bestfiction #587 - Mysterious Power
#587 - Mysterious Power
Chapter 584 Mysterious Power
Shen Ling looked at Jiang Nan with a suspicious gaze.
Jiang Nan's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this, but she remained calm and said, "I met him on the road and even saved his life."
The fact that Jiang Nan used a medicinal pill to save Zhang Chen's life wasn't a secret she couldn't reveal. After all, even if she didn't say it, Shen Qiu would eventually spread the news.
Jiang Nan recounted how she met Zhang Chen on the ship, how he died midway, and how she revived him with a medicinal pill.
"It was at that time that I developed some friendship with him," Jiang Nan said nonchalantly.
"You actually used a medicinal pill to save him? What a waste of that precious pill! You should have let him die on the road back then, it would have been better than causing so much trouble now. Sister, you've really harmed me!" Shen Ling complained to Jiang Nan, pouring out her grievances.
"If I had known you disliked this boy, why would I have saved him? I initially heard about his marriage alliance with the Shen family and wanted to establish good relations, so I offered my help. Who knew it would cause trouble for my sister? It was indeed my fault," Jiang Nan was a clever person, capable of turning black into white and vice versa.
Hearing Jiang Nan's words, Shen Ling felt helpless and could only grumble before the two figures disappeared into the archway in the distance.
Zhang Chen looked at the cornbread in his hand, a cold glint in his eyes, as if contemplating something.
"Brother, they're going too far! They're actually making us eat the food of servants, they don't treat us like human beings at all!" Zhang Tuowei clenched the cornbread in his hand, a spark of anger in his eyes.
"Don't talk nonsense! Your elder brother will make the decisions, you just have to endure it," Zhang Shi quickly scolded.
Hearing Zhang Shi's reprimand, Zhang Chen waved his hand, "It's alright, let her speak."
Zhang Tuowei glanced at Zhang Shi, lowered her head, and silently gnawed on the cornbread without saying a word.
"What are your plans for the future?" Zhang Shi looked at Zhang Chen and asked.
"First, I need to find a way to retrieve what mother left behind," Zhang Chen replied.
Silence returned to the courtyard, with only the sound of everyone silently gnawing on cornbread. After a stifling lunch, Zhang Chen left the courtyard and strolled through the Shen family's grounds. Although it seemed like a casual walk, he was secretly sensing the mysterious fluctuations within the Shen family's courtyard, quietly observing the foundation of the Shen family.
"What mother left me is definitely not ordinary gold, silver, antiques, or other treasures, otherwise, the wealthy Shen family would never have taken it seriously. The item she left behind must be related to mystery…" Zhang Chen's mind flashed with his own judgment.
With the True God Golden Light within him, he was most sensitive to mysterious energy. Everywhere he walked, all mysterious energy was captured and sensed by him, hoping to deduce the energy of the treasure his mother left behind from it.
"The Shen family is indeed a large household. There are at least thirteen sources of energy with mysterious power within the entire manor. I wonder if the mystery mother left behind is hidden among them," Zhang Chen thought to himself.
At the same time, he was also spying on the methods of the Shen family's gods. If he could get a glimpse of the Shen family's gods' secrets, he would be more confident when he took action.
"I have a ninth-order invisibility talisman, the only thing I fear is the Shen family's tenth-order god. If I can lure the Shen family's tenth-order god away, then the entire Shen family will be like an uninhabited place to me. But how can I lure the Shen family's tenth-order god away?" Zhang Chen frowned and pondered.
Various thoughts flashed through his mind, wanting to test the thirteen mysterious auras of the Shen family, but a slight carelessness would alarm the tenth-order god. Once the tenth-order god took action, his trouble would be great.
"Among the thirteen mysterious auras, three are second-order mysterious, five are third, fourth, and fifth-order mysterious, and the rest are sixth and seventh-order. Only the aura in the deepest part of the backyard is very obscure. According to Lai San's memory, that direction seems to be the direction of the Shen family's ancestral hall, which is also where the Shen family's tenth-order god is stationed. If I were to choose the most likely one among the thirteen auras where mother left me the mystery, it would be the location of the ancestral hall," Zhang Chen deduced rapidly in his mind.
With various thoughts in his mind, Zhang Chen strolled towards the ancestral hall, wanting to observe the Shen family's ancestral hall up close, perhaps there would be some unexpected discoveries, and he might gain some unexpected clues.
Just as Zhang Chen was halfway there, two men walked towards him. The two men were not very old, one was slightly older than Zhang Chen, and the other was also slightly older than Zhang Chen.
Zhang Chen was familiar with one of them's aura. Through Lai San's memory, he knew that the person was Shen Qiu, the one who didn't save him on the ship.
As for the second person…
Zhang Chen had seen him flirting with Shen Ling outside the small forest, but at that time, he was too far away and only saw a rough outline. Now, looking closely at the other person's facial features, he found that they were somewhat similar to his own. He vaguely recognized the other person's origin: Zhang Gaoqiu!
Zhang Chen saw the two, and the two also saw Zhang Chen. However, after seeing Zhang Chen, the two didn't care and thought Zhang Chen was some servant. After all, Zhang Chen was wearing coarse linen clothes, even worse than the clothes of a servant. You must know that even the servants in the Shen family wore high-quality textile cotton clothes.
The two just glanced at Zhang Chen casually and talked to themselves. Shen Qiu said, "Cousin, how is that treasure?"
Zhang Gaoqiu's face was gloomy and said, "Although I and that bastard have the same bloodline, there are still differences after all. The hope of breaking the seal and obtaining that treasure is probably shattered."
Shen Qiu's voice was full of disbelief, "Logically speaking, you and Zhang Chen are from the same source, with the same bloodline, you should be able to open the seal of that mysterious object, how could you fail?"
"Perhaps it's because of subtle differences," Zhang Gaoqiu's voice was full of helplessness.
"Then what about your marriage with Shen Ling?" Shen Qiu asked.
Zhang Gaoqiu was silent upon hearing this, and after a long time, he said, "I can only ask my family to make the decision for me!"
"Perhaps we can trick that wild boy into opening the seal, and then we get the treasure, and directly drive that boy out of the mansion. Then cousin will naturally be able to embrace the beauty. Or we can find a way to obtain that boy's blood, perhaps we can use that boy's blood to open the seal of that treasure, and then we directly seize the treasure…" Shen Qiu said from the side.
"What will happen to that boy then? He has a marriage contract with Shen Ling, they are a rightful couple," Zhang Gaoqiu's voice revealed a trace of hesitation.
"He's just a poor boy. Only with the protection of my Shen family can he survive in Jinling City. It would be fine if he knew what's good for him, but if he doesn't, we'll break his hands and feet and imprison him, and throw him into a prison, trapping him to death inside. Who would dare to openly track down the whereabouts of a wanted criminal?" Shen Qiu's voice was full of disdain.
Zhang Gaoqiu scratched his head upon hearing this. At this time, the two brushed past Zhang Chen. Zhang Gaoqiu glanced at Zhang Chen, then retracted his gaze and said to Zhang Gaoqiu, "Such a method is too crude. Why not ruin his reputation first, and then disappoint those old guys in the capital, and then make him disappear?" Zhang Gaoqiu's voice was full of coldness.
Zhang Chen, who was behind the two, suddenly stopped, turned his head and glanced at Zhang Gaoqiu and Shen Qiu, his eyes full of strangeness. He had never heard of people discussing how to harm others in person.
Then Zhang Chen's eyes revealed a cold killing intent. He moved his fingertips slightly in his sleeves, wanting to use the Blood God Child to seize the two, but soon Zhang Chen dismissed the idea.
These two were different from the servant Lai San. That Lai San was just a humble servant, it didn't matter if he was plotted against, no one would pay attention to a humble servant.
But the Shen Qiu and Zhang Gaoqiu in front of him were noble young masters, who were constantly watched by those old guys. The Blood God Child seizing the other party would still have subtle differences from the original person. If people noticed, it would cause no small trouble, and if it ruined his plan, it would be bad.
Once the Blood God Child seized someone, their three souls and seven spirits would be devoured by the Blood God Child and turned into a blood puppet. At that time, the Blood God Child would replace the three souls and seven spirits, which would be impossible to hide from those above the tenth order.
Unless Zhang Chen's Blood Dao broke through to the tenth order, then he could naturally hide it from the prying eyes of experts of the same level.
"Jinling City is a big place, different from the small places in the north. Experts are not everywhere, but there are still quite a few. My every move must be careful," Zhang Chen thought to himself.
The most important thing for him was to develop, to endure and buy time for himself. As long as he had enough time, God would be on his side.
The two sides passed each other, and Zhang Chen's figure went away, with a trace of baleful aura flowing in his heart: "I'll temporarily remember this debt, and when I rise up in the future, I will definitely settle this debt with you."
Strolling around, Zhang Chen looked at the scenery of the Shen family all the way, and soon came to the Shen family's ancestral hall.
There were more than a dozen disciples guarding outside the Shen family's ancestral hall, Zhang Chen couldn't get close, he could only stand in the pavilion and look at the ancestral hall in the distance through the gaps in the trees, his eyes revealing a hint of surprise:
"Something's not right!"
He felt a familiar aura in the Shen family's ancestral hall, that aura was very similar to his own death authority, but it was not quite the same.
"That power is not the power of death, but it has the laws of death lingering within it, and there is another kind of indescribable power, that power seems to be born in death, but it transcends death. There is some kind of indescribable connection between the two, it's really strange," Zhang Chen stood in the pavilion, carefully sensing the extremely obscure power in the Shen family's ancestral hall, his eyes revealing a hint of caution. This was the first time he had come into contact with such a unique power attribute.