"The Tia Family is here?" Hearing Shen Kai's transmission, Wei Fan spoke softly to himself.
But as soon as he arrived at The Tia Family's door, the old Man quickly guided the people pulling the horse-drawn carriage carrying herbs to move to the back door, and he stayed alone and invited Wei Fan to enter through the main door.
"Young Master Wei Fan, please come this way!"
Right after that, Wei Fan nodded and followed the old Man's instructions and strode inside.
Next, go through the big door, appearing in front of Wei Fan's eyes is a large campus with many green trees, laden with fruit, on his left is a lotus pond with pale rose petals blooming in the water, the ground below also spread flat a layer of ceramic tiles in the shape of a quadrangle.
At the same time, going to the end of the campus stretching nearly a hundred steps, immediately appeared in front of the eyes the rooms that can be called "closed gates with high walls". Although the rooms are mainly built simply from wood, the architecture is really complicated with the battle-construction structure, straight roof slopes, curved blades, and lapis lazuli tiles that are even more prominent. Indeed, at first glance, The Tia Family has both rustic features and clearly distinguishes rich people, just like in the old feudal time.
At this time, Wei Fan and the old Man strode across the ceramic tile floor and talked together.
After a while, the old Man called a man to come closer, looking at the old, rough clothes. Maybe this person was also the maid of The Tia Family.
"Peace of Old Man!"
After the maid's bow, the old Man nodded, then slowly asked:
"Madam, where is she now?"
Hearing that, the maid immediately pointed in the direction of The Tia Family's family church and immediately said:
"Yes! The lady is still alone at their church."
"Okay, get back to work!"
Saying that, the old Man waved his hand and let the maid leave.
Right after that, he turned to Wei Fan, smiled slightly, and said:
"Sorry, ask Wei Fan to go this way..."
"Ah yes!"
Wei Fan nodded slightly, then under the guidance of the old Man, the two walked together towards The Tia Family's family church.
The family church (can be called from the street or the front hall, the living room), the place to worship the ancestors of the clans, is usually built in the shape of a second, two parallel buildings, usually managed by the patriarch. On the anniversary of the ancestors' death, their members gather at the church to make offerings, burn incense, celebrate ancestors, and learn about genealogy. Large families often treat their church as a living room, which is normally separate. As for the simpler and poorer families, in their four-story house, it is also used to worship ancestors and live.
Inside their church, in the center of the room was a rather large terraced altar, with countless tablets directly above it, and in front of it was a smaller altar.
At this moment, Wei Fan immediately entered and immediately looked at the things placed on the altar, strangely, all of them were things that he was familiar with and knew before, including: incense bowls, altar lamps. , flower vases, fruit arrangements, water bowls, altar letters, altars, enjoyment tops, incense burners, wine stands, incense tubes, chopsticks... Are these things on the ancestral altar ^^)
After looking at the attractive things above, Wei Fan suddenly came to mind with curious questions.
"These… aren't these items that are always on the altar? But why are they exactly the same as in... is it really just a coincidence?"
He couldn't believe it, why in this place existed things similar to his country's culture.
After that, he looked to both sides, momentarily sighed softly, and said to himself:
"Symmetrically, there are reclining chairs and small tables on both sides, isn't this the place to receive guests? So, this is the feudal façade?"
Indeed, the layout inside is similar to a room used to receive guests. With two sides are wooden recliners, arranged symmetrically and at a distance from each other, and at the same time, in the middle of the room is a red carpet with intricate drawings.
He was surprised, but also felt familiar, because here, everything reminds him of the feeling... like Vietnam in feudal times.
"It's not that much different. Dai Viet, is it such a coincidence? Maybe the dragon and the fairies come from here. Because the fairies are also the fairies!"
For a moment, while Wei Fan was still absorbed in his thoughts, from the corner of the room, a woman in white clothes slowly stepped forward.
"Old Man, did you deliver the herbs?" The woman in white approached, and at the same time spoke elegantly and asked.
Suddenly, Wei Fan was awakened by a delicate voice, then at the same time turned around and looked at the woman.
The woman's entire body was dressed in pure white, similar to mourning clothes, her face was covered by white silk, and for a moment, she could only clearly see the high bridge of her nose and ice-cold blue eyes.
The woman's slender figure with long hair pulled up, her demeanor showed a bit of coldness, but there was also a hint of sadness hidden deep inside.
As for the old Man, when he heard the woman's words, he immediately clasped his hands and stooped, then his hoarse voice said:
"Madam, the herbs have been safely transported here. Although on the way, they encountered a group of mountain bandits and nearly eight people, but fortunately, Wei Fan is here..."
Speaking of which, the old Man immediately turned to Wei Fan and continued:
"Thanks to Wei Fan's help, we were able to safely bring the herbs here. Bam, Wei Fan is also a monk."
After hearing this, the woman turned her gaze to Wei Fan, her eyes seemed to be examining him, momentarily causing the atmosphere inside to gradually subside.
After a long time, to relieve the tension inside the room, the old Man smiled and said:
"Ah, Young Master Wei Fan, this person is our wife, the eldest at The Tia Family."
"Hi!" Wei Fan nodded, clasped his hands to greet the woman.
Then he turned around, and, leaning close to the old Man's ear, asked softly:
"Sorry! I've been in hiding for a long time so I don't know how to address myself. Then, what should I call this young lady?"
"Well, she's not a young girl, she's over fifty! Wei Fan can call her lady Tia." Old Man heard Wei Fan ask and was startled, he leaned close to Wei Fan's ear, forced a smile and said.
"What?" Wei Fan suddenly raised his voice, but the next day quickly covered his mouth and whispered: "Are you not kidding? Although you can't see your face, you look so young!"
"Ah yes... we have a tradition here, that women whose husbands have passed away must always wear white clothes and cover their faces with a veil." The old Man didn't know what to explain to Wei Fan, so he just whispered in Wei Fan's ear and said a word to pass.
Hearing that, Wei Fan immediately said:
"I'm only thirty this year, but she looks younger than me!"
Immediately after, he looked towards the Tia lady and smiled and said:
"For the first time, I don't know how to be polite, my surname is Zhou and my name is Wei Fan. Really a cultivator."
"Your current state?" The lady asked casually.
Next, Wei Fan just calmed down and replied:
"That's the early TTK."
Hearing from Wei Fan, not only the old Man but also the Tia lady was dumbfounded because he was surprised at what he said, as if he couldn't believe what he heard. But from Wei Fan's words, there was no sense of deception, so they both believed what he said.
"Is that so? That's why I can't sense it. Sorry for the rudeness!"
Saying that, the Tia lady lowered the worshiper.
And after the bow from Tia lady, Wei Fan immediately spoke up:
"There's no need to apologize! After all, I'm only thirty this year... for someone older than me to do that, it's really not good!"
For a moment, Vi Tia lady was surprised to hear Wei Fan tell her real age, but soon, she seemed to have understood, and said softly:
"You're still young, but you've reached the realm of TTK. You're really too humble..."
At this time, the old Man looked at Wei Fan and found that he did not understand the lady's meaning, he leaned close to her ear and said:
"Young Master Wei Fan, it's probably because you don't know... even though there are cultivators here, but with this small Ha Van city, only the patriarchs can do it if they can reach the TTK realm. never mind."
Indeed, although Ha Van city also has many cultivators, most are only in LTK. Here, only the patriarchs of the three clans have achieved the mid-term TTK, considered the most powerful people in this place. Like this Tia lady, even though she is the patriarch, she has only reached the eighth level of LTK. Wei Fan is young but has reached the TTK level, which is hard to believe, this talent can only be compared with royal martial artists, or geniuses. In addition, both about Wei Fan's full name and strong realm, this more or less made Tia lady raise doubts about his identity.
Speaking of The Tia Family, this is one of the three largest families in Ha Van city, which is famous for the medical industry, specializing in purchasing and supplying rare herbs and remedies. It is no exaggeration to say that this is a family at the forefront of medicine.
After being explained by the old Man, Wei Fan promptly realized, he said softly:
"Partly by luck... people don't have to pay attention to it, it doesn't matter."
As if to stop the lady about to say something, Wei Fan once again said:
"Ah, it's also the right thing to do for me to save people, no need to think about repaying me."
When Wei Fan said this, the old Man immediately stooped over to the Tia lady, then softly said:
"Actually, Young Master Wei Fan is a cultivator who has only just come down the mountain, so he doesn't understand life, and still doesn't know where to go."
"If you don't blame me, then Wei Fan can stay with us at The Tia Family for a while." Understanding, the Tia lady spoke up.
"It's too embarrassing! Annoying everyone..." Wei Fan did not refuse, but only smiled and softly accepted.
Looks like he has achieved the first step of integration.
"Old Man, remember to prepare a rest room for Young Master Wei Fan, help me arrange it! I have to burn incense for Late-husband, we'll talk later."
(Late-husband, dead husband has not been properly buried.)
Right after that, the old man nodded and immediately left to prepare.
Right now, there were only two people left in the room.
"Excuse me, dare I ask, did The Tia Family pass away?" Wei Fan was a bit awkward and asked softly.
"Is my husband." The Tia lady approached the altar, lit a candle, bowed and said.
"Sorry... I hope you'll forgive me!" Wei Fan seemed to feel apologetic for not knowing the meaning of the question, and at the same time scratched his head and said.
"No problem." The Tia lady looked at the tablet in the center with distant eyes and replied sadly.
At the same time, the old Man came in from the outside, then joined his hands and said:
"Bam, I have prepared a place for Young Master Wei Fan."
"Then ask me to guide you." Tia lady nodded slightly, said.
Next, Tia lady approached Wei Fan, stooped, and spoke again:
"It's not too early right now, Young Master Wei Fan is probably tired from a long day of traveling. Thank you for your help, you should also take a rest to regain your strength. If there is a place that is not satisfied, Feel free to tell the Old Man."
"Old Man, thank you!"
"Yes!"
Saying that, the old Man clasped his hands together and stooped, then instructed Wei Fan to retreat.
"Young Master Wei Fan, please go this way!"
"Ah... well!" Wei Fan nodded and said, at the same time, before leaving, he did not forget to clasp his hands and bow to the Tia lady.
But when Wei Fan left not long ago, Tia lady immediately looked at his back, softly said to herself:
"Wei Fan… where are you?"