Chapter 106: 125, 126 Two-Tail Song Cheng, Returning to the Mansion Fulfilled, the Family Head's Doubts (Big Chapter, Requesting Subs

Song Cheng did not stop his forward steps; he was a peerless monster, and since he was a monster, how could there be any technique in this world that he could not quickly master?

After the Two-Tail Method of the Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit Scripture was in his hands, he continued his closed-door "bitter cultivation."

Song Cheng was very clear about this in his heart.

Progress is something that depends on the environment.

In a place surrounded by people who envy you, suspect you, and are full of zero-sum competition, every bit of your progress will bring hatred; at such a time, hiding and concealing it is the wise move.

But in a place where you need to reveal your talent to exchange for resources or improve your "authority," hiding and concealing it would be very stupid.

So, how does one distinguish between these two environments? The answer is to rely on one's eyes.

Song Cheng saw Su Mengzhen's favorability rating drop from 95 to 93, but then rise back to 99.

This proved that his performance had not been wrong.

This time, he spent a full two months before emerging from his place of closed-door cultivation. He glanced at Su Mengzhen and Su Ningyu outside the door, broke the silent air, and said indifferently: "It is done."

Having said that, he closed his eyes, his Soul left his body, and a Two-Tail Youhu spanned the firmament. The surrounding environment began to produce a sense of illusory distortion, and in mid-air, a gloomy, deep flame faintly appeared between the two tails.

That flame swirled once and landed in the claws of the Two-Tail Youhu, burning quietly in mid-air, yet it brought no temperature at all; instead, the surroundings suddenly grew a few degrees colder.

The closer one was to the fire, the colder it became.

"Soul Fire!"

"Two-Tail Soul Fire!"

Although Su Ningyu was a romantic, she was not naive; at this moment, however, she shouted in shock and disbelief. She covered her chest with both hands, feeling as if she were unable to catch her breath.

Su Mengzhen also forgot to breathe for a moment.

She had never seen such a monster.

One could grind their way to the One-Tail of the Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit Scripture with time, but cultivating the Two-Tail was very difficult; even spending countless resources might not guarantee entry, yet this man before her had only been in closed-door cultivation for two months, right?

She felt as if her heartbeat were about to stop.

But immediately, a surge of wild joy welled up in her heart.

Xiao Yu'er might not be clear on this yet, but as the head of the Su Family, she understood very well: while a Soul is born naturally, a natural Soul is more malleable than a "newborn infant."

Once a Soul is activated and steps into the Xuan Realm, it will possess all kinds of miraculous powers.

And the "Xuan Realm" has another name—the Soul Transformation Realm.

Even if an infant tries hard, it is impossible to reshape its human form.

But a Soul can.

A Soul can transform once.

And it can only transform once.

When this peerless monster Song Cheng cultivated her Su Family's technique, the direction of his Soul transformation became the Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox. Even if he still carried the surname Song, he was truly and genuinely a member of the Su Family—he was one of their own! It is precisely this kind of Soul transformation that makes members of noble families who have cultivated a Soul form generally unlikely to betray their own family.

To put it more exaggeratedly: a noble family is like a race; even a fool knows that betraying one's own race to join another will not lead to a good end.

"Little Song~~"

Su Ningyu ran over in a daze and threw herself into Song Cheng's arms; she felt her brain beginning to swim. She had only met Little Song the year before last, and at that time, she had never imagined that Little Song could become a "Two-Tail Spirit Fox" so quickly.

Thinking of the past now, and looking at the present, it was just like a dream.

Su Ningyu hugged him for a while, then looked up, gazing at the man before her with infatuation. Suddenly, she let out a strange "Yi," then turned her head and said: "Sister, Little Song's appearance hasn't changed."

Su Mengzhen also emerged from that "dream-like feeling" and examined her brother-in-law closely, finding it to be indeed true.

Those who have their Soul nourish their flesh and cultivate a "Spirit Fox Soul" all possess looks that could topple cities and states, regardless of gender.

But Little Song... was just too ugly.

If Little Song's appearance were placed among normal people, it would be considered delicate and handsome, but in the Su Family... it was only at the level of "barely passable."

Although his being with Xiao Yu'er was not a Taboo love between a "green-skinned short monster and a beautiful, noble princess," it was only slightly better. If Xiao Yu'er cared even a little bit about looks, the two of them would never have ended up together.

However, how could this be? Little Song had clearly already mastered the Two-Tail Spirit Fox, so why hadn't his appearance changed? Su Mengzhen did not understand either, but then she thought, perhaps this had to do with Little Song's mysterious background.

Thus, the sister-in-law said gently: "Little Song, you have been in closed-door cultivation for so long and must be exhausted. Today, go walk around with Xiao Yu'er."

Having said that, the sister-in-law felt a bit strange in her heart; the person opposite her was clearly a master with a limitless future, someone who was even now almost on par with her, so why was she speaking to him in a tone used to coax a child? Perhaps, in her eyes, Xiao Yu'er was just a child, so by extension, Xiao Yu'er's man was a child too.

However, Song Cheng smiled and said: "I'm not tired; these days, it was thanks to Sister Su teaching me so many techniques."

Having said that, he restrained his smile, looked steadily at his sister-in-law, and said seriously: "Such kindness, I will always keep it in my heart."

People who know how to be grateful are always likable.

Su Mengzhen looked at his expression, which grew increasingly gentle, and her haughty, arrogant demeanor softened with a bit of appreciation. She then said: "You have truly surprised me too much. There were many situations regarding the family that I originally had no intention of telling you... but now, you are the second person in my Su Family to possess two tails, and you are also Xiao Yu'er's man. So, in terms of both reason and emotion, I should let you know."

Su Ningyu was holding onto Song Cheng's arm.

Su Mengzhen glanced at her and said: "Xiao Yu'er, go to the side. You haven't reached the realm, so you cannot listen; this is the Su Family rule.

Also, you are not allowed to let Little Song tell you."

Having said that, the sister-in-law looked at Song Cheng and said: "Little Song, you are not allowed to tell her either.

Every family needs to have rules; since you have joined the Su Family, you must also abide by them.

Xiao Yu'er is my sister, and I haven't told her.

You are the same."

Su Ningyu said "Oh."

Song Cheng also nodded.

Su Ningyu ran away.

Song Cheng and his sister-in-law found a quiet room and sat down.

Then, the sister-in-law said slowly: "Little Song, your breakthrough was hasty, and it feels a bit like swallowing a date whole. Although the realm is achieved, it is not necessarily consolidated. During these days, I will stay by your and Xiao Yu'er's side to refine some Pills to help you stabilize. You yourself must not be slack; you still need to return and cultivate the Xuanxin Moon-Gazing well."

"Many thanks, Sister Su."

"Mm," the sister-in-law nodded and said straight to the point, "Little Song, you should have already discovered it."

"We are very similar to Ghosts."

"At least in many aspects, we share common ground."

"But you probably don't know just how strong a Ghost is."

Song Cheng listened quietly, feeling quite stirred inside.

He truly did not know, and he truly wanted to know.

Although he had escaped from the "Extreme Bliss World", it did not mean he did not hold a grudge.

The sister-in-law said, "Ghosts are actually much like you and me right now. If we face them head-on, as long as we aren't being severely countered, you and I can clash with an evil Ghost. It's just that—"

She closed her eyes slightly and said, "Both your power and mine will be exhausted, but a Ghost's power is endless and inexhaustible."

"So, you can think of an evil Ghost as a version of you or me that is immortal, indestructible, and possesses endless, inexhaustible power that cannot be consumed."

Song Cheng put on the "look of a primary school student after being educated," nodding with an "I see" expression while drawing out an "Oh" sound.

Watching him like this, the sister-in-law felt an inexplicable sense of closeness in her heart; if favorability had decimal points, her favorability for him had likely climbed to ninety-nine point nine percent.

She liked such a well-behaved junior, young, talented, and having an intimate relationship with her.

This gave her a glimmer of hope for the future, rather than the original gloom.

At least the partner for the "Reappearance Tribulation" was settled, which meant she didn't have to hold her nose and go find some disgusting man from another family, saving her a lot of trouble.

The sister-in-law continued, "But evil Ghosts are different from us."

"They cannot cultivate, but they can merge and unify."

Two Ghosts merging can be called a Double Ghost.

And most of us are no match for a Double Ghost.

But Ghosts have a dormant period; a Double Ghost in its dormant state is not that terrifying, and as long as you carry the Sun Nine-Pattern Golden Coffin, you can still seal it."

"Evil Ghosts are terrifying, but they are also magical."

"We are similar to them, yet different."

"And our advancement is inseparable from them."

"The 'Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit Scripture' says the Reappearance Tribulation requires taking certain supernatural items from a waking evil Ghost, but this is actually misleading you," the sister-in-law said. "Every family values their own heritage above all else. Therefore, there are small, intentionally misleading parts in the cultivation techniques to prevent them from leaking, or in case someone in the family sees them secretly due to special circumstances."

Song Cheng: Hey, Sister Su, you might as well just report my name.

The sister-in-law said, "The Reappearance Tribulation requires more than just taking a supernatural item."

"Furthermore, after taking the supernatural item, you must go to the evil Ghost, then take advantage of its slumber to make contact with it, and then circulate the technique; in that instant, you will encounter the evil Ghost's instinctive counterattack, thereby being drawn into the Reappearance."

"When you complete the Reappearance, you will digest the evil Ghost's supernatural substance, thereby breaking through to a higher realm."

"By the way, the level of this evil Ghost must be a Double Ghost."

"During the process of making contact, all sorts of accidents will occur, so a partner is essential. Little Song, now that Double Ghosts have just begun to appear, finding a suitable one that isn't too dangerous is not easy. But if the opportunity arises, you and I will go together and break through together."

Song Cheng was stunned for a moment.

This was too dangerous.

You can't beat a Double Ghost, yet you still have to make contact with it?

But then he thought about it again and pondered to himself: 'I wonder if Yun E could do it.'

If he could be safer, he would never want to be in danger; he only sought for everything to be calm and without risk.

Life is not a movie; there is no need to seek thrills.

With that thought, Song Cheng pointed directly at his own eyes and said, "Sister Su, take a look."

Su Mengzhen was stunned for a moment, but when she looked closely, she discovered that Song Cheng's eyes were as pitch-black as a vortex of ink, revealing a deep, profound intensity within.

This was undoubtedly a Ghost Eye connected to an evil Ghost.

And she had also learned the story behind this pair of Ghost Eyes.

She watched for a few more breaths, her thoughts moving like lightning, when suddenly she froze, because she discovered that there was no reflection of her in Song Cheng's pupils; instead, there was a strange, smoky vapor, a rising distortion, as if it were deep-sea seaweed, or like the long hair of a female corpse on a riverbed... These eyes were not seeing the outside world through refraction, but through another, more bizarre principle... And the eyes themselves seemed to be a gateway leading to another terrifying realm.

"Double Ghost..." Su Mengzhen was somewhat incredulous.

She had investigated the matter of Little Song's eyes, but she didn't know that the owner behind these eyes had already become a Double Ghost.

Song Cheng briefly recounted the story of Yun E, and did not hide the fact that he "discovered Yun E being besieged by a Human-Skin Ghost, and then quietly sent people to open the Yunhe to help her escape."

As the head of the Su Family, even though she was still young, Su Mengzhen had encountered many things, but the man before her and the things he had encountered were enough to be called inconceivable.

Blessed by an evil Ghost? Helping an evil Ghost escape?

And the evil Ghost even came to help him paint his eyes? Then surely the evil Ghost wouldn't also come to help him break through his realm, would it?

Song Cheng said, "Sister Su, I mean, is it possible for us to ask Yun E for a favor, and then break through this damn higher realm together?"

Su Mengzhen fell into a mysterious silence.

She no longer knew how to respond to this man's words.

That nine-deaths-in-one-life, heart-stopping tribulation... had turned into "Yun E, help us out, help us break through"?

"Evil Ghosts have no reason," Su Mengzhen said.

Song Cheng said, "But Yun E helped me paint my eyes."

"Double Ghosts have no reason," Su Mengzhen continued.

Song Cheng pointed to his eyes and said, "But Sister Su, look at my eyes, they're fine, right?"

Su Mengzhen: "Then can you call Yun E over?"

"That, I can't," Song Cheng said, "but I can sense her. If she gets close to this area, I can go find her."

"But, the evil Ghost..." Su Mengzhen was very hesitant.

"Sister Su, I trust my own eyes," Song Cheng said, looking seriously at the "99" favorability above the sister-in-law's head, "just as I know I can trust you with all my heart."

Su Mengzhen looked up in astonishment and said, "Little Song, you trust others too easily; being this honest will make you suffer."

Song Cheng said solemnly, "But I trust Sister Su, and I trust Xiao Yu'er; we are a family, aren't we?"

He smiled brilliantly.

For a moment, Su Mengzhen was even a bit dazed, then she said softly, "Still just a child."

Song Cheng said, "Xiao Yu'er is your sister, so I am your brother too. Sister Su, why not come with me to stay at the An Mansion for a while? Wait a bit, look around a bit—perhaps we can wait for Yun E? If Yun E truly becomes a Double Ghost and is willing to help us break through, then we can transcend the tribulation together. Wouldn't that be nice?"

Su Mengzhen: Before her eyes, a future she had never imagined emerged.

A tribulation, can it be transcended like this? Lowering her head again, she saw the man's innocent gaze; her heart swayed, and she felt a strange, indescribable sense of complexity.

She hated foul men and loathed their gazes. Even when she left behind offspring during those three years in the human world, she had sought out a target known as the most beautiful man in the Great Shang, yet the man before her did not make her feel such loathing.

Song Cheng continued to ramble on, "Sister, think about it. If Yun E is willing to help us, we won't need to risk breaking through."

The Reappearance Tribulation is Yun E's own tribulation; I am also familiar with that tribulation.

When the time comes, I will break through first. Once I am done, you can follow."

Su Mengzhen looked at his appearance of considering everything wholeheartedly for her, felt warmth rise in her heart, nodded gently, and said, "Alright."

As she spoke these two words, the favorability above her head changed from 99 to 100.

It was not that she lacked restraint, but that the man before her was truly too unexpected, too monstrous, and too reliable.

"Have you heard? The North Land Blade King is crying and making a scene in his own restaurant, and even reciting poetry..."

"I even saw him taking a beautiful woman out to eat this and that everywhere."

"He hasn't returned to the An Mansion in a long time."

"What do you know? This is called being dashing and romantic."

The few months Song Cheng spent tossing about outside had long since left the commoners of Hanping Prefecture with plenty of topics for their after-meal conversations.

Even though the commoners dared not discuss it to his face, they would say a few words in their own homes.

Especially those few days when Song Cheng was drunk and singing wildly at a table in the restaurant; it was even more talked about with relish. "The clothes are getting loose, yet I have no regrets; for her, I grow haggard" became widely circulated. Even those who did not know poetry would feel that it was "actually quite pleasant to hear."

And while everyone was puzzled, they were also filled with curiosity.

Those who knew him were filled with mixed emotions.

Those who did not were extremely baffled: What is the North Land Blade King, Mr. Song, who trained the Tiger-Wolf Army, doing? However, Song Cheng did not care about these discussions.

In the eyes of others, he might just be indulging in romance.

But in fact, through his own efforts, he had forcibly bound the core figures of the Su Family to Hanping Prefecture.

At this moment, after nearly four months, he finally brought Su Ningyu and his sister-in-law back to the inner courtyard of the An Mansion. In the courtyard, Ling'er was supporting A Ting as she learned to walk, while Ying'er held Xiao An and watched from the side.

When the door opened, A Ting suddenly raised her head. Seeing Song Cheng, she blinked her eyes for a long time, then moved her little legs to walk toward him. She had only taken two steps when her left foot tripped over her right foot, and she fell flat on the ground.

Song Cheng's figure flashed; he darted to A Ting's side and helped her stand upright.

A Ting was stunned for a moment, but she did not cry.

As long as she did not fall to the ground, it did not count as a fall.

"Daddy."

A Ting's pronunciation was much clearer.

Song Cheng scooped her up and spun her around twice in mid-air.

Su Ningyu watched, but she did not have much emotional fluctuation; anyway, she was just a mortal with a hundred-year lifespan, so she had nothing to be jealous of.

Song Cheng held A Ting and came to Su Ningyu's side, smiling, "Xiao Yu'er, this is my daughter, A Ting."

Su Ningyu was a bit speechless upon hearing the address "Xiao Yu'er," but she could accept it.

Firstly, Song Cheng called her sister "Sister Su."

Secondly, Song Cheng was already a Two-Tail, while she was only a One-Tail.

Thirdly, the address "Xiao Yu'er" was also more intimate.

A Ting and Su Ningyu looked at each other. A Ting suddenly reached out her hand, like a spoiled little kitten waving its small hand, smiling, looking as if she wanted a hug.

Su Ningyu was stunned for a moment, then took A Ting.

A Ting saw Su Mengzhen on the side and repeated the same trick, wanting a hug as well.

Su Mengzhen also hugged her speechlessly, thinking to herself: This mortal girl actually has quite a bit of discernment.

But immediately after, something that left the Su sisters even more speechless happened.

A Ting pestered them all afternoon.

Even if Ling'er wanted to hold her, she only reluctantly let her hold her for a moment.

As for Song Cheng holding her, she had the same attitude.

But she was unusually attached to the Su sisters.

At nightfall, An Chenyu and Tong Niangzi returned from outside and then came with Song Cheng to pay their respects to the two seniors.

The Su sisters were staying in the neighboring residence that originally belonged to the Lady of Zhushan.

And although Su Ningyu appeared very "green" in front of Song Cheng, she was the bona fide "Founding Master" of Zhushan Temple; the entire Zhushan Temple worshipped her.

As for Su Mengzhen, she only met the two women reluctantly for the sake of Song Cheng, which counted as exchanging greetings, and then she gave instructions regarding some needed medicinal herbs and the like.

The lukewarm meeting ended.

Both sides were people from different worlds; they were unexpectedly connected because of Song Cheng, but it was limited to that.

That night, Song Cheng relived a beautiful Dream with Young Miss An and Tong Niangzi.

A single Ruyi Golden Cudgel fought through the Quicksand River, then fought again at Xiankong Mountain.

It stopped only after a long time.

After stopping, both women appeared somewhat dejected.

Having not seen him for several months, both women felt as if their man had been snatched away by another woman, and that he was drifting further and further away, to the point where they could no longer see his back.

Song Cheng did not hide it from the two women; he explained the situation and identities of the Su sisters.

"My An Family can be considered completely bound to a great family now." An Chenyu felt complex emotions; clearly, the family's status had risen, but she always felt as if she had lost something.

Tong Niangzi said somewhat dejectedly, "The fox immortal doesn't even look at us directly."

Song Cheng said, "It will get better."

He pulled the two women close, his heart aching for them.

The two women seemed to sense his mood and also regained some cheer.

Next door.

The Su Family sisters were also chatting.

"Xiao Yu'er, I can be cold toward that Tong Jia and An Chenyu, but you cannot."

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"Song Cheng must have brought us here because he hopes you all get along well. Therefore, you shouldn't be indifferent to them. Tomorrow, you should move over to live on their side.

It's not for their sake, but for Song Cheng's sake; you should be sensible now."

"Understood."

Su Ningyu sighed.

In her eyes, all mortals were insignificant passersby. She did not understand why Song Cheng would particularly care about these people. But since Song Cheng cared, she would also learn to care.

Early the next morning.

The medicinal ingredients Su Mengzhen wanted arrived; she pinched open a metallic pill, summoned a large cauldron, and then began refining a Pill to consolidate Song Cheng's realm.

On the other side, Su Ningyu arrived next door and saw, in the morning light, Song Cheng and An Chenyu supporting the little girl as she walked, while not far away, Tong Niangzi was bent over, her hands bracing the little boy as he practiced walking, and two maids were busy at work.

Song Cheng looked up first, and before he could speak, A Ting looked up and called out milkily, "Ha!"

Su Ningyu met the little girl's gaze.

Those eyes were clear and bright, incredibly pure.

The milky laughter stirred the heart.

The air suddenly went quiet.

Su Ningyu remembered her sister's words, and also remembered that she truly cared for Song Cheng, and this little girl, even if a mortal child, was Song Cheng's daughter, and this little girl was so close to her.

She then smiled as well and called out, "A Ting."

A Ting, oblivious to anyone else, stepped toward the pretty big sister, while simultaneously using her special move, the "flat-ground fall."

Su Ningyu flashed over, and together with Song Cheng and An Chenyu, supported her.

Three hands grabbed onto A Ting at the same time.

Suddenly, a sense of mutual connection and closeness was born.

An Chenyu smiled and said, "Sister Yu, you haven't had breakfast yet, have you? I specifically had people invite the chefs from all the specialty restaurants in the entire Hanping Prefecture; the breakfast should be ready by now."

Su Ningyu looked at this beautiful woman, this mortal woman who was also Song Cheng's wife, and the barrier in her heart slowly disappeared. She said in a mature, senior tone, "Thank you for your hard work."

Afterward, the family came to the Dining Hall, the long table was set, and the servants presented one delicacy after another, totaling over a hundred dishes in all.

Su Ningyu ate elegantly, chewing slowly, her gaze proud, her whole being filled with an air of nobility, and paired with that peerless, beautiful appearance, she was simply a work of art.

A Ting kept trying to scramble into her arms, which only made her biological mother feel very bewildered.

By evening, An Chenyu pulled Song Cheng aside and said, "Your daughter even knows about beauty and ugliness; when she sees someone beautiful, she wants the beautiful one to hold her."

Song Cheng couldn't help but laugh, then leaned into An Chenyu's ear and said, "Don't look at your Sister Yu like that; it's actually all put on. When she eats with me, it's not this style."

An Chenyu smiled and said, "I can tell. Although Sister Yu is a senior, she hasn't necessarily experienced as much as I have..."

Song Cheng said softly, "More than just 'not necessarily'; her scheming is all just a facade she puts on with a straight face."

The longer he spent with Xiao Yu'er, the more Song Cheng understood this little fox demon.

That "deceptive, unfathomable Xuan Realm expert image" from the beginning had long since collapsed.

She was just a little girl who had just gone out to do things, only to mess them up because she wasn't good at communicating and wasn't cautious enough, leading to her being sealed by her "investment target"; and then in the Yin She, she was a little girl who "was so immature that she even had to imitate her eldest sister's Soul." She hadn't experienced the coldness of the world.

As for treachery and deceit, she had been tricked directly.

No wonder Su Houzhang was so confident, planning to use her as a consumable.

There was no other reason; it was because Xiao Yu'er was truly naive.

She was just a little girl who "hadn't grown up, yet insisted on keeping a straight face and imitating her sister to act mature."

Perhaps in terms of power, she completely crushed An Chenyu.

But if she lost her power, a hundred of her would be played in circles by An Chenyu.

Su Ningyu was perhaps only better than Ling'er in two things: power and character.

As for the rest, whether it was intelligence or emotional intelligence, they were about the same.

Of course, Ling'er still had things she was better at than her, which was that Ling'er was multi-talented... while Su Ningyu's specialty was "eating."

"It really is hard for Sister Yu."

Young Miss laughed softly.

In just a few meetings, she had already seen through Su Ningyu, and her heart was at ease.

The strong can ignore many things, so... they will not face the petty schemes in the dirt, will not see the treachery and deceit of the mortal world, will not look at the branches in a storm and fantasize about what the sky is like at the heights, will not weep bitterly through countless nights only to pull themselves together and continue living with a smile the next day, will not grit their teeth for a goal and want to achieve it no matter how humble or disheveled they are.

Power can help them solve the vast majority of problems.

They don't need much brainpower, nor do they need much forbearance.

This is the strong.

This is... a great family.

Having grasped Su Ningyu's temperament, Young Miss quickly prescribed the right medicine, breaking the ice in no time, pulling Tong Niangzi along while calling her "Sister Yu" at every turn.

And A Ting also started growing on Sister Yu; A Ting just liked the pretty little mother.

In the entire courtyard, Su Ningyu was the prettiest, and she decided she was going to grow on this pretty little mother.

On the other side... in the east of Hanping Prefecture City, by the banks of the Yunhe.

Song Cheng and Su Mengzhen walked side by side, as if out for a stroll.

Coming here this time, Song Cheng naturally wanted to search for traces of Yun E around Hanping Prefecture; now, there were already many strange deep pits by the riverbank, with wisps of cold air and somewhat bizarre skeletal remains and the like coming from the bottom of the pits.

If a mortal were to approach, a feeling of hair-raising dread would arise.

And if one tried to burn those skeletal remains, they would find they could never be burned away; even if they were burned to nothing for a moment, they would soon grow again.

If one brought soil to fill them, that soil would also vanish without a trace.

If you didn't believe it and stared at it, you would find that the soil was like sand in an hourglass; when a tiny opening appeared in the funnel, the soil would sink into it.

Su Mengzhen looked at the deep pit with a grave expression and said, "This is called a Ghost Pit, the first stage of the catastrophe."

As the head of the Su Family, she knew far more than her own younger sister, and now, she had decided to share this wealth of information with the man beside her.

Because this man was monstrous, powerful, and one of her own.

Song Cheng asked, "Sister Su, what about the second stage?"

Su Mengzhen said, "The Ghost Pit will continue to deepen, and the Ghost servants that crawl out will become increasingly terrifying, until murky yellow water gushes from the pit; that is the second stage of the catastrophe: the Ghost Spring."

Without waiting for Song Cheng to ask, Su Mengzhen continued, "The third stage is the Ghost River; once the Ghost River forms, this continent will not be far from destruction.

However, this process will be relatively long; even at its fastest, it will take several hundred years."

Song Cheng laughed, "Xiao Yu'er once said she swam over from that Ghost River that destroyed a continent."

Su Mengzhen gave a disdainful snort, "The little girl probably heard me mention the Ghost River inadvertently and then made up a story herself."

Having said this, she seemed to recall something, stopped abruptly, raised her hand to rub her brow in distress, and then looked at Song Cheng, saying, "Little Song, as the head of the Su Family, everyone in the Su Family knows I am the strongest.

Even in this North Land, I am the strongest."

"But now, I feel growing fear in my heart; no one knows of my fear, because I dare not speak of these things to others."

Song Cheng said, "Sister Su can tell me."

Su Mengzhen said, "It is about the Six Towns and the matter of the Yunhe."

"I cannot make sense of either of these two things."

"If there is nothing going on, apart from the contemporary walkers, many people in the noble families are in deep sleep to maintain their maximum lifespan."

I was also in deep sleep before.

And as for the Six Towns, I have looked into them.

I even went to see them; they are just a frontier defense line.

Yet some time ago, the combat power displayed by the Six Towns was too astonishing.

But if one were to say there are Ghost servants in the Six Towns, that is impossible, because with the powerful combat strength shown by the Six Towns, the Ghost servants would likely have been exposed nine times out of ten.

If one were to say there are Xuan Realm experts in the Six Towns, that is even stranger, because Beixue Zhou has always been under my Su Family's watch, and I have not heard of anyone from other noble families running off to the Six Towns.

What's more, what would they go to the Six Towns to do?"

"As for the Yunhe, it is also strange."

"The Ghost Tide has erupted so fiercely, so why is the Imperial Court still determined to arrange for the excavation of the Yunhe in every region?"

At first, I thought it was just to promote trade between the north and south, but do you know, Little Song, they are still digging now.

I have an ominous premonition in my heart."

Song Cheng said, "Sister Su, what kind of premonition?"

Su Mengzhen said, "Before the continent I was on before was destroyed, there were some terrifying existences capable of summoning wind and rain, and moving mountains and overturning seas."

So I suspect that the Xuan Realm actually has very high levels; in the history of my Su Family, there were people who reached above the Six-Tail.

The lifespans of these people would be greatly increased; if they were in deep sleep in an Ice Coffin, they could live for a very, very long time; the reason they haven't appeared is simply that they have been forgotten.

If they cannot be visualized, they cannot come to this new world."

"To visualize them, at least three things are needed."

"One, knowing the target's image."

"Two, having a general understanding of the target's deeds."

"Three, having something that contains the target's aura."

As she spoke, the sister-in-law changed the subject, saying, "However, you don't need to worry too much; if such a person had appeared, they would have long since wanted to unify the noble families to work for them."

Those who have experienced a catastrophe are the most anxious.

And on this continent now, the Double Ghost have only just begun to appear slowly.

You and I are already among the strongest batch of people."

(End of this chapter)