brother of space

"Is there a problem with the village?" Shouldn't it be that there is a problem with the stone lion?

"En." Zhang Jin nodded with a very serious expression, "I feel like this village is like a well-arranged magic circle."

"..." The appearance of the whole village appeared in Dongfang Yao's mind unconsciously, and then he found that according to his understanding of the formation, the buildings in this village were scattered, and it seemed that they did not match the legendary formation at all. .

Zhang Jin looked around. In the twelfth lunar month of late winter, the entire Zhujiawa seemed even more lonely and withered due to the lack of human voices.

"The formation of this village is very hidden. Although the buildings are scattered, but if you look carefully, you can still find that this place is based on the repeated Kun and Gen hexagrams. It is based on the surrounding mountains and the front of the village. The water flow alternates between yin and yang, forming a formation."

Mountains and currents?Dongfang Yao looked around, if this is the case, then this formation is not a natural formation.

"Although the mountain and water flow form a good interaction between yin and yang, there is still a meson, which is the buildings in this village, especially those ancient buildings."

"What is the function of this formation?"

"Bless the people who live here - have enough food and clothing, and live a long and healthy life."

"……"Well?that's all?

"...This is actually a hidden formation. This formation is not like the many enemy formations or fortune formations we know. It will be effective in a short period of time, and it will be very effective. In fact, it does not need to be activated. It only needs to be activated. According to the environment, the fate of the people living here will be subtly and gradually protected."

"Then based on what you just said, this formation has now been activated?" Dongfang Yao thought of the key.

Zhang Jin nodded: "Well, it was activated three years ago."

"three years ago?"

"Even if this formation is activated, if it doesn't take too long, it will be difficult to see. Because it is a formation that runs very slowly, and the things gathered by the formation are different."

"Could it be that this was a premeditated action." Dongfang Yao said, "I just don't know what the other party can get?"

"Aura." Zhang Jin closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "This formation can gather only aura, because only aura can make all things grow, and then make people living here have enough food and clothing, and be healthy. In addition to aura, this The array can't collect other things."

"Aura? Is it possible..." Dongfang Yao's mind flashed through the Taoist Master Mingguang who he had just met not long ago. This is the chassis of the Shangqing Palace. Apart from them, it is really difficult for him to find other suspects.And the head of the Dongfang family also told him before that in this ancient martial arts world, besides their martial arts, there are also medical practitioners, Taoist practitioners and Buddhist practitioners.

Among them, the cultivation of Taoist and medical practitioners is very similar, but they are also basically similar to the legendary cultivators. They both use spiritual energy to start with Qi training, and then once the Qi training reaches the peak, they can directly build the foundation, which is not as troublesome as martial arts. , There is a bright energy, dark energy, transformation energy, innate process, and only after the innate peak can one truly enter the Tao with martial arts and practice the secret of longevity.

The Dongfang family also listed some crouching tigers and hidden dragons in the ancient martial arts world for him.Among them, there is the Shangqing Palace on the Taoist side.It is said that the Shangqing Palace is the most complete sect in today's martial arts world, except for the original Zhang family.Moreover, the people in their sect generally practice faster than others.It is said that the sect master of the Shangqing Palace is three hundred years old and a practitioner of the ninth level of Qi Refining.It can be called No.1 in martial arts.

Although Beiman Mountain was originally a legendary geomantic treasure, Shangqing Palace naturally had an advantage.But when the environmental quality of the entire earth is generally low, as far as their cultivation is concerned, let alone a complete inheritance, in fact, all fools know secretly that there must be a mysterious place for them to practice in the Shangqing Palace.

"..." Zhang Jin didn't know why Dongfang Yao was silent all of a sudden, and he didn't speak any more.In fact, when he first came here, he didn't realize that there was a formation here, because this village was no different from other rural villages, until he saw the stone lion in front of the ancient house in the village.

The stone lion is obviously an ancient thing. In ancient times, when every big family placed a guardian animal in front of the door, a special person would be invited to come and consecrate it. So in fact, some ancient statues still have a protective effect to some extent. For the formation in the village, the longer the lion, the greater its effect.

This is the case with the stone lion in the village. When Zhang Jin walked over there, he found that the guardian array on the stone lion had been activated, and there was still a layer of black gas on the lion.Judging from the inheritance he got, the reason for such a phenomenon must be that something very powerful once tried to get close to the lion, but was blocked by the lion.

Of course, if this was the case, he might suspect that the lion was only blocking the family's filth. After all, the family left a heavy scar on the stone lion, which belonged to the method of touching gold in ancient times.But after looking carefully, he found that the couplets in front of many houses in the village were yellow, which meant that someone passed away this year, but the few houses they passed had gods and beasts in front of their doors, or gossip mirrors and other evil-suppressing objects. The red couplets were posted, even if they weren't red couplets, the sounds from the yard were much more joyful than those from some other people's yards.

Of course, all of this is just his conjecture, because of his conjecture, he connected what he saw.In fact, he had a vague guess in his mind, but because it was a guess, he couldn't say it directly.

"This matter, let's study it carefully later." In just a few minutes, Dongfang Yao had already gone through the surrounding environment and what he knew in his mind.The Qing court disliked this matter the most, but it might have nothing to do with them.How exactly that remains to be investigated.

Zhang Jin nodded, and the two continued to walk towards the old man's house.

The old man's house was not far from where they were before, but because there were too many straw and wheat covers to cover it, it was difficult to find out which house the old man entered.

With the help of consciousness, the two of them walked around to the door of the old man's house in only two or three minutes.Before reaching the door of the other party, Zhang Jin saw a pair of yellow couplets pasted on the door of the other party's house from a distance, and her heart tightened instinctively.But then, the gossip mirror on the high door frame attracted his attention.The gossip mirror is obviously a thing with spiritual power. With such a thing hanging on it, it stands to reason that there should be nothing wrong with this family.

"Father, what's the matter? Are there wolves chasing after you?" A stout voice with a smile came from the yard.

"Talking nonsense, I'm not doing anything. Are the dumplings ready?"

"It's wrapped. It's packed so much that it can be eaten until the hairy dog."

"It's really a lazy man, how many times can you divide the load? It doesn't snow, it won't freeze, and it will break in a few days."

"Then I'll eat more. Anyway, now that it's like this, there won't be any visitors at home. By the way, Dad, can you really not set off cannons? You can't set off cannons, and I can't even feel the New Year."

"Didn't the above say that you won't let it go, and if you don't let it go, you won't let it go. It's like this year. Uncle Ye's house is like that. How dare you let it crackle at home? Be careful that Auntie Ye will come and hammer you."

"That's because she's too greedy."

"To shut up."

"..."

Standing outside the courtyard gate, Zhang Jin and Dongfang Yao looked at each other, feeling as if they heard something from what the father and son said.

Cannons are not allowed above?Which is above?Listening to the old man's voice seems to be very taboo?If it is really Guoan, it seems that there should be no need to be so taboo.

"Could it be that it's from Shangqing Palace?" Dongfang Yao slandered in his heart.

"Brother Yao, do you want to knock on the door?" After eavesdropping for a long time, Zhang Jin was slightly embarrassed to knock on the door now.

Dongfang Yao nodded, "I'll do it."

Following a strong knock on the door, the voice of the young man with a thick voice came from the yard: "Who is it? What's the matter?"

"Uncle, we are here to deliver firewood to you." Dongfang Yao shouted directly.

It was strange in the yard. People in the village seldom moved around these days. Why did someone knock on the door at this moment? Hearing Dongfang Yao's voice, the father and son suddenly had different expressions.

The father's expression was stiff, while the son's expression was puzzled, and he asked his father stupidly: "Father, why do I sound like Mandarin?"

The old man's face was tangled, and he said after a long while: "Go and open the door."

"Oh." The son got up obediently, rubbed the hand that was spinning the chicken feathers in the basin twice, and ran quickly to the gate.The army sealed off the village and prevented them from going out for a walk, so the chickens, ducks, fish and pigs with a face had no choice but to kill themselves and eat them.

The door was opened quickly, and what Zhang Jin and Dongfang Yao saw was a young face about 20 years old with an honest appearance.

"You guys, oh, you are sending firewood to my father, isn't it, to my father?" The young man looked a little shy in the face of Dongfang Yao and Zhang Jin, and corrected his vernacular several times.

"Yes." Dongfang Yao tried his best to show harmony.

But even so, the young man still didn't dare to look at him directly. He only peeked at Zhang Jin once in a while, and said hesitantly, "Then, come in. Thank you."

"Happy New Year, Uncle." Dongfang Yao carried the firewood and led Zhang Jin into the yard, and saw the old man sitting under the eaves smoking a pipe with a calm smile on his face.

The old man was a little depressed, he patted his hair several times, and then said after his son closed the yard door, "You shouldn't have come here, especially this little doll, I just can't figure it out, how can the government bring such a clean doll with you?" Come here and do something. If there is an accident, it will be too late for you to regret it."

The old man's reminder, as well as other people's intentional or unintentional eyes a few times ago, made Zhang Jin, who understood the point, blush a little.Not that he wants to think too much.But this time the situation is too special. If he is really a pure and pure sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, he will meet the burial standards of the ancient tomb here. He is not helping, but adding to the chaos.Unfortunately he is not.As a result, as long as others remind him, he can't help but think of some disharmonious things.

The most important thing is that he is too embarrassed to explain.

"Thank you uncle for your reminder, but my younger brother is already an adult." Dongfang Yao said.

ah?The strange-eyed old man paused for a moment, as if he couldn't believe it, and after a while he compared his son, and then Zhang Jin.He muttered in his mouth: "Sure enough, it's a baby in the city. It looks small when you raise it."

"Uncle, we came here to ask. Are there any vacant rooms in those old houses in your village?" Dongfang Yao knew that the old man probably didn't intend to chat with him, so he directly entered the topic.

Hearing this, the old man raised his head and looked at Dongfang Yao with a different look on his face.

But the old man's son, who had been squatting on the side twirling chicken feathers, suddenly smiled and said, "You want to live in that house too? That house looks good on the outside, but there is nothing inside."

"Are you free?" Dongfang Yao asked.

"Yeah." The young man who was spinning chicken feathers moved his footsteps, "Almost all the old houses in our village are owned by the public, and the people who live now are all rented. There are still empty houses, the next door to ours Then there is, but the yards of the vacant houses over there are full of grass, and some houses still have bricks and sand left over from the previous brigade repairing houses. Anyway, it’s very messy.”

Ancient buildings are all repaired by the brigade?Dongfang Yao and Zhang Jin secretly said something in their hearts.

"I see a lot of people over there today. Living in a tent is definitely not as comfortable as living in a house." The old man smoked a pipe, "Especially in this cold weather, but the empty house really can't live in. It’s a godsend to clean up, and it’s still as useless as a bed.”

"The weather forecast says that it will snow heavily tonight, so we just want to find a house to live in for a few days." Zhang Jin suddenly said, "There is no bed, just spread some straw and add two more quilts."

"Snowing?" The old man looked up at the sky with a look of disbelief. Although the sun wasn't very good, it was a cloudy winter day, so it didn't look like it was going to snow.

"If you really want to live, I know there is a yard over there that is relatively clean." Before the old man could speak, the young man squatting on the ground twirling chicken feathers raised his head and said with a smile, "As long as you dare to live."

"Qiangzi, what are you talking about?" The old man suddenly shouted.

The young man immediately suppressed his smile, as if nothing happened, he lowered his head and continued to pluck his feathers obediently.

"Uncle, I'm sorry to bother you on New Year's Eve. You see, it's almost noon, and we should have dinner over there, so let's say goodbye." Dongfang Yao said with a smile, and pulled Zhang Jin to turn around and leave.Since the other party doesn't want to be a 'bad guy', then they should be self-reliant!

"Hey, you kids..." The old man wanted to say something urgently, but he saw the two people who were standing in the middle of the yard just now, had come to open the gate of their house and walked out.

"Oh, dad, these two are martial arts masters." The young man yelled, "This speed is too fast, and they have caught up with the Taoist priests above."

"Who is a master of martial arts, just talk quickly, can people live in that place casually?"

"Why not, Xiangtang can't live in people, but the house next to it can live in, even the beds are ready-made. They are all men, what are you afraid of?"