Tong Yan never imagined that there would be a huge fireball in the sky above the Wu family's old mansion. Carefully discern that this so-called fireball is actually ...... It's a big bird with a whole body on fire.

There are eight huge chains attached to the body of this big bird, so it seems that it is not that this firebird voluntarily stayed here to illuminate the people who live underground, but that the Wu family did not know how to imprison it here.

Because he was wrapped in the firelight, Tong Yan could only roughly see the outline of the big bird. However, just from the two characteristics of this volume and the fire all over the body, Tong Yan unconsciously associated it with the phoenix.

As we all know, the phoenix is also known as the firebird, the danbird, and the immortal bird. It seems that the only huge bird that can fire all over its body is a phoenix.

Some people may say that Suzaku is also a firebird. In fact, Suzaku is the best among the firebirds of the phoenix, and it should be higher than the phoenix in terms of status. So it can be understood in this way that the phoenix is a general term, and the vermilion bird is a kind of phoenix. The ancient books have clouds, phoenixes and elephants, and five-colored and red red birds; Yellow Eagle Eagle; Qingzhiluan; The purple one is the cormorant, and the white one is the bird. Judging from the records, that is to say, the above five kinds of sacred birds can be called phoenixes. But what is contained in the ancient books is not necessarily right, after all, these are legendary things, and in ancient times, why didn't people at that time speculate like us?

In any case, Tong Yan believed that the firebird chained in the sky was a phoenix. Otherwise, how could the Wu family have the blood of the phoenix? I don't know, I got it from the phoenix above my head.

Even the phoenix can be trapped, and this Wu family is really not simple.

The old doctor walked in front and saw that Tong Yan did not follow, so he immediately turned around and said, "Young man, don't be stunned, if you make the patriarch wait in a hurry, not only me, I'm afraid you will also have to be punished." Hurry up! ”

Hearing this, Tong Yan hurriedly collected his thoughts, stretched out his hand to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead and said, "Okay, I'll follow." As he spoke, he strode forward, no longer looking up at the sky.

The two of them walked all the way down the sloping stone path, and because it was a downhill road, it was very easy to walk and faster. In less than ten minutes, the two came to the end of this stone road, which is also the main entrance of the Wu family's old house.

The old house is a generic name, and this place is more like an extremely large village. The houses inside look like they are a lot old, and if you take out any one, they all belong to the old mansion.

The main entrance of this village is an archway, which is engraved with four big characters, the Wu family's homestead. In front of the archway stood two burly young men with indifferent faces. They were all dressed in retro costumes, and each carried a long black knife at his waist. The long knife is not covered by a scabbard, and the cold light flickers on it, which is a good thing at first glance.

Because the old doctor is also a member of the Wu family, although he lives in a town outside the forest on weekdays, he is still very familiar with the people here.

He took Tong Yan and just walked to the front of the archway, and the two resolute men showed warm smiles.

"Second grandfather, is this the brother you said came to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors?"

The old doctor is not young, and he may be the second in the family, so these two young people who guard the village will call him the second grandfather.

Hearing this, the old doctor smiled kindly and said, "That's right, the patriarch is waiting to see him." I won't talk to you two stinky boys, and when you're free, remember to come to my room for a drink. ”

As soon as the two young people heard the word "wine", they immediately smiled and nodded their heads again and again.

After a few simple greetings, the old doctor took Tong Yan through the archway and directly entered the village.

The houses in this village are neat, and even the streets are clean, it seems that the Wu family is very hardworking on weekdays, which is inseparable from the management and inheritance of culture of an ethnic group.

To be able to manage such a large village in an orderly manner, the patriarch of the Wu family is really not simple.

Each house is a small two-storey building, and the houses are connected, and walking into it is like walking into a large labyrinth. I don't feel like it from a high place, but now that I'm in it, it's a little dizzy.

Every house is the same, even every street. When the house was built, it should have been deliberately slightly tilted, so it formed a circle, and the streets inside were so intricate that without the locals leading the way, you might not really get lost.

Tong Yan followed the old doctor to the left for a while, turned into another street, walked a little more to the right, and then turned into the next one. It took nearly a quarter of an hour to go back and forth before we finally reached our so-called destination. The ancestral hall of the Wu family, a stone lion stands at the door, and a stone building with a golden plaque is hung.

The handwriting on the golden plaque is flying and dancing, and I don't know which person is good at cursive calligraphy.

The plaque is written with the four big characters of "Wu Family Ancestral Hall", presumably the mysterious patriarch should be in this stone building.

However, at this moment, the doors and windows of the stone building are closed, probably because they don't want people to come and disturb them.

The old doctor tidied up his appearance, then raised his leg and walked to the door, and then knocked lightly three times.

After three "knocks", the door creaked open. Then I saw a half-grown child poking his head out of it, and then looked Tong Yan and the old doctor up and down.

The old doctor looked at the half-old child, and hurriedly saluted respectfully: "Third uncle, my grandson has saluted you." ”

Third uncle? Tong Yan couldn't help but laugh secretly in his heart, the old doctor was sixty or seventy years old, and when he saw such a big child, he still saluted like this, and the Wu family seemed to care about seniority.

However, what people didn't expect was that the mouth of this half-grown child made a hoarse sound full of vicissitudes.

"Well, good! That's the kid you're talking about? The patriarch is already waiting, bring him in! ”

When the old doctor heard this, he hurriedly replied, "Yes, my grandson will take him in." ”

The half-grown child didn't say anything more, turned around and went into the house first. Seeing that he was leaving first, Tong Yan immediately asked the old doctor softly, "Uncle, this kid ...... No, this person is your third uncle? He...... Why does he look like a child? ”

When the old doctor heard this, he smiled and said, "Haven't you heard of rejuvenation?" My three uncles are all over 200 years old, and it is precisely because they have practiced the art of rejuvenation that they look like children. Well, let's not talk about it again. If his old man hears someone behind his back saying that he is like a child, he will never be spared. ”

Tong Yan sighed softly, not daring to say anything more.

What he had encountered so far made him more and more uneasy. This Wu family is so mysterious, not only can it trap the phoenix, but it also knows the art of rejuvenation, this Wu family is simply a god-like existence.

He suddenly regretted coming here, are the people here really still human?