step by step

The night sinks like water.

This is the northern region of the mainland, where a drop of water turns into ice.The top of Hanchuan, the highest peak in the mainland, is located here.Within hundreds of miles of the mountain peak, the land is barren and uninhabited.The peak is covered with ice and snow, and it snows heavily all year round. ——However, looking along the mountains from a distance, one can be surprised to find that under such a harsh environment, there are actually many houses hidden in the mountains from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain.

Except for some special families, no one knows that this is the place where the mind-reading lineage of the ancient prophet family lives together.There are three major branches of the prophet family of the ancient bereaved family, but the only one that can be passed down is the lucky heart-reading branch.

As an ancient family inherited from ancient times, tens of thousands of people are distributed all over the mainland.With such a huge population, coupled with the innate mind-reading ability of the direct lineage, no one in any dynasty who is in power in the royal family will respect them all.The top of Hanchuan is the core and holy place of reading the heart, and only the most capable clansmen can live here for a long time.Being able to come here is a supreme honor for all the mind-reading people.

Inside the mountain.It was late March at this time, the end of winter and the beginning of spring.The place outside the ethnic group is still howling with cold wind.However, only those who live inside the mountain can know that surrounded by ice and snow, the ethnic group's residence is as warm as the outside world.An invisible barrier encloses this side like a hood, and neither strong winds nor snowstorms can invade it.

There are strict rules in the clan, and the patriarch and ten elders live at the top.Further down, there are clan guards and various law enforcement teams.In the upper half of the mountain, live the direct lineage of the family; in the lower half of the mountain and at the bottom of the mountain, live in the collateral and family affiliated groups.

At this time, there was a figure standing quietly in front of the window in the residence of the direct family in the upper half of the mountain.

Even though there is an enchantment guard in the clan, the temperature is not too low, but at this time, it is only after the ugly hour, and the cold dew is even heavier.The night in early spring still carried the steep chill of winter.There are no stars and moons shining in the sky, and the living place of the clan is dark and silent.The man was standing in front of the window wearing only a middle coat, judging by his figure, he was just a young boy.He closed his eyes quietly, and there was a boundless cliff in front of him.Although the howling wind couldn't overcome the invisible obstacles, it still made people feel the overwhelming madness that swept across the sky.

There is no light in the house, and the dark night, where you can't see your fingers, reveals a different kind of depression.If someone has done something wrong, he must be unable to sleep at night in such a scene.Occasionally, there will be a faint light flashing outside the window, which is fleeting.It was the ever-burning lamp of the patrolling warriors.

"How?" The young man said in a low voice, his shallow voice quickly dissipated into the air without any waves rising.

"Master, don't you feel relieved when I do things?" Another voice clearly showed the immatureness of a child, and said with a smile: "This is not the first time I have done it!"

Footsteps sounded back and forth, and several rays of light flashed, faintly illuminating the outlines of the objects in the house.The hut is indeed very small and empty. In the past, there were no other things except tables, stools and beds.However, there were some small surprises today.Beside the sandalwood table, there seemed to be two strange things lying silently.There was a disgusting smell of rust in the air.

In addition to these, there is nothing else in the house.Oh, by the way, there is still the boy's shadow lying quietly under his feet, following every move of the boy from beginning to end.

"For some reason, I've always felt uneasy in the past two days." The young man folded his hands and slowly opened his eyes.Those dark pupils seem to be deeper and darker than the boundless night, and they can't reflect a ray of light: "I always feel that something unexpected will happen."

"Master's rebirth is already an incredible thing. But this time, it's just going through the past again. After all, it's all happened before. Everything is under the master's control. What else can I do?" What about the accident?"

"Perhaps." The boy said slowly.He seemed to be thinking about something, his brows were slightly frowned, and through the passing lights, he could faintly see the lines between his brows, which seemed to be entangled with totem-like lines.

"Oh, master, don't think too much. With Abu by your side, time will pass quickly, and this day will not be so difficult. Soon, soon, what we want will come true!"

The young man's brows loosened slowly, he seemed to be smiling slightly, and hummed in a low voice.Then he raised his eyes and looked at the southwest direction outside the window.There is the center of Dachang, where the magic capital is located.He said to himself softly: "Yes, time passes quickly. It won't be long..."

A sharp and extreme coldness flashed in the young man's eyes, and for a split second, it was like a sharp knife out of its sheath, without seeing blood or returning to its sheath.

The lights outside the window passed by again, and the figure in front of the window had quietly disappeared.Except for two more corpses in the room, there was no movement.

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The cold wind is howling, and the bare branches have not yet sprouted buds.After all, the dead branches could not resist the force of the strong wind, and were carried far away.There is a desolate scene everywhere, faintly revealing a bit of dying desolation.

Kong Zhu suddenly opened his eyes.The opposite roof is made of unfamiliar glazed golden tiles, exuding an indescribably luxurious atmosphere.Just waking up from a nightmare, her mind was a little dazed, and it took her a long time to realize that she had come to the territory of mind reading.

——This is the northern region of the mainland, the top of Hanchuan.This is an area where the royal family cannot intervene.

She slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and her whole body slowly relaxed.I don't know what happened outside, there is a strong noise everywhere, and the clansmen's restless walking back and forth and chaotic conversation resounded through the sky.This is almost impossible to happen in the heart-reading line with strict family rules.

The window was open, and the constant chill that Sora felt while sleeping came from there.

—Having nightmares again?

She casually put on a robe, got up and stood in front of the window.

I should have gotten used to having nightmares every night.All kinds of things in the old palace turned into invisible shackles, tightly wrapped around her neck, tightened little by little, just waiting for the moment when she suffocated to death.And she was powerless as always, she could only watch her life dying, but she couldn't avoid it, and couldn't escape.

The sky was slightly pale, reflecting the shadows of people outside.The sky in early spring is still wrapped in the severe cold of winter, and the exhaled air quickly condenses into white mist.It should be time to enter Mao.

strangeness.At this hour in the past, apart from the clansmen who patrolled the night, there should not be a large number of clansmen gathering.Kong Zhu frowned slightly, closed the window, and walked out of the courtyard.

The residences of the disciples in the clan are divided according to their status and strength.The top of the mountain is the residence of the patriarch and ten elders.Then there are the warriors protecting the clan, the law enforcement team, and the residence of the direct descendants of the clan.The lower the strength of the direct descendants, the lower the residence.And people like Kongzhu, although they occupy a place in the direct line, are not ranked in the whole family, and they are only sent to the outermost periphery hastily.Although the materials used for the structure of the house are the same, the environment is extraordinarily remote and dirty. A few steps away are the residences of those affiliated branches and servants.

As a branch of the ancient prophet, the mind-reading lineage undoubtedly inherited a powerful bloodline.They are born with the terrifying ability to see through other people's thoughts. They are feared by the nobles and admired by the common people.They think they are noble, they think they are superior, they are arrogant and arrogant.

Therefore, they look down on Kong Zhu, but they will not directly insult people like ordinary people, but what is more insulting than insulting is undoubtedly their ignorance.

Completely ignore.

For three years, no one spoke to her, or even gave her a look.For three years as one day, all the people who passed by her did not look sideways, as if they did not see such a person at all.The patriarchs and elders who brought her back also forgot that there was such a person, and never summoned her.Occasionally, in the dead of night, lying on the bed, even Sora would wonder whether he really never existed.

But today was weird, really weird.

Kong Zhu had already reached the door of the dilapidated courtyard, and she could clearly see that the mighty team, probably no less than a thousand people at a glance, was clearly walking in her direction.There are not many people living on the top of the cold river, and the clansmen who lived in the clan for a long time should all be here now.

The headed old man in black robe has white beard and hair, frowning tightly, still staring at Kong Zhu unblinkingly after such a distance.His eyes were full of fatigue, and there was indescribable anxiety in his eyes.The clansmen who followed him closest to him were all the existences in the direct line who could call the wind and shake the rain.But their eyes were also full of suspicion, and also faintly mixed with unconcealable anger.Thousands of clansmen gathered, but there was not even a single sound.There was an extremely oppressive atmosphere in the air.

Black robes are a symbol of power and status within the clan, and only distinguished elders are eligible to use this color.Kong Zhu had seen this old man before. When those elders went to pick her up from the Imperial Palace of the Demon City three years ago, all of them were expressionless, and they were stingy even looking at her, as if they were afraid that she would dirty their eyes.Only the third elder always looked preoccupied, and Kong Zhu would occasionally see him staring at his back in a daze, his eyes heavy and complicated.

They stopped at a distance of about two feet from the sky.Two clansmen in gray suits and holding on to weapons quickly ran out of the queue, twisting Kong Zhu's arms mercilessly, with such force that Kong Zhu couldn't help frowning.She could see clearly that there was a strange sword embroidered with silver thread on the chest of the well-dressed dress.

It was the legendary Sword of Judgment, symbolizing justice and killing.This is the attire of the law enforcement team in the clan.

"Elder, can you explain to me what mistake I have made?" Kong Zhu asked slowly, frowning.

Several other members of the law enforcement team went past her and entered her house, searching for something.

"Today, two more members of the direct lineage were killed." The third elder's voice was hoarse, carefully examining Kong Zhu's expression at the moment, trying to find some clues in it: "It's still the same as before, silently, without any warning. This is the third one this year."

Kong Zhu's heart suddenly became clear. It is inevitable that such an important event will cause such a big commotion because the direct clan members were killed.She felt inexplicably uneasy.Although the heart-reading lineage is a large family, which has been passed down for thousands of years, there are tens of thousands of people from all over the mainland.But the number of direct descendants has always occupied only a small part.In recent years, the direct line has become more and more weak, and there have even been signs of power falling apart several times.In this vein, there are only a few hundred people.

And since Kong Zhu came here three years ago, for some reason, there have been a few accidents almost every year, and each time it only happened among the direct clansmen.He died with a smile on his face, without any trauma on his body.Now after three years, the death toll has already exceeded [-]. This is undoubtedly a major blow to the direct line with less than a thousand people and slowly withering.

As soon as the words of the third elder came out, the few direct descendants who were closest to him obviously couldn't bear the suspicion in their hearts. Several pairs of red eyes stared fiercely at Kong Zhu, and the smell of gunpowder in the air became more and more intense:

"Why should the elder talk too much to her? You can tell just by looking at her face! Gray pupils, aren't those the eyes of a beast? And the blood-colored mole at the corner of her eye must be because of this unknown person! How could it be such a coincidence? ? As soon as she came, someone in my lineage died unexpectedly, and everything started to happen when she was taken back to the clan. In my opinion, even if she didn't do it, it must be her fault!"

"Kill her!"

"Kill this unknown person!"

The crowd gradually became agitated, and this vulnerable calm was gradually being broken.The third elder frowned tightly, still not speaking, as if waiting for Kong Zhu's explanation.

In such an atmosphere, Kong Zhu clearly felt that the two tribesmen behind him were attacking harder and harder.The law enforcement team has always selected the best clan members from the clan.In recent years, watching their close clansmen die unexpectedly again and again, they undoubtedly bear the greatest pressure.Everyone wished to catch the murderer, and the hatred would be relieved by a thousand cuts!

While thinking about it, Kong Zhu could not help but smile wryly, and explained helplessly: "Third Elder, I have no grievances or enmities with them at all, why did I attack them?"

She absolutely believed that if it weren't for the ability to read minds that could not be used against her own people, she would have been tied to the altar by these people long ago.For an unacceptable existence like her, it is not appropriate to directly extract the memory.After getting the answer they want, who cares whether she lives or dies?Now there is no evidence, otherwise, how could they be so polite to her.

She has been here for three years, and she has been so transparent that she can't be more transparent, she acts low-key, and has never had any communication with anyone, let alone any grudges?

The third elder thought for a moment, as if he wanted to say something, at this moment, a member of the law enforcement team who entered the room to search trotted out, the ecstasy and relief that he tried his best to suppress were mixed with the rage that penetrated into the bone marrow, twisted into a strange look, he The voice was almost hysterical, and it exploded in Kong Zhu's ears:

"found it!"

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