I looked at Xuan Ye not quite understanding.

The great elder lowered his head and burst into tears suddenly, "When the last saint suffered a disaster, he placed a curse on the entire witch clan. All the people of our witch clan who love us will not die a good death, and the yin and yang of those who are in love will not be seen."

So, from then on, when a man and a woman in my witch clan fell in love and became husband and wife, the woman would die if they gave birth to offspring."

"Ah?" I was shocked.

The great elder continued: "Intermarriage within one's clan means that a man and a woman will give birth to offspring, and the woman will die. Intermarriage between other races means that a woman will suppress her husband and a man will suppress his wife... We, the eight immortals, have all lost their loved ones...

In order to prevent tragedies from happening again, we have to practice the art of immortality diligently, but even so... Every time a child is born, a Wu tribe member will die... There have been too many women who would rather continue the incense for their beloved husbands.

Die in exchange for the lives of your children.

Nowadays, apart from the Miao Wu tribe, we are the only one with the largest population in Li Town. Because of this curse, three tribes have been exterminated in the past two years..."

"Then why doesn't the Miao tribe have this curse?" I don't quite understand.

The elder shook his head: "Indeed, the Miao Wu tribe is not affected by the curse now... Maybe it is because not many people in the Miao Wu tribe can use witchcraft anymore, and they are no different from ordinary people, so this curse has no impact on the Miao Wu tribe.

Family does not work.

I once checked your sister's physique. Apart from being able to use poison and know a little bit about exorcism, she has no witchcraft power in her body. I think that this curse probably works on the witches who have witchcraft power, and witches have witchcraft power.

The stronger the force, the more ferocious the curse."

"To help you lift this curse...what do you need to do?" I asked.

Seeing that I was inclined to agree, the great elder quickly winked at the elder next to me.

Another elder received the signal from the elder, walked quickly to the bronze statue of the dragon head on the right side of the ancestral hall, and turned the dragon head mechanism with force.

The wall where the ancestors of the Wu clan and the sacred goddess statues were suddenly separated from the middle, split in two, and automatically opened on both sides, revealing a small cement door carved with green phoenixes that could allow four or five people to enter at the same time.

Inside the small door, candlelight towered into the sky, the bookshelf was filled with bamboo paper as thick as a bowl, and blue spiritual butterflies fluttered around the room...

"After the last saint was killed, her soul was sealed in a painting using evil magic. Only the new saint can withstand the power of this painting, and only the new saint can have the opportunity to see it.

The soul of the saint in the painting is connected with her and resolves her resentments.

As long as the seal on the painting is broken and the saint is willing to reincarnate in the underworld, the curse of the saint will dissipate on its own...Dragon Queen, you should do good deeds and help the saint and our witch clan..."

The great elder held his crutch, clasped his hands and bowed to me solemnly.

I sighed helplessly, turned my head to look at Xuan Ye, and told him with my mouth: "Can you help me?"

Xuan Ye raised his eyebrows and nodded in acquiescence.

After reaching an agreement with Xuan Ye, he and I entered the secret room of the Wu clan ancestral hall hand in hand.

The great elder led us to the scroll that sealed the soul of the last generation of saintess, gave us a few brief instructions, and then led the remaining seven elders out...

The door to the secret room was closed again, and the room was filled with flickering candles and a glow of orange.

The candlelight lengthened the shadows of the two of us. I rubbed my forehead, which was still aching, and stared at the ordinary brush painting of ancient Han people in front of me. No matter how you look at it, the girl in the painting has nothing to do with the identity of the witch saint.

Not related to anything...

"Why is this saint's dress different from other saints? From the beginning to the end, I can't tell that she is from Miao. She looks a bit like an ancient lady sitting under the peach blossom tree and drinking tea. Is this the painter?

, average, very average. I always feel that he did not portray the charm of the people in the painting..."

Xuan Ye held my fingertips and said, "I'm just an ordinary person. If my heart is not pure, how can I paint with charm?"

I don't quite understand.

I raised my eyes and looked at the picture of the beauty in yellow. I looked at the delicate facial features of the woman in the picture. I stretched out my hand and touched the old portrait with yellowing paper and silk with my fingertips——

In an instant, a five-color brilliance suddenly appeared, which dazzled me. I subconsciously closed my eyes and turned my head to lean on Xuan Ye's shoulder.

After a while, the bright light in front of me weakened, and I slowly opened my eyes again, only to see a meadow filled with mountain flowers, purple flower vines and trees, a blue sky dotted with a few soft white clouds, and birds singing loudly above my head.

Words, gurgling water, rushing down from the mountain stream...

The young girl was dressed in Miao clothing, a long black gauze dress with ink-colored flowers, her black hair was piled on top of her head like clouds, and two long silver hairpins with butterfly, phoenix and bell bells hanging sideways in her hair.

Her eyebrows are like distant mountains, her eyes are like stars, shining with hope, her nose is high and her lips are red.

There is a phoenix flower in the corner of the eye, red gold and enchanting.

The girl's eyes were full of carefree and brilliant light, she waved the dark embroidered lotus silk hanging on her arm, and her figure danced gracefully among the blooming flowers——

The luminous blue spirit butterfly dances around the girl, fluttering its silk through the sea of ​​flowers, lifting petals of red mountain flowers.

Standing on tiptoes, he jumped up like a goddess descending to earth, and landed lightly in front of the blue-shirted young man.

The young man in blue shirt was so fascinated by her that he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

After a while.

The young man in blue shirt took her hand and took her to walk in the boundless sea of ​​flowers...

"Xiao Qi, the Festival of Prayer to Gods will be in a few days. Have you really decided to elope with me?"

The girl tilted her head to look at him, with a smile in her eyes, and said firmly: "Well, it's decided, brother Ansheng, we will leave when we are young. I will go to the capital with you. I will not be a saint anymore. Once I go to the capital, I will marry you."

.”

The blue-shirted young man gently squeezed her jade hand, "You have to think clearly. If you leave the Witch Clan, you will no longer be a noble goddess, and you will no longer be able to live a life of rich clothes and fine food. Follow me... you may have to

I will endure hardship. I will never be able to wear such gorgeous clothes again, and I will never be able to return to Miao territory again."

The girl innocently hugged the man's arm, her eyes filled with yearning for a new life in the future, "Brother Ansheng, don't worry, I won't regret it. If I don't leave with you, I will be trapped in Miao territory forever."

I have grown up so old and have not even stepped out of Miao territory. I want to see the outside world, the capital you mentioned, and see the fireworks in Shengjing. I don’t want to be a canary all my life, locked up in a

In this cage made of gold and silver.

I don't even want to accept my fate. Why should the saint be forbidden to leave Miao territory throughout her life? Why can't the saint take charge of her own marriage? Why should the saint take it upon herself to give birth to a new saint as soon as she comes of age?

The Witch Clan is such a huge place, but people feel crowded and oppressive everywhere, making it hard to breathe... I want to change the fate of the Saint, and I want to change the bad habits of the Witch Clan...

If I go with you, the worst I can do is make them hate me for the rest of their lives. If the Saintess lineage is cut off from me, it might be a good thing for the Saintess clan."

"Now that we have made up our mind, Xiaoqi, I will take you away. We will go far away, to the capital, to the feet of the emperor. There is dragon energy suppressing that place, and they dare not do anything to us. Xiaoqi, I am Gu Ansheng

, I will never let you down in this life!"

After all, the girl believed his words, nodded with love, and said reliantly: "Okay, I believe in you, brother Ansheng."

Temple of the Witch Saint.

The elderly woman came to the timid girl with a scepter, waved her dark sleeves, and said ruthlessly with a cold face: "My mother has warned you a long time ago, as a saint, you cannot be greedy for so-called things."

The love between their children is long, let alone having an affair with a foreigner!

The most noble divine blood flows in the body of my witch saint. In order to ensure the purity of the bloodline of the next generation of saints, when the saints come of age, they must find a man from their own tribe to marry and give birth to children. It is absolutely impossible to let foreigners

His dirty blood has polluted the pure divine blood of our people.

But what about you! How many times has your mother warned you not to have close contact with that outsider or get too close to him, but you still turned a deaf ear! This time you let the elders bump into you, which really embarrasses your mother.

Got it!

We hugged him and finally kissed him. In our witch clan for thousands of years, we have never had a shameless saint like you! I really regret giving birth to you! Go! Let that foreigner go away. Today

Get out if it’s too late!”

"Mother..." The girl raised her head anxiously and wanted to speak for the man, but when she met her mother's cold eyes, she shivered in fear, lowered her head, and whispered in a trembling voice:

"Mother, when I was very young, you told me the story of the first generation of ancestors of our Wu clan. You told Xiao Qi that our line of saints of the Wu clan are descendants of gods, and the first generation of Madonnas are gods descended to earth.

, worthy of mortals, that’s why we exist.

The Holy Mother was considered a saint who was born from an intermarriage with a foreigner. She can, why can’t we... Why must we marry men of our own race? Why do you always say that the blood of foreign men is dirty... You are prejudiced.

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"Bastard!" The woman raised her scepter and knocked it hard on the ground, and said angrily: "Where do you have the courage to criticize us, the ancestor of the Wu clan! These rules were set by our ancestors. Those foreigners all have ulterior motives.

Yuxunxin, you are a saint from the Witch Clan! How do you know they have no interest in you at all?!

What's more, as saints, it is our bounden duty to protect our tribe and give birth to future generations of saints. Daughters born from intermarriage with foreigners will only cause the saints' lineage to lose their spirituality!

If the saint is here, then the witch clan is here. You are kidding with the fate of our entire witch clan! Once the saint maiden lineage loses its spirituality and cannot practice witchcraft, do you know what the witch clan will face?

How could I have given birth to such a brainless idiot like you!"

The girl couldn't help but sob in a low voice. After crying for a while, she raised her head and said firmly: "If I could choose my own destiny and origin, I would rather not be this saint than your daughter.

In your eyes, you will always only have the future of the Wu clan. You have never cared about what I like or dislike. You will always force me to do things according to your wishes. In front of you, I don’t care.

Dare to cry, dare not laugh, dare not even speak the truth..."

When the woman heard this, she clenched her hands tightly and a hint of emotion appeared in her eyes.

He held the eagle-headed scepter and was silent for a while, then softened his tone: "Xiao Qi, what happened today has made all the elders dissatisfied. Think about it for your mother. You are also a big boss. Nine out of ten this year, the matter of getting married cannot be done all at once.

Put off and put off.

Si Nan from the eldest elder's family is mature and steady, he is two years older than you, and he treats you quite special, so I decided to hold a wedding ceremony for you two on the God Prayer Festival."

"Si Nan..." The girl shook her head with tears in her eyes and refused: "No, I won't marry him! I won't marry!"

The woman's face turned green and she raised her voice: "Then what do you want! Don't you usually have the best time with him?! Marry him and he will not make you feel wronged. He is your best destination.
To be continued...