Chapter 313: Three Extremely Powerful Women

The entire hall remained silent.

Qin Wusheng stood at the center of the stage.

One hand rested against his cane.

White hair.

Simple robes.

A faint smile.

Yet...

Nobody dared underestimate him.

The pressure coming from his body was subtle.

Controlled.

But every cultivator in the room understood exactly what they were

feeling.

Heaven Manifestation Realm.

A genuine monster.

Someone who had lived for generations.

Someone most families believed had either died...

Or vanished into permanent seclusion.

Yet now...

He was standing here.

Looking directly at Shen Tian.

Qin Hao’s expression slowly tightened.

This wasn’t in the plot.

Not even close.

According to everything he knew...

Qin Wusheng should have remained isolated for another three years.

Then...

He would eventually emerge after Chen Mo became powerful enough to

threaten the Qin Family.

By then...

The original Qin Hao would already be dead.

So why?

Why now?

His system flashed.

Major Plot Deviation

Cause: Unknown

Qin Hao mentally responded immediately.

Analyze Shen Tian’s connection to Qin Wusheng.

Pause.

No historical connection detected.

Qin Hao’s eyes narrowed.

Then why the hell was the ancestor looking at him like that?

Across the room...

Xu Ning hovered beside Shen Tian.

Her expression was equally confused.

[Host.]

"Hm?"

[I can’t find a direct Fate route.]

Shen Tian raised an eyebrow.

"Meaning?"

[Qin Wusheng wasn’t originally connected to you.]

"Then he is now."

[Obviously.]

Shen Tian stood.

Chi Lingxi’s hand slowly slipped from his arm.

Rose glanced toward him.

"Want us to come?"

Shen Tian looked at her.

Then smiled.

"No need."

Rose studied him.

Then nodded.

No argument.

No unnecessary protection.

She trusted him.

Shen Tian noticed.

His expression softened slightly.

"I’ll be back."

Rose’s cheeks warmed.

"Okay."

Gu Qingya watched the exchange.

Then...

Her eyes moved toward the stage.

Qin Wusheng was still staring.

She frowned.

"Be careful."

Shen Tian glanced toward her.

"Always."

Her cheeks became faintly pink.

Tang Meilin looked toward him too.

Then...

Very quietly...

"Don’t antagonize the old man."

Shen Tian raised an eyebrow.

"Why are you assuming I would?"

Every woman at the table stared.

Silence.

Shen Tian sighed.

"Fair."

Bai Xue laughed.

Then...

Shen Tian stepped away from the table.

The crowd naturally moved.

A path opened.

Not because anyone was ordered.

Not because Shen Family guards pushed them aside.

People simply moved.

Qin Hao noticed.

Again.

That presence.

That natural authority.

His expression became serious.

Shen Tian reached the stage.

Then...

Stopped several meters from Qin Wusheng.

The old man examined him.

Slowly.

Very slowly.

Head.

Shoulders.

Posture.

Breathing.

Qi.

Then...

His eyes sharpened.

"You broke through recently."

The room immediately became more attentive.

Shen Tian smiled.

"Maybe."

Qin Wusheng laughed.

"Maybe?"

His cane struck the floor lightly.

THUMP.

A thin ripple of spiritual pressure spread outward.

Several younger cultivators stepped backward.

Shen Tian...

Didn’t move.

Qin Wusheng’s smile widened.

"Mid Heaven Manifestation."

Silence.

Absolute silence.

Qin Hao froze.

Chen Mo’s eyes widened.

Several Qin Family elders looked like they’d been struck.

One old master whispered...

"Mid..."

Another stared.

"Heaven Manifestation?"

Someone else shook his head.

"Impossible."

Shen Tian was twenty-four.

Twenty-four.

Even ancient families rarely produced Heaven Manifestation cultivators

before middle age.

A genius might reach Domain Initiation young.

A monster might reach Spirit Perception.

But Heaven Manifestation?

At twenty-four?

Qin Hao’s system reacted.

Threat Analysis Updated

Shen Tian cultivation estimate: Mid Heaven Manifestation

Qin Hao stared.

"No fucking way."

His system remained silent.

Because...

There was no alternative explanation.

Chen Mo’s expression became far more serious.

Early Inner Core.

That was his current realm.

And Shen Tian...

Mid Heaven Manifestation.

The distance between them wasn’t a gap.

It was an abyss.

Chen Mo’s fingers slowly tightened.

He finally understood why his instincts screamed every time Shen Tian

looked at him.

Across the hall...

Rose smiled.

Proud.

Very proud.

Lin Yue looked stunned.

Then...

Her expression softened.

Tang Meilin stared at Shen Tian like she was seeing him differently.

Gu Qingya’s lips slowly curved upward.

Chi Lingxi looked completely unsurprised.

Mostly.

She already knew Shen Tian was ridiculous.

Bai Xue folded her arms.

"Show-off."

Chu Zijin whispered...

"He didn’t even do anything."

Bai Xue looked toward her.

"Exactly."

. . .

Qin Wusheng laughed.

Loud.

"Hahahahahaha!"

The entire hall shook.

Then...

He stepped down from the stage.

Toward Shen Tian.

Qin Hao frowned.

His father looked equally confused.

Qin Wusheng stopped directly in front of Shen Tian.

Then...

He did something nobody expected.

He bowed his head slightly.

Not deeply.

Not submissively.

But respectfully.

The room froze.

Qin Hao’s eyes widened.

The Qin Family First Ancestor...

Was showing respect to Shen Tian?

Qin Wusheng straightened.

"I heard rumors."

Shen Tian raised an eyebrow.

"About?"

"A young man."

"Green eyes."

"Shen blood."

"A cultivation tournament."

Qin Hao’s expression changed.

Tournament.

His investigation report.

The undocumented private cultivation tournament.

Qin Wusheng continued.

"I heard several old fools returned from that gathering behaving like

teenage girls."

Silence.

Shen Tian blinked.

Several elderly female cultivators in the hall suddenly looked away.

Rose slowly smiled.

"Oh?"

Shen Tian’s expression changed slightly.

Qin Wusheng noticed.

Then...

He laughed again.

"Apparently you caused quite the scene."

Shen Tian sighed.

"That’s exaggerated."

From the audience...

An elderly woman suddenly spoke.

"No, it isn’t."

Everyone turned.

An old female master sat near the Qin Family elder section.

She looked approximately thirty.

Far too young.

Shen Tian recognized her immediately.

One of the masters from the previous cultivation tournament.

Her eyes lit up.

"Young Master Shen!"

Shen Tian closed his eyes.

"No."

Rose looked toward him.

"Do you know her?"

Shen Tian sighed.

"Unfortunately."

The woman stood.

Then...

Another female master stood.

Then another.

Qin Hao stared.

Three extremely powerful women...

All smiling toward Shen Tian.

One adjusted her hair.

One straightened her dress.

The third...

Actually reapplied lipstick.

Qin Hao slowly looked toward his system.

What the fuck is happening?

No response.

Qin Wusheng laughed so hard he had to grip his cane.

Shen Tian looked toward the three women.

"Please sit down."

The first immediately did.

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