Chapter 533 The Memorial Tablet That Can't Be Lifted

As it turns out, Ye Wanxi was terrible at naming things, and her senior sister was no less so.

Being able to name her natal Gu "Black Coal Ball" was enough to prove her strength. Upon hearing Ye Wanxi's words, Qi Yao immediately decided that Black Coal Ball would be renamed "Dough Ball".

The little jade toad, who had no say in the matter, said: "..." Well, dough is better than coal.

Grandpa Wu hesitated, wanting to say something but not knowing where to begin. In the end, he could only swallow his words and wisely end the topic.

"Gu... dough is our ancestral Gu, which has been sealed under the ancestral hall since our ancestral master passed away."

Ye Wanxi was stunned for a moment, thinking that those people outside had been shouting that the ancestral hall had collapsed not long ago, and that the ancestral hall had been moving frequently since they arrived.

This coincidence made it almost natural for them to attribute all the strange occurrences in the village to Ye Wanxi and her fellow outsiders.

Now that Grandpa Wu has said this, putting aside the virus issue, the earthquake at the ancestral hall might really be their fault.

Ye Wanxi's lips curled slightly as she turned to look at the little jade toad on her shoulder and asked in a low voice, "You sensed me, so you couldn't wait to come out and find me, right?"

Upon hearing this, the little jade toad nuzzled her ear affectionately again, letting out two soft chirps, tinged with a hint of grievance.

It had been dormant for many years. Apart from the fire twenty years ago that forced it to wake up from its slumber, clean up the mess, and then fall back asleep due to exhaustion, it had basically had little self-awareness in recent years.

Until recently, when Ye Wanxi set foot in this place, the little jade toad, in its deep sleep, felt a familiar warm aura and, in its drowsy state, began to challenge the seal on the top of the ancestral hall.

Unfortunately, it wasn't fully awake at that time, and its abilities were limited after just waking up, which caused a slight delay.

Fortunately, it managed to come out before the people left.

Although Ye Wanxi lowered her voice, the Wu family members were all quite close and heard her immediately.

The expressions of the three people became subtle, and when they saw how close the Gu King was to her, they were even more surprised and frustrated.

"Was your ancestor surnamed Qi?"

Grandpa Wu was stunned for a moment before finally saying, "Yes."

"She's a woman?"

"right."

Ye Wanxi remained silent for a while before tentatively asking, "The ancestral hall collapsed, what happened inside...?"

Grandpa Wu quickly realized that Ye Wanxi was probably asking about the ancestral tablets in the ancestral hall, and turned to look at his son and grandson.

He fainted after hearing that the ancestral hall had collapsed, and the subsequent handling was done by two people.

Wu Yan received a questioning look from his elderly father and replied truthfully, "After the ancestral hall collapsed, I sent people over to clean it up. But there were too many things inside, I'm afraid..."

"Can I...go and take a look?"

Ye Wanxi's request surprised everyone. After thinking for a moment, Grandpa Wu nodded and said, "Okay, let's go together."

When the people outside the courtyard heard that the old clan chief had agreed to take Ye Wanxi to the ancestral hall, some wanted to stop him.

But glancing at the few tribesmen beside him who were still miserably covering their sausage mouths and unable to speak, he silently swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

Feng Tianyu observed the changes in everyone's expressions, his eyes turning slightly cold: "Want to go?"

"Hmm." Ye Wanxi pursed her lips, her mood somewhat downcast. "I want to go see her, and if possible, offer her some incense."

Feng Tianyu tightened his grip on her hand slightly: "Together."

"Um."

The group proceeded to the ancestral hall in a grand procession. When they arrived, the number of people gathered outside had doubled compared to before.

Some of these were young people who had heard that the Gu King had appeared in the world, while others were middle-aged and elderly people who had heard that the old clan leader had brought outsiders to the ancestral hall and had come specifically to express their dissatisfaction.

As a result, the moment these people saw the little jade toad on Ye Wanxi's shoulder, their expressions changed drastically.

Several elderly people were moved to tears and became very emotional.

A Yuan is a young man who just turned eighteen this year. Born two years later, he has never experienced what happened more than twenty years ago.

He was originally preparing to go to sleep so late, but after hearing that the Gu King had appeared, he helped his grandfather come to see the spectacle.

As soon as I arrived at the ancestral hall, I ran into a few friends who had also come to see what was going on.

"Is that really the King of Gu?"

"Probably. I didn't see the old patriarch, the patriarch, or the young patriarch. They were all gathered around that woman, speaking to her with utmost respect. If it weren't for the Gu King, why would they make such a fuss?"

"Who is that woman? I've never seen her before. Is she from our village?"

"No, it's said to be from elsewhere."

"An outsider? How did the Gu King end up on her? There are so many people in our village, aren't they all better than outsiders? Why should the Gu King be standing on her shoulder?"

A Yuan was gossiping with his friends and brothers, sharing their grievances, when he suddenly felt a weight on his hand. The next second, he saw his grandfather kneel down on the ground with a thud.

"grandfather!"

A Yuan's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly reached out to help him up, only to find that he was already in tears.

"grandfather?"

“It was the Gu King, it really was the Gu King. Twenty years ago, the village was robbed, and countless people died or were injured. At the last moment, it was a jade toad that saved us. At that time, I was still somewhat conscious and saw it in a daze, but when I told them about it afterward, no one wanted to believe it. Because they were all unconscious at the time and didn’t see it, they said that I was just too tired and it was a hallucination.”

"It saved us, it was it!"

Grandpa Ayuan's words immediately attracted everyone's attention. This old man was highly respected in the village and had a good reputation. No one thought he would lie about this matter.

In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on the little jade toad, their gazes burning with desire.

A Yuan was the same. Although he had not experienced what happened back then, his parents had and would occasionally mention the near-death experience.

He knew better than anyone that if it weren't for the help of a benefactor, his parents would have died in that chaos, and he wouldn't be who he is today.

But now he realized that there was no benefactor at all; the one who truly saved them was the Gu King before him.

Ye Wanxi and the others were completely unaware of the chaos outside; their attention was entirely focused on the memorial tablets that had been arranged according to custom.

Surprisingly, despite the ancestral hall collapsing so completely, the memorial tablets inside were almost undamaged, at most just covered in a layer of dust.

Seeing these ancestral tablets, Grandpa Wu temporarily suppressed his curiosity about Ye Wanxi and anxiously asked, "Have you found all the ancestral tablets?"

The men in charge of the search exchanged glances, looking troubled. "We've found them all, but..."

"Just what?"

One of the men, with a dark complexion, said awkwardly, "We can't lift the ancestral tablet."

"What?"

The three members of the Wu family were taken aback: "What do you mean you can't pick it up?"

(End of this chapter)