Tomb Robber: Oops, I think I met a tomb robber.

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhang Hailou and several others who were present at the same place could not help but join in the cricket-chasing activity.

Zhang Hailou: That’s right, each of them looks like they are about to ascend to heaven!

Zhang Xiaoshe: A ghost immortal who has been practicing for more than a thousand years can also be considered an immortal.

Zhang Qianjunwanma: Although we brothers joined the Zhang family halfway through, we still have an ancestor.

Zhang Haike: ...For both of us, this is the real ancestor.

Zhang Qiling: ...

Zhang Haike: Oh yes, and the patriarch as well.

While they were chatting, Tu Lu, who was playing with his tentacles tied up out of boredom, suddenly couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but say something in the group.

Slaughter: You have been fooled by them. Even though these guys look hard to approach and like gods, they are actually no different from you.

Seeing these words, even Zhang Haiqing, Zhang Jinshan and his group, who were full of worry about Qiuyue, couldn't help but cast their glances over.

Zhang Haixia: What do you mean? Do you know anything about massacre?

When Zhang Haixia asked this question, Tu Lu couldn't hold it in any longer and started to talk loudly.

Slaughter: We know too much. For more than a thousand years, Wumian and I have been watched by this group of guys, don’t you think so, Wumian?

Faceless: Yeah.

Slaughter: Let me tell you, don't be fooled by their ethereal appearance now, they are actually just pretending. Although they have not left your Zhang family's territory in the past thousand years, they are not at all peaceful there. They play Landlord, Chariot Chess, Mahjong, etc. whenever they have free time. And not only do they play after the game, they also have rewards and punishments. Whoever wins gets a precious little doll, and whoever loses is responsible for wiping everyone's coffin. It's not as quiet as you think.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the group suddenly quieted down. They looked at the words sent by Tu Lu and felt a little disillusioned.

Although Zhang Haiqing and Zhang Jinshan are not here now, they have seen their ancestors before, so they know that each of their ancestors looks like a god. But at this moment, they actually heard the shocking secret of their ancestors from Tu Lu. Everyone was so stimulated that the corners of their mouths twitched, feeling that they had heard something they shouldn't have heard.

Playing Landlord? Mahjong? And even playing reward and punishment games? Life in the clan land wasn't as boring as they thought, wasn't it? Was this the benefit of practicing together?

At this time, Zhang Shouxu and others who were patiently waiting for Qiuyue's arrival had no idea that their reputation had been ruined by Tu Lu. If they knew, everyone here would probably be able to eat a bite of grilled octopus today.

Zhang Shouxu: Why hasn’t the baby come yet? Didn’t Xiao Fubao say that it would be here soon?

Zhang Wuya: Did you encounter something on the road?

Zhang Daojun: If Xiao Fubao encounters anything, he will tell us.

Zhang Zhenxian: Tsk, if only I could see where the baby is now.

Zhang Zhenli: By the way, those guys over there are looking at us, and that Tu Lu kid is waving his tentacles at them. Are they saying bad things about us?

Zhang Shougui: I guess so, that bastard is in debt.

Zhang Zhenyi: No, don’t you think that kid standing next to you with the black gold ancient sword on his back looks a little familiar?

Zhang Wucan: Yes, a little bit, but we probably haven’t seen him, right?

Zhang Shouxu: It does look familiar, I feel like I’ve seen it somewhere.

Zhang Wuya: Could it be that we've seen something similar during the Tang Dynasty? Perhaps this kid's ancestor is someone from our era.

Zhang Daojun: Similar...

Zhang Daojun's gaze fell lightly on Zhang Qiling, with a thoughtful expression on his face. The next second, he seemed to have thought of something and paused slightly.

Zhang Daojun: I remember now, this little brat, could he be a minor official? He has grown up!

As soon as Zhang Daojun finished speaking, the other people in the group froze for a moment, and then one by one they showed expressions of sudden enlightenment as if they had been enlightened.

Zhang Zhenxian: Hey! You're right! This brat's stinky face is exactly the same as Xiaoguan's!

Zhang Wuya: Wow, now that you mention it, it’s true. This guy does look a lot like me!

Zhang Shougui: No wonder this guy didn’t look at us as if we were our ancestors like the others, but instead looked at us like ordinary people. It turns out it was this guy.

Zhang Shouxu: This kid is really something. He came without saying a word and I almost didn’t recognize him.

Zhang Zhenxian: I'll go meet this guy.

As he spoke, Zhang Zhenxian turned around and looked at Zhang Qiling who was standing in the corner. He walked towards him and said slowly as he walked: "Little official, it's been so many years since we last met. Why don't you come and say hello to us?"

As soon as this voice came out, Zhang Haike and others who were secretly touching crickets in the chat group looked over in shock. However, Zhang Qiling, who was called by Zhang Zhenxian, did not have the slightest confused reaction of being named by the ancestor. He just raised his eyes and looked at him lightly, and said "hmm" very calmly.

Hearing this cold response, Zhang Zhenxian couldn't help but tut a sound, raised his hand and hooked it around Zhang Qiling's neck, not caring at all about the shocked looks of the grandchildren beside him, and said to Zhang Qiling: "Don't be so cold, brat, even though you didn't have a good relationship with us back then, we are old acquaintances who knew each other for a thousand years. After so many years, we finally meet each other, so you should at least say hello to us. We almost didn't recognize you just now. A thousand years ago, you were still a little kid. If Daojun hadn't recognized you just now, we wouldn't have known that you have grown up now. By the way, you can't still hold a grudge against us now, right?"

Zhang Qiling, whose neck was hooked, had a moment of speechlessness in his eyes. He raised his eyes to look at the man standing over there, and then looked at Zhang Zhenxian who was pulling him and didn't act like an elder at all. He just felt a little headache.

How come after so many years, this person's behavior is still the same?

"No."

Zhang Qiling responded calmly, but Zhang Zhenxian seemed to have received an order to be even more extreme. He curled his lips into a grin, and with a force on his arm around Zhang Qiling, he led him towards Zhang Shouxu and the others. "Come on, come on, chat with us for a while. You were so quiet when you were little, how come you're still so quiet now that you've grown up? I remember you were quite talkative when you were with our baby a thousand years ago."

Zhang Qiling staggered as he was led away. Zhang Haike and others beside him thought that he would lift up the old man's arm to avoid him in the next second. However, what no one expected was that Zhang Qiling showed no signs of struggling and instead let him be led away.

Hiss... Could it be that the ancestor used the power of the ghost fairy to hold their clan leader hostage?

They thought of this almost at the same time and couldn't help but turn their heads and look at each other.

Zhang Hailou: Ah, Haike, should we go and rescue our clan leader?

Zhang Haike: Hmm... the ancestors wouldn't attack the clan leader, right? You just heard it. The ancestors knew the clan leader very well, and the clan leader agreed. They wouldn't attack their own grandchildren, right?

Zhang Haixiong: Didn’t we say before that the patriarch had been to ancient times? Then the patriarch and the ancestors did know each other.

Zhang Xiaoshe: But the old man just said that they didn’t have a good relationship before. Will something bad happen?

Zhang Qianjunwanma: I don’t think there’s any need to rescue him. If the relationship was really bad, he would have already dodged when the ancestor was about to hook the clan leader’s neck just now. Don’t forget, our clan leader is also very powerful.

Zhang Haixiong: That makes sense.

Zhang Xiaoshe: But it’s still amazing that the clan leader actually didn’t hide.

Zhang Haike: Maybe it’s because our relationship isn’t really bad, we just had a disagreement in the past.

Zhang Haizhou: ...I'm the only one wondering, is what Tu Lu just said actually true? This old ancestor's personality is similar to Hai Lou's...

Zhang Hailou:?

Zhang Haixing: That’s true. If I hadn’t known that Hailou joined the Zhang family halfway through, I would have thought that this ancestor was Zhang Hailou’s ancestor.

Zhang Hailou: ???

Zhang Haixia: Poof...

Zhang Haichen: I agree.

Zhang Haiqing: Well, yes, it’s a bit similar.

At this moment, even Zhang Haiqing, Zhang Jinshan and his companions who were not present and could only watch through the screen could not help laughing. Although they could not rush to the scene, they could still know everything that had just happened through the small light screen and the blurry mosaic image. So they also saw what Zhang Zhenxian said to Zhang Qiling. The tone was exactly the same as that of modern people, which was completely beyond everyone's expectations.

Just as Tu Lu just said, this group of ancestors does not seem to be as aloof as they appear.

Zhang Haixu: But I am quite curious. This ancestor actually spoke Mandarin, not an ancient language.

Zhang Haiming: You went to learn it on purpose, it’s good, at least we can understand it.

Group leader Xiao Fubao: Yes, they learned it when they were staying in your Zhang family’s land.

Little Fubao, who had been peeking at the screen and watching their conversation, couldn't help but start chatting too. After he finished, he still felt unsatisfied and continued talking.

Group leader Xiao Fubao: Well... what Tu Lu said just now is actually not entirely true. When your ancestors woke up after practicing in the clan, they didn’t just play around. They were actually learning. Many years ago, I got a batch of your modern and contemporary textbooks for them. They studied on their own in the clan, and each of them learned a lot. If you throw them into the society, they can actually be considered top students, well, the kind that can speak foreign languages.

???

Xiao Fubao's words were like a thunderclap. Everyone was stunned by this shocking news.

Ancestors from thousands of years ago? Top students? Speaking foreign languages? Does this make sense? Are these even words that fit together?

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Laughing rat, a thousand-year-old ancestor, a modern top student