The gentle breeze in the early morning makes the town feel more alive in the calmness. The river flows slowly, and there are patches of white light under the rising sun. Wisps of smoke float into the air, slowly fading. Birds chirp, chickens croak, and dogs bark.
Make up a wonderful piece of music.
"Brother Siyu, why did you get up so early today?" Ai Siyu, who was cleaning the courtyard, knew who it was without looking up.
"You damn girl, didn't your brother get up early that day?"
"Brother, have you had breakfast? After breakfast, the patriarch asked you to go to the elder's house. It seems that something happened."
"I haven't eaten yet. What can I do so early?" Ai Siyu continued to do the work in hand, ignoring her. After hearing such an answer, Ai Sixue jumped up to her and grabbed it.
The tools in Ai Siyu's hands.
"Brother, you haven't eaten yet. Let me help you with the work. Doing so much work without breakfast is not good for your health."
"Hey, no, don't you just want to have a meal?" Ai Siyu unceremoniously revealed her evil idea.
"Haha, why do you call it a meal? I helped you because I saw you were too tired." The two of them were busy cleaning the yard.
After breakfast, the two of them rushed to the Presbyterian House.
As soon as Ai Siyu entered the gate of the Presbytery and saw everything in front of him, he immediately steadied his feet and stood at the door with some embarrassment.
Ai Sixue chased after her happily, grabbed Ai Siyu's neck and shouted loudly, "Let you run, let you run, let me catch you this time. Tell me whether you accept it..."
"Sixue, stop making trouble!" Ai Siyu reminded in a low voice, not daring to look straight ahead.
Si Xue was still laughing happily, but after a while she felt that something was wrong in the atmosphere. She raised her head and looked ahead, only to see the clan leader, elders and others in the courtyard.
Ai Sixue lowered her head in embarrassment and hid behind Ai Siyu. Siyu walked towards the crowd, saluted the elders and stood among the young people standing aside with Sixue.
Ai Sichen on the side couldn't help laughing, and Ai Sixue's face became even redder. She bit her red lip with her teeth, and increased the strength of her right hand on Ai Siyu's arm. Siyu endured the pain and talked to Sichen on the side.
Looking at each other, they couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Not long after, the younger generation of the clan gathered in the Elder's House. The Ai family's generation was not that large, with only about 30 people over the age of 16.
"Children, I have called you here today to ask you to do some things. But I can only choose a few of you. When your names are called, come to the room and I will do some tests." The voice of the great elder said
It rang like a bell in everyone's ears.
The young people kept talking underneath and guessing what was going to happen.
After Ai Siyu was called in, he found several elders sitting in the guest seats. But Uncle Crazy was sitting in the main seat. The old man nodded with satisfaction when he saw him coming in.
"Sit in that seat." The elder said, pointing to the seat opposite. Siyu nodded politely and sat on the chair without hesitation.
The great elder walked up to him and smiled kindly, "Child, stretch out your right hand."
The great elder took hold of the outstretched right arm and exerted force with his dry big hand. Ai Siyu felt a coolness pouring into his body. The coolness quickly spread throughout his body.
When the coolness spreads to the Chaos Sea, the chaotic gas in the Chaos Sea keeps rolling and surging like boiling. The coolness continues to circulate in the body, and the chaotic gas circulates along the meridians as if being pulled by it.
"My child, don't be nervous. This is just a physical test on you, it won't do you any harm." Seemingly sensing Siyu's uneasiness, the elder comforted him.
The coolness was traveling in the body with the chaotic gas, and Ai Siyu found that wherever the coolness went, there was an indescribable comfort. Finally, the coolness slowly faded and finally dissipated in the sea of chaos.
The elder opened his eyes, looked at Siyu in front of him, and looked at Uncle Feng without saying anything. However, the moment he lowered his head, his face was full of disappointment.
Ai Siyu walked out of the room and mobilized his spiritual consciousness to feel if there were any changes in his body. But except that his body felt refreshed, there were no other changes.
Sixue came up with a longing expression on her face, "Brother, why did it take you so long?"
Siyu, who didn't know the specific reason, didn't pay much attention to her. "Really? It's almost the same as you. They are all doing the same test."
Ten minutes later, everyone had finished the test, and the great elder walked out of the room. "Children, please go back first. I will notify those who pass the test." Everyone dispersed.
Meeting hall of Aijia Elderly Home
"Brother, this generation of young people is full of talents. There are many more who meet the standards than our generation."
"Well, I can't bear to accept my old age. This kid Sichen has already reached the intermediate level at the age of 21, and will definitely reach the high level in time." The great elder cast an approving look at Ai Tianxia who was standing aside.
"Hey, you are getting old. The six of us brothers have been practicing hard for decades and we are still stuck at the intermediate and high levels. How old are we when we broke through that door?" The sixth elder said something with emotion, and several people listened for a while.
wry smile.
"This time, the children Sixue, Sidong, Siting, and Sifeng are all good, and they have all reached the intermediate level." There was a hint of joy in the elder's words, but the joy did not last long, and the elder's expression quickly changed.
"Just the five of them, let them complete the mission that belongs to the Ai family."
"Let Siyu go, but don't go to Sifeng. He has not consolidated his basic level, so it will be very dangerous to go." The words of the crazy uncle sitting in the main seat caused the elders to be confused.
"Uncle Crazy, Siyu seems to be still in a primary state. Chaos gas has just been produced in his body, and his level is not as good as Si Feng! It would be more dangerous for him to go." The elder asked carefully, his respectful attitude was not like that of the most powerful person in the family.
What people deserve.
"Let him go, it's my decision." Crazy Uncle left a sentence and disappeared from his seat.
"Brother, there's something wrong with this... This is a matter of life and death. If you're not careful, you may lose thousands of lives of the entire Ai family." The usually calm third elder couldn't sit still.
He sat on the chair, his face turned red from suppressing his emotions, and he looked at the great elder anxiously.
"Since Uncle Crazy's decision should be reasonable, let Siyu go. Don't forget what his father was like back then. A tiger father has no dog son. This kid is quite stable, let him go. It's just our family
I owe them so much."
In the afternoon, Ai Siyu received the notice and hurried to the Presbytery.
Entering the meeting hall, I saw the five elders and clan leaders sitting at the guest seats on the right. The great elder sat at the main seat, and Sichen, Sidong, and Sixue sat at the guest seats on the left.
Siyu greeted the elders politely, "Sit down." The elder said softly.
Si Xue sat next to her under the delighted gaze. The moment the two looked at each other, the corners of their mouths showed a hint of curvature.
"Elders, good afternoon." One sentence attracted people's attention. The voice was as clear as a bell, and there was a hint of sweetness in it. The beautiful face, the perfect figure, and the black hair showed her beauty. The beauty of a woman.
Not weaker than Ai Sixue, but a hint of female maturity can be seen in her.
Ai SiXue glared angrily at the dazed guy beside her, feeling that Dao SiXue was abnormal. Ai Siyu also noticed her own ugliness and scratched her head in embarrassment.
"Haha, Si Ting is here, hurry up and sit down, I'm going to leave you." The great elder said with a smile, Si Ting moved lightly and sat next to Si Yu.
Ai Siting, the granddaughter of the eldest elder of the Ai family. She is in her third year of high school and has lived outside her home since she was a child. Not many people in the Ai family are familiar with her.
"Everyone is here, let me tell you what specific tasks I want to entrust you to do. First of all, I want to ask you, if for this family, for the thousands of lives of the Ai family, are you willing to sacrifice your youth, or even your own life?
...his own life?" The great elder looked directly at the five people on the seat, and there was a pause in his words.
"I do." The five young people blurted out these three words without thinking about it, just because their family raised them, and because thousands of lives in the family needed them.
"Okay! Okay! Okay! My good children, I am very touched that you have such courage. You all know the tragedies that happened a few days ago. These tragedies only remind my Ai family to complete their mission, and this mission
It's up to you to complete it. I will give you a map later with the route you will take this time. Your destination is to enter another world, and you will get new instructions when you get there."
The five people were all surprised when they heard the elder's words, "To another world?"
"Time travel?"
"It's so amazing. Are there really other worlds in this world?"
...
After a while of discussion, the five of them saw the great elder taking out a roll of something from an iron box. "Sichen, please put this away and be sure to keep it properly."
Sichen took it and felt that it was heavy in his hand. After a closer look, it was an ancient scroll made of sheepskin. An ancient painting was unfolded and displayed in front of everyone. It was a map, with black and red outlines of the route on the yellowed sheepskin.
The ancient characters mark specific things. After a few people looked at it, Ai Sichen carefully put it away.
"Children, you will face a brand new world there, and we don't know anything about that world. According to ancient records, the Ai family sent people there, several hundred people in total, but no one survived.
You must complete this mission, even if it costs your own life, because the entire Ai family will die tragically due to the illegal mission. For the sake of the entire family, I can only wrong you. Go back and prepare, and bring some necessary supplies.
Things. The Ai family needs you. Although the road ahead is full of unknowns and thorns, just go ahead and do it. You have the whole family behind you to support you."
Without saying anything else, everyone walked out of the elders' house and walked home. Everyone was extremely excited. As the Ai family, they had no right to shirk their mission. At the same time, they also longed for that 'other world'.