Chapter 26 Family Secrets
"By the way, in the depths of my memory, it seems that Chu Yi had been here." Chu Yi couldn't help but concentrate on thinking. The soul had memories before the age of twelve, but it was already quite messy. Now, it was even more incomplete, and if it weren't for thinking it deliberately, there would be no impression at all.
“The problem should be here.”
Chu Yi found some traces in his memory and his eyes fell on a shabby futon under his feet.
In the past, before Chu Chunqiu came to the ancestral hall, he seemed to have to kneel three times and kowtow nine times on this cushion, and then enter the ancestral hall.
At that moment, Chu Yi smiled slightly, bent his legs and knelt on the cushion.
"Huh? What a strong force!" After Chu Yi's legs touched the futon, a kind of resistance came from the futon, pushing him upwards, preventing him from kneeling peacefully.
Chu Yi continued to increase his true energy. In the end, he almost used his strength to eat. He knelt there safely, and couldn't help but feel quite surprised.
Although he is only the strength of a fifth-grade martial soldier now, whether it is the strength of the true energy or the real combat power, he should be around the seventh-grade. If he is all-out, he will only calm down the small cushion. In other words, if he were the ones before, he would not even have the qualification to kneel here.
Chu Yi respectfully knelt three times and kowtowed nine times. At this moment, he finally completely accepted this identity and integrated into this era and the world. A feeling of affection suddenly appeared in his mind.
After the ceremony, the gate of the ancestral hall made a harsh creaking sound, and it slowly opened automatically!
A solemn atmosphere came out from the inside. Chu Yi stood up, tidied up his clothes, and then strode in.
The gate of the ancestral hall slowly closed, as if it was isolating Chu Yi from the outside world. Chu Yi's eyes quickly turned around, and it was a little empty inside. After the ancestral tablet in the middle, there were strange but brightly colored murals around.
The Chu family's ancestral temple only worships four generations of ancestors, and Chu Yi's cheap father Chu Chunqiu was in the front row, but at this time, Chu Yi suddenly showed an extremely strange look on his face.
Compared with other aristocratic families, the Chu family's ancestral hall can be said to be very simple and deserted, with nothing but the tablets. However, what made Chu Yi feel most incredible was that at the front, Chu Chunqiu's tablets were placed there alone, and there were no other tablets besides that.
This is simply impossible because Chu Yi's mother passed away early, and she is Chu Chunqiu's wife. Her tablet should be placed here, so how could it be gone?
After the family was destroyed, Chu Wushuang was working hard on everything. With her delicateness, it was impossible for her to make such a serious mistake.
So, where did Chu Yi’s mother’s tablet go? Or did Chu Wushuang think that Chu Yi’s mother’s tablet is not qualified to be placed here?
This idea made Chu Yi feel confused, as if a fog was blocking his front.
The ancestral hall is so simple, why did the cheap dad have to sit quietly for a few days? Is it because he was memorizing his ancestors? This is unlikely! And... Chu Yi suddenly realized that if he looked at it according to the architectural layout, the ancestral hall seemed a bit strange.
There are almost no flaws on the surface, but as a modern person, Chu Yi naturally knows some characteristics of space and some confidential places in the building.
"There should be places like secret rooms here, otherwise I can't explain the weirdness at all." Chu Yi murmured, his eyes swept across the surrounding walls.
Apart from the ancestral hall, the Chu family has no other place to put secret books. Moreover, Chu Chunqiu was an eighth-rank martial lieutenant, with a strong strength, and it is impossible not to collect secret books or other things related to the family's century-old plan.
The exquisite and weird murals on the surrounding walls will make people feel like they are in an illusion after watching them for a long time. If Chu Yi was not alone, he might not be able to notice them. After all, during the sacrifice, everyone's mood is focused and solemn. Who has time to look around, isn't you afraid of sticks that go from house to house?
"The color of this place is relatively dull and looks a bit rough. It seems to be a trace left by people rubbing them with their hands all year round."
Chu Yi found that there was an animal on the mural that looked like a rhino, with wide eyes, full of three-dimensionality and a very terrifying look.
He tried to hold the rhino's eyes with his fingers. After touching it, he actually felt a slight bulge. He felt that it was a play, so he gently pressed it, but it didn't move at all. He made a judgment in his heart and the true energy suddenly surged out.
"Crack..." This wall, centered on the rhino's eyes, was arranged in two halves, slowly opening, revealing a piece of ladder a one-meter-wide, leading to an unknown place below.
"Secret Room!" Chu Yi's eyes showed excitement, which was indeed the same as he had judged. So, in the secret room, were there anything he wanted? And the Chu family has accumulated for several generations, was there anything good?
Chu Yi had too many questions in his mind, including why Chu Wushuang never told him the existence of the secret room. Was she not saying it for some reason or was it because she didn't even know it?
Chu Yi walked carefully towards the stairs, although he knew there should be no mechanism here--no one would put traps in the secret room of his ancestral hall to harm his descendants unless he was a brainless person.
Walking on the stairs, the surroundings seemed particularly quiet. With just eighteen steps, Chu Yi suddenly felt like he had walked for a century. On the top of the center of the stairs, there was an egg-sized night pearl inlaid with a hazy yellow light, enough to illuminate the place.
At the end of the stairs was a small door. Chu Yi felt that there seemed to be a huge secret hidden behind the door, which deeply attracted him.
Standing in front of the small door, Chu Yi took a deep breath and pushed the door open and went in.
At first glance, Chu Yi saw two very conspicuous tablets, and the items worshipped were even more precious and longer than those in the middle of the ancestral hall. Most of Chu Yi could not even name them!
"How could this be??"
Before Chu Yi's shock could pass, the sound of the system machinery suddenly rang out, "Did you find a large number of incomplete martial arts secrets? Will you search?"
"There is actually a search function!" Chu Yi was delighted and quickly chose yes. His eyes also found that there were very neat book boxes stacked on the open space on the left, and there was a very large iron box on the right.
"The search has been completed. There are 1,036 incomplete martial arts books, 1,010,01 books that meet the repair conditions. The remaining part cannot be repaired for the time being due to insufficient permissions." The system said coldly as the result.
"A thousand and one book meets the conditions? Wouldn't that mean that as long as I complete the repair, the special task will be completed? And there are thirty-five books that are insufficient permissions and cannot be repaired. That means, these are more than just basic martial arts!"
Chu Yi was so happy now. This was a god-given luck! Although he didn't know why his cheap father Chu Chunqiu liked to collect incomplete secrets so much, it was undoubtedly for Chu Yi to make money now.
The standards of secrets in the Sutra Library are different from the nine-grade divisions of the Tianwu Continent. Chu Yi now knows that the so-called basic martial arts are the fourth-grade martial arts secrets when they get outside, and the primary martial arts in the Sutra Library are equivalent to the fifth-grade.
The secrets of the fifth grade, even the most trasty ones, can be practiced as the Martial Master, while the secrets of the fifth grade, which are said to be highly talented warriors can practice as the Martial Emperor.
Therefore, if Chu Yi can successfully restore the other thirty-five copies, it will be a great fortune to sell them.
Although the fourth-grade martial arts are not sold at a sky-high price, it is only a thousand copies. What is this? If one copy is spread, there may be an extra martial arts school in the Tianwu Continent.
The martial arts school, which is above the Wuwei, is known as the enemy of a thousand people. It can fight a thousand of the most elite soldiers and is a powerful man who can create a prominent family.
There are probably not so many of the thousands of prominent families in Wei. Thinking of this, Chu Yi's face turned from joy to caution.
From the Chu family's massacre five years ago to the martial arts secret book that was obviously not something ordinary nobles could possess, Chu Yi felt that he suddenly broke into an extremely dangerous situation.
This perception made Chu Yi feel a little afraid, but at the same time he felt extremely exciting and full of challenges. This means that his life will experience more twists and turns and will not be as boring as his previous life.
"It seems that I have to think carefully about how these secrets should be used." Chu Yi murmured.
At this time, the system said again: "Does the repair start now? The required materials are 4,000 taels of gold, and 300 points of merit are deducted."
"Damn, it's so expensive? This is almost all my possessions! Moreover, even the merit points have been lost!"
Chu Yi sighed and chose the command that would not be repaired for the time being.
It’s not that he feels sorry for gold or something, but this damn system, it doesn’t recognize silver notes! Only after going out and going to the money house to exchange gold can you perform subsequent repairs.
“Calling secrets.”
Chu Yi gave an instruction and shook the Sutra Pavilion for a while. There were a lot of secret books in the empty cabinets. Since the mistress was collected by the Sutra Pavilion, Chu Yi found that there was such a convenient collection function, which was very good and powerful.
"After all these secrets are restored, I will be considered the presidency of the Sutra Library." Chu Yi thought, while looking at the tablet in the middle curiosity.
Chapter completed!