3. Chapter 3: The Father
When Shen An woke up, the first thing he did was to probe his inner breath - as he expected, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, silently.
It was a month in vain.
Looking at the plain white bed veil above his head, Shen Anxin did not have the slightest anger and hatred. On the contrary, Shen An felt that since the day of rebirth, he had never been so sober.
There are many failures, and he has long been accustomed to the despair and helplessness of falling short, and the vigilance of blessings and misfortunes is the normal state of Shen An's previous life.
The spiritual root slept like a hibernation, and no matter how much he urged it, he couldn't summon the true qi - this should be the punishment that the "system" said.
Shen An got up, sat on the edge of the bed, and looked at Shen Fu, who was dozing off with his head resting on the corner of the table in the outer compartment. The room was filled with the fragrance of porridge coming from the porcelain bowl in Shen Fu's hand.
Green Sleeves is here again.
Shen An walked lightly to the table, and then skillfully poured the porridge out of the window as usual-in order to make it easier for him to pour the porridge, he also deliberately adjusted the position of the red-leaved heather under the window outside the house, so that it was difficult for outsiders to find the hole dug specifically for pouring porridge.
Returning to the outer compartment and gently putting the medicine bowl back on the table, Shen An shook Shen Fu awake.
Shen Fu was preparing to play chess with Zhou Gong, he was shaken coldly, sleepy-eyed, and couldn't stop muttering, and when he came down and saw Shen An standing in front of him, he immediately jumped up and said excitedly:
"Young master! You're awake! ”
Shen An nodded at him and asked, "Can anyone else see it?" ”
Shen Fu knew that Shen An was referring to him fainting in the study, so he shook his head and replied, "No." ”
Some time ago, in order to attract people's eyes and ears to prepare for the cultivation of evil weapons, Shen An began to gradually alienate his family servants and friends who had good relationships in the past.
At this age in his previous life, everyone only thought that he was the son of a family with a gloomy temperament, but they would not deliberately avoid him. And in this life, Shen An knew that the Shen family had no credible person except for Shen Fu, and he was not as calm as before when he treated his subordinates. The other servants were even more afraid of him when they saw that he was sometimes angry with Greensleeves. The head of the family didn't care about this sister-in-law, and everyone was happy not to stay aside and serve.
Now those who will stay next to Shen An to serve, except for the green sleeves who are always ordered to deliver porridge, there is only Shen Fu who can get Shen An's good face.
"And the things in the house have also been cleaned up for the young master."
Hearing the sentence "clean up", Shen Angang's heart hung again, the magic of demon cultivation is often extremely dangerous, and a little carelessness may backfire on its master and even hurt the innocent. Fortunately, the Evil Blood Refiner** had already been improved by Shen An, and unless he used his own blood to urge the spell, he could not summon the sword spirit. In this way, it will prevent the evil spirits from running wild due to the possible ignorance of the subordinates - which is why Shen An will choose to practice this method in the courtyard.
However, in the family of cultivating immortals, even a three-year-old child knew that the place where the strange charm was drawn could not be moved. Shen Fu is too bold!
"Don't touch my things in the future!"
didn't expect Shen An to be angry, and Shen Fu was speechless for a while.
He grew up with Shen An since he was a child, and although he didn't know what the sword stuck in the carp and the charm drawn on the silver basin meant, he vaguely felt that it was something that Shen An didn't want people to know. Seeing Shen An fainting on the ground, although Shen Fu was worried about his safety, after probing his pulse was no big problem, he still took matters into his own hands and carried Shen An back to the bed and concealed the syncope.
He should have explained that he was worried that the charm would gossip if it was seen, and he knew some spell seals, so he thought that the charm should be fine, so he would help hide it. However, Shen Fu was clumsy, so he could only stand opposite Shen An in a daze, not knowing what to say.
The room overflowed with an eerie silence.
A knock on the door broke the silence, and a soft voice from the green sleeves came from the crack in the door: "Shen Fu, is the young master awake?" ”
Shen An crossed Shen Fu with an expressionless face, opened the door with a dark face, and was ready to vent his anger on Green Sleeves.
However, when he saw the person outside the door, his face turned white in an instant.
- Shen Aoduo stood outside the door.
"Father's ......"
Even in the cultivator family, where people are weak, the title of father is too raw. However, anyone who has been in the Shen family for a long time will feel that this kind of birth should be the norm between father and son.
At least it is the norm between the son-in-law who inherits the next head of the family and the current head of the family.
Shen Aoduo stepped into the house, but he just glanced around and had no intention of searching, and Shen An's heart relaxed slightly.
He wouldn't have discovered the plan of this seat - it was just the soul of a low-level being, and even the Jindan monk couldn't have sensed it lightly.
Shen Aoduo looked around the bedroom, and finally nailed his gaze to Shen An:
"How is your innate qi cultivation?"
"The child is dull, and he is slow to grasp the essentials."
Be humble and ashamed, and try your best to show what Shen Aoduo wants to see.
Shen An lowered his head as much as he could, he thought he would not be used to this kind of humiliation, but the memories that remained in his body were stronger than he imagined.
- Shen An found himself trembling slightly.
Shen Aocao suddenly made a move to hold Shen An's life, and a fierce true qi poured into the dantian, Shen An subconsciously wanted to lift his qi and protect his body, but the spiritual root that was sealed due to the "punishment" mechanism could not release a trace of true qi.
Shen An only felt that his internal organs seemed to be torn apart, and the pain poured into the dantian with the poisonous and spicy true qi, and the abdominal pain did not stop, and then the pain rushed down the spine into the cerebral marrow, and his throat was slightly sweet, and he spit out a mouthful of blood.
The look of satisfaction on Shen Aoduo's face was fleeting, and the green sleeves standing on the side took in the full view.
"It's rubbish."
Shen Aoduo's face was expressionless, and his low and hoarse voice revealed disdain and disdain.
"You don't practice during the day, you are lazy to sleep, your innate qi has not awakened so far, do you still have the consciousness of being a member of the Shen family."
Shen An broke out in a cold sweat in pain, but he was a little glad in his heart, if it wasn't for the "system" that sealed Shen An's spiritual root, he might have leaked the fact that his innate qi had awakened just now.
"Ahem...... The child knows his mistake and begs for ...... Father forgives. ”
Shen An couldn't help coughing, pretending to be cowardly and incompetent. Shen Aoctao snorted coldly, turned to leave, Green Sleeves glanced at Shen An, who couldn't stop vomiting blood, hesitated for a moment, and finally followed closely behind Shen Aocao.
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Shen Ao's face stiffened and he returned to the Red Lotus Building.
For Shen An, he has no disappointment, only disgust.
How long is he going to put up with this waste?
The reason why he married Su Yao back then was because of her identity and qualifications as "the chief disciple of Taixuan Dayan". He and Su Yao's children should be the pride of the sky and the dragon and phoenix among people, but Shen An's talent has not been shown for a long time, which makes Shen Aoduo indignant.
So, he went to Si Ming Zhenren to ask Shen An's life number - if this son is really not talented, he can abandon it.
However, he received an even more unexpected answer
-- The sky is a lonely star, and the gods and ghosts are disdainful.
Those who cultivate the truth pursue immortality, and they all go against the sky. Because of this, they believe more than mortals that everything in the world has a cause and effect. Although Tiansha is an evil star, its incarnation in the Shen family will definitely cause gossip from other families - the Shen family must have done something that gods and ghosts abandoned together, so that it can be rewarded.
At that time, Shen Aoctao was uniting the four major families to form the "Demon Slaying Alliance" and began to prepare for the Millennium God and Demon Tribulation, and such a scandal would bring him a fatal blow.
Cultivating the truth needs to face countless calamities, how many talents are extremely high, and the profound cultivation of strange people and strange people finally died in the heavenly tribulation.
Therefore, what Shen Aocao cares about is never to achieve great success, but to command the world!
With such ambitions, how could a man endure the gossip that Shen An might bring.
Shen Aocao wanted to kill Shen An, but he ignored Su Yao's power as a mother.
He couldn't confront Su Yao head-on, behind Su Yao was the "Taixuan Dayan" he had to win over at that time, so he and Su Yao made a Taoist oath-
--gave birth to the second child who could truly inherit the Shen family, and he let Shen An go.
Despite being a difficult birth, Su Yao gave birth to a truly gifted child - Shen Ping.
Shen Aoduo didn't like this name, the heirs of the "Red Lotus Shen Family" should not be bound by such an ordinary name. However, this is the name that Su Yao's letter Tianyuan Zhenren asked him to set. For the sake of the face of the "Taixuan Dayan" teaching real person, Shen Aocao didn't say much.
Maybe this woman has lost a hundred years of cultivation in order to give birth to the heir of the "Red Lotus Shen Family", so she will be happy with a name.
However, the stubborn woman still couldn't escape the criticism in the end.
I'm afraid that your lady will only be ten years at most......
The prophecy of the real man was never missed. A person who is in good health, as long as he says that he will die at sunrise, that person will definitely not live past the fifth watch.
When he took Su Yao and Shen An to see Si Ming Zhenren, the old man also informed Su Yao's life.
Su Yao really suffered a big loss due to dystocia after giving birth to Shen Ping, and worried about Shen An, he was even more depressed, and finally died of depression.
But her goal had been achieved—Shen Aoduo couldn't break the Dao Heart Oath. Once the oath is violated, it is equivalent to putting an extra shackle on the time of the nine-day thunder tribulation - Shen Aozao is never willing to match his own life for this half-believing fate.
As long as Shen An's spiritual root is abolished.
Shen Aoca couldn't throw Shen An directly into the Demon Slaying Pool, that would only arouse suspicion and affect his reputation, so Shen Aoca secretly dissolved Shen An's diet and corroded his spiritual roots. He verbally belittled Shen An in an attempt to destroy his spirit—and this qiē was intended to turn Shen An into a complete waste.
In this way, Shen An would never be able to leave the Shen family. Even if he left the Shen family, in the cruel cultivation realm, he would not live for more than ten days.
This is Shen Ao's way to fight against the approval of life.
But he overlooked one thing-
-- No one who cultivates the Tao is willing to obey the destiny of heaven.
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Shen An looked up at the sky and observed the starry sky.
For the art of stargazing, Shen An also dabbled a little in his previous life, although it was not accurate, but it could also be used for emergency response.
Pinch your fingers and calculate, sure enough, everything is not going well today, and everything is not appropriate.
Because of the miserable life experience of criticizing the fate guide, Shen An was always disgusted by Zhou Yi Tuixing's metaphysical arithmetic. However, at the moment, there is no true qidao technique in the body, and there is only this kind of "deceiving children" thing, which can be regarded as peace of mind and comfort.
He recalled the present day, and was puzzled.
What exactly is that "system"? Why can you seal the mana of this seat? What does "feel free to report a complaint to customer service" mean?
[Ding - The system detects a keyword and is responding to the user's request to connect you to the online customer service. 】
[Hello, job number SB945 is happy to serve you. 】
Shen An looked around vigilantly, and at the moment, he was the only one on the small stone table in the outer courtyard of the "Fengxiang Xiaozhu".
Unlike the previous voice with a stiff and strange tone, although the voice at this time still said words that he couldn't understand, the pronunciation and pronunciation of words were no different from the tone of a mortal.
He picked up the stone and shot it in all directions around him, listening carefully and comparing the "customer service" with the source of the sound of the stone falling to the ground.
The voice of the "customer service", like the "system", sounded from Shen An's head.
[Hello, are you still online?] 】
Can you hear what's going on in my seat?
[Yes, the sound is very clear. Do you have any questions? 】
Shen An paid 120,000 points of attention and paid attention to his surroundings. If this is a game set up by someone, it is also a well-planned farce that is difficult to find flaws.
Main ...... Unable to run True Qi.
Shen An did not give up looking for the source of the evil sound, but there was no sign of any living beings around him, except for the red-leaved heather and the occasional grass insect dragging slowly on the blades of grass.
[In general, it may be because your points have been cleared, and ...... Negative scores?! - 510 points?! This is the first time since the system was launched that a user has achieved a negative score!! It has only been a month since the system was activated?!! And the burden is so high?! How did you do that?! 】
Listening to the other party's fuss, Shen An trembled angrily.
This seat is just killing a low-level creature.
The "customer service" seemed to sigh.
[Depending on the purpose of killing, the system will deduct points as appropriate.] However, if the act of "killing" is detected, at least 1,000 points will be deducted. Your temper doesn't seem to be good, and the other 500 points or more may be deducted from dealing with people...... Our system really isn't very suitable for users like you. 】
What do you mean by "you are like this"?!
Shen Anxin was furious.
Then why don't you leave this seat quickly!
[Unfortunately, this system cannot be canceled once bound.] But you can defeat the villains of your world through guò and achieve the "protagonist hero achievement", and then you can ask the technical department to develop a personal program or system for you, and you can use guò to unbind the invincible system in disguise. 】
It's not hopeless, Shen An nodded with satisfaction, and said in his heart: Who do you want to kill in this seat?
[Please don't use the word "kill", it goes against the development concept of the "invincible benevolent" system, please use the word "defeat", there are many ways to defeat villains, erasure is the lowest way to achieve achievements, and ...... I found that the villain title of the world you are in is - Tiansha Lone Star, and the villain's name is - Shen An. 】
Silent......
Shen An didn't understand what the so-called "hero" or "villain" meant, but he had vaguely formed an answer in his heart, but he had to confirm -
Ben, seat, just, is, Shen, An.
Longer silence............
Just when Shen An thought that the "customer service" had left, the other party's voice began to sound in his head again, and this time, the "customer service" seemed anxious and panicked:
[It's impossible!] The "system" binding object should not be you! 】
The "system" shouldn't be on this seat? Shen An was furious, this system requires the "possessed" to kill himself, so the original "possessed person" is most likely to be ......
The rustle of rummaging sounded in his head, and the "customer service" added in a panic:
[According to the plan of the Operations and Development Department, the user of this system should be ...... Son of Destiny, the name should be——]
[――Yuanhui.] 】
Sure enough, it's the dead bald donkey!!