Golden Nest - China's Young Fantasy Literature Tribe

Author: Deng Li / Country: Mainland China
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: If you've read The Soul King and The All-Powerful God, you must remember a young man named Cheng Zhi, right? The one who helped Lei Ting remove the surveillance device from his teeth! He is the second grandson of Cheng Longhai. Cheng Longhai is the eldest son of Cheng Kun. Cheng Kun is the eldest son of Cheng Laodai. Who is Cheng Laodai? You'll find out if you keep reading. Cheng Longhai's father, Cheng Kun, lived to be ninety-eight years old. Before his death, he handed a golden box to Cheng Longhai and spoke in broken sentences: "This is a secret passed down from our ancestors. It must be passed to my eldest son before I die. Now I'm passing it to you. I hope you can uphold the legacy of our ancestors and pass it down from generation to generation. You can open it to take a look, but I don't want you to..." Cheng Kun's words were cut off as he drew his last breath. What did he not want?
After Cheng Longhai saw the contents of the golden box, he immediately made the decision: "I'm going back to the old Cheng family house alone!" All the descendants, including Cheng Zhi, came to persuade him. Although he looked healthier than a fifty-year-old, he was after all an elderly man in his seventies. Moreover, he stubbornly refused to let anyone follow him, which worried the younger generation. The old man swung his dragon-handled cane (though he didn't actually need it for support. Since the age of fifty, he never left the cane behind because he thought it added to his!) and swung it loudly over the heads of the younger generation, shouting: "Me, an old man in my seventies, what haven't I experienced? You all have your own things to do. Why follow me around? I just want to go back for some peace and quiet! I was born there. Unlike you, I have deep feelings for the old house! The local villagers will take care of me. What do you have to worry about?"
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