Longevity: My Talents Are a Bit Abundant-Chapter 436: From Allies to Enemies

Cave Mansion.

Shen Xuan repeatedly reviewed the letter from Shen Xiuxing.

In the letter, Shen Xiuxing mentioned that Ding Yuyao had always been concerned about Shen Xuan.

She often recounted the past events from many years ago.

"Your father, he was truly a skilled man!"

"Marrying your father was the greatest blessing of my life!"

"Your father will be a Sect True Master in the future!"

Shen Xuan put down the letter and looked at Su Xue’Er silently clearing away the dishes.

"Xue’Er, if I recall correctly, you are now sixty-one years old, right?"

Su Xue’Er lifted her no longer clear gaze, looking at Shen Xuan with confusion.

After a long while, she softly replied.

"Husband did not forget, I am indeed sixty-one."

Shen Xuan placed the letter from Shen Xiuxing on the table.

"Take a look."

"Alright."

Su Xue’Er opened the letter, reading slowly.

Shen Xuan walked out of the dining hall alone, going into the backyard.

Moonlight like water, gently spilled onto him.

Shen Xuan stood with his hands behind his back, gazing up at the sky, feeling desolate and lonely.

Su Xue’Er walked over softly.

"Tomorrow, I’m going to Qing Yun Immortal City to see her off for the last time."

"Are you going?"

Su Xue’Er was startled.

"I may go as well?"

If Su Xue’Er goes, it would acknowledge her status as a concubine.

"Go and see her. She’s gone; there’s nothing left to fret about!"

Shen Xuan said faintly.

"Go back and pack. We’ll leave first thing in the morning."

...

Next morning.

Shen Xuan left Cold Jade Peak.

This time, he had two people by his side.

One was his concubine, Su Xue’Er.

The other was Master Xiao Jinsong, a Fake Pill True Master of the Sect.

Xiao Jinsong had a stern demeanor, Vice Hall Master of the Spirit Sword Peak Battle Hall.

Rumor had it that Xiao Jinsong was the top of the Sect’s Fake Pill Realm.

He was ordered by the Sect Master to personally protect Shen Xuan throughout.

"Thank you for your trouble, Master Xiao,"

Shen Xuan bowed to Xiao Jinsong and said.

"Haha, I just wanted to get out for a while to relax! Don’t worry about it."

"Yes, Master Xiao."

Shen Xuan was respectful.

The three of them arrived at the Cyan Cloud Sect’s mountain gate.

A sect’s flying ship had already docked voluntarily.

Shen Xuan boarded the flying ship with Su Xue’Er, followed by Xiao Jinsong.

They were the only three passengers on the entire flying ship.

"We can go!"

"Yes!"

Hearing Xiao Jinsong’s command, a Foundation Establishment Realm disciple piloting the Sect’s flying ship replied.

Throughout the journey, the atmosphere was heavy.

Knowing Shen Xuan was going to a funeral, Xiao Jinsong closed his eyes to rest, saying little else.

Three days later.

The sect’s flying ship smoothly arrived at Qing Yun Immortal City and stopped inside.

Shen Xuan, with Su Xue’Er, headed directly to the Shen Mansion in the western city.

The mourning hall was already set up. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Shen Xiuxing, Shen Xiuyan, and a group of offspring, about a dozen people, were keeping watch for Ding Yuyao.

"Father, your child is unfilial!"

Kneeling, Shen Xiuxing led the Shen Mansion people to kowtow towards Shen Xuan.

Shen Xuan waved his hand, saying nothing.

He went to Ding Yuyao’s memorial tablet, lit three sticks of incense, and placed them in the censer on the table.

Then, Shen Xuan went to the coffin at the front of the hall, where a red light flashed in his eyes.

Through the coffin, Shen Xuan saw the eighty-eight-year-old Ding Yuyao, smiling peacefully, dressed in burial clothes, quietly lying there.

After offering incense, Su Xue’Er changed into hemp mourning clothes, kowtowed a few times, and knelt among the mourners.

Shen Xuan silently sat to the side.

That night, led by Ding Yijin and Ding Yixuan, the Ding Family cultivators came in succession to pay their respects and condolences.

...

Three days later.

A lone grave appeared in the suburbs of Qing Yun Immortal City.

The tombstone inscribed with "Tomb of Mother Ding Yuyao."

The signatories were Shen Xiuxing, Shen Xiuyan, and other children and grandchildren.

Shen Xuan’s name was not engraved on it.

According to the local mundane customs, a husband should mourn for his wife for a year.

Shen Xuan, being an immortal cultivator, did not need to observe this.

He sat quietly in front of the grave for a night.

Throughout, Xiao Jinsong remained hidden, following Shen Xuan within a five-zhang radius.

Morning.

Shen Xuan stood up and spoke to Shen Xiuxing and Shen Xiuyan kneeling behind him, "This is your Aunt Su."

Upon hearing this, Shen Xiuxing, Shen Xiuyan, and the people from the Shen Mansion bowed towards Su Xue’Er.

After confirming Su Xue’Er’s identity, Shen Xuan said, "Xue’Er, stay at the Shen Mansion temporarily to handle the Madam’s affairs."

"Yes. I will handle it well."

Shen Xuan nodded, gazing at the tombstone, and his form gradually vanished into the void.

A hundred breaths later.

Ten miles away.

Shen Xuan asked Xiao Jinsong beside him.

"Master Xiao, shall we return on our own, or go back to Immortal City and take the Sect’s flying ship?"

"Let’s return on our own. The flying ship is too slow."

On the way there, they took the Sect’s flying ship primarily considering that Su Xue’Er’s realm cultivation was too low, unable to sustain sword flight for long.

"Alright!"

Xiao Jinsong summoned his lifebound flying sword, its entire body a deep blue, its sharpness restrained.

"Spiritual Artifact!"

Shen Xuan was slightly surprised in his heart.

It was his first time seeing a spiritual flying sword.

And it was water attribute at that.

Shen Xuan called out the Ice Soul Divine Sword, following behind Xiao Jinsong.

The two of them flew on their swords all along the way.

Xiao Jinsong gradually sped up.

Shen Xuan kept a constant distance of ten zhang.

He couldn’t help but secretly nod.

"No wonder Junior Sister Cold Jade chose him as her disciple after much deliberation; it’s a pity!"

Xiao Jinsong sighed softly in his heart.

In the sky a thousand feet high, the strong wind was unbearable for ordinary cultivators.

Xiao Jinsong, being a Fake Pill True Master, was naturally unafraid.

What surprised him was that Shen Xuan, who was only at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, was also unaffected.

While flying over a Grand River.

"Ah!"

At this moment, a sudden change occurred!

Shen Xuan’s body suddenly fell at an incredible speed.

Xiao Jinsong’s expression tightened.

"Shen Xuan, is this necessary?"

As he spoke, Xiao Jinsong’s figure flickered and he caught up with Shen Xuan.

However, Shen Xuan was now standing on water, with his aura released, and the Ice Soul Divine Sword was deployed in front of him.

"Master Xiao, why is it necessary? Returning to the sect to say I slipped and fell into the water, isn’t that good?"

Xiao Jinsong laughed angrily: "Shen Xuan, you are a Water Cultivator, can’t you come up with a better excuse?"

Shen Xuan shook his head.

"Disappearing after falling into the water. This reason fits well."

"When Master Mysterious Trace hears it, he will know the truth."

Xiao Jinsong fell silent.

After a while, he said in a melancholy tone, "The sect has focused on supporting and nurturing you, and will surely help you condense your Inner Core. What are you dissatisfied with, that you would betray the sect and flee?"

"Master Xiao is a sword cultivator, right?"

"What if the sect focused on cultivating you to farm and become a Spirit Plant Cultivator, would you be willing?"

Xiao Jinsong’s face stiffened.

"I only have talent for sword training, I don’t know anything about planting."

"Do not impose on others what you do not desire for yourself. This principle, Master Xiao must know, right?"

"Moreover..."

Shen Xuan suddenly smiled: "What benefits did True Master Changsheng promise you to make you take action?"

Xiao Jinsong was suddenly shocked and blurted out, "How do you know!"

Shen Xuan smiled and said, "If it weren’t so, why not return to the sect by the sect’s flying ship?"

Inside the sect’s flying ship, not only were there disciples at the Foundation Establishment Realm, but there was also a recording array, allowing the sect to monitor in real-time.

In fact, from the moment he saw Xiao Jinsong, Shen Xuan had secretly used the [Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil] technique.

Ominous!

The closer he got, the stronger the warning.

All these years, he had been hiding in Cold Jade Peak, never venturing out.

Last time, Hu Xiucheng of the Spirit Pill Hall attempted to lure him to Qing Yun Immortal City.

Shen Xuan’s alchemy skills were becoming increasingly refined.

If nothing unexpected happened, he would become Cyan Cloud Sect’s second Tier Three Pill Master.

This would have been a tremendously good thing for Cyan Cloud Sect.

Only, for True Master Changsheng, it was probably a tremendously bad thing.

True Master Changsheng was not ready to step down.

Sharing power with others is not as good as holding it alone.

As for True Master Cold Jade.

Everyone knew her alchemy skills came from Shen Xuan.

She was actually just a half-baked Pill Master.

Her talent in alchemy was far inferior to Shen Xuan.

Moreover, True Master Cold Jade’s ambition did not lie in alchemy.

"Shen Xuan, you shouldn’t have spoken out."

Xiao Jinsong said coldly, "You are a smart person, this is not necessary."

"Or do you really think that because you once successfully assassinated a Fake Pill True Master, you can surpass me?"

"With just that Golden Body Realm Perfection Body Refining Technique?"

Clearly, Xiao Jinsong had come prepared, having secretly investigated Shen Xuan beforehand.

Shen Xuan glanced at Xiao Jinsong’s Spiritual Flying Sword.

"Master Xiao, your flying sword is quite good. It must have been nurtured for many years to ascend to a Spiritual Artifact, right?"

"Junior is in need of a Spiritual Flying Sword. Considering we are of the same Cyan Cloud Sect lineage, Master Xiao, if you offer this Spiritual Flying Sword as compensation, I will spare your life."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jinsong was left speechless.

He had never seen such an arrogant person.

He was the number one Fake Pill in Cyan Cloud Sect!

"Courting death!"

Above the river surface, towering waves rose.

Three hundred years of spiritual power from the Fake Pill, overwhelming in momentum, flooded into the azure Spiritual Flying Sword.

The next moment.

The Spiritual Flying Sword let out a sword cry, radiating light, drawing upon the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, gathering into a flash of azure sword light, instantly shooting towards Shen Xuan.

The killing intent was chilling.

Sword Qi spread wantonly.

A strip of azure light appeared along its path.

Shen Xuan stood on water, smiling, watching the terrifying sword light cut towards him.

"True Master of the Battle Hall, number one Fake Pill in the sect!"

"So what!"

Shen Xuan shook his head.

A surge of violent energy rose in his heart.

"Roar!"

With a roar.

Shen Xuan’s body expanded drastically.

With a green face and tusks, wielding a golden staff.

Behind him, appeared a jade-green Flood Dragon Dharma Aspect.

"Boom!"

The golden staff accurately struck the azure sword light.

With just one strike, it shattered the sword light.

"Sixteen-foot Golden Body, Immortal Gold Armor, Flood Dragon Dharma Aspect!"

"You’ve broken through to the Dharma Realm!"

Opposite, Xiao Jinsong was astonished.

Theoretically, the cultivation speed of a Body Refining Master is much faster than that of a Spirit Cultivator.

However, breaking through in body cultivation is even more challenging than in spiritual cultivation.

The entire Cyan Cloud Sect did not have a single Body Refining Master in the Dharma Realm.

"Amazing, from mere Middle Stage Foundation Establishment, you secretly refined your body to the Dharma Realm!"

"Such an achievement, unheard of! Shen Xuan, in the three thousand years since Cyan Cloud Sect’s founding, you are truly unprecedented!"

"If you think breaking through in body cultivation to the Dharma Realm means you can defeat me, you are too naive!"

Xiao Jinsong shook his head, laughed, and formed a spell with his hands. The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi surged madly, and the inscriptions on the Spiritual Flying Sword gradually lit up, exuding an extremely terrifying killing intent.

In the Cultivation Realm, the status of a Body Refining Master in the Dharma Realm is not as high as that of a Fake Pill True Master.

In magical combat, as long as a Body Refining Master of the Dharma Realm is kept at a distance, the Fake Pill True Master can assuredly win.

Xiao Jinsong was entrusted heavily by Master Mysterious Trace, and generously bought by True Master Changsheng.

Both recognized Xiao Jinsong’s strength.

Being a Water Cultivator, Xiao Jinsong could definitely suppress Shen Xuan.

This time, the body of the Spiritual Flying Sword shone brightly, once again shooting rapidly at Shen Xuan.

Xiao Jinsong no longer tested, instead directly demonstrating true sword cultivator strength.

The spiritual-grade flying sword carried a terrifying momentum to destroy all, locking onto Shen Xuan.

Sword intent was magnificent!

Killing intent fierce!

It seemed like it was about to penetrate Shen Xuan’s flesh body with one strike!