Chapter 5: The Secret Room in the Firewood Shed "First Hour"

"First hour, seeking recommendations, seeking collections, thank you Ziyi22 for the tip, thank you."

Lifting a bag of goods, Lu Shaoyou felt that the bags seemed to be salt. He turned to look at Lu Xiaobai, who was struggling to carry a bag, his back bent, and asked, "What's wrong, is it heavy?"

"Master, no, Young Master, how did you suddenly become so strong? This bag of salt weighs 120 catties, you couldn't lift it before." Lu Xiaobai was surprised to see Lu Shaoyou easily carrying a bag of salt.

"Really? I don't feel it's heavy at all." Lu Shaoyou was also puzzled. He remembered he couldn't lift it before, but now, this bag of salt felt like only 30 to 40 catties on his shoulder, requiring no effort.

"You've really grown strong quickly." Lu Xiaobai said to Lu Shaoyou, and then the two of them followed the other servants carrying the salt to the warehouse.

The warehouse was quite a distance from the back door. As they walked, Lu Shaoyou, who hadn't carefully observed the Lu family compound last night, now noticed that the Lu family was indeed quite large, with courtyards connected and glazed tiles shining. The area he was in was just the back courtyard. The direct descendants of the Lu family lived in the front courtyard, which looked luxurious and vast from a distance.

At the back courtyard gate, the old servant Uncle Nan, who had been sitting quietly on the side, watched Lu Shaoyou carry several bags of salt back and forth. His face showed no expression, but if someone looked closely, they would notice that his eyes occasionally flashed with a sharp light.

Uncle Nan had been in the Lu family for several decades and held a high position, being one of the senior servants. No one knew his real name; everyone just called him Uncle Nan. Even the chief steward, Mr. Zhao, had to give him some respect. Usually, Uncle Nan just guarded the back door and tended to the flowers and plants in the back courtyard.

It took a whole morning for the dozens of servants to carry a thousand bags of salt, each making about twenty trips. By the time they carried the last bag, everyone was exhausted, except for Lu Shaoyou, who still felt energetic, as if the more he moved, the more strength he gained.

"Cough..." Lu Shaoyou carried the last bag of salt through the back door, and Uncle Nan slowly stood up, suddenly bumping into Lu Shaoyou, as if he had been bumped by Lu Shaoyou, and started coughing.

"Uncle Nan, are you okay?" Lu Shaoyou quickly held Uncle Nan's hands.

"Master You, I'm fine." Uncle Nan, supported by Lu Shaoyou's hand, steadied himself and said.

"Then I'll go first. Uncle Nan, be careful." Lu Shaoyou said, feeling that Uncle Nan's hand was warm, and when it touched him, it felt like a warm current passed through his body.

Lu Shaoyou didn't pay much attention and continued to the warehouse. Lu Xiaobai said there was nothing to do in the afternoon.

"Hmm, strange, how could this be? The technique has been broken, and it's still a Yin-Yang body." Watching Lu Shaoyou's back, Uncle Nan muttered to himself.

"Why do you need martial arts techniques if you can't become a martial artist?" After lunch, in Lu Shaoyou's room, Lu Xiaobai looked at Lu Shaoyou and said.

"I want to see if there's a way to get them." Lu Shaoyou said.

"I'm just a servant, how could I possibly get martial arts techniques? However, I do have an outer gate martial arts technique left by someone I live with. He's gone home to visit his family for a few days." Lu Shaoyou said.

"Bring it for me to see." Lu Shaoyou said, thinking that even an outer gate martial arts technique was still a martial arts technique, and it was worth a look.

"Alright, I'll bring it to you later." Lu Xiaobai said.

Lu Shaoyou had nothing to do for the whole afternoon. Everyone in the Lu family treated him as if he were invisible. He wandered around the back courtyard, but he couldn't enter the front courtyard where the direct descendants of the Lu family lived, even with his status as a Lu family young master.

In the evening, Lu Xiaobai brought a small booklet, which was the outer gate martial arts technique. His mother also returned, looking very tired. Lu Shaoyou felt a deep pain in his heart, knowing that his mother had worked hard today. He had to change everything as soon as possible.

After talking with his mother for a while, Lu Shaoyou returned to his room and opened the martial arts technique that Lu Xiaobai had brought. After reading it, he was greatly disappointed. This outer gate martial arts technique was like the "Buddha Palm" from his previous life, which could be bought for two yuan and was impossible to cultivate into a supreme divine skill. It only contained some simple moves, which were useless.

"How can I become a martial artist?" Lu Shaoyou muttered, knowing that to change his fate, he first needed to become a martial artist.

"What, you're about to die, and you still want to become a martial artist?" At that moment, a mosquito-like voice sounded in Lu Shaoyou's ear.

"Who, who is it..." Lu Shaoyou was startled and looked around the room, but he was the only one there.

"If you don't want to die, come to the firewood shed, and don't alarm anyone else." The voice continued in his ear and then disappeared.

Lu Shaoyou felt the voice was somewhat familiar. After hesitating, he decided to go to the firewood shed, as it concerned his life. Regardless of whether it was true or not, he had to go. The person who could speak in his ear without anyone noticing must be very powerful.

Taking advantage of the night, Lu Shaoyou quietly walked to the firewood shed, which was not far from his living quarters. It was the middle of the night, and no one was around. When he arrived at the firewood shed, he carefully looked around and saw no one outside.

"Stop looking, come in quickly." The voice sounded in his ear again.

"Who is it, are you a ghost?" Lu Shaoyou, mustering his courage, pushed open the door of the firewood shed. In the dim light, he saw a familiar figure: "Uncle Nan, why is it you?"

At that moment, Lu Shaoyou observed Uncle Nan, who no longer looked old and frail. His eyes were sharp, and he exuded a powerful aura, though his face was slightly pale.

"Surprised? If I hadn't seen you grow up and knew you had a good heart, I wouldn't bother to save you." Uncle Nan looked at Lu Shaoyou and said.

"Uncle Nan, what do you mean by saving me? Why do you seem different from before?" Lu Shaoyou asked.

"You're about to die, and you don't even know it." Uncle Nan said, looking at Lu Shaoyou.

Lu Shaoyou was puzzled and looked at Uncle Nan, then at himself, and said, "No way, I'm fine. Uncle Nan, don't joke around."

Uncle Nan chuckled and said, "I'm joking, five, four, three, two, one..."

As Uncle Nan counted down, Lu Shaoyou was still puzzled when suddenly, a cold and a hot current surged through his body, as if trying to destroy his internal organs.

"Ah..." Lu Shaoyou was about to scream, but before the sound could come out, Uncle Nan appeared in front of him, and with a few touches on his chest and abdomen, the two powerful currents in his body calmed down.

"Didn't I tell you the truth?" Uncle Nan said.

"Uncle Nan, what's going on? You have to save me." At that moment, Lu Shaoyou believed that Uncle Nan must be a legendary strong person, deliberately hiding in the Lu family. The cold and hot currents in his body must have been caused by the two demon cores.

"Follow me." Uncle Nan glanced at Lu Shaoyou and walked to a corner of the firewood shed. He pressed something, and a secret underground room appeared.

Without waiting for Lu Shaoyou's reaction, Uncle Nan walked into the secret room, and Lu Shaoyou, surprised, followed him in.

With a light "swoosh," the secret room door closed. Inside the secret room, Lu Shaoyou saw only a stone bed.