The night is quiet, the moonlight is bright, and the locust trees are withered and silent.
“Da da da!”
The sound of light footsteps quickly awakened Ji Yang from his thoughts.
Soon, two faint voices were heard from outside the ancestral hall.
"How's it going? Is anyone there?"
A young boy's voice was the first to sound.
"No one, you can go in!"
Another muffled voice quickly answered.
"A thief?"
Hearing the conversation between the two, Ji Yang's heart sank and he felt a little nervous.
Now he was powerless, unable to move or speak, and had no strength to protect himself.
If he encounters a thief, he will be finished.
At this moment, Ji Yang could only pray in his heart that the two thieves were here to steal the ancestors of the Chen family, and not himself. After all, there seemed to be only these two valuable things in this ancestral hall. They couldn't be here to steal the tablets of the ancestors of the Chen family, right?
As the conversation between the two ended, two "thump thump" sounds were soon heard on the bluestone slabs of the ancestral hall.
When the two men climbed over the outer wall of the ancestral hall and entered the hall, Ji Yang also saw clearly the two figures entering the hall.
These were two young men, about ten years old, dressed in coarse cloth.
One of them is delicate with lively eyes, while the other has a simple and honest face and is a little fat.
After seeing the two young men, Ji Yang felt relieved.
He remembered these two young men. They were kneeling in the last row during the day. They must be descendants of the Chen family.
I just don’t know why these two people sneaked into their own ancestral hall in the middle of the night?
Come to steal tribute?
What are you here for?
Ji Yang, who was peeping secretly, was very interested and for a moment he even forgot what he had just been thinking about.
In order to confirm the identities of the two people, Ji Yang threw an Eye of Insight at each of them.
【Name: Chen Qinghe】
Age: 14
[Realm: Early Stage of Body Tempering Realm]
[Introduction: The Chen family's Qing generation clan members]
【Name: Chen Qingmeng】
Age: 13
[Realm: Early Stage of Body Tempering Realm]
[Introduction: The Chen family's Qing generation clan members]
Sure enough, the young man who came in first was named Chen Qinghe, and the other slightly fatter one was named Chen Qingmeng. Both of them were from the Qing generation of the Chen family.
Judging from the nervous expressions of the two people, it was obviously the first time they had done such a thing, which made Ji Yang even more curious about what they were doing.
After landing safely, the two did not rush into the ancestral hall, but looked around and confirmed that there was no one there. Then they breathed a sigh of relief.
"Qinghe, are we really going to do this? What if the clan leader and your father find out?"
The slightly fatter boy asked nervously.
Chen Qinghe, who is one year older, said with a firm look:
"Why do you still care so much about the family at this time?"
"The family sacred tree should have been destroyed long ago! Over the years, the clan leader has spent so much energy on worshiping this tree!"
"Think about it, other families don't have sacred trees, but they are still thriving now!"
"I think the family's current decline is due to this tree. As long as we cut it down, the family will definitely be able to survive this crisis! We are not doing anything bad, we are saving the family!"
"My dad? He'll understand when he reaches our age!"
Hearing about saving the family, Chen Qingmeng's eyes instantly became much more resolute, and then he nodded vigorously:
"Yes, it's definitely the tree that's to blame. We're going to rid our family of this evil tonight!"
After saying that, both of them took out the machetes they carried with them, and then quickly walked towards Ji Yang, who was isolated and helpless in the ancestral hall.
Ji Yang, who was originally very curious, was stunned when he heard the conversation between the two.
It seems that these two guys sneaked into the ancestral hall in the middle of the night just to chop themselves to pieces!
He had just dodged Chen Qingyu's axe, and now he had to face the machetes of the two men.
Looking at the two people approaching with machetes in hand, Ji Yang felt like crying but had no tears.
Especially since the clan leader Chen Xingzhen was not here this time, there was no one to speak for him.
Soon, the two men arrived at Ji Yang's feet and looked at Ji Yang's dry body with firm eyes.
"Qinghe, where should we cut first?"
"You're stupid, of course I'm cutting the tree roots!"
Chen Qinghe said unhappily.
Seeing the two men holding machetes and preparing to chop at his tree roots, Ji Yang let out a helpless sigh in his heart.
Well, no need to think about it.
If he doesn't bind himself to the family and transform his vitality, he probably won't see the sun tomorrow!
When the two men raised their axes, one on the left and one on the right, Ji Yang's consciousness was faster, and he quickly transformed his qi and blood into vitality!
At the moment of Ji Yang's transformation, the familiar reminder appeared again, but this time Ji Yang did not hesitate and quickly clicked yes!
When Ji Yang began to transform, the original five points of Qi and blood began to drop rapidly, and returned to zero in the blink of an eye.
However, instead, Ji Yang's vitality began to increase rapidly.
It has been rising from the original 0.5.
0.6, 0.7...1.5, 1.6.
When the vitality increased to 2.7, the growth rate slowed down and finally settled at 3.0.
Five points of Qi and blood can only be converted into 2.5 vitality, which is two to one.
But before Ji Yang had time to experience the changes, he heard a crisp chopping sound next to his ears.
Looking down, the machetes in the hands of the two people below had already fallen at the roots of the Ji Yang tree.
Finished.
Ji Yang felt a chill in his heart, but then he found that he was safe and sound. The places where the two men cut with their machetes only lost a layer of bark.
Before Ji Yang could think, the next moment, a stream of vital energy in his body quickly surged through his dry body.
This vitality is like a light in the dark night and an oasis in the desert.
Life emerged, and Ji Yang's roots buried deep underground began to expand rapidly, soon covering most of the ancestral hall.
The spread of the roots made Ji Yang feel that he could see farther.
The changes go far beyond this.
After the underground roots stopped expanding, the originally dry tree trunks on the ground also changed. The old bark slowly faded away and a new layer of bark grew out. On the branches in the middle of the trunk, a green bud began to grow rapidly.
Below, Chen Qingmeng, who was raising the machete in his hand and preparing to chop it down again, noticed the changes in the sacred tree above.
I watched as the dry tree trunk in front of me sprouted new buds and grew young branches in the blink of an eye.
Chen Qingmeng was stunned on the spot, and the machete in his hand fell to the ground unknowingly.
The scene before him was beyond his understanding.
"Qing Meng, don't just stand there, keep chopping!"
"This bark is hard!"
Chen Qinghe, who was about to make a second strike below, saw that he had dropped all the tools in his hands and urged him.
"The tree is sprouting!"
Chen Qing tugged at Chen Qinghe's sleeve and pointed at Ji Yang who was undergoing a change above him and exclaimed in surprise.
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