Chapter 209: New Nobility
Following Shen Liang, Chen Qing entered the Shen family estate. A magnificent atmosphere rushed at him.
The courtyard wasn't extremely luxurious, but everywhere revealed depth and foundation.
The bluestone paths were polished bright enough to reflect one's image. Ancient trees towered on both sides. Pavilions and towers were arranged in an orderly manner with winding corridors and high-reaching eaves.
The coming and going servants and guards all walked steadily with capable auras.
Chen Qing thought to himself that although the Shen family was "new nobility" that had rapidly risen only in recent decades, far inferior to thousand-year clans, judging by this atmosphere, their momentum had formed. What they lacked was merely time's accumulation.
As he was pondering, two young masters in brocade robes approached from around the corridor corner ahead. Both were in their early twenties with somewhat similar faces and the distinctive noble bearing of great clan descendants in their brows and eyes.
Seeing them, Shen Liang quickly stopped and bowed, "Greetings to Sixth Young Master and Eighth Young Master."
The two young men nodded slightly. Their gazes casually swept over Chen Qing behind Shen Liang with some inquiry.
Shen Liang hurriedly stepped aside to introduce, "Young masters, this is a newly advanced disciple of Tianbao Upper Sect's Xuwang Mountain, originally from Five Terraces Sect, Young Hero Chen Qing. He's come by order of his sect to pay respects to the Third Elder."