Chapter 20: The Rite of Return
"Three knives...... Unexpectedly, Tan Qianshan was forced back with three swords......"
On a big tree outside Shijia Village, a young man with heavy makeup stood in the canopy of the tree, and muttered: "It is worthy of Jilei Mountain, even the small village at the foot of the mountain actually has such a master in seclusion, it seems that this task is not so easy to complete...... I'll wait for that to change!" After speaking, the young man was gone, leaving only a black crow on the tree to croak, adding a little depth to the night.
Half a month has passed in a hurry, and this day has come to the day of the blood sacrifice and return ceremony in Linjia Village. All the children over the age of 10 in the village are gathered in the village square. In the center of the square sat an elderly man, his hair was gray, but his eyes were full of terrifying charm, just sitting there was a kind of majesty, and the hundreds of people in the audience did not dare to make a mistake in front of this old man. The old man is the patriarch of Linjia Village, Lin Deshou. Beside the old man stood a man with a big waist and a straight nose and a square mouth, and the man stood with his waist crossed, majestic. Many people have never seen this person, but Ye Hao knows it, it is Lin Chong.
Lin Zhong bowed to the old man and said, "Patriarch, everyone is here, you can start." ”
Lin Deshou nodded, looked around, and said slowly: "Children, today is an important day for our Linjia Village Blood Sacrifice Returning Ceremony...... Although our Linjia Village is not big, and there are not many people, but this Returning Ceremony is a tradition passed down from thousands of years ago, and our Linjia Village has followed the rules of our ancestors for generations, but all children over the age of fifteen must go to the Three Holy Pools for blood sacrifices to start your own ancestral inheritance. ”
Everyone in the world says that all laws return to the sect, and all things return to the sect, and the sect of our Lin family village is the first generation of our Lin family's ancestors...... Lin Bufan! The Extraordinary Ancestor was originally the prince of the Dalin Dynasty, the largest country in the land of Shenzhou, and was the most outstanding genius of cultivating immortals in the land of Shenzhou, but at the critical moment when the demon star was born and the demons were dancing, the Extraordinary Ancestor resolutely left the palace and embarked on the road of eliminating demons in order to save the common people and help the world. It's been a tough ......."
In the end, the Extraordinary Ancestor gathered like-minded people from all over the world to suppress the demons with his great wisdom and bravery, but the Ancestor was also seriously injured in that battle and disappeared into the world...... But he left behind the bloodline of the Lin family, as well as our Lin family village and the Three Holy Blood Pool. But all the descendants of our Lin family village can enter the blood pool for baptism, after the baptism, your own inheritance will have the opportunity to open, and the person who opens the inheritance will prove that he has the physique of cultivating immortals, and the inheritance of my Lin family ancestors will also open up in your hearts by itself, opening up a road of cultivating immortals for you. ”
"Whoa......" Lin Deshou's words immediately made the entire crowd boil. The Blood Sacrifice Returning to the Sect is a secret of the Lin Family Village, and everyone has to swear to keep this secret, so these children in front of them are the first time they have heard of it, plus after returning to the sect and inheriting it, they will have the qualification to cultivate immortals, which immediately makes everyone excited.
Immortal Dao, Immortal Dao, who does not aspire to immortal Dao, who does not aspire to become immortal. Especially those who have lived at the foot of Jilei Mountain for generations, watching those sword immortals flying around every day, who can suppress the desire to cultivate immortals in their hearts.
Lin Deshou raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and continued to say slowly: "Originally, the Blood Sacrifice Returning Ceremony was a child over the age of fifteen, but this time is more special, because our Lin Family Village may soon face a catastrophe...... Hearing this, all the people in the field fell silent and held their breath.
"If this catastrophe really comes, I don't know how many people in our Linjia Village will be safe, and how many people will be able to stay in this world...... Therefore, we have increased the number of people in this homecoming ceremony, but all children over the age of ten need to participate, and they have inherited the ancestral lineage earlier, you ...... It also has a little more power to protect itself. ”
"Next, you, Uncle Lin Chong, will take you to the Three Holy Pools for the blood sacrifice and return ceremony. ”
As soon as the words fell, all the children were excited, and the square was boiling again.
Lin Deshou waved his hand to Lin Chong and said, "Go ahead." ”
"Yes, Patriarch. After Lin bowed heavily, he stood up and said loudly to the people present: "Everyone present, follow me." All the children couldn't wait to follow Lin Chong, all of them were excited and excited.
Ye Hao was also in the crowd, he sighed lightly, and a trace of bitterness appeared in his heart. Perhaps among this group of people, he is the one who is most eager to cultivate immortals, and he is also the most eager to have the bloodline of the Lin family, but he understands very well that he is not a descendant of the Lin family, but just an outsider, and he cannot inherit the bloodline inheritance of the Lin family. Moreover, his whole body is not connected, and he does not have the physique to cultivate immortals......
The fairy road is vast, the fairy road is lofty, the fairy road is magnificent, only by stepping on the fairy road, can you become a strong person in the world, and have the capital to explore the mysteries of Shenzhou and the world!
This time, there were hundreds of people in the ceremony, which was the largest number of people in the previous ceremony, and the team followed Lin Zhong in a mighty way, and the children talked about it while walking. Ye Hao, Lin Wanqing, Lin Long, Lin Hu, and Lin Qingwa walked together, and the rest of them were talking and laughing, but Ye Hao was the only one who lowered his head and pondered. Wanqing knew that Ye Hao was depressed in his heart, and kept saying comforting words, and Ye Hao could only smile bitterly.
At this time, Ye Hao was in a bad mood and looked lonely, whether others were happy or excited, it seemed that they had nothing to do with him.
About three miles away, the group came to a dense forest, and through the dense forest, what was revealed was a huge cave. Everyone followed Lin Zhong into the cave, but saw the strange scene in the cave flashing, colorful. A clear water and clear pond and a thousand strange stone forests interplay each other, the stalactites on the top of the cave overlap repeatedly, these boulders are like cheetahs, like fairies, like big trees, they are staggered, and the weather is thousands. Ye Hao and the others smiled at each other, and Gu couldn't help but think of the cave in that strange valley, and the two had similar ideas.
All the way forward, the appearance of the cave is also constantly changing, the stone walls on both sides of the body are like inlaid with night pearls, exuding soft light, the cave is not dark, and those half-old children have seen such a scene, can not help but be amazed, along the way like a dream.
The cave twists and turns, stretching downward, as if reaching the depths of the mountain, and at this moment, a wide hall appears in front of it, and behind the main hall there is a huge stone door.
Walking through the main hall, Lin Zhong stopped, he rubbed his hands on his clothes, as if he was afraid of blaspheming the gods, stretched out his hands, and slowly pushed open the stone door.
At the opening of the stone gate, a light and soft light flashed out, reflected on everyone's face, everyone hurriedly looked inward, only to see that there was a pool more than ten zhang wide behind the stone gate, the pool water was clear, and the reflections were numerous.
Everyone was boiling again, and some children jumped up excitedly.
Lin Qingwa also stepped forward, looked down, but pouted and said, "Is this the Three Holy Pools? ”
Lin Chong coughed dryly, which was considered to silence everyone. Then he said loudly: "That's right, what you see now is the Three Holy Pools shared by our Lin Family Village and Shijia Village, this pool contains the pure blood left by our extraordinary ancestors and the Batian ancestors of Shijia Village, these pure blood are gathered at the bottom of the pool, and they can't be seen at ordinary times, only when they meet the blood of the descendants of the Lin Shi family, it will change." ”
Lin Zhong paused, pulled out a sharp dagger from his waist, and said again: "This time the blood sacrifice return ceremony has officially begun, and I will announce the process of the blood sacrifice." First of all, please line up, come one by one in order, everyone walks to the front of the Three Holy Pools, squeeze out the blood with my dagger fingers, and drip the blood into the pool, if the spring water in the pool changes, then it means that this person has the pure bloodline and immortal cultivation qualifications recognized by the ancestors. Bloodline and qualification are indispensable, and only one of them will not be recognized by the spirit of the ancestors. Do you see the horizontal line on the edge of the pool?" Lin Zhong said, gesturing towards the edge of the pool.
Everyone looked along the place where Lin Zhong was pointing, and sure enough, they saw more than ten horizontal lines drawn on a stone wall by the pool, and they all looked at Lin Chong in puzzlement.
"There are a total of ten horizontal lines on this stone wall, which were drawn by our ancestors personally, each horizontal line represents the water level of the pool water, if you have the physique of cultivating immortals, when the blood drip into the pool, the ancestral blood at the bottom of the pool will merge with your blood, the position of the water surface will rise, the higher the position of the water surface represents the higher your qualification for cultivating immortals, these horizontal lines are used to compare the level of each person's cultivation qualifications, the higher the qualification, the higher the starting point, we will also teach you in different ways. ”
"In addition, when the blood is fused, which is the important moment when your blood sacrifice returns to the sect, you must put your hand into the pool, absorb the pure blood of the ancestors, and complete the inheritance of the bloodline. Do you all understand?"
Everyone said in unison: "Understood".
Lin nodded and said, "It's good to understand, you guys start in order, and I'll record it." With that, he turned around and went to the stone wall next to the pond to start recording.
Everyone looked in the direction of Lin Chong, only to find that the stone walls around this area had already been densely engraved with countless names, and the back of the names was written with different levels from level 1 to level 10. Everyone immediately understood that this was probably the record left by the Lin family after generations of blood sacrifices, and the level behind it represented the level of qualification. Some of the names on the other stone walls have been blurred, but if you look closely, you can still see the records of that year, and the names on the stone wall in front of Ye Chong's body are clearly visible, obviously engraved within a hundred years.
Everyone looked at the names on the stone wall one by one, and they saw a few familiar names.
Lin Wanqing covered her mouth and exclaimed: "Look, that's my father's name, oops, how can it be level 1." ”
Lin Qingwa couldn't hold back when she heard this, swept away the crowd and came to the front of the stone wall, looked at them one by one, and suddenly exclaimed: "Ah, my father is actually level seven, I didn't expect that old guy to have such a high talent for cultivating immortals." Hey, hey, hey, hey". The fat man giggled as if he had found a treasure.
All the children were looking for the names of their relatives in front of the stone wall, either excited or sighed.
Ye Hao was also as curious as the other children, staring at the stone wall in front of him and examining it carefully.
"Uncle Lin Ding, level seven...... Fourth Uncle Lin Mo Level 5...... Uncle Lin Feng Level 7...... Great Bo Linjian Grade 8 ...... Lin Chong...... Level 9 !!"
Ye Hao was amazed in his heart, he didn't expect that the burly man in front of him had reached a rare ninth level in immortal cultivation. The other children also seemed to see Lin Chong's progression, and immediately looked at Lin Chong's eyes differently, this Lin Chong is a genius, and there are only a handful of names that can reach the ninth level on the entire stone wall.
Continuing to look down, most of the names on the stone walls are between level one and five, and there is not much out of the ordinary. Suddenly, Ye Hao's eyes inadvertently slid over a name, and an incredible expression immediately appeared on his face.
"Linxi...... Level 10 !!" incredible.
Lin Long Lin Hu's father, the ordinary-looking hunter, actually had a tenth-level immortal cultivation talent, which was also the only one in the entire history of Lin Family Village in the past few hundred years.
Lin Long and Lin Hu also seemed to see it, and at this time, the two brothers looked at each other, and they both saw the extremely shocked looks on each other's faces.
"Xiaolong Xiaohu's father is actually the most talented person in Linjia Village in recent generations. Wanqing muttered to the stone wall, and her eyes couldn't stop looking at the two brothers.
After the shock, everyone talked a lot, still around the stone wall, and seemed to be looking for a person's name. I just searched around and didn't find that name, and I couldn't help but feel a little strange in my heart.
At this time, a high-pitched voice sounded, and it seemed to ask the same question to everyone: "Uncle Lin Chong, why can't I find my grandfather's name on this stone wall?"
Lin Chong looked down and saw the stinky kid, he suddenly became angry, and said sharply: "Lin Douzi, why are you? Why did you come here when you were not even ten years old, this is not a place where you can make a mistake." ”
The person who spoke just now turned out to be Lin Douzi, Lin Deshou's grandson, and everyone couldn't help but smile.
Lin Douzi is nine years old this year, and he was not qualified to participate in this blood sacrifice and return to the sect, but this kid is a person who can't bear to be lonely, seeing that the brothers and sisters in the village are going to participate in the ceremony, only he is left at home, and he is already indignant in his heart. So when the team started, he slipped into the crowd and mixed in with the team and followed. Lin Douzi hid all the way, for fear of being seen by Lin Chong and Ye Hao, but he couldn't find his grandfather's name just now, so he blurted out in a hurry.
Lin Douzi also seemed to know that he had done something wrong, and he lowered his head for a while and didn't dare to speak.
"Alas......" Lin Chong looked at Lin Douzi, although he was angry, but he couldn't, so he had to pretend to be angry and said: "Stinky boy, you will come when you come, stay for me, don't make trouble." ”
"Okay, Xiaodouzi is a good boy and never causes trouble for everyone. There was a shy expression on his face as he spoke.
This expression was immediately met with a lot of contempt and white eyes, and no one in the village knew that this Lin Douzi was a harmful spirit, not very old, but he was causing trouble everywhere. But because he is the grandson of the patriarch, most of them turn a blind eye.
Lin Douzi pointed to the stone wall with a vivid expression, and said in a snort: "Uncle Lin Chong...... You...... You haven't said why my grandfather's name isn't on this wall. ”