Starting From A Son In Law To Build An Long Lasting Family Chapter 2042: 540:

Lu Changsheng softly released a breath of foul Qi, retrieved a pre-prepared Blood Replenishing Pill from his Storage Ring, settled into a cross-legged stance, and began refining the medicinal elixirs.

His Chaos Physique allowed full recovery after merely resting quietly for seven or eight days, yet time pressed urgently now.

Furthermore, the divinatory symbols remained crystal clear in Lu Changsheng's memory.

Fortunes shifted unstably, impossible to predict; advance steadily without avarice, and gains will eclipse losses!

Hence, he needed utmost vigilance in this entire ordeal, refusing to skimp on these precious elixirs.

After quite some time, his wounds fully mended, and Lu Changsheng drew the Sun and Moon Taiji Mysterious Light Mirror from his storage bag, pressing it to his chest while ordering it into the treasure-light hiding mode.

Next, he relayed the divined heavenly secrets to the artifact spirit A Wu, directing it to scan and detect if the Sun and Moon Medallion's position could be sensed.

He had previously handed a Sun and Moon Medallion to his son Lu Quanzhen.

But divination revealed his son fused with a Kunpeng Egg, blocking heavenly secrets and obscuring such tokens from detection.

"Yes, Master."

A Wu's flat, devoid-of-emotion voice rang out.

...

Meanwhile.

Somewhere upon Black Reef Island.

"I wonder what affair the Shen Palace Master seeks with this old man?"

A gaunt old man with sharp cheekbones and a hooked eagle nose gazed at the alluring, voluptuous woman clad in a crimson skirt before him and remarked.

"Wugu Old Demon, who exactly was that cultivator called ’Zhao Wuzhen’ whom you fetched from the Kunpeng Nest that day?"

Shen Baishuang fixed a chilly stare on the Wugu Old Demon ahead, her words icy.

Upon her return, she discovered Xuanmu Taoist had ventured to the Starry Sky Sea, chasing Nascent Soul fortunes while hunting for a kin named Zhao Wuzhen.

Intelligence from the Goddess Palace indicated this Zhao Wuzhen inherited demonic arts and had joined Wugu Old Demon and Shi Hai True Monarch inside the Kunpeng Nest.

Thus, she tracked down Wugu Old Demon and Shi Hai True Monarch's whereabouts to probe the truth about "Zhao Wuzhen."

"Zhao Wuzhen?"

Wugu Old Demon's deep, abyss-like eyes narrowed as he eyed the stunningly gorgeous Shen Baishuang, his tone ominous: "Why does the Shen Palace Master probe into this?"

Lu Quanzhen was merely a chance encounter, a Core Formation Cultivator exploited to breach the Kunpeng Nest.

Though regrettable that treasures were squandered upon his demise within, it barely troubled his thoughts.

Hearing Shen Baishuang's question, wariness surged within him, wondering if trouble stemmed from that youth.

He recalled Lu Quanzhen boasting of Demonic Sect discipleship back then.

"A supposed senior of his found someone on Penglai Island to contact me, prompting this inquiry."

Shen Baishuang replied coolly.

"Senior?"

At those words, Wugu Old Demon's eyes tightened, lips curling in a smirk: "Merely a stray loose cultivator I bumped into, versed in Kunpeng Demon Techniques by coincidence, so we journeyed together. His origins? Unknown to this old man."

Lu Quanzhen had claimed Demonic Sect ties, but he would never confess such now.

Even if overheard boasting, he'd dismiss it as fabrication.

No way would the mighty Demonic Sect cross vast distances to avenge a mere Core Formation Cultivator against him.

"Loose Cultivator?"

The response rang plausible, yet Shen Baishuang harbored doubts, stating bluntly: "Wugu Old Demon, best speak honestly, or else..."

With that, a ornate sword etched with golden phoenix-like spirals materialized in her grasp.

Wugu Old Demon's face darkened subtly, anger lacing his voice: "Shen Palace Master, this old man has already offered the truth out of respect for your Goddess Palace. Bully me further with its authority and Spiritual Treasures, and I'll test your supreme arts!"

Though outmatched by Shen Baishuang, he had achieved Nascent Soul True Lord status centuries ahead of her.

Enduring pressure from this upstart fueled his ire, unleashing his Nascent Soul pressure!

He refused to yield dignity!

After all, Wugu Old Demon remained a proud Nascent Soul True Lord!

"I shall question Shi Hai True Monarch on this too, so speak true. Else, one day my sister and I may grace your Wugu Island!"

Shen Baishuang's scarlet robes billowed, evoking a regal peony blossoming amid fiery crimson blaze, her domineering presence and awe-inspiring aura unyielding.

At mentions of Shi Hai True Monarch and her sister, Wugu Old Demon's abyss-like eyes contracted fiercely, ghostly fires seeming to ignite within.

Then, in a tone seething with restrained fury, he growled: "If the Shen Palace Master doubts, ask Shi Hai Daoist yourself."

"That youth was a mere Core Formation loose cultivator who bragged of Demonic Sect roots, but this old man saw through the lie instantly."

Wugu Old Demon pressed on, his Nascent Soul aura surging and enveloping the area.

In truth, Lu Quanzhen's Demonic Sect affiliation remained unverified by him.

Yet even knowing, he'd deny it fiercely.

"Demonic Sect?"

That name stirred deep thought in Shen Baishuang.

As Goddess Palace's Second Palace Master, tales of the Demonic Sect's fame in the Southern Wilderness Demon Path reached her ears.

Still, separated by endless leagues from Starry Sky Sea, why would a Core Formation disciple appear here out of nowhere?

"Fine."

Her icy gaze unwavering, expression stern, Shen Baishuang answered evenly, then glided forward in elegant lotus steps, scarlet radiance blooming beneath her feet as she vanished utterly.

"Damnable woman, if not for fearing your sister and Sword Casting Manor, I'd crush you eventually!"