Chapter 1414 - 415: The Meeting! (6k)

Yet to everyone’s surprise, in the following few days, no other Noble Families came calling.

By rights, fighting over an Array Master should have been a race against time, with all the major clans racking their brains to be the first to knock on the door.

The situation as it stood could only mean that they had chosen to give up.

The reason wasn’t hard to guess—once they learned that the second-ranked Zhao Family and the third-ranked Yan Family had already made their move, those slightly weaker clans naturally weren’t willing to humiliate themselves.

After all, people seek higher ground, water flows to lower places.

Could the eighth-ranked Zhou Family really have the gall to say, "We can offer better terms than the others. Join our Zhou Family, and your future will surely soar with the tide"?

That wouldn’t just be an insult to the master, it would also offend several top-ranked clans at once—purely a thankless business.

Once he figured this out, Zhou Qing couldn’t help feeling a bit disappointed.

He had planned to use this chance to milk some more benefits; now it looked like that was off the table.

As for Yama and Zhao Muye, ever since moving into the Shen Family, they’d been surprisingly quiet and hadn’t come to bother him again.

Their attitude already made it clear that the remaining choice was in the "master’s" hands.

Too much entanglement would only backfire and breed annoyance.

On the fifth day, just as Zhou Qing and his Second Uncle were secretly plotting how to seize the imitation Extreme Dao Weapon from Yama’s hands, two figures suddenly came from the horizon.

"Greetings, Miss, Young Master!" The gate guards saw Shen Hanyi and Shen Yunzhou and hurriedly bowed respectfully.

Shen Hanyi’s face was like frost; she ignored everyone’s greetings and strode straight inside.

The guards were long used to it—this Miss, cold as ice, treated even her own father like this, let alone them, mere servants.

Five-colored ripples swept over the two of them; after confirming their identities, the main gate slowly opened.

"Sis, are we going straight to the ’Jingxin Hall’ in the central courtyard, or heading back to Fourth Branch first?" After entering the Shen Family grounds, Shen Yunzhou turned his head and asked.

Shen Hanyi’s steps paused slightly as she looked toward the Fourth Branch, a flicker of complexity passing through her eyes. She said nothing, but turned and headed straight for "Jingxin Hall."

"Oh my, when did Han Yi come back?" Halfway down the path, a beautiful woman in a moon-white drifting-cloud brocade dress suddenly appeared in front of them.

Su Yurou lightly shook her round fan, that delicate oval face framed by a pair of sparkling peach blossom eyes. "Your Second Aunt has missed you dearly."

"Second Aunt." Shen Yunzhou bowed respectfully, while Shen Hanyi only looked at her coldly.

"Do I need to report to you?" Shen Hanyi’s voice was like frozen ice.

Faced with such an attitude, Su Yurou didn’t take offense, still smiling like a blooming flower.

Ever since Liu Qingci’s death, Shen Hanyi treated everyone with this icy indifference; everyone had long gotten used to it.

All the more so as Shen Hanyi was now a Fourth-level Array Master, with Spirit Slash Realm Perfection cultivation.

If not for generational seniority, Su Yurou wouldn’t even be qualified to speak to her.

"Of course you don’t," Su Yurou said with a light laugh. "Second Aunt knows why you’ve come."

"That Master Qingzhou has condensed thirty thousand Spirit Seals—Second Aunt saw it with her own eyes. If you exchange insights with him, you’ll surely gain a great deal."

Seeing impatience show on Shen Hanyi’s face, Su Yurou hurriedly shook her fan.

Letting her gaze ripple softly, she said, "Second Aunt just wants to remind you: Yama of the Yan Family, Zhao Muye of the Zhao Family, and Miss Yu Yan of the Yu Race are all currently guests in our estate."

Her red lips parted, breath like fragrant orchid. "They say fat water shouldn’t flow into outsiders’ fields. Since the master chose our Shen Family, that means we share a bond. If someone else were to poach him, that would be a loss of heaven-shaking magnitude."

As she spoke, her slender jade hand lightly brushed her cloud-soft hair, eyes full of expectation. "If Han Yi can get closer to the master and keep him in the Shen Family, the old patriarch will surely be very pleased when he emerges from seclusion."

Shen Hanyi stared at her coldly, not saying a word.

Under that icy gaze, Su Yurou’s whole body felt ill at ease, and the forced smile on her face slowly stiffened.

She could only awkwardly shift aside to open the way, her hand unconsciously speeding up the fan’s fluttering.

Shen Hanyi passed by her with no expression at all, her fluttering robes stirring up a wave of chill.

Following behind, Shen Yunzhou smacked his tongue inwardly. His big sister’s aura was downright domineering.

In the Shen Family, to act so bluntly and do as she pleased—there was probably no one else but his sister.

Strength was indeed the best backing.

Shen Yunzhou didn’t dare delay and hurried his steps to catch up.

Watching the siblings’ figures recede into the distance, the embarrassment faded bit by bit from Su Yurou’s face.

She gently shook her fan, a hint of complexity flashing in her eyes.

With a graceful twist of her right hand, a crystal-clear Imaging Stone floated above her palm.

"To give it, or not to give it?" Her red lips parted lightly, her voice so low only she could hear it, while her eyes flickered with ever-changing emotions.

"Second Sister-in-law~"

Suddenly, a voice came from behind her.

Su Yurou calmly put away the Imaging Stone, then turned around.

Liu Rushuang drifted over, gazing at the two figures receding in the distance. "Did Han Yi come back?"

Su Yurou lightly shook her fan, the corners of her eyes tilting up. "Exactly. She came back and immediately threw me a cold face. Sigh, she really doesn’t understand the least bit of seniority and respect~"

As she spoke, her eyes lifted at the corners, every gesture full of charm; she even deliberately put on a pitiful look.

Liu Rushuang shook her head with a soft laugh. "She has the capital to be proud. Among the younger generation of the Shen Family, only that pair of siblings have stepped into the Spirit Severing Realm."

"Even I get nervous when I see her now~"

"Oh?" Su Yurou half-covered her face with the fan, eyes glimmering. "Third Sister-in-law is afraid of her?"

"Why would I be afraid of her?" Liu Rushuang chuckled. "No matter how strong she is, she’s still a member of the Shen Family. And I will always be her Third Aunt~"