Somehow, looking at the group of people with sincere smiles in front of him, those hard times in the past appeared like a glimpse in You Dashan's mind.

There are some distant and vague warm pictures when he was a child, as well as worry-free food and clothing after entering the security guard bureau, but the most is the time when he lived with a tea seller surnamed Mo after he was separated from his parents.

That old man Mo, You Dashan still doesn't know his name. The old man is not bad, but he is not old-hearted, and it is rare to have a little spare money on hand, but he never thought of having it left, either to buy some good wine and meat to treat himself, or to find a familiar secret prostitute to put out the fire. Probably because he felt that he had no children and no daughters, he adopted and traveled to the mountains halfway, although it was somewhat anti-aging, but in fact, he was always wary of him everywhere in his life, for fear that he would see the bad intentions of wealth and run away with the money.

After all, in a world where wars are frequent, people's hearts cannot stand the test.

Although You Dashan was young at that time, he was also accustomed to seeing people's hearts and warmth since he was a child, and he had not only received the kindness of others, but also encountered the oppression of bad people, and the pressure of survival forced him to be precocious and precocious. Therefore, although the old man Na Mo only regarded him as a current person, and did not take special care of him because of his young age, he should not do less work, otherwise he would be deducted from food and punished for grinding. As for wages and whatnot, not even a single copper will be shaken out.

You You Dashan is just a poor man, old man, I took you in, and I didn't let you have my surname, that is a great kindness to you, can you wait until I enter the coffin?

However, after all, he couldn't wait to enter the coffin, and Old Man Mo, who couldn't survive because of the war, sold him cheaply without any delay.

The world is impermanent, but that's it.

At this time, the first thing that came to mind was the picture of Old Man Mo counting his selling money in front of him.

"The old man got that half of the money, enough to buy a good coffin of submerged solid wood, right?"

Outside the mountain spirit, he forgot for a moment that he was in the Finger Mystery Temple. It wasn't until he was pushed by Liu Zai that he came back to his senses and found that two lines of tears had fallen from his cheeks at some point.

"Thank you. He smiled shyly, a little emotional, and even happier.

You Mingda smiled: "Silly boy, it's all a family, what do you say thank you?"

Lin Qin also muttered: "It's good to go home, it's good to go home." ”

Before the words fell, the corners of his mouth drooped and said: "Hard-working baby, my mother can be regarded as finding you! You have suffered all these years!"

As he spoke, he stepped forward and hugged each other.

You Dashan was at a loss, stood for a moment, and also hugged his mother tightly, tears welling up.

Seeing this, You Mingda and Youli also hugged each other.

Liu Zaijing quietly withdrew from the chamber and gave up space to the family.

After a long time, the four people whose tears gradually dried sat down in turn.

Lin Qin sat next to You Dashan, holding his hand tightly, asking for cold and warmth, asking for long and short.

You Dashan has to answer most questions, and from time to time he asks about the experience of the second elder. Then, he pointed to Youli and asked, "This is the second brother?"

You Li smiled and said: "Brother Dashan, I have listened to my father and mother talk to you since I was a child, and this time I went out to find relatives, fortunately I did not disgrace my life." ”

You Dashan Qi said: "How did you find me?"

"The geese have left a sound, and the people have left traces. Our world is a world dominated by immortals. Wandering explained.

You Dashan blurted out: "The wish of the City God's Temple in Anxi City?"

You laughed and didn't say anything.

"It turns out that we went to the City God Temple together that day, and the wish you said about 'finding' was to find me?" You Dashan suddenly realized, "Then I really realized it later." You kid is not kind, you know my identity, why don't you recognize me on the spot?"

"I'm so obedient, how can I recognize you before my father?"

Lin Qin blamed: "Xiao Ligui has a lot of ideas, saying that he wants to come back to listen to our opinions, and by the way, he will brew a surprise for you." ”

You Dashan pointed to the cake on the table and asked, "That's it?"

You Li smiled and nodded.

"But, there's still a month left on my birthday. You Dashan looked weird.

Lin Qin said firmly: "How is it possible! You were born on the day of the 24th Lunar Sacrifice Stove Festival." ”

You Dashan muttered: "I only remember that when I was a child, when I had a birthday, I had wild vegetable dumplings and snake eggs to eat, as well as new clothes to wear, but I couldn't remember the specific date, so I always thought it was a birthday during the New Year." Later, I was really unsure, so I set a Lantern Festival by myself. ”

You Mingda breathed a long sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I was shocked, I thought I recognized the wrong person." ”

Lin Qin scolded angrily: "Are you blind? Dashan's eyebrows and eyes have grown, you let Xiaoli tell me, how similar is it to me?"

Drift echoed and said "very similar".

You Mingda was unconvinced: "It's obviously more like me, I don't believe you." ”

After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but speak, and walked directly to the side of You Dashan, so that You Li could take a closer look.

You Li said helplessly: "Brother Dashan is like a mother for seven points, and three points for a father." ”

You Mingda suddenly stopped, and was about to argue, but he didn't want to wander away and added in time: "The character is my father's character, if I grew up in the mountains, I would definitely be a better hunter than my father." ”

You Mingda smiled so hard that his old eyes narrowed into a slit.

Lin Qin scolded with a smile: "But those little eyes look like you." Don't be angry, child, my mother just can't see your father's proud appearance, you look much better than him. ”

You Dashan scratched his head, didn't know how to answer, and simply smiled and didn't speak.

Just when the family was laughing, Liu Zai's coughing sound came from outside the room:

"Ahem, junior brother, if you don't eat it again, your birthday cake will be cold. ”

After a while, everyone ate the cake beautifully, and they all felt that the taste was unique and delicious, and they praised Lin Qin's good craftsmanship.

Lin Qin smiled: "Where would I make such a rare thing? It's all a little apostate, and I don't know where he got the idea." ”

You Li put down the plate in his hand and said with a smile: "The taste still needs to be improved, the first time I made it, the heat is not good enough." ”

At this time, You Dashan suddenly asked, "So, the quarrel between you and Senior Brother Liu just now was also shown to me?"

Liu stuffed his mouth with a cake and said vaguely:

"Not exactly. Since you are Xiaoli's immediate family, you can practice the basic mental method of this sect as a rule, but you still have to wait until the master is out of the customs to get started. ”

After dinner, You Dashan was dragged into the housing in the middle courtyard by the old couple and went to talk. According to the instructions of the senior brother, you changed into a formal Taoist robe and followed to the ancestral hall.

"In the ancestral hall, there is nothing superfluous except for the hanging statue and confession of the ancestral master. In this way, I will use a magic weapon shaped like a screen that I have refined to divide the ancestral hall into two halls. The front hall is dedicated to Sanqing Tianzun, the back hall is dedicated to the ancestor Xuanyuan to save the suffering Tianzun, as for the statues of the ancestors of the past dynasties on both sides, due to the haste of the matter, I only have time to ask the immortal craftsman to create the heart of the ancestor and the heart of the uncle, and the rest will be slowly completed later. ”

Liu Zai said as he instructed Youli to move the confession to the side. Then walk to the center of the hall and release a huge screen, dividing the entire lobby into two parts.

You Li reminded: "Why don't you choose a good day and then invite the statue of Sanqing Tianzun?"

Liu Zaidao: "Today is a good day. ”

Wandering no longer speaks. With a wave of his big hand, three clay statues of two feet high appeared in front of the screen. In the center, the Yuan Shi Tianzun is covered with divine light and holds a red pill, while on the left is the Lingbao Tianzun holding a jade Ruyi, and on the right is a Daode Tianzun holding a feather fan.

As soon as the golden statue came out, the originally empty hall immediately became solemn. Looking up at the three huge statues of gods, he suddenly felt an invisible pressure rushing over his face.

Put the confession in front of the Sanqing sitting statue, the two brothers burned incense and worshiped together, and then came to the apse behind the screen.

The apse was empty, and there was not even an incense case. Liu Zai had already prepared, and summoned a heavy red sandalwood long table from his bag, which was worth a lot of money at a glance.

As if to solve the confusion in his heart, Liu Zai explained in due course: "It was specially made by a skilled craftsman from the class, and it is not cheap, a thousand." ”

Subsequently, the two brothers moved the red sandalwood table to the wall together, and successively put out the gold candlestick, fruit offerings and other things, and after a while, a brand new offering was displayed in front of them.

You Li pointed to the painting "Xuanyuan Saves Suffering Tianzun Drum and Pot and Song" on the wall behind the incense case, and asked softly:

"Do you want to take off this statue of Master Zu?"

Liu Zai thought about it, shook his head and said:

"Don't take it yet. Although Sanqing Tianzun is the supreme of the extreme path between heaven and earth, everyone in my Dao Gate can provide it, but the Salvation Tianzun is different, after all, it is the ancestor of our Xuanzhen Gate, you and I are not the head, please set up the statue of the ancestor and the ancestor, the ancestor and the uncle, the matter is related to the inheritance of the sect, and we must be done by the master, we are not qualified to trespass. ”

Knowing that he was speechless, he stuck out his tongue, and then bowed three times to his grandfather, sincerely repenting.

After lighting incense and candles and saluting the ancestors, the two walked out of the ancestral hall together.

Liu Zai stood still under the corridor of the hall, looked up at the gloomy night sky, and said nothing.

After closing the door of the Patriarch Hall, he walked to the side and stood quietly. He knew that when the senior brother returned to the mountain, he must have something to say.

Sure enough, after a while, Liu Zai said calmly:

"Your cultivation has been a little too fast this year, although you now also know that you are working hard to suppress the realm, but the vanity has risen, and when you wait until the middle stage of the foundation building, you need to take the time to stabilize the foundation, otherwise if you leave it alone, it will affect the future of the Great Dao. ”

You Li nodded in response, and then talked about the recent retreat cultivation one by one, focusing on the miracle of the dragon's tail.

After speaking, with a gentle pat on his waist, the golden jade belt hidden in the Dao robe reluctantly flew out.

Liu Zai looked closely, but he didn't see anything abnormal. After pondering for a long time, he said:

"This dragon tail was originally enshrined in the Three Emperors Hall in the Daolu Courtyard of the capital, and it is said to have the effect of guarding the dragon vein. ”

You Li said suspiciously: "Uncle Keyu said that this was given to them by Emperor Taizu of the Great Sui. With such a treasure that can gather and guard the fortune of a country, how could Emperor Taizu give it away?"

Liu Zai said lightly: "This is strange, the Zhanyan line is actually divided into two branches, and the branch of Master Keyu also has another name - Fulong faction." ”

The Fulong faction was clear in an instant.

Daomen occupies a line, majoring in personal numerology and heaven and earth prophecy, and the latter is especially good at looking at the flow of heaven and earth, calculating the general trend of the world, so it is very popular with the royal courtesy of the secular court of the past dynasties, and one of the "six families" of the Yin and Yang family is the famous "Fulong faction".

Thinking of this, instead of feeling happy, his mood became even heavier.

Since Fan Ke is from the Fulong faction, the importance of auspicious things like the dragon's tail that can condense luck to his sect can be imagined.

However, Fan Ke did not forcibly take back the dragon's tail that day, and only said that he should go to the capital one day and try to move around Gyeonggi.

The sincerity of the other party is not insufficient, but in this way, his personal freedom will inevitably be greatly restricted, which is almost unacceptable for free.

If you are not born free, you still cultivate the way of a hammer?

At this moment, for the first time, Youli had the idea of giving up the dragon's tail. Although the baby is good, it has to have this blessing to suffer, right?

However, just as he had this thought, the dragon tail sensed it instantly, and it turned into a golden jade belt again, tightly wrapped around the free belt veins.

Liu Zai raised his eyebrows and said, "It seems that this baby has already recognized the master." You're really lucky. ”

You Li said with a bitter face: "Senior brother, if you say it again, I'm really going to cry." ”

Liu Zai said calmly: "Let's talk about it when Master Keyu comes, if you want me to say, just like a folk stepchild, just give you to him as an apprentice." ”

You Li said helplessly: "Senior brother, today is the day when the Lord of the Stove returns to Heaven, are you sure you want to quarrel in front of the Ancestral Master's Hall? ”

Liu Zai was silent for a moment, and suddenly sighed:

"I heard Master say that Master Zu has not had a god for hundreds of years. ”