Inside the ancestral hall, Liu Wuhai, who was kowtowing, suddenly felt his mind become extremely clear.
Then, an inexplicable sense of confidence welled up from the bottom of his heart and spread throughout his body.
He felt that his mind became refreshed, and his body became full of vitality. More importantly, he suddenly understood one thing: as long as a person is alive, there is always hope.
"Why should I live such a tiring life? Moping around in pain is one day, and striving with high spirits is also one day!" Liu Wuhai muttered to himself,
while his turbid eyes glistened with an inexplicable luster.
"Hahaha, it must be the ancestor showing his spirit. Thank you, ancestor!"
Realizing this, Liu Wuhai burst into laughter and kowtowed to Liu Fan again.
Just then, with a creak, the door of the ancestral hall opened.
The Sixth Elder, Liu Liuhai, walked in.
He looked anxious, with some of his clothes buttons still undone. He rushed to Liu Wuhai's side in a hurry. Seeing Liu Wuhai's excited face and his continuous laughter, Liu Liuhai was so frightened that his face turned pale.
"Old Five, don't scare me. You can't go crazy!"
He thought Liu Wuhai had gone mad.
Liu Wuhai stood up abruptly, grinning with his big yellow teeth. "Old Six, don't be so rash at your age. I just suddenly realized that as long as people are alive, they should be full of hope for the future and look forward!"
"Everything is possible in the future!"
After saying that, he waved his hand, humming a tune with high spirits, and walked away.
In the ancestral hall, Liu Liuhai was stunned for a long time. Then, he suddenly turned around, threw himself in front of Liu Fan's coffin, and burst into tears.
While crying, he said, "What misfortune has befallen our family! Fourth Elder died in the morning, and in the afternoon, a spy who had been lurking for twenty years was revealed. Now, in the evening, Old Five has gone crazy!"
"Wuwuwu, ancestor, please tell me, is our Liu family really doomed? Are we really going to be exterminated..."
Inside the coffin, Liu Fan couldn't help but sigh.
Were his descendants really this negative? They all seemed like they were suffering from depression!
Without hesitation, he exchanged for another curse technique of "The Love of the Ancestor".
"The Love of the Ancestor - High - Spirited Curse, go!"
The curse technique took effect.
Let this descendant also feel the love of his ancestor!
In an instant, Liu Liuhai's body trembled.
He felt an intense fighting spirit spreading from the depths of his soul to every part of his body. He couldn't help but shiver, feeling that his whole body was instantly filled with strength.
"Yes, a man should be full of vigor and vitality."
"Why should I live so dejectedly and pessimistically?!"
He asked himself, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he had lived a useless and decadent life. As an elder of the family, he should play a leading role instead of moping around.
Thinking like this, his eyes became brighter and brighter.
Finally, he suddenly raised his fists and waved them twice towards the sky, shouting, "If you're a man, don't yield. From now on, I'm going to be a high - spirited real man!!"
He turned around, and with a few loud thuds, he kowtowed three times to Liu Fan's spirit tablet.
"Thank you, ancestor, for your guidance. From now on, Liuhai will definitely be a high - spirited leader!"
Liu Liuhai said loudly, got up, and walked away with big steps, his trouser legs stirring up a gust of wind that made the fallen leaves in the yard rustle...
Inside the coffin, Liu Fan was extremely satisfied.
The power of the curse technique of "The Love of the Ancestor" and that of "The Wrath of the Ancestor" had similar wonderful effects. They were both very powerful and could instantly change a person's personality, temperament, way of doing things, and attitude towards life.
"How long does the curse technique last?"
Liu Fan wondered and checked in the system.
"The effect of the curse technique on non - clan members only lasts for two hours. For members of the Liu clan, there is no time limit. As long as the host does not lift the curse, the clan members will always be in the state of the curse technique!"
Seeing the explanation of the curse - technique duration in the system, Liu Fan was overjoyed.
One night passed.
The morning sun shone through the thin fog, illuminating Scorpio City.
Scorpio City, standing on Scorpio Island, is one of the thirteen royal cities in Yunzhou.
Scorpio City is rich in resources, with numerous noble families gathering there.
They have established numerous small towns and villages near Scorpio City, developing commercial firms, banks, trade, escort agencies, and gangs. They deal in medicinal herbs and forge weapons, making the population flow on the entire Scorpio Island dense, with as many as several million people.
And deep in Scorpio Island, outside Scorpio City.
Several long - established martial - arts sects stand among the mountains, holding divine weapons to intimidate all directions, and sharing the resources of Scorpio Island with the many noble families in Scorpio City.
The Liu family was the only royal family in Scorpio City a thousand years ago, superior to numerous noble families.
Now, the Liu family has declined, living in a corner and being oppressed by powerful enemies. They huddle in the alleys of the chaotic Black Street in the city, with only a few hundred clan members.
Perhaps, in a few more years, the Liu family will be removed from the list of Scorpio City.
However, yesterday's battle made the Liu family famous in the chaotic Black Street.
More than a thousand experts from the Spirit Monkey Sect, the Sword King Sect, and several other families in the chaotic Black Street all died in the Liu family. Their heads were cut off by the Liu family, tied together, and hung on the wall.
The chaotic Black Street was shocked!
Countless people were terrified!
The Spirit Monkey Sect, the Sword King Sect, and those families even moved out of the chaotic Black Street overnight, too scared to show their faces again.
The Zhang family and the Li family, adjacent to the Liu family, came early in the morning with generous gifts. Ostensibly, they came to express their goodwill, but secretly, they were probing into how the declined Liu family could kill more than a thousand experts.
Because the Zhang and Li families had secretly occupied many of the Liu family's shops in the chaotic Black Street, they were now extremely frightened and wary.
Liu Tao talked about life ideals, romance, and poetry with the two clan leaders of the Zhang and Li families. They drank pot after pot of tea, but Liu Tao never mentioned what happened yesterday.
The clan leader of the Li family couldn't bear it anymore and finally asked.
Liu Tao smiled mysteriously, pointed to the sky, and said, "It's all thanks to the ancestor's blessing from above!"
Upon hearing this, the clan leaders of the Li and Zhang families secretly cursed him as an old fox in their hearts.
"Hehe, Clan Leader Liu is getting younger and younger. What you said is really interesting!"
The two replied with fake smiles, then got up and left.
Passing by the courtyard gate, two people came towards them.
It was the Fifth Elder, Liu Wuhai, and the Sixth Elder, Liu Liuhai.
Liu Wuhai had a pompadour, his beard completely shaved off. Wearing a short - sleeved shirt, he was full of high spirits. Liu Liuhai was in armor, with a sword hanging from his waist, his head held high and his chest out, full of bravado.
Both of them were over seventy years old, but their vitality shocked the clan leaders of the Li and Zhang families.
Had these two old men taken some kind of wonder - tonic?
"Two elders, you're looking more and more energetic!"
The two clan leaders greeted them with smiles.
Liu Wuhai tossed his pompadour, grinned with his big yellow teeth, and said with high spirits, "As long as a person is alive, they should be full of hope for the future!"
Liu Liuhai slapped the sword at his waist hard, swept his eyes over the two, and shouted with high - fighting spirit, "If you're a man, don't yield! Just do it!"
The clan leaders of the Li and Zhang families waved their hands repeatedly, secretly cursing the two as crazy in their hearts.
Then they scurried away.
In the room, when Liu Tao saw Liu Wuhai and Liu Liuhai, he was also taken aback. He asked worriedly, "Fifth Elder, Sixth Elder, are you okay?..."
He felt that the states of Liu Wuhai and Liu Liuhai were very strange today.
"Clan Leader, as long as a person is alive, they should be full of hope for the future!"
Liu Wuhai walked over, patted Liu Tao on the shoulder, and said with a high - spirited look, "I plan to personally supervise the cultivation of the clan members three times a day, in the morning, noon, and evening, according to the rules set by the ancestor back then."
"Clan Leader, if you're a man, don't yield!"
Liu Liuhai was full of fighting spirit, his eyes full of the will to fight. He said, "Back then, the ancestor established the Liu Family Scythe Army, which shocked the four directions. Today, I want to follow the ancestor's example and rebuild the Scythe Army!"
After saying that, one went left and the other went right, striding away.
Standing there, Clan Leader Liu Tao looked left and right, and finally looked up at the sky, completely confused.
At this time, footsteps came from behind.
It was the First Elder, the Second Elder, and the Third Elder.
The First Elder had lost his disciple yesterday, and today his face was gloomy, his eyes dull.
The Second Elder kept trimming his fingernails, saying nothing...
The Third Elder kept rubbing his ears, again and again...
Seeing this, Liu Tao nodded and let out a long sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, these three are still normal..."
He cleared his throat and said, "Three elders, come with me to offer incense to the ancestor!"
"Also, those things need to be hidden in a good place."
"Those things!!!"
The expressions of the three became serious.
If it weren't for those things, the Liu family wouldn't have been besieged by enemies and almost exterminated!