Chapter 280

At this moment, Shen Qing heard Shen Wendaos voice in his mind.

"Shen Qing, are you still nearby? Come to Fengtian Hall."

His voice was somewhat solemn; he must have learned something from the White Bear Martial Saint.

Shen Qing returned to Fengtian Hall, where the martial saints were still waiting outside.

As Shen Qing arrived, the gates of Fengtian Hall slowly opened, and after he entered, they shut with a bang.

Everyone was puzzled.

Inside Fengtian Hall, the White Bear Martial Saint and the land immortal Kuntus of the Shengluo Empire had already vanished, leaving only Shen Wendaos and Zhu Wu.

Shen Qing raised an eyebrow: "Where is the land immortal Kuntus?"

Shen Wendaos said: "He has already returned to the Shengluo Empire."

"It seems the situation is serious." Shen Qing sat down beside the two.

Now that the Yuan Shan Grand Competition is imminent, our martial saints and heavenly pride are all in the capital, yet this Kuntus said nothing, left nothing, and directly returned to the Shengluo Empire.

To make a land immortal this anxious shows the situation must already be urgent beyond delay.

Zhu Wu nodded: "This White Bear Martial Saint knows a lot."

"Do you know how many years the White Bear Martial Saint has been allied with the evil demons?"

"Two hundred years?"

Zhu Wu shook his head: "Exactly four hundred years."

Shen Qing chuckled: "What a fellow—I looked up this White Bear Martial Saint's records; he's only over five hundred years old, so rebellion for four hundred years?"

"Did he rebel at the Yuan Dan realm?"

"Yes, he was already swayed by the evil demons when he was at the Yuan Dan realm."

Shen Qing narrowed his eyes; only a thousand years ago, when this world first encountered evil demons, were Yuan Dan realm warriors allowed on the battlefield.

After discovering that evil qi posed a lethal threat to low-realm martial artists, they barred Yuan Dan realm warriors from the battlefield.

Thus, this White Bear Martial Saint could only have been swayed in this world.

This indicates that the evil demons have laid plans in this world for at least over four hundred years—this is not good news.

Zhu Wu lightly tapped the table with his finger: "But precisely because of this, he knows more than other rebelling martial saints."

"He used his authority to leave three evil demon breeding grounds in the Shengluo Empire for hatching evil demons."

This is also why Kuntus left in haste, eager to return and clear them out.

Shen Wendaos continued: "I plan to advance the Yuan Shan Grand Competition—what do you think?"

The Yuan Shan Grand Competition is secondary; the main matter is the martial saints of all nations. Since we've confirmed others are fine, let them return quickly to their territories to prevent evil demon chaos.

Shen Qing waved his hand: "I don't mind—anyway, I don't participate in battle, so an earlier start means I get to Yuan Shan earlier."

"Besides, I just checked at Wan Jie Hall; the Dawa people are basically all here, and the rest will arrive soon."

"The Shengluo Empire side is the same; as for the others, they've mostly arrived, so an early start is fine."

Zhu Wu nodded: "Alright, then set the Yuan Shan Grand Competition for five days from now—I'll have the notice sent out."

Not long after, Shen Qing returned to the Shen family residence.

Just as he entered the Shen family gate, a purple qilin burst forth—it was the manifestation of the qi of this region of the Shen family, and it looked at Shen Qing.

"Shen Qing, someone is looking for you on Qilin Mountain—a girl."

Shen Qing nodded and headed toward Qilin Mountain: "Understood."

At this moment, the qilin called out to Shen Qing: "Wait a moment, Shen Qing—can we discuss something?"

"Go ahead."

Having received Shen Qing's reply, the qilin's voice rose several notches: "Can you avoid meeting on Qilin Mountain in the future!"

"I've been sleeping well on Qilin Mountain, but since you returned, I haven't closed my eyes; later, when Shen Wendaos returned, I had even less chance to close my eyes."

"Gathering every few days on Qilin Mountain, constantly asking me to relay messages—I feel like I'm going to work!"

The qilin is originally a qi manifestation, and normally no one can see him; before, he just slept, occasionally waking to chat with the golden dragon in the imperial palace.

Since Shen Qing returned, he has for the first time felt like he's going to work.

Indeed, going to work drives one mad—even qi manifestations are the same.

Shen Qing smiled: "I understand."

On Qilin Mountain, a woman in a pale blue Liuxian dress was already seated—it was Zhu Lingyue.

Shen Qing approached and sat beside her: "You've left seclusion? How are you?"

Zhu Lingyue nodded: "I've left seclusion."

As she spoke, she raised her hand, and faint cold light appeared around her, the temperature dropping sharply.

Shen Qing raised his eyebrows: "Ice Domain? You've comprehended it? Then you can break through to Martial Saint?"

"Yes, but the Martial Emperor said to let me break through on Yuan Shan in a few days—it would be better."

Zhu Lingyue withdrew her ice domain, looked at Shen Qing, her cheeks slightly flushed: "And you—how have you been lately?"

Shen Qing recounted recent events.

Time passed quickly, the sky darkened, Zhu Lingyue was about to return to the palace, when Shen Qing suddenly grabbed her hand.

"Lingyue, don't go back tonight—just stay at my place."

Everyone is an adult now; Zhu Lingyue naturally understood Shen Qing's meaning. She lowered her head, her face flushed crimson, as if about to drip water.

"Good."

"You don't have any matters in the palace, do you?"

Zhu Lingyue's voice was very soft: "The ancestral forefather and Zhu Xuan's distant ancestor have returned, so I have nothing to do."

Shen Qing chuckled and directly lifted Zhu Lingyue by the waist.

"Just stay here for these few days."

At the same time, Shen Qing sent a message to the two old things.

"Martial Emperor, Ancestor, you two go far away, tonight Lingyue will stay with me."

The meaning was very clear, to let the two people not come to be light bulbs.

At this time, Zhu Wu and Shen Wendao were on the way to the Shengluo Empire, and after receiving the voice transmission, both of them silently laughed.

Zhu Wu spoke: "Old Shen, you say, how were we back then compared to these two kids?"

Shen Wendao laughed and shook his head: "How to compare?"

"When we were twenty, we were chased all over the world by a few half-saints, and when we comprehended the domain, we were already twenty-five or twenty-six years old, I remember I comprehended it half an hour earlier than you."

Zhu Wu gave a white look: "Don't brag, it was me who came out of seclusion late, actually I had already comprehended it, I am faster than you!"

The two old men bickered like children, and only after a long time did they calm down.

Zhu Wu spoke: "Since Shen Qing likes evil creatures, then we will catch a good one to give as a gift to him."

Shen Wendao also rubbed his palms: "I heard that there is a rare breed of evil creature over there in Shengluo, catching it as a gift is just right!"

At this moment, the Shen family, Zhu Lingyue and Shen Qing had already finished bathing, Zhu Lingyue sat on the bed.

Shen Qing walked over and directly pounced on Zhu Lingyue.

Zhu Lingyue's face was flushed as she looked at Shen Qing, her eyes containing autumn water.

"Shen Qing..."

Shen Qing did not speak, and directly kissed Zhu Lingyue's red lips.

One night, clouds and rain turned over, and neither of them slept.

Until the next morning.

The sun was high in the sky.