this world, there was a righteous god who ruled everything, his name was 'Donghuang Taiyi', and he ruled this world for a long, long time. Later, there was a god called 'Hao Close', who coveted the power of the Eastern Emperor Taiyi Masahami, so he found an opportunity to assassinate the Masahami, and he used a sharp sword to first cut off the hands of the Masagami, and then absorbed the power of the Masahami and became the new Masami. ”

"The severed hands of the Eastern Emperor Taiyi God turned into two fierce beasts, one called 'Nian' and the other called 'Yingxiao'. These two fierce beasts have brought many disasters to the mortal realm, so the Yellow Emperor, the ruler of the mortal realm, wants to subdue them. ”

"The Yellow Emperor first found Youtao, and ordered him to take the gold and jade from the mountain and make a drum body with clay, which is extremely tough, even if it is hit by the thunder in the sky, there will be no small cracks. Tao went to Liubo Mountain in the East China Sea to kill a Kui Niu, and dedicated its skin to the Yellow Emperor, who used the skin of the Kui Niu to make war drums, which could reach 500 li in a single earthquake and 3,800 li in a continuous earthquake. The Yellow Emperor handed over the remaining cowhide from the war drum to Youtao, and together with the pottery drum body, he made the Kui Drum - hey, this one on your body. ”

"The Yellow Emperor has found the Qin Yuan clan again, that is, our ancestor. The Qin Yuan clan is good at change, and can change twenty-eight different appearances in a single day - this is the origin of our family's talent for 'easy appearance'. ”

"The sound of Dow's drumming can deter Yingxiao, and Qin Yuan's continuously changing appearance can confuse Yingxiao. The Yellow Emperor ordered the two of them to dance together while beating the drum, and the power of the drum and dance would seal the beast. Yingxiao is unwilling to be sealed, will always accumulate strength to break through the seal, there are Tao and Qinyuan descendants will hold a festival every 20 years, the festival will dance the sacrificial dance, the Yingxiao re-sealed, thousands of years, to this day. ”

It was the first time that Xizi had heard the story of the origin of the two clans, although he had heard some words in the clan before, but they were all unstructured legends, far less exciting than what his sister said. It turns out that the "disguise" and ritual dance that I have practiced since I was a child are used to seal this monster. Thinking that there was another monster, he asked, "What about the 'year'?" ”

"The Yellow Emperor found that the Nian Beast was very afraid of red, and the sound of bamboo burning and bursting in the fire, so he ordered people to use red silk and firecrackers to drive it away. In the Pan Palace of our Kunlun Mountain, there is a once-in-a-century genius, the power of the five elements of yin and yang is omnipresent, and later generations respectfully call him 'Ziwei Xingjun'. His actions caused the heavenly fire to burn the Year Beast, and the beast was destroyed in this way. ”

"Later, there were Tao and Qinyuan, who flew to the immortal realm with the Yellow Emperor. Although their descendants inherited the power of their ancestors, they were not as powerful as their ancestors. The power of the Yingxiao's counterattack will consume the essence of the sacrificer, and the sacrificer will often be attacked strongly after the sacrifice dance, and in serious cases, he may even lose his life. It wasn't until later that it was discovered that when the men and women of the two clans became married, the bloodlines of the two clans were bonded, and the spirit was connected, and the yin and yang were mutually beneficial, and they could resist the encroachment of the Yingxiao's anti-devouring power. So the two clans intermarried for generations, and the husband and wife served as sacrifices, and so it has been passed down to us. ”

"The marriage covenant of the two clans, once agreed, the blood and fate of both parties are linked, which is a 'blood oath'. And there is only one way to break this blood oath, and that is-" Ju Su said here and took a deep breath: "There is a life that disappears, that is, - death. ”

The son covered her mouth with an "ah", she vaguely guessed what her sister was going to say next, and a sense of uneasiness and panic quietly rose in her heart.

Ju Su smiled helplessly and continued: "Bo Yang didn't know what chance he encountered in the Pan Palace, and he got the spell left by Ziwei Xingjun - the spell that destroyed the year beast. ”

"Bo Yang, what a smart man!" Ju Su raised his head: "The method he said to dissolve the marriage contract can be completely successful - he used this spell to deal with Yingxiao, if he destroys Yingxiao, the fierce beast will be eliminated, and the festival of the two clans once every twenty years can be stopped, and the joint sacrifice of the two clans is no longer necessary, and this marriage contract can naturally be dissolved; If he can't destroy Yingxiao, he will be killed by Yingxiao, and the person will die, and the marriage contract will be eliminated! ”

"Then, Bojan...... How is he? The son asked her sister in a trembling voice.

Ju Su showed a bitter smile to his son: "Didn't you notice, I don't wear a mask anymore." Two lines of tears slipped from the corners of Jusu's eyes, "I lost my qualification to worship the Qin Yuan clan, and I also lost my future husband. ”

The son covered his mouth with his hands and took a few steps back.

"Zhong Qi, Zhong Qi ......"

"The two bamboo slips that Zhong Qi hid, one of them was Ziwei Xingjun's spell to destroy the Year Beast - Ziwei Red Flame Array; The other volume is Boyang's notes from that year. …… You don't need me to say, you should have guessed what Zhong Qi wanted to do, right? Ju Su let out a long sigh: "These two brothers are really alike!" ”

"So just now I asked you, what is Zhong Qi like in your heart. If you really hate this engagement, hate this person, or don't care about him at all, then let's go home and prepare for tomorrow's festival. I hope he's just messing around, and there's no result, maybe nothing, and tomorrow we'll still sacrifice and celebrate as usual. Ju Su paused and said, "If you say ......"

Before Ju Su finished speaking, the son suddenly pulled out his feet and left, walked a few steps and found that Ju Su did not follow, turned his head and paused: "Let's go!" Ju Su nodded with satisfaction and quickly followed.

After walking for a while, Xizi only felt that his heart was numb, and in a panic, his steps became anxious.

The two of them walked to the center of the Danlin and saw a tall mountain gate standing, behind which was a approach paved with bluestone steps, which stretched to the depths of the autumn leaves.

"Follow this road all the way, it is the sealing stone where the big sacrifice is held, if as expected, Zhong Qi should be there. After passing the mountain gate, it is a forbidden place. Only the sacrifice is allowed to enter. Ju Su said to his son, "The next road, you have to go by yourself." ”

Maybe she was in too much of a hurry, but her heart was still beating hard, and she almost begged: "Sister, what should I do?" ”

Ju Su held her son's hand and helped her calm down: "You'll know what to do." Remember, you are the sacrifice of the Son of Heaven, and you are the shrine maiden of the Qinyuan clan! No matter what you do, don't let yourself have regrets, and don't let your future self regret it. A hint of gloom flashed in Jusu's eyes, and he whispered, "Don't ...... ...... like me"

The chick stepped on the stone steps, and there was a hard touch under her feet, which seemed to give her strong courage, and her steps gradually became firmer, and then a wave of anger surged up from the bottom of her heart, and the previous confusion was washed away. The son clenched his fists and thought hatefully, "Who does he think he is, this bastard!" ”

The approach road winds and turns, the Xizi walked about two or three miles, turned a corner, and suddenly opened up in front of him, only to see that the end of the approach road is a platform with a radius of more than ten zhang, and the platform is paved with the same bluestone as the stone steps. In the middle of the platform, there is a rock six or seven feet high standing abruptly, presumably it is a sealed stone. Under the tall sealing stone, a small figure was crouching there fiddling with something.

"Finally let me find it!" Xizi walked over quickly and stood behind Zhong Qi, who was busy writing and drawing on the ground, and didn't even notice that someone was coming. Seeing that Zhong Qi ignored him, he couldn't help but become even more angry, and shouted at him: "Hey! ”

Zhong Qi was startled, and when he looked up, he saw a figure looking at him condescendingly, and behind the leather mask, there seemed to be two flames dancing. It's her! Zhong Qi hurriedly stood up, and when he saw that the person in front of him was his son, he couldn't help but smile on the corner of his mouth, and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

"What am I here for?" The son shouted and asked, "I still want to ask you what you are doing!" ”

Zhong Qi was stunned, remembered what he was going to do, changed his face to a calm expression, and said solemnly: "I'm setting up the formation." ”

"Array! Of course I know you're in formation. Is it the Ziwei Red Flame Array? The magic circle that Ziwei Xingjun used to destroy the Year Beast, you want to use it to destroy Yingxiao! Xizi sneered: "I can't see the usual unassuming Zhongqi sacrifice, and I still want to be a big hero!" ”

Zhong Qi said calmly: "No, I'm not trying to be a hero, I'm just ...... Thinking about closing a few things. ”

Looking at Zhong Qi in front of him with a look of underbeating, he really wanted to beat him: "What can you do alone?" It was a fierce beast turned into a god's severed hand, and our mission with the Tao clan was to seal it, and it had been like this for thousands of years, why do you think you can destroy it! Is it okay to use the Ziwei Red Flame Array? Do you know what the price will be? ”

"I know that the eldest brother gave his life for this." Zhong Qi paused for a moment, and then said, "I read the eldest brother's notes, he was too anxious, and he launched the magic circle in advance without waiting for the sacrifice day, and he failed. I'm not like him, I've been preparing for a year, and I've chosen to launch the circle on the day of the Great Sacrifice - and I'll succeed. ”

"What if you succeed? This array is to be sacrificed with blood, to be sacrificed by those who do it—to die—to die! We could have sealed it for twenty years in a more secure way, so why would you want to destroy it? Is it worth it for you to cost your life?! ”

"It's worth it! It's worth it. Zhong Qi looked at his son and said seriously: "This is the curse that has bound our two clans for thousands of years, and we are born with a fate that we have to bear. I want to put an end to this curse, so that you, me, and our future generations can no longer bear this fate, and can do what they want to do, and they can love whoever they want to love. ”

"What kind of bastard do you think!" Xizi shouted: "Isn't what you want to do now?" Isn't the person you love now the one you want to love? ”

Zhong Qi was stunned by her question, and could only snort: "I...... I am...... But...... But you're ......"

Xizi stepped forward, stared into Zhong Qi's eyes and said, "How do you know that what I'm doing now is not what I want to do...... The person I love now is not the one I want to love? ”

Zhong Qi was flustered, he didn't know how to answer, it was the first time he looked at a woman's eyes so closely, and he saw that those eyes were full of reproach for himself, and ...... Concerns? - This made him more and more panicked, and he wanted to turn his head away from his gaze, but the eyes behind the mask seemed to have magical power, slowing down the time around him, and his gaze was firmly absorbed and he couldn't turn. He could only look fixedly at the other side's eyes at this moment, and in this slow-flowing time, he even had a strange thought: "Her eyes are quite good-looking......

I don't know how long it took, it seemed that she felt Zhong Qi's obscene thoughts, and the reproach in her eyes gradually faded, and was replaced by a kind of shyness, she suddenly lowered her head and whispered: "You, but talk......"

Zhong Qi sighed, freed from the oppression of the eyes on the other side, but he was even more flustered, he really didn't know what to say. He had been preparing for a year in order to completely solve Yingxiao, but he never expected to encounter such a problem in front of him, just a slender woman in front of him, but he wanted to run away.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and both of them raised their heads at the same time, and the blood of the witch priest in their bodies made them realize the strangeness of the wind. The two of them looked around, and an unsettling aura enveloped the surrounding of the sealed stone.

I don't know when the surroundings have been shrouded in a fog, and more than a dozen steps away, it is already completely indistinguishable.

A sound of "tom tom" came from his body, Zhong Qi knew that it was his violent heartbeat, he unconsciously held his son's hand, and felt the same rhythm coming from the other party's hand.

The two of them looked at each other, and suddenly turned their heads at the same time.

"Here we are." Zhong Qi said.

Xizi followed and looked over, only to see that next to the tall shadow of the sealed stone in the fog, there was a black shadow gradually becoming clear.

Zhong Qi only felt that his breathing was getting heavier, and the hand holding his son was tighter. His eyes were fixed on the black shadow that was getting closer and closer, although this was something he had been preparing for, but he still faintly hoped that this black shadow would not continue to approach. But the black shadow did not fulfill his wish, and as the fog in front of him was knocked open, a pair of huge eyes appeared, followed by a huge head.

The beast has finally appeared.

Even though he had been prepared for a long time, Zhong Qi was still startled by the fierce beast in front of him. What a huge monster this is! The body length in the fog is not clear, and it is more than three feet high from the head to the ground alone, and Zhu Huai is simply a docile calf in front of it.

The beast appeared in the mist, its two red pupils staring at the two little people in front of it, and suddenly let out a deafening roar.

Zhong Qi was agitated by the roar of the fierce beast and suddenly came to his senses.

"You go!" Zhong Qi eagerly pushed his son: "Leave it to me here!" ”

"Let's go together! Such a fierce beast, you really want to fight it, you will really die! The son firmly grasped Zhong Qi and did not let go.

Before the two of them could pull away, the beast roared again.

"Forget it, it's too late!" Zhong Qi turned to face the fierce beast and said to his son, "You just hide behind me, don't leave me within three steps." I'm going to start the circle! ”

Zhong Qi took out the drawn rune from his arms, sandwiched it between his two fingers, and read it in his mouth: "The number of purple micro, the flame of the red sun, the blood of the golden crow, lead me with my body - enlightenment!" With that, he bit off his left index finger, wiped the blood on the rune, and pressed the rune to the ground.

Only listen to a few bangs, with the sealing stone as the center, set up a circle of tall bamboo poles. These bamboo poles are more than six zhang high, and the top is almost level with the sealing stone, all of which are of general length and thickness.

Zhong Qi flipped his gesture and shouted again: "Repeat!" Out of nowhere, a wide silk horse flew out, and around the bamboo pole, it was used as a skeleton to form a wide curtain. The silk was a bright red, as red as fire, redder than the red leaves in this danlin. When the mountain breeze blows in the forest, the whole curtain rises and falls like a red ocean. Even the son who was in the curtain couldn't help but be stunned by the red in front of him, and thought to himself: "When did this guy Zhong Qi make such a big arrangement!" So much silk—how many clothes can be made of this! ”

The beasts that were surrounded seemed to be very afraid of red, and looked around in a panic. Zhong Qi was overjoyed in his heart, the dark path magic circle was really effective, and he took out another rune and shouted, "Disease!" The runes in his hands spontaneously combusted without wind. Zhong Qi threw the burning rune into the ground, and where the rune fell, more than a dozen lines of fire rushed towards the bamboo pole with the rune as the center, like a fire snake coiling up along the bamboo pole and burning at the top of the bamboo pole.

There are a total of 18 bamboo poles around it, and each bamboo pole has 18 sections. This fire is also strange because it is not burned from the bottom of the bamboo pole, but from the top of the bamboo pole downward, only one section at a time. Let this fire burn, the first section of all the bamboo poles exploded, and the eighteen bamboo poles made a huge "crackling" sound together. The fire burned down from the first section, and for a while there was a loud "crackling" sound, which shook the ears of the people in the array.

Looking at the fierce beast in the array, it was already lying on the ground, its two front paws covering its ears and trembling.

"It's done!" Zhong Qi said in his heart: "Then there is only one last step left." ”

Zhong Qi untied the bun on his head, spread his hair, and read aloud in the sound of firecrackers around him: "The fierce beast is a disaster for the world." Begging to send fire to the sky to eliminate the calamities. Ziwei is a number, and the golden crow is the lead. Sacrifice with my body, sacrifice with my blood......" he said as he raised his left hand, and turned out a dagger in his right hand, and he was about to cut it off his wrist.

Suddenly, his wrist tightened, and the hand holding the knife was firmly grasped, Zhong Qi turned his head to see the angry eyes behind the mask.

"You bastard, do you really want to sacrifice your own blood?"

"There is only one last step left, I will draw down the flame of red flame and burn the beast!"

"But you're going to die!"

"It won't necessarily be dead......," Zhong Qi dodged his son's eyes, "I've checked the classics, and when Ziwei Xingjun used this array to burn the Year Beast, he didn't die." ”

"Ziwei Xingjun is a once-in-a-century genius in Pan Palace, how many ways do you have, can you compare with him?"

"I can, you forgot-" Zhong Qi stared at his son's eyes again: "I am the Son of Heaven Witch Sacrifice, and I have the blood of the Witch Sacrifice in my body!" ”

"I also have the blood of witchcraft in my veins!" The son shouted loudly, and grabbed the blade: "Then let me sacrifice the blood on my body with you, and see if this magic circle can kill us!" ”

Zhong Qi was shocked, he didn't expect that Xizi would want to sacrifice blood with him, and wanted to withdraw the dagger, but he was afraid of scratching Xizi's hand, so he didn't know what to do for a while.

The two were arguing, and the son glanced at the fierce beast out of the corner of his eye, and broke out in a cold sweat. I saw that the fierce beast was no longer lying on the ground trembling, but with its chin resting on its two front paws, looking at the two of them for a long time, and its huge eyes showed a playful look, as if it was watching the two of them with great interest.

Zhong Qi turned his head to look at Xizi, and he couldn't see the fierce beast behind his head, but he could see Xizi's eyes looking behind him with a frightened expression. Zhong Qi turned his head quickly, but before he could see it clearly, he only felt a strong wind in front of him, a strong force in his hand, and he couldn't hold it anymore, the dagger came out of his hand, and flew out of the tent in a whirlwind.

Zhong Qi came back to his senses, and in front of him was a claw hook bigger than his dagger. The beast seemed to show off its thick claws in front of him, and its four claw blades glowed coldly under the reflection of the surrounding firelight.

Zhong Qi didn't dare to move, staring at the sharp claw blade in front of him, secretly holding two charms in his hand, just waiting for this fierce beast to attack, he would open the ban to block it.

But I saw that the beast's body was lower, and it actually spread a pair of wide meat wings behind its back, and then jumped up, spread its wings and flew into the sky.

The beast flew in the sky, its wings flapping, giving birth to a gust of wind, flying sand and rocks, blowing so that people could not open their eyes. Zhong Qi opened the ban and protected himself and his son. The prohibition glowed pale blue in the wind, and Zhong Qi could finally open his eyes and see the situation around him after hiding behind the ban.

And behold, the beast flew in the sky, and with every flap of its wings came a gust of wind, and the whole curtain was blown to pieces by the wind. The golden crow fire burning on the bamboo has long been blown out, and the bamboo poles that were originally neatly arranged have been blown to the ground. The half-burned red silk was torn into countless pieces by the wind, and it flew in the air like red butterflies. Zhong Qi waited to look at it again, and the two prohibitions he opened could no longer withstand the invasion of the wind, and they dissipated after two flashes of light.

Zhong Qi couldn't believe it, he had been preparing for a year and arranging the Ziwei Red Flame Array for more than ten days, and it was broken like this.

The beast fell to the ground, folded its wings, circled the two of them a few times, stood tall, and squinted downward, as if to laugh at the inadequacy of the insignificant human in front of him.

"This, this is not right...... Zhong Qi muttered, "how can it not be afraid of red and firecrackers?" According to the scriptures......"

"Stupid!" Xizi was anxious and angry, "Yingxiao is not a year beast, who told you that you can control it by using the means to deal with the year beast?" And ......" The son looked up at the fierce beast in front of him: "Haven't you seen it yet?" From the very beginning, it was playing tricks on us! ”

"I failed!" Zhong Qi protected his son behind him: "I'll drag it down, you run away!" ”

Zhong Qi took out a charm, it was not a commonly used rune, but a pothos that only witches can use, and used his fingers as a pen, quickly drew a rune on the pothos, and threw it to the ground. As soon as the pothos touched the ground, it sank into it.

He only heard a rumbling sound under his feet, and in an instant, countless huge tree rhizomes broke through the bluestone on the ground, binding the fierce beast in front of him. It turned out to be the earth-binding technique that Wu Ji used to subdue Zhu Huai!

"You go!" Zhong Qi supported the ground with his hands and used his spiritual power to strengthen his control over the spell.

Before the words fell, a loud bang was heard, and countless broken tree rhizomes flew all over the sky, and the beast shook its body, shook off the sawdust stumps on its body, raised its head and yawned loudly, revealing its two long fangs.

"It's over!" Zhong Qi sat down on the ground and said dejectedly: "I can't escape now." ”

"It's not over yet!" The son untied the drum on his body and threw it into Zhong Qi's arms: "Don't forget what we do!"

Seeing the drum in his arms, Zhong Qi's eyes lit up. Yes, we are the witch sacrifice of the Son of Heaven, and this is our sacrificial place.

Zhong Qi rolled over and got up and tied the drum to his body. Xizi slowly took off his mask, pulled out the jade flute on his head, and his long hair fell down. The two stood opposite each other, practiced the ritual dance for more than ten years, and imagined the scene countless times, but they didn't expect it to start in such an urgent situation.

"Dong~" Zhong Qi beat the first drum, and the two bowed to the sky and the earth.

"Knock~" The second drum beat sounded, and the two worshiped the surrounding mountains and gods.

"Knock~" The third drum beat, the two saluted each other.

"Dong~" The fourth drum beat, Zhong Qi set off the momentum of the sacrificial dance, and the hand of the son wiped it from his face, and his face changed into another face, with sharp edges and corners, and his eyes were majestic - Zhong Qi recognized this as the face of Qin Bo, the father of the son. The whole sacrificial dance, the Qinguo Witch Festival will change a face every eight drums in the drum beat of the Tao Witch Sacrifice, when the twenty-eight faces are replaced, it is the end of the entire Sealing Sacrifice Dance, and the fierce beast Yingxiao will be re-sealed by the sealing stone.

"Knock~Knock~Knock~Knock~" The two danced a sacrificial dance to the sound of drums. In the past ten years, countless boring exercises have been just for the sake of showing at this time. At the beginning, Zhong Qi was still worried about whether the two people who had never practiced together could walk in the same way, but Zhong Qi was surprised to find that his worries were completely unnecessary, as if the two of them had practiced together thousands of times, and every time they made a move, they all cooperated just right. In the past, when I practiced alone, I felt that the part was awkward, but now with the cooperation of the other party, it has become very natural. The hand of the son stretched out, and Zhong Qi already knew where his hand was waiting; Zhong Qi's feet stepped out, and Xizi's legs had already completed a flying spin with him.

The two people are like a pair of fluttering butterflies, gathering around each other, forming, twisting, winding, sometimes returning, resting, and then connecting. The surrounding danlin seemed to be driven by them, dancing with the beat of the drums.

Gradually, Zhong Qi could no longer see other scenes in his eyes, no other sounds could be heard in his ears, and he could not even feel himself. All he could see was the dance partner opposite, the only thing he could hear was the rhythm of the drums, and all he could feel was the dancing dance. His spirit has been completely integrated into the dance, and he has forgotten about it.

The two of them sometimes rotated, and sometimes their ears and temples grinded. Zhong Qi's eyes were the changing faces of his sons. Those faces have those that he knows—there are Uncle Qin, Mrs. Qinguo, there are Jusu, there are Yali...... There were also things he didn't recognize, and they flashed in front of him one by one.

As the dance gradually came to an end, the hand shook in front of his face, and the last face was revealed, this face had a wide forehead, a pair of small eyes, a small nose, thin lips, a green look that wanted to pretend to be a young man, and a clumsiness hidden behind the seemingly polite - this was Zhong Qi's face.

Zhong Qi was stunned, looking at the face opposite that was exactly the same as himself, he didn't know when his face was learned by his son, and it was so similar, not only his eyebrows and face, but even his expression and demeanor were vivid...... You've seen me seriously!

"Boom!" As the last drum beat fell, the dance ended. The two of them gathered their bodies and stood opposite each other. Xizi regained his original face, two blushes appeared on his beautiful cheeks, his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and his chest fell together with heavy breathing.

This is the first time in Zhong Qi's life to see his son's face at such a close distance, in the past, this face appeared in his nightmare, with a terrifying appearance, accompanied by his previous life. Now this face is close in front of me, obviously this is only the second time I have seen it, but it seems that I have been looking forward to it, in those countless nightmares, behind the panic and fear, there is a hidden hope and beauty. Zhong Qi was happy in his heart, but he also showed a sense of unease, he was afraid that all this was not true, and his disillusionment would dissipate...... He was a little anxious again, he wanted to firmly grasp the beauty in front of him, and use all his strength to protect her from slipping away.

This was the first time in his life that he had seen Zhong Qi's face at such a close distance, although he had secretly observed him countless times before, observing his appearance, figuring out his expression, and paying attention to his demeanor. The encounter in his childhood, his frightened face when he looked at him, has always been heavy on his son's heart. She wanted to get rid of it, but it lingered, and she began to hate the face, hate the person, and what was even more terrifying, she found that she was actually hating herself. But as I observed him later, this disgust slipped away inexplicably, and was replaced by another contradictory uneasiness—I wanted to see him, but I hated to want to see him, which was really unreasonable! With the end of the dance, this uneasiness also disappeared. Xizi was happy in her heart, she didn't hate him anymore, she didn't hate herself anymore, the previous apologies, confusion and anger were all gone, she only felt joy in her heart.

The two looked at each other and were speechless at this time.

There was a roar beside them, and the two turned their heads to look, only to see that the fierce beast was safe and sound, and slowly walked towards the two.

"Or ...... Isn't it possible? Zhong Qi looked at his son again, his eyes full of apologies.

"Then ...... So be it. - I have no regrets. The child smiled, and his eyes were bent into a beautiful crescent.

"Sorry! I've got you covered. Zhong Qi said sincerely.

"Sorry...... I'm scaring you! The boy wrinkled her nose and smiled playfully.

Zhong Qi was stunned for a moment, then relieved, and laughed with his son.

The beast had already approached, and a tall shadow enveloped the two of them.

"Thank you." Zhong Qi said to his son. Xizi nodded earnestly.

The two closed their eyes, touched their foreheads, and clasped their hands together.

Zhong Qi only felt the beast's big mouth approaching, and the heavy breathing had already sprayed onto his face, and he just had to close his eyes and die. Suddenly, something wet and hot crawled over his face, and it seemed that there were tiny barbs on it, and his face was faintly painful. Zhong Qi opened his eyes blankly, only to see a thick tongue also licking his all over his face.

The two of them were at a loss, but they heard a loud voice in the distance: "Lingben!" Is it interesting that you, a thousand-year-old guy, bullied our two little babies? ”

The fierce beast in front of him smacked his mouth a few times, and actually spat out: "Old ghost Tao, old ghost Qin, don't you speak with a bad heart?" My old man is resting here, and your two little ghosts come up and beat and kill me, but ask them, have I ever moved a finger of them? As he spoke, he pressed Zhong Qi and Xizi's heads with thick claws: "However, you have the sacrificial dance of the Tao clan and the Qin Yuan clan, but you haven't danced so well for a long time!" ”

"So, it's Lingben, not Yingxiao?" Zhong Qi turned his head to look at the strange beast on the other side of the sealed stone, it had become only the size of a tanuki, and it was lying in the arms of his son and let Qin Bo knead it.

"Who told you it was a glow?" Tauber threw a tobacco leaf into his mouth and said as he chewed, "In ancient times, there was a great war in the divine realm. Hao stabbed the Eastern Emperor Taiyi in the Xuantu Palace, killed and devoured it, and obtained the power of chaos. The arm of the one that was cut off turned into two gods, fell into the mortal realm, and was spared. The gods were afraid of the power of Hao, and they all surrendered and worshiped them as righteous gods. - This is the record of the official history. ”

"What is not recorded in the official history is that the blood of the broken arm of the Eastern Emperor Taiyi God was stained by the power of chaos, and it infiltrated the resentment of the righteous god when he was destroyed, and the blood of the left arm turned into a fierce beast, which was a year beast; The blood of the right arm turned into a fierce star, and it was a glow. ”

"Yingxiao is not a fierce beast, but a fierce star?" Zhong Qi's eyes widened.

"That's nature." Tao Bo said: "Hao Yu likes the Nian Beast and the Ying Xiao very much, and uses them as his own imperial beasts. After the Fuxi God sealed Hao, he even took the Nian Beast and Yingxiao to seal it together, until the Gonggong Clan's anger touched the Buzhou Mountain, and the heavens and the earth fell, and they broke free from the seal and hid in the mortal world. Later, the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou competed for the world, and the lives were devastated, and the Nian Beast and Yingxiao took the opportunity to bring disaster to the world. The Yellow Emperor did not have the strength to destroy them for a while, so he could only drive them away first. ”

"This sealing stone—" Tao Bo patted the boulder sitting under him, and then said, "It was left by Nuwa to mend the sky, and with its power, the sacrifice of the Yellow Emperor, that is, our ancestors, drove the fierce star Yingxiao away from the mortal world. When the Glowing Shadow is expelled, it will gather strength and return every twenty years, when it will be necessary to sacrifice the Sealing Stone to drive the Glowworm away again. ”

"—This, that's why we have the Tao clan and their Qinyuan clan's sacrificial duties."

Zhong Qi looked at Xizi, who was playing with Ling Ben around Qin Bo.

"That Lingben is ......"

"Lingben, it was the imperial beast of the Yellow Emperor back then, and its body size can change as you like. In order to expel Yingxiao, the Yellow Emperor sealed it as the town beast of this sealing stone. ”

"So that's ......" Zhong Qi said a little stunned, "These, why didn't you tell us earlier?" ”

"You still say!" Tao Bo raised his hand and gave Zhong Qi a burst of chest: "These were originally to be taught to you when you officially took over the sacrificial duties tomorrow, who would have thought that your kid was so anxious, and when he got the broken notes, he thought nonsense, and he wanted to come and save the common people with his blood sacrifice!" - I also brought the girl from the Qin family to the abduction, you kid is very capable! ”

Zhong Qi covered his head, feeling a little aggrieved in his heart, and suddenly remembered that the fierce star Yingxiao was coming, and hurriedly said, "Then we still have to prepare to deal with Yingxiao!" ”

"That's what you remember?" Tao Bo glanced at Zhong Qi and said, "But I don't need you to deal with it." ”

"Back then, the Yellow Emperor was just busy with the war, so he didn't have the strength to destroy the fierce beasts and the fierce stars, but just drove them away. But they are not inextinguishable. The Year Beast was destroyed by Ziwei Xingjun, and later Yingxiao was also destroyed. ”

"Then we still have a big sacrifice every twenty years?"

"Although Yingxiao has been destroyed, this stone is still a sacred object, of course it must be sacrificed. Moreover, for thousands of years, this has been the duty of our two clans, which has been imprinted into our blood, become a part of us, and become an inseparable tradition of our two families. Tao Bo Zhengse said: "You remember, we sacrifice for the Yellow Emperor, for Zhou Tianzi, for the main sacrifice of the world - we also sacrifice for ourselves, for the family, for the common people in the world!" ”

Zhong Qi was sitting precariously and said, "Yes." The son remembered. ”

On the other side, there was the sound of snoring and laughter like a silver bell. Zhong Qi peeked over there and asked in a low voice, "Father, since there is no need to drive away the evil star, is it necessary for our two families to be married for generations?" ”

"You still don't believe it!" Tao Bo also glanced at Qin Bo and his son, and said in a low voice: "This has nothing to do with what kind of evil star or big sacrifice, this is the blessing that your father and mother gave you - you see that the Qin family is such a beautiful woman, if we didn't say it for you first, with your kid's virtue, can you find such a good-looking daughter-in-law?" ”

Zhong Qi was speechless for a while, and remembered his eldest brother who was destined to be in-law like himself: "It's a pity that my brother doesn't have such a good fortune, if he is still alive, he will already marry Jusu at this time...... By the way, father, didn't my brother die to destroy Yingxiao? ”

"Boyang, ......" mentioned the deceased eldest son, Tao Bo was also a little gloomy: "Your eldest brother is the same as you, he is a child with big ideas!" He died of lung disease while studying in the Pan Palace in Kunlun Mountain. ”

The father and son were a little sad and speechless to each other. Suddenly, Lingben jumped over, jumped into Zhong Qi's arms, and rubbed on Zhong Qi's body with a snort. Xizi chased after him and said to Zhong Qi excitedly: "Zhong Qi, I knew that there was such a fun guy here as Lingben, we should have come here to play early!" ”

It was rare for Lingben to see so many people, and happily jumped up and down between the four of them, and the atmosphere became cheerful.

At this time, it was dusk, and the sunset hung on the Danlin, emitting a warm light, elongating the shadows of the four people and one beast and casting them on the top of the wide sealing stone. A gust of wind blew, and the red leaves all over the mountain flew up, as if countless flames were ignited by the sunset and jumped on the danlin. The water below the mountain is illuminated by the sun, reflecting the sparkling waves, and the sound of the crowd can be heard in the Qinshui, which is the people of the two countries busy preparing for the upcoming festival.

Zhong Qi suddenly got up, turned over and knelt on the ground, touched his head to the ground and said: "Lord Qinbo, Father, Zhong Qi is young and ignorant, acting absurdly and perversely, worrying the elders in the family in vain, and implicating his sister-in-law and sister - please also ask Lord Qinbo and Father to punish him!" ”

"Reprimand? Of course you have to punish you! Tauber pointed to the bluestone floor underneath that had been turned up in a mess by the earth-binding technique: "Do you know how much it takes to lay these stones?" I don't think you need to do anything else during the whole autumn vacation, just lay the floor here! And ......" A hint of coldness flashed in Tauber's eyes, "what kind of magic circle are you—how much silk has you burned at home?" ”