Chapter 300

“I just don’t know who the opponent this time will be.”

As soon as Lin Dong finished speaking, Gu Mengqi handed him a scroll and said with a smile.

“We just analyzed some of it. This time, the strong man sent by the Demon Prison should be this person.”

As Gu Mengqi spoke, she pointed to the name at the top of the scroll that Lin Dong had opened.

“Faceless man, Xu Xiu?”

Lin Dong looked in the direction where Gu Mengqi’s finger pointed. There were five large gold-plated characters on it. He subconsciously whispered them out loud, then frowned. He instinctively felt that there was something wrong with this name.

Looking up again, Lin Dong noticed that this list was actually something called the ‘Rookie List’.

“Rookie list? What’s that?”

“It is the strength ranking of the younger generation in Chaos Demon Sea. It was ranked and published by a force called Tianji Tower.”

Lin Qingtan took over and said with a look of pride on her face, she was directly ranked fifth on the rookie list.

“Then is this Xu Xiu sure to be from the Demon Prison?”

As soon as Lin Dong asked, Xiao Diao sneered and started to explain.

“This Xu Xiu, like us, is a guy who suddenly appeared not long ago. About a year ago, this guy first appeared and fought with a powerful master in the Death Profound Realm, and successfully killed his opponent.”

“Moreover, this Xu Xiu had always been unknown before this. No one even knew that there was such a strong man.”

Although the Mysterious Realm of Life and Death is not as famous as the Wheel-Turning Realm in the Chaos Demon Sea, a strong man of this strength would at least have a good reputation in some sea area, right?

But this Xu Xiu is completely unknown, and it can even be said that he does not exist.

And he suddenly appeared at this moment. How could such a strong man be created out of thin air?

“I wonder if you know which bookshelf the history books in the library are kept on?”

Cai Wan raised her eyebrows slightly and stared at Mr. Shen with a bit of surprise in her eyes. If he starts reading history, his ambition must be great. It seems that this Mr. Shen is also a man with great ambitions.

“Mr. Shen, you’ve come to the right place. These rows of bookshelves are all filled with history books. However, Zhenji has a general history book here. If Mr. Shen is interested, you can read it first.”

Cai Wan smiled and took out a book from under the piano bed. There was a delicate scent of ink on the book, which made Shen Jun happy and he quickly reached out to take it.

Those detailed historical books that even record which emperor did what on which day are not what Shen Jun wants at all. He is not a historian. What he wants is this kind of general history so that he can have a certain understanding of the world first.

“Thank you girl!”

“Mr. Shen, you are too polite. When the time comes, please read it and help correct me.”

Shen Jun’s excited expression made Cai Wan blush slightly. She lowered her head shyly and spoke softly. Shen Jun took the book without thinking much. Looking at the brand new book in his hand, Shen Jun was surprised for a moment, then he opened it and began to read.

As the papers continued to turn, Shen Jun gradually gained some new understanding of this world. This is a world that is somewhat similar to the history of his previous life, but also very different. It is more like a world that is a mixture of history and mythology.

In ancient times, Emperor Huangdi fought a great battle with Chiyou. After defeating Chiyou, the Nine Provinces belonged to the human race.

After the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the Xia and Shang dynasties came into being. In the late Shang Dynasty, King Ji Chang of the Western Zhou Dynasty was dissatisfied with the tyranny of King Di Xin and rose up to rebel against the Shang Dynasty. King Di Xin was defeated and burned himself to death in the Zhaixing Tower. From then on, the Shang Dynasty perished. This is known in history as the Battle of the Gods!

After the Battle of Conferred Gods, King Wu of Zhou, Ji Fa, divided the world into fiefdoms. The title of human king was no longer used. He began to be called Son of Heaven, and was known as the Emperor of Zhou.

After 1,200 years, King You of Zhou was killed and King Ping of Zhou moved eastward, which is known in history as the Western Zhou and Eastern Zhou.

Three hundred years into the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Duke Zhuang of Zheng defeated the Zhou emperor in a battle, destroying the dignity of the Zhou royal family. From then on, the world was in chaos and the princes fought for hegemony.

First there were Five Hegemons, then there were Seven Heroes, and many heroes competed for supremacy until Ying Zheng, the Sixth King of Western Qin, ascended the throne, swept across the world, and made his power known to history. The throne of the king was restored, and he called himself the First Emperor!

In the 56th year of Emperor Qin Shihuang’s reign, the nobles of the six kingdoms united with hundreds of schools of thought and fought with Emperor Qin Shihuang on the banks of the Xiang River. The Xiang River was cut off after the battle, and hundreds of schools of thought withered.

Not long after, the great emperor, the First Emperor Ying Zheng, died in the capital city of Xianyang due to serious injuries. The Second Emperor Hu Hai was unable to suppress the heroes of the world, and the Qin Dynasty perished in just three years.

After the Chu Overlord Xiang Yu destroyed Chu, all the heroes fled away except Liu Bang, the King of Han. The Chu and Han fought for nearly a hundred years. Finally, in the Battle of Wujiang, the Overlord Xiang Yu was killed. The Xiong family took advantage of the situation to seize power and confronted the Han Dynasty across the Yangtze River.

Less than 30 years after the establishment of the Han Dynasty, strong men such as Zhang Liang, Han Xin, and Fan Kuai all died of illness one after another due to serious injuries. The once powerful Han Dynasty was in danger, and the surrounding ethnic groups were eyeing it covetously.

After nearly three hundred years of rule by Emperor Taizong Wen and Emperor Jing, the Han Dynasty became rich and powerful. However, Emperor Shizong Wu was warlike and waged wars for two hundred years, making the once powerful Han Dynasty like a sick tiger. In his later years, due to the witchcraft disaster, Emperor Shizong Wu killed his wife and son, cutting off the destiny of the Han Dynasty.

After Emperor Shizong Wu died, the new emperor had just ascended the throne. Duke of Tang Li Yuan raised an army in Jinyang and founded the Tang Dynasty.

Not long after, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, was enthroned as emperor by the ministers of the Tang Dynasty. He tested his sword across the world, and was feared by all. He repeatedly defeated the Han cavalry. In the end, with Hangu Pass as the boundary, the lands of the six former Shandong states to the east of Hangu Pass all belonged to the Tang Dynasty. The once powerful Han Dynasty had to be trapped in the land of Western Qin and Sichuan.

However, only fifty years later, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, was assassinated, and since then, the fortunes of the Tang Dynasty have plummeted.

Fifty years later, many military governors of the Tang Dynasty rebelled one after another. Zhao Kuangyin put on the yellow robe and established the Song Dynasty in Kaifeng. Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty in Jicheng, the ancient capital of the old Yan State.

Since then, the situation of the five kingdoms of Han, Tang, Ming, Song and Chu coexisting has continued to this day for more than two hundred years.

……

The more Shen Jun read the records in this general history, the more frightened he became. He was now starting to panic.

This world is actually a world of high-level martial arts. People can live for hundreds of years at any time, which is really too scary. What’s more, they can easily fight and cut off the rivers and streams. He is just lucky that he has not met… No, Shen Jun suddenly remembered that he seemed to have met a monk with a ferocious face some time ago. At that time, he relied on the groups of refugees behind him and pointed at the other party’s nose and cursed him a few times, and directly scolded the other party to vomit blood.

Thinking back now, Shen Jun’s back was instantly soaked with wetness. Fortunately, the monk did not get angry and lose his temper. Otherwise, he would have died on the spot. He would not have had the chance to live the good life he has now.

Shen Jun remembered that the monk seemed to be from Jinshan Temple. It seemed that he would have to offer some incense money to Jinshan Temple next time. He had announced his name that day, so he must not let the other party remember him, otherwise his life would be over.

While flipping through the general history in his hand, some worry flashed across Shen Jun’s face from time to time, and his brows were furrowed. Cai Wan, who was sitting opposite him, was so worried that she even left the piano bed and sat opposite Shen Jun again, lowering her head slightly, and taking the initiative to add tea and water to Shen Jun from time to time.

Her posture of lowering her head and waiting for criticism made her look like a well-behaved little concubine.

Shaoyao, who secretly saw all of this, did not go over to disturb Shen Jun from reading, but quietly retreated. She soon found Su Yueyao who was busy and reported to her about the encounter between Shen Jun and Cai Wan in the library hall.

After hearing Shaoyao’s report, Su Yueyao frowned subconsciously and said with a bit of annoyance on her face.

“I forgot that Miss Cai has been living in the Library Hall for more than a year.”

“Miss, would you like to find an opportunity to give her to…”

A hint of coldness flashed across Shaoyao’s eyes. Since the young lady of the Cai family knew their secret, they would definitely not let her leave the house. Otherwise, they would be in big trouble. Therefore, the only way was to make her disappear completely.

However, Su Yueyao’s face turned cold and she glanced at Shaoyao, which scared Shaoyao so much that she immediately lowered her head to admit her mistake. After seeing Shaoyao admit her mistake, Su Yueyao’s expression eased a little, and she gently stroked the back of her smooth hand with her slender jade fingers, and then spoke softly.

“If I remember correctly, the young lady from the Cai family seems to have an older sister, right? Since my husband likes her, I think he will also be interested in her sister.”

“Peony, notify Lao Bai and have him send someone to tell Miss Cai’s whereabouts to her sister and bring her to Yangzhou!

It’s a pity that most of the books here are related to various classics. Among them, most of them are annotations, insights, and annotations of these classics by famous scholars. There are no books related to history.

Suddenly, Shen Jun paused and took a light breath through his nose. A faint and elegant tea fragrance slowly came in, making Shen Jun’s eyes light up. He ignored the books on the bookshelves on both sides and strode forward.

After wandering among the bookshelves for a while, Shen Jun finally walked out from the mountain of books. What came into his sight was a warm room like the Moon-Watching Pavilion.

The furnishings in the warm room were also quite simple. There was a low couch on the left, a desk on the right, and a piano bed on the outside. There was a closed screen on each side.

The elegant and refreshing tea fragrance came from the table. At this moment, a woman in a dark green dress was sipping tea with her sleeves rolled up.

The woman looked to be around 20 years old, with a beautiful face and an elegant temperament. Although her beauty was not as stunning as Su Yueyao’s, she was still one of the most beautiful women in the world.

Speaking of which, in the entire Su Mansion, the few people that Shen Jun had seen and remembered seemed to be all top beauties. The whole place was like a country of beauties, and Su Yueyao was undoubtedly the queen of this country of beauties.

The elegant woman looked up when she heard the footsteps. The half-smile on her face froze in an instant, and turned into a look of astonishment and surprise.

“You are? Miss Su’s husband?”

“Hmm? Aren’t you a maid in the mansion?”

Shen Jun was also stunned. Su Yueyao had told him about the situation in the Su Mansion this morning. The current owners of the entire Su Mansion were only the couple, and there were many more people in the mansion. Su Yueyao also told him that if he had any problems, he could just give orders to his subordinates.

But judging from the tone of the woman in front of him, she didn’t seem to be a maid in the mansion? But Su Yueyao didn’t have any sisters either, so could it be that the woman in front of him was a concubine kept by his cheap father-in-law?
hiss!
Recalling the appearance of his father-in-law in his mind, and looking at the woman who was almost as young as Su Yueyao, Shen Jun couldn’t help but sigh. These rich and powerful people really know how to have fun. Even at such an old age, they still have the energy to play the game of hiding a beauty in a golden house.

“If Master Su doesn’t mind, you can call me Zhen Ji.”

“Zhen Ji?”

After hearing the name of the woman named Zhen Ji, Shen Jun was completely stunned. What the hell, Zhen Ji? The legendary Luoshen Zhen Ji?

Although Shen Jun also knew that Zhen Ji of the Zhen family was not actually the Goddess of Luo River, there was no doubt that Zhen Ji was an absolutely great beauty.

Although he didn’t know whether the person in front of him was the Zhen Ji he had heard of, but judging from her appearance, her dignified and elegant demeanor, and her well-read temperament, she was definitely worthy of the name Zhen Ji.

Looking up at the woman’s girlish bun, Shen Jun couldn’t help but shake his head and sigh, “Tsk tsk tsk, a fresh flower stuck in cow dung, and it’s old at that.”

“Master Su has misunderstood. I am Zhenji, the Zhen in loyalty, not the Zhen in Zhen’s family.”

From Shen Jun’s tone, Cai Wan knew that the other party had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained. Shen Jun couldn’t help but smile awkwardly and nodded in response.

“Ah? So, you don’t have to call me Uncle Su anymore. My name is Shen Jun, so you can just call me Uncle Shen.”

Although Su Yueyao said that Shen Jun would have the final say in the entire Su family from now on, Shen Jun did not become arrogant and did not take other people in the Su family seriously. Therefore, facing this concubine who was suspected to be kept in the library by his cheap father-in-law, Shen Jun was still relatively polite.

“That’s an offense, Zhen Ji. Mr. Shen, would you like to have a drink? This is the best Longjing tea that your wife has collected!”

Cai Wan found it quite interesting. Miss Su acted so domineeringly, but unexpectedly, her husband behaved so politely and treated her, a half-prisoner, so courteously.

Upon hearing that Cai Wan actually had the finest Longjing tea collected by his wife, Shen Jun became even more polite. This person might have a high status in the heart of his cheap father-in-law, otherwise, he would not have given her such a large library to live in.

Although Mr. Shen has not experienced the life of a true ancient aristocrat, he knows that in the minds of these ancient aristocrats, these classics, especially the annotations of the classics, are the most important things and can be said to be a family inheritance.

“How dare Mr. Shen refuse the young lady’s cordial invitation? It just so happens that Mr. Shen also has something he wants to ask the young lady for advice. I hope the young lady will be generous in giving him advice!”

Shen Jun clasped his fists politely, changed into his clogs very politely, walked into the warm room, and knelt down opposite Cai Wan.

“I don’t deserve your advice, but Master Shen will tell you everything that Zhen Ji knows!”

(End of this chapter)