I defeated the saint with a parry.

Thinking of what was on his mind, Xu Ling hurriedly ran away, not having time to say much to Li Yang, only instructing him to stay at the martial arts school.

He didn't rush back to the Demon Suppression Division, but instead had the Moon Lion take him to the Song family.

Under the moonlight, the two lions were already an enhanced version. They silently brought Xu Ling to Song Tianyou's bedside, startling the old man so much that he threw out several talismans, merely giving the two lions a dessert after their meal.

Xu Ling quickly shouted, "Patriarch Song, don't panic!"

Before he finished speaking, an extremely terrifying aura appeared in Song Tianyou's room.

The newcomer possessed an air of otherworldly grace; the moment he appeared, the two moon lions immediately lay down on the ground. Xu Ling also instantly received a notification asking whether to activate the trial space.

"Elder, don't make a move! This is Xu Ling from the Demon Suppression Division!!"

Song Tianyou's shout caused the intruder's oppressive aura to dissipate completely, and his murderous expression turned into a smile.

"Ding! No hostility detected. The trial space cannot be opened."

Good guy.

The hatred dissipates quickly.

Song Tianyou breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the room that had almost become a battlefield, and suddenly felt extremely tired.

He got out of bed wearing his undergarments: "Lord Xu, you almost scared me to death."

Xu Ling looked embarrassed, but his urgency was not diminished at all: "Patriarch Song, please don't be offended. It was really an emergency, and I had no choice but to do it."

"Greetings, Grand Elder."

After he finished speaking, he didn't forget to bow to the big shot.

He should have realized it sooner. The garrison commander had made arrangements for the Pill Sect with the Grand Elder last night, so it was normal that the Grand Elder of the Pill Sect hadn't left after only one day.

The image of the Grand Elder perfectly matches Xu Ling's fantasy of immortals in his previous life.

With a youthful face and white hair, he possesses an air of otherworldly grace and exudes the powerful aura of an immortal in every gesture.

"Old Daoist Dan Hong, young friend, you are very kind." Dan Hong returned the greeting with a benevolent expression, as if the Daoist who had just tried to kill was a completely different person. He looked at Xu Ling with satisfaction: "I have long wanted to meet you, young friend, but I never expected to do so here. There has been news from within the sect that the first batch of medicinal herbs from the Demon Suppression Division has arrived today. Your plan, young friend, is a great favor to my Dan Sect."

"Young friend, you've come in such a hurry. If you need anything, please don't hesitate to ask the Dan Sect for help."

Xu Ling didn't bother with formalities. Now that the Grand Elder was here, he asked directly, "Have either of you ever heard of the Blood Fusion Pill?"

"Huh?" Song Tianyou looked surprised. He was about to shake his head when he saw his elder's expression change drastically.

Dan Hong pondered for a moment and asked, "Where did you hear about this elixir, young friend?"

Xu Ling looked at Song Tianyou: "Senior Song mentioned the Li family before. I obtained their account books from the Li family, and I learned about the Blood Fusion Pill from those account books."

Song Tianyou also took the opportunity to explain the matter of the Li family brokerage firm.

Dan Hong's face darkened: "What a fine Prince Kang, what a fine Li family..."

This Blood Fusion Pill originates from an ancient formula used to treat bloodline inconsistencies. In ancient times, the demon race was supreme, while the human race was weak; in the eyes of the demon race, humans had an inferior bloodline.

The Blood Fusion Pill fuses the blood of humans, leaving only the blood of demons. If a demon has an offspring who has an affair with a human, the Blood Fusion Pill will be used to purify their bloodline.

Later, they discovered that this elixir could even fuse the bloodlines of other demon races, including slightly imperfect, inferior bloodlines. They then began using the Blood Fusion Pill to continuously purify the bloodlines of their own race... It is said that the dragon race at the time highly revered this elixir.

"Later, for some unknown reason, those powerful clans that used this pill to purify their offspring's bloodline began to experience a problem: the descendants of those whose bloodlines had been purified developed issues. Initially, they were just deformed freaks with increasingly poor natural talents! But after many generations, they became unable to produce new offspring."

"On the contrary, those other demon races that once possessed mottled bloodlines became increasingly prosperous, with powerful figures emerging one after another. These lower-level races gathered together and began to crush the former top demon races, which led to the formation of the later Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom."

"This medicine directly caused problems with the inheritance of several ancient demon clans, so the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons sealed it away, only recording its harmful effects in some ancient texts."

"There is another major reason why this medicine is banned: it requires a large number of living offspring to build up their foundation in order to refine the Blood Fusion Pill, which is unique to this race."

"How could anyone use something so immoral and against nature?"

Dan Hong shook her head, her face full of resentment.

"The materials in the Li family's account books should be living people or living demons used for Foundation Establishment..."

"But I still have a question," Dan Hong asked, "What do they want to do with purifying their bloodline?"

That's the key point.

What bloodline do the Li family and the Kang King want to purify?

Although the Li family is a mixed-race family, well, descendants of transvestites, in today's world, worldly views don't matter as much anymore (not really). Everything is based on strength. The Li family has the reputation of being the number one family in Fancheng, so there's no need for them to do this.

As for Prince Kang, he had no need for it. He was of royal blood... The royal harem had three thousand beauties. If it were a trivial matter of valuing bloodline purity, they would have already engaged in intermarriage within the clan, and he would have no need for this Blood Fusion Pill.

Even if King Kang cared about a legitimate issue, there was no need to use a blood-melting pill that could lead to the extinction of his lineage. If the book on purging the court of corrupt officials had been written well, great Confucian scholars would have debated it for him.

Therefore... there's no reason why neither of these two masterminds used the Blood Fusion Pill, so there's only one explanation.

Xu Ling: "The person who took the Blood Fusion Pill is probably someone else, and this person's bloodline is of great use."

Song Tianyou glanced at Xu Ling, and the two exclaimed in unison, "A treasure trove!!"

Yes.

The person behind the scenes mentioned the Li family's treasure from the very beginning. Whether it was the information obtained by the Song family or the things that Xu Ling was forced to find out, it was all about "treasure".

"Methods to suppress the madness of demons during the period of demonic calamity."

"Could they have actually found it?"

Xu Ling gasped: "The answer lies in the bloodline of someone, whether human or demon?"

No wonder they needed to use the Blood Fusion Pill.

Damn it, how many lives have been stolen in the past sixty years?

With this answer, Xu Ling quickly bid farewell to the two members of the Song family and had the two moon lions take him back to the Demon Suppression Division.

On his way to find the town's guard, Xu Ling still couldn't figure out the purpose of the person behind the scenes.

Xu Ling frowned and muttered, "The accounts show that the Li family was the last to use the Blood Fusion Pill. The Prince of Kang only provided the Blood Fusion Pill... The Li family was the one who took action, so the person behind the scenes is targeting the Li family."

"The blood pool beneath Li Family Village?"

"The altar in Taoyuan Village?"

Do not!

I was wrong before. The altar in Taoyuan Village was the work of someone behind the scenes, but the blood pool under Lijia Village should have been dug by the Li family themselves.

The mastermind behind this wanted to lure me to the Blood Pool beneath Li Family Village through the passage in Peach Garden Village, but I went against their original plan and buried Peach Garden Village directly.

It shouldn't have been Zhao Yi who discovered the underground passage, it should have been me. With my mouth, I could have exposed the Li family's affairs to the Demon Suppression Division.

Even if I didn't discover it, it wouldn't matter, because the Song family laid the groundwork ten years ago, and Song Cai's treasure map was the key to triggering that foreshadowing. In any case, the secrets beneath Li Family Village will be revealed at the appropriate time.

Xu Ling's mind raced, untangling invisible threads.

If he hadn't transmigrated, the original Xu Ling would have been nothing more than a minor figure in the Border Demon Suppression Division, weak in strength, yet a demon slayer in the division, capable of delivering information to those who needed it, and not hindering the overall strategy due to his overwhelming strength—making him the most suitable pawn.

The saliva of the nine-tailed fox is a subtle trick used to move the chess pieces.

Although he altered some of the pieces' actions, he didn't affect the overall game. After arriving in Fancheng, he continued investigating the Li family's affairs. Even if he hadn't sent word over, only the investigators would have changed; as long as the Demon Suppression Division investigated, it wouldn't affect the outcome.

Therefore, Jin Yulou later only pushed him, not killed him.

"Li Xi's death only pushed the Li family and the Demon Suppression Bureau together, allowing the Li family to get involved with the Demon Suppression Bureau. Then, regardless of whether the Li family did it willingly or not, with the strength of the Demon Suppression Bureau, they will be able to follow the clues to obtain the accounts and discover the mystery of the Blood Fusion Pill and the Li family's treasure."

Five-Colored Mountain is the starting point of everything, the true homeland of the Li family. The mastermind behind it all is very likely from Five-Colored Mountain. Therefore, Prince Kang, who targeted Five-Colored Mountain back then, is the true target of this mastermind. In their eyes, the Li family, like Li Xi, is meaningless once they lose their purpose...

"Oh no! The Li family has..."

"coax!"

"How dare you! You commit murder in my prosperous city!"

Before even stepping into Xu Huaixu's courtyard, Xu Ling was thrown over by a sudden commotion, while Xu Huaixu's figure flew out of the courtyard.

Before he moved, his divine sense moved like a rainbow, and in an instant, the rainbow light reached above the Li family, where Xu Huaixu's figure appeared.

Xu Huaixu, having witnessed something at the Li family's residence, unleashed his divine sense for the first time in Fancheng without any restraint. He first sealed off the entire city, and then began to sweep through it.

The overwhelming pressure unique to an unparalleled expert silenced all sounds in the bustling city. In an instant, the entire city seemed to have become a dead city, eerily quiet.

Even the mosquitoes flying in the air froze in place and fell to the ground.

At this moment, whether human or demon, they completely lost control of their own bodies, waiting only for that divine thought to sweep over them.

Fortunately, all of this came quickly and went quickly.

Two breaths later, Fancheng returned to its original state, as if the suppression just now was nothing but a passing cloud.

But everyone knows that something terrible has happened in Fancheng.