213: Half a step to Purple Palace, a hundred years of life!

“How can a junior like you be so aggressive?”

After a long sigh, a misty figure slowly rose from the lake, as if ready to ride the wind away at any moment.

The figure was not old and hunched… white-haired with a youthful face, a refined appearance, and a face like a jade coronet.

Since Shen Qianqiu, there had not been a single ugly person in the Shen Family.

Their appearance and family learning were all of the highest quality.

However, as Shen Li stood there, he inexplicably smelled a decaying, twilight Qi, his eyes indifferent and full of confusion.

“Old Ancestor… Success? Or failure?”

The misty figure slowly moved forward, gradually descending into the pavilion, his body not touching the blue bricks, and looked at Wangyue Lake with a look of reminiscence.

“Please, sit first.”

Shen Li sat down obediently, and after a long time,

Shen Qianqiu looked at Shen Li with a very strange gaze.

“How did someone like you, with a benevolent face but ruthless actions, come out of this family?”

“Being like a Shen Family member… is not a perfectly good thing.”

Shen Li replied calmly. Shen Li had not met this Shen Family Great Ancestor many times.

Even counting the Divine Thought in the Bitter Bamboo Forest, it was still the same.

But because of the Bloodline, the two were able to sit calmly and say some taboo words.

Shen Qianqiu nodded indifferently, then said,

“What you did was not bad… The arrival of Yuanlei was a test, and the arrival of Ting Yu was an even deeper test.”

“Qingchi Mountain is an incredibly huge mountain of Gu worms, where the Gu worms within fight each other until they firmly establish themselves and emerge as the victor.”

“There are twenty-three Immortal Clans in the mountain, and these twenty-three Immortal Clans control ninety-seven percent of the power in the mountain.”

“It has long been set in stone that twenty-three is the extreme number for Immortal Clans; it neither increases nor decreases, only replacement and exchange.”

“Under the struggle of survival of the fittest… any act of weakness, any flaw, will lead to the destruction of the family and the death of its members.”

“On this point, your killing of Yuanlei and scolding of Ting Yu were steps that hit the root of the matter.”

“Just right, making everyone wary.”

Shen Li, however, shook his head and said,

“One punch opens the way…” He did not say more afterwards.

Shen Qianqiu also shook his head, not caring, and continued softly,

“What you said about splitting the two families is unnecessary; Qingchi Mountain won’t be that petty… and my Shen Family is not as weak as you imagine.”

Shen Li stood still, just listening slowly. He knew that the Shen Qianqiu in front of him had not finished speaking.

Then Shen Qianqiu continued,

“Half-step Purple Mansion… I still have a hundred years of light. Within a hundred years, I will make the Shen Family produce another Dao Foundation… If I am unfortunate… after my great passing, with three Dao Foundations in the family, you will be in charge internally and externally, Bo Shu will look after the family, plus the connections I left in Qingchi Mountain, and your own position, it will ensure the family’s prosperity for five hundred years.”

“Within a hundred years… no one dares to touch the Shen Family. I, a Purple Mansion who is about to die, whether in combat or in schemes, will have to contend with many Dao Foundation Immortal Clans, and they would not dare to act rashly.”

“As for five hundred years later… I will already be a handful of yellow earth, unable to see anything.”

When Shen Qianqiu said this, he seemed to feel a bit tired, leaning against a pillar in the pavilion, silent.

Shen Li, however, let out a cold laugh.

“The family didn’t provide me much support, only a title and nothing else. I gradually rose in the Yellow Sand Plains… Even without this mess, I would have been able to cross this Dao Foundation path.”

“The family head and the Wang Family wanted me to fall into the trap, and I did… I sacrificed my Physical Body to feed my Heart Demon, and I did such a life-or-death thing.”

“The people who should be killed during the Yellow Sand Plains ceremony have been killed, and the assistance that should be given has been given.”

“Doesn’t Great Ancestor want to say a little more? Just consider it an explanation for a junior like me.”

“Internally, I shed my blood for the Shen Family; I am a descendant of the Shen Family.”

“Externally, I forged a half-step Supreme Dao Foundation, and I can even call Immortal Master Qianqiu a Fellow Daoist.”

“Am I not even worthy of hearing an explanation? Or not allowed to hear one?”

The water and wood Qi in Wangyue Lake were suddenly stirred by the violent spiritual energy of the Foundation Establishment True Person, and dense water pillars shot into the sky, as if the heavens were enraged!

Countless fish suddenly had their scales burst, floating belly-up on the water.

It was a scene of utter misery and wailing.

But facing such a situation, Shen Qianqiu did not show a trace of anger; instead, he was even more pleased.

The Shen Family should have such a generation… and deserves such a generation.

This was the Shen Family’s blessing.

To encounter this at the end of his years, how could it not also be Shen Qianqiu’s blessing?

Decisiveness brings great utility; a Heart-Nature gives rise to a hero.

Hundreds of years, through all seasons… it had exhausted Shen Qianqiu’s schemes and mental effort.

But in this autumn harvest and winter storage… the Shen Family welcomed another heroic figure.

The Shen Family would not only avoid a period of scarcity but could even reverse the usual course and change from within.

And thinking it over… his death was at the right time, saving a group of stubborn individuals from causing trouble for this Shen Family Immortal Master, who was destined to be a great strategist.

After a long while, he slowly smiled.

“I did not lose.”

Shen Qianqiu slowly extended his palm, and at this moment, Shen Li immediately felt an attraction emanating from his very core.

The aura of the five spirit pearls, like the Chaos Qi of Penglai at its dawn, slowly wove into threads, accumulating sand into a tower, piecing together a small immortal palace.

The aura of these five spirit pearls was immeasurably stronger and more violent than Shen Li’s yin five spirit pearls.

At the same time, an incredibly large turtle shell slowly appeared above the immortal palace, an ancient andVicissitudes aura emanating from it.

It made people feel awestruck.

Half-step… Purple Mansion?

This also meant… Shen Qianqiu had not lied; he was only half a step away from the Purple Mansion!

The immortal palace had assembled most of its parts… and was about to continue weaving downwards when a cough was heard.

Shen Li looked up and saw Shen Qianqiu, as if no one else was present, lowering his left hand and smiling at Shen Li.

“I did not lose… Even if the fire Dao takes precedence in the Yang Domain, I can still go against the current and bravely lead the way.”

“The junior risked his life; I, an old bag of bones, will certainly not be afraid of death.”

“It’s just that in the end, some mishap occurred.”

Shen Li did not speak, but killing intent gradually emerged in his eyes.

And Shen Qianqiu said as if no one else was present,

“The Yang Domain celebration is not like the Yin Domain’s slaughter. Every Immortal Master participating in the Yang Domain Dao Foundation celebration is a pillar of their respective Immortal Sects.”

“Although there are deep-seated grudges, they won’t easily make a move.”

“Although I had long planned and guarded against it… I was still truly attacked from behind during the refinement process.”

Shen Li’s voice carried the force of a blizzard.

Before long, the entire Wangyue Lake began to snow heavily.

“I saw the sword mark of the Cloud Sea Sword Sect.”

“A Dao Foundation Perfection, a Yunhai Dao Foundation that had completed the evolution of five Divine Abilities.”

“Where is he now?”

“Are you talking about the corpse?”

Shen Li looked up and saw a faint smile on Shen Qianqiu’s face, and he was stunned.

After his astonishment, he also let out a light laugh… The laughter dispelled some of the oppression.

After laughing, Shen Li continued to ask,

“According to Great Ancestor’s schemes, you would never expose your back to an enemy. Why then did you suffer such a heavy blow?”

“Because there was an Immortal Master in the mountain who should have acted as my Protector, but at the crucial moment… he went mad.”

“Who?”

“Hong Tu.”