Chapter 1430: Chapter 832: Shen Family’s Secrets, Gu Sculpture_2
"The sun hasn’t set yet, why don’t we go hunting..."
The men perked up, and Huang Long didn’t try to stop them. Suddenly, he looked at Sui Yi: "Hey hey, master, you’re staying over tonight, right?"
Sui Yi nodded.
"Alright! Ye Zi, aren’t you heading up the mountain to hunt? If you don’t bring back a wild boar, don’t call yourself my brother!"
He called out twice but didn’t hear Ye Zixu respond.
"He’s already gone."
Sui Yi cracked a melon seed and fed it to the Little Golden Crow, making Huang Long’s eyes light up, wishing he could get close to the Golden Crow.
Goodness, such a spiritual bird, so agile and domineering, truly rare...
Although there’s no meat to eat right now and it’s not meal time yet, Huang Long had plenty of fruits, all pure and natural from the mountain, which everyone enjoyed.
Just when everyone thought Ye Zixu, being young, wouldn’t catch any prey or would return late, he came back in less than an hour.
On the ground was a plump, shiny wild boar, along with three rabbits and two pheasants.
Meanwhile, the seven or eight older men still hadn’t returned.
The women and elderly present: "...."
How did he find them? How did he knock them out? How did he carry them back!
Though everyone was baffled, with the globalization of martial arts, many suspected Ye Zixu was some kind of master.
Time ticked by, growing later and later, and around four or five o’clock, the older and younger men finally returned, sans game but with bags of fish and shrimp.
Well, they may not be skilled at hunting in the mountains, but they can still fish in the water.
By this time, the wild game stew and barbecue were already on the table, and Huang Long brought the fish and shrimp into the kitchen. Huang Long wasn’t the only one who could cook, as a girl was also helping stir-fry with a small pan, and Sui Yi guessed it was the girl’s cooking that might be better, though she didn’t say much, which was a shame.
Before long, all the dishes were on the table, thanks to Huang Long who often hosted a group of hikers for food and drink here. With a long folding table set up, people could sit along the sofas on both sides and start a banquet.
Maybe the biggest surprise was Pu Qinghan’s presence, plus the freshly hunted game was exceptionally tasty, not to mention Huang Long’s decent cooking skills made the meat and dishes fragrant and delicious, creating a lively feast.
Once everyone was full and had helped clean up, they gathered to soak in the hot springs...
Sui Yi and Ye Zixu, along with a few others, stayed in a small living room with Huang Long.
Huang Long placed a gourd on the table and flipped through a tattered ancient book that was almost falling apart, finally stopping at a particular section.
"According to the ’Classic of Mountains and Seas: South Mountain Classic’, it states: ’Another five hundred li east, there’s a mountain called Luwu Mountain, which is barren of vegetation but rich in minerals. The Pang Water originates here and flows southward into Pang Water. There is a beast in the water, named Gu Sculpture, which resembles a sculpture with horns and sounds like a crying infant... it eats people.’
"So this thing is a Gu Sculpture, does its appearance match?"
He showed it to Sui Yi, but seeing that Sui Yi wasn’t surprised at all, he suddenly realized that Sui Yi had recognized it long ago. Not wasting words, he placed the ancient book on the table and said, while rubbing his chin: "This creature supposedly went extinct thousands of years ago, so how come it still has spiritual energy? Look at its strong spiritual energy, it can even attack me from a distance! If it were in its true form, how terrifying would it be?!"
Turns out, Huang Long’s strength was at the SSS level but was still scared stiff by a mere spiritual body earlier.
It shows the power of the Gu Sculpture.
Moreover, by his and Ye Zixu’s estimates, Earth today couldn’t support such a domineering creature.
Where did it come from?
Ye Zixu mentioned the Shen family’s Life Dragon Long Lake.
Hearing the mention of the Shen family, Huang Long’s face turned strange.
"The Shen family in the Capital City?"
"Oh my goodness, little brother do you realize you’re putting me in the fire pit!"
Seeing Huang Long looking apprehensive, Ye Zixu frowned: "Are you afraid? ******** No matter how powerful, they can’t control things here."
"Crazy, it’s not ******** I’m afraid of, but the Shen family! You’re young, you don’t know how deep the waters of the Shen family run... Your late master too, should have sorted these things out knowing he was going to pass."
Looking distressed, Huang Long chewed on a pig’s trotter before wiping his mouth: "Speaking of the Shen family, you all know about that incident in the Ming Dynasty, right?"
Pu Qinghan was surprised, "Ming Dynasty? Not the Republic of China..."
"What Republic, that’s all a facade! The Shen family descended from the Ming Dynasty, and Shen Wansan was their ancestor. Speaking of Shen Wansan, he was a formidable figure; history only mentions his treasure gatherings but doesn’t know how he manipulated the Ming Dynasty into gradual ruin, even cutting off the Dragon Vein (purely fictional). Later, when the Ming Dynasty fell, the Shen family mysteriously vanished, only to resurface during the Republic of China amidst chaos, amassing wealth and power. After... well you all know the rest, so I won’t elaborate; the Shen family is very sinister. You know almost every dynasty has a mandate from heaven. If you ascend to emperor, it means you are divinely chosen. No matter how long or short the reign, an emperor is meant to fall naturally through historical transitions, not through evil means... In our circle, there’s a hidden rumor: Shen Wansan cast a curse on the contemporary emperor, seizing the Zhu dynasty’s imperial fortune, and later retreated due to divine retribution and a curse, which forced them to withdraw from the scene. This curse was so potent it nearly meant the end for the lineage, but somehow reappeared during the Republic. Isn’t that bizarre?"
"Check your family legacies; there’s probably a rule against provoking the Shen family, precisely because our ancestors once assessed their feng shui fortunes but those who returned refused to speak of it or deal with the Shen family anymore... As time went on, the Shen family dominated economically, seemingly uninvolved with us, but in reality, it was us who didn’t dare provoke them..."
