Published: February 24, 2025
In the beautifully scenic courtyard filled with spiritual mist, the elder of the outer sect, Shen Qingqiu, sat down with his second brother, Shen Qingfeng, around a stone table.
The two brothers wore troubled expressions, as if they had encountered a difficult problem.
Suddenly, a familiar voice came, and Shen Qingqiu turned around abruptly. When he saw Tan Yun, tears streamed down his face. "Good child, I just arrived yesterday."
Tan Yun gently patted Shen Qingqiu's back, his nose slightly sour. "Grandpa Shen, please don’t cry."
"I’m not crying; I’m just happy!" Shen Qingqiu released Tan Yun, wiping away the tears at the corner of his eyes, with a look of longing in his gaze. "How is my granddaughter doing now?"
The granddaughter he mentioned was Mu Mengyi. When Mu Mengyi entered the Inner Sect, she recognized Shen Qingqiu as her grandfather.
It can be said that without Shen Qingqiu, there would be no Mu Mengyi today.
More than ten years ago, Mu Mengyi's family was destroyed. After the Mu Feng Sacred Dynasty was wiped out, she spent five years in hiding before arriving at the emperor huangfu shengchao.
She came to the Huangfu Sacred Sect's Mountain Gate, kneeling for a whole month before she was discovered by Shen Qingqiu during his outing, who made an exception and allowed her into the Outer Sect.
"Grandpa Shen, more than four months ago, Ziyan told me that Mengyi is in seclusion and probably won't come out for another year and a half," Tan Yun said honestly.
"Mm." Shen Qingqiu nodded, and with a stern expression said, "You little rascal, my granddaughter is entrusted to you now; you cannot let her down."
"Grandpa Shen, you can rest assured," Tan Yun replied with a grin.
"You are such an excellent young man; how can I be at ease? Who knows if you’ll be fooling around outside?" Shen Qingqiu glared at Tan Yun.
"Am I that kind of person?" Tan Yun grinned and bypassed Shen Qingqiu, then sobered up and stood before Shen Qingfeng, asking, "Shen Lao, I have something I want to ask you."
Shen Qingfeng chuckled, "You call me second brother’s grandpa yet are so estranged with me. Is that really okay?"
Tan Yun was taken aback and said grudgingly, "I plan to marry the grand elder's granddaughter, so it’s only right for me to call the grand elder grandpa. Why don’t you find a granddaughter to marry me, and I can call you grandpa too?"
"You said it; just don’t regret it later," Shen Qingfeng laughed and then said, "Now, what is it?"
"Shen Lao, does Lu Wu have any background?" Tan Yun wanted to kill Lu Wu and needed to understand his background.
"Yes." Shen Qingfeng’s smile vanished, his eyes filled with killing intent as he mentioned Lu Wu. "Tan Yun, Lu Wu's father is elder four of the Immortal Sect Danmai, which gives him a deep background."
"This old fool has such a deep background!" Tan Yun's brows furrowed tightly as he thought, "It seems that if I want to kill him, I need to plan carefully; otherwise, if I draw his father’s attention, it could be troublesome!"
Seeing Tan Yun’s heavy expression, Shen Qingfeng asked, "Did you encounter something concerning Lu Wu?"
"Yes." Tan Yun nodded heavily and said honestly, "Shen Lao, you and Grandpa Shen are the ones I trust, so I won't hide some things from you."
"Lu Wu sent Duan Zhen to kill me, but I ended up killing him..." Before Tan Yun could finish, Shen Qingfeng was taken aback. "Wait, what did you say? You killed Duan Zhen? He's at the first layer of the refining soul realm, and you managed to kill him?"
"I spent a lot of spirit stones to buy a treasure talisman before I killed him," Tan Yun added, then dropped another bombshell, "Just more than half an hour ago, it seems Lu Wu arranged for Jiang Xia to kill me, but I also wiped him out with a treasure talisman."
"What!" Shen Qingfeng was shocked, "You’re not joking, right?"
"I'm not joking," Tan Yun said with a frown. "I'm just worried that this dog Lu Wu won't let it go."
Shen Qingfeng's expression turned serious, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Tan Yun, actually, the young lady also wants to get rid of Lu Wu. She has already found out that he was the one who sent Li Ziquan to poison the Revival Jade Grass."