CHAPTER 51: CHAPTER 51: TIANYOU CITY, SHEN FAMILY_1

Seeing Shen Mo agree, the tension in Shen Zhiyun’s heart finally eased.

"You wait here for me!"

Shen Mo returned to the sect to pack up.

When he came out again, as agreed, he ventured down the mountain with Shen Zhiyun.

The two of them headed for Tianyou City together.

Even though Shen Zhiyun was significantly senior to Shen Mo in terms of generation, in Shen Mo’s presence, Shen Zhiyun was very tactful, addressing him as Immortal Master and not daring to use their familial titles.

Shen Mo was quite satisfied with this and did not put on airs by insisting he needn’t be so formal or reserved.

After all, he was not one to be overly modest or deferential by nature.

He also didn’t feel any particular kinship towards this uncle who had suddenly appeared.

That he was willing to descend from the mountain and lend a hand was already giving considerable face.

At the foot of Linjiang Mountain, in front of an inn outside Jiyun Town, two fine horses were tethered.

These had been prepared in advance by Shen Zhiyun.

However, when Shen Mo saw these two horses, his brow furrowed.

"These are valuable Blood Horses; they can travel hundreds of miles in a day. Riding these horses, we can reach Tianyou City in less than seven days," Shen Zhiyun quickly explained, seeing Shen Mo’s expression.

Tianyou City was over three thousand miles from the Riverside Sect.

To mortals, this distance was extremely vast.

Coupled with the rugged roads, without fine horses to ride, a round trip could take more than half a month.

"Traveling by horse is too slow."

Shen Mo shook his head, took out two Lightness Talismans from his Universe Bag, and handed one to Shen Zhiyun. "Apply this to your thigh. We’ll travel directly; it will be faster."

"This is..."

Shen Zhiyun paused, taking the Lightness Talisman and looking at it with curiosity.

Then, he followed the instruction and applied it to his thigh.

"This item... could it be a legendary Immortal Talisman?"

As soon as the Lightness Talisman was on his leg, Shen Zhiyun felt his entire body become lighter, and he moved as swiftly as the wind.

As a mere mortal, he had never encountered such a wondrous object.

Amazed, his awe for Shen Mo deepened even further.

Truly an Immortal Master, to casually produce such an extraordinary item.

However... human endurance ultimately can’t compare to that of horses, which can travel day and night without rest. If we become exhausted while traveling, how will we manage?

This thought merely flickered through his mind before Shen Zhiyun suppressed it.

Surely, this Immortal Master nephew of mine, with his vast Skills, must have a way to handle it. I just need to follow his orders.

「......」

Amidst the layered peaks and wilderness, Shen Mo sped along with Shen Zhiyun.

They weren’t exactly keeping pace with each other.

Rather—Shen Mo moved with great speed, while Shen Zhiyun was carried on his back.

Although Shen Zhiyun had some martial arts skills, he was, after all, a mere mortal, and his pace was too slow.

Shen Mo was a cultivator, and with his "Thunderclap Rapid Step" having reached the Senior stage, his running speed was far beyond what Shen Zhiyun could match.

At first, Shen Mo considered slowing his pace to wait for him.

But after a few Shichen, he grew impatient and simply decided to carry him on his back.

[While you were executing "Thunderclap Rapid Step" to travel, you perceived the profound subtleties of its footwork, deepening your understanding of this Lightness magic. Rushing Thunder experience points +1]

[While you were executing "Thunderclap Rapid Step" to travel, you perceived the profound subtleties of its footwork, deepening your understanding of this Lightness magic. Rushing Thunder experience points +1]

「......」

As time passed, a series of real-time status messages continued to appear.

Shen Mo’s "Thunderclap Rapid Step", after reaching the Senior stage last time, had accumulated a lot of experience, and it wasn’t far off from reaching the next stage, Junior.

"Look, are we there yet?" Shen Mo asked, patting the sleeping Shen Zhiyun on his back.

"Huh?" Awakened by Shen Mo’s pat, Shen Zhiyun squinted and took a look.

Beyond the open country, in the center of an endless wasteland, stood a giant city.

This city, like a monstrous beast, loomed before them, with an endless stream of people entering and leaving.

"Yes, this is Tianyou City!"

"We made it here in just two days."

After getting off Shen Mo’s back, Shen Zhiyun entered the city with him, inwardly astounded.

A rapid journey of thousands of miles, while carrying a grown man, covering three thousand miles in just two days! I fear not even the legendary Nature Masters possess such ability, right? Indeed, he is an Immortal Master.

Little did Shen Zhiyun know, Shen Mo had his own grievances about the two-day journey.

"It’s a pity I haven’t advanced to the Qi Gathering Realm yet. Otherwise, I wouldn’t need to toil like this. If I could refine a Life-bound Flying Sword, I could soar through the sky and journey across all lands."

Although his "Thunderclap Rapid Step" gained a lot of experience during the journey, for Shen Mo, the more alluring image was the dashing spectacle of Sword Flying.

Tianyou City, with a registered population exceeding ten million, was one of the largest cities in the Red Flame Country.

The city teemed with prosperity; along the streets, one could see mortals hawking their wares and food from all regions.

Shen Mo felt a stirring at the long-missed vibrancy of the mortal world.

"Give me a stick of candied hawthorns."

He approached a vendor selling candied hawthorns and casually picked up a stick.

After running for two days without rest, he inevitably felt a bit peckish.

"That’ll be three wen."

The vendor gestured the number to Shen Mo.

Shen Mo naturally didn’t have any copper Red Flame Coins minted by the Red Flame Country on him.

He casually took a silver ingot from his Universe Bag and tossed it to the vendor.

"This?"

The vendor was startled to see such a large silver ingot.

He was about to say something more, but when he looked up, Shen Mo was already gone.

「.......」

At this moment, the Shen’s mansion was bustling, thronged with guests.

"Everyone, thank you for accepting my invitation and coming to the Shen Family’s Heroes’ Banquet today. I am deeply grateful!"

The speaker was an old man in a red robe, his hair and beard entirely white.

Although elderly, he was far from senile.

On the contrary, his eyes were bright and full of spirit, and his temples bulged prominently.

One glance revealed him to be an expert in internal energy, still robust despite his age.

This was Shen Zhou, the current patriarch of the Shen Family and the Martial Arts Alliance Hierarch of Tianyou City, unanimously chosen by the city’s righteous martial arts practitioners.

Today, he had sent out challenge letters, inviting heroes from all over Tianyou City’s martial arts world to the Shen Family.

The purpose was to discuss the matter of the Blood Robe Sect.

"Five years ago, I was fortunate enough to be chosen by you esteemed figures of the righteous path as Alliance Hierarch, to lead the campaign to exterminate the Blood Robe Sect. I had thought that this great scourge of the martial world was eliminated for good."

"Unexpectedly, the leftover evil of the sect has managed to resurface!"

Saying this, he looked at the people seated to his left and right.

On Shen Zhou’s left sat a handsome young man wearing a jade crown.

This was Liu Jing, the young master of Sword Hidden Villa.

To his right sat a bearded, sturdy middle-aged man; he was Elder Pei Yuan of the Green Mountain School.

The families and sects of these two men had both been destroyed in retaliation by the Blood Robe Sect.

"The Blood Robe Sect, that Demonic Cult, has reappeared in the martial world, its momentum and arrogance even greater than before!"

"In little more than a month, they have annihilated righteous powers like Sword Hidden Villa and the Green Mountain School. Now, they have even issued an extermination order against my Shen Family."

"My Shen Family will certainly not yield to that Demonic Cult. Therefore, I have invited all you heroes to this banquet in the hope that you will come to our aid when the time comes, to fight the demon head together."

"Alliance Hierarch Shen, rest assured! I, Liu Jing, have an irreconcilable feud with that Blood Robe demon head! I will definitely give my full support to the Shen Family!" the young master of Sword Hidden Villa, whose entire family had been wiped out, said through gritted teeth.

"Indeed! I, too, must avenge my fallen fellow disciples!" Elder Pei Yuan of the Green Mountain School, also a victim harboring a blood-deep hatred, immediately declared his stance.

"Alliance Hierarch, rest assured, on the day of the decisive battle, we will certainly come to bolster the Shen Family’s strength!"

"Evil cannot overcome the righteous! Even if the Blood Robe Sect is arrogant, they ultimately cannot defeat our renowned righteous schools!"

"We will definitely join forces and crush the Blood Robe Sect!"

For a moment, responses from the guests came like a torrent; the heroes present all spoke up, promising their assistance.

Just then, a sweet, enchanting voice rang out.

"Hehe, a bunch of insignificant small fry dare to speak so arrogantly!"