Chapter 287: Arrived at the Longwater Shen Clan

Within the Longwater Shen Clan.

"Clan Chief!"

The elder guarding the ancestral hall spoke in an urgent tone.

Shen Yuan, in secluded cultivation, could not ignore it and forcibly ended his retreat.

"What's wrong?"

Shen Yuan, just out of the stone chamber, was still a bit impatient.

After all, he had already stepped into the Profound Saint Peak Realm, recently feeling a hint of the rhythm of rules, intending to break through to the Profound God Realm in one go and ascend straight to the Upper God Realm, so as not to fall too far behind his younger brothers!

Moreover, he kept feeling that Qinghuang had encountered trouble.

Otherwise, how could the Queen Mother of the West, who came from the lower realm, specifically inquire about Qinghuang's ascension process?

Asking that lady exactly what's going on, yet not explaining clearly, just giving him bureaucratic nonsense!

No, he must go up himself to ask clearly!

For these reasons, Shen Yuan's tone was not good right now: "Didn't I tell you to find the Second Brother if anything happened?"

"Second Uncle has already taken people to inspect the ancestral grounds; he said before leaving that if he didn't send back news within an hour, I must be sure to wake you." The elder had no choice.

Upon hearing this, Shen Yuan's face instantly darkened: "What happened?"

"Two hours ago, the eight clansmen stationed at the ancestral grounds all had their life tokens shatter simultaneously in an instant!" the elder related in a low voice——

"Second Uncle deduced that a major change must have occurred, immediately sent a request for aid to the Demonic Sect, River Summer, Azure Cloud Realm, Divine Pasture, and Sealed Dust, then took Little Second Uncle, Little Tenth Uncle, and others to the ancestral grounds to investigate."

"Now that an hour has passed, he must have reached the ancestral grounds yet sent no word; something must have happened. Clan Chief, you need to take charge of the overall situation."

"How is Little Fourth Brother's secluded cultivation going?" Shen Yuan asked immediately.

"Counting the days, their expected day to leave seclusion is today."

"Good, strengthen the defenses of their secluded cultivation chambers; they must not be allowed to leave early!"

The elder didn't quite understand: "If a major change really occurred, the five young masters are the strongest in combat, so why not let them leave seclusion?"

"No." Shen Yuan said while walking out, "Activate A Li's strongest sealing formation, activate the family protection grand formation, put the entire clan on highest alert!"

The elder was startled, but knowing time was pressing, he didn't ask further and immediately went to make arrangements.

Shen Yuan then turned and ordered someone to summon Liu Qinghong, telling her to immediately arrange for the women and children of the Shen Clan to evacuate.

Almost at the same moment——

Outside the ancestral grounds, Shen Yue and the six people he brought all had extremely grim faces.

Only see, on the golden bronze gate that had sprung up from nowhere at the Shen Clan's ancestral grounds, vine-like markings were writhing and bulging!

Beside Shen Yue, the young man who greatly resembled Shen Qinghuang, the Shen family's Second Brother, Shen Qingyuan, asked with a pale face, "Second Uncle, what is this?"

After years of secluded cultivation, Shen Qingyuan finally broke through to the Profound Emperor Realm and emerged to find the world changed! Their Longwater Shen Clan had seemingly overnight become the foremost power in Sheng Long Tian, the strongest clan, no less!

He heard from his younger brothers that he now had an additional little sister, born from his most handsome Seventh Uncle and the God Realm's Zhu Que Nu Di. Shen Qingyuan had always thought his brothers were talking nonsense, but his uncles said the same, and outside clans and powers all spread this tale.

The key point is that his brothers' cultivation had truly skyrocketed. Externally, the former first and second sects, the Hunyuan Sect and the Su Nv Sect, were also gone.

The Demonic Sect, moreover, had become a lackey of the Longwater Shen Clan……

"Second Brother, step back."

Having pulled Shen Qingyuan behind him, Shen Qici had already drawn his side sword.

Shen Qingyuan was unwilling, but upon seeing the aura emanating from Shen Qici, which was already at the Profound Saint level!

This Profound Emperor elder brother felt resentful: "You damned lot, such a great opportunity and you didn't even call me out of seclusion?"

"Second Brother, what time is it now to talk about this?" Shen Qici's eyes flickered; he could say, have they all forgotten the Second Brother? If so, the Second Brother should just explode on the spot.

But Shen Yue spoke frankly: "You're not even in seclusion within the clan, you went to your maternal clan's side, and there are now more boys in the household—who would remember?"

Shen Qingyuan truly felt like vomiting blood.

Boys are worthless!

Not worth a penny!

"No, didn't the little sister even ask me a word?"

"I think she did ask." Shen Qici couldn't remember.

"She asked, and you still don't remember me?"

Shen Qingyuan didn't even have the attention to spare for the gloomy, yin-filled mist around him!

Really, the eerie ghostly aura isn't scary at all.

What's scary is that he's still alive, yet his family has already forgotten him.

"This isn't important, Qici; these vines, they couldn't be those ghostly things A Li mentioned, could they?"

Shen Yue's face was grave, his great blade already infused with his Profound Saint-level metal-element mystic power until it rang clear!

Shen Qingyuan pressed his thin lips tightly; overnight, he went from having decent talent to becoming the lowest in the family.

Even the Second Uncle, whose cultivation was mediocre and seemed impossible to advance further, has already reached Profound Saint……

In the Longwater Shen Clan, Profound Saints are as common as chickens, walking everywhere! And he became the weakest one.

"My heart aches." Shen Qingyuan truly felt defeated; those "outsiders" forgetting him was fine, after all he's not a girl, but even his own father and mother have forgotten him! Could he be the filthy water that was poured out?

"Alright, when we all ascend, shouldn't we leave someone behind to keep watching the younger generation?" Shen Qici said, "You just happen to be absent, perfect."

"You guys really did this on purpose!" Shen Qingyuan knew these damned brothers had ulterior motives! Turns out there's such a scheming plot waiting for him!

"Fine, fine, you truly are worthy of being my Shen Qingyuan's blood brothers."

"Of course." Shen Qici chattered while paying attention to the surroundings.

The four elders following them had just been trembling a moment ago, but now their bickering left them calm, even feeling like laughing, no longer nervous.

"Second Uncle, the message probably couldn't get through; the clan hasn't responded at all."

"I know, don't worry; I reminded Old Zhao, he should have already summoned the eldest brother."

"What should we do now?" The elders watched the movement on the golden copper gate, "Or should we retreat first?"

"We can't retreat." Shen Qinci, upon seeing those skeletons, had already tried to activate the formation, "You all sense carefully; the spiritual energy here has not increased, only decreased or stayed the same."

The elders' faces changed! And just then——

Crack!

The golden copper gate actually split open!

This gate, even Shen Qingli and Di Jin couldn't do anything about it before.

It is an era barrier! An existence that has stood since ancient times.

And at the moment it emerged——

Shen Qinci's pupils changed color, one gold, one azure.

Two phoenixes' light and shadow instantly burst from his body.

Azure Luan Phoenix Slash!

Shen Qinci shouted fiercely!

Cry!

Cry!

Golden phoenix! Azure luan soared out.

Boom!

Golden and azure light struck the black vine, erupting a terrifying shockwave.

Whoosh!

The black vine instantly tore apart the two incoming phoenixes, and accurately lashed toward Shen Qinci.

Nirvana!

Shen Qinci didn't waste a word—directly Nirvana!

Shen Qingyuan hadn't reacted yet……

Shen Yue had already grabbed him and flown backward!

Boom!

At that moment, Shen Qinci's body exploded into brilliant phoenix fire, gold and azure intertwining, magnificently extraordinary.

This isn't even……

Die!

Nirvana!

Shen Qinci's soul also, at that moment, decisively burst apart!

Stop!

Tenth younger brother!

Shen Qingyuan's tears all fell!

How can one die Nirvana!

If you die Nirvana, you can't come back to life!

But facing the black vine capable of destroying the golden copper gate, Shen Qinci had no choice.

Even from the moment he saw the anomaly of the golden copper gate, he had already prepared himself for sacrifice.

Shen Yue likewise.

They didn't have the Fusang Divine Fruit, and they clearly knew that dying in Nirvana meant certain death.

But behind them lay their home!

Seeing Shen Qinci's soul burning in the flames, it had already cracked!

Shen Qingyuan was exactly at the moment his face was covered in tears——

Nirvana!

Shen Yue also stepped forward.

The golden phoenix rapidly burst open!

Second Uncle!

Shen Qingyuan was completely stunned!

Because he didn't know what the black vine signified.

But Shen Qinci and Shen Yue both knew they absolutely could not let it out!

Even at the cost of their lives, they had to stop it—even if only for a moment.

But just as they exploded one after another——

The five-colored divine splendor that spread up from the ground illuminated the sky.