Starting with a daily divination to build an immortal clan

Chapter 103 Refining the Flying Sword (4000 words)
Yunshui Town.

It's approaching evening.

People came and went in an endless stream in front of the shops in the middle of the street.

Although Shen Wenping was only thirteen years old, she had been fond of the business of buying and selling since childhood, and the huge shop did very well under her management.

The shop assistants were busy attending to customers when Shen Wenxing rode up on horseback.

"The young master is here?"

An old servant saw him and hurriedly came forward to take the horse's reins.

After dismounting, Shen Wenxing walked into the shop and saw his sister doing the accounting behind the counter.

"Wenping, pack your things and come home with me."

Shen Wenping did not look up.

"Brother, I've been busy these past few days. Is something wrong at home?"

Seeing his younger sister so engrossed in her work, Shen Wenxing smiled and approached her, saying, "Wen'an is back."

Upon hearing this, Shen Wenping stopped what she was doing, a look of surprise appearing on her pretty face.

The siblings are twins, and she has always felt that her brother has mental problems.

But as she grew older, and because it was difficult to see her younger brother for a long time, her feelings towards him changed drastically.

"Uncle Tang".

Shen Wenping put down her pen, closed the ledger, and called out.

The old man hurried over and bowed.
"Miss."

"Uncle Tang, you are not allowed to touch any accounts that I haven't calculated. These are accounts that I have calculated, so you can put them into the warehouse first."

"Have all the shop assistants keep an eye on things, and make sure that the grain being moved out of the warehouse is carefully inspected before it can be sold."

"Sell those inferior grains at a low price as soon as possible, and don't bring any more of that kind of grain over next time..."

Shen Wenxing stood aside, watching his younger sister decisively and skillfully explain many things, and sighed in admiration.

During his years as a steward at the Ascension Pavilion, he was basically a hands-off manager.

Gongyang He and Fang Qing handled all the affairs, big and small, of the Ascension Pavilion.

"Brother, let's go."

After explaining everything, Shen Wenping straightened her clothes and hair, and walked out of the counter with a smile.

Shen Wenxing looked at her: "Tang Bo was hired to be the manager, you don't need to do everything yourself, aren't you tired?"

Shen Wenping smiled dismissively: "I enjoy doing these things, so naturally I don't feel tired."

"If you feel sorry for me, please come and help me more often."

Shen Wenxing waved his hands repeatedly: "I've been busy cultivating lately and haven't been able to take care of the Ascension Pavilion. If I were to come back to help you, Immortal Li would probably kick me out of the Ascension Pavilion if he found out."

Shen Wenping pursed her lips: "My elder brother's monthly salary at Shengxian Pavilion is only twenty taels of silver."

"Our shop is now open, and making a fortune every day will be no problem from now on."

"In my opinion, it wouldn't hurt for you to resign from your job at the Ascension Pavilion."

Resigned?

Shen Wenxing stopped and said seriously, "Nonsense! That's a link to get closer to the immortals. Wen'an is still a disciple of Qiyun Valley. Our Shen family still needs to rely on Qiyun Valley. How can we just give up like that?"

Shen Wenping didn't say anything more, and went to the horses, turning to look at Shen Wenxing.

Shen Wenxing shook his head slightly upon seeing this, and reached out to help him onto the horse.

"I always encourage you to train more. Even if you had the strength of a high-level martial artist, let alone the Acquired Realm, you wouldn't be unable to even mount a horse."

“Your mother is already a martial artist at the acquired level, aren’t you worried at all?”

The little girl pouted and looked over, then immediately covered her ears with her hands.

"Ugh!"

Seeing this, Shen Wenxing had no choice but to mount another horse, and the brother and sister headed towards Jinliu Village.

In the evening, the family sat together for dinner.

Four-year-old Shen Chongming seemed to really like Shen Wen'an, whom he had only met a few times. While eating, he kept moving his stool around and unknowingly ended up next to Shen Wen'an, staring at him with a curious look.

"Chongming, stop being naughty."

Seeing this, Huang Lingxiu quickly got up and went over, grabbing his ear and pulling him over.

"mother!"

"It hurts!"

"Grandpa, help me!"

"I want to sit with my third uncle!"

The little guy was wincing in pain and kept crying out.

"Alright, alright." Shen Wenxing said with a smile, "It's fine if the brat wants to get closer to his third uncle."

After rescuing the little guy from his wife's arms, Shen Wenxing pinched his cheek and said, "You can sit next to your third uncle, but you can't be naughty, understand?"

Shen Chongming nodded repeatedly, then scurried back home.

Shen Wen'an smiled and patted his head.

After finishing his meal, Shen Yuan looked around and stood up, saying, "Shitou, Wen'an, come with your father."

The two put down their bowls and chopsticks, got up and followed him toward the Blackwater Pavilion.

A floating bridge over the pool.

Shen Wenxing glanced at the unguarded bridgehead and asked curiously, "Son, do you remember that you had someone guarding this place, Father?"

Shen Yuan opened the formation with a magic incantation and walked ahead with his hands behind his back.

“There is a protective formation here, and I have already sent the two of them away.”

Shen Wenxing didn't think much of it, but just felt that the two were not suitable for each other and were sent back.

The father and his two sons sat down on the second floor of the Blackwater Pavilion.

"Stone, how's your Azure Dragon Force training going?"

Meeting his father's gaze, Shen Wenxing felt somewhat embarrassed.

"This method is extremely difficult to cultivate, and I... I haven't made much progress recently."

The Azure Dragon Force is a physical training method that is very different from the cultivation methods of immortals.

Tempering the body with spirit refers to cultivating one's own flesh, blood, muscles, and bones.

In the later stages of cultivation, a large amount of precious medicines, demon beast essence pills, and rare and precious materials are still needed.

Although Shen Wenxing has now entered the sect, he has not made much progress so far because he often stays in the Shengxian Pavilion in Anyang County, where spiritual energy is scarce.

Upon hearing this, Shen Yuan seemed to be deep in thought.

"Go and fetch those two manuals, and let Wen'an take a look at them."

Shen Wenxing got up and took the two manuals, "Cloud Dragon Technique" and "Azure Dragon Strength," from the bookshelf next to him.

"Wen'an, these are two magical techniques that your father obtained from some ruins. Take a look and see if they can be of any help to you?"

Shen Wen'an took the book, carefully flipped through a few pages, and then closed it.

"These two methods are of superior quality, but you don't need them."

Since obtaining the Tai Xuan Sword Scripture, he even gave up the Golden Light Technique passed down in Qiyun Valley, so naturally he would not choose to cultivate any other methods.

A hint of disappointment flashed across Shen Yuan's face.

He had thought these two methods would be of some help to his youngest son, but he never expected that his son would look down on them.

“If that’s the case, then I’ll give you something else.”

Shen Yuan stood up and slowly walked towards the stairs next to him. A moment later, he came down carrying a copper kettle.

"Boss, bring me a wine glass."

Shen Wenxing responded by taking a wine glass from the side.

Shen Yuan carefully removed the lid from the copper pot and poured out two drops of spiritual liquid.

As the spiritual liquid was poured out, the concentration of spiritual energy on the first floor of the Blackwater Pavilion instantly increased significantly!

A glint of light flashed in Shen Wen'an's eyes, and he murmured, "Is this spiritual liquid?" "Have you seen this before?" Shen Yuan asked, closing the copper pot.

Shen Wen'an nodded slightly: "I saw Master using it to refine pills in Qiyun Valley."

"The spiritual energy contained in a single drop of spiritual liquid is comparable to that of a complete spiritual crystal."

"More importantly, spiritual liquid can be directly swallowed and absorbed by cultivators, while spiritual crystals need to be refined slowly."

"Where did Father get it from?"

Shen Yuan smiled slightly, carefully touching the bronze pot in his hand, and said, "It was formed by this treasure."

He brought this bronze pot in after the Blackwater Pavilion was built.

It took a year of observation to figure out the origin of the spiritual liquid inside the pot.

This unassuming copper pot seems to possess the ability to gather and transform spiritual energy, absorbing it from the air and refining it into spiritual liquid.

However, this transformation is very slow.

The location of Blackwater Pavilion has a much higher concentration of spiritual energy than the central area of ​​Hidden Dragon Mountain where the Dragon Tamer's Mansion is located.

But in a year, the copper pot only managed to condense a single drop of spiritual liquid.

Shen Wen'an was somewhat surprised to hear this.

He had overheard Pei Zhao mention that spiritual liquid was much rarer than spiritual crystals.

Therefore, in Qiyun Valley, even when refining pills for those above the Fetal Breathing Realm, spiritual liquid is rarely used.

In the cultivation world, a single drop of spiritual liquid can often be exchanged for more than ten spiritual crystals.

"Did Father also obtain this bronze pot from the ruins?"

Shen Yuan nodded and briefly explained the matter of the Dragon Tamer's residence.

After listening, Shen Wen'an pondered for a moment and said, "It seems that there should be other good things inside the ruins."

The moment the thought crossed his mind, Shen Yuan urged, "This spiritual liquid will dissipate after it's poured out, so you should use it as soon as possible."

Shen Wen'an nodded slightly, picked up the wine glass in front of him, and drank the spiritual liquid in one gulp.

Beside him, Shen Wenxing poured some tea into the wine glass and had him rinse it and drink it down.

The spiritual liquid entered the body and instantly transformed into pure spiritual energy that surged through the limbs and bones.

Shen Wen'an immediately sat down cross-legged and began to manipulate the spiritual energy to flow into his dantian.

Within his dantian, a small golden sword floated quietly in the center, emitting a faint light.

A large amount of spiritual energy surged into his dantian, and under Shen Wen'an's control, it continuously washed over the golden sword.

"Let's go out first, so as not to disturb him."

Shen Yuan stood up and walked out of the Blackwater Pavilion.

Shen Wenxing followed closely behind and carefully closed the door.

"Qiyun Valley is currently focused on managing Fengxian County, so there shouldn't be much for them to do at the Cloud Ascension Pavilion, right?"

Outside the Blackwater Pavilion, Shen Yuan stood by the railing, gazing at the rising moon shining on the deep pool.

Shen Wenxing came to his side and nodded slightly: "I heard some time ago that many immortals from various sects have gone to He County. Immortal Li left Yingxian Garden in Zhili Royal City half a year ago and has not returned yet."

"Father, is something the matter?"

Shen Yuan did not answer immediately.

The day before yesterday, Shen Wen'an returned and inexplicably took away the precious sword from the bottom of the pool. In the past two days, the spiritual energy in the Blackwater Pool has become noticeably richer.

Now that I know that my eldest brother has been cultivating in Anyang County for so long, but his Azure Dragon Strength still hasn't made much progress, I can't help but think of having him come back to focus on his cultivation.

The Shen family's current financial situation is different from what it used to be. The reason for keeping the eldest son as a steward in the Ascension Pavilion is not for the monthly salary of twenty taels of silver.

The youngest son is now a disciple of Qiyun Valley, and the Shen family is still on Qiyun Valley's ship. It's not so easy to resign from the position of steward of the Ascension Pavilion.

"Help Dad analyze this."

Shen Yuan turned around and looked at him, saying, "Could you resign from your position as a steward of the Ascension Pavilion?"

Shen Wenxing was slightly taken aback.

This was the second time he had heard that phrase.

When we returned from Yunshui Town, my younger sister Shen Wenping mentioned it, but I never expected that my father would also have this idea.

"Although Qiyun Valley has shifted its focus to Fengxian County, if I bring this up rashly without a good reason, it will inevitably make them uncomfortable."

"After all, for Qiyun Valley, our helping them is a way of showing goodwill."

"Father should still remember Wen'an and the Sword Immortal Lingshan, right?"

Shen Yuan nodded.

"What does this have to do with this?"

Shen Wenxing said with a wry smile, "It seems like there's no connection, but I'm afraid some people might overthink it and think that Wen'an has climbed up to the Spirit Immortal Sword Fairy, and that our Shen family has become arrogant and looks down on Qiyun Valley."

"Whether Qiyun Valley believes it or not, this matter will eventually have some impact on Wen'an."

“Father also knows that Wen’an is not good with words. If he encountered such a thing in the Immortal Sect, he would not know how to explain it at all.”

Shen Yuan nodded slightly and then smiled, "Not bad, your mind is becoming more and more meticulous."

"Then let's put this matter aside for now and talk about it later."

"Alright, let's go back. Who knows how long this kid will be cultivating? There's no need for us to stay here and guard him."

After activating the formation, the father and son left the Blackwater Pavilion and headed towards the courtyard.

……

It was late at night in Fengxian County.

"Senior Brother! Something's happened!"

Pei Yuwan looked grim and hurriedly knocked on Li Heshan's door.

Li Heshan, who was cultivating, was awakened by the noise. He got up, opened the door, and asked, "Junior Sister, what happened?"

Pei Yuwan entered the room and whispered, "Father just used the communication stone to say... that Junior Brother Shen killed Liu Hong of Yashan Academy and forcibly broke out of the mountain gate."

"Most people in the sect now believe that Junior Brother Shen has defected!"

Upon hearing this, Li Heshan's pupils contracted slightly.

"Junior Brother Shen... has defected?"

He murmured incredulously, "How is this possible?"

Pei Yuwan's expression was solemn: "Father doesn't believe it either. Let us go and see if Junior Brother Shen has returned to Yangnao Land."

"If he returns, let us bring him back to our sect as soon as possible; if he doesn't return..."

"That proves that he really betrayed Qiyun Valley."

Li Heshan paced back and forth quietly. Instinctively, he simply did not believe that Shen Wen'an would do such a thing.

But now that Pei Zhao used the communication stone to tell them this in the middle of the night, it must not be a joke.

Moreover, Shen Wen'an also killed Liu Hong, a disciple of the Yashan Academy.

Yao Lin, the head of the Yai Shan Academy, was a vengeful person. How could she let the murder of her disciple go unpunished?

"What does Junior Sister think?"

“Me?” Pei Yuwan was stunned for a moment and shook her head, saying, “That idiot only knows how to cultivate, he would never do such a thing.”

"It must have been Liu Hong who provoked us first!"

Having said that, she looked at Li Heshan with a hint of pleading and said, "Senior Brother, if Junior Brother Shen is really in Yangnao Land, we absolutely cannot bring him back!"

“You know Aunt Yao’s temperament. If Junior Brother Shen goes back, even if he doesn’t die, she will cripple his cultivation.”

Li Heshan nodded.

"Whether we take it back or not is another matter. The most urgent thing is to find Junior Brother Shen and find out what happened."

"If he really intends to defect, then we have been blind. At that time, we must kill him no matter what."

"Elder Ji sent word a few days ago that part of the natural forces in the mountains have been broken. I must stay here in Fengxian County and be ready at any time."

"Junior sister, you should set off for Yunzhong County tomorrow. Junior Brother Shen's way of dealing with people is different from ours. If you really meet Junior Brother Shen, please don't act rashly."

Pei Yuwan nodded slightly, having already made up her mind.

If that guy is really in Yangnao Land, there's no way we can bring him back!
(End of this chapter)