Chapter 307: Older Brother Discovers the Shen Family's Truth (3 More Chapters Combined, 2 Thanks to Lu Lu's Kiss Reward)

Just like Hei Wu, it vanished into thin air!

Shen Kuo's face turned to ice, the second time!

Both times were in the Buddhist Realm! Definitely not a coincidence.

Even though his power mainly covers the Divine Court, after these two months he can already monitor the entire Buddhist Realm!

Moreover, the Hell Path was created by A Li! She should be safest here.

"Divine Lord, Empress." Hou Tu sent a mental message.

"Please speak." Zhong Minglan immediately asked, "Do you have any clues about A Li's disappearance?"

"Yes." Hou Tu carefully recalled, "Any movement, logically, cannot escape my surveillance. Besides the Earth Guardian, I fully trust him and won't pay too much attention."

However, if he gets near A Li, I will still pay attention. Upon reflection, he has recently been near A Li, but hasn't come close to disturb her……

"It's definitely related to that bald donkey!" Zhong Minglan knew, "Those not of our kind must have different hearts!"

This guy acted well before, but I didn't expect he was lying in wait, delivering a critical blow at this juncture!

Hou Tu also didn't understand; the key is that He can sense that Di Er truly regards the Hell Path as his own Dao, and the vow he made earlier was not a lie, otherwise it could not have triggered resonance with the Dao.

And Di Er, he didn't run away either.

Zhong Minglan and Shen Kuo entered.

He also said, "You've come."

"Where is my daughter!" Zhong Minglan asked directly.

Di Er looked at them, "She's probably already gone to the Three Pure Heavens."

Zhong Minglan's face changed instantly! Shen Kuo asked, "How did you manage that? You and Hei Wu also have connections?"

"Hei Wu?" Di Er shook his head, "I have nothing to do with him; this time I'm cooperating with the Wu Xiang clan of the Great Formless Realm, and I sent Shen Qingli there."

"Why do this!" Zhong Minglan had calmed down; she only wanted to know the reason, and, "Send me there too!"

"You can't." Di Er said clearly, "I'm not harming her; since she wants to become the Holy Sovereign's consort, she naturally must study my Buddhist Dharma."

"In the Great Formless Realm, entering as a junior lord and exiting makes one a Buddha; it's where my sect's Holy Buddhas must go before attaining Buddhahood. If the Holy Consort gains approval, I will accept this marriage; if not, it's better they part sooner."

"What's the relation between the Great Formless Realm and the Three Pure Heavens?" Shen Kuo recalled Di Jin saying the Three Pure Heavens aren't inside the Great Formless Realm! Moreover, the true Great Formless Realm is actually the Land of Divine Punishment.

"The Holy Buddhas' power all comes from the Three Pure Heavens." Di Er chanted a Buddhist phrase, "At this time tomorrow, she will naturally return."

"Did A Li agree to go?" Shen Kuo questioned, "If she didn't consent, and you ambushed her during her seclusion, is that your Dao? A thieving Dao, or a stolen Dao!"

On Di Er's calm face, emotions finally cracked: "I really didn't ask, but,"

"But you're acting secretly! You're repaying kindness with enmity! A Li and Hou Tu never guarded against you, yet you schemed against them—despicable conduct!" Zhong Minglan exploded, "Send me there right now!"

Di Er closed his eyes, "I really can't do that. She and my Buddhist Realm still have some affinity; you are purely a Divine Emperor of the Dao Court, and the Great Formless Realm won't accept you."

"You—" Zhong Minglan almost drew her gun to fight!

Shen Kuo grabbed her, "No need to waste words with him; he clearly doesn't understand, the so-called Great Formless Realm is just the Land of Divine Punishment!"

I don't know what happened to the Holy Buddhas who entered before, but A Li going in! It will definitely not be good! In the Three Pure Heavens, there have long been those colluding with the Kirin Lord's evil vines.

They likely know A Li ruined the Kirin Lord's first-step plan, so they took her! It must be harmful to her with no benefit! Earth Guardian—no, Earth Divine Venerable, you've been used.

Di Er suddenly opened his eyes, "What do you mean, Divine Lord?"

Shen Kuo could see, his Dao heart was already fluctuating.

But Shen Kuo didn't say more, already taking Zhong Minglan away from the Hell Path.

"Kunlun Divine Lord! What do these words mean!" Di Er pursued!

Shen Kuo didn't say another word……

Di Er actually wanted to chase out, but he had made a vow: as long as Hell is not empty, he will never leave the Hell Path.

Hou Tu could clearly sense that Di Er had fallen into a decline!

Originally he was at the half-step to God Transformation, but now he has fallen to the Epoch Realm.

Moreover, the Hell Path will backlash!

"Pfft!"

Di Er spat blood directly!

He previously thought he had done nothing wrong.

Since Shen Qingli is to marry the Holy Buddha, it's normal for the Great Formless Realm to test her.

"How could this be,"

Di Er truly hadn't expected that the so-called Great Formless Realm is actually the Land of Divine Punishment, and that in the Three Pure Heavens, heavenly gods have actually fallen to side with the Kirin Lord.

How could……

Di Er spat blood again!

The Shen clan's land.

Zhong Minglan, however, did not understand.

"Why did you pull me out? I need to go to the Three Pure Heavens!"

"If not the Three Pure Heavens, then go mobilize troops." Shen Kuo said.

Zhong Minglan was stunned, "Do you know where Xiao Piaoliang is?"

Shen Kuo nodded, his gaze fixed eastward, "Penglai."

Zhong Minglan couldn't believe it, "Was it Cang Pei's doing?"

"Yes." Shen Kuo was certain, despite Di Er saying he didn't know Hei Wu.

But he had recalled a detail: before Hei Wu disappeared, Cang Pei had also seen him.

All vanished into thin air, and moreover tomorrow is the big day of A Li and A Jin's wedding!

He has absolute reason to suspect that this matter is inseparable from Cang Pei!

But Cang Pei is only a half-step into Creation; how could he escape his perception?

As for a half-step into Creation, he always pays more attention! If Cang Pei makes a move, he cannot possibly be unaware.

"Issue the order to the Queen Mother of the West; all the elite troops of the Dao Palace shall also be mobilized!"

Shen Kuo understood; since Cang Pei had already decided to take a risky shortcut, there was no way they could have a peaceful talk—only violence could resolve it!

And his deduction was extremely precise!

At this very moment, Shen Qingli is indeed in Penglai.

She hasn't even left seclusion yet; her soul is still wandering in the boundless universe.

But Jiu Li woke up! It warily stared at Cang Pei, who was dressed in festive attire, "What are you doing! I warn you! A Li will never agree to marry you! This melon you forcefully twist won't be sweet!"

"Get lost." Cang Pei said coldly, "Considering how much A Li likes you, I'll spare your life, but if you provoke me again, don't blame me for being impolite."

"I'm not afraid of you!" Jiu Li put hands on hips, "Don't come over! A Li is still in seclusion! If you startle her, what if she goes into demonic deviation? She was once crippled by you lot! Do you really want to cripple her again?"

As for the previous words, Cang Pei didn't care.

But the last two sentences, he minded a lot!

"I have never harmed her."

"Yes! You didn't lift a hand, but you watched coldly!"

Jiu Li extended its claws, blocking between Shen Qingli and Cang Pei.

"I will compensate her."

Cang Pei looked at Shen Qingli, who was within arm's reach, and felt she hadn't changed at all.

No, she has grown up.

Her features became more refined and radiant.

When she smiled at Di Jin, it was no longer just like brilliant stars; it was more like the proud sun in the sky.

His stars, which used to only smile at him and revolve around him, have become the radiant sun encircling Di Jin.

"I will no longer treat her coldly; whatever Di Jin can do, I can too." Cang Pei promised.

But Shen Qingli couldn't hear; in her world, she had entered the black hole, seemingly disintegrating within it, yet she could clearly sense the dark matter active around her.

Inside the black hole, they seemed even more active.

No, it's not that they became more active, but that she became them.

Her soul, split into minute existences, seemed to stand alongside them.

"You guys, can you hear me speaking?"

Shen Qingli sent a thought inquiry; she wanted to communicate with them.

Having wandered in the universe for so long, she has always cultivated mental power.

The purpose was to enter the black hole without being torn apart, and still be able to condense consciousness.

Now, she has done it.

"Hum."

"Hum,..."

The subtle yet intimate vibration frequency is precisely the dark matter transmitting a response to her.

She sensed it; unlike the previous vague feeling, she could now read their meaning!

"Are you willing to become part of me?"

Shen Qingli did not want to make the divine realm and her clan's land her Dao.

She wanted to transform her dantian into nine meridians, the Twenty-Eight Mansions as other meridians, and base her flesh and blood on dark matter.

Her Dao should be the starry universe.

"Hum!"

Shen Qingli's true body trembled slightly.

Cang Pei thought she was about to wake up!

"A Li."

Cang Pei's hand had reached to in front of Shen Qingli's face.

"Slap!"

Jiu Li swatted his hand away with one claw!

"Don't touch her! She's still at the most crucial moment!"

Jiu Li angrily cursed: "What damn thing, almost hit A Li."

"Get out!" Cang Pei didn't want to see Jiu Li again.

Jiu Li certainly wouldn't leave: "I'm not leaving! I am A Li's guardian beast; she's in seclusion, I won't step away! I can tell you, stay far away! Don't affect A Li! If you cripple her again, I'll fight you to the death!"

These words are not just empty talk.

Jiu Li's eyes turned red!

A beast-like growl faintly rose.

Inside its body, the undigested fragments of the Kirin Lord that it hadn't finished digesting have been quietly pulled out to be digested.

And that dark pearl, it didn't hesitate, and 'chewed' it as well.

"There's still time; I'll wait for her another half hour. You'd better wake her, otherwise I can only use my own method to wake her."

Cang Pei already knew that Jiu Li was not a demon beast but a dark beast, sharing a symbiotic relationship with A Li; killing it now would inevitably affect A Li.

So, endure it for a while longer.

Wait for A Li to wake up; even if we don't kill it, we must abolish this little thing, erase its spiritual intellect, lest it stir up trouble again.

Without external factors, he believes A Li will eventually come to like him again.

"You're really sick!"

"Just now you said you never harmed her!"

"Now you want to force her to leave seclusion!"

"Do you know how harmful it is!"

"The Nine Li are furious—what, descendants of Cang Zu? Utter disgrace to the ancestors!"

"What you say is all over the place! Any promise is just nonsense!"

"Scumbags love themselves the most! Just can't stand that A Li doesn't like him!"

'"Half an hour." The departing Cang Pei was cold and resolute.'

"After all, he only has half an hour left."

"In half an hour, Penglai will follow him into the Three Pure Heavens."

"By then, Di Jin and the others will never be able to find him and A Li."

"However, before going to the Three Pure Heavens, he wants to complete the marriage with A Li."

"He wants to leave an image in the False God Realm, so Di Jin can see with his own eyes that A Li is marrying him, Cang Pei."

"Thinking of the Three Pure Heavens..."

"Cang Pei, walking out of the room, gazed into the void, and the image of the Three Pure Mystic Maiden appeared again before him, divine rings encircling, floating aloft, naturally isolated from dust."

'"Three Pure Palace?"'

"Cang Pei withdrew his gaze."

"Once there, not only can his cultivation advance another level!"

"And no unrelated people will interfere between him and A Li."

"Little did he know, Shen Qinghuang, A Li's older brother, had already arrived a step ahead in the Three Pure Heavens."

"Moreover, he is now preparing to directly probe the heart of the formation!"

"After nearly two months of nocturnal exploration, he has basically grasped the entire formation's structure and can come and go freely."

"However, over the past month or so, the formation's core's attraction to his bloodline has been decreasing day by day."

"By today, it seems as if there is no longer any summons, but Shen Qinghuang cannot possibly give up this final step."

'"We need to hurry, otherwise it will dawn."'

"After dawn, the formation light fades, and the patrolling officials guarding the outer perimeter will be able to spot him at a glance!"

"However, the Three Pure Mystic Maiden always comes in the first half of the night, leaving him only the second half of the night to act."

"However, that's enough!"

"Shen Qinghuang cut his palm, letting the bleeding part press onto the formation seal."

"The innermost formation diagram indeed silently vanished, allowing him to enter!"

"But upon entering, Shen Qinghuang saw a grave..."

'"Who!"'

"The voice of the Three Pure Mystic Maiden also echoed from afar at this moment!"