"The Western Wilderness is vast, not all Western Desolate Cultivators belong to the Hundred Beasts Mountain."

Upon hearing this, the Liu Family disciple hastily cupped his hands towards the woman, "The Immortal Master is right."

After saying this, he impatiently waved his hand at Shen Chongming and Chen Youran, "Go on, go on."

Shen Chongming slightly cupped his hands, silently leading Chen Youran away.

"That was close, we almost had a conflict with them." On horseback, Chen Youran spoke in a deep voice.

Shen Chongming smiled wryly, "I didn't expect to encounter people from Qiyun Valley and the Liu Family here."

In the entire Yangnao Land, the only ones with major enmity against the Western Wilderness are the Shen Family and the Liu Family under Qiyun Valley's jurisdiction.

Although other forces aren't very friendly towards Western Desolate Cultivators, they won't immediately resort to violence.

The two never intended to pose as Western Desolate Cultivators.

However, among the loose cultivators in various counties of Yu Country, there are typically established circles. Suddenly emerging as two unknown young loose cultivators makes it hard to hide their identity.

In comparison, Western Wilderness loose cultivators are less known among loose cultivators in Yu Country, making it somewhat safer.

"Let's go, we need to reach Three Mountains County before dark."

Shen Chongming patted the horse's back, and the two hastened forward.

...

In the depths of Qishan, Danzhou.

A loud, clear cry of a newborn baby echoed from the cave.

Shen Wenyan, his hands stained with blood, held the wrinkled newborn with joy on his face.

Beside him, Hu Mei'Er, dripping with sweat and somewhat weak, looked at the child in Shen Wenyan's hands with a gentle smile.

"Brother Wenyan, is it a boy or a girl?"

Shen Wenyan carefully placed the child in front of her, speaking softly, "It's a girl."

Hu Mei'Er looked tenderly at the little one before her, gently playing with her as she spoke, "Husband, you should name her."

Shen Wenyan shook his head slightly, "You should pick the name."

"Me?" Hu Mei'Er was a bit surprised, then shook her head slightly, "Mei'Er is too unlearned to come up with a good name."

But Shen Wenyan insisted, "You carried her for ten months and birthed her, so naturally, you should name her."

Upon hearing this, Hu Mei'Er's brows curved with a smile as she nodded.

"Let's call her Li... as in the civet cat from the mountains. What do you think, husband?"

"Li?" Shen Wenyan muttered, "Shen Li..."

"Alright, let's go with that name."

He initially thought of changing a character, like "Li" as in beautiful or "Li" from jasmine, or even "Li" as in pear, but since he promised Hu Mei'Er to name her, he went along with her choice.

Holding Shen Li gently in her arms, Hu Mei'Er softly asked, "How goes your Refinement of the Female Essence Wisdom Pearl?"

Shen Wenyan sighed and shook his head, "That strange power back then disrupted the balance of the Female Essence Wisdom Pearl, making Refinement somewhat troublesome."

"Although I have refined more than half, I can't completely conceal the aura of the Female Essence Wisdom Pearl."

Upon hearing this, a trace of disappointment flashed in Hu Mei'Er's eyes.

Bai Ze once said that as the Female Essence Wisdom Pearl is refined further, it becomes increasingly difficult.

This half Refinement took years, and who knows how many more years it may take to complete it.

Now that their daughter is born, she is their child, a human with demon blood.

She doesn't want her daughter growing up like a wild animal in the mountains, she wants her to grow up among humans, experiencing a complete childhood.

Shen Wenyan seemed to realize this, glancing at the cave they inhabited with an apologetic expression.

"Wife, bear with me a while longer. I'll try modifying the Refining Technique left by Grandmaster Bai Ze, maybe it can conceal the aura of the Female Essence Wisdom Pearl."

Hu Mei'Er slightly nodded and gently held Shen Wenyan's hand.

...

Black Water Pavilion.

Shen Yuan was refining the White Jade Turtle Shell little by little.

Suddenly, he sensed a trace of Spiritual Charm emanating from the White Jade Turtle Shell.

Although this Spiritual Charm hadn't condensed into a hexagram, it provided him with fairly clear information.

The Shen Family's Qilin'Er was born!

Feeling this information, he was sure that the Shen Family's Qilin'Er must be the child of his brother Shen Wenyan in Danzhou.

After over half a year of Refinement, Shen Yuan now has a basic grasp of the White Jade Turtle Shell.

The biggest change is controlling the hexagram displays on the White Jade Turtle Shell.

In the past, the White Jade Turtle Shell would show a new hexagram past midnight each day, most of which were useless and of little value.

But with gradual Refinement using the Path of Great Derivation, he's now able to prevent daily hexagram displays on the White Jade Turtle Shell.

Instead, the hexagram refreshing capability is turned into storing Spiritual Charm within the Turtle Shell, to be consumed when a divination is needed, yielding a slightly accurate hexagram.

For instance, the prophecy he left Shen Chongming a few days ago was divined by consuming nearly two months of stored Spiritual Charm.

Although the prophecy was vague, it was at least linked to the hexagram of the Seven Sages Mountain.

Previously, without Refinement of the Turtle Shell, he didn't know how much lifeforce it would cost him to derive such a prophecy.

Suppressing the joy in his heart, Shen Yuan willed his Heart Spirit slightly, and faint Spirit Light instantly emitted from the White Jade Turtle Shell in his Sea of Consciousness, which quickly dimmed.

Moments later, the character "Female" appeared above the Turtle Shell.

Seeing this character, Shen Yuan smiled lightly.

"A granddaughter..."

Originally, he had four grandsons, one grandson-in-law, one granddaughter, and now Shen Wenyan's branch had a girl, making it two granddaughters now.

"Granddaughter is good, granddaughter is good too."

Smiling, Shen Yuan stood up and leisurely walked to the floating bridge outside from Black Water Pavilion.

Gazing at the shimmering water surface, he pondered for a moment, then walked towards the manor with hands behind his back.

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