blood contract

"I went to the elders early in the morning. It seems that the preparations for the sacrifice to the mountain god are almost complete." Yue Meng said.

"Oh! Then I'll go find my elder brother first and come back later." After saying that, Hu Yanlin took several long strides towards the center of the village.

On top of an earthen wall somewhere in the village

Yu Xiaoshuaisheng lay on it helplessly, his eyes were black and blue, and he kept moaning.

"What's wrong? Xiaoshuai." People passing by in the village always asked Yu Xiaoshuai when they saw him, but he didn't say anything and waved his hand to them, indicating that they didn't need to worry about him.

The villagers ridiculed him for his poor physical strength and being exhausted from practicing.

"What's wrong? Xiaoshuai."

Hearing the familiar voice, Yu Xiaoshuai finally opened his drooped eyelids, "Brother Lin, save me, my master is not a human being!"

"speak English?"

"My master asked me to memorize the book while practicing. If I can't memorize it, I won't be allowed to eat. I haven't eaten for two days and I'm tired and hungry!"

"Hahaha... you can't memorize any books? You're so stupid." Hu Yanlin laughed at him.

Yu Xiaoshuai handed over the book that was buried under his face, "Read it for yourself. If you know how, I'll eat the book."

"Qiancao Fangganglun...!!!" Hu Yanlin was speechless. After turning a few pages, he said quietly: "It's really difficult... but you won't understand it even after you memorize it."

"No. But master said that after you remember it, you will slowly understand the spiritual grass when you see it." Yu Xiaoshuai raised his hands feebly and then lowered them.

Hu Yanlin looked around and secretly gave Yu Xiaoshuai some food like a thief, "Xiaoshuai, I can only help you so much, the rest is all up to your own efforts! ... I have something else to do, so I'm leaving first. "

Saying this, he strode away.

As one of the top five young people in the village and the seventh person on the elite list, Hu Yanchong was selected to escort the five people to the Mountain God Valley. This is an extremely glorious task.

After several ceremonies, ten warriors stood in a row, holding their sheep skull hoods in front of their chests with both hands. Old Mrs. Yao shook her head, muttering something in her mouth, and kept drawing something in the fire with her crutch in her hand. Suddenly, colorful flames burst into flames, and then went out immediately.

Mrs. Yao wiped the colorful dust on the sheep heads of the ten people respectively, and distributed a sachet to each warrior, "May the mountain god bless you!"

The ten warriors said in unison: "May the mountain god protect our clan!"

Seeing everyone walking out of the priest's office, Hu Yanlin waved to Hu Yanchong who came out, "Brother, big brother."

Hu Yanchong walked to Hu Yanlin in a few steps, looked at his outfit, and said with a smile: "Why are you dressed so neatly for a blind date?"

"Bullshit," Hu Yanlin rolled his eyes at him.

Then Hu Yanchong snorted coldly and said: "Don't bother, he thinks our skills are low and our value has been reduced."

Hu Yanlin hurriedly explained, "No, brother, I saw that he was always worried about that little beast."

"...It's not that we don't help him. What kind of beast is it? What does it look like? He didn't tell me, so how can we find it?..." Hu Yanchong stopped suddenly, looked at this younger brother curiously, and asked curiously: "Oh , Why do I think you care about his affairs?"

"...Bullshit, I'm more concerned about eldest brother's affairs. Will eldest brother go to Mountain God Valley the day after tomorrow?" Hu Yanlin said.

"Well! Now go home and pack your things, move to the priest's house today and tomorrow, and set off early the day after tomorrow."

"Oh, has Wen Liangqing been selected?"

"Yeah. He chose it too."

Hu Yanlin punched the palm of his hand, "Damn... Brother, you have to be careful."

"With Uncle Qiu here, that kid doesn't dare to make any mistakes. Lin Zi, you should pay more attention to your family these days." Hu Yanchong patted his younger brother on the shoulder.

Hu Yanlin smiled and said, "As long as I'm here, brother, don't worry."

The two brothers walked towards home while talking.

Huyan and his wife felt proud to hear that their eldest son could take on such a task. They cooked a sumptuous meal and the whole family ate it happily.

After sending his eldest brother off, Hu Yanlin turned around and went to look for Ling Xiaozi, but unfortunately he didn't find him.

He changed his clothes and wiltedly went to the back mountain martial arts training field. Yue Meng and the other three were no longer in the field. He practiced for a while and left listlessly.

At night in the village, shrouded in hazy moonlight, it appears quiet and empty.

Lying on the hillside, Lingling unfolded the scroll facing the starry sky and carefully looked at the meaning of the word "中".

Since unlocking the secret meaning of the word "无", Lingling has experienced a lot. Not only has the meridians that everyone thought were irreparable repaired, it has also made her stronger day by day. Divine consciousness has also reached a new stage. Her daily practice made her feel new changes in her body.

But she had demonstrated the mysterious meaning of the word "中" and the figure's dancing posture no less than a hundred thousand times. She had been trying to figure it out for more than a year, but she still couldn't figure it out.

The mysterious meanings of 'sheng' and 'being' have also been explored without much success.

It seems that if you don’t understand the secret meaning of the word ‘中’, you won’t be able to practice the following.

She put away the scroll, lay helplessly on the grass and muttered to herself: "It's so difficult!"

"What's so difficult? Tell me and I can help you?"

Hearing this, Lingling felt disgusted, "Are you a dog? Why do you appear everywhere."

"Hehehe, eldest brother is not here, so I am a little bored. This place is my and eldest brother's favorite place to come. There are few people, full of spiritual energy, and you can clearly see the starry sky. When you come here, no matter how annoying things are, you can do it. I forgot all about it." As he spoke, Hu Yanlin lay down next to Lingling, put his hands behind his head, and looked up at the stars in the sky, "...Have you finished memorizing Xiaoshuai's book?"

"No."

Hu Yanlin turned sideways to Lingling, put one hand on his cheek and said with a smile: "You are so cruel, you are afraid that he will always pester you, and make a book for him to memorize."

Lingling said calmly: "...Not entirely. It would be good for him to read more books to avoid problems with his livelihood after he goes out."

"...I heard Xiaoshuai talk about his past. Although you don't admit that you are his master, you still teach him like a master."

"I'm not teaching him, I'm just giving him a book to read."

"Ha...you are a good person." Hu Yanlin smiled and said: "...I want to ask you a favor!"

Hearing this, Lingling smiled and turned to look at Hu Yanlin, "After such a long time, you finally can't help but say it?"

Hu Yanlin was a little surprised, "You know?"

"To be courteous for nothing is to be considered a traitor or a thief! Do you even need to guess?... Come and let me hear what you say?" Lingling said.

Hu Yanlin said: "Your dried fish..."

"...No." The question came out of Hu Lingling's surprise. It seems like you shouldn’t ask what Xiaoyu did! But when it comes to dried fish, she is very stingy.

"Don't be so petty." Hu Yanlin stretched out a finger and poked Lingling's shoulder, "To be honest, I've had my mother do it a few times, but it doesn't smell as good as yours... I'm so greedy. ."

Seeing that Lingling's eyes were closed and there was no movement, he leaned closer to Lingling and whispered: "What's the big deal, if I eat one of your dried fish, I'll pay you ten?"

"You can't buy it, so it's all in vain, hum!" Lingling turned away.

"Just one." Hu Yanlin's fingers kept poking at Lingling's shoulders...