After I stopped trying, a rich woman trained me into a demon emperor.

Xu Youwei leaned against the demon corpse's shoulder, and upon hearing the name "Xu Youning," the last trace of color drained from her lips.

"Is my martial uncle still alive?"

Zhou Ran looked at her.

"How much do you know about her?"

Xu Youwei pressed the broken hairpin in her palm and whispered, "Order from the Discipline Hall."

She came into contact with the bronze ruler fragments earlier than Xu Zhenhai.

She used to teach me ancient Chinese law.

She paused, her throat bobbing.

"She never smiles."

Zhou Ran said:

"When someone like that laughs, it's never a good thing."

Xu Youwei looked up:

"I will go back and testify."

"no."

"I am from Penglai, I can point her out..."

"You can't even stand up straight now."

Zhou Ran interrupted her.

"First, secure the right to view the situation."

Xu Youwei bit her lip, pressing her fingertips so hard that the wound bled again.

"I don't want to hide in the background anymore."

Zhou Ran looked at her for a moment.

"You didn't dodge."

"You are the evidence."

Hsu Yu-wei did not argue further.

On Wang Pangzi's side, three Penglai disciples were dragged to the manor gate.

Chen Ya interrogated him through the array.

Li Zhiyao used an ancient technique to press down on the three people's foreheads, blocking their path to self-destruction.

One of the Penglai disciples suddenly looked up.

His eyes were dyed silver.

The other two were the same.

Three faces tilted back simultaneously, each uttering the same sentence.

"Xu Youning is already by Lin Qingxue's side."

In the basement, the sound of the array rotating was much quieter.

Lin Qingxue's silver eyes, visible through the white silk, slowly turned to the shadowy figure beside the bed.

"Don't move."

Zhou Ran's voice came from the bone fragment.

Inside the basement, everyone remained where they were.

Lin Qingxue sat in the center of the formation. The silver eyes on the white silk opened and closed. The silver patterns had just crawled out an inch when they were pressed back by the blind formation.

Xiao Hongli held the tattered ghost banner and stood guard at the door.

Li Zhiyao stood to Lin Qingxue's left.

Two teams of demon soldiers blocked the outer corridor.

With such defense, let alone a single person, even a wisp of yin energy that manages to enter should be caught by the formation.

But the three Penglai disciples said that Xu Youning had already reached Lin Qingxue's side.

Fatty Wang dragged the three of them in, his teeth clenched so tightly they were practically screaming.

"Ran-ge, how about I tear the house down?"

"No demolition."

Zhou Ran said, "If she really managed to infiltrate, demolishing the house would only help her change her shell."

Chen Ya opened the manor's entry and exit register.

All electronic surveillance has been turned off; she can only check paper records and array registrations.

The number of wounded soldiers, demon soldiers, Gu masters, members of the Xiao family, and doctors brought in by the Chen family is all correct.

She turned to one of the pages, and her finger stopped.

"Another medicinal diet record has been added."

Li Zhiyao turned her head:

Who signed for it?

Chen Ya held up the paper.

"Nobody signed."

There was only one line of text on the page.

It was taken to the basement for Ms. Lin to use.

The time was 15 minutes ago.

Fatty Wang felt a tightness in the back of his neck.

"Half an hour ago?"

We were all inside at that time!

Lin Qingxue spoke:

"I didn't drink it."

Chen Ya asked:

"Where is the medicinal cuisine?"

Su Qingling looked towards the corner.

On the low table sat a white porcelain bowl, the lid still closed, with a bronze-colored mark around the rim.

Li Zhiyao raised her hand and unleashed ancient runes.

The runes swept across the porcelain cup, but the cup remained completely still.

Xiao Hongli waved the Ghost Banner.

The spirits inside the banner lingered close to the ground, but no one detected anything unusual.

It's even more troublesome if it can't be found.

Zhou Ran said, "The broken bronze ruler doesn't rely on hiding."

"It will transform itself into a person or thing that is allowed to exist according to the rules."

Chen Ya stared at the porcelain bowl.

"So the formation mistook it for medicinal food?"

"right."

Zhou Ran said, "Don't touch it."

With a flick of her wrist, Li Zhiyao conjured an ancient ruler, which pressed down on the porcelain cup from a distance.

The porcelain cup remained intact.

Lin Qingxue frowned.

"It's not there."

Everyone turned to her.

Lin Qingxue looked up.

Everything was black before her eyes, and the silver eyes on the white silk were also covered by the blindfold, but her face was turned toward the bedside.

"There is a second breath in the room."

Xiao Hongli raised the banner with her hand behind her back.

"where?"

Lin Qingxue did not answer immediately.

She raised her hand.

"Everyone, hold your breath."

The basement fell silent.

Li Zhiyao held her breath.

Xiao Hongli held her breath.

Chen Ya held her breath.

The demonic soldiers outside the door also sealed their breathing.

Fatty Wang's face turned red from holding it in, and he covered his mouth with his hand.

Take a breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

Lin Qingxue could hear her own heartbeat, the gentle rubbing of the tidal array disc, and the underground Gu worms crawling through the cracks in the rocks.

There was also a very faint sound of breathing.

Not at the door.

Not in the medicine box.

Not behind the wall.

In the shadows under the bed.

Lin Qingxue raised her hand and pointed.

"There."

Xiao Hongli unleashed the Ghost Banner.

The dark shadows swirled.

The shadow under the bed was lifted, revealing a section of a white sleeve.

The next moment, a Taoist nun in white rose from the shadows.

Her face was cold and stern, her hair was neatly tied up, and she held half a bronze ruler in her hand.

Xu Youning.

She looked at Lin Qingxue, and a change finally appeared in her eyes.

"After you went blind, you broke my rule."

Lin Qingxue said, "Your breathing is disordered."

Xu Youning said, "A blind man is more useful than those elders from Penglai."

Fatty Wang immediately took half a step forward.

"Shut up! If you say those two words about her again, I'll scatter your ashes down the drain today!"

Xu Youning raised her hand.

A fragment of the bronze ruler pierced the white silk between Lin Qingxue's eyebrows.

The moment the ruler tip moved, it was already in front of Lin Qingxue.

Li Zhiyao stepped in front of him to block the way.

Ancient legal symbols formed chains, binding the bronze ruler.

clang!

Two ancient laws clashed head-on.

Li Zhiyao felt a sweet taste in her throat, and blood seeped from the corner of her lips.

Xu Youning said, "The ancient laws you've learned are too modern."

Li Zhiyao looked up.

"Even something new can hold you back for a moment."

Xiao Hongli's ghost banner wrapped around Xu Youning's ankle.

The fierce ghosts inside the banner screamed in unison.

Xu Youning glanced down.

"Li Guifan?"

She twirled the broken ruler in her hand.

There was a tear in the banner cloth.

Xiao Hongli swayed slightly, but still held onto the flagpole.

"Fatty!"

boom!

Fatty Wang smashed through the door frame and rushed in.

The dark gold body pressed down.

He slapped Xu Youning on the back.

"Take this humble Buddha's palm strike from your fat grandpa!"

Xu Youning was knocked forward and staggered, her white clothes tearing open.

There was no flesh or blood beneath the tear, only grayish-white paper stains.

Li Zhiyao's pupils contracted.

"Shadow Form!"

Xu Youning finally smiled.

"It was discovered too late."

Zhou Ran gripped the bone fragment tightly.

"The shadow puppet is used to divert attention."

"Where is the real body?"

Xu Youning did not answer.

She looked at Lin Qingxue.

"I originally thought that the Moon Emperor chose you simply because you resemble Yue Zhao."

"Now it seems there are other reasons as well."

Lin Qingxue sat in the center of the formation, without retreating.

"Your true form entered my sea of ​​consciousness?"

Xu Youning nodded.

"clever."

Fatty Wang grabbed her by the neck.

"Then what use is your shadow?"

Xu Youning let him pinch her, her tone remaining steady.

"To tell Zhou Ran."

"I'm waiting for him."

Inside the basement, the white silk and silver eyes opened.

The blind array trembled violently.

Lin Qingxue leaned back, her fingertips gripping the edge of the array's core.

Deep within her consciousness, someone had broken through a barrier.

Li Zhiyao exclaimed urgently, "Qingxue!"

In Zhou Ran's palm, half of the Dharma Eye Origin was burning hot.

The white bone pen also trembled.

Xu Youwei supported herself as she stood up from the demonic corpse.

"She wants to use Lin Qingxue to trap you."

"I know."

Zhou Ran looked at the bone fragments.

"But if I don't go in, she'll have to carry the burden alone."

Hsu Yu-wei gritted her teeth:

"You are still in the right-hand dimension."

If you get distracted and fall into a dream, even the Moon Emperor will have his eye on you.

Zhou Ran said:

"She's had her eye on it for a while now."

Ye Futian sneered in his mind.

"Your biggest flaw is that you knowingly walk into a pit."

Zhou Ran said:

"Should we just leave her and let her fall down alone?"

Ye Futian remained silent.

On the other side of the bone fragment, Lin Qingxue slowly raised her head.

She called out.

"Zhou Ran".

"I am here."

"She is waiting for you in my mind."

Zhou Ran held the white bone pen, with half of the Dharma Eye Origin suspended in his palm.

"Then let her wait a bit longer."

"After I went in, she never had a chance to come out."