Chapter 251 - Chapter 251: 251 Forget righteousness upon seeing benefits (1/2)

Chapter 251: 251 Forget righteousness upon seeing benefits

Outside the city of Yuzhou, there is a Thousand Stars Mountain, and the ancient home of the Shen Family is located right there.

This ancestral home has been there for more than a thousand years, and only the direct descendants of the Shen Family have the privilege to live there.

On this day, the Shen Family’s old house was extraordinarily lively, with many people standing at the entrance waiting.

Before long, a horse-drawn carriage arrived and stopped at the entrance.

A man in white, Shen Baiyi, dismounted from the carriage.

“Greetings to the young lord,” the crowd at the entrance saluted almost in unison.

With a proud smile on his face, Shen Baiyi stepped through the main gate of the Shen Family Mansion.

He was already twenty-eight years old, and according to the family’s decision, he was officially pronounced the heir of the Shen Family, the future patriarch.

Just as he was basking in self-satisfaction, he suddenly overhears a discussion not far away, “Can’t even enter the top ten on the Hidden Dragon List, I wonder why he’s so proud.”

“Yeah, the Shen Family has never had such a useless heir.”

“I will definitely replace him in ten years.”

The smile on Shen Baiyi’s face stiffened, and anger surged in his heart, though he didn’t explode.

The Shen Family has its own rules. No matter how competition amongst peers stirred, it was absolutely forbidden to target those younger.

He recognized those who were gossiping, each one about ten years younger than him, though they were of the same generation. Their realms were far apart, and they all belonged to another faction within the Shen Family.

Moreover, what they said was true, leaving him no reason to get angry.

But, could this be blamed on him?

More than half a year ago, he was the young and promising candidate ranked third on the Hidden Dragon List, just behind Chu Xiyue and Wu Xingyun.

Until Gu Yang came along, forcing him down to the fourth place. From then on, geniuses appeared as if they were springing up like water from a geyser.

Pei Qianlan, for instance, suddenly rose to the first place, followed by the appearance of Wu Lingling, then Xu Ruomei, and finally, even Su Qingzhen managed to surpass him.

What more, people like Han Mengling and Feng Tianci, whose names he had never heard before, also surpassed him.

And just like that, he was squeezed out of the top ten.

What was even more frightening was the terrifyingly high cultivation levels of these people.

The top five in the Hidden Dragon List were now all of the First Rank.

The ranks six to eleven were all Second Grade.

He barely made it to the eleventh place.

The martial artists of this generation were really intense.

You should know that, in the past, having a First Rank on the Hidden Dragon List was a major event that shocked everyone, occurring roughly once every hundred years or so.

But now, five First Rank powerhouses had appeared all at once. This was unprecedented.

Even on the list of prodigies, there were only two First Ranks.

Shen Baiyi felt unjust. With his cultivation level, if he were placed in any other generation of the Hidden Dragon List, he wouldn’t fall out of the top five.

Who could have thought that he would face such a group of freaks?

Speaking of which, all of this was caused by that Gu Yang.

Ever since Gu Yang topped the Hidden Dragon List, the world seemed to have become a bit abnormal.

Those who were ranked high on the Hidden Dragon List all had ties with him.

Pei Qianlan, who ranked first, had eloped with him.

The second-ranked Gu Xiyue, and the third-ranked Wu Xingyun, both had significant connections with him.

The fourth-ranked Han Mengling was allegedly the disciple of the Sword Saint, who later passed her to him.

Not to mention the fifth-ranked Su Qingzhi, who was his lover.

Going further down the list, even Xu Ruomei, and Feng Tianci were all related to Gu Yang.

This was just absurd.

Shen Baiyi felt a tinge of jealousy in his heart. What if he had gotten to know Gu Yang a bit earlier?

If he had become acquainted with Gu Yang a few months ago, and become familiar with him, he might already be a First Rank by now.

Boom!

As he was thinking this, a melodious bell sound suddenly rang from the backyard.

Suddenly, the entire Shen Mansion fell silent.

“This is —”

Shen Baiyi’s heart shuddered, he turned his head towards the backyard in disbelief, “The bronze bell, it actually rang.”

Outside the Shen Family’s ancestral hall, there was a huge bronze bell. Rumor had it that this bell had existed more than a thousand years ago.

However, from when he was a child until now, he had never seen anyone ring this bell.

When he was a child, he had specifically asked his father about it.

His father said that ever since the bell was placed there, it had never rung.

If one day, the bell were to ring, it would signify a major event had occurred.

Shen Baiyi originally thought that the bell would never ring, but unexpectedly, it started ringing all of a sudden.

Boom!

Another chime.

Boom, Boom…

After nine successive bell rings, several figures flew from the horizon. The Shen Family’s several Divine Power Realm experts had all arrived.