Comprehension Ability: I Forge a Villainous Longevity Family

Chapter 854 589: Killing Intent (Part 2)

If successful, not only will people not perish, but the family will also endure.

No matter how great the calamity, with such a person's protection, it is merely a storm.

Chen Wanhong, thinking this in his heart, looked at Chen Zhaosheng in front of him with a friendlier gaze. Though standing there like any ordinary person, he emitted an intangible aura like a rare treasure.

"Go on, go meet your cousin, then come back and take over the affairs I have on hand. Once you stabilize after taking over, it will mark the Chen Family and this Celestial Profound Realm finally taking root."

"Since the senior has said so, how dare this junior not comply..."

"Call me Ancestor... Forget it, go on..."

Not hearing the title he wanted, Chen Wanhong waved his hand somewhat disappointedly, then turned his back, no longer looking at the departing figure of Chen Zhaosheng.

Seeing this, Chen Zhaosheng had no choice but to apologize before turning to leave.

He was truly curious about what had happened in the Celestial Profound Realm over these years.

...

At this moment, on the Third Peak of Ziwei Mountain, it was not as jubilant as imagined.

Precisely speaking, it was a little cold and awkward.

This, in fact, stemmed from when Chen Zhixing, using great dharma power, moved Ziwei Mountain to Wuyou Immortal Island. Upon his return home, although he wore a smile, his expression seemed distant.

A hundred years without meeting, when the family left, Chen Zhixing was only thirty years old.

Separation and reunion were rare.

In contrast, Chen Zhixing's parents, Chen Tianliang and Yingy Shuangshuang, could rely on their status as elders and embraced Chen Zhixing while weeping, recounting how much they missed him all these years. Meanwhile, the others on the Third Peak looked at Chen Zhixing with varying degrees of unfamiliarity.

Even Xu Qingqing, his wife!

So, after the family reunion with Chen Zhixing was complete and time was left for Chen Zhixing and Xu Qingqing, the emotions in the room felt somewhat lukewarm.

Boiling water, making tea, lighting incense.

Xu Qingqing wished to spend some intimate time with Chen Zhixing after a century apart, hoping to ease the peculiar atmosphere between them. Yet, seeing Chen Zhixing's expression, so indifferent as if detached from the earthly world, she suddenly did not know how to start the conversation.

After several attempts to speak but failing each time, Xu Qingqing eventually chose to pick up the qin on the side table, using music to ease her own depressed emotions.

Xu Qingqing played the qin, while Chen Zhixing sipped tea.

After the melody concluded, Chen Zhixing finally smiled and spoke:

"Qingqing, what's the story with the child I saw in the courtyard just now? I heard him call you sister-in-law, and he seems quite close to you. Is he a child borne by Father and Mother these past years?"

"Husband's guess is correct. That's indeed how it is. Shortly after the closure of Ziwei Mountain, Zhi was born. Later, because Father and Mother were worried about me living alone and feared I would feel lonely, they entrusted me with this child. It was I who raised him during his childhood, so he is naturally closer to me now."

"So, does that mean I have gained a brother?"

Chen Zhixing rubbed his chin and then suddenly clapped his hands: "And a brother who is even younger than Mo Qing!"

Xu Qingqing couldn't help but smile wryly at this.

What on earth was her husband thinking? Even though they were reuniting after so long...

Before Xu Qingqing could finish her thoughts, Chen Zhixing continued speaking.

"Oh, by the way, I hadn't mentioned it earlier, but Mo Qing took Lin'er and Little Stone to explore the Star Sea. They've been gone for decades now, and I don't know when they will return. You likely won't see them any time soon."

Clang!

The music abruptly stopped as the somewhat panicked Xu Qingqing raised her head to look at Chen Zhixing, with urgency in her eyes: "Have they really gone to the Star Sea and not met with an accident?"

"They indeed went to the Star Sea. Don't worry, given their level of cultivation, as long as they are careful, nothing unexpected will happen."

After offering verbal reassurance, Chen Zhixing wasn't particularly worried about the safety of the three youths.

Having used the Dream-Entering Technique countless times over the past century, Chen Zhixing had a sufficient understanding of the so-called Star Sea. He knew that the current cultivation stage of the three made them the safest among them.

In terms of Immortal Tao cultivation.

Cultivators below the Golden Core, due to their low cultivation, yet still striving to seize numerous resources, were naturally the most prone to die.

From Golden Core to Nascent Soul Realm, though there were many fights over resources, this stage generally counted as wearing shoes, and deaths due to fighting over resources were no longer common.

From Primordial Spirit to Returning Void Realm, cultivators at this level started exploring the Star Sea to make up for their shortcomings. For these cultivators, the vast Star Sea was practically boundless. Compared to fighting with others or encountering dangerous places, they should worry more about losing their way in the Star Sea, ending up alone forever, something that was essentially devoid of danger.

Much like the Longevity Realm and Taoist Lords of the Celestial Profound Realm.

Beyond that, in the Unity Realm, there began to be some gaps, and the main risks weren't from natural or man-made disasters but rather from whether the chosen path had other people on it, and whether those who occupied that path were concerned about the followers catching up.

On the whole, conflicts in the Unity Realm are not intense, since the Immortal Tao's Unity Realm allows many people to harmonize with the Great Tao, so it remains relatively stable.

Beyond that, Mahayana, tribulation crossing, are the real challenges!

Achieving Harmonization Perfection and reaching the Mahayana Realm, at this stage of cultivation, one was no longer considered an insignificant ant but had the status of half an Immortal Race member, naturally attracting intervention from those powers in the Star Sea.

Being chosen as a disciple.

Being ignored and left to wander.

Being directly targeted for elimination.

All three were possible, with the first two having a forty-five percent probability and the last one about ten percent.

Of course, if you were originally chosen in the first instance and then refused, the forty-five percent chance could could shift substantially to the elimination percentage...

Uh, actually, Chen Zhixing wasn't overly worried about this either.

For no other reason.

The three dummies went out with the Cyan Wood Longevity Realm, and after just a few decades, given their talents, it might not be certain they could fly beyond the remote star system of the Celestial Profound Realm when they reach equivalent to Mahayana Realm.

Know this, the Star Sea isn't merely big, for three barely prepared cultivators, toying with a small world drifting in space, wanting to fly out of this star system, might take hundreds of thousands of years.....

With that, what's there for Chen Zhixing to worry about?

This was why even when Huayu, despite preparing for a thousand years and building an extremely fast Immortal Ship, had waited until Descent to choose to set off!

Because Huayu knew without adequate preparation, it was impossible to fly out of the star domain where the Celestial Profound Realm was located!

Comparatively, Yimiao was far more excessive.

That woman wanted to obtain the Celestial Saint Palace, which was a top-notch flying ship comparable to an Immortal Artifact, before even considering venturing into the Star Sea; otherwise, she wouldn't even think about it!

Stable indeed.

Remember, even the Human Race using the Celestial Saint Palace as a ship, drifted in the Star Sea for nearly twenty thousand years before finally finding the Celestial Profound Realm, an ideal planet for cultivation, and without such aid, wanting to leave this star domain....

At this thought, Chen Zhixing's expression suddenly stiffened.

Immediately, his eyes flashed with a cold light, and the burst of killing intent for a moment left Xu Qingqing next to him in a daze, feeling as if her Divine Sense was being obliterated, shaken like a candle flame in the wind, about to be extinguished!

Fortunately, the killing intent from Chen Zhixing flashed only briefly.

Realizing Xu Qingqing's condition was off, he hurried to soothe her with his own Divine Sense.

Yet even so, Xu Qingqing, affected by this, fainted directly. Despite Chen Zhixing feeding her several pills for Nourishing the Spirit, it seemed it would take about half a month for her to awaken.

Noticing this, Chen Zhixing sighed.

Then whispered helplessly:

"It seems from now on, I need to pay more attention to emotional fluctuations...."