Chapter 483 - 6: Reactions

Chapter 483: Chapter 6: Reactions

Tian Nan City,

Shen Family Mansion.

An elegant and noble-looking woman sat in the main seat, her hand tightly gripping a Communication Talisman. It contained a message sent by their spy in Dawan Village.

After she finished reading the information,

her expression turned as dark as water, a barely concealable fury smoldering in her eyes.

’Hmph! I never thought the son of that lowly maid could grow this strong!’

’I really underestimated him!’

The Great Madam, Zhou Yi, snorted coldly, her voice laced with a seething hatred.

Her fingers tightened, and the Communication Talisman in her hand was nearly crushed out of shape.

’If he’s allowed to keep growing, where will there be a place for me, Zhou Yi, in Tian Nan City?!’

She lifted her head and looked toward a dignified, white-haired elder beside her, her tone carrying a glimmer of hope.

"Uncle Nine, as the saying goes, you must pull up the roots when you cut the weeds. Could I trouble you to personally make a trip and eliminate that monster?"

"Uncle Nine, you don’t know this, but a few years ago, that child Lingyun came to visit me. At my request, he went to intercept and kill that Shen Changchuan, but he never returned. It seems now he most likely died at Shen Changchuan’s hands!"

"Our Zhou Family may not be a top-tier power in the Central State, but our Supreme Ancestor is a Profound Pill Realm master! How can we allow this little beast from the countryside to offend us so brazenly?!"

As she spoke of this, Zhou Yi’s voice grew even colder, the killing intent in her eyes on full display.

Her hatred for Shen Changchuan was second only to her hatred for Shen Chong.

If she could use this opportunity to crush him to death, nothing would please her more!

"So he defeated an Inner Sect Disciple from an Immortal Sect... He does have some skill."

Behind her, Zhou Tianhai, the Zhou Family Elder from the Central State, did not answer immediately.

He took the Communication Talisman, his Divine Soul sweeping over its contents, and spoke indifferently, his face expressionless.

"He killed a disciple of my Zhou Family. For that, he does deserve to die."

"However, the Zhou Family’s plans are at a critical juncture. We cannot afford any complications."

"That brat is, after all, a disciple valued by Master Wandering Dragon. If I were to act personally, I would inevitably attract his attention."

Zhou Tianhai shook his head,

rejecting the Great Madam’s proposal.

However, he then

added,

"Rest assured, once the family’s plan is complete, I will personally strike that brat down!"

Zhou Tianhai’s tone was casual,

as if he wasn’t taking the matter seriously at all.

In his eyes,

killing Shen Changchuan was as simple as swatting an ant.

Something he could do at any time.

Zhou Yi’s expression was indignant,

but she didn’t dare to object and could only helplessly suppress the fury in her heart.

But in that moment, a flicker appeared in the depths of her eyes.

’Although I can’t use the family’s power to kill the son of that lowly maid...’

’...it doesn’t mean I can’t borrow someone else’s blade to do the killing!’

After all,

that boy must have offended plenty of people on his path to power.

This was something

she could perhaps exploit!

...

Midnight.

Amidst the mountain forest.

A sliver of a waning moon hung high in the sky, its cold light spilling over the land and draping the forest in a thin, silver veil.

A convoy of carriages moved slowly along a small path at the foot of the mountain. The crunch of wheels on gravel was a faint sound that broke the stillness of the night.

Suddenly, a golden streak of light cut across the night sky and descended into the elegant yet understated carriage at the center of the convoy.

Inside, a slender, veiled young woman extended a delicate hand to receive the Communication Talisman, her Divine Soul probing its contents.

Once she finished reading the message in the Communication Talisman,

a flicker of surprise flashed in her eyes.

"Oh? Three hundred years after the failure of the Xiangshan Sect’s plot, a prodigy like this can still emerge from such a remote place?"

"How very curious!"

The young woman murmured to herself,

the corners of her lips curling slightly, her tone tinged with amusement.

’Interesting,’

’very interesting indeed!’

"Something is indeed wrong! Ever since that great war three hundred years ago, this land lost its true destiny. It should take at least a thousand years of recovery before it can be restored. How could someone on the level of a hidden dragon possibly appear?!"

At this moment,

the old woman sitting across from her had also finished reading the message, her aged face creased in a slight frown.

She had, of course, detected the hidden meaning in the young woman’s words.

After carefully reviewing the history of Shen Changchuan’s rise—information gathered with considerable effort by the Holy Sect’s hidden agents within the Communication Talisman—

she too quickly realized that something was amiss,

and her thoughts delved to a deeper level.

"Could it be that the boy obtained the Xiangshan Sect’s legacy from all those years ago?"

"Saintess, should we make a trip to see for ourselves?"

Shen Changchuan’s increase in strength was simply too fast, too powerful!

His growth trajectory

was already on par with the Daoist of the Yuqing Immortal Sect!

But the problem was,

if he had achieved this somewhere else, like at the Yuqing Immortal Sect Mountain Gate, she would only have marveled at his talent and thought nothing more of it.

But the Tian Nan Domain...

After the great war three hundred years ago, this land had undergone a monumental change.

And how could such a shallow pond give birth to a figure like a True Dragon?!

Especially since his path of growth had almost never taken him outside the Tian Nan Domain!

To still be able to make such progress

made it all the more absurd!

"Perhaps the very thing our Holy Sects were scheming for back then is now on that boy!"

the old woman guessed.

To this, however,

the young woman just shook her head slightly.

"Shen Changchuan became a disciple of Master Wandering Dragon. He’s practically under his nose all day. If he had truly obtained the Xiangshan Sect’s legacy, how could Master Wandering Dragon not have discovered it?"

"The Profound Pill Realm ancestor backing Master Wandering Dragon’s lineage has seen his old injuries worsen. He has now entered death seclusion, his remaining lifespan short."

"Once the ancestor behind his faction dies and his support collapses, he won’t even be able to hold on to his own position as one of the Seven Immortal Sect Sons... If Shen Changchuan had really obtained the Xiangshan Sect’s legacy, I don’t believe he would have been able to keep it."

"Moreover, with Master Wandering Dragon’s accumulated foundation, if he had truly obtained that item, he would have likely advanced to the Profound Pill Realm long ago. From the looks of it, that clearly hasn’t happened."

The young woman gazed out at the deep night sky and said softly,

"By comparison, I believe his half-brother is more likely connected to the old Xiangshan Sect legacy."

"The one who betrayed the Shen Family, Shen Chong?"

"Correct. Him."

"This... Saintess, do you have some inside information?"

"No. I just have a feeling that Shen Chong is connected to the old Xiangshan Sect legacy."

The old woman’s mouth fell slightly agape,

but ultimately, she said nothing.

If anyone else had said this, she might have dismissed it as baseless nonsense.

But coming from the Saintess...

After all, a huge reason the Saintess had risen all the way from an ordinary disciple to become a Candidate Saintess of the Celestial Demon Sect was her unreasonably accurate intuition.

’Of course, even if Shen Changchuan has no connection to the old Xiangshan Sect legacy, he must still possess a great secret!’

’If I can seize his opportunity, it wouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing for me.’

’I’ll have to pay close attention to everything about him!’