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Ye Jingan fell asleep, but when he woke up the next day, he realized that he had memorized the master's appearance all night, but now he couldn't remember it clearly. And the longer the time went by, the more vague his memory became. In the end, he even forgot what clothes he was wearing, as if this person had never appeared.
But what happened and what the ancestor said were still firmly ingrained in his mind, and he remembered it very clearly. Ye Jingan always remembered to be obedient, not as mischievous as before, and began to study spells and swords seriously.
Ye Zhuoran and Ye Yu felt like this child had become a different person. This time he really got his way. It was so worry-free! If he continued to make such a fuss like before, he would really get sick from anger.
In fact, Ye Jing'an was pretending most of the time, reading with his eyes, and no one knew what was going on in his mind.
Time passed quickly, and the vague person in his memory was no longer clear. Ye Jingan would occasionally sit in the stone pavilion and talk to the air.
After several more years of study, Ye Jing'an had shed his childish innocence. Today was his eighteenth-year-old coming-of-age ceremony. After the ceremony, according to Ye family tradition, he had to prepare to go down the mountain to gain experience. He felt the ceremony was too troublesome and was unwilling to hold it, so he just asked his family to get together for a simple meal.
"Come on, brother, you've grown up now, cheers!" Ye Jingning poured a full glass of white wine.
"Don't drink!" Ye Zhuoran snatched the wine glass.
"Oh, Dad! He's an adult already, don't interfere too much." Ye Jingning stood up and tried to grab the cup.
"What do you mean by don't worry too much? I don't care about you. What do you think you are like now? Do you still want your brother to become a drunkard like you?" Ye Zhuoran confiscated the whole bottle of white wine and didn't let anyone drink it.
"Tsk!" Ye Jingning was unconvinced and planned to wait for her brother to gain experience, then drag him to the company to drink to his heart's content. How could her brother, Ye Jingning, not be able to drink? Then, when she took him out for dinner, everyone else would drink, but he, a grown man, would raise a glass of juice as a toast. How inappropriate.
The elders and relatives at home didn't urge me to drink, but instead chatted while eating. However, the content of the chat was all about Ye Jingan, and most of them talked about his heroic deeds as a child.
Ye Jingan had a forced smile on his face, and he was shouting in his heart: Stop talking, stop talking!
Two hours passed, and the meal was almost over. Finally, it was time for Ye Jingan to receive his birthday presents. According to his father's instructions, each elder had to prepare a gift for him.
When I was little, the gifts I received most often on my birthday were exercise books, various classics, and all sorts of other study-related stuff. Later, I learned that it was because the elders asked Ye Zhuoran what he liked. Ye Zhuoran told them that he loved studying the most...
Ye Jingan thought that after all, they were all adults, so the birthday gift must be a motorcycle, a mirrorless camera or some advanced thing. They had already finished the college entrance examination, so it was not necessary to give them an exercise book.
When the elders took out the gift and placed it on the table, Ye Jingan took a quick look and his mood plummeted. It wasn't a workbook, but it wasn't much better than a workbook. What the hell was this?
Eight trigrams mirror, command flag, ruler, rope, banner... a whole bunch of instruments. Among them was even a small wooden fish. Ye Jingan began to wonder if they were sending him to become a monk or a Taoist priest?
Isn't going out to experience the world just like traveling? Seeing the sights, eating delicious food, checking in and taking photos. Is this a big deal? Are we really going to exorcise demons and monsters these days? In my entire life, apart from the immortal Zushiye, I've never seen anything that defies common sense.
The ancestor can still use his mobile phone to hail a taxi, so even if he meets a ghost, it should be a modern ghost that knows everything. I guess I can communicate with them normally. If that doesn’t work, just send him a red envelope. There is nothing that money can’t solve.
These magical instruments are so redundant! If you're not careful, you might even be arrested for spreading feudal superstition or being a charlatan.
What Ye Jingning gave him was different from theirs. He just gave him a bank card and told him to use it as he pleased and not to suffer when he was out. Seeing the real thing coming, Ye Jingan smiled and said, "Oh, thank you, sister. You really understand me!"
These days, nothing is more real than money. As the saying goes, money can command the devil and even communicate with gods. Even our ancestors had to spend money to buy their cell phones, so money is still the most important thing.
Ye Jing'an also wanted to pick out some other gifts to take with him when he went out to gain experience. The more he picked, the more frowned he became. If his family didn't give him a penny, he could still take these things out to earn some money. However, this card from his sister was enough for him to spend for a long time, so he didn't need to worry about money at all.
Finally, he planned to take the jade buckle, Ye Anjian, and the bank card given by his father.
The dinner and conversation lasted until the evening. Ye Zhuoran said, "Let's stop here for today! Jing'an, go back and have a good rest. I've arranged everything for school, so just go and experience it with peace of mind!"
"Okay." Ye Jing'an breathed a sigh of relief. The coming-of-age ceremony dinner was finally over. It was such a torture! He couldn't even have fun on his birthday. Fortunately, it was only this once. He didn't go back to sleep. Instead, he secretly took a bottle of wine and slipped into the forbidden area.
As expected, the ancestor still did not show up.
"Grandmaster, after all these years, you haven't come back to see me. You're lying!" Ye Jing'an sat in the pavilion, drinking and talking to the air. "When I said I'd marry you when I was little, I was ignorant. Don't take it seriously. You don't have to stop coming to see me because of this."
"I've forgotten what you look like. Today is my eighteenth birthday, and I'm going on a training trip tomorrow. Can I meet you?" Ye Jing'an knew that the Grandmaster would definitely ignore him, so he didn't say anything else. He drank one glass after another, and the alcohol quickly took effect. He felt dizzy and fell asleep directly on the stone table.
"I didn't lie to you. I come to see you every year." Liu Muze sighed, sat next to him, and murmured softly, "You're eighteen years old now. The Ye family's eighteen-year-old tribulation has long ended. Why did it happen to you again?"
"You want to see me so much?" Liu Muze pinched Ye Jing'an's drunken, red face. He didn't look as chubby as when he was a child. He chuckled and said, "You'll see me soon."
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"If I'm traveling, these things are enough, right? Yeah! That's it." Ye Jing'an packed up his things and prepared to leave.
Ye Zhuoran and Ye Yu took out a bunch of things for him to take with him. They had local specialties, fruit snacks, and some of their treasured magical instruments. Two large suitcases were completely filled.
Ye Jing'an's eyelids twitched as he watched. He was carrying two large suitcases. It was like fleeing, not traveling. He put his hands in his pockets and refused to take them. He said helplessly, "Grandpa, Dad, we really don't need these things."
"Then you must take this map." Ye Zhuoran opened the map, which showed the route he had planned for Ye Jing'an. The map was very detailed, marking out what he could learn and what delicious food he could eat in each place. It was obvious that Ye Zhuoran had put a lot of effort into this map, and it must have taken a lot of time and effort.
"Okay, thanks, Dad. I'm leaving now." Ye Jing'an said goodbye to them with a smile.
He had always dreamed of escaping his father's clutches and going out to play freely. Now that his wish had come true, he felt a little lost and reluctant.
On the short 500-meter journey from his home to the taxi stand, Ye Jing'an flipped through his schoolbag three times. He hadn't forgotten important things like his cell phone, ID card, and bank card, but he felt like he had forgotten something very important.
Ye Jing'an glanced back and saw that his grandfather and father had already entered the house and were standing on the third-floor balcony, watching him leave. He turned around, smiled, and waved again. His heart suddenly trembled, as if he knew what important thing he had forgotten to bring. He didn't go back to get it, and there was no way to go back to get it.
Ye Jing'an sighed and began to think about his next route. He had always wanted to go out and play, but had no idea where to go. He opened the map with great interest, wanting to take a closer look at the itinerary his father had planned for him. The first thing he saw was the words "Mao Jiang".
"Hmm?" Ye Jing'an's slightly raised mouth corners drooped, and he moved his face closer to take a closer look.
Inside the Tianyu Cave in Qishan, there is a secret passage leading to an ancient tomb where there is a hairy zombie.
Mission: Get his thumbnail back
“???????”
Is this a tourist route? Why does it look like a game quest book!?
Ye Jingan fell into self-doubt and moved his eyes to look at another place.
In the Youhu Lake of Wuyun Realm in Yilang County, there lived a ghost who was a pitiful person in his lifetime.
Mission: Rescue him and accumulate merit
"Ah?" Ye Jing'an's jaw dropped to the ground.
What is this? Are you kidding me?
Ye Jingan looked at several other places, but none of them looked normal. They were even more outrageous than what was shown in TV dramas. He put the map away, thinking it would be more reliable to plan his own travel route.
"Where should we go first?" Ye Jing'an tilted his head and thought for a moment, "Let's go see Qiu Zimu first! It's been two years since he took a leave of absence from school. I don't know what he's doing now."
As a child, Ye Jing'an was known as the "violent bandit" and "King of Yeshan" by his classmates. No one dared to play with him, fearing a beating. Qiu Zimu, on the other hand, had a good temper, but he loved carrying around insects and controlling them. People accused him of sorcery, calling him "Witch," and were afraid to play with him.
But Ye Jingan didn't care whether Qiu Zimu knew any sorcery or not, he would fight him if he disagreed with him. Qiu Zimu was not afraid of him, so he just went against him. These two fierce bandits and sorcerers didn't know each other until they started playing together.
However, Qiu Zimu later dropped out of school for unknown reasons, and Ye Jing'an asked him what he was doing. Qiu Zimu said he was going back to his hometown, and that it was a family secret that he couldn't tell him, but he gave him his hometown address and said he could come to his house to play.
Ye Jing'an had been to Qiu Zimu's home in the city, which was very close to the school. This was his first time visiting his hometown, a place he had never even heard of. Knowing that his family were all Gu Masters, Ye Jing'an was a little curious about Qiu Zimu's hometown, so he bought a ticket according to the address he gave him.
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