Why are we always BE

2023,

"Hey."

When the phone rang, Jiang Shu opened the screen with her finger and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Your dad and I are going on a trip during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, and the task of worshiping ancestors will be left to you." Jiang's mother explained on the phone.

"Okay, then I'll go home for the Dragon Boat Festival." After Jiang Shu finished speaking, she hung up the phone.

"We'll be back the night of your birthday."

"Okay." Jiang Shu nodded in agreement.

It is said to be an ancestor, but it is actually a tombstone without any inscriptions. Even Father Jiang and Mother Jiang do not know who he is. They only know that he has to go to worship every June. I heard from Father Jiang that this custom has been going on in the Jiang family for more than 2,000 years. Year. That being said, the Jiang family was not a big family after all. Jiang Shu still had doubts as to whether the worship had lasted for more than two thousand years. But since my parents have spoken, there is no need to refuse.

It was finally the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, and Jiang Shu packed a bag and was about to catch the subway.

"Hello." Jiang Shu glanced at the caller and answered the phone.

"It's your birthday the day after tomorrow, how do you want to celebrate it?" Song Qiao's voice was lazy, as if he had just woken up.

"My parents said they happened to come back that night, so I guess I spent time with them," Jiang Shu said with a smile.

"Are you free during the Dragon Boat Festival tomorrow?"

"No, I want to worship my ancestors." Jiang Shu said.

"The day after tomorrow, it's your 18th birthday after all. Jiang Jingchuan and I will give you a birthday party." Song Qiao's tone was full of refusal.

"Okay, okay, I'll come the day after tomorrow." Jiang Shu agreed.

After Jiang Shu finished the call, she put down her phone and said with emotion: "I am already eighteen years old..."

When Jiang Shu returned home from school, before she could enter the door, her neighbor next door opened the door.

"Hello, Grandpa Chu." Jiang Shu greeted.

"Hello, hello. Are you back from school?" The speaker was a white-haired old man with a thick smile. Although he was over sixty years old, he had a childlike appearance.

"Go to the martial arts gym to practice martial arts when you have time. Don't lose your foundation." Grandpa Chu explained.

Jiang Shu has been practicing martial arts in the martial arts gym run by Grandpa Chu since she was a child. She often eats and does homework in the martial arts gym after school. Jiang Shu is also taught by a grandfather who often wears black. They take turns teaching her one in black and one in white. , has been teaching for eighteen years.

Thinking of this, Jiang Shu nodded and said, "Okay."

Grandpa Chu nodded and went downstairs to throw away the garbage. Jiang Shu also entered the house.

The next day

"We're here." The taxi driver stopped the car at an uphill intersection.

"Thank you, master." Jiang Shu put on her baseball cap and quickly got out of the car after paying.

During the Dragon Boat Festival, the air was filled with the smell of rain, obviously it had just rained a little in the morning. Jiang Shu was dressed in black. After checking the contents of her backpack, she walked into the mountain crossing.

"Whoo~"

After climbing for almost two hours, we finally reached the top. Jiang Shu wiped the sweat from her face, and the wind from the top of the mountain blew her cheeks.

After resting for a while at the top of the mountain, Jiang Shu walked down to the intersection. The monument of this ancestor is on the path beside the road halfway down the mountain. The piles of fallen branches and leaves on the path show that there are few people here.

Jiang Shu cursed and kicked away the leaves and walked towards the unnamed tombstone. "Someone has been building this tombstone for two thousand years. It feels like a new one every year. It is quite incompatible with the surrounding environment." Jiang Shu muttered while taking out a wine glass and Maotai from her bag.

"Fire is forbidden in the forest. I can't burn incense or paper for you. I can only toast you." Jiang Shu filled the wine glass with wine, clasped her hands together and bowed to the tombstone, and then sprinkled the wine in front of the tombstone.

Hope you have a good time there.

Although Jiang Shu did not believe in ghosts and gods, nor did she believe that the person lying under the tombstone was really her ancestor, she still prayed devoutly.

After all, no one would curse the dead.

After a while, Jiang Shu put away the Maotai and the wine glass, bowed to the tombstone again, turned around and left, without noticing a figure walking out of the tree near the tombstone.

The sky suddenly darkened, and thunder could be heard faintly in the distance. Jiang Shu looked up at the sky, a little surprised.

According to the weather forecast, there will be no thunder today...

On the way down the mountain, you have to pass a small square. This square was built to facilitate the activities of nearby villagers, but now is not the time for exercise, so Jiang Shu is the only one in the square.

Thunder sounded and Jiang Shu's hair stood up.

not good!

Jiang Shu naturally knew what it meant to stay in an empty square in this situation, so she quickly raised her legs and ran down the mountain pass.

"You can go down the mountain quickly by running across the square. I hope there will be a car to hide when you go down the mountain. Apart from the square and trees, there is no place to hide from lightning."

This was the most sincere time Jiang Shu prayed for the blessings of her ancestors.

But the thunder seemed to be hitting her.

"call out-"

A purple thunder struck down and directly hit Jiang Shu's right ankle.

"hiss-"

Jiang Shu fell heavily to the ground and rolled quickly to sit on the ground. Her ankles were covered in blood. Jiang Shu quickly checked other parts of her body. Fortunately, the other parts were only scratched and not serious. Jiang Shu breathed a sigh of relief and looked up, but her eyes widened.

A young man dressed in black was standing in front of him looking at her. The young man in black was wearing Hanfu from an unknown dynasty. His long hair was tied into a ponytail with a red ribbon and was fluttering in the air. But what surprised Jiang Shu the most was the face that looked almost exactly like her own.

If you want to talk about the difference, maybe it’s just a different temperament? One is handsome and the other is delicate.

Jiang Shu suddenly felt that he was not of the same era as her.

The two stood and sat, staring at each other with their big eyes, looking a little weird.

This person couldn't be from time travel, right...

"Who are you..." Jiang Shu broke the silence and asked cautiously.

The young man walked towards her slowly, squatted down and looked at her wounds. After a while, he said:

"I am your ancestor."

Jiang Shu was startled by these words. After living for eighteen years, this was the first time I saw a ghost. The hand that was originally supporting the ground softened, and Jiang Shu fell backward.

"Hey-" The young man subconsciously wanted to help her, but his hand went directly through Jiang Shu's body and did not prevent the tragedy.

"Ah—" Jiang Shu groaned in pain, and the pain coming from the back of her head told her that this was not a dream. She opened her eyes desperately and used her elbows to sit up again.

"Hey, it's not that I don't want to help you. I'm just a soul without a body. There's nothing I can do." The young man spread his hands with an innocent look on his face.

"You can't be the ancestor I just worshiped..." Jiang Shu forced herself to cheer up and tried to talk to the ghost: "It's not that I don't want to burn paper for you. You also know that the fire ban in the mountains and forests has been very strict in recent years. Yan, I can't light the fire, my ancestor..."

"I'm not here to tell you this..." The young man scratched his face and said, "Actually, I have been quietly guarding you as your guardian spirit for a long time. The reason why I appear in front of you today is because... …”

"Jiang Zehao?"

A cold voice sounded, and the two of them turned to look at the speaker.

This person is dressed quite modernly, with refreshing short hair and simple casual clothes, plus a good-looking face. Although he looks a bit cold, he has a youthful look.

Jiang Shu reasonably suspected that this person...oh no, this ghost might be a ghost who had just died.

"Su Qing, long time no see." Jiang Zehao waved to Su Qing and said, "It's been a long time since you came to see me."

Jiang Shu felt that the scene in front of her was the most explosive scene she had ever seen in all her years.

Haha, two ghosts are saying hello...

Jiang Shu thought to herself, her eyes turned black, she fell back and lost consciousness.

Su Qing quickly stepped forward to support her, then sat cross-legged on the ground, letting Jiang Shu lie on her lap.

"What's going on?" Su Qing asked.

"She seemed to have fainted." Jiang Zehao thought for a while and decided not to say that she fainted due to being frightened by a ghost.

"What I'm asking is, what's going on with you, and what's going on with the injury on her ankle." Su Qing asked.

"Her injury was caused by lightning. I didn't expect such a thing to happen. Heaven's Punishment won't recognize the wrong person." Jiang Zehao raised his forehead and complained: "This thunder is too unreliable."

"My precognitive eyes told me that blood and bones appeared in the world. Are you planning to give the blood and bones to her?" Su Qing asked.

Jiang Zehao responded to this question with silence as if a ball of cotton had been stuffed into his mouth.

"Why? This is too risky for her! If she can't control the blood and bones, she will die!" Su Qing said.

"Isn't it because of you..." Jiang Zehao said with a smile, "Teach her how to control blood bones..."

"You're mentally ill. This is the first time I've met her. Why should she trust me and let me teach her?" Su Qing asked speechlessly.

"Emotions can be cultivated slowly..." Jiang Zehao scratched his head, "The incident happened suddenly, so we had to make this decision."

"What a bad idea? If I hadn't arrived in time today, the thunder would have struck you or her! Are you telling me that this was a bad idea?" Su Qing cursed.

"boom--"

Tianpu didn't intend to hear them finish, as a thunder sounded. It seemed to announce the arrival of the last divine punishment.

"There's no time." Jiang Zehao's eyes became sharp, "Su Qing, if she hadn't been in trouble, I would never have appeared in front of her."

"Huh?" Su Qing glanced at Jiang Shu lying in her arms, "How could she..."

Before he finished speaking, a bolt of thunder struck Jiang Zehao without any warning.

Su Qing's expression suddenly changed, and she immediately mobilized her spiritual power.

"Dragon - Broken"

A dragon descended from the sky and entangled itself with Heaven's Punishment.

However, Su Qing was still a step too late, and Lei finally hit Jiang Zehao.

Jiang Zehao gradually became transparent, and Su Qing knew what this meant.

"Su Qing, have you found my reincarnation..."

"I found it. It's at Lu Rou's place, so I can find it easily." Su Qing said speechlessly.

"I'll also help you protect Jiang Shu when she grows up, so it's even."

"Aren't you her brother? Let's make it even."

Jiang Zehao smiled and said, "Protect her."

"Hey, please explain why you gave her the blood and bones before leaving..."

Before Su Qing could finish speaking, Jiang Zehao had already disappeared in front of Su Qing. All that was left was a bit of the burnt smell left in the air after being struck by lightning.

At this time, a ball of red light floated towards Jiang Shu and quickly merged with Jiang Shu.