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Chapter 141 Unknown Hexagrams
While the villagers were busy during the day, Shen Wen'an went home and handed over the bull-headed monster's horns and scales to Shen Yuan.

"These are all good things!"

Looking at the bull horns that resembled raw iron and the thick scales in front of him, Shen Yuan sighed, "It's a pity that we don't know how to forge weapons, otherwise, we might have been able to use these things to create some magical treasures and robes."

Including the items on the minotaur in front of us, there are already quite a few good things in the warehouse that has been converted in the backyard.

It contains the hardest wolf teeth and back scales of the Iron-Spine Demon Wolf, the venom sac and entire skin of the Panshan Python, as well as bones from other demonic beasts.

Shen Wen'an forced a smile.

"Keep it for now, and we can sell it when the opportunity arises."

He had been to Qishan Market.

The spiritual energy has now fully recovered, and the number of cultivators in Yangnao Land will increase day by day.

Who knows, in a few years, a place similar to Qishan Market, where cultivators can trade goods, might emerge in this Yangnao land.

When the time comes, we can take out these unused items and exchange them for spirit crystals, pills, or something similar.

Shen Yuan nodded, then said, "Regarding that little pine tree, I have been looking through the books your master gave me these past few days."

"The jade-green energy you saw on the pine tree should have been a primordial spiritual energy."

Innate spiritual energy?

Shen Wen'an was somewhat surprised.

Although he cultivates the way of the sword and has already refined the Dragon Soul Sword into a sword embryo foundation, he will not need innate spiritual energy to break through to the embryonic breathing stage in the future. However, he still knows some things about innate spiritual energy.

After hearing what his father said, he also felt that the strange, spiritual energy flow might really be innate spiritual energy.

Shen Yuan took out a jade slip and an exquisite jade bottle from his bosom and handed them to him, saying, "This jade slip contains the technique of gathering spiritual energy. Try practicing it later and see if you can absorb the innate spiritual energy into the jade bottle."

Shen Wen'an accepted the jade bottle and jade slip with a nod.

"Father, I'm leaving."

Watching his figure disappear into the distance, Shen Yuan pondered for a moment with his hands behind his back, and decided to go to the Blackwater Pavilion to check on his eldest grandson Shen Chongming's cultivation.

A year has passed since I last chose "The Moonlit Pine Mountain Manual".

Over the past year, with the accumulation of numerous Body Tempering Pills, Shen Chongming has reached the Body Tempering Realm and is now officially beginning to cultivate the "Moonlit Pine Mountain Technique".

The second floor of Blackwater Pavilion.

When Shen Yuan arrived, Shen Chongming was not meditating.

At this moment, he was standing at the second-floor window, holding a large rhinoceros horn bow in his hand, without nocking an arrow, just quietly watching the several alligator dragons that emerged from the water a hundred feet away.

Hearing the noise, Shen Chongming turned around and cupped his hands in greeting: "Grandpa."

Shen Yuan nodded, glanced out the window, and asked, "Have you encountered any problems with your cultivation these past few days?"

Shen Chongming shook his head and said, "Everything went relatively smoothly."

"Grandpa, can I look at the spells and talismans on the third floor?"

“Simply practicing cultivation is too boring.”

Shen Yuan smiled upon hearing this.

"Spells and talismans all require spiritual power to be used. You haven't even entered the Qi Refining Realm yet, so looking at those will only delay your cultivation."

Shen Chongming pursed his lips, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "What about those ancient books?"

The third floor of the Blackwater Pavilion houses many books, most of which were personally compiled and copied by Pei Zhao and given to Shen Wen'an.

Unfortunately, Shen Wen'an was only engrossed in swordsmanship and rarely looked at it.

"Hmm... I can read books when I have nothing else to do."

Shen Yuan thought for a moment and nodded.

Those books not only contained Pei Zhao's understanding of alchemy formations, but also a lot of common knowledge about the cultivation world.

It would be good for the Shen family to go out and explore the cultivation world in advance.

"Then my grandson went to read a book!"

Shen Chongming cupped his hands in greeting and excitedly ran towards the third floor of the Blackwater Pavilion.

"You brat..." Shen Yuan chuckled and called out to him, "Cultivation should be balanced with rest. You can go outside for a walk when you have nothing to do."

Like father, like son. Shen Chongming was also very easy to manage in his spiritual practice, which made him very happy.

However, as the future leader of the Shen family, Shen Yuan still hoped that this young man could interact with more people.

After all, whether in the secular world or the cultivation world, human relationships and social skills are indispensable.

"Grandson understands!"

Shen Chongming responded from upstairs.

Hearing the sound of him flipping through books upstairs, Shen Yuan didn't disturb him and slowly walked down to the first floor of the Blackwater Pavilion to begin his cultivation.

His current cultivation level has reached the peak of the fifth level of Qi Refining. With persistent effort, he should be able to break through to the sixth level soon.

……

Mountain-side Academy.

The academy and the martial arts school were founded at the same time, but compared to the bustling martial arts school, the academy was so deserted that it was practically empty.

Over the years, apart from the children who came to receive enlightenment, the entire academy has only had a dozen or so true disciples.

With other teachers in charge of children's early education, Shen Wenyan and Lu Zhiyuan had plenty of free time every day.

In one corner of the courtyard, a pavilion stands, surrounded by artificial hills, with pines and bamboo vying for attention, and purple orchids and peonies competing for beauty.

A gentle breeze blew, and the copper bells at the four corners of the pavilion rang out with a clear, crisp sound.

Inside the pavilion, the master and his apprentice were playing chess.

"Master, I have something I'd like to discuss with you."

Shen Wenyan, playing black, placed a piece and then spoke leisurely.

Lu Zhiyuan stared at the chessboard, a white piece floating in mid-air from the chess box beside him.

It seemed as if they were waiting for him to continue speaking.

Shen Wenyan said, "I wanted to go out for a walk, but my father wouldn't allow it and even beat me up for it."

The white piece floats towards the chessboard and slowly falls.

Lu Zhiyuan looked up at him and said, "You want me to be your advocate?"

Shen Wenyan cupped his hands and said, "The world is so vast, yet we cannot see the grandeur of its mountains and rivers, nor know the customs of other lands. How can we then create timeless masterpieces and record the flourishing of literature and the Way?"

Lu Zhiyuan nodded, pondered for a moment, and said, "We are nominally master and disciple, but now we are traveling together. There is no path to follow, and I cannot be sure that the path we are on is the right one."

"It's good that everyone goes their own way; we can learn from each other in the future."

"If you are interested, you can go and talk to your father in detail."

"He is a reasonable person and should be able to understand your thoughts."

Upon hearing this, Shen Wenyan's expression turned strange.

The thought of mentioning this to my father sent a burning pain through my back and buttocks.

"Scared?"

"If you're afraid, you can play chess and read books with me in this academy. That would be nice too." A smile appeared on Lu Zhiyuan's face.

Shen Wenyan smiled awkwardly and didn't say anything more. The two continued their game of chess.

night.

After finishing their meal, Shen Wenyan found Shen Yuan playing with Shen Chonghong and Shen Chongxuan in the courtyard.

"Father, there is something I want to tell you."

Shen Yuan gently stroked the head of the big black dog in front of him and said in a deep voice, "Speak."

Shen Wenyan squatted down and looked at Shen Chonghong and Shen Chongxuan, saying, "You two go play somewhere else first."

Upon hearing this, the two little ones pouted and left, looking somewhat unhappy.

Shen Yuan patted the big black dog's head.

As if understanding his meaning, the creature got up and ran towards Shen Chonghong and his brother.

"Son... still wants to go out for a walk."

"Chongxu is almost a year old, and nothing major has happened at home..."

As Shen Wenyan spoke, he kept a close eye on his father's expression.

"Well, let's go."

After pondering for a moment, Shen Yuan spoke calmly.

Ok?
Shen Wenyan looked at him in disbelief and said, "Father... agreed!?"

Shen Yuan sighed and stood up.

"You will have to walk your own path in the end, and your father can't be with you forever."

"Since your heart isn't at home, what's the point of controlling your body?"

As he spoke, he slowly turned around and stared at Shen Wenyan, saying, "Anu, I hope you will have your own bottom line and principles."

“Remember who you are.”

Shen Wenyan was slightly taken aback, then took a step back, bowed, and said, "Father's teachings are etched in my mind!"

"Father, rest assured, I will always remember that I am a member of the Shen family, your son, and the father of Chongxuan and Chongxu."

“He is still Zhao Xuan’s husband,” Shen Yuan added, then continued, “As a son, he should have the responsibilities of a son.”

"As a father, one should have the responsibilities of a father."

"What, now that you're a husband, you don't mention it anymore?"

"What did Zhao Xuan do to wrong you?"

Shen Wenyan lowered his head in shame, and after a moment's thought, said, "I was wrong."

Over the years, he only thought he had given his wife enough respect and adhered to the proper etiquette of a husband, but he never thought about whether Zhao Xuan really liked this kind of "mutual respect".

"Go."

Shen Yuan waved his hand.

They're both adults, but in terms of their lifetimes, he's read far fewer books than his son.

He also didn't want to impose modern thinking patterns on his children.

As parents, we should do our best to help our children pay off any debts they owe.

Shen Wenyan cupped his hands in greeting again and walked towards the backyard.

Shen Yuan stood with his hands behind his back, gazing up at the night sky above, and sighed deeply.

"What did Anu tell you?"

Hu Yufen came out of the room carrying an overcoat, draped it over his shoulders, and asked softly.

Shen Yuan turned his head, gently patted his wife's hand, and shook his head, saying, "You little rascal, you still need to go out for a walk."

Hu Yufen looked somber after hearing this.

"You agreed?"

Shen Yuan snorted coldly and sneered, "Locking him up like this is torture for both him and Zhao Xuan."

"Let him go out and have some fun, suffer a bit, and maybe he'll settle down and live a good life."

Shaking off the clothes on his shoulders, Shen Yuan turned around and sighed:
"After that little bastard leaves, you should visit his yard more often and take care of Zhao Xuan and her two children."

Hu Yufen nodded and then took his arm, saying, "Please take good care of Brother Shuan as well."

"Especially Da Hu and Da Hu's children."

“Over the years, Brother Shuan and his son have been helping us with everything without ever complaining.”

Shen Yuan nodded: "I'm reading it."

He had already given the Zhao family some preferential treatment during the first hunting competition.

Although Zhao Jinhu earned that immortal opportunity through his own abilities, all he gave Liu Fang of the Liu family at the time was the incantation for the Five Elements Breathing Method.

As for Zhao Jinhu, he had someone send him an extra twenty Body Tempering Pills.

"I'll talk to Da Hu and his son again tomorrow."

Shen Yuan pondered for a moment before speaking.

Since we've decided to compensate the Zhao family, let's offer them another chance at immortality.

Zhao Jinhu's son, Zhao Tuan, was to cultivate the complete cultivation method, just like the direct descendants of the Shen family.

"Go to sleep, it's getting late."

The couple returned to their room, and Shen Yuan spoke.

It was late at night, almost midnight.

Shen Yuan awoke from his cultivation and his consciousness sank into his sea of ​​consciousness.

A moment later, the white jade tortoise shell in his sea of ​​consciousness suddenly lit up with a golden light.

Immediately afterwards, a new hexagram slowly emerged.

[The divination result has been updated!]

[Today's Divination - Unknown]: Heaven's secrets are unpredictable, the future is uncertain, and the fate of family member Shen Wenyan is about to change.

Under the watchful eye of divine sense, a strange mist slowly rose from the tortoise shell in the sea of ​​consciousness.

Then, the entire tortoise shell was shrouded in mist.

Seeing this, Shen Yuan was filled with suspicion.

For more than twenty years, apart from the previous "Purple Star Hexagram" given by the tortoise shell regarding the dragon tamer's residence, another strange "unknown" hexagram has appeared.

What does this mean?
Gazing at the white jade tortoise shell completely shrouded in mist in his sea of ​​consciousness, and recalling the last line of the divination, "The fate of family member Shen Wenyan has changed," Shen Yuan fell into deep thought.

He was also unsure whether the divination indicated good or bad fortune for Shen Wenyan's upcoming journey.

During its moment of contemplation, the eerie mist on the white jade tortoise shell slowly dissipated.

After the fog finally dissipated completely, the divination symbols on the tortoise shell had vanished without a trace.

(End of this chapter)