A few days later …
The person sent by Wan Sanye to bring Liu Ruyi home had arrived.
There was only one person!
It was a woman. She was not young, around forty years old. She did not look good.
Liu Ruyi knew her. Her name was Yu Manqiu and she called her Sister Yu.
In the living room, Shen Wanquan, Second Mother, and Shen Lian were accompanying her.
"Madam, Wan Sanye missed you so much that he became ill. He could not eat or sleep well for half a year and became thinner day by day. You don't know how happy he was when he heard that you were still alive." Yu Manqiu held Liu Ruyi's hand and sighed, showing the joy of reuniting with a good friend.
Liu Ruyi rubbed her teary eyes and sighed, "I also miss San Ye all the time. Unfortunately, I was in the thieves' den and every day felt like a year. Fortunately, Mister Lian saved me and I regained my freedom. "
Yu Manqiu had read the letter Liu Ruyi sent to Wan Sanye. She understood the cause and effect of the matter and Shen Lian's brilliant idea to protect Liu Ruyi's reputation. She could not help but nod and turned to Shen Lian, smiling, "San Ye is grateful for Mister Lian's righteous act. Whether it was saving Madam or protecting San Ye's and Madam's reputation, you handled it well. San Ye admires you very much."
As she spoke, she took out three banknotes and handed them over. They were banknotes from Tong Yin Bank with a denomination of one million.
Three banknotes were worth three million!
"This is a small token of appreciation from San Ye, please accept it."
Seeing this, Shen Wanquan and Second Mother looked at each other, deeply moved!
Wan Sanye was indeed the richest man in the north. He offered three million at once, tripling the bounty.
Shen Lian was also shocked and overjoyed. His efforts were not in vain.
However, compared to this, he was more concerned about Yu Manqiu.
She came alone, she must have something to rely on.
Wan Sanye did not send many people to bring Liu Ruyi home with great fanfare. Yu Manqiu alone was enough. How bold!
Shen Lian calmly accepted the three banknotes and calmly asked, "Pardon me for asking, but is Sister Yu a Gu Master?"
Yu Manqiu raised her eyebrows and stared deeply at Shen Lian. She nodded her head in surprise and said with a chuckle, "I didn't expect Young Master Lian to be a cultivator of the Venomous Insect Dao. No wonder you could kill Ghost Head Blade Guan Chao. He had no regrets dying in your hands."
As expected, Shen Lian's eyes flashed and he became excited.
However, Yu Manqiu's words exposed Shen Lian.
Only now did Shen Wanquan and Second Mother realize that Shen Lian had silently become a Gu Master, and Guan Chao was killed by Shen Lian!
The one who entered the thieves' lair alone was not Uncle Sun, but Shen Lian!
The shock in his heart could be imagined.
For a moment, the two of them were dumbfounded. They stared at Shen Lian in disbelief, waiting for him to give an explanation.
Shen Lian sighed in his heart.
"Forget it, the fact that I am a Gu Master will be exposed sooner or later. It's better to let Father and Second Mother be mentally prepared."
Shen Lian smiled at Father and Second Mother, then turned to Yu Manqiu and asked with a smile, "Sister Yu, I have just entered the sect and lack experience. I wonder if you can give me some information about the world of Gu Masters? What is it like?"
Yu Manqiu pondered for a moment and sorted out her thoughts. She slowly said, "The world of Gu Masters is very complicated and cannot be generalized. I will give you a brief introduction from the relationship between Gu and Gu Masters."
"The relationship between Gu and Gu Masters?"
"Gu Masters raise Gu, refine Gu, and use Gu. On the surface, it seems that Gu are like mistresses, but this is actually a very superficial point of view.
Gu, according to the relationship between Gu and Gu Masters, can be divided into three types: Bloodline Gu, Inheritance Gu, and other Gu.
Bloodline Gu, as the name suggests, is a Gu that binds with a certain clan's bloodline. The bloodline fuses and is passed down from generation to generation.
This kind of Gu can only be refined by the clan's bloodline, and the difficulty of refining is very low. The denser the bloodline, the easier it is to obtain the Gu's approval, and the power produced by activating the Gu will also be stronger!
Once a clan has a bloodline Gu, it will be passed down from generation to generation. Even if the person dies, the Gu will live on. The bloodline Gu will continue to evolve over a long period of time, thousands of years, tens of thousands of years, becoming stronger and stronger. The later bloodline host will benefit from this and can easily become a tyrannical Gu Master.
This kind of clan is called an aristocratic family.
Aristocratic families are the strongest forces in this world. It can even be said that this world is ruled by the aristocratic families that control the bloodline Gu.
They are very mysterious and rarely seen. They spend their whole lives raising Gu, refining Gu, using Gu, researching and developing the power of the bloodline Gu. They rarely move about in the world, and mortals rarely have the opportunity to see their true appearance, let alone come into contact with them. "
Shen Lian was astonished and had his horizons broadened.
He had met a total of three Gu Masters. Lin Xiu Ping was unwilling to talk about it, Liu Dahu only had a smattering of knowledge about the Gu Master world, and did not speak in detail. This Sister Yu in front of him was someone who had truly gone deep into the Gu Master world and had a deep understanding of it. He could not help but listen attentively.
"Let's talk about the inheritance Gu.
If the bloodline Gu and the Gu Master are related by bloodline, then the inheritance Gu and the Gu Master are closer to cooperation and mutual benefit.
The Gu and the Gu Master sign some kind of contract, the Gu Master will provide the Gu with what it needs, and the Gu will bestow strength to the Gu Master.
This unique contract gives birth to all kinds of sects, and they are forces only second to aristocratic families.
Some extremely strong sects can even contend with most of the aristocratic families in the world.
The inheritance Gu of a certain sect is passed down from generation to generation by the sect leader. It does not depend on the bloodline, nor is it restricted by the bloodline, but it can make the sect leader strong enough to dominate a region and establish his own sect, standing tall and prospering for a long time. "
Shen Lian understood that the aristocratic families and sects were the mainstream forces in this world. The imperial court, the Jianghu triads, and the wealthy families were all superficial forces. In the eyes of the aristocratic families and sects, they were as lowly as the ordinary people. In the end, they were just slightly bigger ants.
"Other Gu, including the bloodline Gu and the inheritance Gu, are all kinds of Gu. There are all kinds of Gu.
These Gu are generally hard to refine and even harder to evolve. The power they can display is also limited, and cannot be compared to the bloodline Gu and the inheritance Gu. "
Yu Manqiu sighed with some loneliness.
Hearing this sigh, people could not help but guess that she should not be from an aristocratic family or belong to a sect.
Such a Gu Master should be lacking in money.
Shen Lian's mind moved, his gaze burning as he expectantly asked, "Sister Yu, do you have a Gu that you want to sell?"
"You want to buy a Gu?" Yu Manqiu pondered, and after about a minute, she made up her mind.
"I have a Gu that I can sell. Bronze rank one, Lodging type, condensing primeval essence type. It can condense primeval essence into bronze primeval essence.
This Gu uses passion fruit as food and lodges in other Gu's aperture. It breathes in primeval essence, but condenses primeval essence.
Just like a cow, it eats grass, but produces milk. Hence the name 'Milk Cow Gu', it is very rare.
Moreover, the purity of the condensed primeval essence is very high, and the efficiency is much better than the Liquor worm Gu, Refine Essence Gu and other similar Gu.
However, this Milk Cow Gu has already been refined by me once, and I have raised it for twenty to thirty years. In your hands, it will be a second-hand Gu, and the difficulty of refining will be much higher. You may not even be able to refine it.
Also … if I am not wrong, you should still be a white rank Gu Master. If you want to refine a bronze rank Gu, it is almost impossible. You have to advance to a bronze rank Gu Master first.
A Gu Master's rank is higher than a Gu, this is the prerequisite for refining a Gu!
Actually, I suggest you buy a white rank condensing primeval essence type Gu, this way you can condense primeval essence faster, and help you advance to a bronze rank Gu Master.
This is the basic situation, you have to consider carefully whether you want to buy or not. "
"Second-hand Gu are even harder to refine …" Shen Lian hesitated for a while before asking, "How much do you want?"
Yu Manqiu solemnly said, "The lowest price for a bronze rank Gu is two hundred thousand. The Milk Cow Gu is a rare type, its market price can be four to five times higher. But seeing that you saved Madam's life, I will give you a discount, five hundred thousand!"
Hearing this, the corners of Shen Wanquan's and Second Mother's eyes twitched. The things that Yu Manqiu had said before, they had been muddle-headed and confused. It wasn't until now that they were talking about business that they finally understood. One Gu actually cost five hundred thousand taels. This was robbery!
Shen Lian held three million in his hand, he was rich and overbearing, nodding his head and saying, "Deal!"
Yu Manqiu was slightly surprised, but the Milk Cow Gu was useless to her, and she also couldn't evolve it to a higher rank, so it was better to sell it for money. Thinking of this, she smiled cheerfully.
She opened her palm, and a dazzling light shot out from her palm. A morning glory flower emerged from the light and landed in front of her.
The morning glory flower quickly became huge!
At the same time, the petals unfolded, revealing a dark stamen, as if it was an unknown space.
She waved her hand, and an afterimage rushed out, heading straight for her palm.
"This is the Milk Cow Gu, for you."
Yu Manqiu handed over the thing in her hand.
Milk Cow Gu, shaped like a mini earth toad, with greyish yellow skin and bulging lumps all over its body, looking a little scary.
Shen Lian took the Milk Cow Gu, and curiously asked, "Sister Yu, this morning glory flower is also a Gu?!"
Yu Manqiu smiled and nodded, "This is the morning glory Gu, a logistics type, it can be used to store items. With this Gu, the Gu Master's movements will be much more convenient."
Shen Lian couldn't help but show an envious expression.
One hand for the money, the other hand for the Gu.
Yu Manqiu turned to Liu Ruyi and said, "Madam, if there is nothing else, we will go back now."
Liu Ruyi nodded and stood up, thanking Shen Lian's family again and again, before saying goodbye with tears in her eyes.
"Madam, I will immediately activate the 'Teleportation Gu' and directly teleport you and me to Rong Hua City's Wan clan, close your eyes."
Yu Manqiu put her hand on Liu Ruyi's shoulder, and Liu Ruyi closed her eyes. A moment later, a bright light burst out from Yu Manqiu's body, forming a huge oval-shaped light film that enveloped her and Liu Ruyi. In the next moment, they suddenly disappeared from their original spot.
"Teleportation Gu …"
Shen Lian suddenly realized, no wonder Yu Manqiu alone was enough. It turned out that she had a strange Gu that could teleport a living person three thousand miles away, it was awesome!
Shen Wanquan and Second Mother were shocked speechless. What they saw and heard today was beyond their imagination, even subverting their worldview.
"Eh, what is this?" Shen Lian suddenly found a letter on Yu Manqiu's seat, it seemed she had left it behind.
There were four words written on the envelope: