Chapter 1 Origin
Zhongzhou.
On the day after the beginning of summer, just after the hour of Yin, the candlelight in the ancestral hall of the Shi family, a large family in Zhongyuan Ningcheng, suddenly became brighter, and soon the lights in the main hall next door were also lit.
Today is the day when Yun Yanzong comes to the mortal world and the Shi family accepts disciples.
In various places where the Shi family lived, lights in many courtyards were lit one after another, and then soon went out again.
It was still early, and Shi Zelan followed behind his grandfather, walking with one foot high and one foot low towards the direction where the morning star was shining.
When the grandparents were about to reach the main hall, they saw many clansmen also walking towards the main hall.
In the main hall, two immortals heard the noise outside. They listened for a while, and their eyes suddenly brightened. After they looked at each other, the younger immortal spoke.
"Shi Zelan, five years old, come in to test your spiritual roots."
Shi Zelan looked up at her grandfather and saw the encouragement in his eyes, then she walked into the main hall.
Her grandfather took a step forward, just in time to block the people behind him. At this moment, no one could block his granddaughter's path to cultivation.
"Shi Zelan, single spiritual root."
Outside the main hall, Shi Zelan's grandfather burst into tears. After four years, his granddaughter could finally return to the sect with a legitimate reason.
The clan members who were waiting outside the main hall also heard the noise coming from inside and began to discuss in low voices.
"Hey, wasn't she abandoned by the sect? Why is she okay this time?"
"Sister Lan just got in. She can go to the sect again."
"You must have heard it wrongly. Her parents have good spiritual roots, but that doesn't mean she has spiritual roots.
If she had spiritual roots, she would not have been sent back by the sect four years ago. ”
"It's true. Word just came out that she has only one spiritual root this time. Huh, stop talking. Someone is calling someone in."
"Stop talking, my uncle is still here."
"Hey, where's my uncle?"
In fact, Mr. Shi was still standing in the same place, but the cultivator in charge of Yunyan Sect had hidden their figures inside a formation, and the two were chatting.
"Master Shi, Master Feng Yuan has instructed us to come and take Junior Sister Shi back to the sect. Is there anything else you want to tell us?"
"Have Sister Lan's father and mother returned to the sect?"
"They haven't returned to the sect yet."
"Master, I feel like my time is almost up, and I've been looking forward to you taking Lan Jie'er back to the sect. But her parents are not in the sect, so when Lan Jie'er returns, I ask you to take good care of her."
Ningxia E'shou, Shi Zelan's father Shi Beichen was diagnosed with a single spiritual root and was a genius. The one who came to pick him up from the sect was Feng Yuan Zhenjun. It was said that Zhenjun saw that Shi Lao had merit and power, so he gave him a longevity pill, allowing him to live another 200 years.
Later, Senior Brother Shi indeed formed his Nascent Soul at the young age of less than 200 years old. However, he and his Taoist partner Lou Xueyu disappeared while traveling four years ago, leaving behind only a daughter, Shi Zelan.
This time he came to Ningcheng again, Ningxia could tell from Mr. Shi's appearance that he would not live long. No wonder Master Feng Yuan had sent a message, asking them to rush to Shijiazhuang today.
A quarter of an hour later.
Shi Zelan came out of the main hall, her hair was frizzy, her clothes were messy, and there was an exceptionally bright smile on her face. After four years in the mortal world, she could finally go to the Yun Yan Sect.
These little brats just tried to attack her from behind. They deserve to be punished.
Five or six children followed behind her, their faces and noses were bruised, their hair was loose, their clothes were torn, and each of them had tears in their eyes.
The elders in the family surrounded him and said, "Don't cry. You can't go to the sect. Go to the school and study hard."
"Wow, wow, wow, I can go. I can't leave my grandpa, grandma, father and mother behind."
As expected, some were happy while others were sad. Mr. Shi looked around at the people outside the main hall.
"Grandpa, I'm back."
Shi Zelan came over and pulled his sleeve. Old Shi shouted to someone in the crowd, "Sixth Brother, go back and tell the clan leader to come to my house tonight."
"Okay, uncle, I'll talk to the clan leader later."
After Grandpa Shi and his grandchildren left, the people who stayed behind looked at the children and became angry: "You guys were bullying Aunt Lan (Sister Lan) in there?"
"Woo woo, that didn't happen this time. Everyone pushed Aunt Lan so hard that she fell down."
At night, in the yard, Mr. Shi and Shi Zelan talked about the origins of the Shi family and the Yun Yanzong, as well as some legends in the family.
Five thousand years ago, the world was in chaos and people were living in misery. One of the sons of the Shi family went out to seek a way to make a living and there has been no news of him since then.
The family tree records that two thousand years later, an immortal from the Yun Yan clan came to the Shi family and claimed to be a member of the Shi family who had run away two thousand years ago.
When he was traveling, he had a fortuitous encounter. When he was about to starve to death, he happened to meet Yun Yanzong who came to the mountain to recruit menial disciples.
He was gone for two thousand years, and returned just in time to find the Shi family so poor that their patron saint was on the verge of extinction.
The ancestor left money to settle his clansmen and a ancestral hall for the Shi family that could withstand the test of time, then left.
The ancestral hall also has a reception room, which later became the main hall for the family to discuss important matters. The round stone left by the ancestors has always been enshrined in it.
As long as the children of the Shi family are ten years old, they must touch the round plate and seek the protection of the immortal ancestors with sincerity.
But as time passed, the legend eventually became a family rule.
After hundreds of years, the disc had become smooth from being touched by the children, and no miracles were seen.
More than a thousand years ago, there was a little girl in the clan who was determined to die because of the abuse by her biological father and stepmother. Before she died, she came to the ancestral hall to kneel down and worship the tablet of her biological mother.
When she was leaving the ancestral hall and preparing to jump into the river, she turned around and saw the light coming from the door of the main hall.
She entered the main hall, reached out for the disc, and then... Yun Yanzong quickly arranged for an immortal to take her away.
"Grandpa, has my great-aunt ever come back?"
Shi Zelan asked Old Shi curiously, and the old man hesitated for a moment: "The old patriarch didn't say."
Mr. Shi had a lot to say to his granddaughter, so he quickly continued.
“One hundred and ninety years ago, when your father was ten years old, he touched the round plate and had the opportunity to join the sect. That’s when I realized that cultivating immortals requires spiritual roots.
Your grandfather and grandmother were both ordinary people, and your grandmother died of illness when your father was five years old.
The old patriarch was worried that your grandfather would be reluctant to let your father go and pursue his career, so he told your grandfather everything he knew.
Outside of our mortal world, there are four seas and eight wildernesses, with countless large and small immortal sects. The Yunyan Sect is the largest immortal sect in Jiuzhou, and currently has two immortals.
After your father goes to the sect to practice Taoism, he will become an immortal, can live a long life, and can protect the people in the clan. ”
Mr. Shi reached out and touched his granddaughter's head. He was reluctant to let her go, but she could no longer stay in the mortal world.
My granddaughter is going back to the sect. From now on, the sect and her parents will take care of her and raise her up.
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