Chapter 281 - 278: Seclusion
Several days later,
after settling some key matters, Shen Changchuan bid farewell to his grandfather Han Qinhu and the others, then returned to the Dragon Cloud Sect.
Now that the Ancestor’s reply had arrived, there was no longer any need to remain in the village.
Shen Changchuan was still a little resentful that no action had been taken against the Great Mistress.
But that venomous woman came from a top-level Immortal Cultivation Clan,
so she couldn’t be touched rashly.
The outcome was, in fact, understandable.
Although the Ancestor’s word was law within the Tian Nan Shen Clan,
he still had to consider the family’s interests in the end.
’Whatever, so be it!’
’The Ancestor personally came forward to offer ’compensation,’ reported the matter to the family’s upper echelons, and ordered it to be dealt with... I have nothing to complain about.’
Shen Changchuan consoled himself.
Of course,
a part of him was still thoroughly displeased.
But at the same time,
another thought occurred to him.
’From the looks of it, there might be more secrets behind that venomous woman... Shen Chong’s three-year pact is almost up... I hope nothing major goes wrong.’
At this thought,
Shen Changchuan couldn’t help but feel a little more worried.
Although he wasn’t close to his so-called brother, Shen Chong, the latter had shown him goodwill and even revealed the secret of his Spirit Body.
And Shen Chong and the Great Mistress shared what could only be described as a blood feud.
When the three-year pact came due,
he was bound to cause a huge scene!
If Shen Chong gained the upper hand and insisted on killing the Great Mistress,
the Shen Family Ancestor would probably have to intervene...
"Sigh!"
Countless thoughts flashed through his mind.
Shen Changchuan heaved a long sigh and shook his head.
Thinking so much about it was pointless.
In the end, his own strength was just too weak.
He couldn’t change anything.
Let them do as they please.
Shen Chong had his ’old grandpa’ backing him. Even if he caused a scene and ended up clashing with the Ancestor when he intervened, nothing serious should happen to him.
Instead of wasting time worrying about all this, he should focus on his Cultivation and break through to Soul Emergence first.
When one was too weak,
their words carried no weight.
Worrying about this and that was completely meaningless.
Reining in his thoughts,
Shen Changchuan began his final sprint in closed-door cultivation,
intending to cultivate the Divine Skill Sanqing Forest Sword Array to Perfection.
Then,
he would break through directly to Soul Emergence!
And before he advanced to Soul Emergence,
he had no intention of leaving the Dragon Cloud Sect again!
...
Time flew,
and in the blink of an eye, ten months had passed.
During these ten months,
the hottest topic in the Tian Nan Domain’s Immortal Cultivation Realm was without a doubt the juicy gossip surrounding the Tian Nan Shen Clan’s three-year pact.
The overlooked illegitimate son of an Immortal Cultivation Family, after leaving to train for three years, had finally returned with a Cultivation Realm at the Soul Emergence Level,
here to demand justice from the venomous mistress of the family who had once oppressed him!
Public verbal clashes,
sharp confrontations,
and all sorts of scandals within the great clan were involved,
making the Cultivators gathered nearby exclaim at the wonderful drama.
The mistress sneered and sent out her Soul Emergence Realm subordinate to capture the illegitimate son.
But instead, the subordinate was slain on the spot by the son.
This prompted a family expert with an even higher Cultivation to intervene...
What should have been a personal grudge between the illegitimate son and the family’s mistress escalated dramatically,
with the conflict spiraling out of control,
until it finally drew the family’s Ancestor himself into the fray.
Yet, using some unknown means, the illegitimate son actually managed to escape from the hands of a supreme expert at the Divine Travel Realm.
Before leaving, he even shouted,
"This grudge,
I will repay it tenfold in the future!"
It was a grand spectacle,
one that nearly destroyed half of Tian Nan City.
Although the battle’s aftershocks spread and killed some of the surrounding onlookers,
the survivors all declared it was a thrilling show!
A real-life drama of this magnitude, especially one where an illegitimate son strikes back, was a once-in-a-lifetime sight for most of them!
As a result, for a time,
this incident completely overshadowed the hype surrounding Shen Changchuan’s own meteoric rise not long ago.
In fact,
in the eyes of the Cultivators in the Tian Nan Domain’s Immortal Cultivation Realm today,
the title of number one in the younger generation
had already changed hands!
The top spot was now taken by the new sensation, Shen Chong.
On this point,
almost no one had any doubts.
Because compared to Shen Chong’s glorious record of having practically taken on the entire Tian Nan Shen Clan by himself,
Shen Changchuan’s previous victory over Mo Lingfeng was no longer worth mentioning!
And Shen Chong’s name,
not only spread throughout the many Immortal Cultivation Cities of the Tian Nan Domain,
but had even begun to circulate in several neighboring domains.
After all,
the buzz surrounding his origins was simply too great,
and his achievements were incredibly formidable.
Though some could tell that when he later defeated the Shen Family’s upper echelons and resisted the Shen Family Ancestor,
he was using some special means and likely had the help of a powerful expert to achieve such a feat.
But prior to that,
he had relied on his own genuine strength to slay the Great Mistress’s subordinate, an expert in the Early Stage of the Soul Emergence Realm!
Moreover,
he had already advanced to the Soul Emergence Realm.
Among the younger generation under the age of twenty,
he was absolutely the first to miraculously reach such a Realm!
In the eyes of many Cultivators,
his future was naturally limitless!
Of course,
as these rumors spread like wildfire,
the Tian Nan Shen Family, cast as the villains of the story, inevitably became the subject of some ridicule.
A peerless genius with limitless talent like Shen Chong had actually been forced out of the family.
And,
it seemed he wasn’t the only one.
Rumor had it that the Shen Family’s other peerless genius, Shen Changchuan, was also an illegitimate son.
And now, he too had joined the Dragon Cloud Sect!
Two peerless prodigies, born into the same Shen Family—and half-brothers at that—
had both been threatened since childhood and forced to leave the family to make their own way.
Given the circumstances,
no matter how great their achievements in the future, how much affection could they possibly have for the Shen Family?
They had been dealt a peerless hand, only to play it this badly.
No wonder everyone was mocking them.
However, in response to all this,
the Shen Family seemed to have issued a gag order internally.
No one made any public statements on the matter.
It even reached a point where few Shen Clan Members were seen outside.
Of the turmoil outside,
Shen Changchuan remained unaware.
For the past ten months, he had dedicated all his time to arduously cultivating the Divine Skill Sanqing Forest Sword Array.
Unlike his previous Cultivation sessions,
this time,
Shen Changchuan first relied on practicing the Divine Technique over and over, attempting to analyze and comprehend its profound mysteries.
Once he hit a bottleneck on his progress bar panel and could see no more improvement no matter how hard he tried,
he would go to the Sect’s Scripture Pavilion to find Tier One Techniques like Sword Arrays, Wood Element Techniques, and Sword Magic. He would then cultivate them to Perfection to accumulate Perfection Trait Experience.
After accumulating the corresponding Perfection Trait Experience and seeing the progress bar for his Divine Technique increase again,
he would once again put aside the cultivation of those Tier One Techniques.
Instead, he would wholeheartedly focus all his energy back on mastering the Divine Skill Sanqing Forest Sword Array.
Through this repetitive process of refinement,
the progress bar for the Divine Skill Sanqing Forest Sword Array gradually increased,
and his understanding of it deepened.
Until now,
after ten months of hard work,
he had finally pushed the Sanqing Forest Sword Array to the brink of Perfection!