Immortal Spirit Root Awakens

Chen Tiannan and Su Mulan exchanged a glance, each seeing a trace of relief on the other's face.

The Nangong Family's designs on the Chen Clan had long since put the Chen Clan's upper ranks on alert. Yet they had only sensed something was amiss; after all, the two families had not truly torn off the mask, and while the Nangong Family had been making secret arrangements, how could the Chen Clan not have been guarding against them in secret as well?

Chen Tiannan himself knew that the Nangong Family had used Chen Xiao to strike at him this time, but what could he do? Could he simply watch his youngest son become crippled for good?

Chen Xiao had originally been muddleheaded and lost, leaving Chen Tiannan with anger he could not voice. But now that Chen Xiao had spoken through Mengmeng, it proved that this son of his had truly grown up.

"The old man Xiao'er brought back from the south of the city today has quite an extraordinary background, doesn't he?" Chen Tiannan asked casually.

Mengmeng's body trembled. She knew that nothing within this mansion could escape Chen Tiannan's eyes. She had not intended to reveal Poison Immortal Cai Di's matter, since he was a subordinate Chen Xiao had personally subdued. If Chen Tiannan intervened, unforeseen changes might arise.

But now that Chen Tiannan had asked, Mengmeng could not conceal it.

"Yes. Young Master said that old man's true identity is... Poison Immortal Cai Di!"

Mengmeng felt somewhat wronged. She felt that saying it aloud was a betrayal of Chen Xiao. In the past, she would have wished to tell Chen Tiannan everything, but ever since Chen Xiao had regained consciousness last time, his attitude toward her had taken a complete one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn.

"Poison Immortal Cai Di... Hehe."

How could Mengmeng's thoughts escape Chen Tiannan? He waved his hand and said, "As long as Xiao'er has a plan in mind, that is enough."

As he spoke, Chen Tiannan's mouth twitched fiercely. On one hand, he was astonished by Poison Immortal Cai Di's identity; on the other, two jade-white fingers had viciously pinched a purplish bruise into his lower back.

Clearly, the owner of those two fingers was greatly displeased with Chen Tiannan digging to the roots and probing into the matter.

Boom!

All of a sudden, a tremendous crash rang out, and the entire City Lord's Mansion trembled slightly.

"What happened?"

Chen Tiannan shot to his feet and looked toward the northeast corner.

"It's Xiao'er's courtyard!"

Su Mulan immediately grew tense. Though she and Chen Tiannan had three sons, their eldest and second sons had already started families and each built a career of his own. Compared with them, this youngest son, only sixteen years old, was the one she cared about most.

"This is..." Chen Tiannan froze, then said, "Someone, pass down my order! Fully activate the Golden Light Demon-Defending Array!"

The Golden Light Demon-Defending Array was the City Lord's Mansion's protective grand array. Once fully activated, even immortals would struggle to breach it. In Chen Xiao's previous life, this array had been dismantled from within by the Nangong Family.

Hum!

After several breaths, the entire City Lord's Mansion was enveloped in dazzling golden light, completely cut off from the outside world.

Chen Tiannan's entire body trembled, and intense joy shone from his eyes.

Immortal Spirit Root! This was unmistakably the fluctuation of an Immortal Spirit Root awakening!

As the lord of a city in the Immortal World, Chen Tiannan's experience was naturally extraordinary. Though that fluctuation had been nearly imperceptible, he had still sensed it.

"The fluctuation of an Immortal Spirit Root..."

In a corner of Chen Xiao's courtyard, Poison Immortal Cai Di's body trembled as he stared at Chen Xiao's room with utter disbelief.

Although Cai Di had lost all his cultivation, the knowledge and spiritual perception belonging to the Integrated Body Late Stage remained. He could sense it at once. Poison Immortal Cai Di had roamed the Immortal World for centuries; naturally, he could recognize such a fluctuation.

Of course, within Moon-Gazing City, there were quite a few people capable of sensing the Immortal Spirit Root's fluctuation.

After the fluctuation released by the Immortal Spirit Root's awakening, the entire City Lord's Mansion was sealed by the Golden Light Demon-Defending Array. Everyone knew what had happened.

Someone in the City Lord's Mansion had awakened the legendary Immortal Spirit Root!

In that instant, the City Lord's Mansion's prestige in Moon-Gazing City soared to its peak.

Nangong Clan.

Nangong Shenhe, the Nangong Family's patriarch, frowned tightly. He had clearly detected that fleeting, meteor-like flash of an Immortal Spirit Root's fluctuation.

"It was actually the fluctuation of an Immortal Spirit Root awakening."

Nangong Shenhe's expression was extremely grim. "Who could it be? Could it be that Chen Xiao?"

"What? An Immortal Spirit Root?" Nangong Wenyue's expression changed as well. "How is that possible? That is a legendary spirit root, a spirit root destined to produce a high-level immortal!"

But in the next moment, Nangong Wenyue's expression calmed again. "No matter who awakened the Immortal Spirit Root, we must alter our arrangements against the Chen Clan."

Nangong Shenhe looked at Nangong Wenyue, his face full of satisfaction. This son of his was truly promising.

"Still, I hope it was that good-for-nothing Chen Xiao who awakened the Immortal Spirit Root. That way, the Immortal Spirit Root would be completely wasted on him."

Nangong Wenyue spoke in the next moment.

Nangong Shenhe shook his head. "No matter who it is, it brings us no benefit. Any cultivator in this world who awakens an Immortal Spirit Root, so long as they do not die young, will certainly become a Golden Immortal and establish an immortal force of their own... Besides, I imagine quite a few people in the city have already begun showing goodwill toward the Chen Clan."

Nangong Shenhe's expression was exceedingly ugly. Originally, they had prepared to strike against the Chen Clan after Chen Fengyang underwent his tribulation two years from now. But with an Immortal Spirit Root suddenly appearing, they truly could not make a move.

The reason was simple. Once an Immortal Spirit Root appeared, it would inevitably draw the attention and recruitment of the major immortal sects. A person like that, if properly nurtured, would certainly become an unrivaled Golden Immortal. If the Nangong Family dared strike against the Chen Clan at such a time, they would be digging their own grave.

Moreover, the Chen Clan's position as lord of Moon-Gazing City had been conferred by the Glazed Heaven Palace. If the Chen Clan had been destroyed in the past, then so be it; it would not have been a major matter, and another family in Moon-Gazing City would have replaced them.

But now that the Chen Clan had produced someone with an Immortal Spirit Root, they would also receive the Glazed Heaven Palace's attention, perhaps even rewards. If the Nangong Family dared rashly move against the Chen Clan, the Glazed Heaven Palace would absolutely not spare them.

This was precisely the result Chen Xiao wanted.

Two years was simply too short. Even if Chen Xiao struck out on his own, he had no complete confidence in saving his family. The Nangong Family still lurked around the Chen Clan like a hungry wolf, glaring at them with covetous eyes.

Chen Xiao also had no confidence that he could cultivate to the Orange Cloud Realm within two years and ensure that his grandfather safely survived the heavenly tribulation.

Therefore, he chose to reveal his Immortal Spirit Root now, drawing the Glazed Heaven Palace's attention and making the Nangong Clan wary of breaking the vessel for fear of the rats, unwilling to act rashly, thereby buying more time for his family.

Although doing so would undoubtedly thrust him into the eye of the storm, in his previous life, his parents, Mengmeng, and his two elder brothers had all died for him. In this life, Chen Xiao did not mind sacrificing himself once for those who cared for him.