Crafting an Immortal Race with Daily Hexagrams

Chapter 727: Chapter 263: Spirit Transformation

After some inquiries, it turned out that his elder brother was currently with a group of Shen Family cultivators by the Laishui Riverbank.

According to that Shen Family cultivator, not long after Wei Qiuling left last night, an anomaly appeared in the Laishui River outside the city.

Many patrolling cultivators claimed they had personally seen a giant turtle emerge on the flowing river’s surface at some unknown time.

Upon hearing this news, Shen Wen’an immediately controlled his sword and flew towards the South City Gate of Yunshui City.

When he exited the city and arrived at the bank of the Laishui River, he saw a large number of Shen Family cultivators standing vigilantly at the riverbank’s edge.

And the giant turtle mentioned by the cultivator was quietly standing in the rushing river water, resembling a lonely island.

Seeing this, Shen Wen’an frowned slightly, and a wisp of divine sense swept towards the giant turtle that looked like a small island.

"Whose divine sense is that!?"

"It’s Third Master!"

"Be careful, Third Master!"

"Quick, retreat!"

On the riverbank, Mu Yan and several other Shen Family cultivators urgently shouted in surprise as they felt a wave of divine sense sweep over their heads towards the giant turtle on the river.

However, it was too late for Shen Wen’an to retract his divine sense.

As a wisp of divine sense brushed over the giant turtle’s body, Shen Wen’an suddenly felt as if it had inadvertently fallen into the Ten Thousand Years Profound Ice Cave!

The terrifying and chilling coldness rapidly spread along his divine sense, forming a deep purple chain of ice in the blink of an eye in the void!

The target of this ice chain was none other than Shen Wen’an’s Sea of Consciousness where his divine spirit resided!

At this moment, Shen Wen’an felt somewhat astonished!

This terrifying chill could recklessly attack his body by following the connection between divine sense and divine spirit!

Clang!

With a slight movement of his mind, a milky white sword aura shot out from the center of Shen Wen’an’s forehead!

The sword aura was sharp, cutting through the rapidly spreading ice column and shattering it!

Afterwards, the giant turtle on the water surface did not launch any further attacks.

Shen Wen’an landed in front of his elder brother Shen Wenxing and Mu Yan.

"Third Master."

The group respectfully clasped their hands, looking at Shen Wen’an with slightly admiring eyes.

"Fortunately, it was Third Master. If it were other unaware clansmen, it might have caused more casualties."

Mu Chang heaved a sigh of relief and clasped his hands in respect.

After saluting his elder brother, Shen Wen’an turned to look at the motionless giant turtle and frowned slightly, asking, "What is going on here?"

Shen Wenxing shook his head solemnly.

"This thing appeared suddenly last night, no one knows where it came from."

"However, a cultivator mentioned that back then, Xu Zhan also swore he had seen this thing in the river."

"This creature doesn’t have the aura of a demon beast, but you should have seen its strangeness just now."

"Anyone daring to spy on it with divine sense would suffer from that extreme icy power attack."

"Before you arrived, three cultivators had already succumbed, their bodies turned to ice and dispersed into ice shards into the air."

Hearing this, Shen Wen’an scrutinized the giant turtle once again.

Just as Shen Wenxing had said, apart from its size comparable to a small island hundreds of feet in circumference, it bore no signs of a demon beast’s presence.

If not for the method just now that could track divine sense attacks, it was completely an ordinary turtle.

But how could an ordinary turtle grow so large?

After some thought, Shen Wen’an said in a deep voice, "Big brother, I’m going to take a closer look."

Unable to use divine sense, he planned to observe it with the naked eye after getting closer.

The Laishui River was only a few dozen miles from Yunshui City, and with the sudden appearance of this creature, he needed to understand the circumstances to prevent Yunshui City from encountering sudden calamities.

"Be careful, this creature is absolutely not simple!"

After a brief thought, Shen Wenxing solemnly advised.

Shen Wen’an nodded and then stepped forward, appearing on the surface of the Laishui River.

Now just a hundred feet away from the giant turtle, Shen Wen’an finally realized, that the figure misjudged by everyone as a giant fierce beast was not a living entity at all!

The body of this giant turtle was entirely a phantom constructed from some highly mysterious energy!

It was only because this phantom was so lifelike, and since everyone couldn’t use divine sense to probe, a close inspection with the naked eye was needed to discern a hint of its nature.

Upon confirming it wasn’t a living being, Shen Wen’an’s puzzlement deepened.

The peculiarity of the Laishui River had already drawn the Shen Family’s attention since Xu Zhan discovered the ancient city at the river bottom years ago.

Now, with this strange phenomenon emerging after so many years, he was very curious about what lay at the river’s bottom.

After a moment of contemplation, Shen Wen’an returned to the shore and, saluting Shen Wenxing, asked:

"Big brother, is Xu Zhan currently in seclusion at the river’s bottom?"

Shen Wenxing nodded.

Before numerous Southern Border Golden Core cultivators descended on Yangnao Land, Shen Chongming and Xu Zhan in the family both chose to retreat into seclusion.

And by now, nearly three years had passed without any sign of breakthrough from the two of them.

The appearance of this giant turtle hinted to Shen Wenxing that it was probably related to Xu Zhan in seclusion at the river’s bottom.

After some deliberation, Shen Wen’an spoke: "Let everyone go back, big brother. I’ll stay here to guard."

Knowing that the giant turtle was indeed a phantom formed by some energy, Shen Wen’an also faintly discerned that there might be some secret here.

With numerous Shen Family cultivators watching over this place, the secret might be inadvertently leaked due to the many eyes and ears.

Realizing this as well, Shen Wenxing immediately nodded and said, "Then I’ll leave this to you."