The death of Shen Zhong was unknown to anyone except the Shen family.
The Shen family only found out because the life tablet belonging to Shen Zhong shattered.
Life tablets are treasures used in the cultivation world to connect with a cultivator's spiritual consciousness. A cultivator lodges a wisp of their spiritual consciousness within the life tablet. If the cultivator dies, the spiritual consciousness in the tablet shatters, causing the tablet to explode, thus revealing the cultivator's fate in the outside world.
Of course, life tablets can only be used for cultivators below the Saint realm. It's absolutely impossible for those above the Saint realm. A Saint can tear the earth with a single strand of hair, and a wisp of spiritual consciousness capable of moving mountains and seas cannot be contained within a life tablet.
The Shen family only learned of Shen Zhong's death because his life tablet suddenly shattered. The death of the family head is naturally a momentous event for a family. Under normal circumstances, the entire family would mobilize to avenge the family head. However, after Shen Zhong's sudden death, the Shen family's first action was to conceal the news. Was it because Shen Zhong was the only strong member of the Shen family, and they feared retaliation from enemies if the news spread?
Of course not. From the Shen family's Fifth Elder's cold-blooded killing of Shen Huan, it's clear that the Shen family isn't so harmonious internally. With Shen Zhong dead, some Shen family members might even be secretly celebrating.
The Shen family's First Elder was certainly among those secretly celebrating. His cultivation was the same as Shen Zhong's, but his combat strength was slightly lower. When he learned of Shen Zhong's death, he immediately stepped forward to take charge of the Shen family. Shen Zhong's supporters who wanted to avenge him were rebuked by the First Elder.
"Avenge him? Do you know who the enemy is? You wouldn't naively believe that a small cultivator at the eighth level of the Life and Death Realm could kill the family head, would you? The family head only left for less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea before he died. The attacker must be much stronger than the family head, or else the family head wouldn't have died so quickly. Avenge him? Do you want to plunge our Shen family into eternal damnation?"
Faced with the First Elder's words, those who supported Shen Zhong calmed down. They were initially angered and blinded by the news of Shen Zhong's death. Now, hearing the First Elder's words and thinking about it, they realized that the family head's death wouldn't be so simple.
Seeing that they were all silent, the First Elder continued, "You must know that there are more than just our Shen family who know about and want to seize the Quasi-Emperor's skull and immortal gold. Those Immortal Holy Lands won't let that cultivator go."
"That cultivator" naturally referred to Li Beifei.
"First Elder, what should we do? Are we just going to let the family head die in vain?" someone asked.
The First Elder shook his head and said, "The family head naturally can't die in vain, but we can't act rashly either. We can no longer pursue the idea of the immortal gold and Quasi-Emperor's skull. I suspect that the family head's death is related to this."
"Are you saying that the family head acted personally, alarmed the experts from those Holy Lands, and then they took action..."
"Shhh, be careful what you say!" The First Elder glared at him, then gave a knowing look.
"Damn it!" someone roared, thinking that their family head had died at the hands of the Holy Lands. Even if they mobilized their entire clan, they wouldn't be a match for the Holy Lands.
The Shen family's First Elder didn't know that his decision to give up chasing Li Beifei allowed the Shen family to continue to exist in the days to come. The words the Fifth Elder said when he killed Shen Huan had come true.
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Being chased is never a good thing. Li Beifei was now thinking about how to make a powerful counterattack, to let those people and forces chasing him know that even a mere cultivator at the eighth level of the Life and Death Realm wasn't someone to be trifled with.
But now, he first needed to evade the pursuit of the three Transcendent Realm peak pursuers behind him. He was confident that he could suppress and defeat the Shen family's Fifth Elder, who was at the third level of the Transcendent Realm, but he couldn't stop him from escaping if he wanted to. Fortunately, he had two helpers.
A turtle named Wang Ba, and a black dog named Heilong.
Inside a primeval forest filled with towering ancient trees, Li Beifei and the others hid in a tree hole. The tree hole was blocked by a black curtain, shielding their aura.
This curtain was naturally the black robe that Gu Changsheng had left for Li Beifei. Since it had devoured the Heavenly Punishment back then, the black robe could be freely transformed. Now, Li Beifei had turned it into a curtain.
"We can't keep hiding like this. It's only the first day, and there are already people at the peak of the Transcendent Realm chasing me. If a few more days pass, wouldn't a few Saints come?"
Li Beifei said. Of course, Saints were impossible, but it was possible that people at the Entering Saint Realm or the Carefree Realm would come.
He didn't know that just now, his White Aunt had taken action to eliminate an enemy he couldn't handle right now. If he knew, he would definitely shamelessly hug the White Tiger Demon Emperor's leg and cry to her about how Gu Changsheng had treated him all these years. He had used this trick when he first met Su Wanqing. Unfortunately, Su Wanqing was a loyal Gu supporter. (Readers who have forgotten can look back at Chapter 27)
"Woof woof, when are we going to counterattack? It's suffocating hiding in this dog hole," Heilong barked.
"Dog hole? Isn't that quite suitable for you?" Li Wangba stood up, crossed his arms, and looked at Heilong with disdain. He didn't expect this guy to actively offer himself up for ridicule. What a stupid dog.
"Dead Wangba, this Dragon Lord won't bother arguing with you," Heilong glanced at Li Wangba, not falling for his trick.
"Don't argue, let me think!"
Li Beifei said. He was really thinking about how to kill those three people chasing him. He definitely couldn't kill three people at the peak of the Transcendent Realm by himself. Even with Li Wangba and Heilong's help, he could only take down one person by surprise at most, and he might not even be able to kill them. After all, the peak of the Transcendent Realm was not comparable to the Fifth Elder at the third level of the Transcendent Realm. If Li Beifei's two swords weren't both Saint Weapons, he might not even be able to break their defenses.
"This is difficult. Are we really going to hide in this dog hole until they move reinforcements?" Even Li Beifei, who was so cunning, was at a loss for a moment.
"I say, why don't you ask your master for help?" At this time, Li Wangba asked.
Hearing this, Li Beifei rolled his eyes at him and said, "Do you believe that he's watching us being chased in some corner right now?"
"Wouldn't he be so lac..." Li Wangba immediately covered his mouth with both hands, not daring to say the last word. The beatings he had received before were still vivid in his mind. It really hurt.
Li Beifei gave him a knowing look, and Li Wangba didn't dare to bring up this topic again.
"Woof woof, who are you talking about? It's so mysterious. Please explain it clearly," Heilong didn't know who they were talking about, and the curiosity in his heart made him extremely uncomfortable.
"Huh?"
The turtle and dog looked at each other. For some reason, they both had a plan in mind. This plan wasn't aimed at the pursuers, but at Heilong.
They were going to trick Heilong.
"Dead dog, what do you think of his cultivation?" Li Wangba pointed at Li Beifei and asked.
"So-so. When I was his age, I was already a Supreme," Heilong said. This guy was shameless enough. He was from the True Dragon clan. A True Dragon was a Supreme upon birth. There was nothing to compare.
"Cough cough, how strong do you think my master is?" Li Beifei said.
"Your master?" Heilong glanced at Li Beifei and then said, "No matter how strong he is, he's just a slap away from this Dragon Lord's peak. What's there to say?"
"Awesome!"
The turtle and dog both gave him a thumbs up, their faces full of amazement.
Li Wangba even said, "Dragon Lord is indeed Dragon Lord. What he says is different."
"Huh?" Heilong felt that something was wrong. He always felt that he had been tricked by these two guys in front of him.
"He's actually here!"
Just then, an exclamation came from outside.
"Damn it!" Li Beifei cursed. The curtain sealing the tree hole had somehow turned back into the original black robe and was lying on the ground. Without the black robe blocking their aura, they were immediately discovered.
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"Hehe, you rebellious disciple, you want to force me to show up and beat you up like this? Not so easy." Gu Changsheng naturally saw their conversation. He saw through Li Beifei and Li Wangba's little thoughts at a glance. They just wanted Heilong to say something bad so that he would show up. Whether it was beating people, turtles, or dogs, as long as he showed up, Li Beifei's current crisis of being chased would be resolved.
But how could Gu Changsheng let them get their wish? So he removed the black robe.
"Master, will Little Feifei be alright? I see that the cultivator is already at the peak of the Transcendent Realm. Little Feifei is no match. Should I go?" The White Tiger Demon Emperor rarely said so much, but it was all about Li Beifei.
"You, I'm testing him. Unless someone above the Carefree Realm takes action, you can't take action, understand?" Gu Changsheng instructed. He was really afraid that Little Bai would slap the Holy Land out of existence for his rebellious disciple. This was his test for Li Beifei.
"Oh!" The White Tiger Demon Emperor responded, but her eyes were always fixed on Elder Li of the Ziwei Holy Land, looking like she was ready to take action at any time.
"..." Gu Changsheng.
Alright, that was said in vain.
Rebellious disciple, today's debt, this teacher has already written it down in a small notebook.
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"Run!"
Li Beifei shouted, directly grabbed the black robe and Li Wangba, and then skillfully jumped onto Heilong's back. Heilong also didn't say a word and directly used the Shrinking Earth into Inches divine power to escape from here.
"Where are you running!"
As the voice fell, a terrifying aura attacked them from behind.
Li Beifei looked back and his soul flew out of his body. An energy filled with the aura of destruction was about to fall on them. Helpless, Li Beifei could only use the black robe to block behind him. The terrifying energy hit the black robe and was instantly devoured completely.
"Huh?" Elder Li looked at the black robe in surprise, a hint of greed flashed across his face.
"This black robe is definitely a treasure."
Elder Li thought, and for a moment he was also struggling whether to inform the other two. In order to chase Li Beifei, they had previously split into three groups, agreeing that whoever encountered him would send a message to the other two. If he hadn't seen this black robe, Elder Li would have decisively informed the other two, but now, he didn't plan to inform them.
Because the intelligence didn't mention this black robe. As long as he suppressed the person, then this black robe would be his trophy.
Thinking of this, a flash of light instantly flashed in Elder Li's eyes, and his speed of pursuit also accelerated by three points.
"Woof, it's just him alone, why are we running? Let's go back and fight him!"
Heilong didn't sense the aura of the other two people, so he suggested taking the initiative to attack.
"Huh?" Li Beifei was also stunned. He looked back and found that there was really only one person.
"Could it be that they're acting separately?" Li Beifei immediately guessed their plan. After all, he was just a cultivator at the eighth level of the Life and Death Realm, and any one of the three of them was a strong person at the peak of the Transcendent Realm. Taking one out could easily suppress Li Beifei. Although they had seen the corpse of the Shen family's Fifth Elder before and were relatively cautious about Li Beifei, they weren't so cautious as to be afraid of Li Beifei.
There was no record of a cultivator at the eighth level of the Life and Death Realm killing a strong person at the peak of the Transcendent Realm since ancient times.
Li Beifei alone would naturally not be able to kill a cultivator at the Transcendent Realm, but don't forget, he had two assistants by his side.
"I'll attract his attention later, and the two of you will take the opportunity to sneak attack, understand?" Li Beifei transmitted his voice.
"No problem."
"Do you need to say it?"
The turtle and dog agreed readily. Their cultivation wasn't as good as before, but after all, they had both been peak cultivators. Sneaking up on a small fry at the peak of the Transcendent Realm was like eating shit and drinking water for them, cough cough, eating and drinking.
So Li Beifei asked Heilong to stop, and he floated in the air swaggeringly, waiting for Elder Li's arrival.
"Huh?" Elder Li was stunned at first when he saw this, and then slowed down.
"Could there be an ambush?" Elder Li thought like this, and his divine sense swept around. He found that there were no ambushes except for the low-cultivation demon beasts in the primeval forest, but he still didn't dare to act rashly. The death of the Shen family's Fifth Elder still had some deterrent effect.
"Damn it, why is this old man slowing down?"
Li Beifei cursed inwardly. Their sneak attack plan required the other party to enter the range of his Tianshu Sword Domain. Although the Tianshu Sword Domain couldn't completely suppress cultivators at the Transcendent Realm, it only needed to make him stunned for a moment. This amount of time was enough for Li Wangba and Heilong to take action.
But now Elder Li was wary and slowed down, and he was reluctant to enter the range that the Tianshu Sword Domain could cover, which made Li Beifei very pained.
You say that you are a cultivator at the peak of the Transcendent Realm, and you are so cautious about a small cultivator at the eighth level of the Life and Death Realm. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at if you say it?
No, he must take the initiative to attack.
So Li Beifei sacrificed the Tianshu Sword and rushed towards Elder Li.
"Huh? Is there really a fraud?"
Elder Li was stunned, and then retreated.
"I nima!" Li Beifei almost cursed out loud when he saw this. Are you serious about retreating?
"Hey, old man, have the guts to fight me for three hundred rounds, let Grandpa teach you not to easily chase a small cultivator at the eighth level of the Life and Death Realm," Li Beifei spoke to stimulate him.
But after hearing this, Elder Li was indeed more cautious.
"Why did he focus on introducing himself as a small cultivator at the eighth level of the Life and Death Realm, could it be that he hid his cultivation?" Elder Li thought inwardly.
"It must be like this, the Shen family's Fifth Elder, may have been killed by him because of carelessness, and he died a death of severing descendants, this person, is extremely insidious and cunning!" Elder Li couldn't help but rejoice that he hadn't been blinded by the treasures.
"I rely on ah!" Li Beifei was very helpless when he saw that Elder Li didn't fall for it. Why is this person so timid? He couldn't help but think of the Titan Giant Ape he met in the Demon Suppressing Tower. As soon as he saw that the situation was not right, he ran away.
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"Master, what on earth is this guy doing? Is he afraid of Little Feifei?" The White Tiger Demon Emperor couldn't understand Elder Li's actions either.
"He probably thinks that kid is hiding his cultivation!" Gu Changsheng was also quite speechless. This Elder Li from the Ziwei Holy Land is being too cautious.
Even though you have the same surname as that kid, can't you be a little more generous and go up and beat him up?
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