"Big brother, I'm glad you're all right! I was worried when you didn't show up today." As soon as Shen Ruo saw Shen Hua he ran to him and hugged him.
"I'm fine. I saw your ceremony, you have a special element, very cool! And it's still the light, you're really very lucky."
"Haha. Yeah, it's pretty cool but I don't think it's that good." Shen Ruo let out Shen Hua and sat on the patio floor. "Shen Mu will surely come after me beyond some enemies of the family, they won't let me live so I don't become a threat." Sitting Shen Ruo bowed his sad head at his own statement.
Surprise at brother Shen Hua's deduction was stunned for a second. 'So young but already it smart, very good.' With a smile Shen Hua went to his brother and put your hand on his shoulder "Don't worry you have your big brother and I promise that as long as I live no one will hurt you."
"Thank you big brother." Shen Ruo was very happy with his brother's statement and decided not to look sad in front of him. "Let's talk about something else. How was your trip, did you say you were hunting to get some crystal of spiritual beast?"
Smiling Shen Hua took a small bag from her space ring. "I got three crystals besides the four I used for my tribulation." Seeing Brother's astonished expression, Shen Hua began to laugh.
Leaving his tupor Shen Ruo looked at your older brother. "What did you say? Did you use it? You mean you did your tribulation?" Shen Ruo did not attach much importance to the crystals because thought that they were one of the weaker species of spiritual beasts, but was stunned by Shen Hua's statement that he had been through the tribulation.
"Yes, now I am a low level bronze rank cultivator." Stopping laughing Shen Hua answered his brother.
"And how many levels of each element did you passed on?"
"What levels?" Shen Hua was confused by his brother's question. 'I don't remember any level in the tribulation.'
"The three levels, deconstruction, death, and reconstruction. You have five elements so there must be fifteen levels, how many you got it?"
"So that's it, you should have spoken like that from the start. If you're referring to this I've been through all fifteen levels, I didn't know I could stop in the middle." When he finished speaking Shen Ruo's stared at Shen Hua with admiration.
"All the fifteen, this is almost impossible! It's considered too much to be able to complete three levels, and you have achieved all of them!" Looking in wonder at brother, Shen Ruo can't help but scream.
"Shhhh. I don't want to draw attention. What did you say, can give up in the midst of the tribulation? But what are the side effects, is there any right?" Shen Hua was curious about what Shen Ruo said about the tribulation.
"You do not know?" Shen Ruo looked at his brother as if what he said was basic knowledge, 'The older brother must not have apprehended. On second thought it makes sense, since he does not have a good affinity the father should not have taught him.'
"No one ever taught me and in the library I found nothing about it." Seeing Shen Ruo's gaze, Shen Hua wanted to punch him. 'As you expect me to know, no one would waste time teaching cultivation to someone who is considered rubbish!'
With a sympathetic look on his face, Shen Ruo began to explain what he knew. "When the tribulation going to take place, each element has three levels, the level one at which its body is destroyed, level two you suffer the same death as the spiritual beast of the crystal, and the level three at which its body is rebuilt. If able to keep the consciousness, you get the power of the spiritual beast, and if you have one more element you can pass the tribulation next. If you cannot keep awareness the tribulation over, and the power of the element is incomplete, and if have more an elementk, that would come next, the cultivator loses its power until the next tribulation.
'So that's why people with many elements like me are considered trash. If we can't get through many levels we can't get almost any power. '"So what about Shen Mu how was he in his tribulation?"
"He has not passed the first level. If he wants to be a cultivator he will have to try again." Shen Ruo replied with a dismissive smile.
"What beast crystals did you use for your tribulation?" Changing the subject Shen Ruo asked.
"I used the cristals of the Sand-tailed Scorpion's, Windweb Spider's, Poisonous Blood Frog's, Thunderfoot Lizard's, and the fire cristal is a secret." 'Better not tell about Ichimaru for now.'
"What! Why you chose these, with the exception of the Thunderfoot Lizard the others are very weak even though you have passed all levels you should not have been able to get very strong." Shen Ruo didn't insist on knowing about the crystal of the fire element, if Shen Hua didn't want to tell him, there must be a good reason.
"I chose them because they have so much potential if used together. Do you want to see what skills I got?"
"Clear!" Shen Ruo was very excited to see Shen Hua's powers.
Shen Hua stood up and began to show all the powers he had acquired except the firepower. Since he first used it he couldn't use it anymore and Ichimaru isn't talking to him, no matter how hard he tries.
"That's cool, you got so strong. I didn't know a low-level bronze cultivator could be that strong!" Shen Ruo was impressed with Shen Hua's abilities. 'If the older brother keeps getting stronger this way, he will surely be one of the strongest in the country.'
"Now we can start the next part of my plan." Hearing Shen Hua, Shen Ruo turned to him as if he had not understood what he was talking about.
"Now that you're the new genius of the Shen family, Shen Wei you're going to have a huge party for you, before it happens we have a lot to do."
"What things?" Excited by his older brother includ him in his plans, Shen Ruo asked with shining eyes.
"We'll have to get a strong support for you. Without that, being strong only, you would not get the position of young master."
"Why do you want me to become the young master?"
"So that you have more influence in the family and can convince Shen Wei to do some things for me."
"Fine, but how do we get such fast support? Shen Wei won't wait long to have the party, and we have no connection whatsoever."
"First we have to delay this party and I already know how I'll do it." With a sinister smile Shen Hua began to think about what he would do later that night.
"How are you going to do that? Are you going to rob another Shen family store?" Ignoring Shen Hua's smile, Shen Ruo asked with an excited look. 'Will he take me to the robbery this time?'
"No, I'm not going to rob any stores for now. Let's use Shen Mu to delay the party." Seeing the disappointment on Brother Shen Hua's face, added. "But before the end of this month I am planning to rob some stores and I will need your help."
Shen Ruo brightened instantly. "How are we going to make Shen Mu delay this party? He doesn't have that much influence to do something like that."
"I have a feeling he'll try to kill you tonight, I'll stop him and hit him to the point where he can't move. Shen Wei will want to hide the issue at all costs so as not to embarrass the Shen family, by saying that his young master was beaten inside the main residence." Shen Hua spoke calmly as if it wasn't about his own brother's attempted murder.
"But Shen Mu will tell everyone that it was you who beat him and we father won't let you get away." Shen Ruo is more concerned about Shen Hua than himself because if his brother was defending him there would be no way he could be hurt.
"And what is he going to say? That his useless older brother walked into the main property without anyone noticing and spank him. Hahaha, do you think he would do that?"
"You're right, even though it true no one will believe him! So this problem is solved, but how do we get support?"
"That's the easiest, let's play!"
"Play? You mean gambling?"
"Yes, you and I go to casinos to gamble until we get enough money to start a trading empire!" Seeing Brother excited look, Shen Hua got up and pulled Shen Ruo out of the courtyard. "While we go to the casino you will tell me what happened during the month I was away."
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Shen Xiao was on the roof of one of the nearby buildings looking at the two brothers. "So it was you Shen Hua who stole the store. Haha, I would never go to find out, someone with a grudge, the courage to do it, and the confidence to get away with it, after all who would think a children twelve year old could do that." Shen Xiao heard all the conversation between the brothers.
"Shen Ruo may not have noticed but I know you are planning on destroying the whole family. You want revenge but I don't know if that will be good or bad." Shen Xiao closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
After a few minutes he opened his eyes with a determined look. "Until you kill anyone I'll close my eyes. It's time for Shen Wei and the others to pay for what they did to you." Shen Xiao disappeared from the roof with a gust of wind.