Xiahu Village is also on Taibai Mountain, located in the west of Shanghu Village, and both villages are on the mountainside, but Xiahu Village is slightly lower than Shanghu Village in terms of position. The scale of Shanghu Village and Xiahu Village is not large near Taibai Mountain, if you put it on the land of Jingzhou, there are many villages like Shanghu Village.

The two villages have a deep relationship, if you want to trace the history, you should be able to know that it is a village, which can be seen from the fact that the two villages share an ancestral spirit. If there is a big event, the two elders of the village will discuss it, and the relationship is as good as a family.

But the brothers also have to settle accounts, the quota of the reserve team of the Iron Tiger Army has always been one in a thousand, and the total number of the two stockades is 7,000 people, so the two stockades can have seven places to report. But the seven places are not well evenly distributed, so the selection of two villages once every five years is a tacit understanding, this time the Tiger Village is four places, the next time is the next Tiger Village four places.

Since the selection of the upper tiger village five years ago was allocated four places, according to the convention, this time it should be one more place in the lower tiger village, although some things are unwritten, but if everyone abides by them unanimously, it will become a rule, and the rules are difficult to break, so when Elder Gu said that he wanted to invite Zu Ling, the other two elders would be so surprised, because if Zu Ling was invited to decide the quota allocation, there might not be four places in Xia Huzhai, after all, the situation would be uncontrollable when it came to Zu Ling.

At that time, Elder Zhang and Elder Wu both thought that Xiahuzhai would definitely not agree, but unexpectedly, the situation was actually as Elder Gu said, Jiang Chaonian from Xiahuzhai really came to discuss the matter of inviting the ancestral spirit, and the two were really confused at first, but after talking, the two of them knew that there was also some accident in Xiahuzhai.

Xiahuzhai can be divided into four places, but there are a few good seedlings in the generation of young people in Xiahuzhai, and there are five or six young people who can be qualified to be selected, of course, Xiahuzhai can also be like Shanghuzhai, which is directly designated by the presbyterian meeting, but there is also a ruthless role in the young people of Xiahuzhai's generation, that is, Zheng Changyuan.

This Zheng Changyuan's own strength is quite good, he has already reached the Enlightenment Realm at the age of only sixteen, you must know that in a place like Xiahu Village, which is quite poor in resources, it is very powerful to reach the Enlightenment Realm at such a young age.

Of course, if Zheng Changyuan is only strong in his own strength, the elders will have a way to deal with him, but this Zheng Changyuan also has a very powerful uncle, who has already joined the Iron Tiger Army, so the elders will have no way to deal with him at all.

Zheng Changyuan reached the realm of enlightenment at a young age, coupled with his uncle's relationship, it should be a natural thing to be elected as one of the four places, but Zheng Changyuan is a strange person, he thinks that it is too unfair to directly decide the quota without selection, and he actually proposed to make an open selection, and there must be people in Huzhai when the selection, after all, this selection is that the more people there are, the more fairness can be demonstrated.

But a few old guys in Xiahuzhai don't think so in their hearts, they know that this Zheng Changyuan is young and powerful, but he is a little proud, and a big purpose of his doing this is to show it in front of his father and fellow villagers, after all, his strength is the strongest in this generation, although this is recognized by everyone, but if he can get the affirmation of the ancestral spirit, then his name as the first person will be solid.

Zheng Changyuan has a great reputation among the younger generation, after he made such a fuss, the Council of Elders really couldn't refute it, so he could only cooperate with him, Elder Gu of Shanghu Village knew about it, so when Qi Fei asked for the allocation of places, he gave him a chance according to his words.

The ancestral hall is above the upper tiger village and the lower tiger village, basically in the middle of the top of the two villages, this day because everyone knows to invite the ancestral spirit, and to let the ancestral spirit decide who can enter the Iron Tiger Army, although it is only a reserve, but it is also a very great thing, so many people have not yet dawned outside the ancestral hall.

When Elder Gu came to the outside of the ancestral hall, from the other direction of the ancestral hall, an old man also walked over with a solemn expression, and after the two old men glanced at each other, they bowed slightly to each other, which was regarded as a greeting.

The ancestral hall is in the hearts of the people of Shanghu Village and Xiahu Village, it is a very sacred place, because it not only has the heroic spirits of their ancestors, but also lives in it, so at this time, although there are thousands of people outside the ancestral hall, basically no one makes any noisy sounds.

After the two old men stood still in front of the ancestral hall, they slowly closed their eyes without saying a word, and the thousands of onlookers were even more silent, everyone was waiting for this, and the atmosphere was extremely solemn. After a while, a round of red sun rose from the sea of clouds, and the pillars and eaves in front of the ancestral hall were spotlessly clean, and after being reflected by the dazzling red light, a little golden light actually flashed.

After the sun rose, the two elders opened their eyes with respectful expressions. Then they walked up the steps of the ancestral hall together, and when the two walked to the gate, the two chanted silently, and soon, with a "squeak", the door slowly opened.

Qi Fei stood in the middle of the people, calmly watching everything happen, and the moment the door opened, a strange feeling came to his heart, as if a gaze shot out of the ancestral hall and glanced at him. This is not the first time he has had this strange feeling, when Qi Fei came here for the first time when he was enlightened four years ago, he had this strange feeling, but the feeling at that time was not as strong as it is now.

Qi Fei could feel that there was an unfathomable existence in this ancestral hall, was that the ancestral spirit? Qi Fei thought so. Qi Fei watched as the two great elders of the village walked into the ancestral hall, and the door closed again with a "squeak". Qi Fei had also seen the invitation to the Ancestral Spirit a few times, and knew that it was the two elders who had gone in to communicate with the Ancestral Spirit, and according to the previous practice, the two of them should be able to come out soon.

Sure enough, not long after the two of them entered, they opened the door and walked out, the two of them were expressionless, and the onlookers couldn't see what the two of them did when they went in, after the two stood still, Elder Gu began to speak, only to hear him say: "After preliminary discussion, the original three recommended places in Shanghuzhai remain unchanged, and the rest of the recommended places are as follows: Zheng Changyuan, Xu Xing, Guo Buer, Jiang Renda, Yu Huihui, Yao Qing, Shanghuzhai: Qi Fei." ”

After Elder Gu finished reading the list, he paused slightly and continued: "The seven people recommended are invited to enter the ancestral hall, and the ancestral spirit will judge which four people should enter the Iron Tiger Army reserve. ”

As soon as Elder Gu's words were finished, there was a slight commotion in the crowd, after all, at the beginning, everyone thought that everyone, including the few people recommended by Shanghuzhai before, would enter the ancestral hall to accept the test of the ancestral spirit, but the three people from Shanghuzhai didn't need to go in, and they were directly selected, which of course caused some people's dissatisfaction.

But because it was in front of the ancestral hall, although some people were dissatisfied, they didn't dare to say it out loud, and Yu Enhui, the great elder of the Tiger Village, saw that there were actually people who objected, and his expression was grim, and he pressed down with his hands in one fell swoop, and said: "This is what our elders decide, representing the meaning of the two highest levels of the village, if you have any questions, come to me later." After a pause, he continued: "Seven people hurry into the ancestral hall, don't make a loud noise when you enter. ”

After finishing speaking, he turned sideways and moved out of the way, the meaning was obvious, there was something to discuss later, and the seven people would enter the ancestral hall now and accept the test of the ancestral spirit.