Seventh Uncle still had his eyes closed. He took a deep puff of his cigarette and slowly recounted the dust-laden past.
"That year, I was just eighteen years old. I was young and vigorous. The family discipline was strict. The family rules stipulated that when a man reached eighteen years old, he had to go out and cultivate alone for a year. He could only return home if he had some achievements. Otherwise, he would be laughed at by the clan members. Our elders, Ah Wei's grandfather's generation, although they had also studied abroad, they still had the traditional thinking of the Chinese Dynasty. They still had very high hopes for men. The only difference was that they were different from other wealthy families. It was just that when it came to marriage, they were more free. Generally, when a man reached adulthood,
"If I meet a girl I like during my cultivation, I have to be in love with her. Regardless of family background, I will be accepted by my family. If I don't have a girl I like, my family won't force me to do so. Therefore, I have always been filled with anticipation when I go out to cultivate. When I really turned eighteen, my uncles held a coming-of-age ceremony for me. My cultivation path began. My previous brother would choose a more prosperous place.""We'll start with some basic divination and geomancy. Yiyi, you might find it strange because what you've come into contact with so far is very western. In fact, our family only came into contact with some western things from Ah Wei's grandfather's generation. We slowly became more refined, mainly from Ah Wei's grandmother. However, your family, so our children, all know divination and fortune-telling. Many children make a living from this and start cultivating. The big cities are prosperous."" With more people, there will be more rich people. Because of the family rules, men who go out to cultivate are not allowed to get help in the name of the family. Therefore, we have to hide our names and rely on ourselves. However, we are all children of rich families after all. We know some rules and etiquette of rich families very well. Therefore, many adult men will look at Feng Shui for rich families and accumulate a lot of wealth. However, I really don't care about those.""I like places with green mountains and clear waters. I hate the crowds in big cities. I hate the rules of rich families. It was not easy for me to get out. I don't want to go back to that kind of life because the rules say that I can only bring very little money when I go out. However, my mother felt sorry for me, so she secretly stuffed some money and jewelry into my hands. It was enough for me to live for a while. I walked all the way. I don't know how far I walked until I arrived at a very beautiful town called Green Tree Town." There was a very old tree in Green Tree Town. It was very thick and lush. The town worshipped the tree as a god. During festivals, they would hold activities to sacrifice to the tree. When I first arrived in the town, I was worried that I would be ostracized. However, although the town was isolated, the people were still very friendly to outsiders. That night, I met the annual Green Tree Festival. Everyone in the town came out to have fun. Everyone danced and drank together. They were very friendly." It was easy for me to blend in with them. That night, I remembered it very clearly. Everyone was singing, dancing, and drinking around the bonfire. Late at night, I was arranged to stay at the mayor's house. They were all very curious about why I came here. Although they treated me very warmly, they were still strangers. I still had a certain degree of vigilance. Therefore, I said that I was a student and came out to experience life. Perhaps, such a student had really come to their town."Everyone believed me. It was already very late. Everyone went home to sleep. I also spent the night at the mayor's house. I was originally glad that I found a place to settle down so quickly. I was very happy. The mayor's house also had a pair of beautiful twin daughters. They were called Gerci and Gerri. The names were very tongue-twister. The mayor said that it was their dialect, meaning happiness and well-being. That night, I was still looking forward to my future life in this town and thinking about what I should do for a living in the future." I slowly fell asleep. That night, I slept very soundly, but I had a very strange dream. I dreamed that everyone in the town had turned into bones, including the mayor and the twin sisters. I was so scared that I broke out in a cold sweat and woke up. After I got up, I realized that everything around me was very quiet. It was completely different from the lively scene last night. I was puzzled, so I got up and went out to take a look. I wanted to find the mayor, but after I went out, I realized that the house had changed. It was still a beautiful tiled building yesterday. The beautiful rattan furniture was now in tatters. Dust and trash were everywhere. There was no one around, and there were no signs of life. I suddenly felt very scared. I began to be in a daze. Was everything I experienced last night an illusion? I walked out of the house and began to walk around the town. I walked to the square where the celebration was held yesterday. It was already completely silent. The houses were basically collapsed, and the streets were covered with weeds. In the middle of the square, there was really a bonfire, but it was already a broken piece of wood. There were weeds and leaves on it, and it did not look like it had been used last night. I looked at the big tree again. It was still lush yesterday, but this morning, it had long withered. A large hole appeared as if it had been struck by lightning. I suddenly felt very afraid. I seemed to have a faint feeling that something bad had happened to me yesterday. Although I had learned some tricks at home, I was still a young boy. I was still very afraid. Suddenly, a dark cloud appeared in the sky. A bolt of lightning struck down and imprinted itself in the middle of the tree. I saw a ball of black fog slowly gather into a human form that floated in the air. I felt my head hurt and I felt like I was about to faint. Suddenly, the black shadow in front of me rushed towards me. I felt that the black fog human figure rushed into my chest and pierced through me. I responded to it and lost consciousness!
When I woke up again, I was lying in a farmhouse. A pair of farmers saved me. According to them, they went up the mountain to pick some herbs. Then, they saw me lying at the bottom of the cliff. The old man saw that I was still alive, so he picked me up and fed me some of his own medicine. He really saved me. The old man asked me why I was at the bottom of the cliff and why I was here. They were very remote here and basically no outsiders came. The two of them made a living from the herbal medicine business, so they lived in the mountains all year round. Basically, other than them, no one came. When I heard this, I was very puzzled. Even if the town was not big, there were at least a hundred people. How could there be no one? I told the old couple about what happened last night and the strange experience this morning. I didn't expect the two old men to turn pale with fright when they heard it. When they heard that I drank and ate meat last night, they quickly went to boil a pot of medicine that I didn't know what it was and let me drink it. It tasted very bitter and had a very heavy fishy smell. I refused at first, but seeing that the old men were so serious and repeatedly asked me to drink it, I drank it. I didn't expect... Soon after I drank it, I started to vomit out black things as if something was burnt. Seeing me spit out the things in my stomach, the old man became a bit more relaxed. He slowly told me something. That town was very boisterous and prosperous 50 years ago when the old man was still a child. There would be celebrations every day. The most famous thing in the town was that big tree. Not only the people in the town, but also many villages around the town worshipped the tree as a god. Every day, there were people who went to offer incense. One day, the mayor's wife was ready to give birth. The midwife had been ready for a long time and was waiting for the day of birth. The midwife had already seen that the mayor's wife was pregnant with a bunch of twins. She even predicted that the twins would be a good omen for the whole town. Everyone was looking forward to it. The mayor was highly respected and everyone was looking forward to the arrival of his children. It was said that on the day of labor, there were black clouds and lightning. Everyone said that it was a bad omen and that the devil was coming. The labor process of the mayor's wife lasted for three days and three nights. The thunderstorm lasted for three days and three nights. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning split the old tree in the town into two. The children were born. They were really a bunch of twin girls, although they were not boys. However, the mayor was still very happy and spread the news throughout the town. However, when the midwife saw it, she was shocked. She had two baby girls! It should have been a baby boy, but it turned into a baby girl. The male lead was Yang, and the female lead was Yin. The blessing turned into a bad omen! The midwife left in a hurry. It was said that she had moved out of the town overnight. Although everyone felt that something was wrong, there was still no big reaction. Days passed by. Although there was no great joy, there was no big disaster. Although the ancient tree was struck by lightning, perhaps it was really blessed by the gods. It was still alive. Slowly, it became lush again. The only thing that made people feel strange was that the trunk had been cut in half. It was as if the tree had turned into twins. The days passed and the twins grew up day by day. They were very beautiful. Many men in the village fell in love with them. Many people came to propose marriage. Seeing that the children had reached the age of marriage, the mayor slowly looked for a future son-in-law. However, one day, the twin sisters suddenly said that they wanted to marry a man together. The two women served the same husband together. Although the mayor was unwilling, in that era, It wasn't anything shameful, as long as they were both madams regardless of age. However, the sisters made a very strange request. They said that they wanted to marry a man who visited the village on a rainy night! When the mayor heard that, he felt bad. His daughter must have been possessed! In that era, the talk of ghosts and gods was very popular, especially in such a remote place. The weird remarks of the twin sisters instantly spread in the town. Everyone discussed it and became anxious. They thought that maybe the devil was really coming. Some people mentioned the abnormal phenomenon during childbirth. The midwife left innocently. Some people who were afraid of trouble also planned to leave the town. Just like that, it was the annual Green Tree Festival. Although everyone was a little panicked, However, it was still necessary to celebrate. That night, everyone in the town gathered in the square, lit a bonfire, sang, danced, and drank. The twin sisters also joined in and performed a dance for everyone. After a dance, the twin sisters suddenly announced that their future husband would appear tonight. Just as this news was announced, the sky suddenly became invisible and dark clouds covered the sky. Lightning kept ringing. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck the thousand-year-old tree. It was the same weather, the same fatigue, the same location on the tree, and the exact same weather as the day the twins were born. Everyone was stunned. Suddenly, the twins laughed and said that they were leaving to get married. A cloud of black fog swept over, and the twins disappeared in front of everyone's eyes! Everyone was stunned. Suddenly, another bolt of lightning struck the thousand-year-old tree. The ancient tree was set ablaze by the lightning, and the fire spread very fast. The people in the square fled in all directions. The cries of children and the shouts of adults filled the air with the aura of death. The fire burned for three days and three nights, just like when the mayor's wife had a difficult labor. The entire town was burned down, and charred corpses were everywhere. The most terrifying thing was that…However, the fire grew stronger and stronger under the heavy rain. The people in the surrounding villages did not dare to approach the village. They were afraid that they would be implicated by the demons. Just like that, a bustling town turned into a ghost town overnight! The people of the surrounding villages gradually moved away. It was said that every night, they could hear the sound of revelry coming from the distant town. They could hear the sound of the twin sisters singing happily. Everyone said that it was the dead souls who had stayed there for a long time and refused to leave! Later on, there were also cases of people who did not know the truth and accidentally barged into the ruins of the town. Everyone said that it was a case of an innocent ghost seeking death. Slowly, the area very far away from this place became a forbidden area. No one would go there. Everyone was afraid of being haunted by evil ghosts and dying an unnatural death. Gradually, this Greentree Town became a terrifying legend. Although it might have been beautiful, rich, and prosperous, in the eyes of the people, it was now a place that was not known to the people. It was a ghost city with evil spirits. It was said that the twin sisters never appeared again. Were they really taken away by the black smoke? Did he really go to get married? Did the stranger they said would come on a rainy night come? Where did they go? All of this would become an eternal mystery. Perhaps, it would be buried underground for generations. No one would know the answer! After listening to the old man's story, I broke out in a cold sweat. Could it be that I really met a ghost? Then why am I still alive? Why didn't I die like the legends said? The farmer couple couldn't give me an accurate answer either. After I recovered from my injuries, I bid farewell to the farmer couple and continued on my way. I thought that I could settle down in a place that had such a strange past. I was very afraid, so I gave up on the idea of finding a small town. Instead, like my older brother, I chose to go to a bustling big city. I thought that everything would pass. It was just a nightmare for me. However, I later realized... It turned out that all of this was not the main point. On the contrary, everything was the beginning of all nightmares!”# Daguan Review Passed: Daguan Time:1024201810: 41AM
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