144: This kid is really something!

An old man with a goatee lay lazily on a rattan chair. His two front teeth were long gone, causing him to lisp slightly when he spoke. Only a few sparse white hairs remained on his head. He constantly held a bronze mirror, examining himself in it, and spoke with dissatisfaction.

"Replying to Eighth Grandfather, he is the thirteenth generation of our direct lineage. This also blames my unfilial descendant, Shen Min..." Behind him, a tall, two-meter-tall white-haired elder, dressed in a moon-white robe, exuded an imposing aura without anger. He was meticulously massaging the old man, his expression respectful, yet with a hint of sadness in his eyes.

Alas~

He had never expected that after entering Cangtian Palace, he had intended to enjoy his later years.

Instead, he ended up serving the old man with the goatee, becoming the youngest Junior in Cangtian Palace and working as a servant.

There was nothing he could do!

The seniority in Cangtian Palace was simply one generation higher than the next.

However, the good thing was that he only needed to take care of the Shen Family's Eighth Ancestor and the Shen Family's Seventh Ancestor, who seemed to suffer from severe Alzheimer's. He only occasionally needed to check on the others, as their memories had long since vanished... Unlike the most Prodigy Second Ancestor, who managed to survive from ancient times and even appeared in the great war fifty thousand years ago, the others were relatively weaker, unable to resist the Demon Dao of the Eastern Profound Star while also making a move.

If this scene were to be witnessed by the outside world, it would undoubtedly shake the entire Five Domains.

Because this elder in the moon-white robe was precisely the Shen Family's Ninth Ancestor, Shen Qing!

A super expert who had pushed Body Refining to its extreme, capable of manifesting a Dharma Idol at the Dao Realm!

But if others knew the identity of the old man with the goatee, they would be even more shocked. Shouldn't this Shen Family's Eighth Ancestor have perished long ago?!

"Hmph!"

"He's already getting special privileges at such a young age, is he?"

"Giving him a cangtian token at thirteen?"

"Why not just let him be the Family Head? Can he bear the burden of the hundreds of billions of living beings of the Human Race?"

"If I weren't stuck here, I'd give him a good beating!"

"When did our old Shen Family start doing such things? Just wait until your grandson moves in; I'll show him!" The old man with the goatee snorted coldly.

Shen Qing, while massaging his shoulders, said, "Actually, I agreed to this at the time. One reason is that Shen Nian's talent in the Talisman Dao is indeed quite Prodigy, and the second is that with my grandson temporarily taking the lead, Shen Nian doesn't have to bear the pressure of directly facing the Heavenly Demon Realm..."

"Oh ho?"

"Protecting your own?" The old man with the goatee put down the bronze mirror and turned to look at Shen Qing.

That look was very familiar, and Shen Qing's mouth twitched.

"Eighth Grandfather, why don't we just forget it? You're so old, and you're still hitting people?"

"Heh heh, how old do you have to be before you're no longer my grandson?"

"Hurry up!"

Shen Qing displayed a look of utter despair and walked in front of the old man with the goatee, his tone heavy and somewhat ashamed, saying, "Can we change the location?"

"No!" The old man with the goatee said very seriously.

The next second.

A wooden ruler landed in the old man with the goatee's hand.

Clap, clap, clap!

The wooden ruler struck Shen Qing's backside. His Physical Body felt no pain, but a trace of despair flickered in Shen Qing's eyes. Fortunately, there was no one else here at the moment, otherwise, he truly wouldn't have the face to live on.

"Alright!"

"It's good to correct your mistakes!"

"Didn't you say you let Nether Moon bring that kid Shen Nian in? What do you want to do?"

"Do you really want him to inherit the cangtian token?"

The old man with the goatee raised an eyebrow and asked.

Only those here clearly knew.

Throughout the Shen Family's history, only three people truly fully controlled the cangtian token: the First Ancestor, the Second Ancestor, and the Seventh Ancestor. The others merely had the right to use it and could not activate the cangtian token's true functions.

Even he failed the artifact spirit's assessment back then.

"Eighth Grandfather, I think it's possible. The artifact spirit said that Shen Nian's Cultivation speed is abnormally fast..." Shen Qing replied very seriously.

"Fast?"

"How fast can it be?"

"Is it faster than your Seventh Ancestor, who entered the Dao Realm in one step?" The old man with the goatee raised an eyebrow again and said, "This isn't your first time Cultivating; don't you know that speed is useless?"

"What our Shen Family needs is strength!"

"Only by reaching the extreme in every realm, with an unprecedented Foundation, can one step onto an unprecedented Dao!"

"If it's just fast, what's the use?"

"Does the Human Race still lack ordinary Dao Realm cultivators?"

"What if there were ten more?"

"Can they be produced faster than the Yao Race?"

Shen Qing, who had been lectured, also frowned and said, "Actually, the artifact spirit also said that Shen Nian seems quite fierce in the same realm, and even used us as a comparison."

"Oh?"

"How did it compare?" The old man with the goatee became interested upon hearing this, then added, "Can this old man take him down with one hand?"

"This..." Shen Qing showed a difficult expression and then said, "The artifact spirit said that before his Physique Awakening, there were seven people who could defeat him in a battle of the same realm... three won completely, four won barely, and only you, Eighth Ancestor, were not his opponent..."

"!!!" The old man with the goatee's face instantly darkened, and he scolded, "Nonsense!"

"And before his Physique Awakening!"

"So, after his Physique Awakening, even the First Ancestor isn't his match?"

The next second.

The old man with the goatee froze, seeing Shen Qing nod seriously, his eyes also filled with shock.

"What Physique does he have?" The old man with the goatee couldn't help but ask.

Shen Qing took a deep breath, his heart also greatly astonished, and slowly said, "Born an Immortal, first among three thousand, Chaos Divine Body!"

He was also dumbfounded when he first heard this news!

To be honest, Shen Nian's Physique was personally tested by him, and there was no Divine Body at all. But the artifact spirit never lied; except when ordered by its true master, it always acted according to the rules. The reason Shen Qing wanted to see Shen Nian was to confirm it with his own eyes.

This was even more exaggerated than fast Cultivation speed or Prodigy Sword Dao talent!

If Shen Nian truly possessed the Chaos Body, then nothing else needed to be considered. They just had to protect him at all costs and wait for his Divine Body to reach Major Achievement. There would be no need for the Sequence War or anything else!

This was the value brought by being the first among three thousand!

Sometimes, Shen Qing often wondered if his grandson Shen Min had already seen it?

But that wasn't right either; as a Body Cultivator, his perception of Divine Bodies should be the deepest!

As soon as these words were spoken, the old man with the goatee was stunned.

"Chaos Body?" The old man with the goatee asked, somewhat uncertainly.

Shen Qing nodded: "The artifact spirit said so..."

"…" The old man with the goatee fell silent, his eyes filled with unconcealable excitement, then he howled, "Good, good, good!"

"A Chaos Body has been born in our Shen Family! This is the fortune of the Shen Family, the fortune of the Human Race!"

"Who are you glaring at with those bull eyes? Still standing there foolishly?"

"Why aren't you bringing my precious great-great-great-great-grandson here??"

"Do you want another beating?"

Shen Qing's eyelid twitched, feeling a bit speechless.

Just at this moment.

Boom!

A huge rumbling sound rang out.

The two of them simultaneously looked outside the courtyard.

"This..."

"This door is cast from ancient Spirit Stone, and its weight is terrifying. His Physical Body hasn't even reached the Void Return level... I'll go."

"He can push this?"

"This kid is truly powerful!"