20demayo Chapter 278 Not This Gu Family
Chapter 278 Not This Gu Family
Time passed by minute by minute.
Finally, footsteps were heard from outside the door.
Zhou Peng appeared at the door.
Zhang Tie, who was supporting him, remained expressionless, but his steps were steady, ensuring that Zhou Peng would not fall to the ground due to excessive excitement.
"grandfather!"
Before anyone arrives, the sound comes first.
He held in his arms a thick stack of files with yellowed edges.
He rushed to the table in a few steps and, with the help of Zhang Tie, respectfully placed the stack of files on the rosewood table in front of Yun Chen.
"Grandpa! It's all here! The Bluestone City Lord's Mansion, the Gu family, and all the major and minor events of the past hundred years, as well as the information about the main members, are all here!"
Yun Chen slowly opened his eyes and his gaze fell on the mountain of files.
His heartbeat, at that moment, uncontrollably quickened by half a beat.
I have been in the secret realm of practicing magic for several days. Is there finally some news?
He suppressed the excitement in his heart, his mind full of worry about Ruoruo.
He reached out and flipped open the files to check the news.
He flipped through the pages very quickly.
His spiritual awareness far surpasses that of ordinary people, and he can almost read ten lines at a glance.
The files are indeed very detailed.
The Gu family of Qingshi City is a prominent local family with hundreds of years of history. The current head of the family, Gu Yuan, has reached the early stage of Golden Core cultivation and has been in power for more than fifty years.
The family lineage map is extremely clear, and it records clearly who is the direct descendant, who is the side branch, who got married in which year, and who gave birth to a child in which year.
Yun Chen's eyes quickly scanned the names and dates.
Gu Yuan...reigned for fifty years...
Yun Chen's heart sank little by little.
wrong.
The timing is totally wrong.
According to what Pang Fu said before, he and Gu Hong sneaked into the secular world from the secret realm of practicing Dharma about twenty years ago.
More than 20 years ago, the head of the Gu family was forced to commit suicide, and his younger brother, Gu Hong's biological father, succeeded him as the new head of the family.
And this city lord, Gu Yuan, had already been the head of the Gu family fifty years ago.
Looking further, in recent decades, there have been no major changes in the Gu family, and there is no record of any direct family members disappearing or leaving.
In other words, this Gu family is not the Gu family he is looking for...
He slowly closed the file, and his facial expression did not change at all during the whole process.
"Grandpa..."
Zhou Peng asked cautiously, "How is it? Is there any news about uncle?"
Yun Chen raised his head, met his nervous and concerned gaze, and let out a long sigh.
He shook his head slightly.
“Not this Gu family.”
"This Patriarch Gu has been in office for too long. The time when my rebellious son left... doesn't match up."
"Ah?" Zhou Peng suddenly looked disappointed.
He put so much effort that he almost broke the wound, but in the end... it wasn't?
But it’s better this way. If he can’t find it, then the old man’s skills can only be passed on to him, right?
Thinking of this, Zhou Peng was suddenly overjoyed, but he still pretended to be disappointed and comforted Yun Chen: "Grandpa, don't be discouraged!"
"If one Gu family doesn't work, let's find the next one!"
"Grandson will now mobilize all the power of our Zhou family in the entire cultivation world!"
"I'll dig three feet deep to find all the Gus!"
"That's all."
Yun Chen raised his hand and interrupted his passionate speech.
His tone was filled with the indifference of someone who had seen through the world and felt completely hopeless: "What is destined to happen will happen, and what is not destined to happen should not be forced. After searching for so many years, I have finally let it go."
He looked at Zhou Peng quietly, his gaze long, as if he was looking at something else through this useless "grandson".
Zhou Peng felt uneasy when he looked at him, and didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Peng'er."
"Perhaps... God took pity on me, an old man with no hope of finding a son, yet in my old age, I was blessed with a wonderful grandson like you."
"Since we can't find him... I can't just take my legacy with me... into my coffin."
"Peng'er, are you willing... to truly inherit Grandpa's alchemy skills?"
"boom!"
This sentence, like a thunderbolt from the sky, exploded in Zhou Peng's mind!
Inherit...grandfather's alchemy and medical skills?
Zhou Peng's body suddenly shook, and his whole body trembled violently, not because of weakness, but because of extreme ecstasy!
Alchemy!
Medical skills!
This is the inheritance that countless practitioners would fight to obtain!
He seemed to have seen that his Dantian had recovered to its original state under the help of the magic medicine, and was even better than before!
He seemed to have seen that he could refine a miraculous elixir with just a wave of his hand, and countless powerful people would bow down to him and respectfully call him "Master Zhou"!
His legs went weak and he was about to slide off the chair and kneel on the ground. Fortunately, Zhang Tie, who was next to him, was quick-witted and caught him.
"grandfather!"
"Grandson is willing!"
Yun Chen nodded slightly, a relieved smile on his face, as if he was very satisfied with their reaction.
"Okay, good boy."
"In that case, let's do it without further delay."
"Peng'er, your foundation is damaged. Restoring your Dantian won't happen overnight. You need to proceed step by step. Don't rush it."
"I plan to teach you some of the most basic alchemy techniques first."
He paused, then continued to lay out his plan in an orderly manner: "First, I want you to familiarize yourself with pharmacology and lay a solid foundation. Secondly, I can also refine some simple meridian-warming pills to aid in your recovery."
Zhou Peng had no thoughts of his own at this moment, and he just did whatever Yun Chen said.
He nodded frantically, like a chick pecking at rice: "I'll leave it all to Grandpa! I will study hard and will never let you down!"
"Yeah." Yun Chen nodded with satisfaction, then changed the subject, his tone becoming a little embarrassed: "It's just..."
coming!
Zhou Peng and Zhou Wan, mother and son, were both worried.
"It's just that... this alchemy is the most important thing to practice."
"As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. If you want to get started, you need a lot of herbs to practice with."
"Especially... when I refine the elixir for you to repair your Dantian in the future, the main and auxiliary ingredients required are extremely precious..."
He didn't finish his words, but his meaning was obvious.
Zhou Peng immediately understood.
His mind was racing.
Want medicinal herbs?
This is bullshit!
Even if he needs some rare medicinal herbs for his own use, so what?
As long as he can teach me sincerely and cure my Dantian, this "investment" is absolutely worth it!
This is not a loss at all, this is a huge profit!
After figuring this out, the last bit of doubt in Zhou Peng's mind disappeared.
He couldn't wait to turn around and look at Zhou Wan.
"Mom! Quick! Give Grandpa the key to the warehouse!"
"Grandpa wants to teach me how to make pills and heal my injuries, so I need herbs at all times!"