Crafting an Immortal Race with Daily Hexagrams-Chapter 294 - 190: Jade True Thunder Mansion (Part 4)

The Silver Thread Centipede wriggled its body ingratiatingly and nodded furiously upon hearing the words.

Shen Li giggled twice, then stood up and ran toward the floating bridge.

"Xiao Yin, follow!"

She ran while looking back at the Silver Thread Centipede.

After leaving the floating bridge, one person and one insect ran along the Black Water Pool ahead.

Occasionally encountering some wild animals on the way, the Silver Thread Centipede behind Shen Li would shoot forward like lightning, precisely capturing and killing them.

The Silver Thread Centipede had been refined by the Centipede Leader's toxic fire, and after its body was reduced in size, its strength not only didn't weaken but actually became stronger.

Just its current speed and defensive capability alone are not something that cultivators of the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer can compare to.

Couple that with the deadly poison within it, even though it might not kill a Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer cultivator in one strike, it's pretty close.

In the distance, at the edge of the pool.

Xu Xiu was fishing on a boulder as usual.

Shen Li's giggling echoed through the woods, catching his attention.

Xu Xiu opened his eyes and saw a little girl of about four or five skipping towards him, followed by a Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer Centipede Demon.

A strange light flickered in his eyes, and he muttered to himself, "What a peculiar aura."

"This is..."

"Eh!?"

When Shen Li led the Silver Thread Centipede close by, she suddenly noticed Xu Xiu on the smooth boulder and stopped in her tracks.

When she had brought the Silver Thread Centipede back from the mountain,

her third uncle, Shen Wen'an, had instructed her not to let the Silver Thread Centipede wander around here.

Because the Silver Thread Centipede was extremely poisonous, and the people living around here were all Shen Family members, especially the students in the academy, most of whom were ordinary people.

Even a slight contamination from the poison of the Silver Thread Centipede could be troublesome and might even be fatal.

It was precisely because of this that Shen Li had taken the Silver Thread Centipede to places with fewer people.

But she hadn't expected to encounter someone here.

The Silver Thread Centipede had already caught up, and upon seeing Xu Xiu, it sprang forward to stand in front of Shen Li, slowly raising its front body.

"Xiao Yin, don't move recklessly."

Shen Li spoke, and then intended to take the Silver Thread Centipede back.

"Little girl, come here."

Seeing this, Xu Xiu slowly stood up and called out.

Shen Li looked at him suspiciously, feeling somewhat puzzled.

But thinking that this was Shen Family's territory, outsiders couldn't possibly enter without permission.

She didn't think much of it and walked over step by step.

"Grandpa, are you fishing?"

Xu Xiu chuckled and walked down from the boulder, saying, "Are you a child of the Shen Family?"

"What's your father's name?"

Shen Li shook her head slightly.

She only vaguely understood that she couldn't mention her father in front of her mother, so she never asked for her father's name.

Xu Xiu saw this and turned to ask, "What do you call Shen Yuan?"

"That's my grandpa..."

Shen Li said, then curiously asked, "Who is Grandpa, why don't I know you?"

Xu Xiu laughed heartily and said, "Oh, I'm a friend of your grandpa's."

So he was Grandpa's friend...

Shen Li thought in her heart, then respectfully cupped her hands and said, "Shen Li greets Senior..."

"Haha..."

Xu Xiu, seeing this, stroked his snowy white beard and laughed heartily.

"Girl, just call the old man Grandpa."

He walked slowly to Shen Li's front, looking her up and down, with a hint of realization and a peculiar smile in his eyes.

In front, the Silver Thread Centipede's head was still raised high, its compound eyes full of vigilance.

Xu Xiu glanced at the Silver Thread Centipede, thought for a moment, and then said, "Girl, have you read that Ancient Beast Skin Book?"

Shen Li grew a bit alert upon hearing this.

Seeing this, Xu Xiu smiled and said, "Don't worry, I gave that book to your grandpa years ago."

"I didn't expect that by a twist of fate, it would turn out to be so useful."

But seeing the doubt still lingering on Shen Li's face, as if she didn't believe him.

Xu Xiu continued, "You haven't fully comprehended the content of that book."

"The Witchcraft and Gu Dao focuses on the soul, not on spirit and techniques."

"A powerful Divine Spirit makes communicating with the heavens, even traversing the rivers of space and time, not a problem."

Hearing him say this, Shen Li widened her eyes in astonishment.

"Has Grandpa also read that book?"

Xu Xiu nodded with a faint smile, "Do you believe now?"

"Let me tell you, those symbols in the book aren't talismans drawn by Immortal Dao cultivators with Spiritual Power, but rather a kind of Soul Talisman."

"A Witch Cultivator, using the Power of the Divine Soul, can engrave those Soul Talismans on the Gu Insects, establishing a psychic connection with them."

"They can also ask gods, grant blessings, change fate, kill enemies... the uses are endless."

Shen Li listened intently, then suddenly looked up and said, "Is Grandpa a Witch Cultivator too?"

Xu Xiu was slightly stunned, then laughed and shook his head, "The old man is not a Witch Cultivator, just a well-read person, I found this stuff in books."

"But if there's anything you don't understand in that old book, we could certainly discuss it together."

Upon hearing this, a hint of joy appeared on Shen Li's face, "Really?"

"There's so much in the Ancient Beast Skin Book that Li'Er doesn't understand."

"Grandfather couldn't explain it either."

"If Grandpa can understand, then I should be able to cultivate!"

Being born with an Innate Spirit Body and already five years old, if she were cultivating the Immortal Cultivation Technique, she might have already achieved success in Qi Cultivation by now.

But studying that Ancient Beast Skin Book alone, aside from subduing a Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer Silver Thread Centipede, she hadn't made much progress in cultivation.

Xu Xiu nodded slightly, "Don't rush, cultivating the Divine Spirit requires a calm heart."

"Since this matter has been brought up today, let the old man first guide you on calming the mind."