One person: Lu family bodyguard, who shattered Longhu Mountain with a single palm strike.

"What? Sister Lu, you know?"

Zhang Chulan's mouth was slightly open, and he stood there like a log.

He looked at Lu Linglong's innocent face, his expression filled with disbelief.

This was a shocking secret that he had been searching for for over a decade, even enduring hardship and playing the fool to finally get a glimpse of.

How come it sounds as ordinary to other people, like buying cabbage at the market?

Lu Jin, who was standing to the side, also turned her head, her brows furrowed slightly, and looked at her beloved great-granddaughter.

"Linglong, stop fooling around. Do you know about Zhang Chulan's grandfather?"

Lu Linglong met everyone's gazes without flinching and nodded as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

"I know. Grandpa, wasn't it his grandfather who swore brotherhood with the leader of Quanxing back then? What's the point of keeping this a secret?"

These words were like a bombshell, exploding in the courtyard.

"What the heck?!"

Zhang Chulan felt his head buzzing.

His own grandfather, who was always smiling and taught him to be patient, actually went and became sworn brothers with the leader of the Quanxing gang of demons?

As the days of wandering and hardship from childhood flashed through his mind, Zhang Chulan suddenly realized.

No wonder his family kept moving, and no wonder his grandfather always told him never to show off his skills.

If you get into trouble with this kind of irreconcilable conflict between good and evil, you won't even know how you died if you don't run away.

He impatiently knelt forward two steps, staring intently at Lu Linglong.

"Sister Lu! My dear sister! Tell me quickly, what exactly happened? Was my grandfather out of his mind back then? How could he have become sworn brothers with the leader of the Quanxing Sect?"

Lu Linglong stroked her chin, recalling the events as she explained in a relaxed tone.

"Actually, it seems it's because the leader of the Quanxing Sect is named Wugensheng, and he has a very charismatic personality. Your grandfather had a very good impression of him, and it wasn't just your grandfather."

She gestured with her fingers and continued, "Back then, there were many young geniuses from prestigious schools who were all impressed by Wugensheng. They hit it off immediately and became sworn brothers."

The threshold outside the courtyard.

Zanglong, Bai Shixue, and the others, who were originally preparing to leave, all involuntarily leaned forward, their faces filled with shock.

Xiao Xiao gasped and couldn't help but smack his lips.

"Wow... Zhang Chulan's grandfather was really daring back then."

Wang Ergou, who was standing next to him, quickly put a finger to his lips to signal him to be quiet, for fear of disturbing the main event inside.

Beside the stone table.

The old master Zhang Zhiwei and Tian Jinzhong looked at each other in bewilderment.

Zhang Zhiwei put down his teacup and looked at Lu Linglong with a deep gaze.

"Young lady Lu, this kind of old news has long been a taboo in the world of supernatural beings. Even many sect leaders have never heard of it. How do you know so much about it?"

Without the slightest hesitation, Lu Linglong raised her delicate white hand and pointed to Lin Mo, who was pretending to look at the ceiling and count the clouds.

"Lin Mo told me."

Swish-!

In that instant, more than a dozen pairs of eyes in the courtyard converged on Lin Mo like searchlights.

Xu San and Xu Si, who had just reached the courtyard gate, were also stunned.

Xu Si dropped the cigarette he was holding and scratched his messy hair.

He was puzzled. If Lin Mo knew such core secrets as the Jia Shen Rebellion, then what was the point of their company going through all that trouble to investigate?

If I had known, I would have just paid this guy to buy the information, and that would have been the end of it.

Lin Mo, who was the center of attention, had no choice but to lower his arm.

He sighed and looked at Lu Linglong with annoyance.

"Hey, Ms. Lu, you can gossip all you want, but why do you just casually sell your source? You have no business ethics whatsoever."

Lu Linglong blinked her bright eyes and gave him a chuckle.

"This is a question from the Old Master, I can't lie to him. Besides, when you received the money, there was no clause in the contract that required confidentiality."

Lin Mo reached up and rubbed his temples, feeling deeply regretful.

"That was too hasty. The consultation fee I charged back then was far too cheap. I should have realized much earlier that you young ladies couldn't keep secrets. I should have at least charged an additional 'source protection fee'."

Just then.

A dark figure suddenly leaped up from the ground and pounced over with a "bang".

"Brother Lin! My own brother!"

Zhang Chulan clung to Lin Mo's leg without any regard for his image, tilting his face up with excitement and pleading in his voice.

"Brother Lin, you knew everything! I knew you weren't an ordinary person. Please tell me, what exactly happened to my grandfather back then? Please!"

Lin Mo looked down at Zhang Chulan, who was stuck to his leg like a leech, and shook his leg in disgust, but couldn't shake him off.

"Let go and get up quickly. We're respectable business people; we don't do such elaborate gestures."

"I'm not getting up!"

Zhang Chulan hugged him even tighter, shaking his head like a rattle drum.

"If you don't tell me the truth today, I'll grow onto your leg."

"Brother, please have mercy and satisfy my humble curiosity!"

Lin Mo coughed lightly and pointed to the several big shots sitting around the stone table.

"Why are you so stubborn? Several eyewitnesses and veterans from back then are sitting right here. Why don't you go ask them? Why are you bothering a mere bodyguard like me?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chulan immediately turned to look at Lu Jin.

Lu Jin ignored Zhang Chulan and stared intently at Lin Mo, his expression revealing a strong sense of inquiry.

"Lin Mo, I'm truly curious. Where did you find out about these secrets, young man?"

Lin Mo smiled calmly, putting on a perfunctory yet polite expression.

"Mr. Lu, you overestimate me. I usually take on a lot of cases and travel all over the country. I happen to be quite interested in some historical mysteries, so I just did some research and learned about them myself."

"Is it just something you've heard about and know?"

Lu Jin frowned even more deeply, his tone revealing a hint of disbelief.

"Those who knew about this back then are mostly dead, and those who survived kept their mouths shut. How could you, an outsider, find out so many details with just a little inquiry?"

Lin Mo nodded seriously.

"It really wasn't easy. It took me a lot of time and effort to piece these fragments together and find out the truth behind them."

He silently added a sentence in his mind.

It's a waste of time.

I've been following that crappy comic for so many years, my hair is almost white from waiting, how could I not know?

Seeing that Lin Mo's answers were watertight, Lu Jin knew that she wouldn't get any substantial information from him if she asked any further, so she could only sigh helplessly.

"Truly, the younger generation is formidable. Since you even know about Wugensheng's sworn brotherhood, what else do you know?"

Lu Jin waved his hand, "If it's convenient, please do me the trouble and talk to Chu Lan properly, so that he won't keep bothering you."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chulan's eyes lit up instantly, and he looked up at Lin Mo with longing eyes, like a little bird eagerly waiting to be fed.

Lin Mo looked down at Zhang Chulan's pitiful appearance and felt a chill run down his spine.

He grabbed Zhang Chulan by the back of his collar, pulled him up from the ground like a chick, and shoved him aside.

"Don't look at me like that, it affects the quality of my service."

Lin Mo patted the dust off his trousers and casually disposed of the mess.

"I've already told Miss Lu everything that needed to be revealed."

"Now that I have handed over the intelligence, this constitutes secondary dissemination. Let Miss Lu speak."

Upon hearing that she had a chance to shine, Lu Linglong nodded excitedly.

"Okay, okay, I'll speak!"

She usually enjoys collecting all sorts of gossip and rumors, and now being able to act as a "storyteller" in front of so many big shots, with the parties involved also present, is incredibly exciting.

Lu Linglong cleared her throat, walked up to Zhang Chulan, and spoke in a serious tone.

"Chu Lan, the reason you had a childhood of constant escape is not entirely because your grandfather became sworn brothers with Wu Gengsheng."

Zhang Chulan was taken aback for a moment: "What else?"

Lu Linglong put her hands behind her back and strolled around a couple of times in a serious manner, her clear voice echoing in the courtyard.

"The sworn brotherhood was just the trigger. The more fatal reason is that after your grandfather and the others swore brotherhood, under some special circumstances, they comprehended eight unconventional and world-shaking skills."

"These are the legendary Eight Extraordinary Skills that are said to be miraculous in the world of supernatural beings."

Lu Linglong paused, her tone becoming somewhat somber, clearly adopting Lin Mo's cold perspective when she recounted the story.

"You have to understand that in that turbulent and war-torn era, all forces were already on edge."

"The fact that your grandfather and the other seven people possessed these eight extraordinary skills is a case of 'possessing a treasure is a crime.'"

"The balance between good and evil was broken, and coupled with the issue of national and familial stance during that special period, your grandfather naturally became the target of frantic competition and pursuit by various forces."

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