Chapter 126

Shen Qingli, who had landed on the fire phoenix's body, immediately supported Di Jin and asked in a low voice, "You're being suppressed again?"

"That's for sure~" Jiu Li said, unfazed; the higher the divine rank, the stronger the suppression from the lower realm.

"Sit down first." Shen Qingli let Di Jin sit down.

Shen Kuo and the others also gathered around, asking, "What's wrong?"

At this moment, the Shen family men's gazes at Di Jin were all rather subtle.

Especially Shen Qinghuang, he had seen how Di Jin took pride in his status as a childhood husband, and he had indeed already regarded this beautiful, clever little guy as a son-in-law living with the Shen family.

But he turned out to be an envoy of the divine realm...

And yet, could he still be a childhood husband? A son-in-law?

"I'm actually fine." Di Jin leaned on Shen Qingli, but his gaze was fixed on the heavens.

Shen Qingli immediately understood and guessed, "Are more gods descending?"

Shen Jing and the others' expressions instantly turned solemn, and they all simultaneously guessed that the newcomer's strength was not to be underestimated!

"Not just one." Di Jin could sense that three strands of divine breath were piercing the barrier of Sheng Long Tian.

This is the main reason he didn't act against the Hunyuan Sect; he would end up confronting them.

"But your face is so pale—are you really okay?" Shen Qingli didn't believe it, yet each time she examined him she could find no cause.

"I won't die." Di Jin promised, but then he nestled into the crook of Shen Qingli's neck.

Shen Yuan couldn't stand it anymore, "You brat, even if you're a divine envoy, you can't just take advantage like that!"

"Uncle, don't talk nonsense, A Jin is feeling unwell." Shen Qingli defended and explained.

Shen Yuan immediately looked at Shen Kuo, his gaze meaning, "You're the father, aren't you going to manage him?"

Shen Kuo: ……

His standing in A Li's heart is now even lower than that little brat's! What can he say?

However, Shen Kuo's more pressing concern was, "You come from the Vermilion Bird Divine Palace?"

"Of course not~" Jiu Li said again.

"How do you know?" Shen Qingli looked at it, "Then tell me, where is he from, honestly."

Jiu Li immediately turned away, "Ah? The wind's too loud, I can't hear..."

Shen Qingli laughed despite herself, but Di Jin himself said, "No, we just happened to be on the same path."

He who produced the vermilion scroll handed it to Shen Qingli, saying, "This is the envoy of the Vermilion Bird Palace; if I'm not mistaken, it has indeed come for you. A Li, your mother should be the Vermilion Bird Empress."

Shen Qingli: "?"

Her mother isn't Zhong Minglan anymore?

As for Shen Yuan, his focus is quite peculiar.

"Old Seven, you're amazing! Your dao companion is actually the Vermilion Bird Empress! You didn't grow that face for nothing."

Shen Kuo: "……" Otherwise, why would he have run away from home? His brothers' mouths are really too sharp!

"Uncle Seven, could you pass on some experience?" Shen Qinghuang wore the expression of "I don't want to work hard, but I also want to cling to the empress."

Shen Kuo gave him a cold stare, "What nonsense are you spouting?"

Shen Yuan agreed, "Exactly! With that face of yours, you're still not up to par."

Shen Qinghuang fell to the ground in anguish, "It's all Dad's fault for being useless!"

"Qinghuang, how is your dad not being useful?" Shen Duo's voice came over.

Having just arranged the elite army, he immediately rushed over to inquire about the details.

He's quite dazed now—how come he hasn't seen Little Li for a while, and she's already become a divine apothecary? Plus there's a childhood husband from the divine realm, and what's the deal with the Vermilion Bird divine fire? And what's up with Jiang Yuan and his gang?

There are many questions, and Shen Duo wants to know them all.

But as soon as he arrived, he heard his eldest nephew complaining about the eldest brother?

Shen Qinghuang immediately sat up and brightened, "I'm not up to par, but my third younger brother can—he's as handsome as a painting!"

"?" Shen Duo was full of question marks, "What does this have to do with that?"

"I think so too." Shen Yuan also agreed.

Among the Shen family's younger generation, only the third son can be considered roughly equal in looks to Old Seven.

"Fourth Uncle, have the military medics been brought over?" Shen Qingli asked.

"Brought, brought—who's injured?" Shen Duo waved his hand, signaling the military medic standing on the phoenix's back edge to come over.

"A Jin." Shen Qingli pointed to her bosom.

Di Jin, however, said, "Let the ancestral uncles look first; I'm fine."

"We're also fine." Jiang Yuan then interjected, curiously sizing up Shen Qingli, "How do you feel? I don't seem to sense the aura of the Star Symbol Mountain on you anymore."

"I'm doing well." Shen Qingli replied, "Back then the situation wasn't suitable for me to fully merge with the Star Symbol Mountain, so I first put it away."

"You can still put it away first?" Jiang Yuan's old eyes lit up, "As expected of you."

"Never mind me, hurry and let the medic examine your body." Shen Qingli gestured for the medic to step forward.

Liu Meng also came over, "Junior Sister, you're too amazing, too beautiful! But I still won't let you become the senior sister—you joined our Heavenly Star Sect after me, so no matter how high your cultivation, you're still my junior sister~"

"Of course." Shen Qingli had never thought of becoming the senior sister again.

"Hey!" Liu Meng laughed, "You can relax—I'll definitely catch up soon; I'm not just occupying the senior sister position in name."

"I won't be a second senior brother in vain either." The inarticulate Li Yidao also spoke up, "The second senior brother will definitely become stronger!"

"Today, the junior sister helped all of us; in the future, if she needs anything, I will certainly lend a hand! We absolutely cannot just stand by and watch as we did this time."

"I feel like I'm about to break through." Zhan Yuefeng said with a grin, his constitution special—breakthrough is said to be hard, yet if said to be easy, it's also easy.

Having passed this major hurdle, he will indeed break through. As his master Zhuge Yun had already sensed, "Not bad; once you reach the Shen clan, you should first enter seclusion, and temporarily not return with us to the Heavenly Star Sect."

"Do we still have to return to the Heavenly Star Sect?" Shen Kuo frowned and explained, "It's not that we're not allowed to go back, but if we return now, the Hunyuan Sect might cause trouble."

I won't go back for now." Jiang Yuan said, "We must first settle the aftermath of the Hunyuan Sect before we can return."

He had already said that, so Ji Wanxing and the others naturally had no objection.

Liu Meng instantly beamed, "Great! I can play longer with my junior sister."

"I'm afraid we can't play." Shen Yuan suddenly said.

Everyone immediately looked at him, not really understanding what he meant.

Shen Yuan instead took out the Shen clan leader's seal—a golden, radiant phoenix, with splendid colors flowing.

"What's wrong?" Shen Qingli didn't see any problem.

Shen Duo frowned, "Big brother hasn't activated the clan leader's seal, yet it's glowing—ancestral land?"

Shen Yuan nodded, "The ancestral land is actually going to open early; judging by this movement, it will likely fully open in no more than half a month."

"That fast!" Shen Duo had never before seen the ancestral land open so early and so smoothly.

"The Divine Realm is recovering; it seems the Shen clan's ancestral land is rich in spiritual energy, making it the first to sense the spiritual energy change in the Sheng Long Tian ancient land." Di Jin said leisurely.

"Recovering?" Shen Yuan seized the keyword, "Before, did the Divine Realm really have an incident?"

"About right. I'll explain in detail after you go up." Di Jin said.

Shen Yuan and the others had no objection; knowing too much too early isn't good for those who haven't ascended yet.

"Child." A voice suddenly sounded in Shen Qingli's ear—hoarse and gentle; although she had only heard it twice before, it felt extremely familiar, the voice of the ancestral phoenix.

But this voice actually hinted at weakness?

This...

Before Shen Qingli could carefully savor it.

"Come back quickly." The ancestral phoenix said again.

This time, Shen Qingli also heard anxiety in it!