Dong Mansion, Yuemei Courtyard, in the hall.

Shen Yun asked Dong Yuemei: "Mother, you have such a big fire with the head of the family, do you already know what happened in the city lord's mansion?"

Dong Yuemei said: "At that time, I was preparing dinner with Wei'er in the stove room, when there was a sudden sound on the roof.

When I went out to take a look, I found a paper ball thrown in front of the door, picked it up in my hand and opened it to take a look, only to see that it was written: 'Dong Xuan wants to be bad for the son, please be more careful!'"

Lu Wei walked into the hall with three teas on a tray, finished distributing them, sat next to Shen Yun, and said: "My mother was anxious and angry at the time, and she was going to look for you immediately.

I rushed to the City Lord's Mansion by the small road, and when I heard that the Dong family had left, I immediately returned home, and then I realized that you did not come back with everyone.

Mother ordered me to go to the city lord's mansion to find you again, and then go alone to ask the master of the family for the guilt. I inquired all the way, and that's when I found you on the street. ”

After Lu Wei finished speaking, Dong Yuemei asked with a cold face: "Yun'er, what happened in the City Lord's Mansion? What did Dong Sui do to you? Don't be afraid, tell it all, my mother will support you!"

Shen Yun was moved in his heart, his eyes were red, he couldn't hold back his tears, calmed down his excited emotions, and started from betting with Cao Mo until Lu Heng announced the verdict.

After listening to Shen Yun's story, Dong Yuemei sighed: "After getting the spirit knife and becoming the head of the family, what is he not satisfied with?!"

Shen Yun comforted: "Isn't this good child, I want to come to my uncle to show others, where can I really fight!"

Dong Yuemei said with a smile: "Don't talk about this, give me your student badge, tomorrow I will go to the account room to get the spirit stone, and I will go to the school to help you pay your scholarship!"

Shen Yun handed his student badge to Dong Yuemei, and said with a smile: "The spirit stone still has to be received, so you don't have to pay the academic qualifications!"

"Why?" Dong Yuemei asked puzzled.

Shen Yun immediately told the two of them what happened in Fang City and Fang Cai in Lu Mansion that day, just because the song "Jiangchengzi" was too sad and sad, he passed it by.

Dong Yuemei sighed: "Xun Lao is known as a virtuous person, this time it is really thanks to him!"

Lu Wei asked: "The master in Xun Lao's mouth is Yuan Zhao, the Marquis of Chen'an Mansion!"

Shen Yun said: "It should be!"

Dong Yuemei said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I am still the benefactor of Yuan Zhao's deceased wife!"

Seeing that Shen Yun and Lu Wei were both looking at her with surprised eyes, she said faintly: "You have all grown up, and you should know about your mother's past!"

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Dong Yuemei is the only daughter of Dong Ping, the former head of the Dong family, and was promoted to a high-level warrior at the age of twenty-eight, and is a rare genius woman among the Lin'an City scholars.

According to the rules of the Dong family, the clansmen can only freely dispose of their future after obtaining enough family contribution points.

Dong Yuemei spent seven years saving enough family contribution points, and then left Lin'an City to travel.

In the meantime, her mother died of illness and left her forever.

Dong Yuemei traveled all the way, and after some time in the city of Chenning Prefecture, she set off for Yaoxing County.

On the way, she encountered a convoy that was fighting with the horse bandits, and immediately stepped forward to help, helping the convoy defeat the horse bandits and quietly leaving.

Later, she learned that it was the convoy of Yuan Zhao, the son of the Marquis of Chenning Mansion, who sent his wife home to wake up her relatives.

After arriving in Yaoxing City, Dong Yuemei found an inn to settle down, and while visiting the food, she was looking for a secluded place.

On this day, Dong Yuemei was playing in the mountains and forests outside the city, and was suddenly surrounded by several masked men, and she killed the killer without saying anything.

Dong Yuemei immediately drew her sword to greet her, but she didn't expect that there were several martial cultivators among the enemies, and one of them had a cultivation level comparable to her.

Just as she was about to be defeated and humiliated, a man in white suddenly appeared and killed all the masked men with a single move.

Dong Yuemei lifted their veils and saw that there were several familiar faces in them, and immediately guessed that this was the revenge of the horse bandits against her.

She was deeply impressed by the appearance and cultivation of the man in white, and after thanking her, she took the initiative to report to her home.

The man in white was Shen Qingchuan, and he told Dong Yuemei to find a few more companions when she went to a secluded place in the future.

Dong Yuemei is a woman who dares to love and hate, and generously put forward her desire to travel with Shen Qingchuan.

The latter, apparently also moved by her elegance, gladly agreed.

In the next few years, the two traveled together, secretly fell in love with each other, and after a private life, they settled in a secluded mountain forest and lived in seclusion.

In the next year, Shen Yun was born.

Not long after, a man in black suddenly found Shen Qingchuan and said that Shen's father was critically ill and wanted to see his son for the last time before he died, so he sent people to look for him.

Shen Qingchuan informed Dong Yuemei of this matter and wanted to take her and her son home together.

Dong Yuemei was naturally very willing, but considering the long distance, taking a baby on a long journey, it would take a lot of time, and she was afraid that the old man would not be able to wait, so she asked Shen Qingchuan to go home with the man in black alone to visit, and after taking care of things, she would come back to pick up their mother and son.

I didn't want Shen Qingchuan to leave, so he never came back.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, Shen Yun is already four years old, and he will soon reach the age of awakening spiritual consciousness.

After Dong Yuemei left a letter, she took her son back to Lin'an City.

At first, Dong Ping thought that Dong Yuemei had a child out of wedlock, which was unethical, and he refused to forgive her.

Dong Yuemei knew that she was at a loss, and she didn't die and beg Bai Lai to ask her father and brother what to do, but rented a courtyard in the city to settle down temporarily.

The second year is the period of the 50-year Lin'an Meeting.

According to the rules, the strongest family must first be decided among the dozens of clans.

Then the weakest family will be determined from among the three major families.

Then, the strongest warrior clan will compete with the weakest wang clan, and the winner will form a new four wang clan with the castle lord family and the family that won the battle of the wang clan.

In the end, the four major clans will take turns to fight again, and the head of the strongest family will become the new city lord.

At that time, the position of the city lord was also in the hands of the Lu family, the three major families were Cao, He, and Dong, and the strongest clan was the Li family.

The Dong family was defeated in the battle of the Wang family, and if they lost to the Li family again, they would lose their position as the wang family, which would mean that they would lose many privileges.

According to the rules, Dong and Li have to play five duels, and winning three of them can be considered a victory.

The Dong family easily won the first two games, thinking that they could keep their position as the wang clan, but in the third game, the children of the Li family suddenly showed a first-grade spirit knife.

The spiritual artifacts in the cultivation world are usually divided into nine grades, and each grade is divided into low, intermediate, high, and top grades.

A low-grade spiritual knife can provide seven points for cultivators, and compared to the proportional unit of the earth, it is a 7% increase in basic spiritual power.

A top-grade spirit knife can provide a 10%, that is, a 10% increase in basic spiritual power.

The Li family relied on the first-grade low-grade spirit knife to win two games in a row, making the two families return to the same starting line again.

The final battle will be fought between Dong Xuan of the Dong family and Li Fan of the Li family, both of whom are high-ranking warriors.

Shen Qingchuan gave Dong Yuemei a ring, there were two first-grade spirit knives, Dong Yuemei saw this situation, felt that the opportunity had come, and immediately found Dong Ping, saying that if she could meet several conditions, she was willing to contribute a first-grade low-grade spirit knife to the family.

In the secular world, the most direct way to get a first-grade spirit knife is to go to the auction in the prefecture city or a higher city to bid for it.

Although the starting price of a low-grade spirit knife is not high, if there are no about 10,000 spirit stones, it is impossible to compete for them in your hands.

Moreover, in order to enter the auction venue, you must have at least a seven-star green card from a well-known chamber of commerce.

In Shengyi Continent, major well-known chambers of commerce will issue VIP cards to eligible customers.

These VIP cards are usually divided into four tiers, namely the junior green card, the intermediate silver card, the senior gold card, and the top black card.

Take the Wanpin Club, which enjoys a very high reputation in the Yizhou realm, for example, if you want to get its one-star green card, then your cumulative consumption amount in the Wanpin Club must reach at least 100,000 spirit stones.

When the cumulative consumption amount reaches 200,000 spirit stones, you can upgrade your one-star green card to a two-star green card.

For a one-star silver card, the cumulative consumption needs to reach one million spirit stones.

As a county dignitary like the Dong family, it is not too much of a problem to cut down on food and clothing and take out 10,000 spirit stones, but since there is only a five-star green card, this road is obviously impassable.

Another way is to go to the Alchemist Guild to customize.

The total material cost and refining fee of a low-grade spirit knife is about 8,000 spirit stones, which seems to be a lot more cost-effective than bidding, but if the refining fails for "various reasons", the guild will only refund you the refining fee of 1,000 spirit stones, and the others will not be responsible.

Obviously, the Dong family would not risk thousands of spirit stones to go to the Refiner Guild to customize them.

Therefore, for the Dong family, the first-grade low-grade spirit knife has become an unattainable dream magic weapon.

After listening to Dong Yuemei's words, Dong Ping seemed to grasp the life-saving straw, and immediately convened an emergency clan meeting to let her say her conditions on the spot.

The first condition put forward by Dong Yuemei was to ask for a spirit summoning fruit for Shen Yun, if he could successfully awaken the spiritual consciousness, he would be given the status of a side disciple and enjoy all the rights and treatment of the family's key cultivation objects.

It is rumored that there are only twelve spirit fruit trees in the Jiangnan realm, except for the Tang Kingdom, which has three, there is only one in the other kingdoms, and they are all in the hands of the courts of various countries.

The spirit fruit tree of the Song Kingdom grows in the forbidden land in the royal garden of the royal palace in Bianliang City, the national capital.

In the meantime, there is not only a very powerful magic circle, but also a palace master who guards it day and night, and the defense is extremely strict.

The annual fruit yield of a spirit summoning fruit tree is not fixed, with a maximum of more than a thousand and a minimum of only a few hundred.

In October of each year, the Song court will divide the spirit fruit picked that year into ten equal parts.

One is for personal use, and the remaining nine are distributed to the nine major county towns, including the royal capital Bianliang City.

After each county receives the spirit fruit, it will be distributed according to the number of prefectures and cities under its rule.

And so on, step by step.

For Dong Yuemei, it is the best choice to obtain the Spirit Summoning Fruit through her own family.

Dong Yuemei's second condition is to become a clan elder and have her own courtyard in the Dong Mansion.

Of course, while she enjoys the corresponding treatment, she will also bear the corresponding responsibilities and obligations.

Not to mention that the Dong family has reached a critical point of survival, the value of a low-grade spirit knife and the significance to the Dong family, the clan elders didn't say a word, and immediately agreed to all the conditions proposed by Dong Yuemei.

In this way, the Dong family relied on the first-grade low-grade spirit knife presented by Dong Yuemei to defeat the Li family and keep the position of the wang family.

And Shen Yun also successfully awakened the spiritual consciousness and became the side disciple of the Dong family.

A few years later, Dong Ping died, and Dong Sui succeeded him as the head of the family.

At first, Dong Sui took care of Dong Yuemei everywhere and cared for her, but since the original partner passed away due to illness, continued to be a jade girl, and had a second son, everything has changed.

He first alienated his eldest son Dong Cheng and forced him to move out of the main courtyard, and then his attitude towards Dong Yuemei's mother and son became increasingly cold.

Dong Yuemei originally wanted Dong Cheng to move to her own courtyard to live with Shen Yun, but Dong Cheng said that if she lived in Dong Mansion, she would think of her deceased mother, so that she could always live in the dormitory in the school hall.

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After Dong Yuemei finished talking about the past, she said meaningfully to Shen Yun: "Although your father's family background is deep, it is also very complicated, before the time is ripe, I don't recommend you to recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors!"

Shen Yun nodded, and suddenly asked, "Mother, do you know the identity of the man in black?"

Dong Yuemei said: "That person's name is Nie He, and he is your father's confidant!"

Shen Yun asked again: "Do you still have the warning paper ball?"

Dong Yuemei took out a piece of paper from the ring and handed it to Shen Yun, who took it and studied it carefully in her hand.

Dong Yuemei rubbed the ring in her hand and said, "This object is really convenient and easy to use, after you become a high-level warrior, I will take you to Fucheng to shoot one!"

Shen Yun subconsciously raised his left palm and said, "The child already has it!"

Dong Yuemei smiled: "Let's have fun with us, it's clear that there is nothing!"

Shen Yun was stunned for a moment, set his eyes on Lu Wei, and saw that the flower branches that she was already laughing were trembling, and he couldn't help but move in his heart, and immediately asked Hulu Chuanyin about it.

"Master, the Star Glass Ring is a holy weapon, for martial cultivators, let alone the naked eye, even with spiritual sense, it will not be able to detect its existence!" Hulu explained.

Shen Yun thought to himself: "In case Mother and Wei'er accidentally leak their mouths in front of others, it will inevitably cause unnecessary trouble!" So he smiled slightly and continued to study the paper in his hand.

"Brother, what do you want to see from this?" Lu Wei asked puzzled.

Shen Yun said: "I've always wanted to confirm one thing, and now it seems that it's not much different from what I thought!"

Dong Yuemei seemed to vaguely guess Shen Yun's thoughts, and asked excitedly, "What do you mean......?"

Shen Yun said: "If my expectations are correct, my father did not, and it can be said, that he never wanted to abandon us, but after returning home, he encountered some big trouble that has been difficult to get out of.

I think he should have arranged Nie He, or entrusted a certain force to protect us secretly, and some clues can be seen from the two things of the paper group warning and the theft of Cao Mo's gambling contract!"

Dong Yuemei smiled and said: "If this is the case, my mother's suffering over the years is not in vain!"

"You're right to listen to the child about this!" Shen Yun stood up, "It's not too early, you and Wei'er should rest early, I'll go back and think about it again, and see if I can follow the vine and solve this mystery completely!"