Chapter 1028 - 313: Dao Source Secret Treasure (2)

Shen Chongming nodded, gesturing for the two to sit across from him.

"Brother, I’ve come to tell you some good news."

After Shen Chongxu sat down cross-legged, he spoke directly.

"Oh?"

Shen Chongming’s hand hesitated slightly as he was pouring tea, then he said, "What is this good news? Tell me."

"I’ve made a breakthrough."

His words caused Shen Chongming to be slightly surprised, a glimmer of electricity flashing in his eyes as he looked over.

Seeing that Shen Chongxu bore no aura of Immortal Golden Nature, Shen Chongming’s hanging heart finally rested.

"Fetal Breathing broke through to the Golden Core, yet couldn’t consolidate the Inner Core, stabilizing at what is called the ’Half-Step Golden Core Realm.’"

And once the Inner Core is fully consolidated, it signifies a successful breakthrough, inviting Heaven’s gift of Immortal Golden Nature, achieving the Golden Core Dao.

With his cultivation, he could easily tell that Shen Chongxu was not in the Half-Step Golden Core Realm but had indeed achieved Inner Core Perfection, just without the Golden Nature.

Shen Chongxu smiled lightly as he briefly recounted what happened during his breakthrough.

"I was lucky. I thought dealing with that thing would be troublesome, but who could have expected that two Yin Envoys from the Underworld happened to pass by..."

Shen Chongming’s expression became peculiar after hearing this.

He hadn’t expected that the notorious Underworld would have a moment when they could actually aid them.

Suppressing the joy in his heart, Shen Chongming sighed slightly, "Though the hidden danger is gone, your current situation is still not optimistic."

Shen Chongxu nodded, "I understand. I still need to open a path to the Purple Mansion; otherwise, my cultivation might halt here."

"And also..."

After a pause, he shared what happened when the Golden-haired Monkey learned his Golden Nature had been taken.

"Brother Ming, my master values me greatly. I’m worried that this act might cause him anxiety and unrest..."

"If this secret didn’t concern the life and death of everyone in the Shen Family, I’d tell him right away."

After listening, Shen Chongming merely sighed without speaking further.

Over the past two years spent on the Nameless Island, he could see that the Golden-haired Monkey truly treated Shen Chongxu as a direct disciple, caring for him in every conceivable way.

Keeping such a thing hidden really didn’t sit well.

"Let’s wait a bit longer. In a while, I’ll find a way to probe Elder Jin’s background."

"If it’s safe, perhaps we can reveal something to him to prevent him from being overly worried about your lost Golden Nature."

As Shen Chongming spoke, he was also contemplating a suitable explanation.

"Before the Way collapsed, eldest brother wrote to me saying grandpa was pondering the true Golden Core Technique."

"I wonder if he has figured it out by now; if we find the Five Elements Secret Realm and receive grandpa’s guidance, maybe I can avoid some detours."

Shen Chongxu turned the conversation to the Five Elements Secret Realm and family.

A look of longing flashed through Shen Chongming’s eyes, followed by a smile of reassurance, "Don’t worry, we’ll find it for sure..."

"It’s good you came, as I should be heading out anyway."

In order to shake off the being able to manipulate cause and effect pursuing him, the Golden-haired Monkey had suggested he patrol distant sea regions with the imperial chariot every month or so, making it hard for the enemy to pinpoint his exact location.

Now, it’s been over a month since he last went out.

He had previously mentioned this to Shen Chongxu in passing.

"Brother Ming, be very careful on this trip."

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongxu’s face showed a hint of worry.

Being targeted by such a bizarre presence, he could feel the pressure on his brother.

"It’s alright; I’ve grown accustomed to the troubles associated with me."

"While on the island, stabilize your cultivation well, and hopefully, you can find your own path to the Purple Mansion."

"I’m off."

Getting up, he patted Shen Chongxu’s shoulder and summoned the imperial chariot, leaping onto it.

As soon as the chariot turned into a stream of light and vanished, a figure surged from the sea near the Nameless Island, chasing after the light of the chariot.

This figure was naturally the Dao Slave, the old beggar.

Ever since he brought back Luo Tianxing’s Nascent Soul, the old beggar seemed to have vanished completely.

No one had seen him on the island for more than a month.

Unexpectedly, he had been hiding in the waters near the island all this time for some unknown reason.

...

Jiuzhou World.

In the Qingzhou Sea Region, demonic troubles were causing an uproar.

Although Shen Xiuzhuo had invited several Sword Immortals from the Cyan Ruo Sword House and Jiang Xiuqi from Luoxia Mountain as Shen Xiuyan requested, with Jiang Xiuqi’s Array Dao cultivation, they couldn’t set up an array in the sea-eye channel that could block demon beasts from the Outer Sea Regions while not hindering Jiuzhou World’s absorption of external power.

Unable to block them, they could only go on the offensive first.

The news reached Inference Saint Mountain, and while Shen Xiuyan was worried, he also suddenly felt this might not be a bad thing for Jiuzhou World.

Since the Shen Family relocated to Jiuzhou World, nearly fourteen years had elapsed.

In those fourteen years, aside from seasonal instability causing occasional natural disasters, the lives of numerous cultivators were quite prosperous.

This absolute prosperity without any enemies was not a good thing for cultivators.

Now, the demon troubles erupting in the Qingzhou Sea Region provided the cultivators under the Shen Family’s rule a chance to test their cultivation.

Especially the Literary Dao Cultivators who had risen with the breakthrough of the Four Orifices of the Literary Heart by Shen Chongxuan in recent years.

Each needs more training to validate their cultivation.