114: Chapter 114 Uncle Nine, you're awesome!

Shen Chong recalled what had happened in the Secret Realm and replied, "I have seen Ninth Elder take action!"

"Really? When?" Shen Quan was suddenly startled. When had Ninth Uncle ever taken action?

He had not seen Ninth Uncle take action in all these years.

Shen Chong took a deep breath and said slowly, "It was in the Secret Realm. Ninth Elder..."

"Wait! The Secret Realm?" Shen Quan widened his eyes and stared at Shen Chong. "Are you talking about that Great Emperors Secret Realm from the other day?"

He looked suspicious. "Didn't my father say that only the five of them, including Third Elder, went in? How could you have appeared in the Secret Realm?"

Shen Chong shrank his head and lowered his voice, saying, "Brother Quan, the Family Head forbade me from spreading this. I'm telling you, but don't you go spreading it."

Seeing his mysterious demeanor, Shen Quan's interest surged. He leaned in closer, patted his chest, and promised, "Don't worry, my lips are sealed! Hurry up and tell me!"

Shen Chong nodded slightly and said, "I snuck into the Secret Realm that day. Inside, I encountered a snake demon."

"A snake demon?" Shen Quan raised an eyebrow. "What is its cultivation?"

"Peak Dharma Image Realm." Shen Chong's tone was calm.

Shen Quan gasped and widened his eyes. "Peak Dharma Image Realm?! Then how did you survive? Even though you are at the sixth level of the Soul Fire Realm now, you are just an ant in front of the Peak Dharma Image Realm!"

"It was Third Elder and the others who saved me." Recalling it, Shen Chong still felt a lingering fear.

Shen Quan asked impatiently, "And then? And then? What does this have to do with Ninth Uncle?"

"That demoness summoned a Great Demon King!" Shen Chong continued. "But to my surprise, that Great Demon King was actually following Ninth Elder and was very respectful towards him."

"This!" Shen Quan widened his eyes.

A Great Demon King had actually appeared in the Secret Realm!

That was an existence comparable to the Asking Dao Realm!

It was a top-tier powerhouse in the entire Southern Region.

What shocked him even more was that Ninth Uncle was actually even more powerful than that Great Demon King!

Shen Chong added, "That Great Demon King is the old man who later slapped the Tiangang Sect Elder away outside the Secret Realm."

Shen Quan opened his mouth wide, completely dumbfounded.

That mysterious powerhouse who slapped away a second-level Primal Chaos Realm expert and made the Tiangang Sect roll out of Guangnan City with their tails between their legs was actually a Great Demon King?!

No wonder that Great Demon King would suddenly take action to help their Shen Family. It turned out to be related to Ninth Uncle!

"And then? And then?" Shen Quan asked eagerly, his voice trembling.

"Later..." Shen Chong took a deep breath. "A major disturbance occurred in the depths of the Secret Realm. Third Elder and Sixth Elder took me away. Ninth Elder took that Great Demon King and went to the depths of the Secret Realm."

He paused, a flash of horror appearing in his eyes. "And then, the vision of a blood moon appeared in the sky. A Saint had fallen, and heaven and earth mourned together."

Shen Quan stood frozen, as if struck by lightning.

A Saint had fallen!

The vision of a Saint falling had appeared in the depths of the Secret Realm!

And Ninth Uncle had happened to go to the depths of the Secret Realm!

"Are you saying..." Shen Quan's voice was trembling, "that the Saint who fell in the Secret Realm is related to Ninth Uncle?"

Shen Chong shook his head. "I don't know, but I do know that Ninth Elder came out of the Secret Realm alive, and unscathed."

Shen Quan fell silent.

A person who could casually kill a Peak Dharma Image Realm demoness, make a Great Demon King obediently follow by his side, and retreat unscathed from the turmoil of a Saint's fall—just how strong was his power?

"Ninth Uncle... what is his cultivation exactly?" Shen Quan muttered to himself, his voice filled with bewilderment and shock.

He knew that Ninth Uncle was hiding his strength, and he also knew that Ninth Uncle's strength was terrifying.

But he didn't dare to imagine that Ninth Uncle's strength was terrifying to such an extent!

A Saint!

That was a Saint!

If Ninth Uncle were a Saint, wouldn't their Shen Family have become a Saint Family?

Shen Quan lay sprawled on the bluestone floor of the courtyard, looking up at the sky, which was fragmented by the Wutong branches and leaves above, his mind unable to calm down for a long time.

The Secret Realm.

A Saint.

A Great Demon King.

Ninth Uncle casually suppressed everything...

These words rolled back and forth in his mind, stirring up his thoughts.

He sat up abruptly, slapped his thigh, and looked full of regret. "If I had known it was so lively in the Secret Realm, I shouldn't have listened to my father and obediently stayed home to Cultivate in seclusion!"

Shen Chong, who was squatting nearby, heard this, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

Lively?

He was almost killed by a snake demon; this is called lively?

Third Elder and Sixth Elder were so suppressed by the Saint's might that they couldn't breathe; this is called lively?

A Saint falling in the depths of the Secret Realm, heaven and earth mourning together; this is called lively?

"Brother Quan, the Secret Realm is not a lively place." Shen Chong weighed his words and said cautiously, "I almost died in there."

Recalling what happened in the Secret Realm, he still felt some regret now.

He shouldn't have listened to Liu Xuzi's instigation and snuck into the Secret Realm.

If it weren't for good Luck and running into Third Elder and the others, he might have already died at the hands of that demoness.

The Shen Family ancestor's teachings say it well: only by staying low-key can one go far.

Living long is more important than anything!

Shen Quan waved his hand, looking dismissive. "But you didn't die, did you? Besides, with Ninth Uncle there, what are you afraid of?"

Shen Chong opened his mouth, but didn't know how to refute.

But if he were given another chance to choose, he certainly wouldn't enter the Secret Realm.

This time, the Elders took action, but next time, it might not be the case.

"Sigh—" Shen Quan let out a long sigh, pillowing his head with his hands, and lay back down on the ground, looking at the sky, his face full of melancholy. "If I had snuck in, maybe I could have seen Ninth Uncle display his Divine Might with my own eyes. That kind of scene must have been spectacular!"

A moment later, he stood up, brushed the dust off his body, stretched his muscles and bones, and a smile returned to his face.

"Alright, I won't chat with you anymore. I have to go back and Cultivate."

He paused, turned his head to look at Shen Chong, his eyes full of fighting spirit. "You wait, next time we spar, I will definitely win against you!"

Shen Chong watched Shen Quan leave the courtyard, and Liu Xuzi's voice rang in his ears, "Young Master, your cousin's talent is also not simple; he has actually awakened an Acquired Treasure Body."

"Acquired Treasure Body?" Shen Chong was stunned.

When they were sparring just now, he had noticed that Shen Quan's strength was a bit strange, somewhat similar to a Treasure Body, but also a bit different.

Now that he heard Liu Xuzi's words, he finally understood that it was an Acquired Treasure Body!

Liu Xuzi said with some emotion, "Those who awaken an Acquired Treasure Body all possess deep Luck. Such people are even rarer than those with an Innate Treasure Body. I didn't expect that in your Shen Family, a small Southern Region clan, there would actually be someone with such deep Luck."

While marveling, he couldn't help but think of that Honorable One in Wutong Garden.

With that Honorable One's methods, creating an Acquired Treasure Body was not a difficult task.

Regaining his focus, he continued, "Young Master, these past two days I have noticed that the Heaven And Earth Spiritual Essence in the Southern Region is becoming increasingly abundant, and the concentration of Spiritual Qi has also improved. I fear the Southern Region is about to become as prosperous in the Dao as the Eastern Wasteland. This is also an Opportunity for you, Young Master; with abundant Spiritual Essence, more Opportunities will also be born."

There was a touch of emotion in his tone. The originally barren Southern Region not only had increasingly abundant Spiritual Essence, but also had a powerhouse like that Honorable One. I fear it won't be long before the Southern Region becomes a place as prosperous in the Dao as the Eastern Wasteland.

Shen Chong was thoughtful. During his practice over these two days, he had also noticed a slight difference.

Cultivation was a bit easier than before.

So this is because heaven and earth have changed!

Thinking of this, he felt increasingly urgent. Heaven and earth have changed, and in the future, many Prodigies might be born.

He also had to hurry up and Cultivate!