Crafting an Immortal Race with Daily Hexagrams-Chapter 302 - 191: True Technique

Secretly mustering courage, she suddenly lifted her head, intending to refuse directly, but her eyes met Shen Chonghong's gaze.

"I... I'm not talking to you anymore!"

The courage she had finally gathered only turned into this playful rebuke, and Xiao Hongxiao fled in haste.

Watching the closed wooden door, Shen Chonghong lightly chuckled and shook his head.

...

In the backyard pavilion, Shen Yuan and Hu Yufen sat facing each other, with a basket of fresh shepherd's purse on the stone table before them.

"With so many servants in the house, if you want to eat, let them make it. Why insist on doing it yourself..."

"Hey!"

"I say, if you don't want to help me pick, go lie on your lounge chair. Why say so much?"

"Really..."

Before Shen Yuan could finish speaking, Hu Yufen snatched the shepherd's purse from his hand with a glare.

Shen Yuan froze for a moment, then laughed as he snatched the shepherd's purse back: "I'll pick! Just pick, no talking, alright?"

Hu Yufen gave him an eye-roll, then revealed a hint of smile and lamented:

"Old man, what do you think life would be like if that Immortal hadn't come?"

Shen Yuan plucked a yellowing leaf and smiled faintly: "It's hard to say what life would be like..."

"But this shepherd's purse... might only grow on our graves."

Hu Yufen paused, then threw a shepherd's purse at him with a laugh and a curse:

"Get out, get out!"

"You old rascal..."

The couple was joking around when a figure hurriedly approached the courtyard gate.

"Grandfather, grandmother, your grandson is back!"

Shen Chongming approached with a smile, bowed in greeting to the two.

The two watched him with smiles.

Shen Yuan pointed to the stone bench beside him, waited for him to sit down, and then spoke: "Was the journey smooth?"

Shen Chongming nodded slightly: "Gained quite a bit."

As he spoke, a flash of light appeared in his hand, then he retrieved the White Jade Fruit and handed it to Hu Yufen.

"Grandmother, this fruit is for you."

Hu Yufen paused, examined the White Jade Fruit with curiosity: "What kind of fruit is this?"

"It really looks beautiful, like it's carved from white jade..."

Shen Chongming laughed: "Don't worry about what it is, just eat it, grandmother."

"Would your grandson harm you?"

Hu Yufen shook her head: "No, if you won't say, I won't eat it..."

Over the years, her children and grandchildren had often tricked her into eating things.

Though she didn't recognize them, she knew they were good things, expensive stuff!

"Grandfather, look..."

Seeing her refusal, Shen Chongming could only seek help from Shen Yuan.

Shen Yuan slightly felt the rich vitality within the White Jade Fruit, was slightly surprised inside, but appeared calm as he said:

"It's just a fruit. The child is filial and brought it from far away, just eat it."

Shen Chongming also supported from the side.

Unable to resist the two, Hu Yufen could only take the White Jade Fruit, bring it to her mouth, and gently take a bite.

The moment the fruit was bitten open, rich vitality dispersed.

Shen Yuan saw this and immediately waved his hand to cast Spiritual Power, capturing all the vitality and slowly sending it into Hu Yufen's body.

At the same time, Hu Yufen felt that she hadn't done anything, yet the juice from the White Jade Fruit was rushing into her mouth!

The sweet and rich juice instantly transformed within her, its dense vitality flowing through her meridians into her limbs and bones.

"Calm your Heart Spirit, refine well."

"Don't let Chongming's filial intentions go to waste."

Seeing this, Shen Yuan condensed his voice into a line and transmitted it directly into Hu Yufen's Sea of Consciousness.

Upon hearing this, Hu Yufen's somewhat panicked Heart Spirit slowly returned to tranquility, starting to refine the vitality within her.

Seeing her situation stabilize, Shen Yuan waved his hand to set a Spiritual Power Shield around the pavilion and retreated with Shen Chongming outside the pavilion.

"Was this obtained in that Secret Realm?"

In the yard, Shen Yuan glanced at Hu Yufen inside the pavilion, smiled and asked.

Shen Chongming nodded and briefly recounted his trip to Seven Sages Mountain.

"Grandfather, what do you think is Tingfeng Valley's intention with all this?"

Shen Yuan's face turned grave, pondered for a while before suddenly laughing: "Yangnao Land is too quiet."

"Currently, Tingfeng Valley is both envious of One Qi Sect for obtaining large amounts of Spirit Crystals annually, and feels that the current situation in Yangnao Land is unfavorable for their business."

"They naturally want to stir things up."

"Only when the situation becomes chaotic can their business be better."

Shen Chongming suddenly understood, then asked: "Grandfather, regarding One Qi Sect blatantly violating agreements by privately opening markets in Seven Sages Mountain, how should it be handled?"

Shen Yuan smiled at him: "Each generation has its own way of managing the family; grandfather is old now, you and your father can discuss this matter."

Shen Chongming nodded: "Grandson understands."

"Go and take care of it, I'll guard here," Shen Yuan waved his hand.

...

After leaving the backyard, Shen Chongming hesitated for a moment, then headed to the Clan Court to discuss with Lu Zhiyuan on how to handle the spy issues in Yunshui City.

"Sir, are you saying there's a monster invasion in the mountains?"

In the main hall of Clan Court, Shen Chongming frowned and spoke.

Lu Zhiyuan nodded: "This monster invasion is rather severe; most of the usable forces in the clan have been dispatched by your father to the mountains to hunt demons."

Shen Chongming's face was serious.

He hadn't expected that such a big event had happened in the mountains during his months-long absence.

The monster invasion was certainly related to the Southern Border.

Ever since his third uncle drove away four Southern Border cultivators in the mountains two years ago, there hadn't been any related cultivators or demons appearing within Shen Family's territory.

This led him to nearly forget the existence of the Southern Border.

With the monster invasion imminent, other matters could only be discussed later.

"Sir, clearing enemy ears and eyes can be discussed later; I will head to the mountains now to eliminate demons."

...

In the vast mountains over a thousand miles south of Hidden Dragon Mountain, the sky showed a bizarre shattered phenomenon.

The sky seemed like a huge curtain torn open by someone below, revealing a giant gash.

Through this strange rift, one could faintly see another vast world behind the curtain.

On this side of the curtain, in a desolate valley, numerous terrifyingly powerful demon beasts were entrenched.

Above the valley, on the platform, on a massive bluestone, more than a dozen demon creatures clad in tattered armor, with beast heads and human bodies, sat together.

"Second Sister, according to my opinion, there's no need to wait any further. We brothers can just charge with our little ones and slaughter those Human Race cultivators!"

"By then, aren't millions of blood meals ours to enjoy?"

Among the demons, a Snake Demon with face covered in green scales, and vertical pupils exclaimed fiercely and greedily.

"Yes, yes! Charge in, regardless of chaos, first capture the blood meals from several city walls to enjoy, lest other Demon Caves beat us to it!"

A one-eyed Wolf Demon shouted.

"Second Sister, this is our Great Witch Mountain Demon Cave's opportunity. With a massive amount of blood meals, our cultivation can advance further; once becoming Golden Core Great Demons, we can slaughter our way to Fushan Country to rescue Big Brother!"

"Second Sister, don't wait!"

"Let's charge ahead!"

The demon creatures shouted fiercely.

The leader, a woman with only a few colorful scales remaining at her brow, looked down coldly and said: "Enough!"

"The world on this side of the curtain isn't as simple as you fools imagine!"

"Besides, ordinary blood meals can't compare to the scent of cultivators' Immortal Embryos!"

Upon hearing this, the demon creatures immediately showed greedy expressions!

The woman gently stroked the scales on her brow, saying: "You all go back later and drive some small demons over."

"This time, try to lure out one or two cultivators who've formed Immortal Embryos..."

The woman slowly lifted her head, her golden vertical pupils emanating a terrifying brilliance!