Chapter 28: The Shen Family's Old Mansion

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  Songjiang District in Shanghai can be said to be the origin of the whole Shanghai. When Shanghai was still just a small fishing village, this land already existed, and until now, Songjiang District has also become the place with the most local Shanghainese. Of course, here you can see more ancient buildings of old Shanghai.

  Chu Yu, who had taken a day off from school, was sitting in a "Volkswagen taxi" looking at the scenery outside the window. It was late December, when Shanghai's temperature was relatively cold. Looking far away, the car window still passed through pieces of green fields and countryside. Although it was winter, in today's modern era with advanced agricultural technology, even in the coldest months, it was not difficult to plant and sow crops.

  "This Shen Menggu is indeed one who knows how to enjoy himself, compared to Duan Zhongyuan, they are both from a cultivation family, but he can better comprehend the state of mind of cultivators..." Chu Yu couldn't help but think to herself as the taxi drove into the driveway leading to an ancient and majestic mansion.

  After settling the car fare with the driver, Chu Yu walked alone to the front of the ancient mansion. It was a red lacquered wooden door that was about five meters high and three meters wide. The doorknob was made in the shape of two bronze lion heads, carved vividly as if they were alive. Looking at the somewhat worn-out large door, it was clear that this massive mansion had been around for some time.

  After knocking on the door for a moment, an old man in his sixties with white hair and wearing a black Chinese tunic came out from inside. Although his hair was white, his eyes were shining brightly. With just one glance, Chu Yu, who had now reached the middle stage of spiritual movement, confirmed that this person was also a cultivator, and his cultivation was quite decent, with hints of having completed the foundation-building process.

  "You are..."

  "I'm looking for Mr. Shen Mugou."

  "...you are... Xiao Yi." The old man suddenly blurted out a sentence after carefully observing Chu Yu for a while.

  "Is my reputation that loud? Even people who don't know me can tell at a glance who I am... " Chu Yu said helplessly: "It's me."

  "Haha, it seems I'm not old and blind yet. Master had instructed that if you came, to immediately invite you in for tea."

  "How can you be so sure I'm Xiao Yi?" Chu Yu still couldn't help but ask.

  "The Shen family's old mansion is located in a remote area, even people who are very familiar with the Shen family may not know about this place, unless they are specially invited guests of Master Shen, otherwise few can come here to find him."

  Having dispelled his doubts, Chu Yu followed the old man at a slow pace, passing through the central courtyard and entering the main hall of the ancient mansion.

  "I'll go get the old man, just wait."

  About five minutes later, a figure in white clothes and canvas shoes walked in with a smile, "Little friend, you've finally arrived. It's been two months since we last met, I thought you'd forgotten about old man's invitation."

  Upon hearing the three words "old man", Chu Yu's eyebrows furrowed slightly, but he still had a fairly good impression of Shen Mugou in front of him. Moreover, following the principle that ignorance is bliss, it was let go.

  "I've come to do a deal with you." Chu Yu had come here today solely because he was preoccupied with the refinement of the "Tongling Treasure Jade", and after much thought, he had only just now thought of the master of this spiritual family who was "raising a demon" in Bipo Pool.

  "I didn't expect Chu Yu to be so direct with his first sentence, but Shen Mugou was surprisingly adaptable. 'Why don't you sit down and talk, I have some excellent Bi Luo Chun tea here.'"

  Chu Yu had just sat down for a short while when the old man who opened the door came in with a tea tray, placing a cup of brewed Bi Luo Chun in front of Chu Yu and another one that was also placed by Shen Meng Gu. He bowed slightly to Shen Meng Gu before retreating from the inner hall.

  "You're also a cultivator, aren't you? Your strength should be far superior to that little maid of yours." Chu Yuandu said indifferently as he picked up his tea cup.

  Shen Meng Gu was shocked in his heart, he knew very well that only if one's cultivation power is higher than others by at least one level, can they accurately determine another person's realm. The steward just now was Shen Meng Gu's childhood playmate, with the surname Shen and a single character name "Zhong", almost starting to cultivate at the same age as Shen Meng Gu. Due to limitations of his innate talent, his achievements were not as high as Shen Meng Gu's, but now he has also nearly broken through to the foundation building period of cultivation.

  But to see through Shen Zhong's cultivation strength at a glance, one must have at least the strength of the early stage of Lingdong. However, two months ago in Bipo Building, Shen Mugou still clearly sensed that Chu Yu was only in the initial stage of foundation building with his divine sense. In just two months, he has advanced from the initial stage of foundation building to the Lingdong period... This progress is really too shocking, you know? Shen Mugou took a whole twenty-eight years to cultivate from the initial stage of foundation building to the early stage of Lingdong!

  Under the shock, Shen Mugou called Shen Xueli "Lao Tou Pian Zi" and everyone ignored it. Now what I want to know most is who Chu Yu learned from, or which powerful repairer's direct descendant he is.

  "Mei Sheng always says that Xiang Snow Sea is fragrant, while Cha Jian argues that Bi Luo Chun is better. Old Master Shen's taste is not bad, this tea can be called top-grade."

  Shen Meng heard the words and couldn't help but mutter to himself, "This is top-grade... it should be ultra-grade. If it weren't for the Shen family having a tea plantation on the other side of Taihu Lake, this kind of priceless, pre-Qingming Festival, three-day-old, first-leaf Bi Luo Chun would be impossible to buy even with money."

  Actually, he didn't know that Chu Yu's "top-grade" evaluation was already quite high. The Bi Luo Chun tea that Chu Yu drank back then, apart from the above-mentioned special qualities, also required eighteen young girls with fragrant tongues to pick the leaves and brew it with water from Yuquan Mountain using teacups made in Jingdezhen during its most prosperous period. Comparing the two, the difference is clear.

  "I came here to ask Old Man Shen to tell me who taught you the 'Nourishing Demons' technique?"

  As soon as Chu Yu's words fell, Shen Mu's expression changed slightly. At the same time, Chu Yu continued: "Since it's a transaction, I have something to ask for and I will also pay out. Here are two primary second-level magic treasures, one is an attacking magic treasure and the other is a defensive magic treasure. They can complement each other, if used together, their power can reach the level of a primary third-level magic treasure. This is what I am using as the exchange item."

  As they spoke, Chu Yu took out two green jade pendants in the shape of a dragon and a phoenix from his pocket and placed them on the table.

  At this moment, Shen Mugou's eyes widened, and even his breathing seemed a bit urgent. The two jade pendants on the table seemed like two magnets that tightly attracted him. "Can I pick them up and take a look?" After a while, Shen Mugou finally said something with some embarrassment.

  The next chapter of "Million Demon Record" will be updated at 12:00 tonight on time.