Chapter 507: Chapter 226: Battle with the Underworld, Prey and Hunter (Part 5)

Upon hearing this, Luo Yao immediately clasped her hands in salute, transforming into a stream of light and flying towards Yunshui City.

At this moment, beneath Yunshui City, the Shen Family members and the cultivators in the city were all looking up at the sky covered with dark clouds.

"Third Aunt, did Third Uncle... achieve the Golden Core Dao?"

"Grandfather, is our Shen Family about to become a Golden Core Family?"

The young ones in front of Shen Yuan and Wei Qiuling looked at them with faces full of expectation and asked.

Even Shen Wenxing glanced at his father and Wei Qiuling.

Shen Yuan did not speak.

Although he had never seen the scene of a cultivator breaking through to the Golden Core, he vaguely felt that Shen Wen’an had failed in his breakthrough.

"Qiuling, you witnessed Elder Jiang’s breakthrough back in the day. Is this situation..."

Uncertain in his heart, Shen Yuan looked at Wei QiuLing and spoke heavily.

Beside him, Shen Chongzhen also looked at her with hope.

Wei QiuLing’s expression was somewhat unsightly; though she did not speak, everyone could see the answer from her expression.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the scene was somewhat oppressive.

In the eyes of many young members of the Shen Family, Shen Wen’an was like a god.

But now, the anchor of the Shen Family failed during his breakthrough to the Golden Core, and this result was hard for them to accept.

"Mother... Father he..."

Shen Chongzhen’s eyes were filled with tears as he gently grasped Wei Qiuling’s cold hand.

Wei Qiuling also seemed dazed as she stared blankly at the rain pouring from the sky.

But just as everyone was immersed in deep sorrow, a figure holding an oil-paper umbrella suddenly appeared on the winding path far from the manor.

The figure wore a green robe, gripping a sword in his left hand and holding an oil-paper umbrella with his right, walking slowly in the pouring rain.

Shen Wen’an arrived under the eaves of the manor, put away the oil-paper umbrella himself, and facing the astonished and complex expressions of the crowd, he asked somewhat suspiciously, "What’s going on?"

Upon hearing him speak, Shen Chongzhen was the first to react and rushed directly to him.

"Father!"

Shen Wen’an patted his head with a rare gentle expression on his face.

"Third Uncle, did you... succeed in your breakthrough?"

Shen Chonghong asked somewhat doubtfully.

Others also looked at him nervously.

Shen Wen’an shook his head and said, "Not exactly successful, my current realm is at the Half-Step Golden Core Realm."

Upon hearing this, Wei QiuLing frowned slightly.

Half-Step Golden Core...

That is a realm in which some cultivators with insufficient foundation and momentum find themselves stuck, unable to advance.

Shen Wen’an’s foundation and talent should be far stronger than Jiang Xiuqi from Luoxia Mountain; Jiang Xiuqi was able to break through successfully in one fell swoop, so Shen Wen’an shouldn’t be stuck at this realm.

"There are still two years until the next great harvesting."

"If I break through to the Golden Core directly, I won’t be able to act."

"It’s not too late for me to break through after this great harvesting is over."

Seeing Wei QiuLing’s confusion, Shen Wen’an explained.

Upon hearing this, Wei QiuLing was somewhat dumbfounded.

This is a breakthrough to the Golden Core!

How did it become like breaking through a small realm in Qi Cultivation, stopping halfway and waiting two more years to continue breaking through?

"Aren’t you being a bit too confident?"

Wei QiuLing felt somewhat displeased, thinking that Shen Wen’an was being too reckless.

Shen Yuan and Shen Wenxing, having the same thought, also felt somewhat guilty.

A cultivator’s breakthrough to the Golden Core requires a certain timing, as well as luck and opportunity.

Being able to break through but choosing not to, just to protect the family one more time, left them feeling uncomfortable.

Sensing his father’s and brother’s strangeness, Shen Wen’an smiled gently, "Father, brother, don’t worry. The Golden Core is at my fingertips. As long as I want to, I can break through at any time."

His face was filled with confidence.

This wasn’t any boastful statement.

The Divine Three Flowers had already formed, and the Golden Wheel was successfully forged.

To break through to the Golden Core now, he only needed to activate the Golden Wheel and communicate with Heaven.

Moreover, at the time, he could "Sword Opening Celestial Gate" again, using the spiritual power descended from the Celestial Gate to enrich the Golden Core.

This way, it would avoid what happened to Jiang Xiuqi during his breakthrough, where the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Veins within hundreds of miles were drained.

Seeing his confidence, Shen Yuan and the others did not say anything more.

After sending the younger ones away, the father and sons came into the side room.

"Wen’an, what exactly is the Underworld?"

Shen Yuan asked heavily while Shen Wenxing and Wei Qiuling looked at him.

The terrifying fluctuation in the void earlier, they sensed something vaguely, but it wasn’t clear, and they didn’t see anything specific.

After a moment of thought, Shen Wen’an spoke, "The Underworld is a mysterious force that targets the Golden Nature of cultivators."

"Whenever a cultivator is about to break through to the Golden Core and receive the boon of Golden Nature from Heaven, they appear to seize the Golden Nature and prevent the breakthrough."

Hearing this, the three of them had solemn expressions.

"So, earlier above Yunshui City, did you fight with someone from the Underworld?"

Wei Qiuling asked with a worried expression.

Shen Wen’an nodded, then his expression became somewhat dim.

He took out a golden crystal the size of a fingernail from his bosom and told of the Fu Yang incident.

After he finished speaking, the three of them were all filled with sighs in their eyes.

After a moment of silence, Shen Yuan declared in a heavy tone, "In that case, whatever exists at the bottom of the Laishui River is related to the Underworld." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Shen Wenxing’s face turned somewhat unpleasant.

His disciple, Xu Zhan, was intricately linked to something at the bottom of the Laishui River, and that thing was related to the Underworld.

This meant that Xu Zhan also had some connection with that mysterious Underworld.