Chapter 43
within his understanding.
Divine Horse is usually an adjective or a nickname for a good horse in ancient times.
But sleeping on the Pleiades star sea...
"Pleiades?" Chen Boxu murmured to himself, his eyes full of confusion, "I seem to have heard this name somewhere..."
"It should be a star, right? Doesn't it say a sea of stars behind it?" Chen Jing reminded calmly, but he didn't dare to make it too clear because his understanding of this world was still very limited.
At least in those musty-smelling books, Chen Jing had never seen any records about the astronomy of the other world.
What's more, since Chen Jing traveled to the other world, he has never seen other stars in the night sky of Yongye City.
At a glance.
The only thing left in the sky was the moon named Gehro.
"I remembered! It's one of the twenty-eight constellations!" Chen Bofu said suddenly, his cloudy old eyes dancing with excitement, "Pleiades was one of the twenty-eight constellations in the old days! I once saw this in the archives of the parliament. Record..."
"..."
Chen Jing looked at the old man with some confusion. He didn't expect that the inner world and the outer world would have so many similarities, even astronomy was so similar. But after thinking about it... he suddenly understood.
The inner and outer worlds depend on each other.
Maybe the connection was deeper than he could imagine.
It’s not surprising that astronomy is similar.
"In the old days, there were other celestial bodies in the sky of Yongye City... no, probably in the sky of the entire world!"
As if he had solved some difficult problem, Chen Bofu excitedly took out the cigarette case from his pocket. He first glanced at his good grandson to make sure he had no reaction, and then slowly lit a cigarette.
"The Pleiades is one of the twenty-eight constellations in the old days. It is composed of seven stars that are extremely far away from us. It is also called the Pleiades star cluster or open star cluster. And I have also seen the name Baiage in books..."
"Have you seen the record of worshiping Aji?" Chen Jing was startled.
"I have seen it, but there are not many records about it. I only remember it roughly, it seems to be..."
Chen Bofu's eyes showed a look of reminiscence, and he slowly exhaled a puff of thick smoke, which made Chen Jing choke and couldn't help but roll his eyes at him.
"Ahem, I won't smoke anymore..." The old man stubbed out the cigarette butt, threw it on the ground and stomped on it, "Baiaji is an ancient creature that serves an old god. It was born in the Pleiades. On one of the stars..."
Speaking of which.
Chen Boxu also seemed a little unwilling to believe the records in ancient books, and he always spoke in an uncertain tone.
"It is said that there is a lake on that star, and Baiaji was born from the lake. It can travel between the Pleiades and the sea of stars to deliver messages to the gods. It can run between the stars faster than light..."
"Is it such an exaggeration?" Chen Jing felt unbelievable as he listened to the old man's story.
Traveling through the universe?
Can this powerful creature... really be summoned by me?
And let’s take a step back.
If this whistle can really summon the legendary Bai Aji, why can it only be regarded as an ancient relic?
Shouldn't it be considered a rarer and stronger old relic?
"They are all legends. Who knows if they are true or not? Moreover, there are records about the old times, most of which have exaggerated descriptions..."
Chen Boxu was also looking at the whistle in Chen Jing's hand at this moment, with a trace of unconcealed curiosity in his eyes.
"The records say that Bai Aji is the most beautiful creature in the Pleiades sea, a divine steed that even the gods admire... I think it should be a horse, right?"
When Chen Bofu said this, he raised his hand and made a gesture.
"It should be the kind with wings that can fly. Anyway, there is a picture like this in the ancient book..."
Hearing this, Chen Jing couldn't help but imagine the scene of "Bai Aji" galloping among the stars in his mind.
"How about..." Chen Jing held the whistle tightly and winked at the old man, "Let's try summoning him once? There's no need to pay the price anyway..."
"Okay!" Chen Bofu dragged Chen Jing back and walked back, his pace very fast and a little impatient, "Let's go to the rooftop! That place is spacious!"
"How about we go to the square..." Chen Jing whispered, "There is a big crow raised by Yan Que on the rooftop. It's chirping is really annoying, and maybe Yan Que is there too..."
"You know how to avoid people now?" Chen Bofu glared at him angrily, "I told you at the beginning that you shouldn't meddle in so many other things. You are in charge of the ball and her. It pissed me off, so I just took her away. The crow I raised was roasted and eaten!"
"..."
"But having said that, you helped grandpa a lot today."
"Huh?" Chen Jing asked in confusion, "Did I help?"
"Yes, there are so many..." Chen Bofu said with a smile, pointing to the shelves behind him without looking back, "Don't look at the fact that grandpa has collected so many 'relics', I have touched at least 90% of them. I don’t know their origins, or even their functions…”
Upon hearing this, Chen Jing was stunned for a while, and then suddenly understood why the old man said that his understanding of the relics came from "divine revelation"...
"For the old descendants, 'relics' are both opportunities and traps. Their abilities require the old descendants to explore on their own, and their origins are even more unclear and difficult to study. The most important thing is the price..."
Chen Bofu let out a long sigh, his expression very helpless.
"Before figuring out how to use the 'relic', no one knows what the 'relic' is capable of, let alone what price the 'relic' wants."
Chen Jing listened silently, only feeling that he seemed to have gained another extraordinary ability.
"So many times, when the old descendants figured out the cost of using it, it was often too late... But then again, when you used the Holy Grail, you were not an old descendant, right?"
"I was indeed not an old descendant at that time..." Chen Jing tried his best to explain, suppressing his guilt, "but I saw that the Holy Grail had a thorn erected... I thought of stabbing it... I didn't expect that I was right..."
Chen Bofu didn't show any other reaction when he heard this, and Chen Jing couldn't tell whether he believed it or not.
It wasn't until they walked out of the scarlet door and returned to the familiar bedroom that the old man spoke and looked at him kindly with a smile.
"My dear grandson, you have to be well."
"Hmm?" Chen Jing felt that something was wrong with the old man, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
Without waiting for Chen Jing to ask more, Chen Bofu smiled and opened the window, dragged Chen Jing and jumped directly from the upstairs.
"Let's go to the square..."
"Go and summon your Bai Aji."
Chapter 42 Whistle under the Moonlight
When Chen Bofu and Chen Jing jumped down, Wei Nan was also walking from the direction of the community gate.
In order to buy back the game cartridges destroyed by the old madman, she went out early in the morning today and only came back now, carrying a bunch of treasures bought from the game store in her hands.
"This little brother is really not in vain..."
Wei Nan hummed a little song in her mouth, and she was in a very happy mood. She was jumping up and down when she walked, and the single ponytail tied behind her head was almost thrown to the sky.
"You dare to say that I play children's games, hum... Wait until the evening to call A Jing up and let him see what a high-level player is!"
Just as Wei Nan was imagining how to open Chen Jing's eyes at night, two figures swooped down from the sky and seemed to hit the community square heavily, but there was no sound at all.
"What the hell?"
When Wei Nan saw the two figures clearly, she was stunned for a moment, and then she began to feel embarrassed again.
"I just went out to buy some things, and you two grandsons came downstairs to pick me up. This is too enthusiastic..."
"Get lost."
Chen Bofu didn't treat Wei Nan well. Even if he was in a good mood today, he didn't mind saying a few words to her.
"Who the hell came to pick you up? We are busy!"
"What are you busy with?"
Wei Nan is indeed a thick-skinned alien. After a few days of uninterrupted training, she has almost become immune to the old man's tit-for-tat attitude towards her, and occasionally being scolded is also commonplace.
"Why did you jump down from the upstairs with A Jing? Aren't you afraid of falling your good grandson?"
"Why am I so unwilling to listen to you..."
Chen Bofu's temper is much better than before, especially after Chen Jing transformed into an old descendant.
Although he was still not very polite in his words, at least he would not have the idea of slapping the other person to death in his heart.
"Ah Jing, I bought all the game cartridges." Wei Nan turned around and looked at Chen Jing, who was still frightened, and shook the two plastic bags in his hand very proudly, "Come to my house today, we will work all night!"
Just as the voice fell, Wei Nan's face suddenly changed, and his eyes looking at Chen Jing became suspicious.
"Huh?!"
Wei Nan was like a dog that had become a spirit. He quickly approached Chen Jing, wrinkled his little nose and sniffed carefully, with a look of suspicion in his eyes.
"Did I smell it wrong or am I dreaming... Why do you smell like an old descendant?!"
At this moment, Chen Jing had not recovered from the previous extreme bungee jumping, and his hands were supported on his knees and he felt a little weak in his legs.
Hearing Wei Nan's question, he was ready to explain.
But the old man spoke faster than him.
"I turned my grandson into an old descendant... Isn't that great?" Chen Bofu said with a smug smile, and then looked at Chen Jing calmly, "This is all my credit!"
So...
The old man wants to take all the blame on him?
Chen Jing was a little puzzled at first, but soon he figured it out.
In this world, old descendants are almost all born, and there are only a handful of creatures that can "mutate" into old descendants.
Especially for ordinary people like Chen Jing, who in his twenties inexplicably become old descendants, once it is spread out, it will inevitably attract the attention of some interested people...
So, the old man took the credit.
Although the outside world will still be curious about this, how many people really dare to come to the old man to ask?
And this also involves himself.
It involves the only relative of the old madman.
Chen Jing has no doubt that if someone dares to ask about this, the old man will really tear the other person's mouth when he gets angry.
"Fuck, crazy old man... Grandpa Chen!" This time, Wei Nan's exclamation came from the heart, not deliberately like usual, "You are really big! You solved the problem that the parliament couldn't solve..."
"They are shit!"
What Chen Bofu likes to hear most in his life is people praising him, especially those who don't get along with him in daily life, such as Wei Nan.
The old man is not stupid.
In the past, when Wei Nan praised him, he could hear that most of them were flattering.
But this time...
Humph.
You know how much I weigh!
In the midst of Wei Nan's shouting and exclamation, the old man gradually lost himself.
He even fooled himself, while touching the stubble on his chin and sighing.
"I'm so awesome... Tsk tsk... I am worthy of it..."
"..."
Chen Jing didn't know what to say for a moment, but felt that the old man's face was as thick as Wei Nan's, or even thicker.
"A Jing! Let's go to your house for a good meal today!"
Wei Nan swallowed shamelessly, even though she was thinking about delicious food, she still said some underworld rhetoric that she didn't know where she learned from.
"Celebrate your becoming an old descendant! This is a must!"
"Well... is it really for me?" Chen Jing asked calmly, looking at her suspiciously, "Why do I feel that you are greedy..."
"Nonsense!" Wei Nan clenched her fist but loosened it the next second.
She resisted the urge to punch him, and her words were still full of heroic spirit, "Do you think I'm the kind of greedy cat who died of starvation and was reincarnated? I'm celebrating for you!"
"Okay..."
"Grandpa Chen, okay?" Seeing that Chen Jing agreed, Wei Nan hurriedly turned back to look at the old man who was in charge of the family.