"Qiqi."
A deep and deep baritone voice sounded behind Shen Qiqi.
Shen Qiqi's body froze. She wanted to pretend she hadn't heard anything and immediately ride on the cloud... No, she wanted to immediately ride on her Nine Cloud Chair and run away.
Unfortunately it didn't work.
Before Shen Mingyu finished speaking, Jiang Xiyan's loud voice rang out.
"Master Shen, you arrived just in time. If you were a step later, Miss Shen would have returned to Wuji Sect!" He ran to Shen Qiqi and said, "Miss Shen, your father is here!"
Shen Qiqi: ...
Thanks for the reminder.
But it’s really not necessary.
Also, my father is here, why are you so happy?
Shen Qiqi looked at Young Sect Master Jiang, whose joy was almost overflowing from his eyes, and gritted her teeth in anger. She really wanted to crack his head open to see how his brain circuits worked.
At this time in the previous life, Jiang Xiyan was no longer around. Therefore, Shen Qiqi didn't know much about this precious child of the Jiang family. She only heard that this young master of the Jiang family died of festering all over his body, which was very tragic.
In this life, she had not interacted much with this young Sect Master Jiang, and the number of interactions could be counted on one hand.
But even in these few interactions, the other party's image as a chatterbox has been branded in Shen Qiqi's mind like a brand.
Why are you talking so much?
If this guy hadn't howled more, she might have flown far away by now.
Shen Qiqi silently thrashed Jiang Xiyan in her heart, and turned around, about to call him "Father". However, as soon as she opened her mouth, she saw something that made her eyes widen in surprise.
That half-white-haired man across from me...how could he suddenly become like this?!
Shen Qiqi's expression changed instantly. She ran to Shen Mingyu's side, her eyes sweeping across his graying temples, then landing on his wrinkled face. She trembled and said, "Father! You...you..."
How did you suddenly become so old!
We haven't seen each other for just over two months!
Shen Qiqi bit her lip, looking at the man who seemed to have aged a dozen years in an instant, her face full of disbelief.
Compared to Shen Qiqi's shock, Shen Mingyu's face was calm. He lowered his eyes to glance at the white hair on his shoulders and explained lightly: "It's nothing, father just withdrew the anti-aging spell."
Shen Qiqi: “…”
Most people who practice cultivation have practiced the art of maintaining youth. At my father’s current age, if he doesn’t use the art of maintaining youth... he will indeed have white hair.
But why did my father cancel the anti-aging technique?
Did he withdraw the anti-aging technique voluntarily, or did something go wrong during the practice and the anti-aging technique was wasted?
Or maybe, after learning about her and her sister, he was so anxious that he aged so much overnight?
After all, even if Shen Ning'er was wrong in many ways, she was still the daughter of their Shen family.
Question marks popped up in Shen Qiqi's mind. She stared straight at her father, trying hard to see something through that calm face.
However, Shen Mingyu obviously didn't want to continue with this topic. After saying "Let's talk about it later" to her, he looked at Jiang Guiyuan and Xie Ruze.
The heads of the three great families bowed to each other and greeted each other.
The heads of other families also rushed over quickly.
In addition to several major families, there were also many small families who were invited this time. They all came together to sweep the money, totaling fifty or sixty people.
It can be said that everyone with some strength in the world of cultivation has gathered here at this moment.
With so many people present, Shen Qiqi couldn't hold her father back any longer, so she had to suppress all the questions in her mind for the time being.
A group of people gathered in the Jiang family's meeting room. Jiang Guiyuan, the host and head of the aristocratic family, told everyone about the blood pond in Furong Town. At the end, he said, "I posted this notice to invite you all to come here because I hope you will pay more attention in the future to ensure that the people in your respective jurisdictions do not suffer misfortune."
These large and small families usually enjoy offerings from the people in their respective jurisdictions. Protecting the safety of the people is their duty and there is no reason for them to shirk their responsibilities.
only……
A family head suddenly stood up and looked at Shen Mingyu: "Master Shen, the evil spirit in Furong Town was killed by the second daughter of your family. I have no objection to the fact that the second daughter played the leading role in this evil spirit elimination operation. However, my little daughter died under the hidden sword of the eldest daughter of your family. Master Shen, how do you plan to resolve this matter?"
As soon as the man finished speaking, several family heads stood up one after another.
"Two of my sons also died at the hands of Miss Shen!"
"One of my family!"
“And my home!”
"We were all fighting together, and we should have been working together. But Miss Shen, out of personal vendetta, was so heartless as to attack her own people from behind!"
"Now that Miss Shen has set a precedent by stabbing people in the back, I think we won't have to kill evil spirits anymore. Everyone can just look after themselves. If you have the ability, you can live. If you don't, you deserve to die."
"The Yuzhou Shen family is at least one of the five great families. I didn't expect their family education to be so poor!"
"That's right. The five great families were supposed to be role models for us. But your Yuzhou Shen family raised such a ruthless and merciless woman who would do anything to achieve her goals. This shows that your Shen family's family tradition is worrying!"
"A family like this is not worthy of being among the five great families!"
"Kick the Yuzhou Shen family out of the top five families!"
...Sounds like these continued to ring out.
There were victims who died at the hands of Shen Ning'er's hidden sword, and there were also people who simply could not tolerate this kind of backstabbing behavior.
There are also those who want to take advantage of the opportunity to get promoted.
Everyone was talking at once, but the spears in their hands were all pointed at Shen Mingyu.
Shen Mingyu, who already looked tired, now seemed to have aged several years.
Not sure if it was an illusion, but Shen Qiqi suddenly felt that her father, who always had a straight back, suddenly had a hunched back.
Although he tried hard to straighten his back, he gave people the impression of an old man in his twilight years, with the will but not the strength.
Even from half a step away, Shen Qiqi could hear his heavy breathing.
The panting sound was like a sharp knife, stabbing Shen Qiqi's heart fiercely. Shen Qiqi suddenly became angry. She raised her eyes and swept her cold gaze across the faces of those who were clamoring for an explanation from the Shen family.
Shen Ning'er was indeed guilty of secretly attacking people with a sword, there was no doubt about that.
As Shen Ning'er is a member of the Shen family, even if she is dead now, the Shen family will still take responsibility, compensate where necessary, and apologize where necessary.
But because of Shen Ning'er's fault, the entire Shen family will be buried with her... Don't even think about it.
Shen Qiqi slowly exhaled, and without waiting for Shen Mingyu to speak, she stepped forward and walked straight to a person, looking at him with cold eyes.
"Uncle, may I ask your last name? Don't want to tell? It's okay, it's normal not to want people to know your name. After all, taking advantage of someone's misfortune isn't a very honorable thing to do. Isn't that right, uncle?"
The man's face froze, and he asked with his neck stiff, "Miss Shen Er, what do you mean by this?"
"It means literally, don't you understand?"
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