Chapter 871 - 287: Ancient Memories Within the Bloodline_2

Braving the discomfort within their bodies, everyone stumbled forward only to find that the Patriarch, Shen Chongming, seemed to be experiencing the same situation.

"Do not make noise, and do not resist; this is your opportunity."

Shen Yuan spoke in a deep voice.

Seeing this, Shen Chongxuan and the others behind him were momentarily stunned, then immediately mimicked Shen Chongming, sitting cross-legged in the pouring rain, enduring the discomfort within their bodies and beginning to meditate and contemplate.

Time passed bit by bit.

In the courtyard, Shen Li’s face gradually turned pale and then transformed into a light golden hue.

The prayers she murmured became hoarse and trembling, clearly reflecting that she had reached some limit yet persisted.

With the Direct Lineage blood of the Shen Family in her veins, and using the Jade Seal to perform the Heavenly Prayer Skill, she could distinctly feel an unusual change in her bloodlines.

In just an instant, Shen Li understood that this change would bring tremendous benefit to the entire Shen Family.

She had to endure and not miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The Heavenly Prayer Skill, a means of the Ancient Witch Cultivators to communicate with heaven and divine spirits, greatly depleted the Power of the Divine Soul.

As she performed the Heavenly Prayer Skill, Shen Li felt as though her head was splitting with pain, and her Sea of Consciousness turned a hazy gray due to the severe depletion of the Power of the Divine Soul.

"Just hold on a little longer!"

"It should be done soon!"

The obsession in her heart constantly warned her.

In the blink of an eye, over ten breaths passed.

Just as Shen Li felt her Divine Spirit was about to be completely exhausted, a strand of True Spirit was ready to escape from her body uncontrollably and fly towards the sky—

Crash!

The numerous raindrops that were suspended in the void of the small courtyard suddenly fell!

All the anomalies in the courtyard instantly vanished!

As her body floated in mid-air, Shen Li suddenly felt a mysterious power spontaneously generating within her blood!

This power swiftly flowed through her blood, nourishing her nearly desiccated body.

The relief after extreme pain caused her Divine Spirit to finally give in, and her vision went black as she fainted.

At the entrance of the small courtyard, seeing Shen Li’s body soften, about to fall from the sky, Shen Yuan flicked his hand, sending out a beam of Spiritual Power that supported Shen Li’s body and slowly laid her onto the long bench of the wind-and-rain corridor.

He flashed his figure to Shen Li’s side.

Observing her, he noted she was merely exhausted, momentarily slipping into a coma, with no physical harm, Shen Yuan sighed with slight relief, then sat cross-legged beside her, internally examining the transformation brought about by the bloodline’s metamorphosis.

At this moment, the transformed blood completely finished its metamorphosis, distinctly different from before.

Shen Yuan carefully sensed the surging blood within him, vaguely grasping some forbidden revelation that overturned perceptions!

His eyes abruptly widened, casting an incredulous look at his hands.

After pondering gravely for a while, he immediately closed his eyes again, carefully attuning to the ancient memories embedded within the bloodline.

A long time passed—

"Deception... It was all deception..."

Opening his eyes again, Shen Yuan appeared lost and muttered uncontrollably.

Meanwhile, Shen Chongming, outside the courtyard in the heavy rain, had also awakened.

Evidently, he, like Shen Yuan, had immediately comprehended the newly mutated bloodline within him, discovering something unimaginable.

With an incredulous expression, Shen Chongming staggered to the wind-and-rain corridor in the courtyard, looking at the bewildered and perplexed Shen Yuan, then at the unconscious Shen Li beside him.

"Grandfather, in the bloodline..."

"Silence!"

Coming to his senses, Shen Yuan cautiously glanced at the void above, then shook his head slightly, saying, "Chongming, this affair is too significant."

"You must immediately summon all family members with Shen Family blood, and tell them, regardless of who it may be, not to reveal the secret within the bloodline!"

"Immediately notify Chongxu in the Southern Border as well!"

Realizing the gravity of the bloodline’s secret, Shen Chongming also acknowledged its unbelievable nature.

If word got out, it wouldn’t just affect Yangnao Land; it could cause a colossal upheaval throughout the Cangmin Sea Region’s Cultivation Realm!

"Quickly, as for the matters concerning you, Li’Er, and your third uncle, we can discuss them later."

Seeing Shen Chongming had yet to act, Shen Yuan uncharacteristically urged him sternly.

"Yes!"

Shen Chongming snapped back to reality and immediately dashed into the torrential rain.

Under the wind-and-rain corridor, Shen Yuan with his hands behind his back gazed into the sky; his expression fluctuated for a long time before he suppressed the matter of the bloodline in his heart, activating the Power of Great Derivation within him to try and forecast the fate of Elder Shen Wenxing.

After the surge of Power of Great Derivation, he slowly opened his eyes.

"[Wood Meets Spring], finally out of danger."

As his murmured words fell, from not far away, came an unusual noise from the room where Shen Wenxing had been in closed-door seclusion, and then a silhouette broke through the rooftop, flying out.

The silhouette was none other than Shen Wenxing, who had been in seclusion for years.

Having witnessed Xu Zhan cultivating the Nine Fiends Gathering Body Technique and refining an Evil Demon, perfectly countering the people of the Underworld, Shen Wenxing was intrigued and decided to go into seclusion to study the Nine Fiends Gathering Body Technique thoroughly to see if he could use it to inspire his own technique, Azure Dragon Force, to cultivate a similar Evil Demon.

What he did not anticipate was that this seclusion would last nearly ten years.

Originally not intending to break through to the Fifth Realm, he discovered the opportunity for breakthrough amid continued enlightenment.

In fact, when sensing the opportunity for breakthrough, he vaguely understood.

Whether considering accumulated depth or personal talent, the odds of successfully breaking through to the Fifth Realm were not high.

But the doorway to the Fifth Realm had already opened a crack, a temptation difficult for any cultivator to resist.