Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?

Chapter 1236: Chapter 1232: Good News

Shen Siyuan held the Xuzhou City God Seal in his hand, feeling the immense, vast authority of it.

This seal resonated with the Qin Guangwang’s Treasure Seal from Yangzhou, and the State Governor Seal from Qiong Province, with the three forces intertwining in his Sea of Consciousness like three rushing rivers, eventually merging into the golden-red ocean of incense in the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

He closed his eyes and concentrated, his Divine Sense guided by the City God Seal, spreading to every corner of the Xuzhou Netherworld.

This time, it was no longer the vague exploration of before, but a true oversight and control of everything.

He could clearly perceive that the earth veins of the Xuzhou Netherworld resembled a giant spider web, extending in all directions with the City God Mansion at its core.

The Yin Water from the Huai River tributary quietly flowed underground, while the lakebed of Weishan Lake, although dried up, still retained millennium-old Water Vein Spiritual Energy.

Those Soul Cave scattered in the wastelands, Mud Worm Nest lurking in scorched earth, and even the Ancient Battlefield Ruins buried deep underground, all were presented in his perception.

The Xuzhou Netherworld was eerie not only because of the infiltration of Polluted Energy but also because this land carried too many historical obsessions.

From the Chu and Han Struggle to the Late Song and Early Yuan, countless battles broke out here, and the Blood Evil Resentment of millions of soldiers accumulated in the depths of the earth veins, becoming a hotbed for nurturing Mud Worm and Muddy Ghost.

These Muddy Ghosts were notable figures in their past lives, polluted by Polluted Energy, becoming climate Muddy Ghosts. Calling them a different kind of Divine is not an exaggeration, but thoroughly purging them is extremely troublesome.

Going through them one by one, Shen Siyuan didn’t have so much time or energy, and some of these Muddy Ghosts were as formidable as him; if he made a mistake, it might lead to his untimely downfall, extremely perilous.

However, these figures were like beasts in a cage, trapped in the Netherworld, unable to escape.

Therefore, Shen Siyuan had a very simple method to clean the cage.

That is, annihilation.

As long as he fully controlled the Xuzhou Netherworld, he could utilize the Netherworld’s inherent power, bring down the annihilation calamity, and directly wipe out all beings within the Netherworld, then start anew.

But to bring down such a disaster, merely relying on the authority of the Xuzhou City God Seal is definitely insufficient. The City God Seal merely has management authority over the Netherworld, but no punitive power.

So he still needed to find the Taishan King’s Treasure Seal from Taishan King, the direct superior of the Xuzhou City God, only by mastering the punitive power, then he could bring down the annihilation calamity over the Xuzhou Netherworld, directly plow through the entire Netherworld, starting everything afresh.

However, this matter must be approached gradually, it’s not something to remember immediately.

Therefore, in the following days, Shen Siyuan happened to have rare leisure time.

Every day, besides cultivation, he spent time with Ruan Hongzhuang, Taozi, and a few children playing around Bin Hai.

That afternoon, the sunlight was perfect, warmly illuminating the living room of the spacious apartment.

Dou Dou and Tang Tang, the two little ones, were lying on the floor before the French windows, with a pile of colorful blocks in front of them, busy building a "castle".

"This piece needs to go here, you can’t place it that way."

Dou Dou stood with her hands on her hips, pointing to the block in Tang Tang’s hand.

Tang Tang tilted his head to look, then placed the block on the ground, said "Oh," indicating he was done.

Dou Dou looked and nearly fainted with rage.

The block was placed in a completely irrelevant spot by Tang Tang, completely deviating from her "castle blueprint".

"No, no, it’s not supposed to be placed like this..." Dou Dou reached out to move the block.

Tang Tang immediately protected his "work," puffed his cheeks, glaring at Dou Dou: "Monkey..."

His eyes were full of provocation.

"What, you want to fight?"

Dou Dou glared back, not wanting to appear weak.

The two little ones glared at each other, neither willing to concede.

At this moment, Tang Tang suddenly turned his eyes, taking advantage of Dou Dou’s distraction, he pushed down her pile of blocks, then giggled and ran away.

"Oh no, my castle..."

Dou Dou looked at the mess everywhere, her face flushed with anger and she started chasing, "Bad Douzi, no, Tang Butian, stop right there..."

Tang Tang wouldn’t stop, sprinting around the living room on his short legs, making funny faces while running, teasing Dou Dou endlessly.

The two little ones chased each other in the living room, bumping the sofa cushions askew, and nearly knocking over the fruit plate on the coffee table.

Ruan Hongzhuang emerged from the study, saw this scene, and helplessly shook her head: "You two, can you quiet down a bit?"

"She pushed my castle first..." Dou Dou stopped, pointing at Tang Tang to complain.

Tang Tang hid behind the sofa, peeked out half his head, "han~", indicating he hadn’t, then quickly retracted.

"You’re still defending yourself..."

Dou Dou, in anger, was about to rush over again.

Ruan Hongzhuang acted swiftly, grabbed her by the back of her collar: "Alright, calm down, Dou Dou, you go tidy up the blocks, Tang Tang, come over here..."

Then...

No response, really, I didn’t hear anything, so I know nothing...

"You see... you see..." Dou Dou got even angrier.

Ruan Hongzhuang was also quite helpless, she simply went around the sofa to fish out the innocent-looking Tang Tang.

"Oh?"

"Stop that, hurry and help Dou Dou gather the blocks." Ruan Hongzhuang pinched her little cheek.

"han~"

Tang Tang grinned sheepishly, drool dribbling down the corner of her mouth, Ruan Hongzhuang hastily wiped it with the bib at her chest.

"Yuck~, how filthy, Tang Tang is a dirty child." Dou Dou feigned disgust from the side.

Ultimately, the two little ones succumbed to Ruan Hongzhuang’s authority, reluctantly starting to gather the scattered blocks.

Dou Dou picked up blocks while muttering: "Tang Butian, round behind, furry monkey, always causes trouble..."

Tang Tang heard this and made a funny face at her, then stealthily slipped a block into her pocket when Dou Dou was unobservant.

Dou Dou’s keen eyes caught it immediately: "You stole my block..."

In fact, strictly speaking, this block belonged to Tang Tang, but to Dou Dou, who plays with it, it became hers, so Tang Tang was now a thief.

"han~" Tang Tang hid her hand behind her back, pretending to be all innocent.

"What’s in your pocket?"

Dou Dou rushed to search.

Tang Tang turned and ran, and the two little ones were caught up in chaos again.

Watching this scene, Ruan Hongzhuang was torn between laughter and tears, deciding simply not to interfere, letting them go wild.

Anyway, these kids brawl all day long, she’s used to it.

In the following days, Shen Qingzhou visited the Xuzhou Netherworld several times, hoping to find the Taishan King’s Treasure Seal through the City God Seal to fully control the Xuzhou Netherworld.

But things didn’t go as well as he hoped, and he found nothing.

Meanwhile, in these few days, Ruan Hongzhuang felt her body wasn’t quite right.

In the morning when she got up, she felt a burst of inexplicable nausea, losing appetite for anything.

Initially, she thought she was just tired recently and didn’t pay too much attention to it.

But this situation persisted for a few days, and became increasingly evident, she couldn’t even stand the smell of her favorite seafood porridge.

Her closest friend, Taozi, first noticed something was amiss.

"You don’t look well, could you be sick?"

Ruan Hongzhuang sat on the sofa, pressed a hand to her stomach, slightly furrowing her brows: "I don’t know, lately I keep feeling nauseous, whatever I eat, I throw up."

Upon hearing this, Taozi’s eyes suddenly lit up: "Hongzhuang, could you be... pregnant?"

Ruan Hongzhuang paused for a moment, then her cheeks slightly flushed: "No... could I?"

"Why not, your symptoms are exactly like morning sickness shown on TV." Taozi said excitedly, "Come on, I’ll go with you to the hospital for a check-up."

Both of them were first-timers, with no experience.

So upon hearing this, Ruan Hongzhuang hesitated but nodded in agreement.

The two quietly went out, not disturbing Shen Siyuan or anyone else.

Meanwhile, Shen Qingzhou had been busy searching for the Taishan King’s Treasure Seal, completely unaware of this matter.