Chapter 241

The sky gradually brightened.

But the winds and waves in the capital were growing stronger and stronger.

The Shen family members had all gathered outside the Shen ancestral hall, because today, many more people had been hung outside the Shen ancestral hall again.

Shen Shu, Shen Ruoshan, and Liu Lan naturally need not be mentioned.

There were also many others from the main branch and the third branch, namely those who had colluded with Shen Shu.

A young man saw a familiar person: "Uncle! What's wrong with you?"

He then strode forward: "Did you make a mistake? Why is my uncle also hung up..."

As he spoke, he wanted to go over and take the person down, but Shen Xiong grabbed him with one hand.

"Step back!"

This young man still wanted to say something, but Shen Xiong looked at his face and spoke.

"Don't rush, you're Shen Yuan, right?"

"Your talent was sent away by your own uncle with his own hands."

"Knowing this news, do you still want to save him?"

Shen Yuan froze, because his uncle had doted on him since childhood, and he found it hard to accept this news all at once.

He looked at his uncle, voice trembling: "Uncle, quickly tell me this is fake..."

But his uncle merely turned his scarred head away, unwilling to meet Shen Yuan's eyes.

Shen Yuan felt as if struck by lightning, standing there motionless for a long time.

Shen Xiong spoke: "You all don't need to think too much; Shen Qing Shao Ye would not wrongly accuse anyone, and whoever is hung up here is not innocent."

As he spoke, Shen Xiong clapped his hands, and Shen Qiu pushed out several braziers filled with torture instruments.

"Shen Qing Shao Ye said, the torture instruments are prepared for you; repay grievances with grievances, repay hatred with hatred."

"Just one demand: let them die in agony!"

Meanwhile, on the other side, Shen Qing entered the Shen family's Buddhist scripture pavilion.

The guardian of the Buddhist scripture pavilion was an elderly man of high virtue and prestige in the Shen family; seeing Shen Qing enter, he immediately found a place to face the wall and reflect on his past.

Shen Qing didn't think twice and walked straight toward the sword technique pavilion.

My current sword technique is the self-created supreme art Kai Tian; it's more than enough to fight those at the Yuan Dan realm, but using it against a Half-Saint might be somewhat insufficient.

So Shen Qing now needs to find a suitable sword technique.

And there's no place better than the Shen family Buddhist scripture pavilion to find a sword technique.

The Shen family Buddhist scripture pavilion—other things aside, just the sword techniques number over ten thousand volumes.

Shen Qing directly headed for the Half-Saint realm sword technique section; the number here had sharply decreased, but there were still several volumes.

Shen Qing glanced through a few, eliminating those sword techniques requiring a nascent domain form to match.

He also eliminated some righteous and proper sword techniques.

In the end, one remained, and it was also Shen Qing's favorite.

Its name is Gui Xu Yin.

The so-called: one sword drawn, all things return to the void.

It is a domineering sword technique, and the sword light it emits is black; using it together with the Hei Ri Fu Mo Quan's black mist works even better.

The black mist originally obscures vision, and the sword light of Gui Xu Yin is also black; thus, those whose pupil technique is not perfected cannot even tell from which direction the sword is coming, and Shen Qing is very satisfied with this.

Shen Qing held the sword technique and walked toward outside the Buddhist scripture pavilion, looking at the old guardian.

The old man shuddered and immediately lowered his head.

Shen Qing looked at him somewhat impatiently: "What are you looking at? Come over and register!"

The old man trembled, looked at Shen Qing, and revealed a sheepish smile: "Shen Qing Shao Ye, what are you saying? You don't need to register when borrowing books; just take them."

Shen Qing slapped the table: "If I tell you to register, you register!"

"Some rules cannot be broken, understand?"

"Yes yes yes! Shen Qing Shao Ye said so, I'll register right away, I'll register right away."

This old man hurriedly took out the ledger to record.

Shen Qing picked up Gui Xu Yin and walked out: "I'll return it on time in a few days."

The old man froze for a moment, a few days? Gui Xu Yin is a top-tier existence among Half-Saint realm sword techniques; other Half-Saints take years to comprehend just one.

Return it in a few days? That doesn't seem right?

But the old man didn't dare to ask further.

Not long after Shen Qing left the Buddhist scripture pavilion, he saw Shen He walking toward him.

"Third Young Master, you have a letter, also sent by that person last time; it should also be from the Emperor."

Shen Qing took the letter: "I know."

After the time it takes to burn one incense stick, Shen Qing arrived at that mountain villa from last time, arriving at that small lake.

Zhu Lingyue was already waiting there, though this time she wore a large red dragon-patterned rosy cloud cape.

Moreover, above the pavilion circled a huge five-clawed golden dragon; Shen Qing guessed this should be the embodiment of the imperial aura.

It was looking at Shen Qing with a kind of scrutinizing gaze.

Shen Qing couldn't be bothered to pay attention to it; this gaze held no malice.

He walked straight toward the pavilion: "What do you want from me this time?"

"Is the old thing in your palace going to make a move?"

Zhu Lingyue shook her head: "It's your Shen family's Half-Saint returning to the capital, it's Shen Hai and them."

"I already knew; I'm just waiting for them."

Zhu Lingyue continued: "The news I received is that three and a half sages will return to the capital together."

"When the time comes, I will help you."

"Good."

Shen Qing did not refuse; having help is naturally excellent, and this also gives me a chance to see Zhu Lingyue's strength.

It is estimated not to be weak, and daring to act against a half-sage suggests he likely possesses half-sage-level strength.

Zhu Lingyue: "One of them recently is Shen Hai; he has already arrived in Yunzhou, and is estimated to reach Wuyangzhou in three days, though he has slowed his pace, likely waiting for the other two half-sages."

"We will meet here in three days."

Shen Qing narrowed his eyes: "Can you grasp their exact positions? How did you do it?"

Zhu Lingyue also understood Shen Qing's concern: "Rest assured, I would not do this unless necessary; the cost is great, and it will damage the great martial fortune."

Shen Qing looked up at the golden dragon: "Fortune? You wouldn't be using this golden dragon to investigate, would you?"

Shen Qing then recalled that the auspicious qilin of the Shen family had said something similar; although it cannot directly obtain the treasure medicine for Shen Qing, it can know the treasure medicine's location.

At this, Zhu Lingyue and the golden dragon were both startled.

The golden dragon looked at Shen Qing: "Can you see me?"

Shen Qing said nothing, merely displaying the aura of the Heart of the Earth.

The golden dragon's face showed a hint of sudden realization: "When I contacted the fortune of Yunzhou earlier, he told me someone had saved them—was it you?"

Immediately, the scrutinizing look in the golden dragon's eyes faded, and he turned to Zhu Lingyue: "Zhu Lingyue, I find this Shen Qing quite trustworthy."

Zhu Lingyue glanced at the golden dragon and explained.

"The golden dragon can use fortune as a medium to connect with the fortune incarnations throughout Great Wu; however, the farther the distance, the greater the fortune consumption."

"In all of Great Wu, only two fortune incarnations can do this: one is my imperial palace's golden dragon, and the other is your Shen family's qilin."

Shen Qing nodded: "Isn't this just surveillance? It seems our family's qilin still has great potential for development."

When I return, I will have to properly train it.

Shen Qing turned and walked down the mountain, waving his hand.

"Alright, I understand."

"See you here in three days."

"Let's go kill those three half-sages together!"