Chapter 479
About an hour after eating the lantern fruit, Xuanyuance's lips returned to normal, and Chu Feng breathed a sigh of relief.
The mountain is not a good place to recuperate. While it was still early, the three of them left the cliff ridge on their backs.
On the other side, the four Shen Yijia did not go well. They finally escaped from a swamp. A thick fog suddenly filled the surroundings, and the four figures were drowned in the blink of an eye.
There was another unexpected situation. The four of them walked back and forth, with You You Yi leading the way, Song Jingchen second, Shen Yijia walking behind Song Jingchen, and Mo Yuan at the back.
The distance between each person is not very large, but once the fog is disturbed, except for the white expanse, it is impossible to see anything.
Shen Yijia's little brows twitched, and she took a few steps to grab Song Jingchen, but she didn't want to throw herself in the air.
She didn't dare to walk away, she stood still and called softly, "Xiang Gong?"
After a long while, Song Jingchen's voice sounded from the right side.
"Jiajia, come here, I'm here~"
Shen Yijia turned her head to look, and could vaguely see a vague figure standing not far away beckoning to her.
There was a look of confusion in her eyes, wondering why the person walking in front of her would run to the right.
But before she could figure it out, her feet were already walking towards the figure uncontrollably...
"Jiajia, come with me~"
The figure spoke again, with an indescribable bewitchment.
Shen Yijia's fist under her sleeve clenched tightly, her fingernails pierced into her palm, causing a stinging pain. At the same time, a struggle flashed in her eyes, but she returned to calm in an instant.
After walking with the figure for nearly half an hour, the surrounding fog dissipated, revealing the true face of the person in front, the face of a strange man.
However, Shen Yijia seemed to have not noticed, and just stood there with a dull expression on her face.
The man sneered disdainfully: "I thought it was so powerful."
There were footsteps behind him, and when he saw the person coming, he hurriedly threw away the burnt incense in his hand, and folded his hands on his chest to salute: "Young Master."
Ji Yunxi nodded, walked straight to Shen Yijia, squeezed her chin and forced her to raise her head, the corners of her lips showed an inevitable smile: "I've been waiting for you for a long time."
Shen Yijia stared at her blankly, letting her hand pinch out five red finger prints on her face without resisting, obviously being controlled.
The man leaned up curiously: "Young Master, who is she?"
I actually used the last hallucinogenic fragrance in the valley.
But then he thought of waiting for the stinky boy of the Lin family to hand over the incense spectrum, how many hallucinogens are there? The man doesn't feel bad anymore.
Ji Yunxi cast a glance at him, the man knew he had made a blunder, and immediately kept silent and did not dare to ask any more questions.
"Take her back." She ordered coldly.
"Yes."
...
Deep in the bamboo forest, the winding path leads to a secluded place. At the end of the path is a yard. The breeze is coming, and the bamboo leaves are swaying gently, making a rustling sound.
The weather is getting warmer, and new bamboo shoots are also emerging, looking at the vitality.
A child in Tsing Yi stood at the entrance of the courtyard. Seeing Ji Yunxi coming, he crossed his arms and saluted, "Young Master."
"My father is in there." Ji Yunxi asked.
"Master went to the priest's hall and hasn't returned yet."
Ji Yunxi nodded, then took Shen Yijia to the priest's hall again.
Passing through the bamboo forest is a small slope, and a sheep intestine trail winds down the slope. After walking along the trail for a stick of incense, a large building complex comes into view. It is a village, to be precise, it is The settlement of Tianjigu people.
The weather is getting warmer, and people can still be seen working in the fields.
It is said in the world that Tianji Valley only became secluded after the fall of the previous dynasty.
In fact, this statement is not entirely correct.
To be honest, this place has always been the clan of Tianji Valley.
It's just that before the emperors of the previous dynasty suppressed the warlocks, Tianjigu would arrange for the young master and the queen to lead some outstanding disciples out of the mountains to assist the capable people.
When the peach and plum blossoms, the young master returned to Tianji Valley to take over the position of the valley master, and married the disciple selected by the high priest, giving birth to the next young master.
The ancestors have been in this cycle, and they do not want to cause the disciples in the valley to suffer heavy losses due to the suspicion of the previous emperors.
At that time, the incumbent Valley Master recalled everyone, and stipulated that the disciples in the valley would never enter the world again, and they should not have anything to do with the royal family. These two clan rules.
After a hundred years, no one in Guzhong has gone out again, including those people who came back with the disciples of Tianjigu at that time.
Until the death of the previous Valley Master, Ji Luo, who had just reached the top, took over as the Valley Master.
Ji Luo is very clever, and at a very young age, he has mastered the arts of divination and medicine.
But in addition to these, Tianji Valley also has incense making.
And because the elders of the incense making line had already defected with the incense sticks, the incense making techniques passed down in the valley were only furs left in Ji Luo's generation, so she decided to go out to the mountains to retrieve the incense sticks in person...
"Young Master, you are back."
"Little Lord."
...
Passing through the alleyway between the clan houses, when the clan members saw Ji Yunxi, they would greet her respectfully, and Ji Yunxi nodded in response.
It's not that they weren't curious about the foreigners who followed her, but thinking of the tension between the elders and the high priest these days, they didn't dare to ask more.
In Tianji Valley, the status of the valley owner is higher than that of the priests. After they get married, the two do not live together, and the children they give birth to also follow their mother's surname.
In the secular world, the relationship between the two is more like a master and a steward, and the high priest's job is to convey the instructions of the Valley Master to the clan.
It's just that the current Ji Yunxi has not yet taken over the position of the Valley Master, so now it is the High Priest who is in charge of the Tianji Valley.
The priest's hall is generally only when there are major festivals or sacrifices in the clan. All clansmen will gather here, so it is very clean. When you enter the door, you can see a high wall with a totem of the other side of the flower carved on it. It is red. Like fire, like blood.
Going around the wall, there is a yard behind it. The yard is surrounded by a hall on three sides. In the center is a stone tripod. The stone tripod is taller than an adult man, and there is a ladder next to it.
Just standing in front of the main hall, a strong male voice came from inside: "Come in."
Ji Yunxi nodded, looked back and said to the man, "She can leave it to me, you can go back."
"Yes."
Pushing open the heavy hall door, the strong smell of incense blows.
The furnishings in the hall are a bit similar to what Shen Yijia saw in the secret room of Qilin Mountain before. There are two portraits hanging on the wall in front, an offering table below, and a futon. At this time, a man in a black robe is sitting on the futon. The man is the high priest, Si Yun.
As soon as the two stepped in, Si Yun opened his eyes, and after seeing the slightly dull face of Shen Yijia walking behind Ji Yunxi, his eyes paused slightly.
Ji Yunxi frowned slightly and gave a hand salute: "Father."
Si Yun retracted his gaze and asked in a low voice, "Is she the one you mentioned who changed fate for others?"
"It's her." Ji Yunxi nodded.
The reason she left Daxia last time was to look for medicine for the emperor, but in fact, it was because she had witnessed Shen Yijia change her life again, and she had doubts, so she came back to clarify her doubts.
And it was none other than Shen Yijia who changed her life at that time, it was Yuan Yuwan, the eldest girl of the Yuan family.
On the emperor's birthday, she had a relationship with Yuan Yuwan, others didn't know, but she could see through the fate of each other with just one glance.
Without him, it is too short, and the end can be seen at a glance.
But when she saw Yuan Yuwan again at the wedding banquet, the dead aura on the other party had dissipated, leaving only a cloud of mist.
In order to verify her guess, she even put down her body and went to see Mrs. Qiu again, and it was the same result.
Changing one's life against the sky is not an easy task, but on Shen Yijia, it seems as simple as eating and drinking, but as long as she is involved with Shen Yijia, she can't figure out anything at all, so how can she not guard against it?
Si Yun asked, "Have you ever played a hexagram?"
"I asked someone to find Wang Shen's eight characters and found that she was destined to have no children. Although her life was bumpy, she was not a short-lived person..."
However, the fact is just the opposite. People who shouldn't exist exist, and people who should live have lost their lives early. The root of everything seems to have started with Shen Wang's pregnancy.
Thinking of something, Ji Yunxi suddenly sneered, took out a porcelain bottle from his arms, and poured the concoction inside on a handkerchief.
Holding the handkerchief, he wiped it on Shen Yijia's forehead. In a blink of an eye, Shen Yijia's originally smooth and flawless forehead had an extra flower tin of the other side of the flower.
It is the same as the totem on the stone wall outside, and it is more vivid than the one on Ji Yunxi's forehead.
Ji Yunxi's face flashed with jealousy, why is she still only a young master even though she has reached the age of last year?
Isn't it because she couldn't get the Guzhu token, and secondly, she couldn't make the spring in the valley come back to life?
She rushes for things that she wants to have, but this woman avoids it, how can it not be disgusting.
Seeing this flower tin, Si Yunteng stood up from the futon, unable to keep his original calm any longer, and stared at Shen Yijia's forehead with fiery eyes: "She really is..."
He didn't finish the rest of the words, but how could Ji Yunxi not understand the meaning.
"No, she was indeed born by the Shen Wang family." Ji Yunxi said sarcastically: "Dad remembers the bamboo slips that were missing a book in the forbidden art. Although my daughter has not seen the contents, it is always related to the change in the middle. Can't get rid of the relationship..."
She paused and continued: "If the daughter guessed correctly, I think that woman should have sacrificed her inheritance and come across the sea."
It should be noted that everything in the world has a certain number, even if Shen Wang changed his fate for a while with the help of an expert, those who should not exist will be obliterated sooner or later.
Not to mention that it cannot survive forever, and those who intervene will also pay the corresponding price, such as the early death of Shen Wangshi.
The woman obviously knew this, and took advantage of this loophole to let her daughter survive her original destiny, making her a variable in this world.
It is precisely because of this that people who have been in contact with Shen Yijia will be easily changed by her, and she herself will not be affected at all.
In other words, everyone's name is on the book of life and death. The original Shen Yijia has already followed the destiny and returned to the sky, so her name will no longer be on the book of life and death. Naturally, this person who is alive now does not need to abide by these rules...
Thinking of this, Ji Yunxi's eyes lit up. If he knew how the woman did it back then, would it mean that the way of longevity would no longer be delusional?
Si Yun obviously thought of this, his eyes showed the same crazy color as Ji Yunxi, and suddenly laughed: "Okay, as expected of my daughter."
"Father." Ji Yunxi glanced at the Huadian between Shen Yijia's forehead, hooked the corner of his lips and said, "The most important thing now is to get the first elder and the third elder to agree that their daughter will take over the position of the valley owner. Daddy is doing it."
There have always been five elders in Tianji Valley. After the elders of the incense maker defected, only four were left.
Among them, the first elder and the third elder have always held objections to Si Yun's insistence on joining the WTO for not abiding by the clan rules.
Speaking of the two old immortals who were always against him, Si Yun narrowed his eyes: "What do you want to do?"
Ji Yunxi showed a strange smile, and brushed Shen Yijia's flower with her hand: "Of course it's... a spirit change."
Change your spirit!
Si Yun was stunned, and he naturally knew that this was one of the most vicious secret techniques in the forbidden arts in the valley.
It takes the blood of the hearts of eighty-one virgins and virgins to sacrifice to heaven, and then all the blood of the person who carries the inheritance is exchanged for another person, and that person can have the power of inheritance.
This secret technique is not groundless. It is recorded in ancient books that there was a woman in Tianji Valley who did not follow clan rules in private with foreigners. She did not keep the inheritance of Tianji Valley, so she used this kind of secret technique to deal with it.
Back then, when he tried every means to get Ji Luo back, it was also with this abacus. He didn't want Ji Luo to have lost the ability he inherited and became a waste chess.
He looked at Shen Yijia's familiar face, as if he saw Ji Luo who was still in the valley, his eyes darkened, and he said solemnly, "Just do as you said."
He turned around and looked directly at the portrait of the ancestor in front of him: "In three days, I will prepare everything. You can take people back first."
Ji Yunxi smiled: "Yes."
Before leaving, she had someone bring a curtain to cover Shen Yijia from head to toe, and then took her back to her residence.
She has always regarded people as an inheritor, and naturally she can't let others see the flower tin on Shen Yijia's forehead.
Shen Yijia stood there, like a marionette, Ji Yunxi asked her to bow her head, and let her go, she was too obedient...
The owner of the valley usually lives on the star-gazing platform on the top of the mountain, while the young master lives in a small courtyard below the star-gazing platform.
Sunset afterglow.
Mo Yu was waiting at the entrance of the small courtyard. When she saw her coming back, she stepped forward and said, "Young Master, Madam is here."
Ji Yunxi raised her head and glanced at the white-clothed maids in the courtyard, and said lightly, "I see."
Before marrying Si Yun, Mrs. Ji was a maid by Ji Luo's side. Because of her extremely talented divination and growing up with Ji Luo, she was given the surname Ji.
After being selected by the elders to marry Si Yun, everyone called her Mrs. Ji, but she didn't have much real power in the valley.
Ji Yunxi didn't have much affection for her either.
Pushing the door open, she saw a woman sitting by the window. When she heard the movement, she turned around and said, "Yunxi, you're back."
Although she was speaking to Ji Yunxi, her eyes fell on Shen Yijia, who came in behind Ji Yunxi and covered her whole body under the curtain.
"Mother." Ji Yunxi stepped forward and blocked Shen Yijia from behind.
She knew how much Mrs. Ji hated Ji Luo, and she didn't know what she would do if she saw Shen Yijia's face.
But Shen Yijia is useful to her now, and she can't let her have an accident for the time being.
Mrs. Ji saw her actions in her eyes, her face changed slightly, and she sneered: "I heard that you brought a foreign woman back, why, I can't see it?"
She stood up and walked towards Ji Yunxi unhurriedly: "Your father won't let me kill that woman, because this person looks like that woman, so you want to protect her too?"
Ji Yunxi frowned. It seemed that when she took Shen Yijia to the priest's hall, she had already been seen by the people around Mrs. Ji.
She was hesitating to tell the truth.
Mrs. Ji quickly bypassed her and lifted the curtain over Shen Yijia's head.
Pa Da ~ The curtain fell to the ground, revealing Shen Yijia's delicate little face.
If it is said that Shen Yijia, who has hidden Huatian, is five points like Ji Luo, then now she has seven points...
At first glance, the two figures overlapped.
Mrs. Ji took a step back in fright, pointed at her trembling hands and exclaimed: "Ji... Ji Luo..."
Ji Yunxi stepped forward to help her sit down, and said in a cold tone, "Mother, sit down for a while, and I'll explain to you later."
After all, she picked up the curtain and put it on Shen Yijia again, and summoned Mo Yu to take her to an empty room at the back of the yard.
There was not even a single lamp in the room, Shen Yijia obeyed the order and lay down on the couch, staring at the beams without blinking.
The door closed, and the surroundings fell into complete darkness.
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