He pondered for a moment and decided to continue withdrawing the siege, allowing the young man inside to let his guard down.
He doesn’t believe that Shen Wang will stay inside for days or months out of caution.
"Third Elder, should we continue?"
Yun Conghui inquired.
"Why not continue? If we let him go, where would our dignity be?"
Profound Thunder Zhenren used pride to cover his interest in Shen Wang’s background: "First pretend to leave for half a month, if he still doesn’t come out, continue to besiege and exhaust the array."
Yun Conghui nodded: "But if we let the Black Water Stronghold handle matters for too long, I’m afraid they’ll develop quite an appetite."
"Profound Thunder Zhenren, I have a way."
Ge Changzhuang said: "Isn’t he from the Shen Family? We could see if we can have someone from the Shen Family make him come out."
"It’s not very realistic, the Shen Family has roots in the Celestial Travel Sect, pressing them hard could easily bring trouble."
Profound Thunder Zhenren shook his head: "Just use the clumsy method, minimize effort. Now that Ling Shu has a better solution, I have all the time to wear him down."
"What if people from the Shen Family come?"
Yun Conghui said: "I’ve heard that the Shen Family returns to pay respects to their ancestors every year in the first month, it’s only a few days away now."
"Then find a legitimate reason. In any case, don’t let them realize this has anything to do with Ling Shu. You can have the Black Water Stronghold come forward and pretend it’s their conflict."
Profound Thunder Zhenren had ideas, sneering: "With the Shen Family’s declining power, the Black Water Stronghold is enough of a threat. You figure it out; I can’t show my face easily."
"Rest assured, Third Elder, we will follow your instructions."
"Go ahead. Today’s loss won’t be in vain."
After Profound Thunder Zhenren finished speaking, he left.
He found a place to hide, observing in secret, ready to act based on the situation.
Yun Conghui didn’t know that Profound Thunder Zhenren hadn’t left, and said to Ge Changzhuang: "We still need to continue attacking, or else let’s split up. You and the Black Water Stronghold pressure the Shen Family, I’ll lead people to continue attacking the array."
"Alright, let’s split up and regroup here at the latest in half a month."
Ge Changzhuang also thought it was better to prepare two plans.
Outside the ancestral house, it fell silent, with not a person in sight.
"Have those people left?"
Inside the array, Liu Shan stood at the door peeking out, his expression fearful.
The strength those people displayed was terrifying, even a single one could easily overpower him.
"No, prepare to stay here for a long time, treat it as a retreat."
Shen Wang shook his head, he wouldn’t go out easily, those people wouldn’t give up so easily, especially since that Profound Thunder Zhenren probably sensed he had something valuable.
"Ah, Master, are we going to stay here? "
Liu Shan was a bit stunned: "For how long?"
"Expect a year at first. Don’t worry, there’s food and drink here, just treat this time as a retreat, and directly advance to Innate Grandmaster for me."
Shen Wang had already made arrangements for the two of them.
"We’ll follow Master’s orders."
Hearing "Innate Grandmaster," Liu Shan immediately became interested and wasn’t worried about being unable to go out for a long time.
"Go cultivate, don’t waste time."
Shen Wang instructed Liu Shan, looking at the few people in the ancestral house, sighing in his heart.
He’s no longer alone, with family and subordinates to consider, he has to think more about them.
He pinched the Heaven-Cutting Finger, holding a Spirit Crystal to cultivate.
The Spirit Stones had been exhausted, so he could only use Spirit Crystals and drink water rich in Spiritual Qi to cultivate.
With pure Spiritual Qi assistance, his cultivation progressed quickly, not to mention the system rewards.
Shen Wang deliberately increased the frequency of nurturing his meridians, allowing his cultivation to increase by 2 points each day.
Using top-level cultivation resources, along with the system boost, in just a week, Shen Wang’s cultivation reached Ninth-Layer Qi Cultivation’s perfection, ready to start Foundation Establishment.
At this stage, the Foundation Establishment could proceed in two directions.
If the foundation is solid, with high comprehension, or external assistance, successful Foundation Establishment leads naturally into the Foundation Establishment Stage.
If unsuccessful, one can enter Tenth-Layer Qi Cultivation, Eleventh Layer, or even Twelfth Layer, where Spiritual Power transitions and can gradually accumulate strength to break through.
But this process is time-consuming, as some might get stuck at Tenth to Twelfth Layer Qi Cultivation for ten years or even a lifetime.
Back then, if breaking through at Twelfth-Layer Qi Cultivation, the foundation would naturally be very solid.
Shen Wang doesn’t want to get stuck, as a solid foundation cannot compare to a direct breakthrough into a higher realm.
Moreover, the system reward enhances cultivation proportionally, so reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage directly is better than being stuck at Twelfth Layer Qi Cultivation for improvement.
But contrary to his wishes, after reaching perfection, according to his daily habits of nurturing Jia’Er’s meridians, he received a cultivation reward.
Curious about how the system would reward him at perfection, his Dantian Space enlarged, Spiritual Power compressed passively, then became more refined.
Spiritual Power underwent some transformation, subsequently decreasing in total amount.
The next day, his aura suddenly elevated, naturally reaching Tenth-Layer Qi Cultivation.
Shen Wang was speechless; he wanted to achieve Foundation Establishment in one go, yet the system reward forced him into Tenth-Layer Qi Cultivation.
He was both amused and resigned; now, no need to hesitate, he had to take the alternative route directly.
"Let’s just go with it, this way, Foundation Establishment is also fine, with a solid foundation and system rewards, it won’t waste much time."