Ode to

"This old man has lived to this day, maybe nearly 700 years. Zhang Qiling, your name is given by this old man. You should have discovered that there is almost no difference between your name and the patriarch's name."

"Hmm." Zhang Zhan also nodded beside him.

"The old man is the descendant of the only surviving gossip and celestial phenomenon lineage of our family. On the day when King Puxian Wannu attacked the Northeast, the old man calculated the future fate of our family at the cost of not marrying for life. Then it was fulfilled one by one until today. The clan is headed towards annihilation. And you are the last Zhang Qiling of our clan."

"Puxian Wannu King?" Zhang Qiling confirmed that he did not see this name in the patriarch's notes.

"Come on, you and that child should sit next to me and listen."

that kid?Zhang Qiling immediately stood in front of Zhang Zhan. Zhang Zhan looked at the old man with white beard and hair in horror. Zhang Qiling tensed up. He was not sure about the person in front of him.

"Don't be nervous, if this old man wants to do something, why wait so many years?"

Zhang Qiling didn't relax, and asked vigilantly, "Can you see her?"

The old man shook his head calmly, "It's not seeing, but perceiving. I have a pair of yin and yang eyes in all aspects of gossip and celestial phenomena. The so-called yin and yang eyes are not seeing, but perceiving. Come out, child."

Zhang Zhan looked at Zhang Qiling hesitantly, saw him nodding, and then let himself appear in front of the old man.

"You are also my Zhang family."

Zhang Zhan nodded vigorously, then obediently sat next to Zhang Qiling.

"At that time, the Mongols invaded the Central Plains and established the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, the Han people were equivalent to the lowest ethnic group. As a big family, the Zhang family could only act in a low-key manner, and no one served in the court. It should have been peaceful, but at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty Years ago, King Puxian Wannu invaded the Northeast... It was a silent internal strife in the Zhang family. At that time, some members of the Zhang family had begun to force the patriarch to use the ultimate to seek the secret of longevity. Although my family can live for hundreds of years, this Where is enough for some people?

A medical sage of our family at that time speculated that using the ultimate flower to attract souls and continuously create new bodies could make people live forever.It coincided with Puxian Wannu King's invasion of the Northeast, and the army was stationed at the foot of Changbai Mountain, so the people of my family hid the patriarch and led him to discover the bronze gate deep in Changbai Mountain, leading Wannu King to pursue the way of longevity.When the patriarch knew about it, it was too late, and then in order to keep the ultimate secret and the members of the Zhang family, the patriarch could only pretend to be coerced by King Wannu and help him do the experiment of longevity.In this experiment, tens of thousands of Zhang family members were sacrificed, and finally the Wannu King who was on the verge of death was successfully revived.

The patriarch felt uneasy, and ordered the old man to divination, and finally let the old man figure out the secret exposure of the Bronze Gate, the extermination of the family in Sizhou, and the last Zhang Qiling after a thousand years.The members of the Zhang family used King Wannu as an experiment to bring King Wannu back to life for the first time, but it became a monster that could only drink the blood of the Zhang family. It is against the law of heaven to survive as the carrier of the symbiosis between humans and animals.

Changsheng did not succeed, but the Zhang family suffered heavy losses. The family collapsed again, and the patriarch finally ordered to abandon King Wannu.But I don’t think that King Wannu found Wang Zanghai at that time, or that Wang Zanghai found King Wannu. In short, Wang Zanghai built a mausoleum for King Wannu—Yunding Tiangong. Wang Zanghai already understood what was hidden behind the bronze gate. But the Zhang family was busy recuperating, and didn't realize that the direct lineage that betrayed the clan had already gone mad enough to tell Wang Zanghai the core secrets. When our clan found out, even if Wang Zanghai was killed in the end, the clues about the Bronze Gate were already unknown. trace. "

"Can the ultimate flower really make people live longer?"

The old man smiled and said nothing.

"Do you know why Zhang Ruiyu wants to kill you? It's because you are the next Zhang Qiling. Only after you die can he have the opportunity to be the patriarch, and also have the opportunity to enter the Jilou and know the ultimate secret."

"That's why you gave Zhang Qiling this name?" Zhang Zhan curled his lips, the old man was so easy.

"It's going to be changed anyway, he just happens to be a Qizi generation, isn't it easy?"

"Elder, haven't you found any of those clues?"

"After experiencing the incident between King Wannu and Wang Zanghai, no matter how much the Zhang family concealed it, there are still some people who vaguely know that the Zhang family hides a shocking secret. Although they don't know what it is, it does not prevent the world from looking for the Zhang family. The Zhang family only I was able to hide in the ups and downs, and finally settled down in the Jinling Mountains where we live now, but never appeared in front of the world. Under such circumstances, there is no need to find any clues.”

"I saw some patriarch's notes in Jilou. Why didn't the eighth patriarch write down such a big thing?"

"If it were you, would you write?"

Zhang Qiling thought for a moment, then shook his head.

"Son, the main thing that I asked you to come today is not to tell you these things, but to ask you to do a few things. You must keep in mind what I will tell you next. I won't be with you for long." For some reason, Zhang Zhan felt that the old man was actually a little happy when he said this.

"First, half a month later, you will take the rest of the Zhang family to live in the Zhang family's compound deep in the snow-capped Himalayas, until there are only two of you left in the Zhang family's lineage, and you will leave the house and never come back."

"What do you mean?"