Chapter 737 Ancient Runes
Qi Tongwei immediately asked the old man about the origin of the bronze ware. The old man told him that he had received it from a wealthy family named Zhao. It was said that the Zhao family had lived in the town for many years and there were some unknown secrets in the family.
Qi Tongwei's heart moved, and he felt that he was getting closer and closer to his goal. He managed to enter the Zhao family's mansion through some connections. The Zhao family's mansion was extraordinary, but Qi Tongwei felt a sense of oppression.
Deep inside the Zhao family mansion, Qi Tongwei discovered a secret room. The door of the secret room was engraved with symbols related to the curse. With his previous experience, Qi Tongwei successfully cracked the symbols on the door and entered the secret room.
There are many precious cultural relics and ancient books in the secret room. Qi Tongwei found a record about the descendants of the treacherous minister in an ancient book. It turned out that in order to avoid being hunted down, the descendants of the treacherous minister changed their surname to Zhao and have been living in this small town. Moreover, the ancient book also mentioned a secret, that is, every eldest son of the Zhao family will inherit part of the evil power of the treacherous minister, and only with his blood can the curse be broken.
Qi Tongwei knew that he had finally found the key. But he also understood that it would not be easy to get the Zhao family to donate the blood of their eldest son. He decided to be honest with the head of the Zhao family, telling him the situation in the village and how to break the curse, hoping to gain his understanding and support.
The head of the Zhao family was a dignified old man. After listening to Qi Tongwei's story, his face turned very ugly. He fell into deep thought. On the one hand, he didn't want to put his son in danger; on the other hand, he knew that if the curse was not broken, more people would be hurt.
After a fierce ideological struggle, the head of the Zhao family finally decided to help Qi Tongwei, but he put forward a condition, that is, to ensure the safety of his son in the process of breaking the curse.
Qi Tongwei agreed to his terms. So, on a full moon night, Qi Tongwei brought the eldest son of the Zhao family and various items prepared by the villagers to the village's City God Temple again. They set up an altar in front of the temple and began to hold the atonement ceremony according to the method told by the prince's soul.
When the blood of the eldest son of the Zhao family dripped onto the jade pendant, the jade pendant emitted a strong light that shot straight into the sky. The whole village was enveloped by this light, as if protected by a layer of sacred power.
At this moment, a huge vortex suddenly appeared in the sky, and countless black figures were struggling and roaring in the vortex.
When the huge vortex appeared, the village was suddenly filled with howling winds, and sand and rocks flew everywhere. Qi Tongwei and the others were almost unable to stand due to the strong winds, and their eyes were filled with fear.
The roar coming from the vortex became louder and louder, as if something terrifying was trying to break free from it. Suddenly, a black shadow shot out from the vortex and rushed straight towards the altar. Qi Tongwei had no time to dodge and could only watch as the black shadow hit the altar and smashed it to pieces in an instant.
At this time, a gloomy voice came from the sky: "You stupid people, you dare to disturb my peace, you all must die!" Qi Tongwei looked up and saw a huge figure faintly appearing in the vortex. The figure exuded a strong resentment, which made people shudder.
The eldest son of the Zhao family collapsed to the ground in fear, muttering: "What is this thing... Let's go..." Although Qi Tongwei was also afraid, he knew that he could not retreat now, otherwise everyone would die. He suppressed his fear and shouted loudly: "Who are you? Why are you doing this?"
The eerie voice sounded again: "I am the guardian of Lijiazhuang. You outsiders have occupied our land and are trying to break the seal here. How can I forgive you!" Qi Tongwei was shocked. Could this be the root cause of the family infighting hundreds of years ago?
It turns out that hundreds of years ago, Lijiazhuang was a prosperous village where the villagers lived a peaceful life. However, a sudden family infighting broke the peace. The two major surnames in Lijiazhuang, Li and Wang, started a bloody fight to compete for control of the village.
In the struggle, the Wang family reached an agreement with the evil forces in order to win, which brought about a dark curse. This curse not only caused the members of the Li family to die strangely one by one, but also plunged the entire village into endless terror.
In order to protect the village, the Li family used their last strength to seal the dark curse in a coffin under the City God Temple, and set up a powerful barrier in front of the City God Temple to prevent the curse from spreading again.
Later, the Li family gradually died out due to the curse, and Lijiazhuang became a deserted village. The people of Qijia Village accidentally discovered the deserted Lijiazhuang during their migration, and settled down there, and renamed the village Shijiazhuang.
Qi Tongwei and others felt extremely regretful after listening to the guardian's story. They did not expect that their actions would lead to such terrible consequences. Qi Tongwei hurriedly said, "It is our fault that we did not know the past of this place, but please let us go, and we will definitely find a way to make up for it."
The guardian snorted coldly: "Make up? Do you think it's that easy? The curse of that year has been broken by you, the dark forces are about to revive, and the whole world will fall into darkness." After saying that, the black figures in the vortex surged again, and more black shadows pounced towards Qi Tongwei and others.
Seeing this, Qi Tongwei quickly pulled up the eldest son of the Zhao family and led everyone out of the village. Behind them, a dark shadow was chasing them closely. Wherever it went, trees were uprooted and houses collapsed instantly.
In a panic, Qi Tongwei found a path leading to the back of the village. He led everyone to run desperately along the path. After running for an unknown amount of time, they finally arrived in front of a valley. The valley was filled with thick fog, making it difficult to see what was going on inside.
Qi Tongwei panted heavily, looking at the shadow chasing behind him, gritted his teeth, and decided to take everyone into the valley to hide. The moment they stepped into the valley, fog instantly enveloped them, and the surroundings became silent.
Qi Tongwei and his companions were moving cautiously in the valley. Suddenly, a strange sound came from the front, like someone crying or whispering. They walked in the direction of the sound and found a huge cave.
The entrance of the cave exuded a mysterious atmosphere, as if attracting them in. Qi Tongwei hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to go in and take a look, perhaps there was a way to lift the curse inside.
When they walked into the cave, they found it filled with all kinds of strange stone statues and ancient runes.