Zhen Yuan, Shen Xu, Mo Ling, and the Shen siblings trained together for one hundred years.

On this day, the group was resting when Shen Xu narrowed his eyes and lowered his head.

[What’s wrong?] Zhen Yuan transmitted.

[Yang Shi and Li Wenqiang are out of seclusion.] The double said.

[Ask them to use invisibility talismans. We will then release them and pretend to encounter them some distance away.] Zhen Yuan suggested, and Shen Xu smiled.

[Good idea.] He said.

Soon after, two invisible cultivators exited the Chaos Flame Space and walked several kilometres before removing the invisibility talismans.

"This Cursed Valley is not a place for human beings." Yang Shi complained, and Li Wenqiang rolled his eyes.

"Neither you nor I is a human being." He said, but Yang Shi snorted before speaking.

"We are restrained just the same." He said, feeling uncomfortable after losing all his cultivation.

"The Cursed Valley is a body cultivation blessed place. We are just in time to train with Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu." Li Wenqiang said.

After that, the two began walking and soon arrived where the group was resting.

"Yang Shi, Li Wenqiang, you are also in the Cursed Valley?" Shen Xu asked, feigning surprise.

"Shen Xu, Zhen Yuan, you are also here." Li Wenqiang called, causing Yang Shi to almost roll his eyes.

"You know each other?" Mo Ling asked, and Shen Xu nodded with an excited expression.

"These two are some of our closest friends." The double said and quickly continued.

"They went into seclusion more than eight hundred years ago, and we didn’t get a chance to meet until now." He said and took turns pointing at the two.

"He is Yang Shi, and he is Li Wenqiang." Shen Xu introduced and then turned to Mo Ling.

"He is Mo Ling, and they are the Shen siblings: Shen Jinling, Shen Jinjing, Shen Jinfang, Shen Jincheng, and Shen Jinhua."

After the introductions, everyone sat together and continued resting.

[Master, what’s going on?] Yang Shi transmitted.

[It’s a long story.] The double said and began explaining everything that had happened since they arrived on the Tianxuan continent.

Hearing about the triplets, Yang Shi clenched his hands and gritted his teeth.

"They have gone too far." He angrily muttered, and Shen Xu nodded.

"Indeed, but this is not our fight. Let’s wait until their mother comes out of seclusion." He said.

"I know." Yang Shi nodded with a complicated expression.

Killing striped glutton locusts became easier when the team grew from eight to ten.

In another one hundred years, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan’s body cultivation advanced from the early stage of level nine to the mid stage of level nine.

As for Mo Ling, his cultivation advanced to the early stage of level nine while Li Wenqiang and Yang Shi were able to quickly stabilise their qi cultivation.

Thinking of qi cultivation, Shen Xu turned to Yang Shi.

[You will cross your tribulation when we exit the Cursed Valley. Are you prepared?] He asked.

[Don’t worry.] Yang Shi assured, and Shen Xu nodded.

Three days later, the double squeezed Zhen Yuan’s hand and winked.

[The triplets are out of the blood awakening pool, and Feng Xue is also out of seclusion.] He said.

[What do you want to do?] Zhen Yuan asked.

[Send Feng Xue to the portable mountain. She should have a good talk with the triplets before they come out.]

Zhen Yuan nodded when he heard this.

However, he soon frowned and turned to the double.

[Remind her not to mention the Chaos Flame Space.] He said, and Shen Xu nodded.

[I know.]

Over the next few days, Shen Xu sensed a lot of emotional fluctuations from Feng Xue through their contract.

However, he didn’t interfere and let the family of four talk amongst themselves.

One real month later, four invisible people left the Chaos Flame space and soon ’encountered’ Shen Xu’s group.

Seeing the new arrivals, Mo Ling looked at Yang Shi and Li Wenqiang with meaningful eyes, but he didn’t speak his suspicions.

"Ancestor Feng, fellow Daoists Feng..." Shen Jinjing muttered with a horrified expression.

After all, Feng Xue had been missing for more than ten thousand years, and the Feng triplets hadn’t been seen for almost one thousand years.

"This..." Shen Jinling started with a conflicted expression.

However, unlike the Shen siblings, Mo Ling was happy to see Feng Xue and the Xuanyuan triplets.

"XiaoXing." He called, reaching for Xuanyuan Xing’s hand.

"Have you..." He started but didn’t finish before Xuanyuan Xing nodded.

"I have recovered." The double said but didn’t elaborate.

After all, the Shen siblings were outsiders and couldn’t know their secrets.

The group became stronger with the addition of Feng Xue and the triplets.

However, it also became a little tense, and before long, the Shen siblings found an excuse to leave the team.

"It was expected." Mo Ling said with an unconcerned face.

"Our group has too many dangerous elements. I am surprised that they stayed with us for as long as they did." Shen Xu chuckled.

"It’s just us now." Yang Shi said and turned to Feng Xue.

"What do you plan to do?" He asked.

"Revenge." Feng Xue said, and everyone nodded in understanding.

"Revenge is necessary, but we must improve our cultivation first." Shen Xu said, and Feng Xue agreed.

"I know." She said.

Nine hundred years passed before they knew it.

After a lot of hard work, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan’s body cultivation advanced to the early stage of level ten.

Unfortunately, after breaking through to level ten, their body cultivation stopped improving, and the two felt that there was no benefit in staying in the Cursed Valley.

[Our cultivation has stopped improving, but the others can still improve.] Shen Xu transmitted, and Zhen Yuan nodded.

[We can’t retreat yet.] He said and quickly continued.

[One, there are a lot of enemies waiting at the exit and two, Yang Shi and the others will need to cross their tribulation soon.]

[My thoughts exactly.] Shen Xu said.

[Feng Xue and the others will need five hundred or so years to break through to level ten. Let’s enter the space and use that time to study our arts.] Zhen Yuan suggested, and Shen Xu nodded.