When Wei Wuxian traveled back in time

It’s not that women are incapable of leading a village, but in such a situation, if you want to handle everything well, you not only need to have the ability, but also a strong spiritual core.

Women are weak and belong to the yin element, and yin is more easily eroded by bad things. It is much more difficult for a woman to support the village than a man.

However, since they first entered the clan leader's house until now, they have only seen the old lady in front of them.

After Wei WuXian finished speaking, the old lady glanced at the two of them, then slowly said, "Come in."

The old lady turned around and went into the house first, followed by Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji.

The furnishings in the house can be described as gorgeous.

The first thing that catches your eye is a huge painting that fills the entire wall. The subject of the painting is an ocean with rolling waves. There are a few scattered black dots in the sky above and in the middle of the painting. They should be seagulls flying on the sea.

The overall colors of this painting are mainly dark blue and black, depicting the night sky and the blue to black ocean with turbulent undercurrents.

The sea in the painting was just like what Wei Wuxian saw in reality during the day, with the distant coastline connected straight to the distant horizon, and a full moon hanging in the sky.

On the altar in front of the painting was a fish-shaped statue as tall as an adult. The entire statue was black, and the type of fish was something Wei Wuxian had never seen before.

With a wide head and a narrow tail, and a bloody mouth, the statue's fish tail touches the ground, and there is a huge stone lotus tray holding it tightly underneath. The shape resembles the layers of waves caused by breaking through the water, and also the lotus seat of Guanyin Bodhisattva.

Wei WuXian took two steps back and saw the face of the fish-shaped statue clearly. Its eyes were as small as beans, its wings were as big as a roc, and it had a dorsal fin.

If you bring the painting at the back and the fish statue together, the lotus platform really does look like waves, with a big fish leaping high out of the water.

Judging from the proportions of the entire painting and the fish, this fish should be lurking in the deep sea. Perhaps it is the "Kun" written in the ancient book that Wei Wuxian is curious about.

There was a wisp of smoke floating in front of the sculpture, and there were fruit plates and incense sticks.

This is an offering to the fish.

This situation inevitably reminded Wei Wuxian of the god that his elder brother had mentioned during the day that had brought disaster to this place.

Wei WuXian thought for a while and said, “Grandma, we are cultivators who have traveled all over the world. We are new to your place and have nowhere to stay, so we came to the clan leader’s house to bother you.”

The old lady didn't say anything. She sat in the lower left corner of the statue. Except for blinking, she didn't move at all, as if she wanted to merge into one with the statue.

Seeing that she didn’t say anything, Wei WuXian asked, “Grandma, can I ask you something?”

There was silence all around, with only the smoke from the incense still floating up in wisps.

Wei Wuxian felt that this old lady didn't mean to ignore him or talk to him, but she just couldn't find the words and didn't know how to respond.

This old lady's age is different from that of all the other people in the village. The others just have the face of an old person in her sixties or seventies, but her voice and other aspects still reveal some of the young figure.

This old lady had a head full of white hair, an old voice, and even her eyes seemed a little cloudy when she looked at others, with nothing in them.

It is natural aging

Although the movements were slow, this slowness did not seem to be caused by the inconvenience of old age.

Instead, I want to be able to transcend the world and feel aloof from it all because I have a good grasp of things, neither too hasty nor too slow.

Wei WuXian received no response to any of the questions he asked, and in the end the two of them could only leave in disappointment.

The two of them bowed to each other, and Wei WuXian said, “Sorry for disturbing you tonight, grandma, please have a good rest.”

After they finished speaking, the two turned around and left. Just as they stepped out of the door frame and took three steps, the old lady's faint voice sounded behind them: "The 15th day of the seventh lunar month is the day that connects the Ghost Gate and the Heaven Gate. You should leave early."

Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji turned around, and the old lady had already closed the door. Wei Wuxian only had time to see her lowered eyes.

Like floating and illusory.

Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji looked at each other and walked towards the guest room of the house in silence.

Inside the room, Wei Wuxian sat on the bed. Lan Wangji lit the lamp and came back to sit next to him: "What's wrong?"

Wei WuXian said, “This place called Lan Zhan is really weird.”

"I thought that after listening to what the elder brother said, the clan leader of this place should be the breakthrough point of this matter, but the old lady just now, although she looked a little weird, I could feel that there was no spiritual power fluctuation or evil fluctuation on her body. She was just an ordinary normal person."

“Could it be true as that elder brother said, that the people of this place have offended the gods, so everything here is a punishment?”

Lan Wangji repeated to him the hidden meaning of what Wei Wuxian had said to his elder brother before: “If gods can arbitrarily deprive people of their lifespans, then what is the difference between them and demons?”

Wei WuXian took a long breath and exhaled slowly: "That's true, but there's a voice in my heart that always feels that things here are not so easy to resolve..."

……

The next day, July 14th.

Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji got up early and observed the village. The clan leader's house was built at the back. When they walked into the village, they saw a group of people gathered in the center of the village.

The two went over to inquire about the situation.

Wei WuXian asked, “What’s wrong? What happened?”

Many people here had seen Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji yesterday, but when they saw them again, their reactions were still a mixture of shock and fear.

In the crowd, the sturdy elder brother from yesterday squeezed out and asked, "Did the immortal see the clan leader in the clan leader's house yesterday?"

Wei WuXian said, “I saw it.”

Everyone became excited after hearing this, and they all concentrated on the following. The big and strong brother continued, "Did the clan leader say anything? What was his will?"

Wei WuXian said, “The clan leader didn’t say much.”

The sturdy eldest brother and the others shrugged their shoulders together: "Okay then."

Wei WuXian asked, “But I just came out and saw you all gathered here, what happened?”

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone, including the burly elder brother, instantly became hesitant. Everyone looked at each other and dared not say anything.

Suddenly someone in the crowd said, "Let's go find the tribe leader. The sacrifice will be tomorrow. If we don't tell the tribe leader in advance and discuss countermeasures, the gods will definitely be furious during the sacrifice tomorrow night, and none of us will be able to escape."