Crafting an Immortal Race with Daily Hexagrams

Chapter 646 - 249: Possession

"Let’s hope so."

"I’ll leave this matter in your hands, senior. I bid you farewell."

Upon returning from Yunzhong County City to Yunshui City, Shen Chongming saw a slender figure standing at the entrance of his small courtyard.

"Xiubai?"

"Why aren’t you going inside?"

Shen Chongming approached, looking at Shen Xiubai, who was holding a scroll, and smiled as he spoke.

Hearing the voice, Shen Xiubai hurriedly turned around, and like a student seeing a teacher, he respectfully cupped his hands in salute and said, "Uncle, Xiubai has something to discuss with you."

Seeing this, Shen Chongming shook his head secretly.

"You..."

"I’ve told you, we’re family, no need to be so formal and polite."

"Come in."

Opening the courtyard door, he led him to the small courtyard. Chen Youran and Mu Lingxun were chatting leisurely in the pavilion.

"Madam, Lady Mu."

Seeing the two approach, Shen Xiubai immediately cupped his hands in salute.

"Go prepare some tea; Xiubai and I have matters to discuss."

Upon Shen Chongming’s words, the sisters tactfully left the pavilion.

"Have a seat."

The two sat across from each other, and Mu Lingxun brought some tea.

"Great-grandfather handed me some things a few days ago, saying I should look for the [Dao Seal Jade Carving]."

"After some research, I’ve decided to explore the trends of heaven and earth and locate the exact position of the [Dao Seal Jade Carving]."

"Great-grandfather mentioned that I should inform you about this intention."

[Dao Seal Jade Carving]!?

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongming was somewhat surprised.

"Where did grandfather obtain information about the [Dao Seal Jade Carving] again?"

He vaguely remembered that the family had three pieces of the [Dao Seal Jade Carving], which recorded true techniques and were extremely precious.

The Shen family had three pieces of [Dao Seal Jade Carving] only because, back in the day, they joined forces with Luoxia Mountain to annihilate Hundred Beasts Mountain in the Western Wilderness and seized [Cold Dew] and [Frost Descent] from them.

Ultimately, they shared them with the Cyan Ruo Sword House in Danzhou, who provided a [White Dew] jade carving.

Thus, the three families simultaneously possessed three pieces of the Dao Seal Jade Carvings.

"Great-grandfather said an old acquaintance of the Shen family brought it a few days ago."

An old acquaintance... a few days ago...

Shen Chongming pondered slightly and understood that the old acquaintance mentioned by his grandfather was likely Xu Xiu, and the secret of this piece of the [Dao Seal Jade Carving] was delivered by a True Monarch expert who guarded the Danzhou Barrier back then.

"Where do you plan to explore the trends of heaven and earth?"

Shen Xiubai handed over the scroll in his hand.

"Please take a look, Uncle."

"This is the approximate location I confirmed from those materials, but to find out the exact position of the [Dao Seal Jade Carving], we still need to determine it through the trends of heaven and earth."

"Great-grandfather speculates that this jade stele might be the [Autumn Equinox]. It’s currently late summer; if it can be found before the autumn equinox, we won’t have to waste another year."

Shen Chongming nodded.

"Uncle still has some affairs to attend to recently, and this area is near the Void Combination Corridor Array, with many Southern Border cultivators and unknown dangers..."

"Let’s do this: I’ll have your Uncle Xu Zhan accompany you with some family cultivators."

Xu Zhan’s cultivation has reached the peak of the Fourth Realm of Body Cultivation, so there shouldn’t be any problems as long as he doesn’t encounter someone at the Golden Core Realm.

Shen Xiubai had no objections to this.

"When do you plan to leave?"

"The sooner, the better."

Shen Xiubai was clearly someone who disliked procrastination.

Hearing this response, Shen Chongming stood up and said, "In that case, come with me."

The two walked out of the courtyard, heading towards the small courtyard of Xu Zhan and Shen You.

...

Southern Border, Yangquan Mountain.

In the vast palace hall, a figure in a dark red robe was curled up in front of the bed, their body trembling violently.

"Master!"

"Master, are you alright!?"

Beside them, Wushi Qianrou, whose hands were glowing with a bloody light, saw Shen Chongxu’s painful expression and spoke urgently, though she dared not stop her actions.

"I’m... fine!"

"Continue!"

Through gritted teeth, Shen Chongxu squeezed out a few words, enduring the pain of what felt like ten thousand insects gnawing inside him, and sat up cross-legged.

At this moment, his eyes were blood-red, blue veins bulged on his face, and he looked like a bloodthirsty fierce beast, exuding an intense aura of blood fiend.

For years, he had been urging Wushi Qianrou to find the fastest way to break through to the Realm of Perfection of Fetal Breathing.

Wushi Qianrou’s true form, the Netherworld Dog Filth Furnace, although modeled after an ancient demon artifact, still required demon cultivators to adhere to certain rules, refraining from forcing an increase in their cultivation.

According to Wushi Qianrou, it would only take four or five more years, and she could help Shen Chongxu achieve the Great Perfection of Fetal Breathing in the most gentle way with the least cost.

However, Shen Chongxu was unwilling to wait.

As an artifact spirit, Wushi Qianrou naturally dared not defy his orders.

The reason Shen Chongxu was in such pain was that he had driven Wushi Qianrou to help him break through to the Realm of Perfection of Fetal Breathing at all costs today.

Seeing his expression of pain gradually lessen after he sat down again, Wushi Qianrou’s worry eased slightly, and she continued to channel the blood fiend aura from the Netherworld Dog Filth Furnace into his body bit by bit.

It was unclear how much time passed before the figure of Shen Chongxu, sitting cross-legged in front of the bed, mysteriously vanished, replaced by a massive blood cocoon emanating a scarlet glow!

The blood cocoon seemed to possess life, pulsing slowly.

This eerie scene left Wushi Qianrou, the artifact spirit of the Netherworld Dog Filth Furnace, utterly bewildered!

She had stopped infusing Shen Chongxu with more blood fiend power, standing by helplessly, with her gaze fixed intently on the blood cocoon.

"How could this happen?"

"Merely breaking through to the Realm of Perfection of Fetal Breathing shouldn’t cause such a bizarre phenomenon..."