Chapter 1706 - 1705: The Not-So-Simple Qin Family

Chapter 1706: Chapter 1705: The Not-So-Simple Qin Family

Chapter 1705: The Unusual Qin Family

Since Mengyu began her cultivation, she has been researching array formations. Although advanced formations are difficult to break, the formations here are merely ordinary second-level ones, which pose no challenge to her.

She instructed Le Shui: "You guard outside the village. If anything happens, send me a communication talisman."

Le Shui was keen to follow the Eldest Lady inside: "Eldest Lady, let me stay by your side."

But Mengyu shook her head: "No, there are array formations set up in this village. If you enter, it’s easy to get trapped in them inadvertently. Besides, we need someone outside for support. I also have Qingshan lurking in the shadows. You don’t need to worry about my safety."

Le Shui was surprised: "Qingshan is here too?"

Mengyu, of course, wouldn’t tell him that Qingshan Xiaotao was hiding in her space. She could only say, "He is secretly following."

Thinking of Qingshan’s skills, even when he was just a martial artist, he felt that Qingshan was formidable. When he reached the innate stage, he realized the vast difference between himself and Qingshan. Therefore, he did not insist on staying by the Eldest Lady to protect her.

Upon entering the village, Mengyu immediately sensed the faint spiritual energy present.

She was slightly shocked at once. Even with the array setup, there shouldn’t be spiritual energy. This indicated something: there was a small spirit vein underground, and the purpose of the array was to lock in the spiritual energy from leaking out.

No wonder the Qin Family Village chose this place, which obviously doesn’t have a favorable geomancy.

Her divine sense immediately enveloped the entire village.

The Qin Family Village has about more than a hundred households, over six hundred people, and the entire village was asleep with no anomalies.

The anomaly was in the northernmost large courtyard of the village. That three-stage courtyard was precisely the Qin Family Ancestral Hall.

The first stage of the courtyard is a gatehouse with a veranda. Passing through the first stage and entering the courtyard, there are side rooms on both left and right sides, which are two-story wooden buildings.

The main house in front is also two stories, with a hall on the lower floor and rooms on the upper floor.

Both the hall and the side rooms are furnished with tables and chairs—it’s obvious that this Qin Family Ancestral Hall has been converted into a school.

The back door of the hall is locked. Judging by the mossy appearance, people normally do not go in this courtyard.

No, there’s another array formation in this backyard!

Mengyu’s heart skipped a beat. Even though she could break this array at will, for mortals, it would be absolutely impossible.

This Qin Family Mansion is indeed unusual!

This somewhat desolate backyard is the real Qin Family Ancestral Hall, with the main house being the Sacrificial Hall of the Qin Family.

The Sacrificial Hall is only one story, but its height exceeds the two stories in the front.

However, the Sacrificial Hall, which should have been filled with ancestral tablets, was empty.

Although there were no ancestral tablets, the peculiar sinister and cold feeling unique to ancestral halls still lingered.

What puzzled Mengyu was the fact that a man in his thirties lay sleeping on the altar table where ancestral tablets should be.

With a sweep of her divine sense, Mengyu noticed that this person was in a state between awake and asleep, rousing at the slightest disturbance.

Mengyu sensed this because she discovered his hand resting on a raised part of the table.

Her divine sense followed the raised section downward, then she found it connected to a bell at the entrance of an underground passage. Any disturbance would cause him to press the raised part and make the bell at the tunnel’s entrance ring.

So, rather than saying this person is asleep, he’s actually on watch!