A bad omen

Actually, Zhong Qing had already prepared these things for them; it was just a coincidence that he gave them to them in advance.

“Oh, right, Master, where is Seventeenth Shixiong?”

After a moment of ecstasy, Shen Jinkuo glanced at the people around Zhong Qing and, not seeing Feng Buqun, asked in confusion.

“Your Master arranged a small task for him; he will naturally return after some time.”

“Let’s go!”

At this moment, Zhong Qing was already eager to return to the Sect and begin improving the strength of his Disciples.

Soon, the group set off again, flying through the air under the moonlight!

Under the moonlight!

Above the clouds!

The Xianshan Sect members were dejectedly making their way.

They couldn’t understand why their Sect Master would believe an outsider’s words and give up such immense wealth.

Just then, Chen Xianshan seemed to sense something.

He lifted his gaze.

In the southeast direction, a group of figures, like a swarm of meteors, whizzed past dozens of miles away from him.

Among that group, he saw a figure.

It was Shen Jinkuo.

However, what made his pupils constrict was that this head of the Shen Family branch was currently fawning over a young man, acting extremely respectful and obsequious.

Both parties were traveling, crossing paths at different angles dozens of miles apart.

Although it was just a fleeting glance as they passed each other.

This scene, however, stirred endless waves in his heart.

Earlier, Shen Jinkuo had said he had important business to attend to on this trip.

Since the other party didn’t say what it was, he couldn’t very well ask.

But looking at it now, he already had the answer to the important matter the other party spoke of.

But what kind of existence was Shen Jinkuo?

The head of the Shen Family branch!

Backed by the Shen Family, a behemoth that had produced Great Emperor powerhouses.

It could be said that in terms of strength alone, he was a unique existence throughout Shuo North.

Not to mention the Shen Family behind him.

Yet, such a figure was now trying his utmost to curry favor with a young man!

What was that person’s identity? What was his origin?

A look of surprise and doubt flashed in Chen Xianshan’s eyes.

However, it was also this scene that further solidified his belief that his choice to lead his Disciples out of the Beast Clan Secret Realm was not wrong.

He even had a faint feeling that Shen Jinkuo telling him to withdraw from the Beast Clan Secret Realm competition was related to that young man.

…

Time flies, years pass like shuttles!

In a flash, it was already the day before the Beast Clan Secret Realm was set to open.

This day!

For the entire Glow Valley, it was undoubtedly an exhilarating day.

Because for them, Glow Valley could break the Secret Realm’s Seal one day earlier, thereby directly entering it and completely claiming the Treasure Trove within for themselves.

Before the abyss!

Figures were numerous, and experts stood tall.

These were all high-ranking members of Glow Valley.

“Sect Master, let’s begin!”

An Elder began to urge their Sect Master to use the Glow Pearl to remove the precarious Formation Seal within the abyss.

“No rush!”

Su Qianxi surveyed the abyss before her.

Then she looked at an old man beside her and said, “Please, Elder Su, cast a divination for this trip to determine its fortune or misfortune.”

At these words, numerous gazes converged on Elder Su, their eyes filled with respect.

Elder Su, whose real name was Su Que!

He was the Grand Elder of Glow Valley.

His strength was immense; three thousand years ago, he had already attained the Venerable Realm.

He was the strongest stabilizing force in Glow Valley, apart from the Old Ancestor.

Compared to his strength.

He also possessed another ability that stood out in the entire Glow Valley, surpassing all others.

That was his mastery of divination and fortune-telling.

He had extraordinary achievements in predicting fortune and misfortune.

Over the years, relying on the Grand Elder’s divination and fortune-telling, Glow Valley had avoided countless deadly calamities and obtained numerous Treasures.

There was even a saying circulating within the entire Glow Valley Sect: You can doubt whether you are your parents’ biological child, but you must never doubt Elder Su’s divination and fortune-telling.

From this, one could see how deeply ingrained his prestige was in people’s hearts.

Under everyone’s gaze, Su Que, with his gray hair and a face as withered as ancient tree bark, looked at the abyss and said.

“Since the Sect Master has spoken, this old man will cast a divination for this Secret Realm trip.”

In his heart, he was reluctant to cast a divination.

This world emphasizes Karma.

There is always a give and take.

Over the years, he had indeed made a great name for himself with his divination skills.

But revealing heavenly secrets would inevitably incur backlash from the heavenly Dao.

Every time he cast a divination, a portion of his Lifespan would be lost.

With his original Lifespan, he could have lived for at least tens of thousands of years, yet precisely because he had revealed too many heavenly secrets, he now resembled a decaying old man.

The reason he followed his Disciples this time was that he had already prepared to seize the Secret Realm’s Treasure Trove with absolute martial power.

But the Beast Clan Secret Realm was no small matter.

This was the slumbering ground of the ancient Three-Eyed Phoenix Hound Clan.

That race had produced numerous Saint Realm powerhouses.

Even if the Three-Eyed Phoenix Hound Clan had long vanished into the river of history, the things they left behind should not be underestimated.

Soon!

Su Que began his divination!

He formed hand Seals and cast out a Yin and Yang wondrous stone.

The two stones rotated with a mysterious regularity.

Initially slow, they soon spun rapidly like a top.

Not long after, a cracking sound was heard, and the rotating divination stone actually broke into two halves.

“Pfft…”

This divination stone was connected to Su Que’s mind; as the stone was damaged, Su Que’s mind was instantly wounded, and after spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood, his face turned pale at a visible speed.

This scene made everyone’s hearts tremble.

Even those who didn’t know much about divination and fortune-telling, seeing this, knew that this was absolutely not a good omen.

But everyone still asked, “Elder Su, how is it?”

Su Que, after taking a few ragged breaths, said with a horrified expression, “An ominous divination, a greatly ominous divination.”

“Sect Master, this Secret Realm cannot be entered.”

“Entering it will bring great disaster!”

“We must retreat immediately!”

“Otherwise, it will bring unimaginable crisis to our Glow Valley.”

After speaking, he again spat out a mouthful of fresh blood and directly fainted.

“Elder Su…”

Everyone exclaimed.

“First, take Elder Su back to rest!”

Su Qianxi’s brows furrowed tightly, her mood plummeting to rock bottom.

What she had initially thought was a heaven-sent Opportunity, turned out to be a great calamity in Elder Su’s words.

What should their Glow Valley do next?