Chapter 14: Return to the Summit (2)

  Shen Feng's words came down, and the other members of the Shen family looked at each other in dismay. Except for Shen Ling, who had some understanding of the matter, the others didn't know what the demon beast locked up in that dungeon looked like. They only knew that since the demon beast was brought back to the manor, Shen Feng had issued a strict order, forbidding anyone from entering without permission.

  Many people were indeed curious, but Shen Feng's words carried such weight in the Zhu Que family that who would dare to defy him?

  Even though Shen Jiayi and Shen Jiawei were full of curiosity about the demon beast, they only dared to tease Shen Yanxiao in private to sneak a peek, and they didn't dare to take a step forward themselves.

  But what they didn't expect was that when Shen Yanxiao was carried out by the guards that day, she was already covered in wounds and blood all over her body. She looked as if she had been soaked in blood, and if not for the slight rise and fall of her chest, everyone would have thought she was already dead.

  As for what happened in the dungeon and how the demon beast was, apart from Shen Ling and Shen Feng, no one else knew.

  Today, when Shen Feng mentioned Warcraft, everyone else didn't dare say much either.

  Shen Feng coldly snorted and said, "To think that the Zhu Que clan, for a hundred years, no one has been able to reawaken the Zhu Que again. You people's incompetence is simply laughable."

  Shen Feng's words shocked everyone, and the reason why the Zhu Que family was able to climb to its current unattainable position in the Long Xuan Empire was that at the beginning of the founding of the Long Xuan Empire, the ancestors of the Zhu Que family obtained the ancient divine beast Zhu Que. With the help of Zhu Que, the first master of the Zhu Que family helped the monarch establish a great advantage in the war of founding the country. Among all beasts, the appearance of Zhu Que made all beasts bow their heads and worship, and its loud cry was enough to shake all flying creatures and magical beasts.

  The power of the Vermilion Bird had long surpassed that of ordinary magical beasts, and could only be guessed at through rumors. The Vermilion Bird family, which was built on the strength of the Vermilion Bird, however, returned to calm after prospering for two hundred years. In nearly a hundred years, not one person in the Vermilion Bird family was able to awaken the slumbering Vermilion Bird again, let alone sign a contract with it.

  This matter can be said to be a great sorrow for the Zhuque family over the years.

  Everyone knows that whoever gets Zhuque will get the Zhuque family. It's even more possible to bring the Zhuque family back to its peak!

  This is something that every Shen family member has been dreaming of, but for many years, not to mention signing a contract with Zhu Que, no one can even wake up the Zhu Que sleeping in the lava valley.

  "Master, it's not just our Zhu Que family that has failed to awaken the divine beast for a hundred years... The Qing Long, Bai Hu, Xuan Wu and Qilin families have also been unable to do so..." Shen Feng's third son, Shen Jing, whispered.

  What Shen Jing said is true. When the Longxuan Empire was first established, it received the blessing of the five ancient divine beasts and successfully founded the country with great merit. However, over the past hundred years, the five divine beasts seemed to have made an appointment to fall into a deep sleep together, without any one waking up. This has caused the five families formed by the five divine beasts to be anxious and worried.

  Shen Feng furrowed his brow and glanced at Shen Jing, who was one of his six sons. Shen Jing could be said to be the least promising among them, spending his days indulging in luxuries and socializing with those noble-born rascals. If not for the bloodline he carried, Shen Feng would have truly considered casting this unfilial son out to fend for himself.

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