Crafting an Immortal Race with Daily Hexagrams

Chapter 289: Chapter 189: Entering the Seven Sages Mountain Secret Realm Again_5

”Daddy, hold me...”

”Xiuzhuo, slow down, don’t fall!”

In the courtyard pavilion, Mu Lingxun held Shen Xiuchan and laughed as she called out.

Shen Chongming watched his son in the distance, who staggered with every step and seemed likely to fall at any moment, but did not approach him.

When Shen Xiuzhuo finally reached him, he stretched out his hands to pick him up and walked slowly to the pavilion.

”Husband.”

Mu Lingxun stood up to greet him.

Shen Chongming nodded and said, ”Where is Youran?”

Mu Lingxun’s expression dimmed slightly, then she smiled and said, ”Sister went to the old courtyard.”

”Mother is not feeling very well.”

Hearing this, Shen Chongming immediately frowned and asked, ”What’s wrong with mother?”

”I don’t know, but...”

She was about to speak when Chen Youran returned from outside.

”Husband.”

Shen Chongming turned to her and asked, ”What’s wrong with mother?”

Chen Youran shook her head slightly, ”It seems that there was some mishap in her cultivation. Third Aunt adjusted it a bit for her, and she’s fine now.”

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongming breathed a sigh of relief. After putting Shen Xiuzhuo down, he took Shen Xiuchan from Mu Lingxun’s arms, played with him for a while, and said to Chen Youran, ”I’m planning to go to Seven Sages Mountain again in a few days when I’m not busy.”

Chen Youran was startled by this and asked, ”Should I go with you?”

Shen Chongming shook his head, ”This time I can go alone. You stay home, watch the children, and cultivate well.”

”Lingxun should do the same.”

After handing Shen Xiuchan back to Mu Lingxun, Shen Chongming looked at her and said.

”Don’t worry, husband. I will cultivate well.”

”Sister, you and husband chat first. I’ll take Chan’er to rest for a while.”

Knowing that her strength was low and she couldn’t contribute to these matters, Mu Lingxun consciously took the child and left.

After the couple sat down in the pavilion, Chen Youran hesitated for a moment before speaking, ”I met grandma when I went to the old courtyard just now.”

Shen Chongming softly said, ”How is grandma?”

Lately, there have been a lot of family affairs, and it had been a while since he last visited Hu Yufen.

Chen Youran shook her head slightly, ”She has yet to break through Qi Cultivation and is showing signs of aging.”

”Grandfather hasn’t been going to Black Water Pavilion to cultivate much lately. He spends most of his time accompanying grandma in the back courtyard.”

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongming’s expression turned somewhat heavy.

Mortal humans have a lifespan barely over a hundred years.

Although grandmother Hu Yufen had reached the Body Tempering Realm, she had borne four children, resulting in severe blood and energy loss, preventing her from reaching the Body Tempering Realm’s lifespan limit of one hundred and fifty years.

Now, having surpassed her eightieth year, she almost has no chance of breaking through to Qi Cultivation without some extraordinary opportunity.

”Grandfather wants to spend more time with her...”

Shen Chongming spoke softly.

Chen Youran pondered for a moment and said, ”Husband, I’m sure that grandfather also hopes for grandma to break through to Qi Cultivation and extend her lifespan.”

”He’s probably reluctant to trouble us, the younger generation, so he hasn’t said anything.”

”But just because he doesn’t say it, doesn’t mean we can pretend not to know.”

As the matriarch of the Shen Family, Hu Yufen holds a very high position among the younger generation.

”What do you plan to do?”

Shen Chongming held the mischievous Shen Xiuzhuo in his lap and gave him a little pat on the bottom to keep him quiet for a moment.

Chen Youran thought for a moment and said, ”I want to accompany you to the Seven Sages Mountain Secret Realm.”

”Recently, I’ve asked grandfather for some books related to Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects, focusing on those treasures helpful for life extension and breakthrough.”

”The point of this trip to the Seven Sages Mountain Secret Realm is to see if we can find something for grandma to use, as a token of our filial respect as the younger generation.”

Shen Chongming nodded after hearing this.

”All right, when the time comes, leave Xiuzhuo with mother for a while, and we’ll go to Seven Sages Mountain together.”

...

Jinghe Market.

Shen Wenping was checking a new batch of talismans sent by the Celestial Talisman Sect.

A reserved disciple of the Celestial Talisman Sect followed alongside her.

Seeing that Shen Wenping had finished checking the talismans, he cupped his hands with a smile and said, ”Sister Ping, everything is all right this time?”

Shen Wenping nodded and then thought for a moment before saying, ”When you return, please tell Immortal Master Zhang to have the disciples under him make fewer defensive talismans.”

”The low-tier defensive talismans simply don’t sell.”

The reserved youth scratched his head awkwardly and said, ”Sister Ping, you may not know, but we disciples with lower cultivation invariably first think about self-preservation.”

”So... most of the senior and junior disciples prefer drawing defensive talismans.”

”During a confrontation, if you don’t have three or five defensive talismans on you, there’s no sense of safety.”

Shen Wenping glanced at him and said lightly, ”If everyone thinks that way, won’t the Spirit Crystals be earned?”

”When your senior brother comes to distribute Spirit Crystals at the end of the month and finds so many missing, he’ll come back and settle accounts with you.”

”These defensive talismans just sit here, and as the spiritual power slowly dissipates, it’s all waste.”

The reserved young man repeatedly cupped his hands, ”Rest assured, Sister Ping, I’ll make sure the senior and junior brothers craft more of the other types of talismans when I go back.”

Shen Wenping nodded.

After the cultivator from the Celestial Talisman Sect slightly cupped his hands, he left the shop.

Nearby, a Qi Cultivation Second Layer Shen Family cultivator approached with a smile and said, ”Miss is truly impressive; you’ve got even these Immortal Masters from the Immortal Sect under your command.”

Upon hearing this, Shen Wenping paused slightly with the pen in her hand and chuckled, ”Immortal Masters are also human. They need Spirit Crystals to cultivate, and I can make Spirit Crystals for them, so they have to be courteous.”

”Of course, it’s also because of our family’s backing.”

The Shen Family cultivator nodded in agreement.

”By the way, how about the things I asked you to find out?”

Shen Wenping suddenly asked.

Upon hearing this, the Shen Family cultivator looked bitter and said, ”The items Miss wants to find are real treasures. Moreover, apart from four other Immortal Sects keeping watch, the ancestors from other Immortal Sects and Noble Family cultivators are also waiting to pick up a bargain in this market.”