Twilight Boundary

"The question you just asked is actually a good one."

The master of the Li family looked at Hu Ma's startled eyes, and sighed slowly, saying: "People in this world either regard those evil spirits as savage beasts and dare not mention them, or they have already forgotten to pay them back." They exist."

"But few people would really ask how they appeared and how they were regarded as evil ghosts by the world and wanted to kill them?"

"Actually, all of this started from that sacrifice a hundred and seventy years ago."

"That sacrifice was led by Master Shangxuan of the Da Luo Fa Sect. He was also the first national preceptor personally appointed by the emperor."

"Originally I just wanted to explore the mysteries of heaven and earth and find out the origin of Tai Sui's flesh and blood, but I never thought that during that great sacrifice, the ancestral altar would move and the heaven and earth would collapse."

"..."

He must have heard these things from the mouths of his ancestors, but when he said them now, his voice was filled with a bit of regret and regret, as if he had personally been on the scene: "People today only know the ten surnames, and may have forgotten the ancestral altar. "

"On the contrary, I, the Li family, were convicted of this, so I remember these things better than others. They were once the bones of heaven and earth, the hearts of all peoples, and the source of the gods..."

"It is said to be an ancestral altar, but it is actually a fire pit."

"This altar is erected in front of Chengtian Hall in Shangjing, but it is earlier than Chengtian Hall, earlier than Shangjing, and earlier than the previous dynasties recorded in historical documents."

"If we really count forward, I'm afraid we won't be able to push it back to the time when heaven and earth first opened. It's a pity that all the references to the ancestral altar have been burned by the Tuyi fire, and now all that's left is oral tradition. ”

"According to what my ancestors said, the ancestral altar was the earliest in the ancient times. When the heaven and the earth broke apart, there were ancestors who protected all the people and bore their sins to the sky. They were struck down by thunder from the sky and their bodies were turned into ashes. Wherever the lightning struck, there would be It became a pit of fire.”

"The descendants respected their ancestors, so they built huts and cities around the fire pond to collect good fortune, raise troops and horses, and chase away evil spirits. From generation to generation, the custom of placing ancestors in the altar gradually came into being."

"Of course, not everyone is qualified to sleep here."

"Throughout the dynasties, even the royal family cannot bury their ancestors in the ancestral altar casually. Those who are qualified to be buried in the fire pit must be heroes who are famous all over the world and have great achievements. The people of the world respect him, so they will be buried in the altar. Firepit.”

"As soon as he entered the fire pit, he was offered incense by the royal family for thousands of years. The people respected him, so they erected a golden body, built temples, and rushed to worship him."

"Until later, only those buried in the ancestral altar were worthy of receiving incense and being worshiped as gods!"

"..."

"God..."

Hu Ma listened, and suddenly her mood fluctuated, and she vaguely guessed something: "Palace God?"

The master of the Li family sighed: "It is no longer clear when the ancestral altar was established and where it came from. Even the ancestor who shouldered the sins of all people and suffered the punishment of God may actually be just a legend. However, that has already been It’s not important anymore…”

"Throughout the dynasties, hundreds of millions of people have turned to the altar of incense. That is the ancestral altar. The three pillars of fragrance can determine the sun, moon, heaven and earth, and protect the destiny of the world!"

"The location of the ancestral altar is the most holy place in the world. It receives incense from the world. All heroes in the world are proud to enter the ancestral altar. All royal families in the past dynasties also regard it as their duty to serve the ancestral altar."

"At that time, it was even said that the royal family of all generations were incense burners at the ancestral altar."

"For generations of royals, you come and go, but if you don't burn a stick of incense in front of the ancestral altar, you are not qualified to rule the world!"

"But here at the ancestral altar, no one in the world dares to come to the capital to go to court. There are monsters in the mountains and wild places, and they don't dare to harm people by drinking their blood and rebellious officials and traitors. They don't dare to go to court to offer incense."

"..."

When he said these words, he seemed to be reminiscing about the ancestral altar that was once here and the peaceful world. But as he finally spoke, his voice became lowered: "But at that time of the great sacrifice, the sky surged with red thunder, A dark wind rises from the ground."

"On the altar, there was the sound of demons crying, and in the ancestral altar, a gray formation surged up, covering the sky and the sun."

"It was completely dark for three days, with no sun or moon to be seen. The people in the city were all shut up. They could only hear continuous fighting and constant swordsmanship. Three days later, it rained blood from the sky, and all the temples and temples in various places were filled with blood. The golden body shattered and collapsed, and black water gushed out from the ancestral altar..."

"If there is no more incense, the national master will predict at that time that evil spirits have entered the world, and we have committed a heinous crime. From now on, we will atone for our sins from generation to generation..."

"..."

Until he said this, he sighed softly, looked at Hu Ma, and whispered: "Although these evil spirits gradually began to reveal themselves decades later, it is not difficult to find out their roots. It is deduced that they first came to this world at this time.”

"And the first thing they did when they showed up was to destroy the ancestral altar where hundreds of millions of people like us have offered incense and sacrifices for thousands of years."

"This is why they are called evil spirits!"

"..."

Hu Ma even felt depressed after listening to it. She wanted to say countless things for a while, but she just suppressed it and whispered: "Then what?"

"Later, you understood many things."

The master of the Li family said softly: "My ancestors of the Li family were sent here to guard the ghost cave to atone for their sins, and to lead the ghosts of the world into the underworld as a living person."

"When the new emperor ascended the throne, he urgently issued an order to confer various palace gods, build golden bodies for them, create divine books, and force the people to worship them. He only said that they would replace the ancestral altar and suppress evil spirits in the four places."

"These palace gods are the princes of various provinces you see now."

"It can be said that they were either professed by Emperor Yi, generals in the court, or they were promoted to the temple from former folk temples."

"..."

Inexplicably, Hu Ma heard some sarcasm from his words, but it only passed by for a moment. He took a deep look at Hu Ma and said: "It was also at that time that the town government was built in Shangjing. Strange people from all walks of life were also recruited into the court."

"Most of the ancestors of today's ten surnames began to enter the court at that time."

"..."

"Zhenzheng Mansion?"

Finally hearing what she was most concerned about, Hu Ma also perked up and asked hurriedly: "Appear at that time?"

"It's not just about showing up at that time..."

The Master of the Li family pondered for a long time before he seemed to have made a huge decision and said slowly: "It is said that at that time, the golden bodies of the gods from various places burst into pieces, and the emperor issued an order to collect the golden bodies of the gods from various places and bring them to the capital to be refined into a weapon. "

"In addition, the noble ancestors of the Zhang family led the world's skilled craftsmen to make bricks from the embers of the ancestral altar and live mud, and built a palace to suppress evil spirits. There were even strangers who set up the altar to summon souls, used secret techniques, and invited ghosts and gods from all over to make gold and armor, and take over the imperial power on their behalf. , suppress all ghosts, gods and evil spirits, guard Yin and Yang..."

"certainly……"

At the end of the sentence, he sighed: "At that time, people today have almost forgotten even the Zhencong Mansion. Who else remembers the origin of the Zhencong Mansion?"

"The Suppressing Evil Mansion is actually made of bricks made from the ashes of the ancestral altar, and this golden mace for suppressing evil spirits... is the golden body of the gods from all walks of life?"

At this moment, Hu Ma could not describe the shock in her heart. It was only now that she finally understood the origin of the Zhencun Mansion. She couldn't help but remember the shadows she saw and the sounds she heard when she took over the Zhencun's golden mace. Reminds me of the things under the City of Wasted Death...

Is there no more temple god in this world?

But it doesn't seem to be the case, at least there are some. Among the reincarnated people, there are negative spirits of the temple gods.

Then I thought about it, if the Zhencong Mansion was built with the ashes of the ancestral altar and was used to control and balance the world, why was it that when I took over the Zhencong Mansion, I was not suppressed by the imperial power at all?

Furthermore, if the ancestral altar was broken by the reincarnated person, what is the reason? Why did the reincarnated person break the ancestral altar from the beginning?

"I know you still have many questions in your mind, but I can't answer them all."

Looking at Hu Ma's appearance, the master of the Li family sighed softly and said: "In the final analysis, the Li family of Dongzi is just guarding here under the orders of the imperial master, luring ghosts into the underworld and paying off the endless debts." That’s all…”

"It is said that the reincarnated evil ghosts crawled out of the cave, but I have been guarding here all my life, and I have never seen any reincarnated evil ghosts..."

"..."

'At least you met two today...'

Hearing that his voice was a little low, Hu Ma sighed in her heart. After a long time, she whispered: "The ancestral altar really disappeared completely starting a hundred and seventy years ago?"

The Li family master was silent and sighed: "The ancestral altar will not disappear, the ancestral altar just doesn't exist anymore..."

"After that great sacrifice, the ancestral altar was destroyed. The emperor ordered that twelve ghost altars be built and suppressed on top of the ancestral altar. Since then, no one has mentioned the ancestral altar again."

"And after more than a hundred years, it is said that the twelve ghost altars also gave birth to injustice. So, twenty years ago, someone recruited ghosts from all over the world and tried to seal the twelve ghost altars. That battle was also earth-shattering. Not much is known to outsiders.”

"Even I only know that now, the twelve ghost altars have disappeared, and what is replacing them now is the ancestral temple of the ten surnames."

"..."

"Ancestral Temple?"

Listening to Hu Ma, she actually felt a sense of enlightenment.

Is this the reason why Senior Shangqiao is no longer around?

And the mother-in-law...

The mother-in-law went back to, probably, the ancestral temple built on the ruins of the ancestral altar, right?

He had already thought about this issue. There was also an ancestral temple in Qingyuan, but since the family was completely separated, it was impossible for the mother-in-law to go back.

While he was trying to digest these past events, the Li family man paused for a moment, seemed to take a rest, then smiled and said: "Little friend, I don't know if it's you or someone else who has given you instructions. , come to me and ask these things.”

"Speaking of which, the Dongzi Li family doesn't care about worldly affairs and just watches with a cold eye. They do see all these things in their eyes, but after all, they don't participate in them and don't understand them deeply."

"And if he wants our Dongzi Li family to give some advice..."

He was silent for a moment and said slowly: "I can only ask you to give him a message. If the Hu family wants to stand up, just holding down the Meng family's head is not enough."

"The Hu family has destiny but no blessings. Then when the black storm disaster comes once every three years, who can he rely on to stop it?"

"That old lady in Shangjing Ancestral Temple?"

"I'm afraid it's not enough..."