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Chapter 310 The Old Beggar's Identity
"Hey!"

"Old man, where are you going?!"

"Without my protection, you'd better watch out or you'll get beaten to death!"

The alluring female cultivator shouted loudly at the old beggar who was walking into the crowd.

But the old beggar didn't turn his head back.

Seeing this, the alluring female cultivator moved her lips a few times before calling out again, "Let's go, let's go!"

"Let those evil cultivators capture you, extract your soul to light lamps, and refine your body into a corpse puppet—that would be best!"

After shouting failed to bring the old beggar back, the charming female cultivator angrily kicked the stone block where the old beggar was squatting, and then walked towards the medicine shop.

She didn't actually know the old beggar, and they had no connection whatsoever.

Every year, many cultivators from the surrounding seas hear the legend of the old beggar and choose to make a special trip to try their luck when passing by Fulong Mountain.

For some reason, the old beggar stayed right in front of her medicine shop.

The cultivators who were attracted to the shop but were ignored by the old beggar would inevitably come to the shop to inquire about information and try to learn some secrets.

Over the years, the alluring female cultivator has earned a considerable amount of spirit crystals by "telling stories."

Gradually, the surrounding forces also learned about the old beggar's deeds. Over time, apart from some cultivators who passed by the Boundless Dragon Mountain from the distant seas outside the boundary, it became very difficult for the charming female cultivator to swindle spirit crystals from the cultivators of those surrounding forces.

She had finally managed to meet Shen Chongming today, but he saw through her tricks at a glance and didn't fall for it at all.

This made the alluring female cultivator realize that the old beggar was no longer of any value.

Shen Chongming swiftly passed through the bustling crowd and arrived at the outer edge of Fulong Mountain, intending to summon his flying boat to leave this place.

The lingering sense of being watched was still there; he didn't want to cause any more trouble, so he had to get rid of the other party as soon as possible.

But just as he summoned his flying boat and prepared to leave, he sensed an even clearer feeling of being watched!
In an instant, Shen Chongming turned around and found a tattered, emaciated figure quietly observing him from the side of a winding path not far away!

Looking closer, Shen Chongming noticed that the old beggar's eyes were an eerie gray-white!

Meeting his gaze made his heart tremble involuntarily!
Suppressing his inner shock, Shen Chongming frowned slightly.

He could tell that the old beggar was no ordinary person, but the more he realized this, the less he wanted to get involved in this karma.

The other party clearly had some unspeakable secrets. Having learned from the example of Xu Xiu, the Great Lord of Great Harmony, he had no intention of getting himself and the Shen family involved in such a bizarre conspiracy again.

Having thought of this, he had already made up his mind.

After nodding slightly to the old beggar, he boarded the flying boat and flew away into the distance.

The flying boat streaked across the water, quickly moving away from the sea area where Mount Fulong was located.

Half an hour later, Shen Chongming secretly scanned his surroundings with his divine sense and, after confirming that the old beggar had not followed, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Recalling the old beggar's strange eyes once more, Shen Chongming's mind stirred slightly, and then he sank his consciousness into his dantian's Purple Mansion Dao Palace.

Looking at the lightning pool in front of him, which flickered with his breath, he said softly, "Lightning Spirit, can you tell that there was something wrong with that old beggar earlier?"

Noisy!
The spirit of the Thunder Pool suddenly poked its head out of the Thunder Pool, looking puzzled, and asked, "What old beggar?"

Shen Chongming was also somewhat bewildered.

"That old beggar who almost tripped me up in the market town of Fulong Mountain... Didn't you notice?"

Meeting his questioning gaze, the Spirit of Thunder Pool was also bewildered.

"I don't know!"

"Kid, don't scare me!"

Thunder Pool is equivalent to Shen Chongming's Golden Core, and it is also the spirit of Thunder Pool. As long as Shen Chongming does not specifically seal its senses, what it sees, hears, and thinks is all interconnected.

But now, it has no recollection of the "old beggar" that Shen Chongming mentioned.

In that instant, Shen Chongming's expression also suddenly became solemn.

"You're not kidding?"

He looked solemnly at the spirit of the Thunder Pool.

The spirit of the Thunder Pool was also looking at him.

After staring at each other for a long time, the Spirit of Thunder Pool couldn't help but ask, "Did you really see some kind of beggar?"

"All I remember is you haggling with a female cultivator with big, white breasts, talking about two hundred spirit crystals or two thousand spirit crystals..."

"No, no!"

"It seems like something is missing from my memory..."

"Old beggar...?"

The spirit of the Thunder Pool squatted above the Thunder Pool, pounding its head violently, appearing to be in pain.

At this moment, Shen Chongming's expression became even more unpleasant.

He knew that Lei Chi and the spirit of Lei Chi were extraordinary. If the spirit of Lei Chi was telling the truth, it was brought back from the chaotic void outside the Cangmin Sea by one of the Seven Sons of Yangnao, a Nascent Soul Realm expert.

Thinking about it this way, the old beggar from before seemed even more terrifying.

Did he influence the spirit of the Thunder Pool and silently alter its memories, or was there some unseen force at work?

"Kid, are you sure you saw an old beggar?"

"What does it look like?"

The spirit of Thunder Pool stopped hammering its head and asked in a deep voice.

Shen Chongming recalled the image of the old beggar once again and described it to the spirit of Leichi.

He emphasized the old beggar's eyes.

The spirit of Leichi fell silent after hearing this.

After a long while, it finally spoke: "I don't know what that thing is either, but since it's so strange, you'd better not provoke it and get away from this area as soon as possible."

Shen Chongming nodded: "That's what I think too..."

The current situation is too bizarre. Considering the old beggar and the unseen sense of being watched, it seems that he has been targeted by two unknown entities.

Upon regaining consciousness, Shen Chongming immediately focused all his energy on controlling the flying boat, sparing no effort in consuming spirit crystals, wanting only to get away from this place as quickly as possible.

The airship suddenly accelerated, leaving a long trail of light as it flew into the distance.

Time flies, and a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

After a year of travel, with stops and starts and some setbacks along the way, Shen Chongming finally arrived at the sea cliff on his way home.

Seeing that he had very few spirit crystals left, and that he was currently nearly 200,000 miles away from the sea area where Yangnao Land was located.

Shen Chongming immediately recalled the second bounty mission he had received from Wuxiang Temple.

Go to an unnamed island at the junction of Snowdrift Cliff and Return Cliff to wipe out a group of demonic cultivators.

The mission description states that the strength of this group of demonic cultivators and rogue cultivators is not very strong, with only those at the mid-to-late stages of the Nascent Soul stage.

There are nine people in the group, and the reward for the mission is five thousand spirit crystals.

Shen Chongming estimated that 5,000 spirit crystals should be enough for him to reach the sea area where Yangnao Land is located.

What he regretted was that, in order to avoid the watchful eyes of the unseen forces and the old beggar, he had not dared to linger in some markets and powerful places along the way.

The Sea Soul Crystal on his body didn't even have a chance to be used.

He had originally planned to secretly sell some Sea Soul Crystals in exchange for Spirit Crystals to buy some good things for his family.

It seems that we have no choice but to give up now.

In the azure sky, Shen Chongming sat cross-legged at the bow of the flying boat, took out the sea map given to him by Zhou Xuan, and compared it with the mission he had accepted at Wuxiang Temple, thus roughly determining the location of the group of demonic cultivators.

Putting away the sea map, Shen Chongming stood up and immediately steered the flying boat toward the right front.

The airship skimmed across the vast sea and came to rest above an island spanning a hundred miles in circumference.

On the flying boat, Shen Chongming's divine sense swept across the entire island, but a hint of disappointment appeared on his face.

no one.

There is currently no trace of cultivators on this island.

The mission prompt from Wuxiang Temple only provided a general area, stating that the group of demonic cultivators were on an unnamed island in this sea region.

"Alright, let's go down and rest for a bit."

He had traveled a full 200,000 li from the outer edge of the Snowdrift Cliffs to this place, always on a flying boat. This time, he was thinking of going down to recuperate and also to see if there were any rare and precious treasures in the places on the island with faint spiritual energy fluctuations.

With a slight thought, the flying boat headed directly towards the island below.

After landing on the island, Shen Chongming carefully scanned the entire island with his divine sense again for safety. Only after confirming that there was no one on it, not even a demon beast, did he feel at ease and put away the flying boat, then flew towards the low mountain that was emitting faint spiritual energy fluctuations in the distance.

"Is this a Lushui purple-leaved fruit plant?"

Upon reaching the top of the low hill, Shen Chongming's face lit up with joy as he gazed at a seven-foot-tall sapling radiating a pale purple glow.

Over the years, while recuperating at the Ice God Palace, he borrowed many miscellaneous books from the Ice God Palace's library through Zhou Xuan's connections. He gained a certain understanding of the rare and precious natural materials, spiritual plants, and medicinal herbs commonly found in the cultivation world.

The Lushui Purple Leaf Fruit is a fourth-grade spiritual fruit. Once ripe, it can be swallowed directly. For cultivators with water-attribute spiritual roots, this spiritual fruit can purify spiritual power and remove some of the toxicity accumulated in the meridians due to long-term use of elixirs.

It is regarded as an excellent auxiliary spiritual object by water-attribute spiritual root cultivators who have reached the peak of embryonic breathing and are preparing to break through to the Golden Core realm.

This stuff can also be used in medicine and alchemy, and the resulting pills also have the effect of removing toxicity from pills.

Although it is not as effective as directly consuming the purple leaf fruit of Lushui, it has the advantage that all immortal cultivators can consume it, and it is very popular among some cultivators in the Fetal Breathing Realm.

Seeing the dozen or so fist-sized fruits hanging on the seven-foot-tall fruit tree in front of him, emitting a faint purple light, Shen Chongming immediately flashed over and wanted to pick all of these Lushui Purple Leaf Fruits.

This spiritual fruit might not be of much use to him, but there are many younger members of the family who can use it.

Even if all else fails, you can sell one for dozens of spirit crystals at the market, which is a windfall.

Just as Shen Chongming reached out and picked a Lushui Purple Leaf Fruit, before he could put it into his storage bag, a figure suddenly sprang out from the bushes beside him and snatched the Lushui Purple Leaf Fruit from his hand!

This sudden turn of events terrified Shen Chongming, and in response, terrifying lightning erupted from his body!

The lightning bolts transformed into dozens of lightning spears, shooting towards the figure snatching the Lu Shui Purple Leaf Fruit!

boom!
The terrifying thunder spear blasted all the rocks and bushes in that area into dust!
Shen Chongming's divine sense swept frantically across that area through the flying dust and smoke!

A moment later, after the smoke and dust cleared, a figure slowly appeared amidst the chaos.

Upon seeing that figure, Shen Chongming's pupils constricted, and he felt a chill run from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head!
Old beggar!
The figure in front of him, happily eating a purple leaf fruit, was none other than the strange old beggar he had encountered earlier at Mount Fulong!
The other party had somehow managed to cross 800,000 miles of sea without him noticing, and followed him to this nameless island!

I didn't notice the other person following me along the way. How did he manage to travel such a long distance to get here?

He clearly only had the spiritual energy fluctuations of the mid-stage of the embryonic breathing realm, and he didn't sense any aura of laws. So how did he manage to block the attack of those dozen or so lightning spears?

When Shen Chongming was shocked, a portion of his consciousness immediately sank into his dantian.

"Thunder Spirit!"

"That old beggar is chasing after us!"

bass!
Upon hearing this, the spirit of the Thunder Pool suddenly poked its head out of the Thunder Pool!

"You mean he crossed hundreds of thousands of miles of ocean to chase after you!?"

Shen Chongming said in a serious voice, "He's right in front of me, can't you see him?"

Upon hearing this, the spirit of the Thunder Pool suddenly erupted with countless fine electric sparks on its body, appearing extremely terrified!

"Kid, don't scare me!"

Where is he!?

Seeing that the spirit of the Thunder Pool was not joking, Shen Chongming's horror intensified!
His gaze fell upon the old beggar who had finished devouring the purple leaf fruit of the Lu Shui, he swallowed hard, and braced himself to bow, asking, "May I ask who you are, senior?"

"What are your plans in following this junior?"

This old beggar is too strange; he would never be so naive as to believe that the other party is only at the mid-stage of the embryonic breathing realm.

The old beggar ignored him.

With a hunched back, he slowly walked to the purple-leafed fruit tree in Lushui, and with his withered hands picked a fruit from the tree and squatted down to quietly eat it.

Shen Chongming didn't dare to disturb him and just watched quietly.

Apart from the distant sound of seawater crashing against the rocks on the shore, the only other sound in the field was the "kuku" of the old beggar gnawing on the purple-leafed fruit of the Lu Shui River.

A moment later, he finished another fist-sized spiritual fruit. The old beggar seemed to be full, and slowly got up, raising his head and looking up at the sky with his gray eyes.

"I'm back……"

"Where...did you all go?"

His voice was hoarse and indistinct; if he hadn't repeated it several times, Shen Chongming wouldn't have been able to hear what he was saying.

The old beggar looked up at the sky, repeating those two sentences over and over again.

They showed no intention of paying any attention to Shen Chongming.

"If there is nothing else, senior, then I will take my leave."

When the other party ignored him, Shen Chongming decided to try leaving.

He really didn't want to face such a bizarre existence.

However, just as he took a few steps back, the old beggar suddenly reacted, quickly caught up a few steps, and stared silently at Shen Chongming.

Feeling uneasy under his gaze, Shen Chongming was furious!

The suppressed demonic energy within his body surged, and a murderous aura rushed into his heart, causing a red glint to appear in his eyes.

"Old thing!"

"who are you?"

With his fists clenched, Shen Chongming narrowed his eyes and stared intently at the strange old beggar, speaking coldly.

"who I am?"

The old beggar stiffened slightly, his voice filled with confusion.

"who are you?"

"Do you know who I am?"

The eerie gray-white eyes stared back at him again, and the old beggar exuded a menacing aura!
The two just stared at each other like that.

"Boy!"

"Has that strange old thing left?"

"I can't feel it, I can't feel it at all!"

The voice of the Thunder Pool Spirit came from within the Dantian Dao Palace.

The voice clearly rang out directly in Shen Chongming's sea of ​​consciousness, but the old beggar opposite him suddenly raised his head!

"who!?"

"Who is speaking!?"

Even Shen Chongming, whose mind had already been initially corrupted by demonic energy, was startled at that moment!
He actually heard the voice of the Thunder Pool Spirit within his Purple Mansion Palace!?
"come out!"

"Who is speaking!?"

The voice of the Thunder Pool Spirit seemed to have angered the other party, causing him to act like a madman, constantly searching around!

Upon seeing this, Shen Chongming immediately abandoned all other concerns, took out his flying boat, and fled into the distance as if escaping!
"Kid, check if that old bastard has caught up with you!"

Strangely enough, the spirit of Thunder Pool could clearly sense that Shen Chongming had left the island.

"He can hear you and me talking."

Shen Chongming spoke in a deep voice, once again startling the spirit of the Thunder Pool.

His body trembled as he hid in the Thunder Pool, his large eyes filled with fear.

Shen Chongming had no time to comfort it; his eyes were fixed on the island that was rapidly receding behind him, wanting to see if the old beggar would chase after him again.

However, he could not find any trace of the other party, whether by sight or by divine sense.

Even so, Shen Chongming still dared not let his guard down.

The divine sense unique to the Purple Mansion Realm was released to its maximum, closely monitoring all movements in the surrounding void.

After the flying boat traveled for about an hour, no trace of the old beggar was found. However, Shen Chongming's divine sense detected the spiritual energy fluctuations of several Nascent Soul Realm cultivators on the small island ahead.

"Demon cultivator?"

Sensing the fluctuations in the aura emanating from those individuals, Shen Chongming was overjoyed!
These people are probably the demonic cultivators involved in the bounty mission from Wuxiang Zen Temple!
The bounty stated that there were nine demonic cultivators in total, but there were only four on the island in front of them, which puzzled Shen Chongming, so he did not choose to directly attack the island.

With his hands forming a magic seal, concealing his figure and aura, Shen Chongming quietly hid above the small island, waiting for the other demonic cultivators to appear.

But the next moment, several thin golden rays shot silently toward the void where he was hiding!

Ding!
Ding!
……

With a sudden wave of his hand covered in dense spiritual energy, Shen Chongming easily blocked the incoming golden rays, his brows furrowing slightly.

"They actually found me?"

He could sense that the auras of the demonic cultivators below were indeed in the mid-to-late stages of the embryonic breathing realm.

The place where I was hiding was high enough off the island, and I had concealed my presence beforehand, yet the opponent not only easily discovered it, but also attacked with such precision.

After easily deflecting the opponent's attack, Shen Chongming no longer cared about revealing his identity. He planned to capture the remaining demonic cultivators first, force them to reveal the whereabouts of the other five, and then take their heads to complete the mission.

With a flash, he appeared directly on the island below!

"This is bad, the opponent is very strong!"

"At least at the Golden Core stage, or even beyond!"

Seeing that Shen Chongming had easily blocked his attack and then brazenly stormed the island, the demonic cultivator hiding in the shadows immediately cried out in alarm.

The next moment, the four figures scattered and fled!
"Want to run?"

Shen Chongming waved his hand lightly, and several vines shot out instantly, binding the people who had just flown away.

He was pretending to have a wood elemental root, so the techniques he used were naturally wood-attribute.

Having reached the Purple Mansion realm in cultivation, his understanding of the laws was profound enough that he could easily master some low-level Five Elements techniques.

The four figures, tightly bound by the vines, struggled violently but were unable to break free and were pulled back in a disheveled state.

Shen Chongming's gaze swept over the four people in front of him who were tied up like dumplings. Just as he was about to speak, his expression suddenly froze.

His gaze was fixed on the female cultivator struggling violently on his left, and he asked in confusion, "Are you... Wu Shi Qianrou?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Qianrou, dressed in a red dress, stopped struggling and looked at Shen Chongming with curiosity.

However, Shen Chongming's appearance and aura were now concealed by the Thunder Pool Spirit, so Wu Qianrou couldn't recognize him at all.

She was also very confused at this moment.

How could someone as insignificant as myself, living more than 100,000 miles away from Yangnao, possibly be recognized?
"Senior is..." Although she did not recognize the other party's identity, Wu Shi Qianrou felt that since the other party knew her, she and the others might still have a chance to live.

Beside him, Ming Zhengchu, Dong Yunbao, and the other two, who were also tied up like dumplings, looked at Shen Chongming with expectant expressions.

Meeting the gazes of the four, Shen Chongming's mind stirred slightly, and the muscles and bones on his face immediately began to twitch.

A moment later, a familiar face slowly appeared before them.

Although Ming Zhengchu and the other two did not know each other, Wu Qianrou, who had been to the Shen family, was so shocked that she opened her mouth wide at this moment!

"Shen...Master Shen!?"

Shen Chongming quickly removed the vines from the four of them. After they stood up, Wu Qianrou came up to him in disbelief, looked him up and down, and said, "Are you really the head of the Shen family?"

Shen Chongming nodded slightly, then looked at the other three.

Wu Qianrou quickly explained, "They are all disciples of the Bai Xuanjiao sect."

“In the early Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty protected the Dharma.”

"Dong Yunbao, Vice Leader."

“Ge Qiong, Protector Ge.”

"This is the cult leader's elder brother, the head of the Shen family."

After Wu Qianrou gave her introduction, Ming Zhengchu and the other two quickly bowed and greeted her.

When Dao collapsed, Shen Chongxu decided to take them back to the Shen family, and he revealed his identity to them.

"Greetings, Patriarch Shen."

The group bowed, and Shen Chongming nodded before asking somewhat urgently, "You're all here, but where's Chongxu?"

Wu Qianrou hesitated slightly, as if she felt that Shen Chongming, as her master's elder brother, had nothing to hide, and immediately bowed and said, "Reporting to Patriarch Shen, my master is cultivating on another island a thousand miles away from here."

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongming exclaimed excitedly, "Take me to him quickly!"

After Wu Qianrou nodded, she boarded Shen Chongming's flying boat with Ming Zhengchu and the others.

The group of five quickly arrived at another small island thousands of miles away.

Shen Chongming scanned the island with his divine sense and discovered that in addition to Shen Chongxu and his group of five, there were also two demon cultivators on the island.

One of them possessed an aura as deep and boundless as the ocean, resembling a powerful being at the Nascent Soul True Monarch realm!
Sensing the aura of the Nascent Soul True Monarch, Shen Chongming's heart sank, and he looked at Wu Shi Qianrou with some doubt: "That Nascent Soul demon cultivator is..."

Wu Qianrou cupped her hands and said, "Patriarch Shen must be referring to Senior Golden Ape, who is my master's master."

Chongxu's master?
While Shen Chongming was stunned, Shen Chongxu and the others on the island below seemed to have noticed them as well, and they all transformed into streaks of light and rushed up.

In the void, several figures appeared not far from the flying boat.

Shen Chongming finally saw the two demon cultivators he had sensed.

One of them was at the peak of the Golden Core stage. Although he was dressed in a deep blue robe and had already taken human form, the two tender little horns on his forehead still revealed his dragon identity.

The other demon cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage was a golden-haired monkey.

Among the crowd opposite, Shen Chongxu, dressed in a dark purple robe and with his hair tied up in a bun, stared at Shen Chongming at the bow of the flying boat, a smile on his face.

"Brother Ming."

Shen Chongming nodded with a smile and slowly stepped off the flying boat.

"I never dreamed that we brothers would meet here."

Seeing this, both the Golden Core Flood Dragon Li Qing and the Golden-haired Monkey in the Nascent Soul Realm withdrew their auras.

"Brother Ming, this is not the place to talk. Let's go to the island together."

Shen Chongming nodded, and the group immediately used their escape light to land on the island below.

Inside the elegant thatched pavilion, four people sat together.

Shen Chongxu began by introducing, "This is Senior Li Qing. My third uncle met you when he went to sea, and you are considered close friends."

"This is my master, and he also met my third uncle once."

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongming suddenly understood.

He had heard his third uncle, Shen Wen'an, mention Jiaolong Li Qing.

As the saying goes, "no fight, no friendship," and after drinking and chatting happily, Li Qing even gifted the Shen family two pieces of jade carvings in the Daoist script.

"Hello, two seniors."

When Shen Chongming cupped his hands in greeting, Li Qing smiled and waved his hand, saying, "It's a bit inappropriate for someone as lowly as you to address me as 'senior'."

"We can address each other as fellow Daoists."

That's often how it is in the spiritual community; everyone interacts with each other according to their own understanding.

Li Qing and the Golden-haired Monkey are brothers. Since Shen Chongxu is a disciple of the Golden-haired Monkey, he naturally has to address Li Qing as a senior.

Although Shen Chongming and Shen Chongxu were brothers, Shen Chongming's cultivation level was higher than Li Qing's, and Li Qing was unwilling to be called "senior" by someone at the Purple Mansion level.

Without getting bogged down in formalities, after exchanging greetings, Shen Chongming looked at Shen Chongxu with curiosity: "When the Yangnao Passage collapsed, you didn't return to Yunshui City. How did you get here?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongxu said with some emotion, "This is a long story."

"When I received the message from my brother and sister Li'er, I immediately led people back from the Southern Frontier without stopping."

"Who knew that as soon as we arrived at Yunshui City, we saw several cultivators from outside the realm loitering on the banks of the Laishui River, and there was also a Nascent Soul True Monarch sitting in the sky above Yunshui City."

"Having no other choice, I dared not go closer, so I hid in the mountains, hoping to find an opportunity to sneak into Yunshui City."

Shen Chongming suddenly realized.

The Nascent Soul True Lord he mentioned should be Qi Buyu, whom Xu Xiu sent to guard Yunshui City.

The old man, coveting the blood of Baxia, was eventually besieged by many cultivators from outside the realm. He planned to self-destruct and die, but was easily killed by Xu Xiu.

"and after?"

"Many Nascent Soul True Monarchs were engaged in a fierce battle above Cloud Water City, shattering the void for tens of thousands of miles around. How did you survive under such circumstances?"

Shen Chongming asked with concern.

He genuinely didn't know that Shen Chongxu was hiding in the mountains outside the city; otherwise, he would have definitely tried to bring him into the city.

"later……"

Shen Chongxu said with a stunned expression, "When the battle between the Nascent Soul True Monarchs broke out, I realized something was wrong, so I led the few people from Bai Xuanjiao away from Hidden Dragon Mountain. I never expected that we would be kidnapped by a Nascent Soul Dragon who was hiding in the shadows and preparing to reap the benefits."

"The Nascent Soul Dragon abducted my younger brother and some cultivators who hadn't had time to escape Yangnao Land. When it flew over this sea area, it happened to run into Master and Senior Li."

"It was Senior Li who sensed the Shen family bloodline aura on my body and asked Master to take action to retrieve my brothers from that dragon's clutches."

Having said that, Shen Chongxu had finally explained his experience of surviving by sheer luck.

"What about you, Ming-ge?"

"Where are the rest of the Shen family?"

Meeting Shen Chongxu's gaze, Shen Chongming shook his head with a hint of melancholy: "I don't know where the rest of the Shen family are now..."

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongxu's expression changed slightly: "What happened at home?"

"After the collapse of the Dao, Grandpa and the others... they were all affected!?"

"Don't worry," Shen Chongming said reassuringly before recounting his experience.

"Therefore, most of my Shen family members should be safe. I just don't know if Grandpa and Third Uncle hid in the Five Elements Secret Realm at the last moment."

"I returned from the Ice God Palace this time because I wanted to see where the Five Elements Secret Realm and Third Uncle and the others are now."

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongxu's worried expression did not lessen much.

"To be honest, brother, in the years since the Dao collapsed, I have also gone with Senior Li to search the sea area where Yangnao was located several times."

"However, apart from Yunshui City, which has been completely destroyed and a piece of land over a thousand miles away that has been turned into an isolated island in the sea, there is nothing else."

"That area did attract many rogue cultivators seeking opportunities, and my subordinates killed quite a few of them."

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongming's expression turned strange.

"So, the demonic cultivators and Golden Core dragons that Wuxiang Temple has offered bounties for are really you and Fellow Daoist Li?"

Shen Chongxu and Li Qing exchanged a glance. Li Qing sneered, "Those guys are really shameless. They can't beat me and Chongxu, so they actually put up a bounty..."

Shen Chongming also sighed with emotion.

He never expected that he would receive three missions from Wuxiang Temple.

Two of them turned out to be his own brothers and his third uncle's close friends.

Well, now both tasks have fallen through.

What are Ming's plans next?

They can't find the Five Elements Secret Realm or their family, and now they both seem to have lost their backbone.

After a moment of contemplation, Shen Chongming said, "I don't have a better solution either. For now, we can only take it one step at a time."

"At least for now, you, my brother, and Chongzhen can be sure of our safety."

Shen Chongxu nodded: "Then Ming-ge can stay here for now. With Master here, safety shouldn't be a problem."

When Shen Chongming nodded, he sighed and shook his head: "I myself still have hidden dangers, and I dare not cultivate right now. I'm afraid I'll have to rely on you in the future."

Having lost the Azure Scale Armor and the Demon-Suppressing Chains, he now has to devote most of his energy to suppressing the demonic energy within his body.

Furthermore, if one cultivates, the demonic energy within the body will also rise accordingly, making it extremely easy for it to become out of control.

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongxu smiled strangely and asked, "Is Ming-ge referring to the demonic energy within the body?"

Before Shen Chongming could answer, Shen Chongxu continued, "This kind of thing might be a big problem for other cultivators, but I am a legitimate ancient demonic cultivator."

"A little bit of demonic energy is not only not a problem, but also a great tonic."

As Shen Chongxu spoke, he bowed slightly to Li Qing and the golden-haired monkey: "Master, Senior Li, I will take my brother to deal with the demonic energy in his body first."

Li Qing nodded, but the golden-haired monkey beside him looked at Shen Chongming and said in a slightly shrill voice, "Junior, what kind of thing did you bring?"

"They've been whispering to each other non-stop, it's giving me a headache!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongming was stunned.

Shen Chongxu and Li Qing, who were standing nearby, also looked around curiously, but they didn't see anything or hear any sounds.

Seeing the three people's expressions, the golden-haired monkey flipped over and disappeared instantly!

The next moment, a terrifying energy surge suddenly erupted above the island!

boom!
The golden-haired monkey's figure appeared in the void, and its terrifying fist actually punched out a figure directly from the empty void, which slammed hard into the rocks not far away!

As the smoke cleared, a ragged, emaciated figure lay sprawled in the crater, its grey eyes gazing at the sky, still muttering to itself.

"I'm back, where did you all go?"

"who am I?"

"Who knows who I am?"

The group stood at the edge of the pit, curiously observing the old beggar at the bottom.

Shen Chongming, however, was pale and looked dazed.

They've followed us again!
That strange old beggar has followed us again!

Noticing that Shen Chongming's expression was a bit off, Shen Chongxu frowned and asked, "Brother Ming, who is this?"

Shen Chongming shook his head slightly and slowly recounted what had happened after he met the old beggar.

Upon hearing this, both the golden-haired monkey and Li Qing frowned.

"This thing is indeed a bit strange..."

Staring at the old beggar, the golden-haired monkey scratched his cheek and spoke.

Shen Chongxu noticed that his master referred to the other party as "thing" twice in a row, instead of "this person".

"Does Master mean he's not human?"

The golden monkey blinked, looking confused: "I don't know if he counts as a person, he's just very strange."

"It seems like something that shouldn't exist in this world..."

"strangeness……"

Upon hearing its words, Shen Chongming snapped out of his daze and quickly cupped his hands, saying, "Senior, do you have a way to help me get rid of him?"

He was now completely terrified of the old beggar; he couldn't shake him off, couldn't drive him away, and didn't say a word.

Being entangled with such a strange thing is enough to make one lose sleep and appetite.

"Trouble! Trouble!"

The golden-haired monkey shook its head like a rattle drum, and said somewhat irritably, "His flesh and blood contain an extremely strange power that can negate most law attacks."

"You can understand this as an immortal physical body."

"Cannot be killed by the forces of this world."

After a pause, the golden-haired monkey continued, "It's only because he's in this state of madness that he's capable of causing a bloodbath in this world."

Everyone fell silent upon hearing this.

The golden-haired monkey glanced at the old beggar and then looked at Shen Chongming: "Young man, he must be following you because there's something about you that attracted him."

"I think you could try to see if you can awaken some of his memories."

"If we can bring it under our control, we can roam freely throughout the entire Cangmin Sea in the future."

To take it over for one's own use?

Shen Chongming smiled wryly after hearing this.

He gets scared whenever he sees this old beggar, so he has no desire to communicate with him.
However, even the Nascent Soul True Monarch couldn't do anything to the other party right now, and the other party kept pursuing him relentlessly. He had no other choice but to bite the bullet and give it a try.

"Fine, let him lie here. We'll deal with the demonic energy in my body later."

Shen Chongming spoke, and then he and Shen Chongxu left the large pit together.

Inside the quiet wooden house, Shen Chongming sat cross-legged.

Seeing this, Shen Chongxu on the other side said softly, "He Yi, come out and help."

As soon as he finished speaking, a wisp of dark purple smoke instantly flew out from his sea of ​​consciousness, transforming into a woman dressed in a magnificent purple dress, with a noble yet slightly alluring appearance.

As soon as the Heavenly Demon He Yi appeared, he noticed Shen Chongming sitting cross-legged opposite him.

When Shen Chongming sensed the appearance of the Heavenly Demon He Yi, the demonic energy within him was instantly awakened and immediately became frenzied.

"What a rare delicacy..."

He Yi chuckled, her beautiful eyes shining with excitement.

She licked her scarlet lips, and with a gentle touch of her slender, white fingers, a faint purple light instantly entered Shen Chongming's body.

The next moment, the dark purple spiritual light, like a thread, forcefully pulled a large clump of pitch-black mist out of Shen Chongming's body!
The fog was trapped in a large net formed by threads of dark purple spiritual light, and no matter how much it struggled, it could not break free.

The demon He Yi originally intended to swallow the entire mass of demonic energy directly, but then he turned to look at Shen Chongxu and said with some resentment, "You always say that others eat alone, but this time I'll share half with you."

As soon as he finished speaking, he made a hand seal, and a cold light flashed, precisely splitting the ball of demonic energy in two.

She swallowed one of the balls herself, and presented the other to Shen Chongxu.

Shen Chongxu glanced at her, but did not refuse. He opened his mouth and inhaled the demonic energy into his stomach.

Shen Chongming slowly opened his eyes, and after being briefly amazed by the appearance of the Heavenly Demon He Yi, he quickly focused his mind into his body.

After a careful search, he discovered that the demonic energy that had troubled him for many years had indeed been easily removed, and he was very happy.

"Thank you, Brother Xu, thank you... fellow Daoist."

Shen Chongxu secretly circulated the "Primordial Golden Chapter" to force the pure demonic energy into his meridians and slowly absorb it. He then introduced, "This is He Yi, whose true form is a Heavenly Demon."

Shen Chongming was somewhat surprised after hearing this.

When Shen Chongxu later explained that He Yi was someone he had summoned from beyond the realm using the "Demon's Descent" secret technique, Shen Chongming suddenly understood.

He Yi swallowed the pure demonic energy and seemed to have gained considerable benefits; her alluring body emitted a faint glow.

"I have some guesses about the old man you just saw."

In high spirits, He Yi did not rush back to Shen Chongxu's sea of ​​consciousness. Instead, he twisted his waist and sat down next to Shen Chongxu and said.

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongxu asked in surprise, "Tell me about it."

Shen Chongming also looked over with a hopeful expression.

He was genuinely afraid of the old beggar and wanted to avoid any contact with him if possible.

“There is a special kind of being in this vast world, known as ‘Dao slaves’.”

"As the name suggests, these beings are slaves to the laws of the Great Dao."

"I am not very clear about how 'Dao slaves' are formed. I only remember that ancient books mentioned that living beings become 'Dao slaves' because when their own realm, fortune, etc. are insufficient, they accidentally see the evolution of the Great Dao or come into contact with an existence related to the laws of the Great Dao, and are thus punished."

Having said that, He Yi further explained, "The Great Dao Laws I speak of are not the same kind of power of laws that you immortal cultivators are currently cultivating."

"That is the true law of immortality, the fundamental order that maintains the operation of all the heavens and myriad realms, which is difficult for non-immortals and gods to fathom."

"Now you understand, right?"

Shen Chongming and Shen Chongxu were both somewhat shocked after hearing this.

If that's the case, then the old beggar must have, with the body of an ant, glimpsed the supreme power, and thus suffered the punishment of that supreme being, which is why he ended up like this.

He Yi slowly stood up, sighed softly, and said, "Dao Nu is actually quite pitiful. He saw things that countless cultivators could never see in their entire lives, yet he also suffered such cruel punishment."

Her gaze fell on Shen Chongming, her expression somewhat complicated.

"Such a strange being following you... I don't know whether it's a blessing or a curse for you..."

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongming was taken aback, and could only shake his head helplessly.

This is just great.

He possesses the secret of the "Golden Core Conspiracy" within his bloodline, and his dantian contains a Thunder Pool and its spirit capable of unleashing heavenly might. He is also accompanied by an old beggar who once peeked into the laws of immortality and was punished by being turned into a Dao slave.

After the collapse of Yangnao's tunnel, he was determined not to get involved in the conspiracies of those in power again, but now he has no choice but to fall into an even bigger vortex of conspiracy.

After a moment of reflection, he suddenly felt relieved.

The existence behind these three secrets could wipe you out with a mere breath, so worrying is pointless. Just let things take their course and live in the present.

(End of this chapter)