"What did they call you for?" Not long after the young lady was called by the acting patriarch, she returned. As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, Qing Song's father immediately took the young lady's hand and asked.

"They said that this time the selection of the patriarch was changed from voting to a test of ability." The young lady lowered her head sullenly.

"What? Isn't it obvious that they don't want you to be the patriarch? Forget it, I think you should stay at home and take care of the children honestly. As soon as Qing Song's father heard the words of the young lady, he immediately waved his hand, turned around and walked into the house.

"Competitive ability? What's more? I asked curiously.

"What else can be compared, of course, it is better than picking spirit fruits." The young lady followed her father into the house.

"Is it difficult to pick spirit fruits?" I asked, puzzled.

"It's not hard. Cut--"My dad was on the sidelines and started striking me again.

"Oh--- why don't you tell me how the spirit fruit was picked?" I didn't care about my father's blow to me, and continued to follow behind the young lady and asked.

"This picking of spiritual fruits has always been done by the men of the clan. We women are not qualified to pick at all. They were deliberately trying to embarrass me so that I would voluntarily withdraw from the selection of the patriarch. The young lady said angrily.

"Alas--I said big sister, or we won't be the patriarch. I heard your dad say it's no good. It's better to --- let's go back to Changshun to do some small business. I think it's a hundred times stronger than you being the patriarch here. "I listened to the words of the young lady and felt that the affairs of the Qing clan were really a bit complicated, rather than fighting wits and courage with them here, it would be easier to do a small business in Changshun Country.

"No, I must participate in the selection of the patriarch. Even if I don't get selected, I'm going to give it a try. The young lady raised her head with a determined expression.

"That's right, you just can't be looked down upon by those men." My mother interjected and came in to cheer up the young lady. I couldn't help but cry out in secret. The stubborn temper of this young lady coupled with my mother's fire, this matter is estimated to be really endless. What's the matter?

Everyone has eaten the spirit fruit, and it seems that they don't need to eat for a while. Qingyun Qingxue and Qingshuang were taken to her room by Qingshuang Niang to practice. Listening to Qingyun say to Xiaobai, they had to be locked in the house and practice for more than ten days after eating the spirit fruit, so that they could absorb all the spiritual power of the spirit fruit. Qingshan was taken by his grandfather and grandmother, and he didn't know where to go. The young lady followed his brother Qingsong to stay in the house and learn the art of picking spiritual fruits. Originally, I thought that since I was picking spirit fruits, I should go to the spirit fruit orchard to learn. After listening to Qingsong's words, he realized that this spiritual fruit was different from other fruits in the world, not climbing the tree to pick it, but the picker sat under the tree and used his own skills to suck the spiritual fruit down. If you pick it directly by hand, the spirit fruit will be sucked into the tree by the spirit tree. It was a real eye-opener.

"Grandpa, I just saw a few birds in that woods. Why don't we --- catch birds? "I wandered around boredly with Xiaobai. Alas, the children may not be hungry after eating the spirit fruit, but I just poured a belly of tea in my stomach, and it gurgled when I moved. Xiaobai tugged at my sleeve and pointed to a forest not far away. This kid really understands my heart!

"Let's take a look." Xiaobai and I went into the woods incognito.

"What kind of bird is this? I've never seen it before. Xiaobai raised his head and looked at a bird standing on the treetops and asked me.

"I don't know as many birds as you do. I don't know what kind of bird it is. Whatever it is, as long as it is a bird, it should have meat on its body. I swallowed and said.

"Grandpa, have you ever caught a bird?" Xiaobai asked me again.

"Nope." I replied.

"I've heard that birds are usually caught with nets. How can we catch it if we don't have a net? Xiaobai continued to ask me.

"Catch birds with nets?" I listened to Xiaobai's words and thought about it, using the Internet is indeed a good way. But where are we going to get the net? I looked left and right and saw a thin vine clinging to a large tree not far away. It should be possible to weave a small net out of those thin vines. I waved at Xiaobai.

"Grandpa, do you really think this thin vine can be used?" Xiaobai glanced at the messy rattan net in my hand.

"Try it." I said as I looked up at the tree. Just as a bird flew over and landed on a branch above my head. I didn't even think about throwing what I was holding. The bird probably didn't expect something to attack it as soon as it landed, and in a panic, it flew towards the rattan net.

The messy vine suddenly wrapped around the bird's wings and fell to the ground with the bird.

"Huh? Why is this a fake bird? Xiaobai ran over to pick up the bird and looked at it, and couldn't help but be disappointed.

"Fake birds?" I took the bird from the little white's hand. It's not like that, it's a bird folded out of paper. Hey - I was busy for a long time but found a fake.

"Grandpa, look, there's writing on it." I was just about to throw the fake bird away, but Xiaobai pointed at the fake bird and chirped.

"Hehe, I didn't expect this to be a letter." I took the fake bird apart and looked at it, and there were dense words written on the paper.

"It seems that this is a letter written by someone in Ning'an City to a man named Qingyueling. The letter said that this person named Qingyueling should find the mother tree of the spirit fruit as soon as possible. The Prime Minister needs to use that mother tree to refine potions. "I read this letter hastily, and I really hated the horse-faced prime minister to the extreme. Why can't that Malaysian-faced prime minister stop a little? Everywhere there was trouble, and this hand was stretched out to Shangchuan. Just by hearing the name, the mother tree of this spirit fruit can guess that it must be the source of the growth of the spirit fruit. If this mother tree is pulled up, it looks like the Qing clan will have to move completely.

"Grandpa, are we still catching birds?" Xiaobai saw that I was in a daze and pulled my sleeve.

"Catch! How can you not catch it. It doesn't matter if it's a real bird or a fake bird, catch it first. Maybe there's something to be gained. "I picked up the mess of vines from the ground.

Qingshan and I walked around the mountains and forests in this area for a long time, and caught six more birds, two real birds, which looked like pheasants and the like, and four fake birds, which looked like family letters. I took them all back to Green Pine's house. Qingsong's father looked at the five fake birds I caught, read the contents, folded the three fake birds again and released them. Two other fake birds were placed on the table and beckoned to all of us to come and see.

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that the two major families of Qingyueling and Qingsijian were actually fighting the idea of the Lingguo Mother Tree." Qingsong's father unfolded the two letters for Qing Niangzi and Qing Song to read.

"One of them took refuge in the prime minister, and the other was more interested, and directly hooked up with the emperor of Chang Shunguo." Qingsong's father continued to interpret the two letters for everyone.

"No wonder they want to be patriarchs so much. It turned out that the prime minister and the emperor of Changshun Country promised them to help them settle down in Changshun Country and give them official positions. It seems that the people of the two major families of Qingyueling and Qingsijian don't want to stay in Shangchuan anymore. Qing Song said as he looked through the two letters.

"No, as far as I know, during the flood period, a total of four major families of our Qing clan came to Shangchuan together, and after years of hard work, Shangchuan was taken care of. After so many years, except for the Qingmutian clan that gradually declined due to the scarcity of descendants, only our clan and the two major families of Qingyueling and Qingsijian remained. They will not give up Shangchuan, the foundation created by their ancestors, for no reason, there must be some reason for them to abandon Shangchuan and go inland. The young lady was thoughtful.

"Is that rumor true?" Qingsong's father couldn't help but be shocked when he heard his daughter's words.

"What's the rumor?" The young lady immediately stared at her father and asked.

"Since you left, Kamikawa has fallen several times. Not long ago, there was a sudden flood, which inundated a large area of land. Rumors began to circulate outside that there was a great heavenly demon in the flood period buried under the land of Shangchuan, and it was precisely because of his spiritual power that we could grow spiritual fruits on this land. And now, the Great Heavenly Demon Statue is about to awaken. Qingsong's father said as he paced around the room.

"What? And such a statement? "I couldn't help but be curious.

"Rumors cannot be fully believed, but neither can they be disbelieved. Maybe the two major families just have some reliable information to snatch the position of patriarch so aggressively. "The young lady's composure and calmness are really quite general-like.

"Dad, you've been the patriarch for so long, why is there no news about this at all?" Qingsong began to complain about his father.

"Eh--- do you think this patriarch is so good? I'm so busy with all those chores that I don't have the time to drink tea, where do I have the energy to care about these messy things. Qing Song's father glared at Qing Song. Qing Song immediately lowered his head.

"In this way, I not only have to participate in the selection this time, but I must also be the patriarch. Otherwise, if the two families become the patriarchs, they will definitely ignore the other clansmen. The young lady clenched her hands tightly into fists, as if she had made a great determination.

"Could it be that my brother-in-law has heard this rumor a long time ago?" Qing Song muttered on the side.

"Quite possibly. Your brother-in-law has no opinions, and he has to ask his father for instructions on big and small matters. According to my estimate, it was also his father's idea to abandon your sister and two children and marry another woman. Qingsong's father looked out of the door, looking a little lost.

"That's all in the past. And what is it for? I don't believe it, I can't live without him. The young lady untied the tie on her head, put her long hair down, and picked up a pair of scissors from the table.

"What are you going to do?" Qing Song's father looked at the young lady's actions and reached out to grab the scissors in the young lady's hand.

"Nothing. But from then on, I was cut off from that man, and I didn't owe each other. After saying this, with a "click--- sound, the young lady cut off half of her hair, grabbed the cut hair, and lit it to a green lamp that had just been lit in the room.

"Oh, my poor daughter--- do you know the consequences of your doing?" The young lady's mother happened to come in from outside, and when she saw the young lady cut her hair, she was immediately shocked, and took the young lady's hand and howled.

"Of course I know the consequences of that. From then on, I never married, raised two children, and served my father and mother until I was old. The young lady said word by word.

"Well--- why do you do that?" As soon as I heard the words of the young lady, my heart was half cold. I thought there would be some result between us and the young lady. Now it seems that it is completely out of play.

"I'm sorry, big brother, for disappointing a piece of your heart." The young lady bowed her head at me.

"Well--- hehe, since you've decided so. It's superfluous for the eldest brother to say anything more. But that's fine, we'll still be a family in the future. I'm still your big brother. I laughed awkwardly.

"Hahahaha, Ba'er, I didn't expect this place to be really good. You didn't go out with us, and you're at a loss. "Just as everyone in the room was silent, my dad walked in laughing.

"yes, grandpa, we went to a place, and guess what you found?" Aoyama followed my dad excitedly with a shiny thing in his hand.

"Look at you old and young, it's really unsightly. When you pick up a broken rock, you're happy to be like that! "My mother was the last to enter the house, nagging as she went.

"What is this?" I took the shiny thing from Aoyama's hand and looked at it, and it turned out to be a stone. It's just that this stone is a little different from ordinary stones, that is, it is a little transparent, and it feels a little heavy.

"This can't be the legendary spirit stone, right?" Xiaobai leaned in front of me and looked at me and said.

"Hehe, this is an ordinary spar, and it doesn't contain spiritual power. This kind of spar is very common in our country, and it is usually polished and used for decoration. Qing Song's words immediately made me lose interest, and I raised my hand and stuffed the stone to Xiaobai.

"Haha, eldest nephew, you're right. But there's one thing you don't seem to know. But wherever there is such a stone, there must be something else. That's a good thing! What's the matter, are you interested in looking for it? "My dad winked at us.

"Oh? Uncle means ---" Qingsong immediately raised his head and glared at my father as soon as he heard my father's words.

"Well, don't sell it. Isn't it just some treasure left by the ancient gods? It's just a legend. Don't take it seriously! He just has nothing to do here to tease you. My mother waved her hand at Qingsong and said. Father Qingsong listened to my mother's words and looked puzzled. I guess I don't understand the term "ancient god".

"What legend? It's true. Do you remember that when Ba'er was about to turn one year old, the two of us took him to find the purple gold brick in Mohai Cuilin Mountain. Didn't we just discover this kind of thing at the time? My dad glared at my mother, obviously dissatisfied with my mother for saying that he was making fun of people.

"That's just a coincidence, and it doesn't mean that there are treasures wherever this kind of thing appears." My mother continued to argue.

"Hehe, that's why you're too lonely. It's not just purple bricks. There are also several treasures that were found at the scene. Well--let me think about it, oh--- by the way, the Liuyu drill of the Nanshang family, and the Shifang ingots of the Qingbaxi family, they were all found in this way. "My dad was thinking about who else was going to have something to do with this hedron.

"Alright! You go on and on. Don't listen to him. Although those treasures were indeed found at the scene when they were discovered. But later, this kind of spar appeared in many places, and everyone looked everywhere in the local area like crazy, but they didn't find nothing. Therefore, I advise you not to listen to his blind chatter, which saves time in vain. My mother tugged at my father's sleeve and told him to stop.

"Could it be that we really have the Great Heavenly Demon of the Flood Period buried here?" Daddy Qingsong turned his head to look at his two children.

"What Great Heavenly Demon? That's called the Great God of the Ancients. "My dad was next to me correcting what Qing Song's dad said.

"Hehe, Daddy, don't get excited. Now it's called the Great Heavenly Demon, the same. I quickly pulled my dad aside and persuaded him.

"What the hell? Can that be the same? One is a god and the other is a demon. These are two completely different things. My dad stared at me and argued.

"You old thing. Have you forgotten where this is? My mother pinched my father's arm and yelled.

"Yes, Grandpa, this place is completely different from ours. The sun rises in the west and sets in the east. "It seems that Aoyama has been haunted by the rising and setting of the sun!

"Oh, don't keep pinching this arm of mine! Can't you pinch it on the other side? That's nonsense. How can the sun rise in the west and set in the east? No matter how much changes happen here, it can't change the operation of the stars! "My father was blocked by my mother, standing on tiptoe, his head sticking out from the top of my mother's head and shouting loudly. The Qingsong family listened to my father's words, and they all looked puzzled. To be honest, even I was a little confused when I listened to my father's words. Could it be that Aoyama was right last time, the sun was rising in the east and setting in the west where I used to be?

"Hehe, Daddy, we have business to discuss. Leave these things for later, and we'll talk about it slowly. I quickly pulled my dad out of the house.

"Grandpa, why don't you ask the Illusion Mirror. I remember the last time the guy who asked us to help find his mother said that he was going to look it up. I wonder if he found anything? Xiaobai said after me.

"Yes! Why did I forget the illusion mirror? Take a walk. Let's go back to our house and take a sneak peek. Don't let them see our baby. This wealth is not exposed, and the baby should be optimistic. As soon as my father heard Xiaobai's words, he covered his arms, turned around and left. I stood there in a bit of a dilemma, wanting to hear what the rock had to say, and what Aomatsu and his father thought. After hesitating for a while, I saw that my mother and Qingshan had followed my father, so I decided to listen to Qingsong's father first.

"Hehe, I'm sorry. My dad was sometimes sober and sometimes confused. Hehe. "When I walked into the house, I saw that the Qingsong family was discussing something together, and I couldn't help but regret my decision just now. Maybe they don't want outsiders to know about what they say. I'm shameless and skinless, right?

"Big brother came just in time. My dad said he wanted to take us to the Mother Tree of the Spirit Tree. Let's go with the big brother. As soon as the young lady saw me enter the house, she immediately walked up to me and said.

"Isn't this convenient? Could that place only allow you people from the Shangchuan Qing clan to enter? "I think it's better to ask clearly, so as not to get into trouble.

"It's okay, it's okay. There used to be such a rule. Later, several other great families took this rule seriously and took people outside to wander around. So, now no one cares about it for a long time. Besides, if you want to find the mother tree, you have to have a bit of luck. The mother tree was running around a lot. As soon as Daddy Qingsong said this, my heart was relieved. But listening to Daddy Qingsong's words, I'm really worried about this Shangchuan Qing clan. It's too messy to manage! The Spirit Tree, which is related to the lifeblood of the entire race, is unattended, this is too child's play!

"You can't be too lax, everyone else will do the same. That's why it's the way it is. Qing Song muttered beside him.

"You stinky boy, and you blame your father? Did you know that would offend a lot of people? Qing Song's father raised his hand and gave Qing Song a slap. When I looked, it seems that all fathers in the world are similar, and the person who is least afraid of offending is his own son.

"Grandpa, grandpa, grandpa asked me to call you over." Qingsong and I were about to set off to see the traces of the Mother Tree when Qingshan poked his head out of the door and called out to me.