"Stellar power?"
Hearing Shen Potian's words, Shen Yun Yao blinked her eyes, full of confusion and bewilderment.
"Yes!"
Shen Potian let out a long sigh, "Back then, your father stood on the rooftop of this building, around where we are now, and performed incredibly mysterious arcane runes that I don't even know how to describe. He caused myriad stars to shift, and countless starlight to fall upon this stone... and that's how this half-finished Earth-tier fire seed came to be..."
"For a moment, I felt as if I saw your father plucking stars from the sky with those profound arcane runes..."
"Brilliant starlight showered upon the stone, and the aura emanating from it at that time made me feel an immense tremor..."
"It was a sense of awe emanating from the very soul when facing the might of heaven and earth!"
"Containing stellar power, this is the biggest difference between an Earth-tier fire seed and a Profound-tier or Yellow-tier fire seed... According to your father, it's a qualitative change!"
"It's a shame that due to the absence of the upper half of the Fire Seed Record... this Earth-tier fire seed couldn't be completed in the end..."
"It was for this reason that your father left Mech City and went to that ancient ruin... to search for the possible upper half of the Fire Seed Record... and to explore the secrets behind that Fire Seed Record!"
"And I named this building the Star Picking Tower!"
At the end, Shen Potian spoke with a face full of emotion.
"This..."
Hearing her grandfather's words, Shen Yun Yao was too astonished to speak.
"Yao Yao, don't worry too much. Relax your mind. Even if the sky falls, this old bone of mine can hold it up for a while!"
"As for arcane runes, don't be too anxious. Just go with the flow!"
"As your father said, arcane runes are something you either grasp or you don't; you can't force it... This is also why I've had you traveling for so many years..."
He paused, Shen Potian added.
"Oh, okay~"
Still in a state of shock, Shen Yun Yao nodded mechanically.
"By the way, Yao Yao, there's something I think might be necessary to tell you!" When he mentioned this, Shen Potian frowned, his tone hesitant, as if he was debating whether to tell Shen Yun Yao.
"Grandpa, please tell me!"
Shen Yun Yao looked at Shen Potian and spoke earnestly.
"Yao Yao, I know you were very young when your father left... but don't hold out any hope for your father. He couldn't possibly still be alive!"
Although the content was cruel, Shen Potian still said it. Before, it was fine not to have news of Shen Lang, but with Ye Feng's appearance today, and the "Li Goudan" mentioned by the other party, Shen Potian felt it necessary to tell Shen Yun Yao.
"Why? Grandpa, that person named Ye Feng today said..."
Shen Yun Yao was interrupted by Shen Potian before she could finish.
"Yao Yao, it's true!"
Shen Potian's face was bitter, "As for Ye Feng, we know very little about him at the moment..."
As his voice fell, both Shen Potian and Shen Yun Yao fell into silence. After a long while, Shen Potian broke the silence first, "Yao Yao, it's very late. You should go back and rest."
"Okay! ~ Grandpa, you should rest early too! ~"
Shen Yun Yao nodded at Shen Potian and then quickly left, as if escaping from something...
"Sigh~"
After Shen Yun Yao disappeared from view, Shen Potian let out a deep sigh. Then, with a flash of light in his hand, a mirror arcane coin appeared. Inside the mirror surface of the mirror arcane coin were several lines of text, written very sloppily, indicating that the writer was very anxious and flustered, "Father, take good care of Yao Yao. I have no chance of survival. Even if you see 'me' again, it will definitely not be me. Never believe 'me'... Shen Lang's last words!"
...
The next day,
Ye Feng was still woken up early by his biological clock, while Xiao Xiao, who was in his growth spurt, still liked to sleep in a bit. After eight in the morning,
As Xiao Xiao finished washing up, Ye Feng had already finished breakfast and was inventorying the items obtained from the spatial rift fragments of the two assassins, Pangolin and Leopard Zheng. It was a bit late yesterday, and with Shen Yun Yao, whose background was unknown, by his side, he hadn't examined them carefully.
"Hmm?"
Taking out the items from the spatial rift fragment rings of Pangolin and Leopard Zheng, Ye Feng couldn't help but be a little surprised. Because among the pile of items, Ye Feng found a beautifully packaged box, on the outer shell of which was a flamboyant and rather majestic character "Shen".
"Something from the Shen family?"
Ye Feng was not unfamiliar with this style of the character "Shen"; it was present in several important places in Mech City. Involuntarily, Ye Feng curiously opened the box and found several arcane coins inside. Counting them, there were 500.
"These arcane coins are from the Shen family?"
Seeing this, Ye Feng frowned. Because last night Shen Yun Yao had told Ye Feng that ordinary people couldn't hire assassins of Pangolin and Leopard Zheng's caliber, and Leopard Zheng had indeed said last night, "500 arcane coins are not so easily obtained~".
"Someone from the Shen family hired assassins to assassinate me? That shouldn't be... And if the Shen family made a move, Shen Yun Yao should have avoided suspicion..."
After thinking for a moment, Ye Feng, who couldn't find any leads, stopped dwelling on it. He wasn't the type to easily suspect someone based on a single box, and the assassins were hired by the Shen family... that seemed too obvious...
...
After Xiao Xiao finished eating, he went downstairs to the hotel lobby with Ye Feng. Today, as Shen Bo had said, he could report to the Secret Mech Institute.
"Ye Feng!~"
As Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao reached the first floor, a cheerful female voice rang out. The two looked in the direction of the sound and saw Shen Yun Yao. She was still wearing the same floral water mist long dress and was walking towards them.
"Hmm?"
Ye Feng slightly frowned, feeling quite puzzled, as Shen Yun Yao seemed to be waiting for him specifically.
"Ye Feng, I'm sorry, Master Shen has a sudden urgent matter today and asked me to inform you, and to take you around!"
Shen Yun Yao walked up to Ye Feng and said.
"Uh... Master Shen is Shen Bo~"
Seeing Ye Feng's confused expression, Shen Yun Yao continued, "He has an urgent matter today, so he asked me to take you to find Teacher Cang first, another very powerful figure in the Secret Mech Institute!"
"Teacher Cang?"
Hearing this title, Ye Feng's expression became a little strange, and he couldn't help but think of another woman in his memory who was familiar to many people... Although time has passed and she has aged, she was the enlightenment for many people's youth...
"Oh, Teacher Cang is Cang Shi. He's at the Arcane Origin Stone Mine now, which is quite far from here. Let's hurry over!"
Shen Yun Yao nodded and explained.
"Uh, okay~"
...