"Offer sacrifices to Heaven!"
"Offer sacrifices to Earth!"
"Offer sacrifices to our ancestors!"
In front of a large tomb of the Liu family in Scorpio City, Liu Tao, the clan leader, was leading the Liu family members in paying homage to their ancestors. His face was filled with panic. He blurted out these three sacrificial invocations in one breath. Before he could even firmly insert the three sticks of incense in his hand, he hurriedly led the clansmen to pick up hoes and start digging the tomb.
This tomb belonged to the first - generation ancestor of their Liu family.
"Quick, be quick and efficient!"
"Once we dig out the ancestor, we'll be saved!"
Liu Tao shouted loudly. He and the six elders beside him were waving their hoes to dig the tomb, and at the same time, he kept looking back towards the courtyard gate, his face filled with fear.
The reason was that outside the courtyard gate of the Liu family, enemies were charging in. There were over a thousand of them, their murderous aura soaring to the sky. They were determined to wipe out the entire Liu family.
"Ancestor in the heavens, please forgive your unfilial descendants!"
"Since your passing, the inheritance of physical cultivation has been cut off. The clansmen have been getting weaker with each generation!"
"You are the first - generation ancestor of our Liu family, known as the 'Ancestor of Physical Cultivation'. According to the clan records, your physical body had reached the Golden Body Realm. Your body - protecting qi could cut down all enemies."
"Today, descendants are offending you! We need to borrow your physical body to repel the enemies!"
The clan leader, Liu Tao, muttered these words, apologizing to the ancestor, but the hoe in his hand was swung even faster.
"This is the twenty - third time we've dug up your tomb, ancestor. We descendants will keep this in mind. Later, we will definitely burn more paper money and offer more incense to you..."
Liu Tao's eyes were filled with bitterness and helplessness. If their cultivation levels were not so low and their strength not so weak, they would not have been forced to dig up the ancestor's tomb again and again.
Behind him, over three hundred members of the Liu family looked terrified. Hearing the approaching shouts of killing, the swords and sabers in their hands trembled more and more violently. Only when they looked at the large tomb in front of them would their eyes shine with a glimmer of hope.
This large tomb was the tomb of the ancestor of the Liu family! And it was the tomb of the first - generation ancestor! His name was Liu Fan.
According to the Liu family genealogy, this ancestor named Liu Fan had a mysterious origin. He suddenly appeared a thousand years ago, then rapidly rose to prominence and dominated the martial world.
He specialized in cultivating the physical body. People in the martial world called him the "Bulldozer". He had once dominated an era, being invincible under the sky.
He created the "Method of Physical Cultivation", deduced the precise number of "the 周天 rate of spiritual energy circulation in the human body π 3.141592653", and put forward the important idea of the "Golden Ratio of the Human Body".
He clearly pointed out that for physical cultivation, one needed to find 14 "Golden Points", 12 "Golden Rectangles", and 2 "Golden Indices" in the human body structure.
With this method, he cultivated an indestructible body, and all physical cultivators under the sky respected him. He was honored as the "Ancestor of Physical Cultivation"! The saying "Overcoming all techniques with sheer force" referred to him!
He founded the glorious family business of the Liu family. After his death, he was buried in this large tomb.
"Boom!"
With a loud noise, the gate of the Liu family was blasted open. The enemies brandished their swords and charged in.
"You guys go and block the enemies!"
"I'll keep digging for the ancestor!"
The clan leader, Liu Tao, changed his complexion and urgently gave the order.
The six elders nodded, put down their hoes, picked up their swords, and led the Liu family members to fight with the enemies.
Screams of agony filled the air, and clansmen kept falling into a pool of blood. One of the elders was careless and had half of his head cut off by a sword, falling to the ground.
Liu Tao's eyes turned red. He was angry and anxious.
"Who buried the ancestor last time?!"
"Damn it! Why did they bury it so deep?!"
After digging for a long time, they still hadn't seen the coffin lid of the ancestor.
"Ah - ah - ah -! Ancestor, come out for me!"
Liu Tao roared with red eyes, and the hoe in his hand swung out a series of afterimages. He hated the clansman who buried the ancestor last time. Since they often needed to use the ancestor, why did they bury it so carefully and so deep...
"Pop!"
With the last swing of the hoe, the hoe vibrated and hit the coffin lid of the ancestor.
"Hahaha, the ancestor is dug out!"
Liu Tao shouted excitedly and lifted the coffin lid.
Inside the coffin, there was a man lying in a shroud, as if asleep. He looked young, as if in his early twenties.
He was the first - generation ancestor of the Liu family! The man known as the "Bulldozer" in the martial world!
As the Ancestor of Physical Cultivation, he had cultivated his physical body to the realm of the indestructible Golden Body. A thousand years after his death, his skin was as smooth as jade, still lifelike. And on the surface of his body, there was a shimmering and sharp body - protecting qi flowing.
"Ancestor, please forgive your unfilial descendants!"
Liu Tao bowed deeply to the man in the coffin, then grabbed him and threw him into the battlefield where the fighting was going on.
"You bunch of scoundrels, all of you die!"
"Members of the Liu family, all lie down!"
Liu Tao roared. Many members of the Liu family quickly bent down and lay on the ground. Looking at the ancestor's body thrown by the clan leader, their eyes were filled with excitement and eagerness.
Among the enemies, the Head of the school of the Spirit Monkey Sect, the Head of the school of the Sword King Sect, and the clan leaders of several other leading families scattered vigilantly. At the same time, they flicked their wrists.
"Swish - swish - swish - swish - swish..."
Colorful poisoned darts and hidden weapons shot out like a rain of arrows, attacking the falling corpse from a distance.
However, when the attacks landed on the corpse, it was as if a powder keg had been ignited. The body - protecting qi on the corpse burst out instantly, spreading out in an arc - shaped white light.
"Ah -"
Screams of agony resounded like those from hell. Where the sharp body - protecting qi passed, it was like the sharpest knife cutting through. All the standing people were cut in half. The Head of the school of the Spirit Monkey Sect, the Head of the school of the Sword King Sect, and the clan leaders of several other leading families all died.
Blood dyed the sky red. In the distance, several people who had survived by chance were so frightened by the scene that their faces turned deathly pale. They let out a terrified scream and scrambled to escape.
Liu Tao swung his sword and killed all the remaining enemies. No one was left alive! All the attacking enemies were wiped out!
In the courtyard, blood flowed, corpses piled up, and the smell of blood filled the air. However, the members of the Liu family cheered excitedly. They looked at the ancestor's body floating automatically in mid - air and knelt down, kowtowing repeatedly.
Countless times, they had relied on the ancestor's body to defeat the enemies and survived time and time again.
The clansmen cleaned up the corpses and wiped away the blood. Liu Tao and the five elders carefully carried the ancestor's body and put it back into the coffin.
"I suggest that we carry the ancestor's coffin out and place it in the ancestral hall for easy use at any time!"
The First Elder suddenly said, stopping the people who were about to cover the coffin with soil.
"No way!!"
"We have already used the ancestor's body again and again, which is extremely disrespectful. If we don't let the ancestor rest in peace in the ground, then we are complete unfilial descendants!"
The Fifth Elder and the Sixth Elder changed their expressions and vehemently opposed. Liu Tao frowned.
"Fifth Elder, Sixth Elder, are you senile? Our Liu family is not what it used to be. Powerful enemies may come at any time! Since we have such a powerful weapon as the ancestor, why not use it? If we had dug out the ancestor earlier today, the Fourth Elder wouldn't have died!"
The First Elder shouted loudly, looking at the Fifth Elder and the Sixth Elder with a look of grief and indignation
The Fifth Elder and the Sixth Elder fell silent, a trace of guilt flashing in their eyes. They were the ones who were responsible for burying the ancestor last time. Out of filial piety and respect for the ancestor, they buried it very carefully and deeply. But they didn't expect that this would cause the clan leader, Liu Tao, to take a long time to dig out the ancestor, resulting in the death of the Fourth Elder.
"Sigh! Then let's follow what the First Elder said. Place the ancestor in the ancestral hall and not bury him for now!"
The Fifth Elder and the Sixth Elder sighed and agreed.
The First Elder looked at the Second Elder and the Third Elder.
The two nodded, "Agreed!"
The First Elder smiled and looked at the clan leader, Liu Tao. Liu Tao nodded and said, "I also agree!"
The First Elder let out a long sigh of relief and said, "Since the clan leader and all the elders unanimously agree, then the ancestor will not be buried for now. Move the coffin to the ancestral hall for worship."
"Besides, throwing the ancestor's body out to repel the enemies every time is really not decent and shames the ancestor. I suggest refining the ancestor into a combat puppet..."
The moment these words fell, a loud thunder rumbled in the sky. Then, dark clouds pressed down, the sky turned dark, and a downpour began. At the same time, the coffin lid in the courtyard suddenly made a "click" sound.
Liu Tao and the five elders' expressions changed. They all turned their heads to look at the ancestor in the coffin, and they all felt an inexplicable tremor in their hearts.
"Could it be that the ancestor is angry...?!"