A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 991 The Secret Behind the Chu Family's Old Mansion

In the town of Qingyang at dawn.

Although it wasn't June yet, the city of Fenghai was already experiencing summer weather since it was located inland.

Many old farmers rode scooters out to their farms while the weather was still cool in the morning and had started working.

Upon closer scrutiny, it was evident that most of the farmers were over 50 years old, and barely any youngsters were involved in this ancient profession. These farmers could very well be the last generation of farmers in China.

In a few decades, the sight of farmers toiling under the sun would probably become a rare sight. Instead, they would get replaced by loud farming machinery.

This noble and ancient profession would end up going into decline.

"Farmers toiled to help revive China and make it flourish. I hope the new generation won't turn their backs on them."

A few professors had come to the countryside to conduct research. They couldn't help deeply sighing as they watched the old farmers laboring with their backs towards the sun.

Not far from the professors lay an old residence resembling a ferocious beast standing erect in these ancient lands.

The old residence was immensely big.

In ancient times, only royalty was able to possess property like this.

It was certainly unusual for such a huge residence to be found in a rural town in modern times.

Indeed, this old mansion was none other than Old Madam Chu's abode.

The old mansion caught the professors' attention almost instantly.

"Sir, is anyone still living in that mansion? Is it privately owned?" one of the professors asked an old man walking by quizzically.

The old gentleman glanced before replying, "Of course, it's privately owned."

"Considering its size, doesn't it mean it's against the regulations? Why hasn't the government done anything about it?" asked the professor again.

The old man smiled as he rolled a cigarette and said, "Do something about it? Nothing can be done. The Chu family's mansion is very mysterious. It has stood there since before the founding of the nation. My grandpa said decades ago, the relevant authorities wanted to seize land from local tyrants for redistribution. But do you know what happened in the end?"

"What happened?" All the city professors were instantly curious and leaned their heads over.

"On the second day, all the government leaders in the relevant authorities were removed from office, and even the mayor of Fenghai was transferred elsewhere." "What?" Everyone trembled with shock in their eyes.

In an instant, the ancient mansion up ahead seemed veiled with a mysterious aura.

However, Ye Fan and his great grandmother had no clue of the conversation transpiring outside the mansion.

Ye Fan and Old Madam Chu had already reached the mansion's inner quarters by now.

Old Madam Chu told Ye Fan when he resided at the Chu residence that the inner quarters were forbidden grounds and off-limits for playing.

Despite the warning, Ye Fan entered before when he was young.

It was during this time when Ye Fan encountered something that would change his life forever.

Hence, Ye Fan couldn't help feeling excited in his heart when his grandmother brought him here for the second time.

"Great grandmother, don't tell me the Yin volume is located in the Chu clan's ancestral grounds?"

After stepping inside the place almost ten years later, barely anything had changed.

It seemed as though time had stopped here.

The trees and shrubbery remained lush and green while the fountain continued gushing.

Everything in here had borne witness to the changes in life.

Old Madam Chu nodded. "Uh huh."

Ye Fan was instantly stunned, "Great grandmother, does the Dragon God Body have anything to do with the Chu clan's ancestral grounds? Also, the first time you brought me here, you said that a huge family secret was buried under the mansion. You said I was too young and weak to know back then, but now I'm as strong as a supreme grandmaster. Can you tell me now?"

Ye Fan finally managed to ask the biggest question in his heart.

Although he used to be the clan's firstborn son, Ye Fan always felt he knew very little about their family.

He couldn't imagine what kind of history and background a family who could come up with something as incredible as the Book of Celestial Cloud could possess.

Also, what was the secret that his grandmother was talking about?

However, Old Madam Chu shook her head when Ye Fan asked.

"Fan, I have lived here my entire life taking care of the mansion. But besides taking care of it, I need to find a descendant who is strong enough to shoulder the secret. However, you aren't powerful enough yet. Our family is the most powerful clan in the world. If you want to know the secret, then we can talk about it when you stand at the pinnacle."

Old Madam Chu's deep voice echoed through the air.

Ye Fan felt even more curious.

What secret had his great grandmother been protecting all her life?

"Enough banter. Go in like you did the last time."

Old Madam Chu brought Ye Fan in front of a dry well.

Moss was growing next to the well.

It had clearly been abandoned for years.

The well seemed bottomless, and it was pitch-black inside. No one knew where it led to.

Ye Fan remembered feeling so frightened when he first came to the well that his legs went soft. His great grandmother wanted him to jump, but he refused.

Old Madam Chu ended up kicking Ye Fan into the well.

Ye Fan was no longer afraid after coming here again almost ten years later.

"Great grandmother, are you for real? Is the Yin Dragon God Body volume really in there? But why didn't I see it when I entered the last time?"

Ye Fan remained a little hesitant when he stood outside the well and looked down before he turned to look at Old Madam Chu quizzically.

However, Old Madam Chu couldn't be bothered explaining. Instead, she kicked Ye Fan on the ass and send him plunging headlong. "What the hell?! Not again?"

Ye Fan felt furious the moment he was kicked. He howled in his heart as he free-fell into sheer darkness.

"Quit dawdling around. Has nothing changed all these years? You just keep forcing me to kick you. Oh yes. I forgot to tell you. Head West when you go in and enter the Tang Sect entrance. The Yin volume is in there."

Old Madam Chu finally realized she had forgotten to tell Ye Fan some things before kicking him, so she leaned over the well and shouted loudly inside.

After she was done, Old Madam Chu headed back to her room.

"If you are lucky, you might find what you want. I just don't know whether you have the good fortune of enjoying it."

The old lady smiled gently. However, her smile looked somewhat devious.

She looked like she was up to no good.