The two of them walked around the village. The village was not big, with dozens of scattered families.
When they completed a circle, night fell, and the men working in the fields had all gone home. There were some laughter and laughter coming from various rooms. Of course, there were also unhappy families. All kinds of quarrels could be heard from a distance, and Some sighed, and without asking, I knew that their families must have encountered considerable difficulties.
No matter how you look at it, this village is a very typical ancient village.
Zu An and Qiao Xueying found an opportunity to sneak in quietly. They listened to many houses but found no problems or clues.
"Hey, that house has some strange noises?" Qiao Xueying pulled Zu An's sleeve and motioned to go to the other house.
The two came to the window of that house and finally heard clearly what the strange noise was. The heavy breathing was mixed with the squeaking of the bed board, as well as some vulgar slang spoken between men and women...
Qiao Xueying's face suddenly turned red and she spat: "I'm really not ashamed to do this so early."
Zu An was happy: "You, who have been living in a wealthy family, naturally don't know the sufferings of these lower-class people. Many people are so poor that they can't even light oil lamps at night. Why don't you do this?"
Qiao Xueying covered her ears: "It sounds like you understand me very well. Okay, okay, stop listening and go to another house."
"This situation made me think of a brain teaser. How about I give you a question." Zu An had a strange expression.
"What question? Let's talk about it." Naturally, Qiao Xueying didn't want to admit that she was not smart enough. She was a bit bored now anyway, so it would be nice to listen to it to resolve the embarrassment just now.
"The miracle doctor in the city invented a medicine. If men take it, women can't stand it, and if women take it, men can't stand it. If both men and women take it, who can't stand it first?" Zu An said with a smirk on his face.
Qiao Xueying's face suddenly turned red and she cursed in a low voice: "The old man surnamed Ji is really disrespectful. He is in vain to be a miracle doctor. He doesn't want to save lives and heal the wounded but he comes out with these messy things!"
Zu An smiled: "You want to criticize Ji Dengtu and wait until you return to Mingyue City. Are you asking for your answer now?"
"How do I know the answer to such a messed up question?" Qiao Xueying turned around, her face even redder.
"You must be thinking in your little head whether men or women can't stand it first. Haha, let me tell you the answer directly. It must be the bed that can't stand it first." Zu An laughed.
Qiao Xueying bit her lip: "If you dare to tell Miss Chu these vulgar jokes, she will probably kick you out of the Chu family directly."
"She may drive others away, but she will definitely not drive me away." Zu An replied.
"I don't know where you get your confidence." Qiao Xueying snorted, ignored him, and continued to look for other clues.
Zu An shrugged and hurriedly followed.
After a while, the two of them explored the village chief's home, which was where Chen Wei was before. His father was the village chief.
As the village chief, their family was obviously rich, at least they could afford to light oil lamps at night. Their figures were printed on the window, and they were obviously standing by the window talking.
I could only hear Chen's father saying in an extremely frightened voice: "Yinghuo Shouxin, a catastrophe is coming, a catastrophe is coming!"
Chen Wei disagreed on the side: "Father, Yinghuo Shouxin is just an ancient legend, which has been far-fetched by some people with ulterior motives. It does not mean any disaster."
"You are too young, you don't understand... When everyone in the world believes it, false things will become true, and disasters will happen even if there are no disasters." Father Chen shook his head.
Chen Wei snorted: "Even if Yinghuo Shouxin is true as the legend says, the emperor will be the one who suffers. What does it have to do with ordinary people like us? The whole world celebrates the death of that tyrant."
"Silence! You don't want your life!" Father Chen was shocked and hurriedly covered his son's mouth. "If someone hears the report, it will be a disaster for the Nine Clan."
Chen Wei snorted angrily: "I'm not wrong. Every time Yinghuo Shouxin appears, it is a headache for the emperors and nobles. It has nothing to do with us common people."
"I hope so, I hope so." Father Chen's tone was full of worry.
The two of them lost interest in chatting anymore and quickly turned off the lights and went to sleep.
"What does Yinghuo Shouxin mean?" Zu An was confused and was about to ask Qiao Xueying when he found her looking up at the sky with a dazed look on her face.
"What's wrong?" Zu An also looked up at the sky, but saw a sky full of stars, nothing unusual.
Thinking of the air pollution and light pollution caused by urbanization in previous lives, I haven't seen the sky full of stars like this for many years.
With a worried look on her face, Qiao Xueying pointed her finger at somewhere in the sky and said, "Did you see those two very bright stars?"
Zu An followed the direction of her finger and indeed saw two stars that were obviously much brighter than the other stars.
Qiao Xueying explained: "The star in the upper left corner is Yinghuo, which is recognized as representing disaster and death. It is an unknown demon star. Now there are three stars in the lower right corner. Those three stars form the heart of the twenty-eight constellations. The largest and brightest star in the center represents the emperor and the emperor, and the two stars on the side represent the prince and the common people. Now the star Yinghuo stays in the heart, next to the star representing the emperor, which is the most popular star in astrology in the past. A dangerous celestial phenomenon - Yinghuo Shouxin."
"Celestial phenomena?" Zu An sneered, "Do you believe in such superstitious things?"
How could he believe this after being influenced by science in his previous life? However, as he was talking, he suddenly thought that his keyboard system and the various practices in this world seemed to be unable to be explained by science.
"How can this be called superstition? Every time such a celestial phenomenon occurs in recorded history, either the king dies suddenly, or the ministers die violently, or even the world is in chaos and blood flows like rivers." Qiao Xueying was obviously dissatisfied with his disapproving attitude, thinking that this is the world Everyone should know, right? Why does this guy not take it seriously at all?
Zu An was moved in his heart and said, "Do you think this Heaven's Seal is related to this Yinghuo Shouxin?"
Qiao Xueying's expression changed: "I can only hope not, otherwise we might be in danger."
As she spoke, she suddenly noticed that Zu An's face became a little brighter. When she was confused, she suddenly noticed that he was looking up at the sky, and hurriedly looked up at the sky as well.
The originally dark sky suddenly turned like daylight, and a burning fireball fell from the sky.
"Meteorite from heaven!" Qiao Xueying's expression changed.
"You actually know the concept of meteorites?" Zu An couldn't help but wonder.
"Nonsense, don't you know that high-level practitioners of the fire and earth elements have a forbidden spell that can summon meteorites from the sky?" Qiao Xueying only thought that he was rare and strange.
Watching the fireball slide across the sky, getting bigger and bigger, and the naked eye could see the layer of flames wrapped on its surface. Zu An said to himself: "Where do you think this extraterrestrial meteorite will land? No. It would be so unlucky to fall on our side."
As soon as it finished speaking, the huge meteorite suddenly burst open and split into countless small fireballs. Because this explosion seemed to affect their flight trajectory, they deviated slightly from their previous course and fell straight in the direction of the two of them.
"You crow's mouth!" Qiao Xueying was speechless and pulled him away.
The rain of fire in the sky seemed far away at first, but it fell extremely fast, and it was already in front of us in almost a few breaths.
Qiao Xueying's face changed dramatically. This naturally formed meteorite fire rain was definitely much more powerful than the forbidden spell cast by practitioners. Before, it looked like only a small cluster in the sky, but when she got closer, she realized that the fire rain was so wide that there was no time at all. There is no way to escape from their attack range.
At first, Qiao Xueying pulled Zu An away, but later it was Zu An who pulled her away.
Zu An used the sunflower phantom and shuttled through the sky full of fire rain. The power of each ball of these flames was comparable to the missiles in his previous life. In fact, with his ghostly body, it was not difficult to ensure that he would not be hit from the front, but every time The huge shock wave and extremely hot air wave generated by a ball of flame falling to the ground are very dangerous, and the surrounding oxygen is also quickly burned out.
If he were still an ordinary person, a ball of flames might have killed him if it fell near him. Fortunately, his physical fitness was far superior to that of his previous life, and he could withstand several waves of impact.
It's just that the rain of fire in the sky didn't know when it would end. After a few shock waves, he felt severe pain all over his body, and all he breathed in was hot air, and his lungs felt like they were about to explode.
At this moment, Qiao Xueying flipped her wrist, and countless green leaves covered the two of them, absorbing the shock wave caused by the explosion around them.
"I feel like the wisest decision I made today was to bring you in. I didn't expect you to be so useful." Zu An looked at the girl in front of him and sighed sincerely.
"Hmph, the worst decision I made today was to come in with you. I suffered a huge loss." Qiao Xueying snorted angrily.
Suddenly there was another loud noise, and Qiao Xueying groaned, unable to stop herself from falling into his arms. The green leaf shield around her also showed signs of being broken up, but she quickly used her Yuan Power to stabilize the shield.
Noticing a trace of blood leaking from her lips, Zu An hurriedly said: "Stay closer to me and don't make the shield so big. This will save you a lot of effort."
"I don't want it." Qiao Xueying even took a step back, deliberately making the shield larger.
"Are all women such impulsive and irrational creatures?" Zu An was very puzzled, but as a man, he had to be decisive at this time. He reached out and put his arm around her waist, hugging her into his arms and they held each other tightly. Close together, this way the shield area she maintains can be much smaller.
"What are you doing!" Qiao Xueying struggled subconsciously.
Zu An held her struggling arm tightly and said angrily: "Why are you reacting so violently? It's not like we have never kissed or hugged each other before. The seal of heaven must be more dangerous than before. Save some energy to deal with it." Wouldn’t the crisis be better later?”
Qiao Xueying knew that what he said was true. After hesitating for a while, she finally did not refute, and silently shrank the green shield around her.
I don’t know how long it took, but the two came out of their hiding place and found that the surroundings were devastated, and the village was a sea of fire. There were figures fighting fires and treating injuries everywhere, and there were cries everywhere.
Zu An fell into silence. Although the fire rain just now was powerful, it was not worthy of the title of Heaven's Seal. Could there be something else happening?
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