162: The family migration shook Qingzhou.

When Shen Yuanmo's figure silently reappeared in the Shen Family's deliberation hall, the sky was already faintly lit.

Inside the hall, the lamps burned brightly.

Shen Zongdao, Shen Qiming, and Shen Qifa had not slept all night.

None of them spoke, merely sitting stiffly in their chairs, their gazes occasionally drifting towards the door, with unconcealed anxiety and worry deep in their eyes.

Although Shen Yuanmo had appeared calm and confident before he left.

That was Qingzhou Prefecture after all, a colossal entity ruling an entire province, a Fourth-Rank Noble Family with a Legacy spanning thousands of years!

They had even set up an inescapable trap, clearly a Hongmen Banquet.

Could Yuan Mo... truly handle it?

Just as the three of them were restless, each day feeling like a year.

Creak—

The door to the hall was gently pushed open.

A familiar and tall figure in green robes, bathed in the first ray of morning light, appeared at the doorway.

"Yuan Mo!"

The three of them almost simultaneously sprang from their chairs, their voices filled with unconcealed delight and excitement.

"You're back!"

Shen Zongdao rushed forward, his aged hand gripping Shen Yuanmo's arm tightly, his cloudy old eyes scanning him repeatedly.

When he saw that Shen Yuanmo's green robe, though stained with dried dark red blood.

His aura was stable, his spirit full, with no signs of injury, only then did the heart that had been suspended all night finally drop back into place.

"It's good you're back... it's good you're back..."

The old man's eyes instantly reddened, and his voice carried a hint of an almost imperceptible choke.

"Old Ancestor, Father, Shen Qifa, I'm back."

Shen Yuanmo looked at the haggard yet concerned faces of his three Family members, feeling a warmth in his heart, and a gentle smile appeared on his face.

"Qingzhou Prefecture... the matter... is it resolved?"

Shen Qiming, as the Family Head, forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart and asked cautiously.

Although seeing his son return safely, he had already guessed the outcome, but had that colossal entity, which had occupied Qingzhou for thousands of years, truly... been resolved?

He still felt somewhat unreal, as if he were dreaming.

Shen Yuanmo did not answer directly.

He simply walked calmly to the huge pear blossom wood table in the center of the hall, then, facing the three of them, he waved his hand casually.

Clatter, clatter, clatter—!

A crisp, spine-tingling sound of metal and jade colliding suddenly rang out!

The next moment, a scene that Shen Zongdao and the other two would never forget occurred.

Massive, mountain-like piles of resources appeared out of thin air on the tabletop, and were continuously increasing at a terrifying speed!

Storage Rings and Storage Pouches, shimmering with various colors of light, were casually thrown out like worthless trash.

Magic Treasures and Spiritual Artifacts of various grades, brilliant with light and overflowing with treasure aura, almost lifted the entire ceiling of the hall!

Bottles of High Grade Medicinal Pills, sealed in white jade bottles, were neatly arranged, and a rich medicinal fragrance instantly filled the entire hall.

Just a single whiff made the three Foundation Establishment Cultivators feel the magic power within them stir restlessly!

And the most exaggerated were the Spirit Stones!

Low-Grade Spirit Stones and Mid-Grade Spirit Stones were completely unworthy of appearing here.

A small mountain entirely composed of High-Grade Spirit Stones, emitting a captivating pure spiritual light, almost crushed the sturdy pear blossom wood table!

The entire deliberation hall, at this moment, was illuminated by this terrifying wealth, like a legendary Heavenly Palace Treasure Hall!

Shen Zongdao, Shen Qiming, and Shen Qifa were completely stunned.

They gaped, their eyes wide like copper bells, staring blankly at the wealth before them, enough to make any Fifth-rank noble family green with envy and madness, their minds a complete blank.

"This... this... this..."

Shen Qifa Shen Qifa, as an Alchemist, his gaze was fixed on those Medicinal Pill bottles.

He could clearly perceive that many of them were legendary Tier 3, and even some Tier 4 treasured pills, which he had only seen in ancient Pill Formulas!

He pointed at the pile of Medicinal Pills, his lips trembling, too excited to speak coherently.

"Yuan... Yuan Mo... these... these are all..."

Shen Yuanmo seemed to have just done a trivial thing; he poured himself a cup of tea, gently blew on the hot steam, and then spoke indifferently.

"Oh, these."

"Those four old fogeys from the Wang Family, their Family head Wang Teng, and some miscellaneous items from their Family treasury."

"I found it troublesome, so I just packed it all up and brought it back."

Miscellaneous items... packed up and brought back... This sentence, like a Nine Heavens divine thunderbolt, struck the three of them squarely on their heads.

They felt their worldview, at this moment, completely shattered by Shen Yuanmo's understated words.

A Fourth-Rank Noble Family that had ruled Qingzhou for thousands of years, accumulating thousands of years of heritage, and wealth that countless Cultivators dreamed of.

In Yuan Mo's mouth, it was merely... some miscellaneous items?

Then what would true wealth look like?

Shen Zongdao sharply drew a cold breath; he finally struggled out of that extreme shock with difficulty.

He looked at Shen Yuanmo, and asked in a dry voice, "Yuan Mo, do you mean... the Wang Family... the Wang Family is already..."

"Yes, annihilated."

Shen Yuanmo nodded, speaking calmly, as if he had merely casually swatted a fly.

"From top to bottom, four Nascent Souls, dozens of Golden Cores, all dealt with cleanly."

"Now, Qingzhou belongs to the Shen Family."

Boom!

Despite being mentally prepared, when they heard Shen Yuanmo confirm it with their own ears, the three still felt their hearts being fiercely gripped by an invisible large hand, almost stopping their beat.

Annihilated... a Fourth-Rank Noble Family, just like that... annihilated?

And by Yuan Mo alone!

Shen Yuanmo put down his teacup, looking at their still unrestrained expressions of shock, he knew it was time to add more fuel to their fire.

"Old Ancestor, Father, Shen Qifa."

His voice was not loud, but it carried an unquestionable power.

"Linjiang City is too small."

"It can no longer carry the future Luck of our Shen Family."

He stood up, his gaze sweeping over the three, and said word by word.

"I have decided that in five days, the entire Family will migrate to Qingzhou City!"

"Linjiang City will henceforth serve as a branch Family's station for our Shen Family."

The entire Family migrating!

Taking control of Qingzhou City!

This news once again shook the three of them to their core.

But this time, they had no hesitation or doubt.

"Good!"

Shen Qiming, as the Family Head, was the first to react. His eyes burst with unprecedented brilliance, and he seemed to have aged twenty years younger, full of vigor!

"I'll go arrange it immediately! Five days! No! Three days! Within three days, I will surely have all clansmen and all Family assets prepared!"

The entire Shen Family, at this moment, due to Shen Yuanmo's return and the news he brought back, fell into an unprecedented atmosphere of excitement bordering on madness.

Countless clansmen, upon learning that they were about to migrate to the legendary Qingzhou City and become its New Masters, were moved to tears of excitement.

They straightened their backs, their faces beaming with genuine pride and confidence.

Meanwhile.

The news that the Wang Family of Qingzhou was annihilated, with four Nascent Soul Ancestors, including Family Head Wang Teng, all perishing at the Grand Ceremony of the Hundred Clans!

This news, like a winged plague, swept out from Qingzhou City at a terrifying speed, engulfing the entire Baiyue Prefecture, and even several surrounding prefectures like Yunze Prefecture and Cangwu Prefecture!

The first reaction of all families and Cultivators who heard this news was absurdity, that it was absolutely impossible!

"What kind of joke is this? The Wang Family annihilated? Who did it? Did a Spirit Transformation True Monarch make a move?"

"A Golden Core Cultivator? Single-handedly? Killed all four Nascent Souls of the Wang Family? You must be telling stories! Who would believe such nonsense!"

"Fake! It must be a rumor! The Wang Family has stood in Qingzhou for thousands of years, how profound is their heritage, how could they be annihilated just like that!"

However, when the Chen and Zhang families jointly issued a public announcement in the name of the "New Master Shen Family of Qingzhou," proclaiming it to the entire Qingzhou, and began to ruthlessly purge all of the Wang Family's vassal forces with lightning speed.

When the Wang Family's Spirit Stone mines and Spirit Medicine fields were divided and occupied by the two great families.

Everyone was finally forced to believe this terrifying truth that made their scalps tingle and their limbs turn cold.

The Wang Family was truly gone!

Qingzhou, indeed... had changed its sky!

For a time, the entire Qingzhou, and even several surrounding prefectures, fell into a dead silence.

Countless families held emergency meetings overnight, and everyone's gaze turned towards that unfamiliar name rising amidst the storm.

Baiyue Prefecture, Shen Family!