Chapter 28 The Beginning and the End of Cultivation (2/2)
A young man as such was extremely attractive and lovable.
Even the servant girl had joked about Shen Lian with her friends; she hoped that one day she could be married to Shen Lian and to have her Cinderella moment.
Moreover, with Shen Lian around, Xu Hong would not act too carelessly.
Shen Lian nodded at the servant girl – a habit he developed in the modern world. Whenever he ran into someone, he would greet them. Indeed, to him, there was no such thing as a social class hierarchy, and he believed in equality.
But his simple gesture of nodding had sent a flurry of butterflies to the servant girl's heart. She was excited that the Young Master remembered her, as they had only met once before.
She was exhilarated and excited.
This was definitely a tale that would make her friends jealous.
At that point, the assailment from Xu Hong earlier did not bother her as much anymore.
Shen Lian was no mind reader. He had no idea what was going on in her mind. If the servant girl were to find out that Shen Lian had an eidetic memory, she might not have been that pleased.
Shen Lian had no time for the servant girl. However, he felt an uncomfortable aura emanating from Xu Hong; that piqued his curiosity.
”Since I'm free, I wouldn't mind going to your house for a bit,” he replied.
He finally made the connection – the demonic god from Shen Ruoxi's dream. It had the same uncomfortable aura Xu Hong emanated.
”We shall head back after I got the cosmetics. Even though the Shen family is richer than us, but the meals in Xu family is on a league of its own,”
Xu Hong could not help but brag.
He invited Shen Lian because he remembered how Xu mentioned that no one else besides Shen Lian came home to the Shen family. The night that Shen Ruoxi recovered from her sickness, she even called Shen Lian's name.
To others, they might dismiss it as being merely a child's dream.
However, Xu Hong and Xu knew the true reason why Shen Ruoxi fell sick; it was the demonic god at work. Thus, her dream likely was not a normal dream. If she called Shen Lian's name, something was definitely going on.
Seeing how his new inn was opening, Xu Hong did not want to look for Shen Lian just yet. Despite his initial plan, he ran into Shen Lian on the street. What a fated encounter indeed!
Unaware that Xu Hong was trying to find out from him about the person who injured the Wutong Gods, Shen Lian was trying to get more information on the demonic god who was in Shen Ruoxi's dream.
Although Shen Lian had the Deity Vanquishing Sword, he was clueless when it came to Cultivation of Daoism.
Shenzu Scripture allowed him to train his inner Qi and to obtain superhuman physical power. However, it could not be considered as the fundamentals of Daoist immortality.
Even if the scriptures really had something to do with the Celestial immortals from the Mount Qing Xuan, their essence was that of Jianghu martial exercises.
Out of all the disciples under Ling Chongxiao, none of them had relied on the scriptures to attain immortality and learn about Daoism.
There would always be a beginning and an end to all cultivation. Whether it was The Mastery of Senses or the Deity Vanquishing Sword, Shen Lian lacked the basic understanding as to the essence of the skills. These were not something that Ling Chongxiao could answer; he might not even be willing to answer Shen Lian's questions in the first place.
However, the demonic god knew how to sneak into a human's dreams and to practice evil arts in it. Shen Lian thought the demonic god would have more information in relation to cultivation.
After Shen Lian ran into Xu Hong and noticed the clues, he was not about to waste such a good chance.
Both of them had different agendas in mind, yet they found something that they can agree with.
The servant girl thought it was too bad that she had to return to the Shen family after buying the cosmetics. She was reluctant to leave.
Shen Lian was unaware as usual and did not reciprocate to her feelings. Instead, he followed Xu Hong to the Xu family.