Chapter 344: Shang Pei

During his third divine sense transformation when he faced Li TIanshou and the rest, he comprehended his seventh move, Celestial Disruption.

In order to escape from the spirit cave that was swelling with chaotic world origin the White Deer Paradise stole from the Tongyou Institution, Shang Xia came up with his eighth move, Startling Moon.

To prevent Gao Yun, a third layer Martial Extermination Realm expert from escaping, Shang Xia comprehended his ninth and most frightening move, Piercing Sun.

Like building a skyscraper, Shang Xia comprehended the last three moves in quick succession.

According to the Shang Clan’s inheritance, Shang Xia’s cultivation would rise every time he came up with a new move for his Providence Spear Art.

Because he did it so quickly, he didn’t get an opportunity to allow his cultivation to rise as he had no time to properly replenish his body of Origin True Qi!

Kou Chongxue saw through him and that was why he said that it would be a great opportunity for him.

Since he already experienced his third divine sense transformation, Shang Xia gained a greater control over the heaven and earth qi around him. His speed of absorption would naturally increase because of it.

As such, the amount of Origin True Qi in Shang Xia’s dantian increased at a terrifying speed. His senses became much clearer than before and he truly broke through his bottleneck to enter the large completion stage of the Martial Intent Realm.

Since he had everything prepared, the Crimson Soul Tablet t in his sea of consciousness emerged once again. Dense words filled the tablet and it didn’t take long for the third crack to form.

The world origin around him poured into his body at a terrifying rate, and before he could inspect the words on the Crimson Soul Tablet, he discovered that the third crack was starting to recover slightly.

He realized that the world origin that entered his body in such a crazed fashion wasn’t being refined completely by him, instead, it was pouring into his sea of consciousness and assimilating into the Crimson Soul Tablet. His eyes widened in shock. It seemed as though he had discovered the method to prevent his soul from crumbling! World origin was the solution!

…

Third Sister Hai was truly feeling regretful at that moment. If she didn’t barge into the spirit cave, she wouldn’t have experienced the rush of world origin! It wouldn’t affect her if she didn’t know that she was missing a huge opportunity, but she did! Watching the world origin and pure heaven and earth qi flowing around her with no way to make use of it, she couldn’t be more annoyed.

Moreover, she wasn’t willing to leave just like that.

She would be unhappy if she remained, but she was also reluctant to leave… It seemed as though there was no solution here.

With nothing left to do, she could only turn to look at Shang Xia.

Feeling his cultivation soaring, she could only sigh softly in her heart.

“If only I returned a little earlier in the past…”

Chuckling in anguish, Third Sister Hai quickly tossed those useless thoughts away. She wondered what was happening to herself.

She couldn’t understand why she was thinking about the past at that moment!

Am I getting old?! What is with me…

No one knew how long had passed, but Shang Xia’s absorption seemed to stop abruptly. He seemed to be completely stuffed from the world origin and heaven and earth qi that entered his body.

With Third Sister Hai’s cultivation at the grand completion stage, she naturally discovered Shang Xia’s entry into the large completion stage of the Martial Intent Realm.

Unless he comprehended his third martial intent, he wouldn’t be able to enter the grand completion stage!

That was to say, Shang Xia would be suffering the same fate as her. He wouldn’t be able to absorb any more energy around him and could only watch as it flowed out of the spirit cave.

When she thought about that, a trace of joy appeared in her heart. She wouldn’t have to suffer alone! However, the next thought that flashed through her mind caused her to turn sullen again. The kid in front of her was tens of years younger than her, but he had already entered the large completion stage of the Martial Intent Realm! She was merely a step ahead of him!

Thinking properly about his age, she realized that he shouldn’t have crossed his eighteenth birthday. The brat that was five years younger than her daughter actually reached a terrifying height in his cultivation!

The Providence Spear Art where one could only reach the peak state of comprehension after coming up with nine moves based on their understanding had been mastered by the kid! Comprehending his third martial intent shouldn’t be a problem for the kid, and he would be able to step into the grand completion stage easily! Moreover, the day that happened wouldn’t take long…

The more she thought about it, the worse her mood became.

She felt that she could only take comfort in the fact that he was currently stuck at a bottleneck like herself and was unable to absorb more energy. However, he quickly proved her wrong. Energy started pouring into him endlessly again.

“This isn’t possible!” With her eyes widening in shock, she nearly jumped in fright. “He clearly just entered the large completion stage a moment ago! Is he able to comprehend his martial intent so quickly?! Doesn’t he need to consolidate his foundations and fuse the nine moves into one before attempting to comprehend his third martial intent?! Is there no need to test out everything he comprehended?”

Seeing how the world origin was practically flooding into his body, she couldn’t help but start creating explanations for Shang Xia’s situation herself.?Maybe it’s because the kid achieved the legendary perfect comprehension of the Providence Spear Art by creating nine moves…

Her conflicting emotions that made it such that she couldn’t make up her mind to leave or stay was quickly replaced by her curiosity to see how much Shang Xia could progress.

A sudden change occurred, and Shang Xia opened his eyes suddenly. His gaze seemed to pierce through the thick mist to land on Third Sister Hai.

“Brat, why did you stop?” Third Sister Hai’s voice rang in his ears. She was able to detect him with her divine sense even though she couldn’t physically see him. “Didn’t you say that this is a rare opportunity?”

𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

“Senior, you should be someone from my Shang Clan, right?” Shang Xia ignored her question and asked one of his own.

For a long time, no other sound came from the other side of the mist. Shang Xia didn’t find it odd at all as he continued. “This junior is called Shang Xia. My grandfather is Shang Bo and he was the patriarch until a little while ago when he gave up his position to take on his role as a deputy patriarch of the Tongyou Institution. I wonder which generation senior is part of and how I should address you.”

After some time, Third Sister Hai’s voice rang softly in his ears. “Is your grandfather really no longer in charge of the clan? Will he no longer interfere with the decisions in the clan?”

Chuckling softly, Shang Xia replied. “My Fifth Grandpa, Shang Ke, is the current patriarch of the Shang Clan. Grandpa Bo has passed down his authority completely.”

“Brat, do you plan to marry my daughter Hai Min and raise her kid with her?” Third Sister Hai threw a bomb out before he could react. The way she changed the topic was unexpectedly wild.

“Huh?” Shang Xia jumped in fright after hearing her question and he was dumbstruck for a moment by the sudden questioning.

“Hmph!” What’s the problem? Are you not planning to admit it if I didn’t ask about it explicitly?” Third Sister Hai snapped. “You should have discovered that Hai Min was my daughter a long time ago!”

Before Shang Xia could organize his thoughts and think of something to say, Third Sister Hai continued. “Damn brat! Why aren’t you learning how to be a proper man? Do you think that you’re still three years old? Huh? Do you think you can play family with Hai Min and Yuanyuan and leave whenever you wish? Why are you acting like your father?!”

Finally catching an opportunity to speak, Shang Xia yelled, “Senior, this is a misunderstanding! We chose to rent a courtyard in order to hide our identities in the Changfeng City! Nothing happened between the two of us! We definitely didn’t go overboard with our actions!”

“Hehe, the two of you lived together for such a long time and you’re telling me it’s a misunderstanding? My daughter isn’t ugly by any means and you’re a damn brat with raging hormones. I refuse to believe you can restrain yourself! Unless… Unless you have some problems there…”

Shang Xia wanted to double down that he didn’t do anything as that was the truth, but he was flabbergasted by what she said. He would rather be misunderstood than have people think that he had ‘issues’.

Seeing as he had turned quiet, Third Sister Min roared, “What now? Can’t you argue anymore?”

“Actually, it’s not impossible for us to become related in that way.” She threw yet another curveball at Shang Xia.

He was clearly disturbed by her unhinged behavior and manner of speech, but she didn’t give him a chance to interrupt.

“Well, I would be considered your aunt… Since that’s the case, Hai Min would be your cousin. That’s nothing you should be worried about anyway. My father was cousins with your grandfather and they’re not directly related. There shouldn’t be the issue of interbreeding within the family even if…”

Shang Xia was finally unable to stand her going off about all those nonsense and he interrupted her with a roar, “What do you mean shouldn’t be an issue?! Why are you being so casual about this?!”

“Asshole! Are you trying to abandon her after what you’ve done?! Are you planning to shirk your responsibility now?” Third Sister Hai growled as a chilly light flashed in her eyes.

Her image in Shang Xia’s mind was taking a 180 degree turn now. Never in his wildest imagination would he expect the third in command of the Eighteen Horsemen of the You Continent to behave like that. From the looks of it, she had already made up her mind to play matchmaker for the both of them. He quickly retorted, “Wait! This junior and Hai Min will deal with our own problems! You don’t have to interfere in this! Senior, why don’t you tell me your true identity so I can verify it first?”

He clearly said that for the sake of it. By the time she revealed her technique earlier, he could basically confirm that she was part of the Shang Clan. After all, the Providence Spear Art and the Triple Providence Chapter that made up the Shang Clan’s ‘Providence Inheritance’ was too special. Only core members of the Shang Clan would be able to gain access to it.

Moreover, there seemed to be some restrictions that prevented others from cultivating the Providence Inheritance. In essence, members of the Shang Clan might not necessarily train in the Providence Inheritance, but anyone who received the Providence Inheritance was definitely a member of the Shang Clan!

After a short pause, Third Sister Hai’s hoarse voice came from the other side of the mist. “Your grandfather’s generation had five members in total. My father was their second brother and your grandfather was ranked third. Today, only your grandfather and Uncle Ke are left. Your father was the fourth descendant in his generation and there’s Second Brother Shang Jian, Seventh Sister Shang Xi, Ninth Brother Shang Yang. I can be considered their third sister. Shang Xi is your blood-related aunt, and you can consider me your distant aunt, Shang Pei!”