Lan Wangji said, "I'd like to hear the details."
As soon as he sat there, the power of these polite words was almost like a threat, and Nie Huaisang began to explain slowly.
He said: "Hanguang-Jun, you know that our Nie family is different from other immortal families. Because our ancestor was a butcher, other families all practice immortal swordsmanship, but our family practices swordsmanship."
This matter is known to everyone and is by no means a secret. Even the family pattern of the Nie family in Qinghe is a ferocious animal head pattern that looks like a dog or a pig. Nie Huaisang continued: "Because the way of cultivation is different from other families, and the ancestor who founded the family was a butcher, it is inevitable that he will be bloody. The swords of our family heads in the past generations are extremely violent and murderous. Almost every family head is obsessed with violence and violence. They died violently. And their bad tempers also have a lot to do with this."
For example, Nie Huaisang's eldest brother Nie Mingjue. This young immortal leader is a sworn brother to Lan Xichen and Jin Guangyao. Chifeng Lord is fierce and majestic; Zewu Lord is as gentle as jade and has a noble character; Lianfang Lord is exquisite in all directions and cunning and sharp. The three of them became sworn brothers during the Sun Shooting Campaign, and each had their own good stories. Later, they were collectively known as the Three Lords by many families. But when Nie Mingjue was at the height of his popularity, he went crazy and died violently at an important event. Many of the attendees that day were chased and injured by him in his madness. A lifetime of fame has ended like this. Nie Huaisang must have thought of his eldest brother, and he looked depressed for a while, and then said: "When these family heads were alive, the restlessness of their swords could still be suppressed by their owners. But after the death of their owners, they would become a knife without anyone to control it. The murder weapon."
Wei Wuxian raised his eyebrows: "This is close to the devil's evil ways."
Nie Huaisang hurriedly said: "It's different! The reason why the evil demons are evil is because they want people's lives. But our knives don't want people's lives, but those of those resentful ghosts, evil spirits, monsters and monsters. They It will kill these things for a lifetime. If there are no these things for it to get rid of, it will cause trouble on its own and disturb the peace of the family. The spirit of the knife can only recognize one owner and cannot be used by others. We, the descendants, cannot melt the knife. Firstly, it is disrespectful to our ancestors, and secondly, it may not be solved even if it is melted."
Wei Wuxian commented: "Uncle."
Nie Huaisang said: "That's not true. The sword that has followed all our ancestors to overcome thorns and seek immortality is the uncle."
He continued: "As the cultivation of the head of the family has become more and more advanced from generation to generation, this problem has become more and more serious. Until the sixth generation of the head of my family came up with a solution."
Wei Wuxian asked, "Just building a cannibal castle?"
Nie Huaisang said: "No, no, although there was a connection, I didn't think of this method at first. This is what the sixth-generation head of the family did. He gave his father and grandfather's knives, made two coffins, and dug a mausoleum. There were no valuables placed in the mausoleum, but hundreds of corpses that were about to become vicious were placed there."
Lan Wangji frowned slightly, and Nie Huaisang was frightened and immediately said: "Hanguang-Jun, please listen to my explanation! These corpses were not killed by our family! They were collected from all over the country with great pains! There are many Bought with a lot of money. The head of the sixth generation family said that if these sword spirits want to fight with evil spirits, then let them fight endlessly. These corpses that are about to transform into corpses are buried together with the knife coffins, which are used as burial objects for the knife spirits. The sword spirit will suppress the transformation of the dead corpses, and at the same time, these corpses can also alleviate the needs and madness of the sword spirit, maintain the status quo, and check and balance each other. It is through this method that we can achieve peace for generations to come."
Wei WuXian said, "Then why did you build a stone castle? Do you want to bury the corpse in the wall? And you said it had eaten people?"
Nie Huaisang said: "These questions are actually the same question. It can be regarded as... eating people. But that is not intentional!!! The sixth generation of our family majored in knife tomb, which is a very common one. His tomb, and subsequent generations followed his example. But more than fifty years ago, this tomb was dug up by a group of tomb robbers."
Wei Wuxian said "Oh" and thought to himself, "This is really unreasonable."
Nie Huaisang said: "It is such a big thing to build a tomb, no matter how cautious and low-key it is, the news will leak out. The group of tomb robbers made inquiries in many places and determined that there was a large tomb from the previous dynasty on Xinglu Ridge. They had already taken advantage of this and were prepared. Come. Among this group of rabble, there are one or two capable people with real talents and knowledge. They actually asked them to identify the correct location, break through the maze, and find our family's knife tomb. A robbery hole was dug down, After entering the tomb, those who work in this business saw many corpses and were not afraid of the dead inside. However, they rummaged around for gold and jewelry and breathed next to the corpses. They were all young and middle-aged men full of yang energy. Please note, The people lying inside are all corpses that are about to transform into corpses!
"You can imagine what would happen. There were more than ten corpses on the spot.
"But these tomb robbers were so brave and well-prepared that they actually beat them to death again. After a fierce battle, the corpses were scattered all over the ground. Only then did they realize that the tomb was dangerous and prepared to evacuate. It was at this time that they were eaten!"
"The number of corpses placed in the tomb is strictly controlled, not too many, not too little, just enough to maintain a balance with the sword spirit. But this group of tomb robbers went in and made a fuss. If it only caused the corpse to transform and collapse, Fortunately, after they retreated, Dao Ling would use his strength to suppress the zombies. But they just smashed all the corpses into pieces, and there were more than ten corpses missing at once. In order to maintain enough ferocious corpses and corpses, Dao Tomb The sword spirits restrained each other, so... they had to... seal them up automatically, trap them alive in the tomb, and let this group of people fill the vacancy they created..."
"The sword tomb was destroyed, and the head of the family at that time began to think of other ways. He re-selected a place on Xinglu Ridge and no longer built the tomb. Instead, he built a sword sacrificial hall to prevent tomb robbers from coming again. , so he hid the body in the wall to hide it from others.
"This Knife Sacrifice Hall is also the rumored 'Man-Eating Castle'. The group of tomb robbers came to Qinghe, disguised as hunters, entered Xinglu Ridge and never came out again. No bones were found, so there were rumors that they were devoured by monsters in the ridge. . Later, when the stone castle was built and the new maze was not set up, someone happened to pass by and saw it. Fortunately, all the stone castles did not have doors, so he could not enter. But after going down the ridge, he met someone They said that there was a strange white castle on Xingluling Mountain, and the man-eating monster must live in it. Our family thought it would be better to spread the rumor a little bit, so that no one would dare to go near that area, so we added fuel to the fire and made it more jealous. There is a legend about a 'man-eating castle'. But it can indeed eat people!"
Nie Huaisang took out a handkerchief and a white stone the size of a garlic head from his sleeve. He brought a handkerchief to wipe his sweat, and Shiraishi handed it over and said, "You two can take a look at this."
Wei Wuxian took the piece of white stone and took a closer look. He found that there was something white exposed in the stone powder, which looked like...a human finger bone.
His heart was clear. Nie Huaisang wiped off his sweat and said, "That... Young Master Jin... I don't know what method he used to blow a hole in the wall. He can blow through such a thick wall, so he must have it with him. There are a lot of magic weapons, but that's not the point... I mean, the place he blew up happened to be the earliest knife sacrificial hall built by our family in Xingluling. At that time, I didn't think of quarrying stone bricks on both sides, and then in Mud was used to isolate the Yang Qi in the middle to prevent them from turning into corpses easily, and they just poured the corpse directly into the plaster. So Young Master Jin blew a hole, but he didn't notice that he actually blew up a white skeleton buried in the wall. Not long after he entered, he was sucked into the wall of the stone castle, replacing the corpse he blew up... I go to Xingluling regularly to check. When I went there today, I saw this. I just picked up a piece of it. Stone, a dog came to bite me, alas... The Knife Sacrifice Hall is almost the same as our family's ancestral tomb, I really..."
Nie Huaisang became more and more sad as he spoke, and said: "Ordinary monks know that this is my family's territory and will never hunt at night in the Qinghe area. Who knows..."
Who knew he was so unlucky? First Jin Ling, who never followed the rules, set his sights on Xingluling, and then came Lan Wei and others who came from the direction pointed by the ghost-seeking hand. He added: "Hanguang-Jun, and this...I have said it all, you must not spread it. Otherwise..."
Otherwise, the Nie family of Qinghe is already half-dead. If this kind of thing comes out again, Nie Huaisang will become a sinner for the ages, and he will have no face to face his ancestors. No wonder he would rather be the laughingstock of everyone in the family than practice diligently, and he still dares not to sharpen his sword. If he succeeds in cultivation, his temper will become increasingly violent, and he will eventually go berserk and explode like his eldest brother and all his ancestors did, and die. After death, he will wield a sword and still haunt the world, causing trouble for the whole family. It would be better to achieve nothing.
There is also no solution. The Nie family has been here since the first generation of ancestors. Do we want future generations to deny the path and foundation opened by our ancestors? Each Xianmen family has its own strengths, just like the Gusu Lan family's good music and the Qinghe Nie family's fierce and powerful sword spirit, which is why it stands out. If we abandon the teachings of our ancestors, start all over again, and find a new path, we don't know how many years it will take, and we may not be able to succeed. And Nie Huaisang did not dare to betray the Nie family and practice another way. Therefore, he can only become a pustule of waste.
If he were not the head of the family, he would spend his whole life wandering around the lake painting fans, catching fish and playing with birds like he did when he was in the depths of the clouds. He would definitely be much more comfortable than he is now. But now that his eldest brother has passed away, no matter how weak he is, he can only shoulder the burden of the family and stumble forward.
After Nie Huaisang left with his endless advice and begging, Wei Wuxian was stunned for a while, and suddenly he noticed that Lan Wangji came over again, knelt down on one knee in front of him, carefully rolled up his trouser legs, and said hurriedly: "Wait, come again?"
Lan Wangji said: "Get rid of the evil curse first."
Hanguang Jun half-knelt in front of him in this posture three times a day. Although the other party was very serious, he really couldn't bear to see this scene. Wei Wuxian said, "I'll do it myself." He rolled up his trouser legs a few times, and saw evil marks covering his entire calf, crawling over his knees and up his thighs. Wei Wuxian looked at it and said casually, "It's reached the base of the leg."
Lan Wangji turned his head and did not answer. Wei Wuxian asked curiously, "Lan Zhan?"