126: Right, Lord Sequence of the Ancient Shen Family!

While speaking, Shen Nian selected a sword at the Peak of the Soul Transformation realm named Fuyuan. As soon as it was in his hand, a wisp of the sword spirit radiated a sense of resistance.

"Hahaha, after tens of thousands of years, this master has finally emerged! You junior, you actually... Ouch, wrong, wrong, wrong..."

"My Lord, please spare me! I submit, I submit!!"

In the blink of an eye, Shen Nian stored it in his spatial ring.

This sudden turn of events made the corner of Murong Chen's mouth twitch, and then he put on a serious expression and replied, "Brother Shen, do you believe in love at first sight?"

"?"

Shen Nian narrowed his eyes, a trace of chill radiating from him.

Murong Chen immediately shuddered and quickly explained, "Brother Shen, it's not what you think! What I mean is, I actually felt very close to you the moment I saw you. I wanted you to be my family. I thought about having you as my brother, but I felt I wasn't worthy. Adopting you as a foster father felt like the wrong generation. After thinking it over, 'brother-in-law' is the best!"

"..." Shen Nian's eyelid twitched as he said in a deep voice, "Speak like a human."

( # ^ . ^ # ) "Hahaha, didn't fool you." Murong Chen scratched his flaming red hair and gave an awkward laugh, then sighed softly. His expression turned unprecedentedly serious as he slowly began to speak.

"Although my sister has good talent, she is simple-minded. From childhood, she has never dealt with strangers. When we were young, I often pretended to be pitiful to trick her out of food. Although she was reluctant, she still gave it to me. You have to know that my sister values food more than her own life. That was when I decided that she would be my sister."

"When we came here, my old man told me that my sister might be some kind of Reincarnated Immortal. I acted quite shocked, and although I didn't say anything on the surface, I was actually quite scared in my heart..."

"I thought, if my sister is really some kind of Immortal, logically, why would she be reincarnated? Aren't Immortals supposed to be Immortal? Or is it that she was..." Murong Chen's eyes filled with a trace of anger when he said this, but he quickly suppressed it.

Then, he laughed again.

"Let's not even talk about her past life. Even in this life, I've never believed that my sister is my father's biological daughter. Just looking at that beauty, I knew Mother was lying to us. I just never mentioned it. Anyway, having an extra beautiful sister is actually quite nice. It's just that when I was young, I was always worried: what if my sister's real family came looking for her?"

"What if she was taken back and had a bad life?"

"And if someone bullied her... what could I do?" Speaking of this, Murong Chen gave a self-deprecating laugh and continued, "Any power that could make Mother deliberately hide her identity is definitely one that my Sunset Valley cannot afford to offend. I never even considered those self-deceiving lies, like her being an abandoned Young Miss or a baby girl Mother accidentally picked up..."

"Hahaha, what power would have the heart to abandon such a beautiful sister?"

"Furthermore, if that were the case, why would Mother need to lie to us?"

"The result is simply that Mother brought her here to escape. When Mother left for the last time and never returned, it wasn't because she was delayed by something. It must be that my sister's affairs were discovered by that power, and Mother could never come back..." Murong Chen's eyes turned slightly red, and his tone was filled with a hint of sorrow.

Shen Nian stopped in his tracks, turned around to glance at Murong Chen, a look of shock in his eyes. He began to size up Murong Chen, as if seeing him for the first time.

"You are very smart," Shen Nian said softly.

"Smart... I should be happy that Brother Shen is praising me." Murong Chen muttered to himself, then squinted and smiled, "But I actually don't want to be this smart. That way, I wouldn't have so many troubles..."

"The most painful thing is knowing everything, but being unable to do anything about it..."

"Brother Shen, so I can only play dumb, hahaha. But my dad is truly stupid. Despite his high cultivation, he acts like an idiot every single day..."

Shen Nian was silent for a moment, then asked, "So you want your sister to follow me?"

"Yes." Murong Chen lowered his eyelids to look at the red hair on his chest and continued, "Ever since the day Mother didn't return, I knew there wouldn't be much time left for Sunset Valley. But given my talent, it would be a blessing to reach the Nascent Soul realm in ten years, let alone resist a power that even my mother, a powerhouse at the Void Return level, couldn't fight against."

"So I started searching everywhere, looking for a way to resolve this hidden danger, or someone who could solve all of this..."

"Lu Ya of the Xuan Guang Cave was once a target in my plan. Unfortunately, after a brief contact, I saw that this person was arrogant and unruly. He appeared to be a gentleman but was actually petty. He was the type of person who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals. I decisively gave up; he is not worthy of my sister!"

"I originally thought it would be hard to find the person I was looking for in this place called Great Xia. I was even prepared to risk my life to go to the Upper Realm. For this, I spent half a year searching for information about the Upper Realm, but I didn't expect to hear the news about Brother Shen..."

"I heard the story of an extremely young Hunyuan Grandmaster killing demons with one hand, so I rushed over with that blockhead Luo Zheng. In my haste to find Brother Shen, I had that blockhead Luo Zheng do some stupid things. Luckily, I ran into you, Brother Shen, as soon as I arrived..."

"Actually, at first, I was just saying it casually. If Brother Shen had agreed at that time, I would have hesitated instead. After all, I consider myself smart, but I have never been able to see through Brother Shen..."

"Until later, as we interacted more, I became increasingly convinced that Brother Shen is the person I am looking for. You seem cold but are actually sentimental, especially that breathtaking talent, which even exceeded my imagination..."

"In my opinion, even if my sister is a Reincarnated Immortal, she probably cannot compare to Brother Shen. This is not me exaggerating; it is a kind of intuition that seems to constantly remind me... His future will not be confined to this world. Whether it's Great Xia or the Upper Realm's Five Domains, they are all just passing scenery on his life's journey..."

Murong Chen said this with a smile and looked at Shen Nian, "Moreover, Brother Shen comes from a behemoth like the Shen Family. With their protection, invincibility is only a matter of time. Right, Son of the Sequence of the Ancient Desolate Shen Family?"

Being able to scare Lu Ya into that state, being able to come to Great Xia for training, and having a Void Return powerhouse as a servant—it must be that Supreme power on the Eastern Profound Star, the Shen Family.

However, he hadn't guessed Shen Nian's specific status yet, as he didn't know much about the Shen Family. He just thought that with such terrifying talent, Shen Nian must be a Son of the Sequence, or perhaps he had already become the designated Clan Chief.

As soon as these words were spoken, Shen Nian's expression turned slightly solemn, and he said softly, his tone carrying a hint of coldness.

"Being too smart is not good. Excessive intelligence leads to harm. Perhaps this is the reason why your talent is poor..."

Hearing this, Murong Chen's expression changed slightly, and he smiled bitterly, "Brother Shen, I've played with my cards open. I've confessed everything. From beginning to end, I never thought of plotting against you. I really just wanted to set you up with my sister..."

"Brother Shen, if you don't believe me, I know you have ways. You can search my soul..."

Shen Nian glanced at him and smiled indifferently, "Alright, I still prefer you when you're being a bit cheeky."

He had indeed wanted to distance himself from Murong Chen just now, but on second thought, he still faced many problems. Having a smart person to help him, and one who was trustworthy, wasn't a bad idea.

"So Brother Shen likes this style, I understand!" Murong Chen's flaming red eyebrows jumped, and he revealed a cheeky smile, then added, "So, what does Brother Shen think? My sister should be quite easy to pursue. The key is to prescribe the right medicine. You just need to attack her... not the stomach, just be good, and I guarantee you'll have her tamed and obedient!"

"..." Shen Nian's mouth twitched, and he said, "No need. I don't like to force such things. As for your sister, you don't need to worry too much. She will be fine..."

With the fate of a Daughter of Destiny, how could anything happen to her?

She can even be reincarnated after dying, so tell me, who could kill her?

"With those words from brother-in-law, this younger brother can rest easy!" Murong Chen chuckled.

"...That's not what I meant."

Murong Chen put on an 'I understand, I understand' expression.

Shen Nian was speechless. Seeing that the Cultivation Method Pavilion seemed to be showing signs of dissipating, he continued to select swords, while Murong Chen wandered around.

"Formation, Alchemy, Sword Refining—he learned quite a lot..." Shen Nian looked at the swords around him and began to take some interest in the owner of this ruin.

He walked past in a few steps.

Shen Nian noticed a heavy sword named "Flame-Devouring Fire Phoenix"?

Although it was called a sword, it actually looked more like a heavy ruler.

Although its grade was not high, only Golden Core, its function...

"Some time ago, my Senior Brother visited, wanting to forge a sword for our newly admitted Junior Sister who possesses the Flame God Body. The grade didn't need to be too high, just for use during the transition phase. I thought that the Flame God Body is a Divine Fire Physique, which can make all the fires in the world the Supreme among fires. So, I spent half a year tempering it with exotic fire, which can help our Junior Sister in her cultivation of the Fire-type Divine Physique..."

Shen Nian silently read the introduction. After a slight hesitation, he took it down and put it into his spatial ring, then pondered in his heart.

"The owner of this ruin was actually a Sect Disciple. Could it be that this place is a Sect?"

Thinking this, Shen Nian felt it was quite likely. These layers of tests didn't look like they were protecting a ruin; they looked more like they were used to select Disciples.

Immediately, Shen Nian continued to select swords, but he froze after taking just half a step.

At this moment, Murong Chen's voice also sounded.

"Brother Shen, there's writing here: 'Those who have attained the entry level of the Canglan Sword Formation can take nine; those with Minor Achievement can take eighteen; Major Achievement, thirty-three... those with Perfection can take as many as they want.'"

"Holy crap, Shen..." Murong Chen turned around and discovered that Shen Nian's body was radiating a terrifying aura of sword Formation.

"Hiss... No way, that's insane!"

"I must have guessed wrong. Could Brother Shen actually be the Old Ancestor of the Shen Family!"

"How can there be such a Prodigy!"

Meanwhile, Jiang Churan, who had already walked out of the ruins, was munching on a large pear. She looked back, her brows slightly furrowed.

The Nine Tribulations Sword Spirit inside her also sensed something.

"Hmm?"

"The aura of a Perfection-level Void Return sword Formation!"

"Could that kid have triggered some Restriction?"

"His luck is really quite bad..."