Chapter 5: Time to Take the Medicine

"Regarding the Great Contention Era, could you tell me a bit more about it?"

Watching Chen Feng, who was still gazing at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle, Shen Yu looked utterly helpless.

At this moment, the old man's face was filled with desolation and worry, as if he were lamenting the nature of life, making it somewhat difficult for him to interrupt.

But after waiting for quite a while, Chen Feng remained in that posture, which finally made Shen Yu too impatient to wait any longer, and so he asked what was on his mind.

Regarding things like the Spiritual Qi Surge, this was the first time Shen Yu had heard of them, so naturally, he wanted to understand more.

Especially regarding the Great Contention Era and information about those experts, he wanted to know all of it.

Perhaps one day in the future, he would have to face all of this himself; it is never wrong to take precautions.

"Ah?" Disturbed by Shen Yu, Chen Feng finally came back to his senses and looked at him in surprise, saying, "Lord Shen is interested in these things?"

"Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles. It never hurts to learn about these things in advance!"

"Know yourself and know your enemy? Lord Shen is truly righteous!" As soon as Shen Yu spoke, Chen Feng understood his intentions. Looking at the other party now, he saw only composure in the young man's eyes.

At this moment, Chen Feng truly began to look at Shen Yu with new respect. He knew that if the day came to face all of this, this young man before him would absolutely stand in front without hesitation.

It was just like Mu Zishan back in the day, stepping forward amidst everyone's panic and fear, supporting the entire world with his own strength.

"Lord Shen, actually, I don't know much about these matters either. After all, the last Spiritual Qi Surge was a thousand years ago; a thousand years of time is enough to bury too many secrets!"

"However, I do know one person who knows many secret accounts of the Great Contention Era; he is a friend of mine, despite our age difference!"

Seemingly recalling the days of the past, some smiles appeared on Chen Feng's otherwise tense face.

"Although he is only in the Grandmaster Realm, he loves to collect various legends and secret accounts, especially after learning about things like the Spiritual Qi Surge; he became so obsessed that he couldn't extricate himself."

"Not only did he privately research and study the chaotic information of the Great Contention Eras throughout history, but he also traveled everywhere, compiling various rumors and legends into a biography."

"Come to think of it, this friend of mine was originally a genius with excellent natural talent, but in the end, he stopped at the Grandmaster Realm because of this hobby. It is truly a pity!"

Speaking of this, Chen Feng felt a bit of frustration that his friend hadn't lived up to expectations, and his face showed more helplessness.

A perfectly good genius, instead of working hard to cultivate to deal with the crisis that could arrive at any moment, went off to study those ethereal rumors.

So much so that in the end, he achieved nothing, stopping at the Grandmaster Realm with no further progress; he is probably still lingering at the Grandmaster Realm now.

"Back then, that friend of mine treated this biography as his life, compiling it every single day; he wouldn't even let an ordinary person take a single look at it!"

"Back then, I urged him to let go of those idle thoughts and put his energy into Martial Learning, but he retorted."

"So, in a fit of anger, I made a bet with him, and the stake was his biography!"

Speaking of this, Chen Feng sighed helplessly again, "I won the bet back then, but after winning, I had no interest in those things anymore. Who would covet his biography!"

"My original intention was to get him to put his energy back into Martial Learning, but he still wouldn't listen. He said that a lost bet is a lost bet, and he could just compile another one, but as for giving up his dream, don't even think about it!"

"He is just stubborn and set in his ways, and I couldn't sway him. Besides, he felt that a loss is a loss; I just said it casually, but he insisted on giving it to me. The more he tried to give it to me, the less I wanted it!"

"In the end, I really couldn't win against him, so I let him keep it for me first. We agreed at the time that as long as someone held my token, he would give these things to the person holding the token."

As he spoke, Chen Feng took out a jade pendant and handed it to Shen Yu, "This is the token we agreed upon back then, and it is also the last gift he gave me!"

"Counting it up, it has been nearly thirty years since we parted ways back then; time really flies!"

"It's been thirty years, and you're still calling him a friend despite the age difference?" Raising his eyebrows slightly, Shen Yu took the jade pendant, but his assessment of this old man in his heart dropped quite a bit.

Old man, do you think too highly of yourself? Perhaps the other person has even forgotten who you are!

"Lord Shen, now that matters here are settled, we shall take our leave!"

"If Lord Shen has any needs, just send us a message. As long as it is Lord Shen's business, we brothers will definitely not shirk!"

"By the way, that friend of mine is in Luhe County, Jiangjian Prefecture. The Gu family is quite influential locally, so they are easy to find!"

After saying this, Chen Feng did not drag things out at all, directly cupped his hands and said, "Lord Shen, we shall meet again!"

After handing the jade pendant to Shen Yu, Chen Feng prepared to leave with his two brothers; time truly waits for no one.

Now that Musue is dead, their Wind Flower Snow Rain Great Array is incomplete, and it will be difficult to find a suitable candidate for a while.

Even if a suitable candidate is found, coordinating skillfully will be a challenge. Not to mention reaching the previous level; it is absolutely impossible without a period of time.

Therefore, Chen Feng's impatience at this moment is completely understandable; he has always had a sense of crisis, and now he needs to race against time even more.

After accepting the jade pendant, Shen Yu headed toward Luhe County in Jiangjian Prefecture without a second thought; he was indeed very interested in that biography.

Although most of it was rumors and legends, Shen Yu knew very well that many rumors and legends are based on changes in reality.

Peering through a tube at a leopard, perhaps this biography could allow him to understand more information, and there might even be unexpected gains.

Walking in Luhe County, Shen Yu began to inquire about the location of the Gu family, but many people hadn't even heard of the Gu family.

Wasn't it said that they were very influential locally? How did they end up in a state where even ordinary people hadn't heard of them?

It wasn't until he met a few old men who were struggling to move things that Shen Yu learned some things about the Gu family from them.

But as soon as the Gu family was mentioned, these people would shake their heads and sigh; it was obvious that something was wrong.

"Young man, do you have some business with the Gu family?"

"I'm here to retrieve something. A friend left it with them, about thirty years ago. Now, I want to take this thing back!"

"Left it with the Gu family?"

Hearing this, the few old men looked at each other, and then one of them shook his head: "Young man, I advise you not to go; you won't be able to get your things back!"

"Won't be able to get them back? Is the Gu family that overbearing?"

"It's not that the Gu family is overbearing, it's just, sigh, it's hard to explain in a word or two. Young man, listen to the advice of us old folks, just leave!"

"Old man!" Hearing the hesitant words of these old men, Shen Yu understood that they definitely had concerns.

Oh my, this immediately made Shen Yu's short temper flare up. Originally, because it was Chen Feng's friend, Shen Yu had a favorable impression of the Gu family.

But looking at it now, it might be another family that bullies the good and fears the evil, to the point where people don't even dare to speak; their overbearing nature is evident.

Since he had encountered it, he would have to uphold justice!

Chen Feng had said he won the biography in a bet and agreed to use the token to retrieve it. Now that Chen Feng had given him the token, by rounding up, this thing was effectively his.

No one had ever been able to snatch things from his hands; just a Gu family, could they really be that arrogant?

"Old man!" Casually taking out a few ingots of silver and handing them over, Shen Yu said quite kindly, "This thing is very important to me, please lead the way, old man!"

"This..." Looking at Shen Yu, then looking at this gleaming silver, in the end, the power of money overcame everything.

"Young man, it's not that we won't help you, but I advise you to give up; you really won't be able to get this thing back!"

"Whether I can get it back or not, as long as you elders take me to the entrance of the Gu family, this money will be yours!"

"Then, then it's a deal, you mustn't go back on your word!" After hesitating for a few moments, the few old men hurriedly stuffed the silver into their pockets.

These poor wretches couldn't even earn a few taels of silver from the beginning of the year to the end, and the money Shen Yu took out was enough for all their families to eat for two years.

Very quickly, these few old men led Shen Yu through many twists and turns, arriving outside a magnificent mansion.

But as soon as Shen Yu looked up at the plaque, he couldn't help but frown, "Peng family?"

"Old sirs, did you bring me the wrong way? It clearly says Peng family here, but the place I want to go is the Gu family!"

"Young man, is the Gu family you are looking for the one that used to be very powerful? Then this is it! In these few decades, in the entire Luhe County, this is the only Gu family that was once at its peak!"

"Then what is going on with this Peng family? How did the Gu family become the Peng family?"

"Speaking of which, this is all a muddled account, sigh!"

At this moment, the old man sighed, and just as he was about to open his mouth to say something to Shen Yu, suddenly, bursts of painful muffled groans came from inside the mansion.

"You old good-for-nothing, where exactly did you hide the thing? Are you going to talk or not!"

"Beat him for me. If he doesn't talk for a day, beat him for a day; if he doesn't talk for a month, beat him for a month. I don't believe I can't pry your mouth open!"