Crafting an Immortal Race with Daily Hexagrams

”There really are some remarkable secrets inside Master Fu Yang’s inheritance bead.”

”But for Xiubai to achieve this, it also couldn’t have been done without three things.”

”The Copper Pot, the Innate Five-Colored Earth, and that section of Earth Mother Spirit Vine root.”

”The Earth Mother Spirit Vine root is that withered tree root Xiubai asked Grandfather for earlier.”

Shen Xiubai explained.

Shen Yuan said nothing after listening.

This was indeed what he had wanted to know.

Logically speaking, no matter how gifted Shen Xiubai was in the Array Dao, before going into seclusion he had only been at the Qi Cultivation Realm.

Even if he had gained some insight into the Inner Five Elements Cycle system, by Shen Yuan’s understanding, for Shen Xiubai to reach where he was now was truly somewhat unbelievable.

People such as the master of the Underworld, the Tribulation Fire Sect Leader, and even the current Great Prosperity True Monarch Xu Xiu—these astonishing Nascent Soul True Monarchs—would likely find it very difficult to construct an independent Secret Realm by their own strength alone.

Yet Shen Xiubai had not only done it, he had also, by some unknown method, directly drawn away half of Danzhou’s Earth Vein Spiritual Qi.

Such methods made even him suspect that Shen Xiubai, like Xu Xiu, might be some old monster reborn.

Now that he heard Shen Xiubai say this, he felt somewhat relieved.

”Great-Grandfather, if there’s nothing else, let’s end it here for today.”

After Shen Xiubai’s voice came from the vortex once more, it slowly faded away.

Shen Yuan let out a slight sigh, stood there pondering for a moment, then clasped his hands behind his back and walked down the mountain.

...

It was late autumn, the night cool as water.

On the second floor of the Black Water Pavilion, Shen Yuan formed a strange spell with both hands; before him, the golden jade seal floating in the air emitted a gentle luster.

He was, according to Shen Li’s request, refining this National Seal Treasure Seal into the Shen Family’s treasure for suppressing their clan fortune and qi luck.

Outside the Black Water Pavilion, a figure radiating moon-white Spiritual Charm stepped lightly across the pitch-black water’s surface.

This figure was none other than Shen Xiubai.

Arriving before the Third Layer of the Black Water Pavilion, Shen Xiubai raised his head to look at the second floor of the pavilion, then his body rose lightly into the air.

”Hm?”

”What Great-Grandfather is refining is...”

Stepping into the room through the second-floor window of the Black Water Pavilion, Shen Xiubai immediately saw the National Seal Treasure Seal floating before Shen Yuan.

His brows furrowed slightly; after pondering for a moment, a trace of delight appeared on his face. Without speaking to disturb him, he simply waited quietly like that.

After a long time, Shen Yuan had preliminarily refined that National Seal Treasure Seal. Once it was slowly nurtured later, allowing it to merge with the Shen Family’s overall qi luck, he could then bestow authority upon the treasure seal and make it the Patriarch Shen’s authority token.

When he opened his eyes, he discovered Shen Xiubai standing quietly by the window.

Seeing him awaken, Shen Xiubai also walked over with a mild smile and respectfully cupped his hands. ”Great-Grandfather.”

Shen Yuan rose and nodded slightly. ”When did you come?”

Shen Xiubai’s current state was very peculiar. If he did not deliberately manifest a physical form, Shen Yuan felt he could appear anywhere in Yunshui City without anyone noticing.

”I’ve been here for a while. Seeing Great-Grandfather refining a treasure, I didn’t speak to disturb you.”

”This treasure seal Great-Grandfather is refining...”

Changing the topic, Shen Xiubai’s gaze fell on the golden jade treasure seal on the desk in front of them.

Seeing this, Shen Yuan gave a light wave of his hand, drawing the treasure seal into his palm, then handed it over to him. ”Your Aunt Li’Er snatched this from the Sovereign of Fushan Country.”

”She said it’s a fine thing used in ancient times by the Immortal Dynasty to suppress national fortune, and asked this old man to refine it to suppress our Shen Family’s qi luck.”

Shen Xiubai examined the golden jade treasure seal. After a moment of consideration, he suddenly cupped his hands and spoke. ”Great-Grandfather, once you’ve completely refined this treasure seal, you can hand it to Xiubai.”

At these words, Shen Yuan’s brows knitted slightly.

Shen Xiubai explained, ”To speak frankly with Great-Grandfather, the Five Elements Secret Realm was created specifically for our Shen Family.”

”But there are not many of our Shen Family’s Direct Lineage clansmen. The majority are still those vassals of other surnames.”

”Previously, Xiubai had always been worried about one problem.”

”Our Shen Family may appear prosperous now, with talent emerging in great numbers, able to firmly suppress those vassals.”

”But in a hundred years, a thousand years, what then? Great-Grandfather also cannot guarantee that our Shen Family’s main bloodline will always flourish without decline, can you?”

Hearing this, Shen Yuan nodded with a grave expression. ”That is indeed true.”

”So you plan to...”

Shen Xiubai cupped his hands. ”Xiubai intends to use this treasure seal as the main hub of the Five Elements Secret Realm, to be controlled only by the Shen Family’s Direct Lineage bloodline.”

”In future, all cultivators who enter the Five Elements Secret Realm must be subject to this treasure seal’s authority. Even if, one day, the main line weakens and the servants grow strong, and the main bloodline can no longer suppress those vassal families, we still won’t lose the Five Elements Secret Realm and become rootless duckweed.”

After pondering for a moment, Shen Yuan looked at him with a faint smile.

”You truly think things through.”

”However, will this not affect the cultivation of the vassal family cultivators?”

Just as Shen Xiubai had said earlier, the Shen Family’s Direct Lineage clansmen were not many; the majority of those under their rule were still cultivators from vassal families.

For the clan to develop better, what they needed was not a group of puppets.

He even hoped that cultivators from the vassal families could continuously rise, so they could share the burden for the main family, rather than letting all the weight press down on the descendants of the Shen Family alone.

”Naturally it won’t.” Shen Xiubai spoke with great certainty.

Hearing this, Shen Yuan did not ask further.

As for the Five Elements Secret Realm, he still did not know much.

But Shen Xiubai had already spent several decades of effort on it; whatever could be considered, he had likely already considered.

”If Great-Grandfather wishes to use this as an authority token, you can refine a duplicate body of this seal.”

”Thus, the main seal will be handed to Xiubai to be fused into the Five Elements Secret Realm, while the duplicate seal will serve as the Patriarch’s token, endowed with authority to suppress the clan’s qi luck.”