Shen Han was casually chatting with Fu Tianqi, talking about how they had spent these past years.
Compared to Shen Han’s growth, these so?called prodigies of theirs had been standing still for many years.
The new system improved so quickly that those who insisted on the old system were indeed somewhat disheartened.
Shen Han could only pass on his own insights, hoping he could help them a little.
But the path of cultivation still had to rely on oneself.
Outside the courtyard, Su Jinyu grabbed Shi Yuezhu’s hand and gently pressed it to her own belly.
Feeling the faint movement, Shi Yuezhu’s eyes lit up slightly.
Cultivators usually seized their younger years, for these were the few years when their cultivation rose the fastest.
Most cultivators, even if they intended to leave descendants, would not do so at such a young age.
However, Su Jinyu spoke of it very calmly; anyway, no matter how she cultivated, she would still be far inferior to those cultivators of the new system.
To put it bluntly, she had more or less given up.
As for this choice of hers, Shi Yuezhu did not make too many comments.
As long as one lived well, any choice was acceptable.
Instead, Su Jinyu gently stroked Shi Yuezhu’s lower belly, a hint of doubt rising in her eyes, as if asking Shi Yuezhu something.
The two of them were speaking of some private matters; no one knew what exactly they were talking about.
It was not until lunchtime that everyone went together to the pavilion.
At the banquet, Shen Han told everyone about how the poisonous miasma in the Land of the Far South had already been cleared away.
Both continents were now connected to the Southern Heaven Continent, so there was no longer any need to worry about mutual attacks.
Upon hearing this news, Su Jinyu immediately spoke up, wanting to return to Great Wei for a visit.
She truly had not gone home to take a look for many years.
Now that she was pregnant, she felt all the more homesick.
Yun Shuang and Cailing’Er obviously did not want to travel together with Su Jinyu.
But the two only secretly showed their displeasure with their eyes.
They were timid and did not dare to openly express it in front of others.
After they had frolicked on this continent for two months, Shen Han and the other three finally prepared to set off back.
On the way back, they would pick up Su Jinyu and Fu Tianqi and bring them along.
Speaking of which, Fu Tianqi had yet to meet his father?in?law and mother?in?law.
And now, another two months had passed, and Su Jinyu’s belly had become even more prominent.
At a glance, one could tell that she was with child.
On the journey home, with such a long stretch of time.
Only then did Yun Shuang and Cailing become a bit more familiar with Su Jinyu.
Having shed the arrogance and willfulness of her youth, the present Su Jinyu understood human relationships and worldly affairs and was no longer as hard to get along with as before.
After arriving in Great Wei, Su Jinyu and Fu Tianqi left first.
The two of them were going to Wuyang City.
The old Patriarch of the Su Family was Marquis Wuyang; the roots of the family lay in that place.
Su Jinyu had been away from home for many years, and now that she was returning with her husband, she naturally had to go home first.
As for Shen Han and the others, after finishing this leg of the journey, they too returned to Xiaoyao Peak first.
After resting at home for a while, if they still wanted to go out and travel, it would not be too late to depart again.
They took a boat home.
Xiaoyao Peak, however, was much livelier than in the past.
The group of young people cultivating in Five Immortals City had all returned.
This time back, their first task was naturally to pay respects to the departed souls.
Now these young people had each broken eight shackles.
Their talent, placed in the Southern Heaven Continent, would be at the very top tier.
Liu Xilan and a few others had already stepped into the 6th Layer of the Grotto Heaven Realm, possessing the strength of the Immortal Realm.
In terms of it, the cultivation speed of the new system was indeed much faster.
However, judging from everyone’s cultivation outcomes, they had all broken eight shackles, yet there was still a gap in strength among them, and not a small one at that.
These gaps came from differences in comprehension and effort.
Breaking eight shackles meant that the body’s acceptance of the Cultivation Method was very high.
But if one could not understand it thoroughly, it was still hard to improve.
This group of young people should, in a few more years, all attain the strength of the Immortal Realm.
With so many Immortal Realm experts gathered on Xiaoyao Peak, this was probably the most powerful force in Great Wei.
However, there was no need to make it sound so troublesome.
In truth, with Shen Han alone, Xiaoyao Peak was enough to become the strongest sect in Great Wei, and even in the Southern Heaven Continent.
Among those who came to offer sacrifices, besides the youths of Xiaoyao Peak and Yun Mansion.
This time, the two sisters Song Xiaodie and Song Xiaobing also came along.
The two went together with Liu Xilan and the others, burning incense and paying their respects.
On the side of Xiaoyao Peak, a banquet had also been prepared for the guests.
Xiaoyao Peak and Yun Mansion were familiar and close, essentially their own people; it was not too much to say they were one family.
At the banquet, only Song Xiaodie and Song Xiaobing were treated as guests.
Everyone was very warm, greeting them and asking if they could get used to the dishes here.
After one banquet, the two guests actually felt a bit tired.
Sometimes, when the hosts were too enthusiastic, it was indeed hard to handle.
After the midday banquet, the two sisters were invited to the pavilion to rest and chat.
Their gazes would now and then fall on Shen Han; there was something in their hearts they wanted to ask.
It was just that there were still quite a few people around accompanying them.
What they seemed to want to say was not suitable to be spoken in front of others.
Others might not know, but Shen Han could guess what the two sisters wanted to ask.
“Everyone here is our own people. If you want to ask something, just say it directly.”
Hearing this, Song Xiaodie looked around, then stood up and spoke, somewhat hesitantly.
“That senior from back then, is it...”
“Mm, it was me.”
Shen Han did not hide it and admitted it very calmly.
There did not seem to be much surprise in the sisters’ eyes.
It was more like a sense of relief; the two of them had in fact long harbored such a suspicion.
After Shen Han displayed his own powerful strength in Wanhe Palace, it made the two of them feel all the more that their guess had been confirmed.
Come to think of it, after that expert appeared back then, he never showed up again.
Later on, those young disciples that Shen Han introduced, each of them was a top?tier genius who had broken eight shackles or seven shackles.
So many geniuses appeared at once, and all of them were related to Shen Han.
Knowing some of the inside story, how could Song Xiaodie and Song Xiaobing not guess a thing or two?
After dinner, the group of young people were unwilling to rest and begged Shen Han to instruct them.
Unable to dodge them, Shen Han simply stood on the open ground in front of Moon Bamboo Peak, guiding everyone in their cultivation and comprehension.
Shi Yuezhu leaned against the railing of the pavilion not far away, propping her chin with her hands, watching Shen Han.
From time to time, she also glanced at the younger generation to see if they were being serious.
Most of the disciples were earnest in their contemplation and study, asking about the doubts in their hearts from time to time.
Among the crowd, Liu Xilan, Song Xiaodie, and Song Xiaobing seemed a bit distracted.
Their gazes would now and then fall on Shen Han, then shift to Shi Yuezhu.
The expressions on their faces were well concealed, giving nothing away.
Only their slightly delayed reactions betrayed that their minds were wandering.
Shen Han spoke as he stood up and paced back and forth, stopping beside each of them for a while.
Reminding them to be serious and not to let their minds wander.
This round of discussion and teaching lasted for nearly two hours, and a bright moon was already hanging in the sky.
Discussing the Dao under the moon did carry a certain charm.
Perhaps feeling it was getting too late and might be disturbing others, someone began to suggest ending the session.
Everyone tactfully took their leave.
Shi Yuezhu immediately went downstairs and, together with Shen Han, saw the others off.
Seeing this harmonious husband?and?wife scene, some people felt even more complicated inside.
At night, Liu Xilan lay on her own bed.
Although this courtyard had not been lived in for a long time, it was still kept very clean.
Yet she did not know why; clearly she had returned home, but she could not fall asleep.
She pushed open the door and sat down on the stone chair in the courtyard.
The flowers, plants, and trees around her were all draped in a layer of silver by the bright moon tonight.
In her drifting thoughts, Liu Xilan herself did not know what she was thinking about; everything was in a jumble.
“The bright moon hanging high in the sky is indeed more eye?catching than a winding little stream...
How could a treasure chosen by the bright moon ever fall to a mere stream.”
Liu Xilan muttered to herself, and as she spoke, her heart once again replayed those events of the past.
Perhaps she had been too restrained before, never revealing even the slightest hint of her feelings.
By the time she wanted to show them, she discovered that the other already had someone in his heart.
In this world, there are always so many regrets accompanying things.
No one will stand in place waiting forever; if you do not fight for it, it will be taken by someone else.
From now on, carry this regret and devote yourself to cultivation.
Looking at the bright moon in the sky, in Liu Xilan’s heart there was already a certain Desperate Intent.
On the road ahead, both body and mind would be entrusted wholly to the path of cultivation.

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