Chapter 178

"Ah—!" Jiu Ying gulped down the edict.

"Ah this," Xiao Yuying stared blankly, "Can we just say we didn't know he was an envoy from the Dao Palace?"

"Of course." Shen Qingli looked icily at the dead envoy; having taken on Lou Guanxue's errand, if he lived he would inevitably return to the Dao Palace to smear the Vermilion Bird Divine Palace, so naturally he must be killed.

Moreover, it must be done flawlessly, leaving no obvious fault to pick on.

Thus Jiu Ying's eighteen eyes gazed pleadingly at Shen Qingli…

It did pretty well last time; can we eat this person too?

"No." Shen Qingli refused; she could let it eat Qin Bilian, because Qin Bilian was not actually a person.

"Bury the person." Shen Qingli ordered.

"Rest assured." Xiao Yuying dragged away the two halves of the envoy.

Jiu Ying looked at the blood flowing all over the ground, drooling!

"Master," Jiu Ying pondered, "how about I lick it, okay?"

"No!" Shen Qingli exclaimed, exasperated; her beasts are each more bizarre than the last.

"Actually, licking wouldn't hurt, would it?" Jin Wu landed, seeing this juvenile ferocious beast of Jiu Ying, and rather wanted to touch it.

He felt nothing for the fluffy little cute Nine Li, but he rather liked this red-and-black, inherently ferocious-tempered beast of Jiu Ying, and his hand had already reached out.

"Take back your bird hand!" Jiu Ying erupted in rage, spewing thick black miasma, "This grandpa is not your pet!"

"Tsk." Jin Wu could feel that this little guy's black miasma was extremely corrosive; if he forcibly touched it, he could indeed touch it, but would definitely have his divine body corroded by this innate toxic miasma, unable to dispel it for even half a month.

"Di Xia, this little ferocious beast is impressive—feels even more savage than the legends." Jin Wu praised, for he was a primordial divine bird.

Born of heaven and earth's creation, he is the favored child of heavenly Dao law, usually invulnerable to all poisons—showing just how toxic Jiu Ying's innate black miasma is.

"Not bad, you have good taste." Jiu Ying was pleased with Jin Wu's praise, then looked again at Shen Qingli, its eighteen eyes still pleading; being this formidable, couldn't that person be given to it as a reward?

Nine Li's devil-like voice came over, "Ah, it's Xiao Yingying!"

"!" Jiu Ying's eighteen eyes all became wary.

No way, while Shen Qingli was in seclusion refining pills in her space, it was terrified by Nine Li's play.

"I want to go back!" Jiu Ying didn't want to stay another moment, naturally no longer thinking about eating people.

Shen Qingli obliged its wish, so when Nine Li arrived, it didn't see Jiu Ying at all, and it even searched around, asking, "Didn't I smell Xiao Yingying's scent?"

"Fourth Uncle, Third Brother, Ninth Brother, Ancestor? Are you well?" Seeing Shen Jing, Shen Qingli was somewhat surprised, after all he had just ascended and gotten injured in a scuffle with the Xuanwu Palace folk, and had been in seclusion healing.

"Pretty much." Shen Jing said, "Do you have time?"

Shen Qingli, however, looked at Nine Li, which immediately said, "Your childhood fiancé is fine! He's chatting with your dad right now."

"Good." Shen Qingli then relaxed, "Ancestor, please."

Shen Jing felt a sigh of relief, although he had known Shen Qingli's identity before coming up.

But truly seeing her now, obviously held in high esteem, he truly felt at ease.

"You guys come along too." Shen Jing looked at Shen Duo and the others.

"Should we summon Qi Shu and the little sister's husband too?" Shen Qing Tong asked, after all they're family.

"Let them come." Shen Jing agreed.

Shen Qing Tong left right away, but when he returned, Zhong Minglan came along as well.

"Your Majesty." Shen Jing rose immediately, and Shen Duo and the others followed.

Zhong Minglan has been busy lately; Shen Jing and the two others who arrived late still haven't met her.

"No need for formalities." Zhong Minglan supported Shen Jing, preventing him from bowing, "You are all elders of A Li, and you've taken good care of her, which makes you my elders as well."

"I dare not accept." Shen Jing truly felt overwhelmed by the favor.

"You certainly deserve it!" Zhong Minglan sat down, right beside Shen Kuo, not going to the main seat at all, leaving Shen Jing bewildered.

"Ancestor, please take a seat; my mother isn't one who says one thing and means another." Shen Qingli advised.

Only then did Shen Jing dare to sit down, "Actually, it's not a big deal; mainly I wanted to tell you, A Li, that the Hunyuan Sect's territory has been annexed by our Shen clan, and as you arrange, each year we will open a quota for the Demonic Sect to enter the Yin Abyss for training."

Previously, we didn't annex the Su Nv Sect mainly because the Shen clan's territory didn't border it, and also because at that time the Shen clan was in a state of "outstanding wood invites wind," needing to restrain its sharpness.

Now, every member of the younger generation of the Shen clan is formidable!

Moreover, with so many gods having ascended in succession, plus the Jiangxia Huang clan and the Demonic Sect having pledged to become vassals of the Shen clan, the Shen clan in Sheng Long Tian is now undoubtedly the foremost power, naturally capable of fully absorbing the Hunyuan Sect.

Of course……

"Being able to handle this so smoothly is also thanks to the fourth brother being quite capable."

Shen Jing pointedly looked at Shen Duo, truly not expecting this kid to have covertly infiltrated the Hunyuan Sect's territory into a sieve.

"Heh." Shen Duo wasn't modest either, "The Hunyuan Sect has always been at odds with us; it's not like I only found out this past year or two—of course I couldn't just sit and wait for doom?"

"Moreover, they covet A Li, which makes it even less possible for me to tolerate them! Even without A Li's thunderbolt shattering their entire sect, the Shen clan's elite forces will surely be able to crush the Hunyuan Sect!"

These words are no boast!

Back then, when the order was given to scatter and lurk within the Hunyuan Sect's territory, there were originally only fifty thousand elite troops!

But when the moment of truth arrived, Shen Duo still managed to muster a force of one hundred thousand troops!

This in itself shows that Shen Duo had long had his own plans and schemes to level the Hunyuan Sect.

"Are you skilled at leading troops?" Zhong Minglan asked.

Shen Duo confidently replied, "Not bad; does the seventh younger sibling have any orders?"

"Dad, your cultivation is too low." Shen Qing Mo suddenly squeaked.

Shen Duo: "……" Is there really such a way to undermine one's own father?

"It is a bit low." Zhong Minglan bluntly said, "Go serve under Xu Shen Yun as his deputy."

"Cough," Shen Jing apologetically gave a light cough, "This is the matter; if possible, I still want to go out and seek our former ancestors."

"Not advisable for now." Shen Qingli said, "For the time being, the situation isn't entirely clear; I think we'd be better off gathering together first."

Shen Jing didn't object either, "Fine, anyway ten thousand years have passed, not in a hurry."

"There's also a hall nearby, originally granted to Jin Wu; he doesn't live there, you guys go live there?" Zhong Minglan also said, although she doesn't mind everyone living together, but she also knows, for the Shen family people, it might not be comfortable; better to give them freedom.

"No need, I've already found a place." Shen Qingli took out a map, circled a corner, "Here, Mother granted it to me as a residence."

"What's with granting or not, what's mine is yours." Zhong Minglan didn't even look.

Shen Qingli then looked at Shen Jing and the others, "Ancestors, you go first to see if anything needs to be added."

"Okay." Shen Jing stood up, bowed to Zhong Minglan, then left with Shen Duo and the others.

Shen Kuo originally also wanted to go over and take a look, but Shen Qingli called him to stop, "Father, wait a moment."

"What's up?" Shen Kuo thought his daughter had something for him to do.

Shen Qingli instead took out two Spirit-Nurturing Pills, one gave to Shen Kuo, one gave to Di Jin.

"Spirit-Nurturing Pill?" Zhong Minglan exclaimed in surprise, "This is divine medicine!"

Earlier, the divine medicine she gave to Shen Kuo was the Spirit-Nurturing Pill!

And she only had one, the little beauty had two, not, not only……

"Mother also wants one?" Shen Qingli then took out another and gave it to Zhong Minglan.

Zhong Minglan looked at her gaze, quite strange, "Where did it come from?"

"I refined it." Shen Qingli didn't hide it.

Zhong Minglan suddenly glared at Shen Kuo like a tiger eyeing its prey!