The ancestral land of the Hougang family is a manor to the west of Dian City. It is also the earliest settlement of the entire tribe. It is now like a walled city. It is built on the mountain, with walls on all sides, and trenches dug outside the wall.
A spring was diverted from the mountain into the village, and a well connected with pools was built.
If there is a war, the ancestral land is also a military fortress for the tribesmen to avoid famine and war. Not only is there a granary in the village, but also a deep well is dug to prevent the water source from being cut off. Now the upper reaches of the Mishui River have been cut off, but the mountain spring behind the ancestral land
There is still water in it. The Hougang clan has developed to its current scale, and this manor is equivalent to the private residence of the king.
There is an ancestral temple built in the center and rear of the manor at the highest point, which is a place for ancestor worship for generations of tribesmen. The shape of the ancestral temple is also equivalent to a courtyard, divided into front and rear entrances. The backyard is adjacent to the mountain wall and has no back wall.
In front of the mountain wall in the backyard, there is a long table made of stone.
After worshiping ancestors every year, many sacrifices will be placed on this long table, and then distributed by the monarch to representatives of each branch family to show the blessings of the ancestors. The ceremony is a bit like the monarch's gift after the annual national sacrifice ceremony in Bayuan.
The person who presides over the wine is the emperor. In the years when Hou Gang was away, this ceremony was presided over by Hou Xian, the senior most senior member of the clan.
However, other affairs in the clan, especially those involving the allocation of various resources and the distribution of property, have been controlled by Hou Lechang for more than ten years, and others cannot fight against them. Because Hou Lechang has his own powerful position as the city lord.
, and Hou Xian is not the head of a monarch after all.
In the mountain wall behind the long stone table, it is said that in ancient times there was an inward-dented stone niche, about the size of two rooms. It was naturally formed and artificially chiseled. It is said that the ancestors of the Hougang family first
When he came here once, he lived in this stone niche, and later settled here, and his descendants have lived and multiplied to this day.
But now this stone niche has disappeared. There is a seemingly natural mountain wall. The stories of our ancestors seem to be just legends. Even Hou Xian, the most senior elder in the clan, has never seen that stone niche. This stone wall is
It was a sacred place in the clan, and no one in the later generations dared to dig it open to take a look. Over time, it became a magical experience for our ancestors.
Today, the ancestral land is very lively, just like the ancestor worship ceremonies over the years. Representatives of all branch families have come and gathered in front of the stone wall in the backyard. Because Hougang has returned and claims to be able to open the shrine.
Hougang showed the token given by Danzhu in Jicheng, which was actually enough. Although Lechang unreasonably raised a difficult question, saying that external objects could not prove Hou Gang's identity, the token of the emperor Danzhu was
The authority he possesses cannot be denied by the city lord. In other words, Emperor Danzhu has confirmed Hou Gang's identity on behalf of the official government.
Emperor Danzhu gave Hougang a keepsake before leaving, which was Lord Chonghua's suggestion. It seems that Lord Chonghua was also well-informed and had long anticipated what kind of trouble Hou Gang might encounter when he returned home. But Chonghua
I'm afraid I never thought that Hou Gang would meet such a cruel and shameless Lord of Lechang City.
If Lechang still wants to question, he can only send someone to ask the emperor Danzhu for confirmation. However, after Hou Gang showed Danzhu's token, he declared that he would not use it to prove his identity. He may have other ideas in doing so.
, although it is difficult to question the official authority represented by Danzhu, this is an internal matter after all. Strictly speaking, Danzhu cannot actually prove who Hou Gang is.
If Hou Lechang was suppressed in this way, interested people would inevitably criticize and even create rumors, saying that Emperor Danzhu sent someone back to be the head of the Hou Gang clan.
What Hougang needs is authoritative confirmation that cannot be questioned. So who can have this authority? Even the clan leader Hou Xian has recognized Hougang, and Hou Lechang has to deny it. So in this era, the only way to obtain the information of ancestors of all generations is
Approved.
It is impossible for the ancestors of the past generations to speak out, but Hougang claimed that he could open the shrine. Opening the ancestral shrine is actually two different things from the Hougang clan's status as the king, but in the eyes of the Hougang clan, it is the same thing.
!Hou Gang actually has other ways, such as convening a public discussion among the tribesmen and applying for an official ruling, but the method in front of him is the best.
Hou Gangxian stayed in the ancestral land for one night, waiting for the representatives of the clan to arrive. Hou Xian privately asked with some worry: "The shrine is just a legend. I have never seen it before. Can you really open it?"
?Actually, with the token of the Emperor's son, no one can question you."
Hou Gang said with a smile: "You don't have to worry. Mr. Shi Huang made his own explanation back then. I just didn't expect that such a thing would really happen in the clan. Only the token of the emperor's son is not enough, and I, Mr. Hou Gang,
The tribe is the descendant of Zhuanxu. Under the current situation, I am afraid that it is inconvenient to completely depend on Danzhu for everything. Besides, if I want to enforce the family law today, I must first have authority."
When everyone came to the backyard, Huwa was startled when he looked at the mountain wall that was integrated with the back wall. It looked like an ordinary cliff. Then he thought about it and suddenly understood. There was indeed a stone niche here back then, but
That stone niche should have been opened up by Mr. Cangjie with his great supernatural power to form a boundary between the immortal cave and the sky, and the doorway became like a mountain wall.
Huwa couldn't help but whispered with some worry: "Hou Gang, Mr. Cangjie asked you to break through the Dacheng cultivation level before leaving Bayuan. If you have obtained the inheritance, you can open the fairy family cave sky barrier, but now you have no cultivation power.
, do you need Taiyi’s help?”
In his current state, Hougang cannot cast any magical powers, and of course he cannot open the Dongtian Barrier. If he wants Taiyi's help, he must ask for Hougang's consent, because the secret method of opening the Dongtian Gate is a secret passed down from the Hougang clan.
Hou Gang smiled bitterly and said: "To tell you the truth, even I didn't know that there was an Immortal Family Cave Heaven Barrier here. Master just told me back then that if my identity was questioned after I returned home, I would come to my ancestral land to open the shrine.
But it didn’t say how to open the shrine.”
Huwa exclaimed, "That's it. It seems that Mr. Cangjie has foreseen it, and others can't interfere." He and Taiyi both consciously stepped aside.
Just now, many leaders of the clan greeted Hou Gang with the courtesy of meeting the king. Considering their age, they all knew Hou Gang and felt that Hou Lechang was really unreasonable. At this time, even a blind man might be able to do it.
It can be seen that Hou Lechang has other motives, but since Hou Lechang has already done this, there is only one way to go, and he is still holding on until now.
Hou Lechang muttered to several trusted clan members around him: "I don't believe it. He can really open the shrine. Even my father has never seen the shrine in the ancestral land. It is just a legend."
Several family representatives who were usually close to Hou Lechang in the clan looked embarrassed at this moment. They could actually guess what Hou Lechang wanted to do. Someone had to remind: "Lord of the City, what will you do if he really opens the shrine?"
ah?"
Hou Lechang still said harshly: "You need to help me think carefully about what to do if he can't open the tomb!"
Hougang led the tribesmen to place the temporarily prepared sacrifices on the long table, and was about to bow to the stone wall when Jigugu suddenly shouted: "Wait a minute! ...Except Master Hougang, everyone else should stay away.
Let Lord Hougang worship your ancestors alone."
Someone said angrily: "You are an outsider, why do you interfere in our clan's affairs and prevent us from worshiping our ancestors?"
Jigu stared unambiguously and said: "You guys will worship together with Mr. Hougang. When the shrine is really opened, who will be the one to worship? Some bad people may have something to say, so I can only worship Mr. Hougang alone."
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Hou Xian thought that it made sense, waved his staff and said: "Everyone, please step aside and let the Lord worship alone."
Hou Gang stepped forward and was about to bow down. Hou Lechang rolled his eyes and seemed to have thought of some possibility. He also stepped forward and shouted: "Wait a minute, since he can bow down, I can also bow down!"
Hou Gang wanted to have a fit but held back, stepped aside and said, "Then let you do it first!"
Hou Lechang worshiped in front of the stone case for a long time, but the mountain wall was still a mountain wall without any movement. Hou Xian struck the tunnel with his stick and said: "Lechang, don't you think you are not embarrassed enough? Get out of here!"
Hou Lechang, who was blushing, stepped aside, and Hou Gang asked loudly again: "Who else wants to bow first?" This time, no one said anything.
Hou Gang walked to the stone table alone and knelt on the ground without making any unnecessary movements or using any magical powers. The moment his forehead touched the ground, a suppressed exclamation came from the backyard. Except for the tiger
Among the three people, Wa, Taiyi, and Jigu, everyone else in the courtyard knelt down, but Hou Lechang's legs went weak and he knelt down involuntarily.
Everyone's eyes blurred, as if they were seeing an illusion. A cave with a diameter of two feet appeared on the mountain wall. It was sunken into the mountain and was about the size of two rooms. There was also a stone bed made of natural rock in the cave.
, stone tables, stone benches, etc.
Huwa could see clearly that it was not that Hou Gang opened the Xianjia Cave Heaven Barrier, but that the Xianjia Cave Heaven Barrier disappeared on its own, and the mountain wall returned to its original appearance a hundred years ago.
If you want to open up the Immortal Cave Heaven Barrier, you must have the Nine Realm Immortal cultivation level. It seems that Mr. Cangjie has had this cultivation level a long time ago. This place should be his handiwork. It is small in scale, but the method is very wonderful.
The Immortal Cave Heaven Barrier can be opened with great supernatural powers, and it can also disappear from the human world and be restored to its original state. However, if you want the Cave Heaven Barrier to disappear naturally without collapsing, I am afraid that only the creator himself can do it.
It seems that when Mr. Cangjie took Hougang away, he had already made various arrangements for everything in the future. The prayer of opening the shrine should have met certain predetermined conditions. The magic power of the Xian family that Cangjie sealed here was naturally
If it works, Hougang himself doesn't need to do anything, and the fairy's cave sky barrier will disappear.
This means that except for Hou Gang, no one can open the spiritual niche, not even Huwa himself. Even if other people have higher cultivation levels, they can only open the cave at most, even if they waste time and magic power from the immortal family.
The portal may destroy the Dongtian enchantment, but it is impossible to let the Xianjia Dongtian enchantment dissipate so naturally. (~^~)