Chapter 14: The Fairy and Devil's Pool

  In the square, Shen Tianhu came to the injured Shen Haohai and Shen Yihan and said: "I didn't want to fight with you for the position of patriarch like this! We are all members of the Shen family, we should unite together. If you don't accept me as the patriarch, then you can take your people and leave the Shen family."

  Shen Haohai and Shen Yihan exchanged a glance before looking at Shen Xiang again, both of them letting out a sigh at the same time.

  Shen Haohai grasped Shen Tiannu's arm tightly and said solemnly, "I hope you can lead the Shen family well. I, Shen Haohai, was born a member of the Shen family and will die as a ghost of the Shen family! I, Shen Haohai, submit to the new patriarch with all my heart."

  Shen Haohai and Shen Yihan are not fools, they have both witnessed the terrifying potential of Shen Xiang at this time. If he is cultivated properly, it is very likely that Shen Xiang will become a formidable alchemist in the near future. If they can establish a good relationship with him, they will also benefit greatly from it. Offending a top-notch alchemist is not a wise move, and now that Shen Tianhu can put aside past grudges, this is a good thing for them.

  "Two seniors, please forgive me for any offense earlier. Our Shen family has stood firm on this land for so many years, we absolutely cannot have internal conflicts!" Shen Xiang also walked over to apologize to Shen Haohai and Shen Yihan.

  His actions made many of the Shen family's younger and older generations secretly nod in approval. Although he was young and had defeated a powerful elder, he didn't become arrogant because of it, but instead remained very humble. This kind of demeanor was something that many of the Shen family's younger generation couldn't match.

  Shen Haohai and Shen Yihan also felt a little ashamed.

  "Xian nephew should go and tend to his wounds first! Dragging it out won't be good." Shen Yihan said, and also gave him some medicinal pellets for healing.

  The elders were very satisfied with the outcome of the competition for the position of clan leader.

  An elder said loudly: "Everyone, there will be a banquet in ten days. Please stay here for another ten days and people from other families will come to participate at that time. You can also make friends with people from other families then."

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  Shen Hui returned to the room, looking at his battered body, and couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. The battle with Shen Yihan earlier had been extremely perilous, and he was still feeling quite stirred up inside, because he had managed to defeat someone in the Seventh Stage of Mortal Martial Realm with his own strength in the Fifth Stage!

  After a fierce battle, he also felt that his cultivation had improved somewhat, and he had gained some insights into the use of true energy. No wonder he heard that to become a formidable warrior, one must have gone through hundreds of battles.

  Shen Xiang had just taken the medicinal pill to heal his wounds, when two flashes of light appeared before his eyes. He saw that Bai Yu and Su Mei Yao were standing in front of him with stern expressions.

  "You little scamp, you were really too reckless just now! What if you had died? We've invested a lot of thought into you!" Bai Youyou said with an icy expression, making Shen Xiang's back feel chilly.

  Su Mei Yao stuck out her tongue and said, "You little rascal, you still have some guts. I'll spare you this time! Next time, think twice! Take off your clothes, I'll help you apply the medicine."

  Shen Xiang and Shen Yihan fought, but were cut by the icy cold true qi, with many bloodstains on their bodies. If not specially treated, they would be difficult to heal.

  Like this, Shen Xiang lay on the bed, enjoying Su Mei Yao's delicate and boneless jade hand applying some medicinal liquid, which made him feel extremely comfortable...

  The new head of the Shen family has been elected. According to custom, people from other families need to be invited to celebrate, and it takes some time for them to come, so it will take some time.

  And this time at the banquet, something eye-catching may happen, that is the appointment battle between Shen Xiang and Yao Jia Tian Cai! This appointment battle was spread far and wide, so when the time comes, there will definitely be many people coming, many of whom are here to see Shen's joke, and Shen's confidentiality work is in place, without spreading out Shen Xiang's affairs.

  Early in the morning, Shen Xiang spat out a drop of green liquid from his mouth. This was the result of his concentrated efforts in practicing the Dragon Saliva Technique. He wanted to master the art of alchemy within these ten days and even attempt to refine a mortal-grade middle-quality elixir!

  If he can refine a Mortal-grade middle-tier Tempering Body Pill at his age, then it would be enough to rival those legendary alchemy prodigies, and even surpass them.

  "Can I refine a low-grade ordinary item in a short time? It's a bit difficult, but Su Mei Yao likes to do challenging things." Su Mei Yao's soft and charming voice echoed in Shen Xiang's mind.

  Shen Xiang chuckled and said: "Mei Yao sister, hurry up and teach me!"

  Su Mei Yao smiled and said: "Don't smile so happily! This requires a price to be paid, you are now very skilled at refining ordinary first-class elixirs, have the experience of refining ordinary middle-class elixirs, but your spiritual power is not enough! You need to enter the sixth level of Mortal Martial Realm, possess divine consciousness to more accurately control the fire and grasp the moment of condensing the elixir!"

  Shen Xiang nodded: "Then I'll now simultaneously refine the ordinary middle-grade spiritual medicine and improve my cultivation! Hopefully, I can make it in time for the battle!"

  Su Mei Yao said: "To cultivate the divine consciousness, you need to merge a large amount of true energy and spiritual power together, refining it into divine consciousness. This has some difficulty, but if you practice Taiji Divine Technique, you should be able to do it faster. It's probably not possible within ten days!"

  Shen Xiang let out a soft sigh, he was indeed too impatient, this was a great taboo!

  "But...there is a way to quickly raise you up." Su Mei Yao said with a mysterious smile.

  "What's going on?" Shen Xiang hastily asked.

  "Xianmo Pool!"

  At this time, Shen Xiang suddenly remembered the strange water pool under the Xianmo Valley Abyss. When he fell down at that time, he could breathe underwater, and the water pool could also emit light. However, apart from this, he didn't find any other special place.

  "What's with the strange pool of water under the cliff?" Shen Xiang asked in puzzlement.

  "That's right, you should know that at the time we were led there by the Su family just for this water pool!" Su Mei Yao's words made Shen Xiang even more curious, these two martial arts masters actually fell down because of that water pool.

  "What's so magical about it?" Shen Xiang thought the more he thought, the more suspicious he felt. The Xianmo Cliff had been shrouded in a deathly aura for years, yet there was nothing unusual below, which meant that the deathly aura was covering up the pool of water underneath.

  Shen Xiang knew that the fairy demon was extraordinary, so he immediately dissolved the "Dragon's Saliva" into water and poured it on those spiritual flowers and grasses. Then he bid farewell to his father and quietly left Shen's mountain villa, heading for the Fairy Demon Cliff.

  He hurried along while listening to Su Mei Yao's account of what had happened at Xianmo Cliff.

  "The reason why it's called Xianmo Cliff is that the bottom is where the bodies of the immortals and demons are buried. The water pool below is actually the pure energy transformed from a group of immortals' and demons' corpses. Someone deliberately created this pool, and those dead airs also overflowed from the corpses of the immortals." Su Mei Yao said.

  Shen Xiang was shocked and amazed, the immortal demon was originally just a legend, he didn't think it really existed! This made him extremely excited, if that pool of water was pure energy, then if he got it...