Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 274

On the second-floor terrace, while turning the pages, Ahri looked at the boy lying on his side, and the boy happened to open his eyes at this moment.

Li Zhuiyuan straightened his back, sat up straight, and looked out at the fields in the distance that looked like ink under the gloomy sky.

In the previous communication, he could feel the entity's "perfunctory" attitude, as it was performing the stereotype of its past.

The acting is impeccable, the difference is that it has not improved during this period of time, and this is the biggest problem.

Accompanied by A'li, Li Zhuiyuan walked downstairs and came to the door of the basement.

In the shady corner at the door, there lay a large black mass.

When Xiao Hei heard the footsteps, he raised his head, but did not stand up. He just used his belly and the ground to keep moving, and opened the iron door.

Now that the weather is getting warmer, it's cool here, so Xiao Hei chooses to take a nap here.

Li Zhuiyuan lowered his head and looked at it.

Xiao Hei felt a little uneasy when being stared at, and silently prepared to stand up and leave. However, as soon as he stood up, the boy looked away, opened the iron gate, and walked in.

Looking left and right, Xiao Hei lay down again and licked the back of his paws.

The basement has been renovated, but it still has the old layout. One-third of the area is occupied by the great grandfather's various "clothing" and "ritualistic instruments", which are used by various funeral teams.

The remaining area was filled with large boxes filled with ancient books.

There is a reason why the entity chose to place its secrets here, because this basement is equivalent to the formal place of enlightenment for Li Zhuiyuan. It was from here that Li Zhuiyuan entered the mysterious gate and opened another path in life.

The main body also wants to open a new path from here?
A'li grabbed the boy's hand and exerted a little force. Not only did she know that there was another "person" inside Li Zhuiyuan, but she had also seen "it" come out with her own eyes.

Li Zhuiyuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, it has no chance."

The boy had no intention of telling Ali that if it came out and occupied "him" in the future, Ali must not show mercy and must make a decision quickly.

Because Li Zhuiyuan felt that instead of giving this burden to A'li, it would be better for him to carry it himself and break it at the critical moment.

In essence, the reason why the entity chose another path is probably because even it itself realized that it could not win itself on the traditional track of "confrontation between the inner demon and the entity".

Walking out of the basement and closing the door, Xiao Hei, who had been curled up in the corner, waited for the boy and the girl to leave, then stretched out his body again and dozed off comfortably.

"Boom! Crash..."

The thunderstorm that had been brewing for a long time finally came. The ground was first filled with thick water vapor and a fishy smell, and then it was quickly covered by an unbridled coolness.

Li Sanjiang and Lao Tiantou sat at the door of the living room. The heavy rain splashed out their memories. They each shared a cigarette and talked about the past.

The three old sisters, Liu Jinxia, ​​Hua Pozi and Wang Lian, trotted over under the heavy rain curtain. They first gathered at Wang Lian's house and then came here together. It started to rain halfway through the journey.

Wang Lian held her hands above her head, Liu Jinxia looked carefully at the road below her feet, and Hua Pozi looked even crazier, laughing and gently bumping into the two of them.

Liu Jinxia scolded Hua Pozi, while Wang Lian kept begging for mercy, but Hua Pozi hit her even harder, her laughter sounding like a duck's voice, with a clear and bumpy rhythm.

Under the filter of rain and mist, they have shed their former old age and calmness. After all, this rain also rained on them when they were young.

Liu Yumei walked out of the east room, and the rain in front of her immediately avoided her.

But when she saw the three old sisters running along the path in the rain, Liu Yumei sighed, smiled bitterly, and said:
"What a bunch of crazy women."

The next moment, rain fell on Liu Yumei.

We didn't plan to play cards today, mainly because Wang Lian's paralyzed son has been a bit of a worry these days and has been thinking about committing suicide to avoid burdening his family.

Liu Jinxia came over alone while eating melon seeds and told Liu Yumei about this matter. Liu Yumei said that she didn't commit suicide earlier or later, but waited until her two children grew up and her parents gradually got used to this family situation before she threatened to commit suicide.

To put it nicely, he didn't want to burden his family, but in reality, his desire to survive and hope had been completely worn out during the past period of time. He was so selfish that he even wanted to commit suicide in the name of morality for the sake of his family.

Liu Jinxia was used to the way Liu's sister spoke, which was very direct and merciless, but also made a lot of sense.

The three old sisters came in the rain. Aunt Liu brought them towels to wipe themselves and ginger soup to drive away the cold. Uncle Qin set up the card table in the living room.

The card game started, while the others were playing cards and chatting, Liu Yumei was losing money while chatting, and she had to deliberately lose more to Wang Lian.

That troublesome son attempted suicide several times and was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment several times. It was really expensive.

Wang Lian never brings a sad face here. On the way, Hua Pozi is the craziest and has the most fun playing in the rain. When they get to the dam, Wang Lian has the most smiles on her face.

As they were fighting, Mrs. Hua suggested that the four of them go to Langshan to burn incense in a few days when the weather cleared up.

Liu Yumei shook her head, indicating that she would not go.

If she really wanted to go and worship Heaven and Earth, that would not matter, as Heaven and Earth could bear it anyway. But with the weight of responsibilities she was carrying on her shoulders now, if she went to an ordinary temple to burn incense solemnly, she would probably have to set the entire Wolf Mountain on fire.

Finally, it was Liu Jinxia who made the final decision. She would take Hua Pozi and Wang Lian to Langshan in a few days. Liu Jinxia also kindly said that she could bring a portion for her in the name of Liu's sister.

"No, please don't. I'm not being polite to you. I don't believe in this. You don't have to kowtow for me."

The rain continued until dinner time and there was no sign of stopping.

Aunt Liu called everyone to have dinner, asking them to stay because it was raining, so everyone didn't hesitate and stayed to eat.

After dinner, the rain stopped and everyone went home.

Old Man Tian also pushed his wheelchair to the bearded man's house. After pushing it for a distance onto the village road, he stood up and carried the wheelchair on his shoulders.

Humming a little tune, I just reached the dam of Big Beard's house when I saw the wind blowing in the peach forest. The peach blossoms fell and the branches rustled, but the wind and rain outside had obviously stopped long ago.

Not daring to look too much or think too much, Old Tiantou began to tidy up the medicinal garden that had been hit by rain and wind.

What made him blush was that the area he planted needed some adjustments and care, but the crops the boy had planted that day had no effect at all.

He had once felt what a truly smart person was like in his own young master, but the young master was not good at that time. Only when he was suppressed in his own strong areas could he feel the real blow.

While tending the crops, the old farmer didn't dare to look around. He only heard that in the peach orchard next door, the wind was blowing continuously and indirectly.

Late at night, the sound of a piano could be heard from deep within the peach forest, melodious yet solemn.

Before going to bed, Li Sanjiang habitually went to the compartment used for worship on the first floor to check.

There was a perpetual lamp lit inside, with "Li the Corpse-Rescuer" written on it, and below it were his own name and the names of Xiao Yuanhou and others. Xiao Yuanhou said that this was used for praying for blessings, and Li Sanjiang believed whatever his great-grandson said.

Therefore, I would come here to wipe and adjust the things every morning and evening, and also pay homage to the "Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism" that I had hung on the wall earlier. It was a good thing and cost nothing anyway.

But today, as soon as I pushed the door open, I heard a series of "click" sounds, and all the "gods and Buddhas" on the wall fell off.

This scared Li Sanjiang so much that he thought there was an earthquake.

When I finally finished packing all these, I heard the sound of a car outside.

Li Sanjiang walked out with a smile on his face, and the mules came back.

"Zhuangzhuang, have you eaten yet?"

"We've eaten, Uncle Li, you should take a rest. We also need to wash up and go to bed."

"Hey, good."

Li Sanjiang went upstairs to rest.

After a while, Zhao Yi crouched down and went up to the second floor.

The light was on in Li Zhuiyuan's room. Zhao Yi slowed down his pace. As soon as he approached, the boy came out.

After seeing him, Zhao Yi felt relieved.

Li Zhuiyuan glanced at him.

Zhao Yi said: "I can't help but be nervous. My whole family is in the public notice period now."

Li Zhuiyuan: "I didn't say anything."

Zhao Yi: "I want to comfort myself."

Li Zhuiyuan nodded and walked downstairs.

"Brother Xiaoyuan."

"Brother Xiaoyuan."

Among the many calls, there was also the Liang sisters.

All are equal under pressure.

Yin Meng sat on a stool against the wall, her back against the wall, looking a little numb.

She was like a child who had been having fun outside, but now had to go home with a stack of failing test papers to ask her parents to sign.

After Li Zhuiyuan and Zhao Yi walked down the dam, Yin Meng asked in confusion: "Runsheng, what should we do?"

Runsheng: "It's just going home, what's the big deal."

Yin Meng: "The ancestors will be angry."

Runsheng: "No matter how angry he is, he is still your ancestor. At worst, he can just kill you."

Liang Yan: "Is there anyone who can comfort others as well as you?"

Liang Li: “That’s right.”

Tan Wenbin: "When your heart is dead, you will feel at peace."

Yin Meng breathed a sigh of relief, and her complexion indeed looked much better.

It was dark at night, and Li Zhuiyuan and Zhao Yi were walking on a country road.

Zhao Yi: "Is there any other solution?"

Li Zhuiyuan: “Yes, but it’s not appropriate.”

Zhao Yi: "So?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "I decided to go to Fengdu."

Zhao Yi: "Okay."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Did you have a smooth journey?"

Zhao Yi: "The Lu family is not qualified to make things difficult for us."

Li Zhuiyuan: "I mean on the way back."

Zhao Yi: "It went smoothly. What happened?"

Li Zhuiyuan was silent.

Zhao Yi asked again: "Can you give me some information? How is that person?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "It is very happy that you did not open the book."

Zhao Yi: "Then should I stay calm for a while? Continue to act like a person who is free from desires and is open-minded?"

Li Zhuiyuan: “Yes.”

Zhao Yi: "It should be able to see it."

Li Zhuiyuan: “It doesn’t matter.”

Zhao Yi: "Indeed, it is more comfortable to pat a fart."

The two men came to Big Beard's house, and Old Tiantou spread a straw mat and slept in the medicine garden.

Hearing the noise, the old man looked up and saw the familiar figure. He immediately got up happily and jumped over.

Old Tiantou wanted to show his young master that he had recovered, but in the eyes of Li Zhuiyuan and Zhao Yi, the old woman was walking in the kind of pace that was popular among young girls nowadays.

"Master!"

A smile appeared on Zhao Yi's face. He took the initiative to step forward, bent down, picked up Lao Tiantou and lifted him up.

"That's the opposite, that's the opposite, Master, I should be the one holding you and carrying you on my back."

"Old Tian, ​​I'm grown up now and I'm in good health now. I don't need you to carry me on my back anymore."

The words were even more cruel than the actions.

Old Tiantou's mood suddenly became depressed.

Zhao Yi continued, "You are old now, and you can't stand the hardship any more."

Old Tiantou said aggrievedly: "Young Master..."

Most people can accept getting old, but find it difficult to accept becoming useless.

Zhao Yi: "This medicinal garden is well maintained. Mr. Li got the upper hand."

Old Tiantou: "Master Yuan's attainments in this area are no worse than mine."

Zhao Yi: "You and Uncle Li get along well?"

Old Tiantou: "Brother Li is a good man, very interesting."

Zhao Yi: "It's rare to meet an old friend, so why don't you stay here with him for a while."

Old Tiantou: "I still want to go out to the river with you, young master. I am old, but I can still help you with some things. They are younger and more capable than me, but at the critical moment, they dare not go up like me."

"But I promised Mr. Li to rent you to him for a period of time."

"This……"

"In order to complete and improve the Zhao family's skills, and also to pave the way for me to take charge of the Zhao family after the end of Zou Jiang, Lao Tian, ​​you have to bear with it for a while longer."

"Master, I am willing. Besides, living here is not tiring at all. I am happy every day. It's just that our herb garden and the medicine you need are here..."

"Just use the herbs here, and let our herb garden grow." Zhao Yi looked down at the large patch of herb seedlings that had already sprouted out of the ground. "This is truly a Feng Shui treasure land. Herbs can grow exceptionally fast."

"Of course, I can, but Master, if I have to supply medicine for two teams by myself, I'm afraid I won't be able to make it in time."

"You just need to do our part, as for the other side...just give that little girl some advice."

"Miss Qin?"

"Ah."

"I understand, Master. I will learn more from her."

"Old Tian, ​​why are you so unconfident?"

"Master, you don't know that I've suffered a pretty big blow recently."

"I know, because I, your young master, have already been beaten to a pulp."

Zhao Yi turned around and looked at Li Zhuiyuan who was standing on the dam and had not come down. He wanted to ask about Li's attitude and whether he should go to the peach forest to say hello and apologize.

Unexpectedly, the man surnamed Li was not looking at him.

Noticing his gaze, Li Zhuiyuan raised his hand and pointed to the peach forest ahead.

Zhao Yi turned his head and saw that wind was blowing in the originally peaceful peach forest.

Old Tiantou lowered his voice and said, "Master, this wind has been blowing indirectly since dinner until now."

Zhao Yi's eyes gradually widened, he rushed over, turned over and jumped onto the dam, and came to Li Zhuiyuan's side.

Li Zhuiyuan: "The wind is a bit strong. Tell your men who are staying at home to be careful."

Zhao Yi took out his mobile phone and started dialing.

The person who answered the phone was Chen Jing. His tone was full of fatigue. During this period of time, he had been soaking in medicinal baths every day, which was equivalent to undergoing marrow cleansing and meridian cleansing every day.

"Chen Jing."

"Brother Yi, I'm here."

"Are Sun Yan and Xu Ming with you?"

"They are in their room."

"Go and inform them, and tell them what I said. From now on, activate the medicine garden formation, and don't leave the medicine garden until I come back in person!"

"understand!"

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Yi's expression became very solemn, because things happened faster and more serious than he had imagined.

Li Zhuiyuan: "I have given you instructions."

Zhao Yi: "Yes, I have given you all the instructions."

Li Zhuiyuan: "I should have reminded you a few more times."

Zhao Yi: "I know that the quality of my men is not as high as yours, but they are not stupid."

Li Zhuiyuan: "It's not a question of whether they are stupid or not. It's that they are not in Nantong, so they have no cover."

Zhao Yi picked up the mobile phone again and dialed the number, but the call could not be connected.

"The formation should have been activated. Everything will be fine."

Li Zhuiyuan: "I have fulfilled my obligation to remind you."

Zhao Yi: "Me too."

The wind in the peach forest died down again at this moment.

Zhao Yi: "Sure enough, when a being of that level is caught in the waves, everything becomes different."

Li Zhuiyuan: “Yes.”

Zhao Yi: "If I hadn't forcibly sacrificed those things, would it not be so outrageous?"

Li Zhuiyuan shook his head and said, "Your choice was correct under the circumstances at the time, and I have never blamed you for making that decision. Besides, it was Yin Meng who arranged the ceremony, and it was Tan Wenbin who encouraged you to force the sacrifice."

Zhao Yi pointed to the altar in the corner of the dam and suggested, "How about we call Yin Meng over to perform another sacrifice and repeat to that person what you just said for me?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "It is meaningless to explain these things now. Do you still dream of asking the emperor to take back his order? The emperor is not kidding."

Zhao Yi: "Then I am really wronged."

Li Zhuiyuan: "But I didn't ask you to say 'don't be shameless' to the emperor, so think positively, at least you've satisfied your desire to talk nonsense."

Zhao Yi: "Is it really impossible to avoid it?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "I have deduced it, it is not worthwhile to avoid it, so let's face it head on."

Zhao Yi: "It's a life-or-death gamble."

Li Zhuiyuan: "It's not just about life and death. We have traveled thousands of miles to Fengdu to come before the emperor and ask him to open the cup."

Zhao Yi: "First, we have to see if we can make it to Fengdu. After we get to Fengdu, can we get in front of the emperor? If we want to have a chance to fight life and death, we must be qualified to sit at the gambling table."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Are you going to sleep here or at home?"

Zhao Yi: "I'll go back with you and sleep in a coffin."

“There are no empty coffins.”

"It's okay. I've already made an agreement with Ah You. He will switch with me tonight. You know Ah You is a very nice person."

The two began to walk back.

Zhao Yi asked: "Do you regret provoking Him?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Time cannot be reversed. I have no choice."

It was impossible for the young man to go back to the past, not to meet Yin Meng, not to agree to Yin Meng's grandfather's request, and not to study and restore the Yin family's twelve methods. As for the dream ghost wave, he had no choice. The other party was trying to kill him in advance. He used Yin Meng's blood relationship to lure the emperor here in order to break this killing situation.

Zhao Yi: "I mean, do you regret not being more respectful to the emperor?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Just like the Great Emperor doesn't care that his bloodline lives worse than a dog, do you think the Great Emperor really cares whether I respect him?"

Zhao Yi: “That’s true.”

Li Zhuiyuan: "Of course, except for lazy dogs, this is really too much."

Zhao Yi: “…”

Li Zhuiyuan: “There is a fundamental contradiction between the Emperor and me, and even if I continue to serve Him respectfully, I cannot change this situation.

As I become more powerful, I become more and more involved in causes and effects.

Yin Meng followed me and her abilities improved along the way. Meng Meng’s talent is not that great, but she has indeed been brought up.”

Zhao Yi: “Indeed.”

The lost secret techniques were recovered and mastered, and used continuously; the abandoned bloodlines were reactivated, and even if the talents were mediocre, they were constantly infused with merits.

If the emperor was dead, these would not be a problem, but the problem is that the emperor is still alive.

As long as he is alive, he has to bear the constant cycle of cause and effect brought to him by his bloodline and inheritors, and this cycle of cause and effect has an obvious tendency to get bigger and bigger.

Therefore, this meeting was inevitable.

There needs to be a process and a result. No matter how many lazy people there are, they are just extra.

When they got back to the doorstep, Zhao Yi asked, "When do we leave?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "The almanac says that the day after tomorrow is suitable for long journeys."

Zhao Yi said angrily: "Can you please stop being so feudal and superstitious?"

The man with the surname Li has started to look at the almanac, which means that he is not sure about this wave. This makes Zhao Yi's already uneasy heart even more precarious.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Then you can take the Liang sisters with you tomorrow."

Zhao Yi: "I choose to respect traditional folk culture."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Go to bed early."

Zhao Yi: "You too."

The young man stopped, turned around and looked at Zhao Yi: "It's been a long time since I felt this strong sense of uneasiness. I really miss it."

Zhao Yi: "I thought people like you would really dislike this feeling of being out of control."

"I thought so at first, but then I realized that if I really thought so, I wouldn't have gone to my great-grandfather's basement to look through books."

Li Zhuiyuan went upstairs to rest.

Lin Shuyou was squeezed out of the coffin and slept on the round table.

Zhao Yi lay in the coffin and closed his eyes comfortably.

It didn't take long for him to regret it, and the snoring sounds that came one after another seemed to be playing a symphony.

These animals are like competing with each other, as if whoever goes to bed later and snores quieter will suffer the most!
He couldn't sleep, and recalled the last words that Mr. Li said to him before he went upstairs.

The basement of Uncle Li’s house.

Zhao Yi took a deep breath and crossed his hands. A breeze blew from the living room on the first floor, forming a barrier to block his perception.

Then, he gently hooked his little finger, and a paper man in the corner took a step and walked silently towards the basement and came to the iron gate.

There is a lock on the iron door, but the lock is open, serving as a fixing function.

The paper man raised his arm and was about to remove the lock, but then stopped.

Zhao Yi, lying in the coffin, frowned slightly.

He thought of Lao Tian.

Old Tian’s leg was cured thanks to Uncle Li. During the following period of time, he didn’t dare to take Old Tian away, for fear that his good fortune would backfire.

It is also known that... Mr. Li is not actually a direct blood relative of Uncle Li, but Mr. Li has now become Uncle Li's great-grandson.

Zhao Yi was very scared. He was afraid that after he opened the lock and entered the basement to look through those things, he would become a grandson in the future.

The paper man immediately returned to his original position and returned to normal.

Inside the coffin, Zhao Yi realized what was happening, clenched his fists, and cursed in his heart:
"Mr. Li, you're still thinking of cheating me at this time!"

……

"What, you're going out again? Or tomorrow!"

While having breakfast, Li Sanjiang was shocked when he heard the news from Zhuangzhuang.

Tan Wenbin smiled and said, "Uncle Li, this is how it is in our line of work. We are considered good and can come back from time to time. It is normal for others not to be able to go home for a year or two."

Li Sanjiang said with a sad face: "You are still doing this during your internship, so won't you be busier and busier in the future?"

Tan Wenbin: “Yeah.”

Li Sanjiang looked at A'li, then at the old lady, and said, "Why is it like Dayu controlling the flood? What will we do if we get married in the future?"

Liu Yumei: "It's a good thing for young people to be busy. They need to exercise more."

Li Sanjiang drank some porridge with pickles and thought to himself: OK, as long as you have no objection.

The weather is very good today. After breakfast, everyone went about their own business.

All the portraits in the compartment fell off yesterday, which made Li Sanjiang feel uneasy. He did not sleep well last night. In addition, he learned in the morning that his children were going on a long journey again, so he quietly packed some incense and candles and went out.

There is a small land temple at the corner of the village road. No one comes here to burn incense, but people have to offer sacrifices here during festivals or when passing by during funerals. This kind of small public temple is a place where hundreds of families come to eat.

In the past, whenever Li Zhuiyuan and his companions went on a long journey, Li Sanjiang would burn incense at this temple. The land temple is definitely in charge of the road. Even if the local land is in charge of local affairs, everyone is in the same industry after all, and they can say hello to each other.

Li Sanjiang bent down, lit incense at the land temple which was not even as tall as a child, bowed, and said:

"The boys are going on a long journey again. Please inform each other and keep each other safe."

After worshipping, he stood up straight.

With a loud "crash", the land temple collapsed.

Li Sanjiang had no choice but to bend down and rebuild it. It was not a big problem. It was quickly rebuilt just like building a chicken coop. However, the clay sculpture of the God of Land that was originally standing inside was smashed by the bricks that had just fallen.

"I'm fine, I'm fine, you're too polite."

After finishing his speech, Li Sanjiang walked towards the Li family’s ancestral tomb in Siyuan Village.

At critical moments, I still instinctively feel that my family is reliable.

The grave that Li Sanjiang chose for himself was not far from his ancestral grave, just on the road. Now two people had already moved into that place. They were the benefactors brought back by Zhuangzhuang.

In fact, he is Tan Wenbin’s godfather and brother.

Since they met on the way, Li Sanjiang simply offered incense to them. He heard from Zhuangzhuang that these two had helped him before, so he might as well help them again.

After lighting the incense, Li Sanjiang began to chant:
"The boys are going on a long journey again, please bless them..."

"Crack!"

Before he could finish his words, a large crack appeared on each of the two beautifully repaired tombs.

"The cooking skills of the Bessie Hou are really bad!"

Biesan Hou is a bricklayer in the village. His craftsmanship is neither good nor bad, and most importantly, it is cheap. This tomb was previously repaired by someone hired by Biesan Hou, and it has cracked more than once.

Although he was cursing the beggar, Li Sanjiang was still honest and did not dare to run to the ancestral grave again. He did not want to make all his ancestors laugh.

On the second-floor terrace, Li Zhuiyuan and A'li were sitting on rattan chairs playing chess.

Zhao Yi was sitting on Li Sanjiang's recliner in the distance, holding a notebook in his hand, writing and drawing non-stop.

Aunt Liu, as usual, leaned against the kitchen door, eating melon seeds and looking at the two children above.

There is a new character here today, so Aunt Liu took the opportunity to take a look at him.

The young lady sat with the farm boy, and next to her was the young man from a noble family with whom she was almost engaged.

Aunt Liu would watch the TV at home when she had nothing to do, and it was full of these things.

Tan Wenbin was drinking tea with the old lady and talking about the matter of destroying the Lu family. Since it did not involve fleeing the river and was just a personal grudge, there was no need to make any innuendos. Tan Wenbin spoke easily and the old lady felt comfortable listening to it.

After she finished, the old lady said, "The Chen family is not up to par after all. They are not as well-matched as your future father-in-law's family."

Tan Wenbin: "Is this a good match?"

Old lady: "Matching someone of equal status doesn't refer to wealth, but to family tradition and respectability."

In the living room, Yin Meng was leaning on the coffin, holding the Yin family tree in her hand and reciting it.

Runsheng sat opposite her, making paper-made items.

"Yin Anmin's three sons: Yin Ruhai, Yin Ruwang..."

Runsheng asked puzzledly: "Why are you carrying all this?"

Yin Meng: "I'm going to meet the ancestors, so I have to remember who is who."

Before the Yin family completely declined, after the death of the Yin family members, they were pushed into the Yin family mausoleum by the little ghosts. Yin Meng is now trying to save his ancestors at the last minute.

"Oh!"

Yin Meng got angry and slapped the family tree hard on his head.

"How come they had so many children? Why were they so fertile? Why wasn't there family planning back then?"

Runsheng: "Don't recite it anymore. When we meet again, we can just call each other ancestors."

Yin Meng: "What if we meet that person?"

Runsheng: "Call me ancestor."

Yin Meng: "But I just realized, why did our family have so many people in history, but ended up with only one child?

No, according to the old rules, I am a woman and cannot be included in the family tree, so my Yin family should be cut off with me."

Runsheng: "You can recruit a son-in-law."

Yin Meng: "I don't think it's necessary. Before I met Brother Xiaoyuan, my grandfather and I didn't have the honor of this family name."

Runsheng: "You can't say this to our ancestors."

Yin Meng: "Yeah, that's right."

After drinking tea, Tan Wenbin and the old lady came upstairs and leaned towards Zhao Yi first. They saw the densely packed names above, some of which were circled and some were crossed out.

"What is this?"

Zhao Yi: "Contemporary family tree."

"So what are you drawing?"

"I thought that if the emperor felt that there was a shortage of officials, I, Jiujiang Zhao, could take the initiative to provide some."

“That’s a good idea.”

"I think so too. Just think about it. How much trouble it will be for me to go back to the Zhao family and fight for power and kill those old guys. It would be much easier if I really had a book of life and death."

“Wouldn’t that be too much?”

"I did the subtraction first, now I start the addition."

"Then what about the two names pointed to by the two slashes above 'Zhao Yi'? Zhao Ling and Zhao Xinshi, why are they also crossed out?"

Zhao Yi closed the "New Family Tree" and winked at Tan Wenbin.

"It seems that you and your parents don't see eye to eye."

"If I hadn't gritted my teeth and persevered to survive when I was a child, I would have been thrown into the urinal by them."

"I'm not trying to persuade you to be more open-minded. I'm just curious. Is your Zhao family short of food? Even if you were weak and sickly when you were a child, why did your parents have to target you? At most, they could have another child."

"The one by the peach forest, oh, you call it the Bearded Man's, right?"

"Correct."

"There was a crib in the yard of that house, and the child in it was very cute. When I saw him, it was like seeing myself when I was a child, but he was much healthier than I was then, and he was also much more pampered and happier."

"Uh, what's the connection between these?"

"You can ask Mr. Li if his parents can have another child?"

……

It's just an ordinary little hill, but it's a different world inside.

Chen Jing sat in the bathtub, surrounded by dark medicine. His face was tense and blood kept flowing out of his body, dyeing the medicine red.

This is the first step. First, some of the blood is forced out, then it completes the circulation in the medicine juice, and finally the blood is absorbed back into the body.

The whole process will be extremely painful, but it is also the best way to temper the demon race's bloodline.

Xu Ming walked over, checked the medicine, and nodded.

Before, he actually had some concerns about the young master taking this boy into the team, because this kid's strength was obviously not able to help much now, but after paying homage, he could share the merits of the entire team, which was like bringing in a burden.

But this child's determination is far beyond that of ordinary people, and his talent is also extraordinary. It is estimated that it won't be long before he will have the strength to follow everyone on the river.

Chen Jing: "Uncle Xu, I can complete a cycle of meditation in half a day now, can I change to soaking twice a day?"

Xu Ming shook his head: "The young master has told me that more haste makes waste. One cycle a day is your limit. This is already an overdraft method. If you overdraft any further, your potential will be completely drained."

Chen Jing: "I just want to be like Brother Xiaoyuan and help everyone. Brother Xiaoyuan is not much older than me."

Xu Ming: "He didn't practice martial arts, so he didn't overdraw at all."

Chen Jing: "How is that possible? Didn't Brother Yi say that walking on the river is very dangerous and that we have to go all out on every wave?"

"The young master said that person was deliberately trying to get angry with Jiang Shui."

Xu Ming paused, thinking of the time when he was beaten up by Lin Shuyou that night, and couldn't help but sigh:
"For this reason, he specially trained a very strong team to make up for his shortcomings."

Chen Jing: "He is really amazing."

Xu Ming: "Oh, by the way, there is one more thing. One of the materials cannot be delivered for the time being because the formation is activated, so the effect of your medicinal bath will be reduced by 30% from now on."

Chen Jing looked anxious at first, but then he calmed down and said, "Brother Yi said that the formation cannot be opened before he comes back, so please ask Uncle Xu to beat me up every day to make up for the effect of the medicinal bath."

Xu Ming nodded: "Okay."

In the house, Sun Yan was feeding a group of animals. Her room was like a small zoo, but it was not noisy and the smell was not bad.

But her face looked a little bad.

After Chen Jing received the call from the young master last night, she immediately activated the formation, resulting in her failure to retrieve the colorful python until now.

The colorful python is her strongest pet now, and she regards it as her support for her continued presence in the team in the future.

But the colorful python had a bad temper, and she was not yet able to completely tame it, so it would not stay here obediently like other animals, but would ask to go to the mountains and forests to hunt and play.

The colorful python was released two days ago. Calculating the date, it’s time for it to return to its nest.

There are restrictions on its body, and if it does not come back for a period of time to reset the restrictions, it will be extremely painful. This is also the method Sun Yan uses to control this colorful python.

But who knows when the young master will come back and when this formation can be closed. The restriction can cause the colorful python great pain and suffering, but it will not be fatal to it. Once the attack lasts for a long time, the effect of the restriction will be greatly reduced, and the colorful python can also adapt by constantly shedding its skin.

Then, it will truly be free again.

"Hissssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss..."

Sun Yan's ears moved slightly, she heard the sound, pushed open the back door and came to the fence.

The fence is also the location of the formation. A colorful python is coiled there, constantly spitting out its tongue.

Sun Yan pursed her lips. She was very happy to see it come back, but she did not dare to disobey the young master's order to close the formation.

The colorful python lowered its head and began to drill into the fence. It soon began to suffer the repulsion of the formation and its skin began to crack.

Perhaps it was because the restrictions on it and the formation were both created by the young master, so the formation's repulsion to it was not as strong as imagined, allowing the snake head to drill in.

But the snake looked like it was covered in blood, with its mouth wide open, looking in extreme pain.

Sun Yan confirmed that this was her colorful python. She looked outside and saw nothing else.

She subconsciously stepped forward, wanting to help pull the colorful python in, but after taking two steps forward, she stopped, looking conflicted.

The young master would not ask to activate the formation without reason and order the three of them not to go out.

Forget it, I can’t interfere.

Sun Yan ran back to the house and took out the medicine. The snake head was still trying its best to get in. Sun Yan didn't intend to help it, but seeing that its injuries were so serious, she decided to apply medicine first.

After the potion was sprinkled at a distance, the colorful python became more energetic and began to drill in more desperately. In the end, most of its body was in, although it looked extremely miserable and terrifying.

Only the last section of the tail is left outside, and soon it will go home.

Sun Yan felt that this was not a violation of her young master's orders, and she had also been extremely cautious.

"Pfft..."

The colorful python suddenly collapsed to the ground and lost its breath.

Sun Yan panicked. She immediately squatted forward and wanted to check the python's head. It could be seriously injured, but it must not die.

"Buzz!"

Suddenly, it got dark outside.

A figure wearing a white robe and a tall hat appeared. He tilted his head and opened his mouth, revealing two rows of white teeth, as if he was laughing.

He held the chain in his right hand and the snake's tail in his left hand. If you look closely, you can see that his left hand is completely immersed in the snake's tail.

Inside the formation, the originally silent colorful python suddenly opened its mouth.

A pale and scary-looking hand stretched out from the python's mouth, holding a white duster.

"puff!"

The white duster pierced Sun Yan's forehead.

The duster was slowly pulled out, and along with it was a blurry, translucent face that looked very much like Sun Yan.

The face was extremely distorted and struggling. After being pulled to the extreme, it finally fell apart completely the moment the duster came off.

"boom!"

Sun Yan leaned forward with her forehead on the ground, motionless.

She is dead.

A melodious and eerie tune sounded from outside:
"The Emperor's pen decides, and the underworld takes your life~"

(End of this chapter)