123: Outside the door, danger lurks everywhere.

The closer he got to Linjiang City, the faster Shen Yuanmo's heart beat.

The closer to home, the more timid the heart.

Even though he was now a Golden Core True Person, with a Heart-Nature as tough as iron, facing his soon-to-be-seen relatives still inevitably brought a hint of apprehension and anticipation.

It had been over two years. He wondered how the Family was doing now, and if there were any new Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Had the Family's business completely established itself in Baiyue Prefecture?

Thoughts flashed through his mind one after another.

When the familiar outline of the city, standing by the river, appeared on the horizon, Shen Yuanmo subconsciously slowed down.

His Divine Sense, like an invisible tide, silently enveloped Linjiang City ahead.

His Divine Soul was now strong enough to rival a Nascent Soul Early Stage Cultivator.

Under the shroud of his Divine Sense, every blade of grass, every tree, every grain of sand, and every stone within a hundred-mile radius of Linjiang City appeared in his mind with unprecedented clarity.

Inside the city, it was a scene of prosperity.

People came and went on the streets, with bustling traffic.

Many Cultivators hurried along, their faces filled with awe and yearning, heading towards the magnificent Shen Family mansion in the city center.

Shen Yuanmo could feel that the Glazed Ten Thousand Peaks Array, which enveloped the entire Linjiang City, was still operating steadily, emitting a profound Aura that was even stronger than when he left.

Clearly, the Family's development had been very smooth over the past two years.

A relieved smile appeared on Shen Yuanmo's face.

However, in the next moment.

His smile instantly froze.

His brows furrowed tightly.

In his Divine Sense perception, outside Linjiang City, in the mountains and clouds a hundred miles away in the four directions—southeast, northwest—four unfamiliar figures, filled with ill will and greed, were lurking!

Those four figures had all restrained their Aura, disguising themselves very well.

If it were an ordinary Golden Core Cultivator, they probably wouldn't be able to detect them at all.

However, in front of Shen Yuanmo's terrifying Divine Sense, comparable to a Nascent Soul Early Stage, their disguise was as clear and laughable as fireflies in the dark night.

"Golden Core Stage..."

A cold glint flashed in Shen Yuanmo's eyes.

Those four figures were all Golden Core True Persons!

One Late Golden Core Stage, two Middle Golden Core Stage, and one Early Golden Core Stage.

They were like four patiently lurking hounds, surrounding the entire Linjiang City, forming a huge encirclement.

The faint killing intent and greedy gazes on their bodies were firmly locked onto Linjiang City.

"Are they targeting my Shen Family?"

A surge of anger instantly rose in Shen Yuanmo's heart.

"No..."

Shen Yuanmo's thoughts stirred, and he carefully distinguished the four unfamiliar Auras.

Soon, he sensed a familiar Aura from one of them, the Late Golden Core Stage Cultivator.

It was a fire-element Cultivation Technique Aura, full of explosiveness and scorching heat.

Although it was different from that idiot named Li Yan at the Prodigy Auction, it was of the same origin!

"Qingzhou, Blazing Fire Li Family!"

Killing intent flashed in Shen Yuanmo's eyes!

He instantly understood the key to the situation.

It seemed that when he had casually crippled Li Yan with a punch at the Heavenly Secret Pavilion's Prodigy Auction, the Blazing Fire Li Family had completely held a grudge against him.

For the past two years, he had disappeared without a trace, and they couldn't find him, so they set their sights on the Shen Family!

They didn't dare to forcefully attack Linjiang City, which was protected by a third-tier Grand Array, so they sent people here to monitor day and night, waiting for him to fall into their trap!

As soon as he showed up, they would immediately attack him collectively!

"Good! What a Blazing Fire Li Family!"

Shen Yuanmo's anger turned into a cold laugh.

He had thought that he had merely casually swatted an annoying fly.

But he never expected that behind this fly, there was a swarm of even more annoying flies!

Moreover, they actually dared to set their sights on his Family!

This had already touched Shen Yuanmo's reverse scale!

He didn't immediately rush up to crush all four of those flies.

He wanted to see what these people intended to do.

Shen Yuanmo's figure flickered, restraining all his Aura, and he silently descended onto a mountain peak a hundred miles away, like an ordinary Mortal.

He found a hidden corner, condensed his Divine Sense into a beam, and quietly probed towards the two Middle Golden Core Stage Cultivators closest to him... In a hidden valley east of Linjiang City.

Two middle-aged Cultivators in crimson robes were sitting cross-legged on a large rock, chatting idly.

"Third Brother, tell me, it's been over two years, will that kid named Shen Yuanmo even come back?" one of the slightly fatter Cultivators said impatiently.

"This godforsaken place has pitifully thin Spiritual Qi. After two years, I feel like my cultivation is going to regress!"

"What's the hurry?" The other strong and sturdy Cultivator opened his eyes, glanced at him, and snorted coldly.

"Fourth Elder personally gave the order for us to keep a close eye on the Shen Family here. We must see him alive or his corpse! Do you dare to complain?"

"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare." The fat Cultivator quickly waved his hand, a fawning smile on his face.

"I'm just grumbling. But, for a Foundation Establishment Stage kid who appeared out of nowhere, to have four Golden Core Cultivators waste over two years here, isn't that a bit of an overreaction?"

"Hmph, what do you know?" The strong and sturdy cultivator said disdainfully.

"Young Master Yan is a fire-element mutated Spiritual Root Genius, rarely seen in our Li Family for a hundred years, and the future hope of our Family! Yet, he was publicly crippled by that kid with a single punch, his Dao foundation half-destroyed, turning him into a cripple! If this grudge isn't avenged, how can our Blazing Fire Li Family stand in Qingzhou in the future?"

"What's more..." A hint of greed flashed in The strong and sturdy cultivator's eyes.

"Don't forget, that kid spent fifty thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones at the Heavenly Secret Pavilion auction to buy a broken stone!"

"Fifty thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones!" Hearing this, the fat Cultivator's breathing also quickened.

"A Foundation Establishment Stage kid can casually take out fifty thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones! He definitely has even bigger secrets on him!"

"That's right." The strong and sturdy cultivator nodded.

"Fourth Elder said that stone is definitely not an ordinary item. Our mission this time, besides tearing that kid into ten thousand pieces to avenge Young Master Yan, more importantly, is to dig out all the secrets on him!"

"Hehe, I understand." The fat Cultivator let out a greedy laugh, "Once we catch that kid, we'll make him wish he were dead!"

The conversation between the two, word for word, reached Shen Yuanmo's ears a hundred miles away.

There was no longer any expression on Shen Yuanmo's face.

Only endless coldness remained.

So, they didn't just want to kill him.

They also wanted to interrogate him and dig out the secrets on him!

Good.

Very good.

Since you are so eager to die.

Then I will grant your wish!

Shen Yuanmo slowly stood up.

He no longer concealed his figure.

Instead, he swaggered from the mountain peak, step by step, towards the valley where the two Li Family Cultivators were located.

His Aura was still restrained, making him appear like an unremarkable Foundation Establishment Great Perfection Cultivator.