The Heart-Demon Trial
Hearing this, Shen Tianfeng grew excited and agreed repeatedly. If Shi Yue advanced to the Mahayana Stage, the Shen family would stand firm as a mountain for ten thousand years, and usher in a new era of development.
Shen Tianfeng transformed into a streak of light and shot away, vanishing in an instant.
The area within two million miles of Xiaoyaozi's residence was temporarily designated a forbidden zone. Xiaoyaozi had set a limit of one million miles, but Shen Tianfeng added another million, hoping to leave nothing to chance.
In addition, the Shen family activated most of the restrictions in the Protective Array and sent out large numbers of people to patrol. The entire clan was on high alert.
A vast bluestone plaza was almost entirely obscured by liquefied spiritual energy. A figure could be faintly seen within it.
Shi Yue sat cross-legged on the ground, eyes shut and brows tightly furrowed. He was undergoing the Heart-Demon Tribulation.
There was a Heart-Demon Tribulation when one advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm or the Mahayana Stage. These were two major thresholds. Shi Yue had overcome a Heart-Demon Tribulation before, but that only spoke for the past; it didn't guarantee anything about the future.
In a sprawling manor, a handsome boy in green robes played in the courtyard. Shi Yunxuan and Shen Yuting sat in a stone pavilion, both smiling. The boy was naturally Shi Yue.
A little while later, Shi Yue must have been running too fast, because he suddenly tripped over a stone and fell.
He let out a pained cry. His knee was scraped raw and bled profusely.
"Yue'er, are you all right?" Shen Yuting darted to Shi Yue's side and helped him up.
She applied medicine to Shi Yue's wound, then bandaged it.
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