At this time, Lin Xin's heart was extremely low, could it be that I was like a drop in the ocean, ordinary as usual? Lin Xin asked Shangguan Lan with a hint of luck: "Shibo, ambergris has an anti-heaven effect on changing people's talents, if I can drink ambergris, can I improve my talent?"

After holding back a glance at the elders, and seeing that they didn't have too many expressions, Shangguan Lan sighed and said, "The problem is this, the so-called death position cannot be changed by external forces. Otherwise, how can it be called a dead position!"

It's like giving yourself a death sentence. The world is so big, how many people can cultivate and be promising? And all of them are people with outstanding talents. If you are a mediocre person, how can you reach the height of others?

Seeing Lin Xin thinking there for a long time, the Great Elder Shangguan Yao thought that he was thinking crookedly, and said to him: "Lin Xin, although ambergris is a rare treasure in the world, our Shangguan family is not so stingy as to lie to you, don't think about forking." ”

Lin Xin smiled bitterly, I also know how the Shangguan family treats me. The head of the family, Shangguan Lan, treated me like his own son, and the other elders did not harshly treat me, and they were also good to me, and it was impossible for the head of the family to behave like such a villain. Since God is destined for me not to increase my natural cultivation through ambergris, it must require me to redouble my efforts in cultivation.

Thinking of this, he said to a few people in the cave: "Elder grandfather, Lan Shibo, of course I don't suspect that you are lying to me. I'm not going to force this, so don't worry. And I'm at least better than many others, after all, I can practice, and I will practice hard in the future, and I won't let my talent affect me. ”

"Lin Xin, it's good that you have such an opinion. While the innate talent of the practitioner is important, the acquired effort and the awareness of personal cultivation are equally important. Don't be discouraged, or your parents will be upset. Shangguan Lan was really good for Lin Xin, and at this time, he was afraid that he would give up on himself, so he brought out his parents to motivate him.

The Great Elder and the others only said that Lin Xin was an orphan, thinking that Shangguan Lan was saying that his parents would not feel at ease under Jiuquan.

Since it is a dead position, there is no need to drink ambergris to improve the talent. The Great Elder Shangguan Yao asked Lin Xin not to talk about this matter, especially not to mention it to Shangguan Minghao and Shangguan Xue'er. Because in his opinion, ambergris is not only a family secret, but also lets outsiders know that the Shangguan family is so stingy that even his own family is "reluctant" to give, and the family will be laughed at.

Opening the stone door, Shangguan Minghao and Shangguan Xue'er couldn't wait to walk in. Seeing that Lin Xin had also finished drinking ambergris, he hurriedly asked, "Lin Xin, how is it?"

"I don't feel anything else, just like yours. Lin Xin spoke a little slurred.

Shangguan Minghao saw that he was pimpled by this, thinking that he had also suffered a crime, and immediately smiled: "Haha, Lin Xin, you are actually afraid of becoming like this." Cher and I went through the same pain just now, and we are not as scared as you. ”

Shangguan Xue'er on the side was also standing beside him, looking at Lin Xin a little strangely: "Lin Xin, why is your face so ugly, a little different from what we just had?"

Lin Xin didn't know how to answer, but at this time, he heard a fake cough to relieve the siege: "Ahem, okay, today's coming-of-age ceremony for the three of you is also completed, and today's coming-of-age ceremony is also completed, and you can start practicing from today onwards." The fact that my Shangguan family can have today's power is the result of the hard work of the people in the clan. The three of you must work hard to improve your cultivation in the future, and you must not slack off, you know?" said the Great Elder to the three of them on the side.

yes, got it!, the three replied.

The Great Elder continued: "This back mountain is the forbidden land of my Shangguan family, and the Baiyun Cave and the Jade Dragon Cave are the important places of my Shangguan family. Someone comes here for every coming-of-age ceremony, so it's not a secret place. But as a member of my Shangguan family, you must keep this secret, and you must not talk about the forbidden land, let alone outsiders. You have to remember, you know?"

"Got it!" said several people in unison.

After the Great Elder finished speaking, the family Shangguan Lan said to a few people: "Let's stop here today, from now on, you can be regarded as cultivators." Tomorrow will be passed on by the family's exercises, so go back. ”

After speaking, he ordered Shangguan Wuji and the three of them to go down the mountain. However, Shangguan Lan and the four elders continued to stay in the cave.

......

Rite of passage, rite of passage!

After saying goodbye to everyone, Lin Xin returned to his small courtyard. This coming-of-age ceremony, which I would not have attended, unexpectedly participated in it. It was an unexpected surprise, but now it's an accident.

I went to the back mountain by myself, just to watch Xue'er and Minghao's coming-of-age ceremony!

Lin Xin was a little sad, lying motionless on the bed, after all, he was only twelve years old.

Squeak, the door was pushed open, and with the sound of slight footsteps, someone stepped into the house, only to hear a light voice: "Young Master Lin Xin, you are back." I said, "It turned out to be Sister Huan'er."

I only saw Lin Xin lying motionless on the bed, and didn't hear what he said, could it be that he was asleep? Huan'er bullied him to see, how could there be a person who sleeps with his eyes open?

"Young Master Lin Xin, how about you go to the coming-of-age ceremony today?, do you have any gains?" Huan'er asked cautiously.

"Sister Huan'er, go out, I'm in a bad mood. ”

Huan'er didn't listen to him, although he was a master and servant, she had already regarded him as her own brother after years of contact. What is there about him that can fill his eyes?

Huan'er sat down against the edge of the bed.

"Young Master Lin Xin, what happened, can you tell my sister?" Huan'er looked at Lin Xin's dull gaze, and couldn't think of what happened.

Seeing that he didn't answer himself, Huan'er continued: "Young Master Lin Xin, whom I knew in the past, was a person with a firm mind and a calm personality. What could make you so unhappy?"

"Is it a coming-of-age ceremony? Although sister, as a subordinate, I don't know what a coming-of-age ceremony is, but I think it must be very important to you, right?"

Lin Xin glanced at Huan'er and said to him, "Is there any difference between important and unimportant now?"

Seeing Lin Xin speak, Huan'er smiled slightly: "Whether some things are important or not depends on the position of this matter in your heart, so the position of this matter in your heart must be very important, right?"

Well, Lin Xin nodded.

"Actually, there are some things that are very important to you, and that's because you think it will have a big impact on you. Can you tell you a story, sister?" Huan'er looked at him and slowly enlightened.

Hmm! Lin Xin nodded again

Seeing this, Huan'er said softly: "In the past, there was such a small village, and the people who lived there lived by the water and lived by fishing for generations. Originally, the people in the village were living happily, but one day a couple and a child came to the village, and they gave a lot of money to the people in the village and bought an empty house in the village to live in. Originally, the people in the village were happy to receive the money, and they didn't ask why they came here, so they didn't think about anything else. After half a year, the people in the village found the couple very strange, they stayed in the house during the day and rarely came out, so they took the child out for a walk at night. They were sneaky like this, and gradually the people of the village began to wonder if they were bad people living here to avoid capture. The village chief sent someone to secretly observe their behavior, and after a few days it seemed that they had discovered that someone was spying on them. They were not afraid, but went directly to the village chief, saying that they knew what the village chief was suspecting, and told him not to be afraid, they were not bad people. They just fell in love with each other, and the family objected, and then eloped out. They also gave the village chief a lot of silver, telling him to keep it a secret and not to tell outsiders that they were here. ”

Lin Xin could hear it, but Huan'er didn't continue to speak. He couldn't wait to ask, "What happened later? What happened to Sister Huan'er?"

Huan'er just smiled: "Later, a few days later, a group of cultivators suddenly came from the sky. ”

When Lin Xin heard this, of course he understood what this group of people were here for, and interjected: "They must have come to find that couple, aren't they?"

"Of course I came to them. When the group came to the village, they immediately surrounded it. In the end, they started a fight without much reason, and the couple beat them and fled with their children. ”

"How are they back?"

"Later, how would my sister know what happened to them? It seems that they are asking the two couples for something, but they don't get it. The cultivators turned around and questioned the people in the village, saying that they might hand over the things to the villagers for safekeeping, and gather all the people together to ask them. Where did the people in the village get anything other than some money? Of course, they couldn't say. As a result, under duress, the entire village was killed. ”

Speaking of this, Huan'er was already in tears, and her sadness was beyond words.

Lin Xin had never seen Huan'er crying so sadly, and he was a little at a loss, so he hurriedly comforted: "Sister Huan'er, why are you crying?"

"Woo, because I'm the one who lives in that fishing village. ”

"Ahh Sister Huan'er has also experienced such a thing, and she understands why she is crying.

Lin Xin didn't know what to do when he saw that the comfort was ineffective.

Huan'er cried for a while but stopped crying, and continued in a voice: "I was originally a little girl in the fishing village, but it happened that I went to the market with people from the neighboring village to sell parallel goods, so I escaped. ”