Father, who is both a heir and a descendant, is still biased; the bound system has gone berserk.

Zhou Shi and Cheng Fengzhi surrounded Zhou Shichang and cried. Zhou Shichang looked at them with difficulty, tears streaming down his face.

"Father, I'm so sorry to you, and I'm so sorry to Mother!" Zhou cried out in anguish.

Back then, when the Cheng family first came to Yunzhou, she met Cheng Yunjing for the first time at a banquet and fell in love with him at first sight.

As time went by, she and Cheng Yunjing became more and more frequent, and eventually she became determined to marry him.

Her parents disagreed, but she threatened to kill herself, leaving them with no choice but to grant her wish in the end, with a grand wedding procession.

Her wish was fulfilled, but a year after her marriage, her mother visited her at the Cheng residence one day, and died suddenly on the way back.

Looking back now, it must have been that my mother discovered Cheng Yunjing's affair with his stepmother and was silenced.

Zhou cried her heart out.

Zhou Shichang opened his mouth and tried to speak, but could only groan in pain before his breath faded away.

Just then, Zhou Shichang's body suddenly trembled, and then a small insect suddenly crawled out of his ear.

As the small insect crawled out, Zhou Shichang's painful groans suddenly stopped. He let out a long breath and looked up in disbelief at Shangguan Sheng, who was holding the Thousand Gu Guiding Technique not far away.

That's just a child.

The Heart-Eating Gu crawled directly in front of the child and was swallowed by a black centipede.

"Cough cough, pfft—"

Zhou Shichang coughed up another mouthful of blood. Although the curse had been lifted, he was still tormented by the Heart-Eating Gu, and the damage to his heart meridians was irreversible.

His life had come to an end.

"Young master, thank you!" Zhou Shichang looked at Shangguan Sheng, his eyes shining brightly.

Zhou Shichang struggled to get up.

Zhou and Cheng Feng helped him up.

Zhou Shichang stood up and looked in the direction of the Crown Prince. "In this old man's broken body, at the last moment, I can finally say a few words from the heart."

"Your Highness, this Yunzhou prefectural government is now under the control of the Beast God Sect. I am utterly incompetent, and I have failed His Majesty and the Northern Xuan. I deserve to die a thousand deaths."

The crown prince looked at him but did not speak.

"Little Dian, purchase the Elixir of Life," Ying Yufu said.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, on successfully purchasing Life Essence Liquid. The system has deducted 50 points, leaving you with 19880 points and a current balance of 19830 points.]

Having obtained the Life Essence, Ying Yufu handed it over to the Crown Prince.

Without hesitation, the Crown Prince ordered Sheng Dong to step forward and give Zhou Shichang the Elixir of Life.

Zhou Shichang didn't know what the medicine was; he just assumed it was the Crown Prince's way of giving him a quick death.

He closed his eyes, tilted his head back, and poured the liquid down his throat, then opened his eyes and waited to die.

Zhou was overjoyed.

She saw that the medicine was given to His Highness the Crown Prince by Princess Anguo. Princess Anguo's reputation as a goddess had spread far and wide, so what she took out must be a treasure that could save her father's life.

Sure enough, she saw her father's complexion improve at a visible speed.

His aged and haggard face, resembling that of an old man, gradually regained the complexion that should be present for his age.

His gray hair gradually turned black.

His hunched figure slowly straightened.

Zhou Shichang's face was blank.

He dared not touch his own hands, his face filled with shock and disbelief.

His two subordinates beside him also looked shocked and cold.

The official next to Kang You muttered, "That's impossible."

How could such a miraculous medicine exist in the world!

The name of the goddess had not yet spread to Yunzhou, and he was unaware of Ying Yufu's extraordinary abilities.

Kang You glanced at him indifferently, then looked in Ying Yufu's direction, a sinister smile appearing on his face. "Princess Anguo truly lives up to her name as a goddess; her ability to bring the dead back to life is indeed real."

Unfortunately, it seems that Anguo County's daughter will henceforth be only my personal goddess.

After he finished speaking, he put his finger to his lips and blew a whistle. As the sound waves spread, a dozen unusually tall men in black robes surged in from all directions.

As soon as they appeared, they resembled terrifying humanoid monsters and attacked Ying Yufu and the others.

Their claws carried a pungent, fishy smell.

That's right, it's claw wind, because the hands of these black-robed men can no longer be called hands, but claws.

Those black, sharp, hooked fingernails that gleamed with a cold metallic sheen were terrifying to behold.

"Protect His Highness the Crown Prince!"

Using feints and attacks, they immediately protected the Crown Prince on either side, while Wushuang, Shangguan Fei, Yu Li, and the others fought against these black-robed men who were clearly different from ordinary people.

"They are puppet soldiers, everyone be careful!" The prince's eyes were sharp. These puppet soldiers were clearly different from those he had seen in Huang An's tomb in Yupan Mountain.

Compared to the puppet soldiers in Huang An's tomb, these were clearly more powerful and more bizarre.

Humans are no match for puppet soldiers. In the past, puppet soldiers destroyed powerful ancient kingdoms, and even today, they remain an invincible and terrifying force.

Shangguan Fei, Wushuang, and Yu Li were all injured.

The others weren't much better off either.

And then there are little children like Tan'er, who can only hide.

The situation was very unfavorable for them.

Even if the Snow Phoenix Army arrived, they would probably be no match for these puppet soldiers.

Ying Yufu kicked away a puppet soldier who was sneaking towards Shengdong. Her face was cold. But at that moment, she felt a cold wind coming from behind her ear. She suddenly spun around to dodge and saw a pale hand with long, thin black nails stabbing towards her eyes.

This is a person in a white robe.

Through the gap in the white robe, Ying Yufu saw that it was actually a female puppet soldier.

Judging from her appearance, she was only fifteen or sixteen years old, but at this moment, her eyes were dark, numb, and empty, like a puppet, attacking her frantically.

Ying Yufu grabbed her wrist with her other hand and twisted it hard. She felt that the arm was as hard as iron and as soft as a cow's tendon.

It was strangely bent, but not broken.

A hint of surprise flashed in Ying Yufu's eyes.

Seeing the white-robed woman struggling violently to fight back, Ying Yufu simply threw her down, pinning her to the ground and binding her hands behind her back.

"Xiao Dian, this can't go on. We can't defeat the puppet soldiers," Ying Yufu said urgently.

She wasn't worried about the Crown Prince; with Xiaolong around, he would be fine.

Xiao Dian said: [Host, the puppet soldiers are made from Nine-Headed Gu. Only by killing the Nine-Headed Gu within them can these puppet soldiers be completely subdued.]

Ying Yufu was stunned. She remembered that Xiao Dian had said before that only the Gu Jade could instantly kill the Nine-Headed Gu, but the Gu Jade was too expensive, costing 30,000 points each, which she could not afford.

However, another method that can counter the Nine-Headed Gu is the Nine-Star Alignment.

Nine stars aligned...

"Sister Wushuang, get the Nine Stars Alignment!"

Ying Yufu shouted loudly.

Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned, including Kang You. Wushuang had already taken out the Nine Stars in a row without hesitation.

The Nine Stars Alignment was just a hairpin, and even Wushuang couldn't figure it out when she took it out.

However, the puppet soldiers attacking her suddenly froze, slowly standing still.

His eyes, though empty, gleamed with a sharp light.

She held up the Nine Stars Link and moved among the various puppet soldiers.

In a short while, these puppet soldiers actually stood still.

"The national treasure of Dongchen, the Nine Stars Alignment, is actually here!"

"The legend is true, the alignment of the nine stars can really suppress the Nine-Headed Gu!"

Kang You's expression suddenly changed.