After the gatekeeper, Huang Shou-yi, led Ye Fan to the back garden, he told him that the head of the household, Ye Yun, was currently burning incense in the ancestral hall. He told him to wait outside the ancestral hall. Since he was an outsider, he couldn't stay here for too long. After saying that, he turned around and left.
Ye Fan took off the wooden box on his back and placed it on the stone table in the pavilion outside the ancestral hall. He sat on the stone bench and waited for the head of the household, Ye Yun, to come out.
In less than the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the head of the household, Ye Yun, walked out of the ancestral hall. His brows were tightly furrowed, and his hands were clasped behind his back. His footsteps were slow, and he looked like he had a lot on his mind. When he raised his head and saw Ye Fan, Ye Yun's spirits were lifted, and he looked very happy. He took large strides towards Ye Fan. When Ye Fan saw this, he quickly stood up and bowed. Although Ye Yun usually doted on him, the eldest son and eldest grandson, rules were rules. He couldn't be careless in the slightest.
"Ye Fan pays respect to the head of the household." Ye Fan bowed.
"Get up, get up." Ye Yun reached out and helped Ye Fan up. "I haven't seen you in a year, Fan Er. You've matured a lot. Come, follow me into the house. Let's have a good chat." As Ye Yun spoke, he pulled Ye Fan's hand and walked towards his residence. Ye Fan didn't dare to be negligent. He carried the wooden box and followed the head of the household to Ye Yun's residence.
Ye Yun's residence wasn't far from the ancestral hall. After Ye Fan entered the house, he handed the wooden box on his back to Ye Yun.
"Grandfather, this is a gift that my father specially prepared for you. He said that I must hand it to you personally. In order to deliver this item, I suffered a lot along the way." As Ye Fan spoke, he couldn't wait to pick up the snacks on the table and stuff them into his mouth. Then, he picked up the teacup and drank three large cups of water. He was very careful along the way and didn't dare to eat roadside food. He didn't even dare to drink water, as he was afraid that the Japanese Ninjas would poison him. Just like that, he ran all the way back to the ancestral house.
"Oh?" Ye Yun took the box, but he didn't open it. Instead, he frowned and asked, "What happened?" With the Ye's current strength, no matter who offended the Ye Family's residence, it was no different from a moth to a flame. Who had the guts to dare to steal the Ye's's's things?
Ye Fan put down the teacup and told the whole story to Ye Yun. From the Japanese Ninjas' sneak attack, the black-robed old monster's robbery of the treasure, the white-clothed woman's rescue, the Ye Family's disaster, and so on, he told Ye Yun everything.
Ye Yun didn't speak after listening. Instead, he frowned and carefully looked at the item that Ye Kong had given him. It seemed that the item in the box wasn't an ordinary sword. Otherwise, it wouldn't have attracted the attention of the Japanese Ninjas. He carefully unwrapped the green cloth that was wrapped around it, layer by layer. Then, he saw a rectangular sandalwood box.
The box was antique and smooth. The four corners were wrapped in gold. At first glance, he knew that it was an old item. The box wasn't locked. Instead, there was a hidden clasp. The clasp was in the shape of a small fish. The small fish was carved out of jade and looked very lifelike. Ye Yun pressed the fish's eye with his finger. With a snap, the box opened.
Ye Fan stretched his neck and was ready to see what was so mysterious that it had put him in danger several times. Who knew that when the box was opened by Ye Yun, a golden light would shoot up from the box. Suddenly, the room was filled with light and the air waves dispersed. Everything in the room was blown askew by this gust of wind. The teacups and teapots on the table fell to the ground, making a mess of the floor. Ye Fan had been frightened all along the way. At this time, he hadn't recovered yet. When he saw the golden light explode, he was so scared that he jumped away.
Looking at the box again, he saw a sword lying there quietly. It was emitting a dazzling golden light. After the golden light dissipated, Ye Yun took the sword out of the box and looked at it carefully.
Ye Fan came forward. He wanted to see what the white-clothed woman said that the divine weapon that could save the Ye Family looked like.
The sword in Ye Yun's hand was completely golden. The sword was more than three feet long. The top of the sword hilt was inlaid with a golden bead. Below it, there were nine unknown strange birds circling around it. The strange birds were surrounded by flowing clouds and flames. They were very lifelike. The scabbard was carved with a picture of a celestial phenomenon. The sun, moon, and stars were arranged on it.
"Golden … Golden Ring Sword …" Ye Yun, who had been calm a moment ago, was now trembling with excitement. His eyes were shining. "This, this is the Golden Ring Sword …"
Ye Fan was stunned. Ever since he was born, he had never seen his grandfather so excited. Even when his grandfather defeated many of the Ye Family's swordsmithing experts to become the head of the Ye Family, he was not as excited as he was today.
"Grandfather, this Golden Ring Sword … is it very powerful?" Ye Fan was somewhat puzzled. The Ye Family was a family of weaponsmiths. As the head of the Ye Family, his grandfather, Ye Yun, had seen all kinds of peerless divine weapons. Today, this Golden Ring Sword could actually make the head of the Ye Family so excited. Ye Fan could not figure it out. In his eyes, his grandfather's treasured sword, Snowthread, was the supreme sword among swords. It was a divine weapon among divine weapons. Even his grandfather had said that Snowthread was the work he was most satisfied with in his life. It could be said that there were very few weapons in the world that could defeat Snowthread.
At this time, Ye Yun was still immersed in great joy. He did not hear what Ye Fan said to him. He was still looking down and carefully admiring the treasured sword in his hand. As he stroked the treasured sword, he muttered to himself with a pious expression. It seemed that he was just short of worshipping this treasured sword.
Seeing this scene, Ye Fan wanted to laugh. It was said that people were like children when they got older. It seemed that this was indeed the case. He simply picked up the chair that had been flipped over by the Qi wave and sat down on it, waiting for his grandfather, Ye Yun, to come back to his senses.
There was no point in just sitting there. Bored to death, his gaze fell on the red sandalwood box on the table. The whole box was made of a precious whole piece of Venus red sandalwood. Its surface was dotted with golden stars. Ye Fan knew a thing or two about this kind of wood because he had been influenced by what he saw and heard in the pawnshop since he was young. It was called ten sandalwood and nine void. To be able to make such a big Venus red sandalwood box, it would take at least a few hundred years of old. Ye Fan habitually held the box in his hand and carefully played with it.
He did not expect that he would be able to see through this. The wooden box had already been opened. He saw that the smooth and simple wooden box actually hid a mystery. The inside of the box was densely packed with many words and patterns. In the middle of the box, there was a lotus with nine leaves. In the middle of the lotus, there was a Buddhist swastika symbol. The whole lotus was surrounded by many words that resembled Sanskrit. What was surprising was that the words and patterns were not engraved, written, or drawn. They were inlaid! The lotus leaves and lotus roots were made of mutton fat jade and jade respectively. The craftsmanship was exquisite. The veins on the leaves were very realistic. The whole lotus looked clean and lifelike. The swastika and other Sanskrit words on the lotus were inlaid with golden threads. There were more than two thousand words in the whole text. The golden light was dazzling and solemn. It was a Buddhist style. Although Ye Fan did not recognize the whole Sanskrit, the title of the Sanskrit was in ancient seal. Ye Fan had been forced by his father, Ye Kong, to learn ancient seal. After all, the pawnshop collected antiques. Most of the words were in ancient seal. Therefore, when these ancient seal words came into view, Ye Fan could not help but blurt out, "The Great Buddha Head Leng Yan Mantra!"
The Leng Yan Mantra was the king of Buddhist mantras. It was said in the sutra, "Then the World Venerable One, from the meat bun, a hundred treasures light. From the light, a thousand leaves lotus emerged. From the center of the treasure sat Tathagata. From the top, ten hundred treasures light were released. One by one, the light was revealed. Ten hidden traces of the Ganges Sand Vajra, holding up the mountain and holding the pestle. Throughout the Void Realm, everyone looks up to, fears, loves, and embraces. Pray for the Buddha's protection, listen to the Buddha wholeheartedly. Without seeing the top, let the Tathagata shine and proclaim the mantra. "This mantra was recited by the Buddha Head Shakyamuni. It was mysterious and incredible. It was said to be able to subdue some demons and evil spirits.
Ye Fan looked at the box lid in surprise. He then looked at the bottom of the box and found that the bottom of the box was also engraved with patterns and words.
Different from the Buddhist style on the box lid, the bottom of the box was a Taoist style.
In the middle of the bottom of the box, there was a Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Diagram. The Yin-Yang fish in the Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Diagram was made of top-grade black jade and mutton-fat white jade. Ye Fan recognized the densely packed words around it. It was the Five Thousand Words of Virtue written by the ancestor of Taoism, Li Er.
'What's going on? 'It's just a sword box. Is there a need to go through so much trouble?' Ye Fan thought. He was ready to tell his grandfather Ye Yun, who was still immersed in the Golden Ring Sword. Who knew that when he looked up and was about to speak, he realized that something was wrong.
At this time, Ye Yun was no longer admiring the sword. He was standing at the window with his arms crossed and the sword in his arms. He stood straight and looked out the window, silent and motionless.
"Grandfather …" Ye Fan called out tentatively. Ever since he obtained the Golden Ring Sword, his grandfather Ye Yun's reaction seemed a little strange.
Hearing Ye Fan calling out to him, Ye Yun did not move. Instead, he slowly turned his head and smiled at Ye Fan.
This terrifying smile shocked Ye Fan so much that his soul flew out of his body!
The eyes of Ye Yun in front of him were no longer the eyes of a normal person. Instead, they had turned golden and shone brightly. It was the Fiery Golden Eyes!
'He's not my grandfather!' Ye Fan thought in his heart. He understood the function of the incantation in the box!
Those incantations must be used to suppress the Golden Ring Sword. It must be that the Golden Ring Sword had been suppressed by the Buddhist and Taoist incantations for a long time. Now that it could see the light of day again, the sword spirit was attached to Ye Yun's body. The golden light that appeared when the box was opened just now was the sword spirit breaking out of the seal!
Now, if he wanted to restore his grandfather Ye Yun's consciousness, he was afraid that there were only three ways. The first way was to defeat the sword spirit attached to his grandfather and force him to leave. The second way was to find a way to take the Golden Ring Sword away from his grandfather and put it back into the wooden box to seal it again. The last way was to have a good talk with the sword spirit and see what he wanted to do. He would try his best to satisfy his request and solve the problem peacefully.
Ye Fan did not even dare to think about the first way. From the signs when the box was opened and Ye Yun's horrified expression when he saw the Golden Ring Sword, he knew that it was not an ordinary magic weapon. In addition, Fujiwara No Chiko had told him that this sword was the key to saving the entire Ye family. It could be seen that the sword's power was not small. But then again, the sword had become a spirit. How could it be an ordinary item?
The second way was to find a way to take the Golden Ring Sword away from Ye Yun's hands and seal it again. However, although this method sounded simple, it was as difficult as ascending to heaven.
Now, Ye Fan could only choose the third way, which was to have a good talk with the sword spirit in front of him. He would act according to the circumstances and take one step at a time.
Thinking of this, Ye Fan calmed down and stood up to salute "Ye Yun". "I wonder which Shangxian has graced my humble abode with your presence. Please enlighten me." Ye Fan first gave him a high hat and called him an immortal. This way, even if the other party did not come with good intentions, he would not suddenly attack.
"Ye Yun" in front of him slowly turned around and the smile on his face became even more mysterious. "Ye Yun" did not answer Ye Fan's question. Instead, he glanced at Ye Fan with his pair of golden eyes and then looked in the direction of the ancestral hall. "I didn't expect that there would be hidden dragons and crouching tigers here. There is actually a Heavenly Dragon protecting you. No wonder, no wonder." After saying this, he turned around again and continued to look out of the window. "After so many years, the famous Eldritch of the past has actually become so refined and polite. He saluted me and called me an immortal. Alas! Heaven is really unpredictable! "" Ye Yun "sighed.
Ye Fan did not fully understand these words. However, he understood the first part of the words. This sword spirit was indeed powerful. He could recognize the Heavenly Dragon worshiped in the ancestral hall at a glance. However, he did not understand the latter part of the words. He was clearly the eldest grandson of the Ye family, Ye Fan. How could he be the Eldritch that the sword spirit spoke of? Who was Eldritch?
Just as Ye Fan was about to ask the sword spirit why he was attached to Ye Yun, he suddenly heard a strong gust of wind outside. Sand and pebbles flew everywhere. The weather was fine just a moment ago, but it suddenly became cloudy. The flying sand and pebbles outside made the windows crackle. Immediately after, a deafening sound of thunder came from the direction of the ancestral hall!
How could there be thunder in the dead of winter?
Just as Ye Fan was puzzled, he saw "Ye Yun" chuckle. "I didn't expect it to be him."
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