Starting with a daily divination to build an immortal clan

Chapter 298 Death Divination
The explosion created a huge crater in the surrounding forests within a radius of 100 miles.

After Dong Yunbao and Ming Zhengchu crept over, they searched the surroundings and both showed a hint of disappointment on their faces.

"Damn it! With that kind of explosive power, will anything actually be left behind?"

Looking at the mess around him, Dongyunbao muttered something in astonishment.

The two were clearly unaware that the self-destruction of a late-stage Golden Core cultivator could produce such immense destructive power.

Ming Zhengchu, still somewhat unwilling to give up, used his divine sense to search the surroundings, but in the end he could only sigh helplessly and say, "Well, it seems there's nothing to gain. Let's retreat."

"Otherwise, if those guys were to launch another surprise attack, we'd both be dead."

Dong Yunbao nodded, and just as the two were about to leave, a slight noise suddenly came from the edge of the deep crater that had been blasted in front of them.

"What the hell!?"

Ming Zhengchu reacted quickly. The moment the thing struggled to crawl out of the soil, he flashed his spiritual energy and threw out more than a dozen dark rays!

Ding Ding!

Ding!
More than ten golden needles struck the thing in succession, producing a metallic clang, and were all deflected.

"It looks like a corpse puppet!"

Just as Dong Yunbao was about to make his move, he realized that the thing that staggered out of the soil was a strange corpse puppet with tattered clothes and exposed bones that gleamed with a faint metallic luster.

The golden-armored corpse puppet's tough body was blasted apart by the explosion of the Ouchang Golden Core. The golden armor and most of its flesh on its body had disappeared, and its arms were blown off at the elbows, exposing the bones in many places.

"Guardian Ming!"

As the two were curiously examining the mangled corpse puppet, Dong Yunbao's eyes suddenly noticed something in the corpse puppet's ripped-open abdomen. His eyes lit up, and he quickly patted Ming Zhengchu beside him, pointing to the corpse puppet's abdomen.

Ming Zhengchu looked closely, and a hint of joy appeared in his eyes.

"Storage bag!?"

"That guy from the Yin Corpse Sect is cunning enough; he actually hid the storage bag inside this corpse puppet's belly beforehand!"

"Fortunately, the corpse puppet's body was tough enough to withstand the power of the Golden Core explosion."

As he spoke, he quietly crept up, preparing to take the storage bag out of the corpse puppet's belly.

Although the golden-armored corpse puppet's body had been wrecked by the explosion, it was still extremely ferocious.

As soon as Ming Zhengchu took two steps forward, the golden-armored corpse puppet suddenly raised its head and let out a roar at him!
"Guardian Ming, be careful. Although this thing is damaged, it should still have some power."

As Dong Yunbao spoke, a flash of light appeared in his hand, and he directly took out a long staff that reached his eyebrows, channeling his spiritual power to smash it towards the corpse puppet's head.

Seeing the attack coming, the golden-armored corpse puppet instinctively raised its arms to try to defend itself.

However, his arms had already been shattered in the previous explosion, and even when he raised them up, they did not stop Dongyunbao's attack.

boom!
The heavy club slammed down on the head of the golden-armored corpse puppet with tremendous force!

Click!

A sound of skull shattering rang out, and the golden-armored corpse puppet's legs were slammed into the soil by the immense force!
Before he could struggle to break free, Ming Zhengchu struck again!
Dozens of golden rays flashed, and the golden needles, as if they had eyes, precisely pierced the joints of the golden-armored corpse puppet!

The spiritual energy on the golden needles exploded, and some of the already unstable joints on the golden-armored corpse puppet were directly blasted apart by the spiritual energy carried by the golden needles.

In an instant, some ribs and arms were separated from the body, leaving only the upper half of the mutilated body crawling on the ground with difficulty.

drink!
Dongyunbao raised his stick and struck again!
Bang!
This time, the golden-armored corpse puppet's half-body could no longer hold on and was smashed open, scattering into a pile of broken bones.

With a flick of his long staff, Dongyunbao picked up the storage bag from the broken bones.

"Quick, see what good stuff is out there!"

Ming Zhengchu spoke eagerly.

For cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage, the storage bag of a Golden Core cultivator is a great opportunity.

Dongyunbao gripped the storage bag, and just as he was about to invade it with his divine sense, he was repelled by a powerful force.

"Damn it! There's a restriction!"

Ming Zhengchu was somewhat skeptical upon hearing this, so he snatched the storage bag and tried it himself.

As expected, his divine sense was also repelled by the restriction on the storage bag, making him anxious and his face pale.

"We can only take it back to the cult leader and see if he has any way to break the restrictions on it."

Dong Yunbao spoke in a deep voice, and although Ming Zhengchu was somewhat unwilling, he could only nod in agreement.

The two returned to Bai Xuanjiao with the storage bag and hurriedly went to the rear palace to seek Shen Chongxu's help, but they encountered Wu Shi Qianrou who had just come out of the palace.

"Master has gone out. Let's talk about it when he comes back."

Upon hearing this, the two men were taken aback, and then could only bow and leave.

……

Yunshui City, draped in a wide cloak that covered his entire body, had just arrived outside the Renshui Concealing Spirit Formation when he saw Shen Chongming waiting there.

"Let's go, let's talk after we go in."

Upon seeing Shen Chongxu arrive, Shen Chongming waved his hand to open the great formation and led him inside.

In the side room of the old house, Shen Chongxu entered, slowly lifted the cloak on his head, and respectfully bowed to Shen Chongming.

"Brother Ming, what happened? Why are you in such a hurry to call your subordinates back?"

Meeting Shen Chongxu's questioning gaze, Shen Chongming sighed inwardly and said, "Xiu Bai... wants to see you."

Whitening?

Shen Chongxu paused for a moment, then laughed and scolded, "You brat, if you want to see me, just say so. Why bother Brother Ming to write a letter yourself? I thought the family... By the way, where's Xiu Bairen?"

Halfway through his sentence, Shen Chongxu suddenly realized something was wrong.

Since it was her son who wanted to see her, why didn't he come along?
Shen Chongming moved his lips a few times and sighed, "Xiu Bai wants to see you and his mother."

"Brother Xu, come with me to the backyard to fetch your wife and then go see Xiu Bai."

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongxu seemed to realize something as well.

He didn't ask any questions, but instead put away his smile, took off his large cloak, and followed Shen Chongming toward the small courtyard where Liu Yiran lived in the back mountain.

When the two met again, Liu Yiran had already become a middle-aged woman.

He still maintained great respect and politeness towards Shen Chongxu.

"Let's go, Xiu Bai wants to see us."

Looking at the marks of time on Liu Yiran's face, Shen Chongxu spoke calmly.

"Xiubai?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yiran became somewhat excited and quickly bowed slightly to the two brothers in front of her, saying, "Then I'll go and tidy up?"

Although her identity was recognized by the Shen family, all she knew over the years was that Shen Xiubai was in seclusion cultivating some kind of secret technique, and the mother and son had not seen each other for decades.

Now, seeing Shen Chongxu return from the southern border, and hearing that Shen Xiubai wants to see the two of them.

Liu Yiran was very excited.

Shen Chongxu wanted to speak up to stop him, but Shen Chongming forced a smile and nodded, saying, "Sister-in-law, please pack first. Your brother and I will wait here."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yiran quickly bowed and then beckoned her maid to go to the inner hall to do her hair and makeup.

Inside the hall, the two brothers sat quietly.

"Brother Ming."

After a long silence, Shen Chongxu suddenly turned his head and asked in a deep voice, "Did that brat Xiu Bai accomplish what he did for the Shen family?"

Shen Chongming pondered for a moment and then nodded.

"It's basically done. This time, I just want to see you and your sister-in-law one last time."

Even with his resolute character, Shen Chongming still felt somewhat reluctant to tell his son such news in front of his father.

There was also a great deal of guilt involved.

When Shen Chongxu came back last time, he assured him that Xiu Bai would be well taken care of at home and that nothing would happen to him.

But now...

A relieved smile appeared on Shen Chongxu's face. He clapped his hands gently and sighed, "It's good that it's done. At least I didn't embarrass his father."

“Brother Ming, you don’t need to do this. It is our honor that we brothers and our descendants can sacrifice for the family…”

"Xiu Bai, him..."

"I'm well now, my husband and the master of the house have kept you waiting."

Liu Yiran, having finished tidying up, came out from the back room and interrupted Shen Chongxu.

Seeing his radiant face, Shen Chongxu clenched his fist, but didn't continue speaking. He stood up and said:

"Let's go."

Shen Chongming also stood up and led the couple toward the back mountain.

Before the portal, Shen Chongxu and Liu Yiran curiously examined the five-colored portal.

"Xiu Bai is inside. You can go in. I'll wait outside."

It was time for their family to relax, and Shen Chongming didn't want to go in and disturb them.

Shen Chongxu nodded slightly, hesitated for a moment, and then led Liu Yiran across the portal, disappearing from sight.

……

The second floor of Blackwater Pavilion.

Since leaving the Five Elements Secret Realm, Shen Yuan seems to have suffered a considerable blow.

At this moment, he was mobilizing the Great Evolution Power within his body, frantically deducing something.

After a long while, the Great Evolutionary Power that permeated the entire second floor of the Blackwater Pavilion suddenly trembled. Shen Yuan, who was sitting cross-legged in front of the desk, blushed and couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood mist.

"how so……"

Ignoring the blood mist from the corner of his mouth, he slowly opened his eyes, his face filled with shock and disbelief.

"Is my Shen family truly doomed this time?"

With a trembling voice, Shen Yuan murmured something, his face filled with despair.

Over the past two days, starting with the eldest brother Shen Wenxing, he deduced the fortunes and misfortunes of Shen Wen'an, Xu Zhan, Shen Li, and others one by one, but without exception, the results were all death omens!

This result made him wonder if there was something wrong with his Great Evolution Power.

Therefore, he made a more comprehensive deduction about the fate of his eldest brother, Shen Wenxing.

But no matter which direction you deduce from, the final result is the same dead end.

Even after expending some of his lifespan to conduct a deeper deduction, he vaguely saw the scene of Shen Wenxing's tragic death!

The powerful body of the cultivator was cleaved in two by a single sword strike. The remaining upper half of the body struggled and roared before being completely shattered by a beam of profound light...

Witnessing this scene firsthand greatly affected his mind and spirit, causing his blood and qi to surge and nearly leading him to suffer a qi deviation.

Staggering to his feet, Shen Yuan went to the window of the Blackwater Pavilion and stared blankly out the window.

The sunlight refracted through the water shone on his slightly aged and weary face, making him look particularly eerie.

The scene of Shen Wenxing's tragic death and his weeping cries kept appearing before his eyes, like sharp daggers constantly stabbing into his heart.

"puff!"

A look of pain appeared on Shen Yuan's face, and he couldn't hold back any longer, spitting out another mouthful of blood.

His eyes suddenly went from listless to serious, and then from serious to fierce.

"destiny?"

"I refuse to believe this nonsense..."

A hoarse murmur arose, and he gently raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth before resolutely returning to his desk and sitting cross-legged.

Although the divination indicated that the Shen family would all die tragically after the collapse of the Yangnao tunnel.

But he was unwilling to accept his fate.

By cultivating the Great Evolution Path, he was able to glimpse a wisp of the power of destiny, and he did not believe that destiny was unchangeable.

His divine sense invaded his dantian and stood before the slowly rotating Great Evolution Inner Core.

Looking at the white jade tortoise shell inside the inner core, Shen Yuan pondered for a moment before directly invading the Great Evolution Inner Core with his divine sense.

The bizarre and fantastical space was dominated by a white jade tortoise shell that occupied almost the entire area below, resembling a world unto itself and emitting a faint glow.

The divine consciousness stood in the void, and Shen Yuan quietly examined the white jade tortoise shell below, noticing two complex and strange "life symbols" on the lower left of the tortoise shell.

He had used this once before.

That was when the second son, Shen Wenyan, and his family of three encountered danger in Danzhou.

At that time, there was only one life talisman, but he faced a dilemma: whether to save his good-for-nothing son or his granddaughter, who was identified as the "Qilin Child" by the white jade tortoise shell.

After struggling internally for a long time, he chose to save his granddaughter.

In the end, Shen Li and Hu Meier were rescued safely, but Shen Wenyan, in order to avoid causing trouble for his family, chose to forcibly refine the Female Yuan Hui Pearl left behind by the Bai Ze Divine Beast when it passed away, thus achieving the Four Apertures of the Literary Heart and attacking the Hundred Beasts Mountain, which was the greatest threat to the Shen family at the time.

He ultimately died in battle on Beast Mountain.

Over the years, the white jade tortoise shell has nurtured two more life-binding symbols.

He intends to use these two destiny charms to change the fate of his "inevitable" children!

"Li'er and Chongming are exceptionally talented. From the perspective of the family's development, these two life talismans should be given to the two siblings first."

Looking at the destiny talisman, Shen Yuan pondered for a long time before gradually making a decision.

Among the people who deduced the "death omen," Shen Li and Shen Chongming were two juniors he valued more.

With a slight thought, a life talisman on the white jade tortoise shell below slowly rose to the surface.

The talisman, radiating a mysterious aura, gradually shrank, its surface emitting a dazzling white light.

Guided by Shen Yuan's will, the life talisman suddenly flashed and disappeared directly into the dantian space.

at the same time.

The house in the back hill.

After returning from Flame Lake City, Shen Li resigned from her position as clan leader and handed over all the affairs of the clan leadership to Shen Xiuyan.

After that, she stayed in the small courtyard on the back mountain, accompanying her mother, Hu Meier, in her spiritual practice.

In the courtyard, Shen Li, who was sitting cross-legged in the pavilion, suddenly seemed to sense something, opened her eyes blankly, and looked up at the empty space above her head.

The next moment, the void above his head suddenly trembled, and then quickly returned to calm.

Shen Li frowned slightly, slowly stood up, and looked at the empty sky with a face full of curiosity.

Beside them, the golden toad and the silver-threaded centipede seemed to sense something as well, and both looked up at the sky.

"Master, what happened just now?"

The golden toad did not see the strange tremor in the void just now, but it seemed to sense something was wrong in the dark.

Shen Li shook her head slightly.

She didn't know what had just happened either.

He vaguely sensed that his body was uncontrollably surging with a "prayer to heaven" power, preventing something from invading his body.

"Could someone be trying to manipulate me using laws like fate or cause and effect?"

After some thought, Shen Li's expression turned serious as she thought to herself.

The fact that it could elicit the instinctive reaction of the Gu Spirit Saint Body is enough to prove that there was indeed some supreme rule power targeting him just now.

This supreme power is similar to the secret arts of witchcraft, such as prayer and curses, which can all use the power of fate, fortune, and karma to affect others invisibly.

However, the strange phenomenon happened too quickly, and she didn't feel any discomfort. After cautiously looking around, Shen Li didn't think much of it and continued to sit cross-legged in the pavilion to cultivate.

Blackwater Pavilion.

Inside his dantian, Shen Yuan watched the fate talisman, which had returned, spin around in front of him, and couldn't help but frown.

"This girl's power actually deflected the life talisman..."

"Never mind, let's give it to Chongming first."

Shen Li practices witchcraft and is also proficient in the art of praying to heaven, so her fate is inherently unpredictable and constantly changing.

After thinking about it, Shen Yuan felt that her "death omen" was the most unpredictable. If he could intervene a little, he might be able to turn the danger into safety.

Suppressing his thoughts, he bestowed the "rejected" talisman upon Shen Chongming.

Behind the mountain, in front of the portal leading to the Five Elements Secret Realm, Shen Chongming was pondering about Shen Xiubai, his mood very heavy.

Suddenly, a strange power surged forth from his body.

Under the influence of this force, Shen Chongming felt the heaviness and gloom in his heart vanish.

With a clear mind and bright eyes, all sorts of insights kept emerging from the bottom of my heart!

"what happened?"

Overjoyed, Shen Chongming couldn't help but murmur a sentence.

But this slight doubt was instantly dispelled by the flood of insights that kept pouring in!
At that moment, he disregarded everything else and immediately sat down cross-legged in front of the gate of light.

After a cultivator reaches the Golden Core realm, further improvement in cultivation does not rely on arduous practice.

Sometimes, a sudden enlightenment is better than ten or even decades of sitting in meditation.

Now, a flood of insights welled up in Shen Chongming's mind, and he knew this was an opportunity he couldn't let slip away.

Blackwater Pavilion.

After successfully bestowing the Life Talisman, Shen Yuan hesitated slightly before giving the second Life Talisman to Shen Wen'an.

It wasn't that he was biased; he had clearly witnessed the tragic death of his eldest brother, Shen Wenxing, yet he still gave the life talisman to his youngest brother, Shen Wen'an.

The palms of the palms and the backs of the hands are all meat.

It's equally difficult to choose between having two sons and not having them.

The reason they ultimately chose Shen Wen'an was because Shen Wen'an had now escaped the Jin Xing conspiracy and had reached the Purple Mansion Realm.

With him around, the Shen family will have an even stronger foundation in the future.

He had to think about the other younger members of his family.

Compared to Shen Chongming, this destiny talisman did not bring Shen Wen'an the opportunity for enlightenment.

It only made him vaguely aware that a force was interfering with his fate, but had no other effect.

"It's not enough..."

Looking at the empty white jade tortoise shell, Shen Yuan murmured in a deep voice.

The condensation period of this life talisman is too long. Since the last life talisman was bestowed upon Shen Li, decades have passed, and the white jade tortoise shell has only just condensed into two life talismans. The third life talisman is still less than one-tenth of its original size.

Shen Yuan estimated that it would take at least thirty years for the White Jade Ghost Armor to condense a single life talisman on average.

With less than four years left before the Dao collapses, waiting for the next Destiny Talisman is definitely unrealistic.

He had to find other ways to change the fate of his children.

We must at least find a glimmer of hope in their "death divination" so that they have a chance to live.

"The 'Returning to the Hidden' Scripture of Divination... Now we can only rely on you."

After his divine consciousness withdrew from the dantian space, Shen Yuan examined all the abilities he currently possessed and found that the only thing he could rely on was the cultivation technique he had obtained from the Nine Yuan Immortal Temple.

Divination is used to guide the spirit back to the source, and to understand the cycle of life and death.

Over the years, with the help of the Great Evolution Inner Alchemy, he has successfully entered the "Returning to the Source of Divination" and cultivated a wisp of the power of "contemplating life and elucidating death".

This power is actually an extreme manifestation of the Great Evolutionary Power.

Regardless of the unpredictable twists of fate, it lies only in the two extremes of life and death, discerning the crisis of death within "life" and seeking the trace of life within "death".

According to Shen Yuan's current understanding, this extreme application of the Great Evolution Power can produce a polarized effect. If one can cultivate it to its peak, it can be used for both offense and defense.

Imagine if it were aimed at an enemy. No matter how strong their vitality, the power of "Life and Death" could find their "fatal weakness" and use it to create a trap, infinitely amplifying this deeply hidden "death," with unimaginable consequences.

Of course, this is just his current idea. Whether the "Bi Shi Gui Zang Jing" can ultimately help him reach that state will only be known after he has thoroughly mastered the first volume.

He no longer needs this ability to "predict death," but only hopes to glean a glimmer of hope from the death divinations of his many younger members of the Shen family.

Suppressing all distracting thoughts, Shen Yuan sat cross-legged in front of the desk and began to seize every moment to cultivate the "Returning to the Source of Divination Scripture".

……

Hidden Dragon Mountain.

The residence of the dragon tamer.

A gentle breeze blew by, and a figure appeared out of thin air amidst the ruins of the Dragon Tamer's mansion.

"Old friend, you didn't lie to me back then, did you?"

Luo Tianxing frowned and muttered to himself.

After parting ways in the Western Wilderness, he promised Shen Wen'an that before leaving Yangnao Land, he would find a way to retrieve the treasures beneath the Dragon Tamer's Mansion and the items from the Seven Sages Mountain Secret Realm and give them to the Shen family.

However, he had been searching deep within the Dragon Tamer's mansion for months, but apart from some ordinary items left behind by the Dragon Tamer and some cultivation techniques and secret arts, he had not found anything that could be called a "treasure".

Luo Tianxing knew that the things he had found were not considered valuable treasures by the Dragon-Raising Clan back then.

He now suspects that the Dragon-Raising Master may have been playing a joke on him back then.

Standing atop a collapsed stone pillar, Luo Tianxing gazed towards Zhili Prefecture and discovered that the blood sacrifice, manipulated by Qi Buyu, had reached its most crucial stage.

This means that the last spiritual essence of Yangnao Land, "Earth Spirit Netherworld," is about to appear.

Once the Earth Spirit Netherworld successfully materializes, the world barrier of the entire Yangnao Land will instantly collapse.

When the time comes, all the external forces that receive the news will surely flock to Yangnao Land in search of opportunities.

Xu Xiu had promised him that he would let him leave after the earth spirit and the underworld soil had transformed into something else.

Luo Tianxing had no intention of getting involved in the ensuing conflicts in Yangnao Land.

However, he hadn't finished fulfilling his promise to Shen Wen'an, which made it difficult for him to simply walk away and leave.

"Alright, let's go to the Seven Sages Mountain Secret Realm first."

"The things left behind by the other old buddies are easier to get than what this dragon-taming guy hid."

A gentle breeze arose, and Luo Tianxing's figure vanished instantly into the ruins.

The next moment, when it reappeared, it had already arrived at the Seven Sages Mountain Secret Realm.

Back then, the restrictions of the Seven Sages Mountain Secret Realm left many cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage of the Qishan Immortal Sect helpless.

Ultimately, they could only send a large number of Qi Refining stage disciples in to seek opportunities.

However, this restriction had no effect whatsoever on Luo Tianxing, who was at the Nascent Soul stage.

It appeared in the valley where Shen Xiuchan and the other younger members of the Shen family were forced to fall.

The huge altar was inscribed with the stone slabs that Shen Xiuchan copied down the locations of the spirits in various places in Yangnao Land.

Looking at the altar in front of him, Luo Tianxing's expression was somewhat complicated.

In a daze, he seemed to see again the scene of the seven people chatting and laughing here, discussing and planning the source of the Yangnao Land.

At that time, the seven had just witnessed the wonder of the Daying Immortal Mansion in Xu Xiu's hands, and their minds were full of thoughts about using the Daying Immortal Mansion and the Dao Source of Yangnao Land to create a unique Dao Source Secret Realm.

The seven brothers joined forces with the ruthless Xu Xiu, using the secret realm of the Immortal Abode to conquer the entire Cangmin Sea, ultimately breaking the curse of the Cangmin Sea, breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, or even beyond, and together pursuing that ethereal immortal realm...

The Dragon-Raising Immortal's kindness...

The cold arrogance of the sword immortal Yu Shisan...

The cheerful and forthright nature of Qu Zigui, the Green Bamboo Sword Immortal...

The voices and smiles of my old friends appeared before my eyes.

Back then, Feng Jingyang and Qi Buyu were not like they are now.

They all got along very well.

Even Zhang Zeduan, who occasionally visited the secret realm, always humbly addressed them as "senior brothers," and there were no schemes or intrigues between them.

As he thought about it, Luo Tianxing's eyes suddenly welled up with tears.

"Old friends, Tianxing is back..."

“But you guys…”

Thinking of his old friends who had accompanied him for hundreds of years, now some dead and some changed, Luo Tianxing felt a deep sense of loss.

He stood on that enormous altar for a long time.

Until streaks of lightning suddenly appeared from the void above their heads, and then coalesced into a terrifying monster with two lightning wings on its back.

After the thunderous monster appeared, it curiously sized up Luo Tianxing.

"Nascent Soul Transformation?"

"Old man, how did you get in here?"

The Thunder Monster's slightly shrill voice interrupted Luo Tianxing's recollection.

He slowly turned around, frowning as he examined the thunderous monster in front of him, looking quite puzzled.

The Seven Sages Mountain Secret Realm was created by seven people working together, yet he doesn't remember such a monster ever existing.

"What are you?"

Why are you here?

Returning to the same place, everything had changed, and Luo Tianxing was already in a bad mood. Seeing this uninvited guest suddenly appear in his "home" only made him more unfriendly.

The spiritual energy within him surged, clearly indicating that he was already planning to eliminate him.

Seeing this, the Thunder Monster was not to be outdone and immediately let out a sharp cry.

"Bah!"

"You old man, you're utterly ridiculous!"

"This is my territory. You dare to barge in and try to fight me?"

"Don't think you're so great just because you've reached the Nascent Soul stage!"

As it grew angry, several streaks of pitch-black lightning suddenly appeared amidst the azure lightning around its body.

Seeing this, Luo Tianxing seemed to have thought of something.

"You are something derived from the stone carving that Brother Zhang obtained in the chaotic void back then?"

Upon hearing this, the thunder monster was taken aback, then asked suspiciously, "You know Zhang Daoqi?"

"How do you know about the Leichi stone carving?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Tianxing abruptly withdrew his surging spiritual power.

He remembered.

The mad Taoist Zhang Daoqi was one of the Seven Masters of Yangnao. He was proficient in Taoist magic, especially his superb lightning magic. If he hadn't been a bit dim-witted, his strength back then would have far surpassed Luo Tianxing, and he could even have been on par with the Great Ying True Lord who had obtained the opportunity to enter the Immortal Mansion.

When the Seven Sages Mountain Secret Realm was first being built, the eccentric Zhang Daoqi kept clamoring to find some good things to serve as the foundation of the secret realm.

The remaining people couldn't persuade him, so they could only let him run around the Cangmin Sea.

Later, before confirming the cooperation with Da Ying Zhenjun, Zhang Daoqi, who had disappeared for more than ten years, brought back a huge stone tablet from somewhere, on which was carved a picture of a Thunder Pool.

After pondering it, everyone still couldn't figure out what was going on.

However, Zhang Daoqi regarded the stone carving as a treasure, hiding it in his cave dwelling and studying it every day.

After the battle to defend Yangnao began, and after the brothers died one after another, Zhang Daoqi also made a move, fighting his way out of Yangnao with two old monsters who came out of the Daoyuan Secret Realm.

During his final battle with Abbot Salu Bodhisattva of Tianlong Temple, he saw the two old monsters who had besieged Zhang Daoqi appear in Yangnao Land to participate in the siege of Daying Zhenjun.

Their opponent, Zhang Daoqi, was nowhere to be found.

Luo Tianxing assumed that Zhang Daoqi had been killed by the two.

Indeed, there has been no news of him over the years.

"I know, you must be one of those good-for-nothing brothers that Old Zhang was talking about!"

The Thunder Monster belatedly realized what was happening and suddenly screamed.

Good-for-nothing brothers?

Luo Tianxing stared at the thunderous monster with a strange expression: "Did the old madman really say that back then?"

The thunder monster withdrew its surrounding raging thunder power, pursed its lips, and said, "Of course!"

"She keeps nagging me about it every day."

"No matter what I say, everyone thinks I'm a fool, but the fools are actually you. You're being used without even realizing it."

"He even said he would work hard to find a way out for you bunch of good-for-nothing brothers."

With a slightly impatient wave of his hand, Thunder Monster continued, "Anyway, he said a lot of things like that, I can't even remember them all."

Upon hearing this, Luo Tianxing's expression became complicated, and he then smiled bitterly, "So, older brother, you weren't really an idiot after all..."

"I never imagined he had been so concerned about us all along."

The Thunder Monster chuckled, "Of course!"

"Old Zhang came back later and heard that you were all dead. He cried for a very long time!"

"That wailing sound still gives me the creeps just thinking about it..."

"What!?"

Luo Tianxing's expression changed, and he looked at the Thunder Monster with disbelief, saying, "You mean, my old brother came back later!?"

"He... isn't dead!?"

The Thunder Monster crossed his arms and said calmly, "Of course!"

"It was about a hundred years after you all left, when I was just beginning to develop sentience, but I don't remember the exact details."

"After he returned, he hid in the cave and cried bitterly."

"I've stayed here on and off for a few years. Then you entrusted me to guard this secret realm for you. Once a destined person comprehends the 'Divine Firmament Jade Palace Five Thunder True Method Secret Record' and successfully cultivates the Purple Palace, they can take me away."

"Decades ago, there was a young fellow with a thunder spirit root who comprehended the 'Secret Record of the Five Thunder True Method of the Divine Firmament Jade Palace' from the stone carving. I wonder if he has cultivated to the Purple Palace stage yet..."

Luo Tianxing didn't hear what the Thunder Monster said next.

At this moment, his mind was filled with the fact that the mad Taoist Zhang Daoqi was still alive.

Based on the Thunder Monster's words, he carefully recalled the events and estimated that when Zhang Daoqi returned to the Seven Sages Mountain Secret Realm, the great battle had just ended, and the brothers had just been reincarnated and had not yet awakened their innate wisdom.

Thus, by a twist of fate, they missed each other.

"and after?"

Did Brother Zhang say where he went after that?

Coming to his senses, Luo Tianxing quickly pressed for an answer.

The Thunder Monster shook his head and said bitterly, "How would I know? That old bastard left me here for countless years. By the time I get out... even if he's already dead and gone, I'll find his remains and chop him to pieces!"

"Alright, alright."

"I don't want to waste my breath on you."

"Since you are Old Zhang's brother, this place can be considered your home. You can do whatever you want here."

"However, once you're out, when you have time, help me find that little guy and see when he can cultivate to the Purple Mansion level and take me out."

Luo Tianxing paused for a moment, then pondered for a second before asking, "What's the name of this little guy you're talking about?"

The Thunder Monster opened its mouth, then patted its forehead in annoyance.

"broken!"

"Why did I forget to ask his name back then..."

Upon seeing this, Luo Tianxing already had a general idea in his mind.

"Surname Shen?"

The Thunder Monster blinked but didn't answer.

"The Wood-based Divine Thunder Spiritual Root?"

"Yeah!"

"Not even a hundred years old now?"

"Yeah!"

"You know that little guy?" Thunder Monster asked excitedly.

Luo Tianxing nodded: "He is currently at the late stage of the Golden Core realm, and he still needs one or two more moments of enlightenment to reach the Purple Mansion realm."

"but……"

"What's wrong?" the Thunder Monster asked anxiously. "What happened to that little guy?"

Luo Tianxing sighed and said, "He's fine, but I don't know if he has enough time left."

"This world is on the verge of collapse."

Road collapse?

The Thunder Monster clearly didn't know what Dao Collapse was.

Luo Tianxing explained, "Someone plans to extract the essence of this world. Now we've reached a critical moment. In a little over three years, this world will completely collapse because its essence has been extracted."

"I have come here to take away all the things left behind by my old comrades and give them to the family that little guy belongs to."

Upon hearing this, the Thunder Monster paused for a moment, then flapped its wings and asked, "Then... what do you think could help him break through to the Purple Mansion realm as quickly as possible?"

"You wait here. I know every single plant and tree in this secret realm very well. I'll fetch all the good stuff for you right away!"

"You should bring it to him at the same time, so he can break through to the next level as soon as possible!"

Before he finished speaking, the thunder monster transformed into a bolt of lightning and vanished.

In the days that followed, both sides searched the entire Seven Sages Mountain Secret Realm, organizing all the good things that had emerged from the secret realm over the years and the things left behind by the Seven Sons of Yangnao.

Even after Luo Tianxing put all those things into his storage bag, the thunder monster in the void was still a little uneasy.

He gritted his teeth, and the power of thunder within his body surged, forcing out a blackish-purple bead covered in electric sparks.

The bead had tiny black lightning flashes on its surface. Although it was only the size of a quail egg, it contained extremely terrifying power.

After the Thunder Orb was forced out, the Thunder Monster's aura weakened considerably.

"This is a trace of my Thunder Essence. Give it to that little guy so he can break through quickly."

As it spoke, it tossed the bead over.

Upon seeing this, Luo Tianxing felt a chill run down his spine and instinctively wanted to dodge.

He could sense that the small thunder orb contained the power of chaotic thunder.

Once it explodes, the entire secret realm will probably be torn apart by the chaotic lightning!

Even though he was a Nascent Soul True Monarch, he would still be seriously injured when faced with the close-range eruption of this chaotic thunder.

With a gentle surge of spiritual energy, Luo Tianxing carefully caught the Thunder Pearl and placed it into a jade box. Only after confirming that there were no problems did she dare to put it into her storage bag.

"If I take your true form with me, will it be possible for you to come along as well?"

After carefully putting away the Thunder Pearl, Luo Tianxing suddenly asked curiously.

The true form of this thunderous monster is the Thunder Pool Stone Carving. Back then, the mad Taoist Zhang Daoqi was able to carry the stone carving in, so he should be able to carry it out now.

If he carries the stone carving out, wouldn't this thunder monster not have to wait for Shen Chongming to break through to the Purple Mansion realm to take it out?
"Carry it out?"

"That old codger refined my original body and this secret realm together back then!"

"If you have the strength to carry away an entire secret realm, you can give it a try."

The Thunder Monster spoke with a somewhat agitated tone.

Luo Tianxing couldn't help but gasp in astonishment upon hearing this.

He doesn't have the strength to carry away this entire secret realm.

"In that case, I shall take my leave."

The Thunder Monster nodded: "Go ahead, go ahead."

After leaving the Seven Sages Mountain Secret Realm, Luo Tianxing thought for a moment and decided to go to Yunshui City first to hand over his belongings to the Shen family. Then he would see if he could find the "treasure" that the Dragon Tamer Master had hidden beneath the Dragon Tamer's mansion in the remaining few months.

If he truly cannot find it, he will have no choice but to leave.

Otherwise, once the Dao collapses and cultivators from the outside world descend, it's likely that leaving will still involve unnecessary trouble.

Yunshui City, manor wing room.

Shen Wen'an accompanied Shen Xiuyan in receiving Luo Tianxing.

"Chongming is in seclusion and cannot personally greet you, senior. Please forgive him."

Shen Wen'an then offered an explanation.

"Have you gone into seclusion?" Luo Tianxing said in a deep voice, "I was entrusted by someone to give him something good."

"Alright, I'll give the things to you all. You can give them to him after he comes out of seclusion."

"By the way, tell him that there is another thunderous being waiting for him in the Seven Sages Mountain Secret Realm."

The Secret Realm of Qixian Mountain?
Shen Wen'an pondered for a moment, vaguely recalling that Shen Chongming seemed to have mentioned that thunderous creature back then.

"I have retrieved everything from the secret realm of Seven Sages Mountain."

"Besides what the seven of us left behind back then, many rare and precious materials have also emerged in the secret realm over the years."

"Whether it's weapon crafting, alchemy, or array formation, these techniques will be of great use to the Shen family."

Luo Tianxing handed a storage bag to Shen Xiuyan and spoke.

"Thank you, senior." Shen Xiuyan stood up respectfully, bowed, and accepted the storage bag.

Luo Tianxing added, "I spent some time searching for the treasures of the Dragon-Raising Clan, but I didn't find them."

"I don't know if it was a joke by the old dragon tamer back then, or if something unexpected happened in between."

"I estimate that I will leave Yangnao in three months. I will spend the next three months searching for it again."

"If we can find it, that would be best; if we can't, then it's just that we're not meant to be."

Shen Wen'an bowed slightly after hearing this, saying, "I'm also troubling you, senior."

"If you really can't find it, then forget it. Senior, you're about to leave, is there anything else you need to prepare?"

Luo Tianxing smiled and shook his head.

"I am all alone and have no other attachments to this world."

"Wen'an boy... Shen Jiading, please be careful."

The old man paused, and the second half of his sentence clearly changed its meaning.

Shen Wen'an roughly understood that he originally wanted the Shen family to consider going to Beichen Immortal Mountain.

It's just that I suddenly realized I've said it so many times already, it's not nice to say it again.

Although he understood, Shen Wen'an still dared not give the old man a guarantee.

He could only offer a slight bow and say, "Senior, we will meet again someday..."

(End of this chapter)