"Aunt."
"Hmm, how have you been lately?" Murong Yunji rarely showed the concern of an elder as she looked at the handsome young man before her.
It was none other than Murong Bingyun, who had died tragically in Liuzhou!
"It's alright," Murong Bingyun said with a smile. " The City God values me highly. I'm currently handling the work of the civil judge, and the academy is always open to me. The Underworld also needs to establish its own rune array and a group of scholars. Right now, the Underworld is most in need of young sorcerers like me, so I guess I've come at the right time."
Murong Yunji was silent for a moment before saying, "The thing that killed you is being closely protected by Ziyue. I'll find an opportunity to kill it and avenge you!"
"Huh?" Murong Bingyun's face twitched immediately, and she waved her hands repeatedly, "No, no, Aunt really doesn't need it."
"You don't hate it?"
"At first, of course, there was hatred." Murong Bingyun sighed. "I was so young, and the undisputed future head of the family, with such a bright future ahead of me. To die like that, who wouldn't resent me?"
"But after staying here for a while, I suddenly realized that my current life is actually not bad. I don't have to calculate anything or worry about anything. I can immerse myself in academics with peace of mind. I've never experienced this kind of slow-paced yet fulfilling life before. To be honest, even if you asked me to go back to the real world now, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to go back to the way I was before, haha."
"You," Murong Yunji laughed, "All the outstanding members of my Murong Family have the nature of wolves, how come we had such a lamb like you?"
How could my aunt say that about me?
"If you like it, then study it diligently. Chen Qing is a man capable of great things, and the Underworld is a place that can change the world. Although the future is uncertain, it is a fortunate thing to experience the greatest change in the world!"
"Is that so?" Murong Bingyun also smiled and said, "By the way, Aunt, are you going to the North this time?"
"Yes, I need to take care of something."
"Are you inquiring about the situation in the north?" Murong Bingyun guessed.
"You found out too?"
" Beiyu has been gone for so long without returning, and the Northern Wasteland Clan has also remained silent for a long time. This must be because something has happened in the north. Those giant serpents are extremely dangerous, and I'm sure our lord won't stand idly by."
Murong Yunji looked at her little nephew gently. Without any information, he could guess most of the details. He was indeed a rare junior in the Murong Family. Unfortunately, the Murong Family did not have a single junior like him now, and was full of short-sighted people.
Something has indeed changed in the north!
According to Beiyu's letter, most families in Northern Wasteland have now accepted the recruitment of those giant snakes, forgetting the horror of them devouring billions of people in the Northern Lands. And as Chen Qing predicted, the giant snakes are training them to explore the Arctic.
Currently, including the Murong Family, most people have experienced a qualitative improvement in strength due to the nourishment they received from the flesh and blood of high-level demons. In addition, many families have secretly begun to worship the giant snakes as gods because of the secret techniques they have been taught.
I have to go back and stop those old, senile fools.
Of course, gathering intelligence is the most important thing.
"By the way, what about that little girl you've been thinking about?" Murong Yunji suddenly asked.
"What do you mean by 'longing for someone'?" Murong Bingyun, whose smile had been gentle, suddenly became serious. "Aunt, don't talk nonsense. It will ruin someone's reputation."
"Oh, still claiming innocence?" Murong Yunji looked at the earnest young man, whose ears had involuntarily turned red, and immediately chuckled, "When have the disciples of the Northern Wasteland ever been so proper? Putting aside everything else, in this academy where men and women are together, how few young men and women haven't fallen for each other? It's not like I haven't seen it."
"Aunt."
"You'd better hurry," Murong Yunji said in a low voice. "That little girl is really on fire right now. I heard she's already got a recommendation from the Dragon Palace Secret Academy, with Ziyue personally leading the team. Her research area is spatial runes, which is a hot topic. Many families are eyeing that girl now."
Murong Bingyun: "."
The boy's face visibly darkened.
He's in contact with it Heavenly Capital, how could he not know?
The little girl's weakness is that her Spirit Energy meditation is too slow, but in the Divine Path Style system, this is not a problem at all. As long as the foundation of the theory is solid enough, she can obtain more Power of Faith to enhance her external strength. Shen Xue has now become one of the best among the younger generation. You should know that Lord Ziyue's project only recruited ten people in total. Those selected are basically outstanding scions of large families and lads from small families. Now, she is the only one.
This has drawn even more attention to the girl. It's said that even members of the Chen Household are actively trying to get close to Shen Xue. The Shen Family is more than willing for Shen Xue to marry into the Chen Household.
That small family was short-sighted, always believing that Shen Xue's best fate was to exchange her for a top-tier family's technique.
On the contrary, although he was highly valued by Wei Gongcheng and participated in the Dragon Palace project, he was still a ghost. Who would want to marry their daughter to a ghost?
"Look at you, so spineless!" Murong Yunji rolled her eyes at him. "She's just a girl from a small family. It's one thing if her family is short-sighted, but if she's short-sighted too, then she's not good enough for you. Go ahead and ask for her hand in marriage. If she doesn't want to, it's her loss. What are you afraid of?"
"Aunt," the boy said speechlessly, "They're already engaged."
"That good-for-nothing mortal from the Bai Family?" Murong Yunji stroked her chin, somewhat surprised. "That girl is now favored by all the major families, and she's actually planning to fulfill her marriage agreement?"
You should know that the girl and the Bai Family only had a verbal engagement at the time; the betrothal gifts hadn't even been exchanged yet.
"Aunt, a person cannot stand without trust. If she were someone who would betray principles for personal gain, your nephew wouldn't admire her so much."
Murong Yunji: "."
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On the other hand, Shen Xue has also been having a lot of headaches lately, because those who returned with their master Chen Qing were not only members of the Jiangnan delegation, but also some unexpected people.
Yes, it's someone from the Shen Family!
The decision was made by Old Master Shen. When he learned that those Ghost Temple in Beijing were sacrificing young boys and girls, he had a premonition that something terrible was about to happen.
It must be said that this old man has some foresight when it comes to important matters. Back when the Shen Family was experimenting on strangers with Gu worms, he broke away from the Shen Family without hesitation and formed his own lineage. Now that Ghost Temple has appeared in the capital, he also abandoned the businesses he had accumulated in the capital for many years without hesitation, and forcibly moved to Jiangnan Gu Family members.
There were quite a few people who opposed it at the time. After all, the family had been operating in the capital for many years, and with so many businesses, how could they just give them up so easily?
The old man only said one sentence, "Those who want to stay can stay; those who wish to stay, all the family businesses in the capital will belong to you."
After these words were spoken, few people were willing to respond.
Everyone here isn't stupid after all these years. What kind of vision does the old man have? He's been in charge of the business for so many years, and there's never been a mistake. He's such Sea God, and now he's just abandoning the business like that.
What exactly are these rules? How could anyone with a modicum of common sense not understand them?
After two more days of discussion, apart from a few who were extremely unwilling to accept the division of the property, the rest, such as Shen Xue's father and the direct descendants of the second, third and fourth branches, were willing to move to Jiangnan. The remaining branches were short-sighted, and the old man did not try to persuade them. He kept his word and handed over all the property. He only took a lot of cash and exchanged it all for high-quality jade. Then the whole family hurriedly came to Jiangnan.
After moving here, the Shen Family family didn't have the audacity to seek refuge with Shen Yuan, the eldest son who was doing the best for the Shen Family.
That's the only place we can find!
Shen Xue had no choice but to bite the bullet and use her hard-earned savings to set up a village in the heart of Jiangnan, where her family could barely settle down.
After staying for two days, almost everyone in the Shen Family was grateful for their patriarch's foresight; moving to Jiangnan was definitely his wisest decision.
Putting everything else aside, the abundant spiritual energy here is comparable to the spiritual fields of a major family. No wonder those brats from the Shen Family didn't want to come back even though they failed the exam.
However, the current situation of the Shen Family makes it somewhat awkward for them to make a breakthrough in Jiangnan.
Money from outside is worthless here. The price of jade has been rising again and again due to large-scale purchases in Jiangnan. Even with the combined efforts of their entire family, they couldn't buy much, leaving them practically penniless!
At this time, Shen Xue and Shen Ye, who had long been established in the Shen Family, became very important.
They had also inquired and learned that Shen Yuan, as one of the earliest sorcerers of the Jiangnan Academy, was now the education commissioner of Liuzhou and a project manager of the array formation department of the Dragon Palace Secret Academy. His status was such that many local powerful families in Jiangnan came to curry favor with him.
But ironically, after their falling out back then, and now that the whole family has moved here, several days have passed, and Shen Yuan Shen Yuan hasn't shown any intention of coming to see them even once.
It seems difficult for Shen Yuan to control her now, so all the elders in the family naturally turned their attention to Shen Xue.
I have to drink today, so I can only update twice a day. I'll continue to update daily.
Many people have asked if we've forgotten some of the characters from before; the answer is no. We're writing about them now, and we have to take it one step at a time, right?