These players are more cunning than cunning

Chapter 54: So this is the crisis?

Ning Zheng did the math.

At the rate at which the luck is dissipating, it will take about eleven days for the villa to face a crisis?

To be honest, he still wasn't very panicked.

The crisis suddenly occurred, which was obviously triggered.

The most likely reason for the trigger is that you fished too many river monsters?
But not necessarily.

But apart from this, what else could trigger the crisis?
Ning Zheng suddenly remembered what the blacksmiths in the villa said, the Nian beast.

The trigger point, could it be the Chinese New Year?
Ning Zheng recalled the time in her mind.
Eleven days later, the crisis arrived, which happened to be the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, the last day of the New Year market.

This can't be a coincidence!
Ning Zheng couldn't figure it out, but she didn't think it was necessary. Asking the local Ning Jiaojiao might give her some clues.

"Ning Jiaojiao, how could we possibly be in danger during the New Year?" Ning Zheng looked at Ning Jiaojiao beside her.

Ning Jiao was still fishing. She slowly pulled Su Yu Niang back from the water and thought for a moment:

"Danger during the New Year? Of course, forget to worship your ancestors."

Ning Zheng's mind moved: "Ancestor worship?"

"When I was a child, my mother told me that if we didn't worship our ancestors, visit their graves, burn incense, or offer roast ducks and pigs during the New Year, our ancestors would be angry."

Ning Jiao Jiao said seriously: "It is said that some ancestors with bad tempers will turn into Nian beasts to attack us."

Ning Zheng listened to this nursery rhyme story that was similar to the one used to scare children, and it was like seeing the bright moon through the clouds. It was like an epiphany!

During the Chinese New Year, people worship their ancestors and visit their graves.

There doesn't seem to be anything strange about this custom.

But
The ancestral tombs of this world may be alive.

Instead of worshipping the ancestors inside, burning incense, or sweeping the tombs, they opened the coffin lids on the spot and ran out to beat up the unfilial descendants?
This is normal.

Many ancestors died, and there would always be one or two whose ashes would appear in their tombs.

Embers are soulless bubbles of memory, dead but not quite, the embers of a burned-out candle.

So, is it true that there are [Embers] living in a luxurious tomb in their ancestral tomb? And there are also wives, slaves, accessories, and weapons buried with them?

Live luxuriously while alive, and your ashes will also live luxuriously after death.

Take another look at the village.

A poor person who cannot eat enough when he is alive will also not have enough food after he dies. This is the difference between people after death.

Ning Zheng said: "Ancestor worship is indeed the most important part of the New Year, and we should also pay our respects. So where is the ancestral tomb of our village?"

"Oh, they are all on the mountains in the south, and also on the mountains in the north."

Ning Jiao Jiao said: "We have built a circle around our mountain village, and we go there to worship every year."

"It is because of the tombs of our ancestors that our village has been protected from attacks."

Gulu!
Ripples suddenly appeared at the wellhead.

Su Yu Niang, who had climbed back up, also heard it and was greatly shocked:
"Fuck, the blessing of our ancestors in the physical sense!? Will they really help us if something happens?"

"Then it's only natural to offer fruits and vegetables and burn incense during festivals!" Su Yu Niang continued, "I want to visit my ancestral graves, is that okay?"

Ning Zheng glanced at her and ignored her.

Go visit the graves?
She was calculating too loudly.

Su Yu Niang suddenly asked, "What if after I die, my ashes are scattered in the sea and my grave is not near the villa, and I don't bless my descendants?"

"That's unfilial to our ancestors!!"

Ning Jiao Jiao was furious and said:

"My mother told me when I was a child that filial piety is the most important virtue."

"Ancestors bless the growth of their descendants. You grew up under the blessing of your ancestors. After you die, you will be buried. As an ancestor, you must also bless the growth of your descendants. The torch will be passed down from generation to generation, and civilization will continue!"

Su Yu Niang thought to herself that this made sense.

Could this be the foundation of the ancient sect's inheritance for thousands of years? Everyone used the ancestral tombs of past generations to surround them.

what?
Do you want to break through the mountain gate?

You must first defeat all the ancestors of our religion, the red-haired old monster.

When an ancestor passes away, a tomb is built outside the mountain gate, and [ashes] may appear to protect future generations. This must be a tradition passed down from generation to generation in a sect.

If you refuse, you will be an unfilial father.

Su Yu Niang felt that the sect in this world was simply a genius!
This is truly choosing a Feng Shui treasure land, letting the ancestral graves bless you with a successful career and safe travels.

It is not just the gathering of the three flowers at the top of the head and the blessing of ancestors, it also has a physical meaning!
It’s so fucking hardcore!

The more ancient the hidden holy land and the eternal sect, the more invincible foundation they have accumulated in this regard. It's truly an era of competing with one's father!

Ning Zheng also understood a little at this time, and thought to herself:

"The places Ning Jiao Jiao described, the ancestral graves of the villagers had long been dug up."

"That is to say, a hundred years ago, when those monsters arrived, they first wiped out the village's defense force - our ancestors - and then turned them into ashes."

"Even small villages have ancestral tombs. The demons have a long history. How could they not have ancestors?"

"If I were them, I would move the ancestral graves here and bury them outside the villagers' spiritual manor, add a second circle of defense, and turn it into a Feng Shui treasure land, the Sword Forging Manor."

Ning Zheng has basically understood the source of the crisis.

After all this time, it’s the New Year, but after those evil creatures died, they actually forgot to worship their ancestors and sweep their graves!

It’s actually that simple.

The reason for great misfortune or great fortune is probably the choice of whether or not to visit the grave.

If you go to visit the graves, trace your roots, and blend in with them, that would be great luck, and your luck points would increase by 500 all at once?
"After all, if the wild ancestors of those monsters protect me, my Sword Forging Villa will be as solid as a rock."

Ning Zheng sighed.

Their ancestors must have had strong cultivation bases.

Even the monsters in the villa have fallen into decline in this generation, so they would perish together even in such a small matter as internal strife.

Perhaps it is because of the blessings from the tombs of their ancestors that these unworthy descendants have such a fierce reputation and can dominate the surrounding area.

However, the cognitive logic of [Ashes] is very rigid, and its memory is empty. With some manipulation and a little luck, it is possible to impersonate someone else to visit graves and pay homage to ancestors.

I have done this before.

Let Ning Jiaojiao recognize her brother and take over the identity of her dead brother.

But here's the thing.

Ning Zheng is as his name suggests, a man of strong character. He is good at recognizing younger people, but not very good at recognizing his father.

It's very annoying.

"It would be nice if someone could help me recognize my father, worship my ancestors, and sweep their graves."

Ning Zheng suddenly thought of the group of young blacksmiths in the villa.

I remember when I was an old steward on the mountain, I always said something like "father" and "how can I stay under someone else for long".
Everyone keeps talking about filial piety.

They always look very skilled.

Although they don't know why the customs in their world have become so strange after twenty years, everyone likes their godfather.

Presumably, etiquette such as "filial piety" and "righteousness" were more respected in that era.

This also made Ning Zheng feel that it was a perfect match for her profession.

Ning Zheng said secretly,
"Anyway, it's Chinese New Year, and they have nothing to do in the mountains."

"Thinking about setting off fireworks and firecrackers all day long has a bit of the New Year atmosphere. Now, sweeping the tombs, fulfilling filial piety, and pleasing our ancestors also has a very New Year atmosphere."

"In this way, with the blessing of our ancestors, our villa will be safe in the coming year."

This time, the main quest really appeared.

(End of this chapter)