Day and night tour

Chapter 74 Past Events

"One inch of my incense is one level of skill, so if I burn eight inches of incense, wouldn't that mean I have skills that you don't even know?"

Zhou Xuan heard Yuan Buyu say that storytellers had not produced eight incense sticks in three hundred years, so it was naturally impossible for Old Yuan to produce eight incense sticks.

"Cough cough..."

Yuan Buyu patted Zhou Xuan's head and said, "Traitor, you dare to laugh at your master... You should perform another storytelling tonight and quickly burn the six inches of incense. If you understand the method of the six incense sticks as soon as you finish burning them, then my guess is correct."

Zhou Xuan nodded and said, "I have finished writing three volumes of Shu Liangzi today, but burning the incense to six inches will definitely be enough."

"You practice first."

Yuan Buyu walked away slowly, with his hands behind his back, until he reached the ancestral tree and made sure Zhou Xuan couldn't see him.
He then ran as fast as he could towards Zhou Lingyi's room in the inner courtyard.

You must be calm in front of your apprentice, even if you are pretending. A teacher's appearance is more important.

But when he met Zhou Lingyi, he no longer needed to pretend.

"Boss Zhou, there's something wrong with your brother! A big problem!"

Zhou Lingyi was startled by the words, closed the notebook in her hand, and asked Yuan Buyu: "What happened to my brother?"

"Have you ever seen someone who can comprehend a level of skills by burning one inch of heart incense?"

Yuan Buyu's question almost made Zhou Lingyi's brain crash.

A hall has a maximum of nine methods, and one can learn one during one stick of incense. This is an iron rule.

Without a sufficient level of incense, some methods cannot be used. Yuan Buyu should understand this.

Zhou Lingyi shook her head and said, "No, have you seen it?"

"I just saw ..."

"Are you talking about my brother?" Zhou Lingyi couldn't believe it. This was completely beyond her understanding.

"Just tell me if he has a problem. In all these years, which disciple in the hall has practiced like him? Just like the last time he lit incense, the fire dragon that the gods used to test his character was extinguished by him. This is not something that can be explained by Xuejing's talent."

Yuan Buyu became more and more anxious as he spoke.

Zhou Lingyi asked, "Master Yuan, don't be anxious. If this Cunxiang comprehends a skill, will there be any adverse consequences?"

"Forehead……"

This really puzzled Yuan Buyu. Before Zhou Xuan, he had never seen such a rebellious person, so how could he know the consequences?
After thinking for a long time,

Yuan Buyu then spoke quietly: "Alas, there is probably only one consequence I can predict now..."

"Mr. Yuan, please speak. I can hold on." Zhou Lingyi's tone became depressed, and he mentally prepared himself for the consequences.

"From now on, Zhou Xuan will be invincible among those of the same level of incense!"

"..." Zhou Lingyi,

She thought it was bad news.

Zhou Lingyi smiled, poured a cup of tea for Yuan Buyu, and said, "Mr. Yuan, if that's the case, then why are you so anxious? Just observe my brother for a while!"

"That's right."

Yuan Buyu encountered something that he could not explain, and felt a little panicked for no reason. However, Zhou Lingyi enlightened him - since his disciple's methods were more sophisticated and there were no other side effects, why should he be anxious?
You should be happy!
"You should be happy. Xiao Xuanzi is definitely the most promising disciple among our storytellers. In the past, our storytellers would run away in a dream if they met someone of the same level who was looking for trouble before three incense sticks. They were as cowardly as Tamian's grandson! But he is different..."

Yuan Buyu and Zhou Lingyi were extremely proud of their apprentices, and their faces were dancing with joy...

……

After much difficulty, Yuan Buyu left.

Zhou Lingyi walked to the closet and took out the human skin box that sealed the "Ten Fingers".

On the box, there is an iron lock tattooed on it, which is the work of the forbidden hall "Tattoo", the mysterious hall that appeared and disappeared at the same time as Da Nuo.

A tattoo can lock up a White Walker, which shows how amazing their methods are. Zhou Lingyi tapped the box lightly, and the iron lock tattoo made a metallic collision sound.

"Ten Fingers, you've heard it too. One inch of incense is a skill. My brother is very powerful, but he needs incense. Today, I will sacrifice you to my brother."

"Bang, bang, bang!"

There was a crashing sound coming from inside the box. It was the ten fingers that were unwilling to accept their impending death, so they tried to ram it hard, but they could not break the tattooed box.

"This is the last sacrifice, and I'm afraid there will be trouble. I need to find a helper." Zhou Lingyi put the box back into the closet.

It's still early.

She walked to the desk again, opened the notebook, and studied the daily routes of her five senior brothers.

There is still no abnormality in the route.

"Who on earth took away my brother's soul?" Zhou Lingyi began to ponder again.

The shadow swam into the house and onto the wall, and asked Zhou Lingyi: "With your brother's previous character, it's no pity if his soul dies? Hasn't the Zhou family been harmed enough by him? The brother you have now is better!"

"Didn't you always feel that my brother was pretending to be hypocritical and wanted to deceive me and the Zhou family? Why did you change his personality?" Zhou Lingyi glanced at the shadow.

"Your brother is doing well now. The first time he went to Dai's house, he felt that there was nothing to gain from the Ten Fingers Fight, so he didn't let me take the risk and took me away.

The second time he encountered a kidnapper, he fought hard with him and finally fainted. He knew I was next to him but he didn’t call me for help.

The third time I encountered the fortune teller with the copper coin, he almost died, but he didn't blame me. When he left, he kept muttering about how he should deal with the money fortune in the future.
If it were your former brother, he would have insulted my parents and all my family members long ago.

Moreover, I follow Zhou Xuan every day. Apart from other things, I know that he has two advantages. First, he never blames others for things he can't do well, but only reflects on himself. Second... he doesn't treat his apprentices, masters, and me as slaves or lowly people. He treats us as human beings, real people!"

Shadow said this sincerely.

Zhou Lingyi also nodded: "My brother is very sensible now. He spends most of the money in the cash box on buying gifts for me and Mr. Yuan. However, he is sensible, but since there is a traitor among the brothers, we still have to find it out."

"Why do you always suspect that there is a traitor among your senior brothers? In my opinion, all of your senior brothers are great!" Shadow was very partial to his senior brothers.

Zhou Lingyi sighed and said, "The day my brother's soul was taken away happened to be our Zhou family's annual Nuo sacrifice, and many distinguished guests came that day.

I had been releasing my perception all day, fearing that something might go wrong in the group. Only when we entered the Jingyu Hall to offer sacrifices to the Nuo masks and Nuo gods and play cards, as the group leader, I had to preside over the burning of incense and worship of the gods and communicate with the ancestors, so I had to retract my perception. The whole process took only fifteen minutes.
My brother's soul was taken away during those fifteen minutes. To pinpoint this time point accurately, only the five brothers who are well versed in the Zhou family's rituals and regulations know best."

"Isn't that right? Zhou Lingyi, I remember your brother's soul was lost at 5pm. You offered sacrifice to the Nuo God at around 2pm, right?"

"He was just found missing at five o'clock. It doesn't mean that his soul was taken away by someone at that time."

Zhou Lingyi recalled that not-so-distant afternoon. Because it was the big day of the Nuo festival, the master, apprentice, and fellow apprentices all got drunk together. After she finished presiding over the worship of the gods, she came out and glanced at the banquet from a distance and saw her brother lying on the table.

At that time, she did not think anything was wrong and thought that her brother was just drunk. After she took over the Zhou Clan, her brother could not do much evil. Every day he either drank heavily or went to brothels, and he spent more time sleeping than awake.

Moreover, the relationship between her and her brother was even more outrageous than that of enemies. In addition, the second and fifth brothers at the same table were also drunk and lay down together, creating the illusion of a group of drunkenness.

Zhou Lingyi didn't pay much attention to it and went back to his room to rest. It was not until the afternoon that his second sister-in-law Song Jie called him and said that her brother's soul was lost.

"Now that I think about it, the person who seduced the soul is among the senior brothers. The fourth and fifth brothers can be eliminated first.

The relationship between the fourth brother and our Zhou family troupe became increasingly distant. During the Nuo sacrifice, he returned to the troupe, drank two glasses of wine, and left. As for the fifth brother, there was no way he could

There are only the eldest brother, the second brother, and the third brother, who is it?"

Zhou Lingyi stood up and walked into the yard.

"Where are you going?" Shadow asked.

"Your puppies are loyal, but they don't have much brains. I have to check it out myself."

Shadow sneered and said, "Investigate! Even if you really find out which senior brother is the traitor, you won't be able to do it. In my opinion, it's better to pretend to be confused and let the matter pass..."

As they were talking, Zhou Lingyi had already walked away.

(End of this chapter)