Returning from the Ascension Pavilion, Shen Wenxing saw his father sitting alone under the moonlight as soon as he entered the courtyard.

"Ah Die?"

"Why aren't you asleep yet?"

He sat down beside him, "Did you have a quarrel with Mother?"

Shen Yuan shook his head slightly, smiling faintly as he glanced at him, then pulled out a cloth bag from the fold of his robe.

"This was given to me by Xu Xiu when he left."

"Take a look."

Shen Wenxing took the cloth bag, puzzled, and opened it, taking out a map drawn on an unknown animal hide.

"What is this?"

"This place is... Black Water Pool?"

With the help of the moonlight, Shen Wenxing noticed three tiny characters next to a small pool in the corner of the map—Black Water Pool.

Shen Yuan nodded slightly: "Xu Xiu said this is a map of an ancient relic."

"I looked at it, and it should be in the Hidden Dragon Mountain behind us."

A relic within the Hidden Dragon Mountain?

Shen Wenxing pondered for a moment:

"Did the senior mention what kind of relic it is?"

"Is there danger inside?"

Shen Yuan shook his head slightly; Xu Xiu didn't say anything about that.

However, the things around the relic have almost all been taken by him, which means as long as we don't go deep, there shouldn't be much danger.

"I plan to check out the relic in the next few days; if there's nothing else at the Ascension Pavilion, just stay home for now."

There is also a great secret in this Black Water Pool, and the entire Shen family is here. One of us must stay and oversee the household.

Shen Wenxing nodded his head, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Isn't this a bit rushed? Should we wait a bit longer?"

Li Heshan said that Xu Xiu's cultivation is already at the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer, and some dangers might not be a problem for him. However, Shen Yuan, his father, is only at the Qi Cultivation First Layer. If he goes rashly, he might encounter danger.

"There's no time..."

Shen Yuan slowly stood up, sighed with his hands behind his back: "The Immortals of the Immortal Sect are coming soon. If we don't take a look quickly, once the immortals find the relic, there will be nothing left for us."

Shen Wenxing said nothing; he understood his father's concerns were valid.

In the past, without the presence of immortals, they could slowly excavate the relic.

But now, with the immortals from various sects arriving, they must hurry; otherwise, who knows into whose hands the relic might end up.

"But..."

"Rest assured, I know what I'm doing."

Shen Yuan turned around and said with a smile: "It's late, go back and rest."

Suppressing the worries in his heart, Shen Wenxing stood, bowed, and headed towards his room.

Watching his son's back, Shen Yuan sighed and delved his consciousness into his Sea of Consciousness, waiting for the new hexagram to refresh.

The reason he said to wait a few days before exploring the relic was to see if the White Jade Turtle Shell would refresh a hexagram related to the relic in the coming days.

Thus, he could divine fortune or disaster and have peace of mind.

The time of the Rat quickly arrived, and two lines of text slowly appeared on the White Jade Turtle Shell.

[Hexagram refreshed!]

[Today's Hexagram · Auspicious]: Family member Shen Wenyan is undergoing some sort of transformation, with the potential to become a pioneer.

Seeing the refreshed hexagram, Shen Yuan suddenly stood up from the stone bench!

Although this hexagram wasn't related to the relic, it brought him great surprise!

"Ah Nu?"

He muttered softly, looking towards the back courtyard where Shen Wenyan resided.

Almost three years had passed since the third debate before the court. His son had been confined to the house, causing his wife much worry, fearing that their son might be ruined.

Now, with this sudden hint from the hexagram, Shen Yuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Transformation... Pioneer...

It seems I must visit him tomorrow.

With a decision made in his heart, Shen Yuan still sighed somewhat disappointedly.

Though he had decided to go to the relic, the hexagram had not provided specific guidance, which meant the White Jade Turtle Shell was not as he had previously thought.

Unable to fully control the White Jade Turtle Shell, he often felt restricted in his actions.

But...

A sudden spark of inspiration flashed in his mind, and Shen Yuan immediately submerged his consciousness into his Sea of Consciousness.

[Deducing relevant to the relic requires the consumption of one thousand seven hundred and seventeen years of lifespan.]

[Insufficient lifespan, unable to deduce.]

Over seventeen hundred years!?

Looking at the number on the White Jade Turtle Shell, Shen Yuan felt somewhat bewildered!

What heaven-defying secret does this relic contain that a single deduction of fortune or disaster would require over seventeen hundred years of lifespan?

Based on his understanding of the White Jade Turtle Shell, the greater the cost, the higher the level of involvement; the higher the level, the greater the potential reward.

But high rewards often accompany high risks.

To be prudent, without a sure hexagram, he must not go to the relic!

Wait.

Sighing, Shen Yuan returned to his room, where Hu Yufen had already fallen into a deep sleep.

The next morning, in a side room of the back courtyard.

When Shen Yuan arrived, Shen Wenyan was quietly concentrating on practicing his calligraphy.

He came forward with his hands behind his back, leaned over to look at the words "Literary Heart" on the paper, and praised with a smile:

"Not bad, you're becoming more and more like a great master."

Upon hearing the voice, Shen Wenyan quickly put down his pen, turned around, and bowed: "Ah Die?"

Shen Yuan nodded, then sat at the tea table, poured a cup of tea, and drank it all at once.

"Come, sit down."

Shen Wenyan respectfully came over and sat down: "Did you come to see your son for something?"

Since being confined, his father rarely came to visit him.

"Just to see how you're doing."

Shen Yuan looked up, using his weak Divine Sense as a Qi Cultivation Realm Cultivator, to examine his son, trying to see what the hexagram was referring to.

Yet, his Divine Sense detected no abnormalities; rather, when he looked into Shen Wenyan's eyes, he unexpectedly found them extremely bright and clear, like a deep pool.

"Ah Die?"

Being stared at like this, Shen Wenyan felt a bit uncomfortable and couldn't help but call out.

Shen Yuan smiled faintly: "Your mother will have the meal ready soon, go over directly and don't let Wenping come call you again."

Having said that, he got up and walked out of the room.

Eyes are the windows to the soul; his son's clear and bright eyes meant there were no issues within his heart.

As for the "transformation" indicated by the White Jade Turtle Shell, wait and see for now.

Time passed swiftly, and five days went by in the blink of an eye.

Seeing his father hadn't mentioned going to the relic, Shen Wenxing assumed he had given up and planned to tell him tomorrow that he should return to the Ascension Pavilion to check things out.

Yesterday, Gongyang He sent a secret message from the Immortal Welcoming Garden, with Li Heshan stating that other Immortal Sects were arriving one after another and beginning to engage with the current Emperor Yu and some noble families.

If things continue to develop like this, soon, noble families or powers supported by the Immortal Sects will emerge one by one.

Whether it's the Ascension Pavilion or the Shen family, they all need to prepare in advance.

It was another night at the time of the Rat.

Shen Yuan estimated it was about the time, and immediately submerged his consciousness into his Sea of Consciousness.

The White Jade Turtle Shell flickered with a faint luminescence, and the characters on it slowly began to change.

[Hexagram refreshed!]

[Purple Star Divination · Great Fortune]: You plan to visit the Dragon Tamer's Mansion, where you will have great gains!

As the hexagram displayed, the White Jade Turtle Shell suddenly shone with a dazzling purple light in his Sea of Consciousness!

The purple light was so bright that it illuminated his entire Sea of Consciousness!

Faced with this sudden anomaly, Shen Yuan was a bit astonished and momentarily at a loss.

Under his gaze, the dazzling purple light gradually contracted and dissipated, eventually forming a small three-inch purple sword suspended above the White Jade Turtle Shell.

"Ang!"

At the moment the small purple sword formed, a faint dragon's roar echoed in the Sea of Consciousness.

This dragon's roar, though not particularly powerful, left Shen Yuan's consciousness momentarily blurred.

By the time he regained his senses, the small sword had vanished, leaving only a subtle purple imprint on the White Jade Turtle Shell.

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