After successfully tying the eight knots, Shao Xuan practiced several times separately before starting to combine the eight knots.
When Shao Xuan practiced knotting at the foot of the mountain next to Yingshan, there was a serious atmosphere in the farther place, on the other side of the sea, where Wang Chengyi's family was.
After so many years of development, the Yi family has also divided into many branches. The main branch is the main line of the Yi family, which belongs to the line in power. At this time, almost all the people in the main line of the Yi family stay behind closed doors. There will always be a few high-profile people showing their presence, but now, I haven't seen a person from the main line of the Yi family hanging around outside.
There are many people standing around the courtyard wall of the Yi family, all of them are slaves and branch people of the Yi family. Other than that, don't even think about getting closer.
The street in Wangcheng, where divination was calculated, has been empty since three days ago. Unexplained caravans and long-distance trading teams came here to make divinations or predict other things, but they did not. Thinking of the emptiness, they didn't dare to go directly to the Yi family to find someone. Anyone with a bit of brains could see that something was wrong. Even if they were curious, they just looked at the Yi family mansion from a distance.
In fact, it is not only the caravans and expedition teams who have traveled all the way to Wangcheng, but even the Yi family, there are also some young people who do not know the details and the situation. After being assigned tasks, they still look around curiously from time to time. In fact, it is rare to come to the main house of the Yi family, and this time, all the people of the Yi family were dispatched.
"Father, why is everyone so nervous? What do those people in the main line want to do? I heard that they are going to fight with others? Who is it to fight with?" A boy from the branch of the Yi family asked his father beside him.
If it was in the past, his father would definitely say something sour when he heard someone mentioning the main line. People in the main line usually shouted at people from their branch, but he didn't have a good attitude, but he didn't dare to accumulate resentment. Let it out and talk in private. But at this time, the boy's father frowned, and his eyes were full of worry. Hearing his son's question, he glanced up, lowered his voice and said sternly: "Shut up! Look around, who dares to be here? Time to break in and kill!"
Hearing his father's attitude, the young man was so nervous that he swallowed his saliva, knowing that this time was different from the past, the situation was probably quite severe, but since his father didn't want to talk to him, he didn't dare to ask. Staring at the surroundings, he replied in a low voice, "Yes!" After speaking, he closed his mouth tightly and stopped talking.
In a large courtyard in the center of the Yi family, there are nearly a hundred people, all of them from the main line, and they are all powerful in the main line, and one-third of them are called masters in the royal city. . No matter how arrogant they are on weekdays and how aggressive they are outside, here, they are just like good students, sitting honestly in their place.
Whether it is the person sitting on the mat on the ground in the center of the yard, or the people from other main lines standing around, they all wait silently. It is this kind of waiting that makes the atmosphere even more dignified. The sense of oppression that people outside the Yi family can feel.
The sky has also become more gloomy than before.
Suddenly, the footsteps sounded from far to near, and the speed was fast but people could not feel the rush and urgency.
As soon as I heard the footsteps, there were still some people wandering in the yard, and they immediately settled their minds.
There were eight people who came over, and the three standing in the front were all gray-haired or all-white old men. These were the elders of the Yi family who usually did not ask about the world, and they were the real senior and powerful elders of the Yi family. Only when it really matters to survive.
Behind the three old men is the head of the Yi family. From the perspective of tribal people, he is a leader. Such people usually say one thing in the Yi family, and few people dare to refute him face to face, but now, he is only ranked fourth, the first three old people, one is his great grandmother, and the other two are also very senior people. When one of the old men called him, he bowed slightly and walked over respectfully to listen.
"Not yet together?" An old man with cloudy white eyes asked aloud without looking at the yard. Although he can't see, it doesn't affect his perception of things in the outside world, and even sometimes, he sees more things than the average person.
"Most of them have arrived, only some who were out of the mission failed to come back. Yi Cong and Yi Qi are still in another continent at this time, but they should be ready." The Yi family's head replied. .
"Yeah." The old man was not angry because of this, anyway, people who were out on a mission could also participate in the war.
"Please!" said the gray-haired old woman standing beside the Yi family's head.
After the other two old men nodded, the Yi family patriarch said loudly: "Please!"
This is what the Yi family must do whenever there is a major event. The so-called divination is to take out the precious thing left by the ancestors. The text is not a universal text, but a rune that only the Yi family can understand, and the lines vaguely form the totem of the Yi family. The plastron, on the other hand, is white, without any patterns or etchings.
Inside the tortoise shell, in the space between the carapace and the plastron, there are some cut and polished bones, eight in total, with different shapes.
"This time, who's turn to take the divination?" an old man asked.
The gray-haired old woman turned the crutches in her hand, "The last time the whole clan meeting was held by me, this time, it's time to change."
The old man with cloudy eyes didn't say much, stepped forward, held up the tortoise shell on the stage with both hands, and then returned to his seat and sat down. On the ground in the center of the yard, the three cushions at the front belonged to the three of them.
After Yi Yu sat down, he stretched out his right hand and attached it to the back of the tortoise shell. The tortoise shell was bigger than his palm. Like, close to the palm. Yi Huo's wrist flicked, and the bone fragments in the tortoise shell jumped suddenly, making a "crashing" sound. When the palm was raised forward, not only did the tortoise shell not fall, but also the bone fragments in the tortoise shell did not fall out of the large gap. fall, but continue to beat within the tortoise shell.
The fire light appeared, and in front of Yi He, an arc-shaped fire path appeared. The fire group composed of red and white rose up on the other side of the arc-shaped fire path, and behind Yi He was pulled out three long paths. shadow.
Yi Huo stretched out the hand attached to the tortoise shell towards the fire ball in front of him. When the tortoise shell approached the fire ball, the bone fragments in the tortoise shell beat more intensely, and the sound became more rapid.
"Kakkaka-"
The cracking sound pressed through the bone fragments in the tortoise shell. On the plastron of the tortoise shell, there were some orange-red cracks.
When the sound of the cracking stopped, Yi You only retracted his hand and looked at the cracks on the plastron of the tortoise shell. He lost his normal eyesight, but it did not affect his ability to see the cracks on the tortoise shell. The more he looked, the more serious the expression on Yi Yan's face became, and the more worried his eyes became.
Yi She handed the tortoise shell to the other two old men and glanced at them, their expressions were not much better than Yi She's.
"It seems that the Yi family will usher in a tough battle." Yi Yan said.
In fact, the result shown on the crack is even worse than what Yi Yu said. It is not a hard fight, but a deadly fight! It's just that there is a ray of life in death, but that line of life is full of variables.
The three old men knew in their hearts, but they couldn't tell the results on the tortoise shell now, they were worried that they would shake people's hearts before the war.
With an imperceptible sigh, Yi Yu said loudly, "Prepare for battle!"
A burst of powerful power fluctuations, like a sudden wave, was pulled up from this spacious courtyard, and the people standing around the courtyard did not dare to come out.
The orange-red arrogance visible to the naked eye filled the surroundings and rolled over, and the vision seen by the naked eye seemed to be distorted.
clap la la-
Inside the tortoise shell, the bone fragments hit the tortoise shell and made a rapid sound. The courtyard seemed to block all sounds, insects, leaves, and human breathing. Everything disappeared, and the clatter of bone fragments became the only sound in the courtyard.
clap la la-
The sound of bone fragments became more and more rapid, until it suddenly stopped.
"open!"
From where Yixuan was, it seemed like an ancient beast suddenly opened its pitch-black mouth and devoured everything in the courtyard. The surrounding buildings, people, flowers and trees all disappeared, leaving only a void.
Of course, these are only what the hundreds of people sitting in the courtyard saw, and the people standing on the edge of the courtyard, what they saw in their field of vision, except for a big totem in the courtyard and the powerful momentum fluctuations brought by the red arrogance. Outside, not much has changed.
In the void, everyone's figure became blurred, and only a flaming human figure could be roughly seen. Even the outline became blurred from time to time, and the face was even more difficult to see.
Yi Huo could feel that the person they were waiting for would appear soon, and the person who was predicted to be "ominous" for the Yi family a thousand years ago would appear in front of them soon.
Soon, in the void not far from them, several figures appeared one after another. Those were the people from the Yi family who were out and couldn't come back.
In another place, with the appearance of the Yi family totem, two figures appeared there.
"Yi Qi, Yi Cong?" Someone in the Yi family recognized them. Even if they couldn't see their faces, they knew their breath.
The Yi family didn't ask Yi Qi and Yi Cong how things were going over there. Now, except for the upcoming war, nothing else matters. Why waste time asking about unimportant things
After getting together, the three elders of the Yi family let everyone get used to it first. Some newcomers would feel uncomfortable, so they appeared here in advance.
After waiting for a while, Yi Huo's eyebrows twitched violently, and he looked at a place in the void.
Not only Yi You, but the other two old men also looked over there with obvious precautions.
The others who followed behind were stunned. Could there be anyone else coming from there
The head of the Yi family was also thinking hard at this time. He couldn't think of anyone else who was out on a mission but didn't show up here. The Yi family don't make such mistakes. Excluding these, could the people who appear now be their enemies this time
"Knotting a rope?!" Yi Yan couldn't hide his surprise in his words.
People who are not in the Yi family headquarters can see what method they used to get in here, with their ability. At this time, the fluctuation over there is not a common method of the Yi family, but a method of knotting a rope that has disappeared for a long time. He is not familiar with knotting and divination, but he only knows a little bit, and can infer what kind of it is based on the fluctuation there. It's just a method.
Knot the rope? ! The rest of the Yi family were also surprised.
Hasn't the Yi family tied the knot long ago? Why is it here now? No, there is still a person, Yi Xiang also knows how to tie the rope, that is to say, the person who is about to appear over there, even if it is not Yi Xiang, is likely to be related to Yi Xiang!
The knotted rope is a kind of grass.
The divination grass, together with the divination Jia and the divination bone, was once known as the three most powerful divination in the Yi family, and the "divine divination" originally came from them. It is rumored that the ancestors of the grass lineage used to be able to know what they wanted to know just by picking the leaves of grass on the mountain. It's a pity that time has passed, and many years have passed. In the end, only the knot line was left to support the complicated line of grasses. Other lines have already evolved, and more or less other materials have been added. The elements of armor and divination have created other new methods, and the rope knot system is also considered to be the most conservative, stubborn, and unreasonable type, and at the same time, it is also the poorest type, because the knot rope system, There is no concept of money, and there is no material pursuit. No matter how much wealth people don’t like, they will not help, so that they are gradually excluded, accustomed to, despair, and decline.
The last master of the Knotting line died thousands of years ago. What made many people in the Yi family grit their teeth was that the master of the Knotting line had one apprentice before his death, and that master had only one apprentice in his life. , and that person is the thorn stuck in the throat of the Yi family - Yi Xiang.
When Yi Xiang left that year, he also took away the inheritance of the knots left by the master. Since then, the Yi family has no orthodox knot divination. The rope divination disappeared, but it did not have much impact on the Yi family. The descendants of the Yi family created more powerful divination methods.
Knowing that the other party came through the knotting method, the first thought in everyone's mind was, "Are there any traitors?!"
"Yi Qi, Yi Cong, who were you with before you came?" Yi Yu asked suddenly.
Yi Qi and Yi Cong were stunned by Yi Yu's question. They didn't understand why Yi Yu asked these questions. Could it be that Yi Yu was suspicious of the two of them? Suspect them of mutiny? That's not right. Although Yi She's questioning voice was severe, it was not aimed at the two of them. This was not the tone of the traitor.
Several people flashed in Yi Qi's mind, and finally there was Shao Xuan's figure, but he firmly denied it. It must not be that tribal person, it is impossible for the tribal people to grasp the core things of their Yi family.
Yi Cong was also thinking about it, and the words "Yanjiao Shaoxuan" flashed in his mind for the first time, but he didn't believe it, so he didn't know how to answer for a while.
Soon, the fluctuations over there became more and more obvious, and there were even firelights emerging, which indicated that a figure would soon appear there, but, unlike the Yi family, there was no Yi family totem there.
Before Yi Cong and Yi Qi appeared, there would be a Yi family totem composed of tinder flames under their feet. There is no totem of the Yi family, what does it mean? The other party is not even the Yi family!
Yi Xiang is also an Yi family member, with the blood of the Yi family on his body. This situation will not happen. Then, who is the person here
A guess in Yi Cong's mind suddenly increased to 80% probability, "Shao Xuan? Is it Shao Xuan from the Yanjiao tribe!?"
What? !
Tribal people? !
Or the people of the Yanjiao tribe? !
Even the three figures in the lead were suddenly shocked. If you could see the expressions on their faces, you would definitely be full of shock and disbelief.
If it wasn't for Yi Cong who was speaking, the other members of the Yi family would have been trained long ago, but Yi Cong, a genius of the younger generation, is not a nonsense person on weekdays, so he will not speculate at will.
When everyone in the Yi family was either shocked or unbelieving, the fire there was getting bigger and bigger, different from the color of the flame of the Yi family's fire, but crimson, but there was still no totem.
The fire finally condensed into a figure, and the figure was very blurred, much blurrier than anyone in the Yi family, and even seemed to be scattered at any time.
"This breath..." Yi Qi looked over there, as if being shaken by a dull bell, "Yanjiao... Shao Xuan!"