Monument of Life and Death

   Chapter 766 Yuan Zu

After    closed the door, Xiaolan silently walked back to the entrance.

The    woman took the umbrella in her hand and inserted it back into the umbrella stand.

   Although she didn't speak, Xiaolan always felt that there was a slightly grateful look in the woman's eyes.

   "Sister," Xiaolan asked, "what's your name?"

   The corner of the woman's mouth tilted slightly, "You have to call me Auntie, just call me Auntie Long."

   "Auntie Long," Xiaolan called honestly, "My name is Xiaolan."

   "Okay." Aunt Long smiled and nodded.

   "Auntie Long, how long have you taken care of Jasmine?" Xiaolan followed Auntie Long back to the living room.

   "Not long," Aunt Long said softly, "only a few days, maybe three or four days."

   "Hmm..." Xiaolan then asked, "When Jasmine was first injured, wasn't it... particularly miserable?"

   "I don't know, when I came to take care of her, she was already what she is now."

  Xiaolan thought for a while and changed the subject, "Auntie Long, do you know Lu Qianqian?"

A look of surprise flashed across Auntie Long's eyes, "You know Qianqian?"

   Xiaolan hurriedly nodded, "I also participated in the game called the Ten Days Banquet. We met there."

   "Then don't you..."

   "Yes," Xiaolan lowered her eyebrows, "She just happened in front of me."

Aunt   Long sighed, dragged out a chair and brought it to Xiaolan, while she sat on the chair next to her, "You don't know who pushed Qianqian down, right?"

   "If I knew, I wouldn't let that person go."

Aunt   Long raised her eyelids and glanced at Xiaolan, she seemed to think the child's madness was cute.

   "Auntie Long," Xiaolan sat on the chair and asked, "You, like Qianqian, have practiced bugs, right?"

   "It's natural," Auntie Long replied, "All the disciples of the Four Summers are practicing insects."

   "I know that Qianqian practiced with a scorpion," Xiaolan tried hard not to make her tone seem too gossip, "What are you practicing?"

   Auntie Long hesitated.

   Seeing Auntie Long's appearance, Xiaolan immediately stepped back and waved her hand, "It's okay, Auntie, you can leave it if you don't want to, I'm just curious..."

Aunt    Long stammered for half a second, but still let out a smile, "It's okay, I can talk, I'm practicing... spiders."

   The smile on Xiaolan's face suddenly froze. Out of politeness, she restrained her instinctive reaction to retreat quickly, but her rigid body movements still betrayed her.

Aunt    Long said gently, "Are you afraid of spiders?"

   Is there anyone who is not afraid of spiders?

   That's a spider! Prehistoric Octapods! Terrible!

   "Uh...I..."

"Originally, I was also afraid of spiders," Auntie Long looked away, "but life insects are like this. What insects are most afraid of, often the fate is tied to the insects, almost everyone hangs up when they come out of the silkworm box. With tears on his face, Qianqian is the same..."

"Oh?"

   "Actually, it's not just Qianqian," Aunt Long lowered her voice and whispered, "When the head of the household was choosing insects, he cried too."

   Xiaolan became more interested, "What is a silkworm box?"

"The silkworm box is where we choose the lifeworm," Auntie Long opened the chat box and said happily, "That said, the lifeworm actually chooses us, because we can't decide which kind of insect to train. The owner and I have grown up since childhood. She is a friend. Before entering the silkworm box, she and I were praying, hoping that our life insects would be cute little insects such as bees or ants, but I didn't expect that I was a spider, and she was a snake, which is what we are most afraid of. things, hahaha…”

  Xiaolan imagined in her mind the young Xia Hua holding a snake and crying bitterly, and laughed along with Aunt Long.

   "The head of the house when I was a child was completely different from now," Auntie Long began to recall, "At that time, we two were completely playful silly girls, and I never thought that she would become the head of the house in the future."

   "I was also very playful when I was a child," Xiaolan realized that what she said was a bit wrong, "I used to be very playful, but now I am more mature, people will change."

   "That's not the case," Aunt Long said. "After the fateful worm's choice, the fate of the head of the family has actually been determined. She is the only one in our generation who was chosen by the fateful snake."

   said, Aunt Long turned her gaze to Xiaolan, staring at Xiaolan with a cool back.

   "Does the snake have any special meaning?"

   "The snake is the symbol of the rebirth of the life worm of the ancestors of the Sixia," Auntie Long said slowly, "Only those who take the snake as the life worm are qualified to lead the Sixia."

   "Ah...is that possible to say?"

   "Nothing is impossible," Aunt Long said. "It's no secret, everyone knows it."

"Oh oh……"

   is good, I know it now.

   "Since you first came in, I felt that you are very similar to a person." Auntie Long said, still staring at Xiaolan like that.

   Xiaolan was stunned.

   "Yes, Uncle Luo did say that I am very much like a person from the past..."

   Mentioning Uncle Luo, a wave of sadness came up again.

"I've heard of that person, but I'm not referring to her," Aunt Long reached out and took out her mobile phone, tapped on the screen a few times, and then showed the phone to Xiaolan, "Look, are you right? Similar to her."

  Is there anyone else who looks like me?

  Xiaolan heard the words and immediately looked around.

   At first glance, Xiaolan only recognized a black ball.

"what is this?"

   I am like this?

Are you a human?

   Auntie Lu brightened the screen of her phone, and the black ball finally showed a faint outline.

   Somewhat like the head of a person drawn on paper.

   "This is... a person, right?"

   This is the limit of one's ability to discern.

   Auntie Long took back the phone, "This is the portrait of our ancestor."

   Yuanzu?

   "I...sorry..." Xiaolan was glad that she didn't say anything more exaggerated, "Is it the one who founded Sixia?"

   Aunt Long nodded, "The ancestor has been dead for more than a hundred years."

   Over a hundred years!

   "Do I look like her?"

   But neither Xia Hua nor Lu Qianqian responded.

   "I just... feel," Aunt Long said, "This is the clearest portrait left by Yuan Zu, so it can be said that no one knows the true appearance of Yuan Zu."

   "Why does Auntie Long think me and Yuanzu look alike?"

   "Intuitive," Auntie Long smiled a little mischievously, "but don't worry about it, just treat it as a joke, anyway...my lifeworm often has misperceptions..."

   "Perception?"

"What's wrong?"

   "Is that the ability of the life insect?"

"Because my life worm is a spider, the most special ability of a spider is its extremely keen perception, so my life worm can sense danger. Let's say Qianqian's life worm is a scorpion, and a scorpion can cut its tail to continue its life. Therefore, Qianqian also has the ability to save himself," Auntie Long said, "Don't be too surprised, the reason why I tell you this is to discuss something with you..."

   (end of this chapter)