190: Chapter 190 The Shen family was originally an ancient aristocratic family!

Ten-Mile Slope, outside Guangnan City.

On the mountain peak, several figures stood with their hands behind their backs, their robes fluttering loudly in the wind.

Palace Master Yu Canglan stood at the forefront, wearing a black robe, his white hair shimmering silver under the moonlight, his aged face filled with solemnity at this moment.

Behind him, several Elders of Xuanyu Palace also had pale faces, their eyes filled with shock.

Everything that happened in that alley in the city just now, they had seen clearly through their Divine Thought.

Three Primal Chaos Realm experts!

The Shen Family actually hid three Primal Chaos Realm experts!

Furthermore, the aura of those three Primal Chaos Realm experts when they attacked was clearly not that of someone who had just made a Breakthrough; their Foundation was solid, their spiritual power profound, and they were in no way inferior to the Primal Chaos Realm Elders of their Xuanyu Palace!

"Palace Master, this Shen Family..." an Elder with white hair behind him swallowed, his voice slightly wavering, "is hiding too deep."

Palace Master Yu Canglan did not speak, only staring fixedly at the spatial rift in the city that was slowly closing.

That bronze mirror...

That rift...

That ancient, vicissitudinous aura...

He had lived for over two thousand years, seen countless Magic Treasures, and entered countless Secret Realms, but he had never seen anyone be able to casually tear through the void and open the portal to a Secret Realm!

This was definitely not something an ordinary Magical Artifact could do!

"That bronze mirror is at least a treasure of Saint-Grade or higher." Palace Master Yu Canglan finally spoke, his voice hoarse, carrying a hint of undisguisable wariness.

The Elders behind him gasped.

A Saint-Grade treasure!

What kind of concept was that?

Their Xuanyu Palace had a Legacy spanning thousands of years, yet their most precious sect-protecting treasure was only a Low Grade Saint-Grade weapon, and a damaged one at that, which they dared not use lightly.

But what about the Shen Family?

An Elder casually produced a Saint-Grade treasure!

Just how deep was the Foundation of this Shen Family?

"Palace Master, look at the world inside that rift..." another Elder lowered his voice, his eyes filled with shock, "Spiritual Qi is dense, Spirit Medicine is everywhere, the palaces are towering... That is clearly a Small World! And an extremely complete Small World at that!"

Palace Master Yu Canglan nodded, his expression becoming even more solemn.

He had, of course, seen it.

The concentration of Spiritual Qi in that Small World was several times denser than their Xuanyu Palace's ancestral land!

The Spirit Medicine and Spiritual Veins within it were countless!

Such a Small World, placed in the entire Southern Region, would be enough to drive any force crazy!

Even the Three Great Holy Lands might not necessarily possess such a complete Small World!

Yet the Shen Family could actually open the portal to such a Small World at will and throw people inside!

What did this mean?

It meant that the Shen Family most likely controlled that Small World!

"Palace Master, do you think... that Small World might actually be where the Shen Family truly resides?" an Elder suddenly spoke, his voice trembling.

Once these words were spoken, the whole scene was shocked.

Palace Master Yu Canglan was silent for a long time.

He had lived for over two thousand years, traveled far and wide, and was well-informed; naturally, he knew that in this world, some ancient families with deep Foundations did not live openly in the Cangxuan Great World, but instead lived in seclusion within a self-contained Small World.

Those Small Worlds were sometimes blessed lands left behind by ancient experts, or independent spaces opened up by Family ancestors using Divine Ability, filled with Spiritual Qi and rich in resources, isolated from the outside world, and were the true Foundation of a clan.

Such families often had a Legacy spanning ten thousand or even tens of thousands of years, with unfathomable Foundations, far from as simple as they appeared on the surface.

The Shen Family...

Countless thoughts flashed through Palace Master Yu Canglan's mind.

The Shen Family of Guangnan City had a Legacy of eight thousand years, ranked in the middle among the thirty-six main cities of the Southern Region, and on the surface, they were merely a Dharma-Aspect Family, not even having any Void Piercing Realm experts.

But what had he seen tonight?

Three Primal Chaos Realm Elders, a treasure of at least Saint-Grade, and a Small World filled with Spiritual Qi and Spirit Medicine!

This was no Dharma-Aspect Family; this was clearly an ancient clan that had been hiding extremely deep!

"Palace Master, the concentration of Spiritual Qi in that Small World is several times denser than our Xuanyu Palace's ancestral land." A white-haired Elder lowered his voice, his eyes filled with shock, "Furthermore, the aura emanating from that rift is ancient and vicissitudinous; it is definitely not a Small World opened in the last ten thousand years, but at least a blessed land from tens of thousands of years ago!"

"Tens of thousands of years ago..." another Elder gasped, "Doesn't that mean the Shen Family might have a Legacy spanning tens of thousands of years? Or even longer?"

"It is very likely." Palace Master Yu Canglan finally spoke, his voice hoarse, carrying a hint of undisguisable solemnity, "In the Cangxuan Great World, there are many families with ancient Legacies, mostly hidden in Small Worlds. That is a Small World belonging exclusively to a force, the true Foundation of the Family."

He turned around, his gaze sweeping over the Elders behind him, saying word by word: "The Shen Family is very likely such an ancient Family."

Once these words were spoken, the faces of the several Elders all changed simultaneously.

An ancient Family!

That was an existence even more mysterious than the Holy Lands!

It was rumored that those Imperial Clans with the deepest Foundations in the Central Plains followed this model—openly having branches and industries in various main cities, but their true core clansmen and true Legacy Foundation were all hidden within a Small World.

What outsiders could see was merely the tip of the iceberg.

"No wonder..." an Elder muttered to himself, "No wonder Yinxian Village attaches such importance to the Shen Family, and no wonder Great Elder Yun Zhongzi would destroy the Tiangang Sect for the sake of the Shen Family..."

He paused, his voice trembling: "So the Shen Family is not at all as simple as it appears on the surface!"

Palace Master Yu Canglan took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in his heart, and a trace of relief flashed in his eyes.

Fortunately, he had not chosen to become enemies with the Shen Family.

Fortunately, he had personally visited to apologize and had even presented the big gift of the Red Sun Stone vein.

Otherwise, with the Foundation the Shen Family had displayed, if they had truly fallen out, Xuanyu Palace would probably not even know how they died.

"Palace Master, what about the Lieyang Sect..." an Elder asked tentatively.

Palace Master Yu Canglan sneered: "The Lieyang Sect? They are courting death themselves, they cannot blame others."

With his hands behind his back, he looked at the spatial rift in the city that had already closed, a cold glint flashing in his eyes: "Jin Dali was thrown into the Shen Family's Small World; the Lieyang Sect will certainly not let this matter rest. Next, the Lieyang Sect will inevitably take action."

"Then we..."

"We do not need to do anything." Palace Master Yu Canglan waved his hand, his mouth curling into a meaningful arc, "If the Lieyang Sect wants to court death, let them. Just right, we can take this opportunity to see how many more trump cards the Shen Family has."

The several Elders nodded repeatedly, their eyes flashing with sharp light.

Indeed, if the Lieyang Sect came into conflict with the Shen Family, it might not be a bad thing for Xuanyu Palace.

They would not offend the Shen Family, and they could also figure out the Shen Family's true details; it was killing two birds with one stone.

"Let's go." Palace Master Yu Canglan turned around and stepped into the air, "Return to the palace."

The Elders hurriedly followed, their figures disappearing into the night.