Chapter 305

But Shen Qinghuang's original intention truly was not to peep at the Three Pure Mystic Maiden.

He merely wanted to come into the formation to take a look……

Who would have thought that the Three Pure Mystic Maiden would return here after nightfall?

Shen Qinghuang now dare not move a muscle, almost treating himself as nonexistent.

But if it weren't for the Three Pure Mystic Maiden's uneasy mind, plus having been injured in the formation earlier today, she could easily have sensed Shen Qinghuang.

However, Shen Qinghuang had already withdrawn his gaze, fearing exposure as he strained to listen.

"Shen clan, indeed—"

The Three Pure Mystic Maiden murmuring softly, she walked slowly toward the depths of the formation, faintly seeming lost and dispirited.

Upon hearing the two words "Shen clan," Shen Qinghuang's heart nearly leapt; fortunately he steadied himself, otherwise, no matter how dazed the Three Pure Mystic Maiden was, she would have noticed him!

But, "How could the Three Pure Mystic Maiden mention the Shen clan?"

Shen Qinghuang couldn't figure it out—could it be a coincidence, or were they actually referring to our Changshui Shen clan?

After thinking it over, he still felt it was probably just a coincidence.

During this time, he wasn't just resigned to mining; he had basically understood his situation.

As far as he knew, this was a place called the Three Pure Heavens, where everyone was a cultivator, with no ordinary people—it must be the divine realm, right?

Yet in this divine realm, he could hear no news of A Li and the others, nor did he know where the problem lay. Besides, he had never heard of any prominent Shen clan in this divine realm…

"Forget it, let's withdraw first."

Shen Qinghuang felt the mission was off to a bad start.

Staying here any longer, if he were discovered, would surely mean death.

Others might not yet have noticed the problem, but he had already keenly realized—

The attendants who followed this woman into the formation today—none have come out; they likely have been sacrificed to the formation.

But after returning, Shen Qinghuang couldn't sleep no matter what, tossing and turning, he furtively looked at the flame on his palm again.

"After entering the divine realm this mark appeared; I don't know if A Li and the others have the same." Shen Qinghuang rubbed the mark, thought of his relatives a moment, then suppressed his unease and gradually fell asleep.

Little did he know, his relatives had already buried him, right beside his second uncle.

As for his remnant soul, it was sent into the Six Paths to undergo reincarnation.

Led by Shen Qingmo, this generation all kowtowed to him.

"Elder brother, may you have a good journey; we will take good care of little sister."

Shen Qingtong's voice was hoarse; in the end he couldn't hold back his tears, which had already soaked his collar.

All along, whenever he had something on his mind, he would go to his elder brother to talk, but now…

Shen Qingtong rubbed his eyes, and like Shen Duo, what he lost was not only his brother but also his father.

Shen Qingmo was already wiping his tears, while Shen Qingyuan found it hard to believe for a long time—he hadn't even seen his elder brother again before being told his own elder brother was dead!

How could that be!

His elder brother is far stronger than he is!

He isn't dead at all!

How could the elder brother die?

"I don't believe it."

Shen Qingyuan reckoned that after returning to live at his grandmother's house, he had only done a three-year seclusion; how could coming back have turned everything upside down like this?

Not to mention having just lost his mother, his father had barely survived, and now they tell him his own elder brother is dead! This is impossible; he absolutely refuses to believe it!

But Shen Qinghuang's grave is not an empty tomb; it truly contains a corpse.

Aside from the flesh and blood that cannot be reassembled, Shen Kuo has already pieced together Shen Qinghuang's bones, meridians, and skin.

Thus, when Shen Qingyuan saw Shen Qinghuang lying in the coffin, he could no longer deceive himself.

"Elder brother!"

Shen Qingyuan burst out with a "wah" and began to cry!

He was practically wailing loudly……

Although he ranks second in this generation, he is actually the happiest, and his overall maturity is just a bit greater than Shen Qingci's.

Because his father is alive, his mother is alive, and he has a biological elder brother! One could say he has never experienced a life-and-death separation since childhood.

Until today, when he lost two close relatives at once.

His mother's cultivation was weak; unable to resist the evil vines sapping her vitality, she turned directly into a skeleton.

As for his elder brother, he suddenly said he was dead, and no matter how he cried, the elder brother wouldn't wake!

It happened almost within a single day……

Shen Qingyuan, the second son of the Shen family with both parents alive but a gentle disposition, has endured a great downfall where the family was nearly exterminated and his close relatives died, leaving only his father.

If it weren't for his father still clinging to life,

Shen Duo would worry he couldn't hold up…

"We should announce this news only after a few days."

Only then did Shen Duo realize that the person most affected today was Shen Qingyuan.

"Second brother," Shen Qingli grasped her second brother's shoulder.

Shen Qingtong had already embraced him, saying, "Second brother, you still have us."

Shen Qingmo also stepped forward, patted Shen Qingyuan's head, and said, "I'll be your elder brother."

Those words succeeded in making Shen Qingyuan's sobs catch for a moment, then he cried even louder!

Shen Qingmo: "?"

"You understand exterminating the heart." Jiu Li could only say, "6!"

Shen Qingmo is confused, right?

He could be the eldest brother for Second Brother, that way Second Brother would still have an eldest brother.

"It's not completely hopeless; perhaps through repeated reincarnations we can gradually restore the eldest brother's main soul, and by then we'll still have the eldest brother." Shen Qingli said softly.

Shen Qingyuan suddenly stopped crying, "Really?"

"The hope is slim, but it exists." Shen Qingli said seriously.

"It's fine now." Shen Qingyuan wiped away his tears, "My eldest brother will definitely be able to."

"You really are..." Shen Qingtong's tears were still flowing, "You really have so much faith in the eldest brother."

"Naturally." Shen Qingyuan stood up, "Let's bury the coffin; when the eldest brother returns, I'll bring him to see his own grave."

"Your emotions come and go so quickly." Jiu Li thought, "These brothers of A Li really each have their own traits."

"Can I hug you for a moment?" Shen Qingyuan suddenly asked.

"Huh?" Jiu Li was stunned for a moment, then of course refused, "No way!"

Shen Qingyuan lowered his eyes, and Jiu Li moved to his feet, looking up at him, "Are you going to cry again? You little ninth brother won't be like you, will you?"

Shen Qingyuan laughed and cried, "That's fine too; I've gained a son for free."

"Come on! You could bear a son as big as me?"

"Sure, I'm twenty or thirty years older than you."

Shen Qingtong was already rolling his eyes, but it's fine as long as his second brother stops crying.

After a few people buried Shen Qinghuang's coffin, Shen Kuo and the others also came to pay their respects.

After this was settled, Shen Kuo then remembered another matter: "That Black Five has disappeared."

"Disappeared?" Shen Qingli exclaimed in surprise, "You haven't been watching it all along?"

"Yes, one day it just vanished into thin air. Nowadays, no one oversees the black market."

Shen Kuo planned to have Chi Mo intervene to prevent chaos in the black market, which would not only affect the West Demon Sea but also the newly incorporated Buddha Realm.

Shen Qingli suspected there was a formation, but at the place where Black Five disappeared, she sensed no formation aura, making it hard to determine.

"Wait for A Jin to come out, then bring him to have a look." Shen Qingli still suspected there might be a teleportation formation or something like that.

Shen Kuo let out a light sigh, "Looks like Father also needs to go into closed-door cultivation, otherwise you'll soon catch up to Father's realm again."

"Not that fast." Shen Qingli laughed and cried, "Even if I became a god, I'd only be in the True God Realm; above that is the Eternal Ancient Realm, before reaching your realm. Moreover, I feel you should have become a bit stronger than before, right?"

"You can even sense Father's improvement; could he still be just an ordinary Upper Immortal?" Shen Kuo felt both sighing and relieved, "You, your talent is truly outstanding."

"Oh right." Shen Qingli turned back, "Let's go back first, find Mother, I still have something to do."

"What is it?" Shen Kuo was still worried, until Shen Qingli took out the Fu Xi Eight Trigrams and had him and Zhong Minglan cultivate it.

"What is this?" Zhong Minglan asked while looking, it's all divine script, still hard to understand, need to grasp the meaning word by word, quite obscure, "Divine technique?"

"Yes, it's the Fifth Clan's bloodline divine technique." Shen Qingli stated bluntly, "Father should try it too."

"Bloodline divine technique, if you're not of the Fifth Clan, you can't learn it, right?" Shen Kuo was also looking, "It's like your Vermilion Bird Divine Fire and Kunlun Primordial Breath—only innate through bloodline."

"But I can." Shen Qingli once again deduced the Fu Xi Eight Trigrams diagram.

Shen Kuo was stunned, then immediately understood Shen Qingli's deeper meaning, and began to examine it carefully.

However, the couple couldn't deduce the Fu Xi Eight Trigrams diagram……

"Do we just need some time? Don't rush, take your time to learn."

"Probably not." Shen Kuo shook his head, "It's just because of the bloodline."

"Then how can I? Could it be—"

"You are my daughter!" Zhong Minglan interrupted, "If not, she would definitely have sensed something!"

Shen Qingli immediately expressed, "I've never doubted this point, but A Jin said I can disregard the bloodline. I originally didn't believe it, but now it seems the Fifth Azure Phoenix is indeed untrustworthy; I just have exceptional comprehension."

However——

But it really isn't.

Her bloodline inheritance does not come from Zhong Minglan.

And Shen Kuo, after returning to his position, mainly bases himself on his own origin; the Shen Clan's bloodline has been suppressed.

On the contrary, Shen Qinghuang actually awakened the oldest bloodline power of the Shen Clan, so even when he was asleep, in the late night he was still awakened by the scorching heat in his palm.

What's going on?

Shen Qinghuang looked at the mark on his palm, feeling as if it were about to burn through his flesh.

But when touched, there was no scorching sensation, as if it were his illusion, yet it felt so real.

No, I still have to go check it out!

Shen Qinghuang hasn't forgotten his original intention for entering the formation.

He has always been able to sense——

In that formation, something has been constantly calling him! Or is it a summons from deep within his bloodline?

Especially today, when the formation's light was at its brightest! That feeling was the strongest.