Cultivation begins with the Shen family

Chapter 47 Armistice
Looking at the Third Elder Shen Xiangchu who was in tears, Shen Zhirui's heart was also extremely heavy, with mixed feelings in his heart.

He could clearly find that the former was much older than a few months ago, and his temples, which were originally mixed with gray and white, were now snow-white.

Moreover, the body of the third elder was very healthy and healthy, but now it shows a feeling of exhaustion and twilight.

This astonishing change took place in just a few months. Although he didn't know what the third elder had experienced during this period, he must have broken his heart for him and the whole family.

"Third Elder, I made you worry."

Shen Zhirui stepped forward quickly, and bowed his hands deeply towards Shen Xiangchu.

On this side, looking at Shen Zhirui who had returned safely, a long-lost smile appeared on Shen Xiangchu's vicissitudes face, he quickly helped the former up, and said excitedly:

"It's good to be back, it's good to be back."

Although he confirmed that Shen Zhirui was still alive by checking the genealogy, he still couldn't find any news about the latter. The latter seemed to have disappeared out of thin air after that ambush.

Therefore, he will check the family tree every day for the next period of time to determine whether the latter is still alive.

As long as he is sure that the latter is still alive, he will order the people to keep searching.

After several months, Shen Zhirui appeared in front of him again, and the complicated feeling of worry and self-blame that had accumulated in his heart for a long time was finally released.

After briefly releasing the suppressed emotions in his heart, Shen Xiangchu was very concerned about Shen Zhirui's situation these days.

"Zhirui, where have you been these days?"

"Reporting to the third elder, I escaped from the enemy's ambush circle by luck, but got lost in the Sea of ​​Absolute Spirit by accident."

Faced with Shen Xiangchu's questioning, Shen Zhirui did not choose to tell the truth, but only said that he had strayed into the Sea of ​​Unrecognizable Spirits and accidentally lost his way inside.

Of course, this is not to say that he can't trust the third elder, but that what he did and what he got this time is really important.

Feng Tianjie, Xu Mengqing, and Wu Zifan are all disciples of Xuanlingmen. If Xuanlingmen knew that the deaths of these three people were closely related to him, then he would naturally not be arrested and tortured severely.

And this will also involve the secret treasure and the two inheritances on him.

If these two sets of inheritance are accidentally exposed, the entire family will face disaster.

Therefore, Shen Zhirui could only be more careful, he would not tell any of his clansmen except his grandfather who was in seclusion.

He is also considering the safety of his clansmen, after all, the less he knows, the safer he will be.

After Shen Zhirui briefly told the Third Elder Shen Xiangchu about his experience during the disappearance, he began to ask him about the current situation.

As the latter told him about the current situation in Shayu County, a look of surprise gradually appeared in his eyes.

It turns out that the current situation is quite different from what it was more than two months ago. Xuanlingmen and the Liu family have temporarily ceased fighting at this time.

About half a month after he entered the Jue Ling Sand Sea, the Kuangsha sect in the south began to intervene in the war between Xuanlingmen and the Liu family, acting as a third party to mediate the conflict between them.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Liu family was already at a disadvantage in the game with Xuanlingmen at that time, so they asked for help from the Kuangsha faction and let the latter also participate.

After all, for many years, the strength of Xuanlingmen in this area has always been the strongest among the three. The Liu family and the Kuangsha faction often need to join forces to compete with Xuanlingmen.

So this time was no exception. After the Liu family was at a disadvantage in the battle with Xuanlingmen, they immediately brought in the Kuangsha faction.

As for the Xuanlingmen, they were naturally fearless in the face of the Liu family. Even if they couldn't eliminate the opponent, they could still deal a heavy blow, so that the opponent would double the benefits they had obtained before.

But when the Kuangsha faction also began to intervene in the battle between the two sides, it had to think carefully.

After all, although the overall strength of the Xuanling Sect is slightly higher than that of any of the Liu family and the Kuangsha Sect, when the latter two are united, the overall strength even surpasses that of the Xuanling Sect.

And if the Kuangsha faction also takes this opportunity to join the battle, it will fall into a dangerous situation of fighting on both sides.

So under the mediation of the Kuangsha faction, Xuanlingmen agreed to temporarily sign an armistice agreement with the Liu family, but they would not give up the previously occupied part of Shiyi County.

However, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the truce agreement between Xuanlingmen and Liu's family is only temporary. Since both sides have already torn their faces, naturally they will not stop so easily.

Today's truce is more like a brief calm before a storm, and a more intense war is coming.

"So, Seventh Uncle and the others have all returned to the mountain?"

Shen Zhirui looked at the third elder Shen Xiangchu and asked.

Hearing this, Shen Xiangchu couldn't help sighing heavily, and then slowly said:

"Your Seventh and Fifteenth Uncles and five other mid-qi training clansmen were left on the border by Xuanlingmen. Only your Sixteenth Uncle brought two seriously injured mid-qi training clansmen back to the mountain."

After hearing what the former said, Shen Zhirui fell silent again.

Although Xuanlingmen and the Liu family had ceased fighting, both sides still deployed a large number of manpower on the new border, always guarding against each other.

Therefore, except for the three seriously injured and Shen Zhirui, all the fifteen monks recruited by the Shen family stayed on the battlefield.

In addition, in the battles in the past few months, the Shen family lost an old man of Xiangzi who was at the seventh level of Qi training and two monks at the middle stage of Qi training, a total of three people fell.

After a long silence, Shen Zhirui spoke seriously again:

"Third Elder, I walked all the way back from the Jue Ling Sand Sea, but found that there are more and more sand worms at the junction of the desert and Shayu County, and there are many first-level top-grade sand worms appearing."

"A top-grade sandworm?"

Shen Xiangchu was stunned for a moment, and then asked suspiciously.

Obviously, like most monks in Shayu County, he has rarely seen a sandworm whose strength has reached the first level.

"It is indeed a high-grade sandworm and I am worried that these sandworms may invade Shayu County"

Shen Zhirui naturally saw the suspicion in the former's heart, but it was too late to explain it now.

"According to past experience, whenever spring comes after the cold winter, the sandworms living in the Absolute Sand Sea will indeed move inland, but the overall strength of these sandworms is not strong, and first-tier top-grade ones are even rarer."

Shen Xiangchu bowed his head and pondered for a moment, then looked at Shen Zhirui in front of him, and said thoughtfully.

"Third Elder, I think it's better for us to plan ahead. In case the scale of the sandworm attack is much larger than before, we will be fully prepared by then."

"Alright, I will let the clansmen strengthen their defenses."

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(End of this chapter)