Chapter 036: The Mystery of Origin
Zhu Shuai knows very little about his life experience. I've been living in this Xiumu City since I can remember. has lived so long that he has never even seen his biological mother, let alone this so-called family.
But the sudden visit of Zhu Ming and the two that day set off huge waves in Zhu Shuai's heart, and Zhu Shuai subconsciously believed what Zhu Ming said, because he mentioned his mother!
Zhu Shuai dreamed that his family could live together every day, and now that he finally had a trace of news about his mother, how could Zhu Shuai give up easily.
It's just that all this needs to be confirmed by his own father!
On this day, Zhu Shuai and his father were in the room, so Zhu Shuai took out the token that Zhu Ming left for him that day and handed it to his father.
"Father, do you know this thing?" handing over the token to his father, Zhu Shuai's face was full of anticipation.
After taking the token, my father just glanced at it, his face suddenly changed, and he looked at the token several times before he sighed and asked, "Where did this token come from, how did you have it?"
Seeing the change in his father's expression, Zhu Shuai also realized something in his heart, and Zhengse said: "The last time you went to the imperial capital to deliver goods, an uncle named Zhu Ming came to the group, and because you were not there, you left this token, and said that it was related to my mother." ”
Zhu Qing slowly stroked the token in his hand, his face kept changing, and after a long time, he finally made up his mind and said: "Shuai'er, you have grown up now and have your own thoughts and responsibilities, so there are some things that I should tell you about." ”
Father whispered, as if he was beginning to reminisce. Zhu Shuai also immediately sat up straight and listened carefully.
"Our Zhu family was originally one of the two major families in Haoyang City, and they have a pivotal position in Haoyang City. And the other family in Haoyang City is the Han family. ”
"Our Zhu family and the Han family have been friends for generations and have close contacts. At the peak of the relationship, there was also the custom of marriage, so the two families have always supported each other and rarely had disputes. ”
"When I was young, the current patriarch of the Zhu family, named Zhu Long, and my father, that is, your grandfather, had already set a baby for me, and when I was 25 years old, I could marry a young lady of the Han family. ”
"I was still young at that time, and I didn't know these things, so I took them. It wasn't until I met your mother in Xiumu City that I realized that I and Miss Han were not in love at all, but just victims of the marriage between the two families. Your mother and I really fell in love at first sight. ”
"I still remember the first encounter with your mother, who was dressed in a silver robe with three thousand silver threads hanging from her waist, and although she was only in her early twenties, she was noble and elegant, and her temperament was moving. ”
"Later, accompanied by your grandfather, I went to Han's house to discuss the dissolution of the marriage. At that time, the head of the Han family was also quite open-minded, and after discussing it with the young lady of the Han family, he agreed to this matter. This matter was settled in this way, and there were no twists and turns. ”
"The following year, I tied the knot with your mother, and soon gave birth to you. And at this moment, the head of the Han family suddenly died violently, and the cause of death was unknown. ”
"The Han family quickly elected a new head of the family, but who knew that as soon as the new head of the family took office, he turned against our Zhu family and began to oppose our Zhu family everywhere. ”
"Later, after many investigations, we learned that the new head of the Han family had already taken refuge in the Liang family, one of the three major families of the Dirk Empire. ”
"The strength of the Han family was not as good as our Zhu family, but with the assistance of the Liang family, they kept stirring up trouble with us, and my marriage with the young lady of the Han family was the reason why they kept talking about it. ”
"With the support of the Liang family, the Han family is extremely arrogant, claiming that only by expelling me from the Zhu family can this matter be resolved. Your mother was angry, so she secretly took someone to Han's house to theorize, but after that, she suddenly disappeared and was never heard from. ”
"I've been looking for your mother for a year, and I still haven't heard the slightest word about your mother. I went to Han's house to ask for an explanation, but I was seriously injured by the Liang family. Your grandfather was angry and wanted to start a war with the Han family, but the elders of the family, because they were afraid of making enemies with the Liang family, made me swallow my anger. In my grief, I left the Zhu family and came to Xiumu City on the border of the empire, hoping that one day, your mother would appear here again. ”
"Later, I heard that your mother had a fight with a deacon of the Liang family that day, and after being injured, she disappeared. I know in my heart that your mother is afraid that she has been killed, so I established this lion war mercenary group and began to cultivate my own forces, hoping that one day, I can avenge your mother!"
"It's a pity that I'm so unlucky, after more than ten years, I can only cultivate to the level of a magician, and it is so difficult to avenge your mother. The father said slowly, and there was a tear in his eyes.
Listening to his father tell him about his life experience, Zhu Shuai's eyes gradually became sharp. What Zhu Shuai values most is his family, if anyone hurts his relatives, he will definitely pay back ten times!
Although Zhu Shuai has never seen his mother, but blood is thicker than water, since the disappearance of his mother is related to the Liang family of the Han family, then he will avenge his mother for this sea of blood!
"Father, what is the name and strength of the Liang family who fought with my mother that day?"
Looking at the expression on Zhu Shuai's face, Zhu Qing hesitated for a while before he spoke: "Fifteen years ago, he was still a deacon of the Liang family, and his strength was at the level of a magician. Now, he has advanced to the Dharma King level and has become the Great Elder of the Liang family, and his name is Liang Kuan!"
Liang Kuan, yes! Dharma King, yes! One day, I, Zhu Shuai, will tear you to pieces with my own hands and avenge my mother! Holding the jade pendant left by my mother to him tightly, Zhu Shuai's heart was full of perseverance.
Zhu Qing looked at Zhu Shuai's hideous expression, smiled kindly, and said: "Your mother's revenge, I'm afraid I won't have a chance to revenge, so I have to pin my hopes on you, but you have to remember that the Liang family is not as vulnerable as the wolf mercenary group, as the family with the longest history in the empire, the strength of the Liang family is unfathomable." So, don't act rashly when you're not completely sure. ”
Zhu Shuai nodded quickly. Zhu Shuai naturally understands this truth that when it is not enough to confront the Liang family head-on, he will always be forbearing. However, from now on, he will keep an eye on the Liang family, and when the time is ripe, he will give it a fatal blow!
"Father, then we can't go back to Zhu's house, that day, Uncle Zhu Ming seemed to want us to go back. Ringing Zhu Ming's entrustment that day, Zhu Shuai asked.
Zhu Qing still touched the token in his hand and said: "The Zhu family's secret order, under normal circumstances, will not be used easily, since it is used, it means that something big must have happened in the clan." Besides, since I left the Zhu family that day, I haven't gone back, this time, I'll take you back for a trip!"
"Okay, then when are we leaving?" asked Zhu Shuai.
"It will take about a month from Xiumu City to Haoyang City, so there is still plenty of time, during this time, we will prepare for it, and wait until the things in the group are taken care of, and then it is not too late to leave!" Zhu Qing said.
"Okay. Zhu Shuai immediately agreed.
In the next two months, Zhu Shuai cultivated more diligently. Every day, he and Jing'er practiced non-stop in the cultivation pavilion, and at night, they hid in the house and kept refining spells.
In the past two months, under the continuous cultivation, the five elements in Zhu Shuai's body have become more abundant, and there is a faint feeling of breaking through to the seventh stage of yin and yang mage.
Moreover, Zhu Shuai's talisman refining technique has also made gratifying progress, and after two months of non-stop speculation and practice, there is now a success rate of nearly seventy percent in refining one-star talismans.
Jing'er has been practicing with Zhu Shuai, and has also achieved good results, the elixir in her body has been completed, and she has entered the stage of a water mage, Zhu Shuai found a water system spell suitable for Jing'er to practice from the ring left by the teacher, and handed it to Jing'er.
At this time, Jing'er's cultivation enthusiasm was even higher, and she held the staff given to her by Zhu Shuai all day long, and kept practicing in the martial arts training ground.
During this period, in order to hone their combat experience, the two also followed the mercenaries in the group to the Warcraft Forest for a while, and after getting a few first-order beast cores, they became familiar with most of the mercenaries in the group. Zhu Shuai generously distributed the one-star talisman healing talisman he usually refined to these mercenaries, making his reputation in the regiment even more outstanding.
After all, talismans are extremely precious in the Bright Continent, and healing talismans are even more precious for mercenaries, and they have a life-saving effect at critical moments. Zhu Shuai was able to distribute the healing charms to them without hesitation, so that the mercenaries respected him even more.
Refining spells is extremely costly for beast cores, but fortunately, with the backing of the mercenary group, Zhu Shuai refining the spell will not be timid, and after several failures, Zhu Shuai even refined two magic talismans.
The Mystic Talisman is a high-end talisman among the one-star talismans, which allows the user to increase the strength of two mages in a short period of time. Although Zhu Shuai's level of talisman refining has been greatly improved, and he still has the valuable experience left by his teacher in his mind, even so, Zhu Shuai only reluctantly refined two magic talismans after failing seven or eight times.
Give one of the magic talismans to Jing'er, and after using it, Nizi's strength has increased to a third-stage water mage. And Zhu Shuai is not so lucky, perhaps because he is a yin and yang mage, the role of the magic talisman is not very big, Zhu Shuai after using the magic talisman, only from the peak of the sixth-stage mage, to the peak of the seventh-stage mage, the effect is not as obvious as Jing'er.
But even so, Zhu Shuai is already very satisfied. If you let yourself cultivate, if you want to achieve such results, it is estimated that it will take at least three months.
The improvement of strength made the five elements in Zhu Shuai's body more abundant, and he was more handy when he cast spirit level spells, so Zhu Shuai also found several other spirit level spells from the teacher's ring and began to cultivate.
However, what made Zhu Shuai puzzled was that in recent days, when he entered the Warcraft Forest with mercenaries, he found that the number of Warcraft in it had decreased a lot, and sometimes he could even meet the corpses of some third-order or even fourth-order Warcraft Beasts.