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The news of the Yang family's annihilation quickly spread throughout the entire Tianshan County, causing a huge sensation throughout the city that night.

Many people were shocked and incredulous!

Subsequently, the topic of conversation throughout the night revolved around the destruction of the Yang family and the origins of Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan's name thus became renowned!

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Prefectural Governor's Office.

Zhu Xin prepared a lavish dinner and personally entertained Chen Yuan and the other two.

During the meal, Chen Yuan, Li Wei, and Nuomi ate voraciously, looking like they were starving ghosts reincarnated.

Zhu Xin's expression lost its allure and became gentle.

She held the wine glass, slowly savoring the drink, her gentle gaze fixed on Nuomi, who was eating voraciously.

When the glutinous rice was full and its face was shiny with oil, it was full of food.

She patted her round little belly, noticing Zhu Xin's gaze fixed on her, and smiled, revealing a dimple, "Big sister, why aren't you eating? Do you think it's not tasty?"

"Big sister?"

Zhu Xin smiled and said, "Hehe, you really know how to talk."

She glanced at the mess on the table, shook her head slightly, and said, "It's not that the food was bad, it's just that I'm full."

She gently placed the wine glass on the table, her soft gaze falling on Nuomi's face, and smiled, "You can call me Auntie."

"Auntie?"

Nuomi's eyes widened, her face full of curiosity.

Chen Yuan and Li Wei had almost finished eating and looked at the two of them.

"Yes, I'm your mother's best friend. We're as close as siblings, so you can just call me Auntie."

Zhu Xin looked at Nuomi and smiled slightly.

"My mother..."

Upon hearing these words, Nuomi's eyes glazed over, and she lowered her head, muttering softly.

"Where...where is she?"

As she spoke, she kept rubbing the hem of her clothes with her two small hands.

Chen Yuan and Li Wei both looked at Zhu Xin with curiosity.

Zhu Xin fell silent.

"Come with me."

Zhu Xin got up and walked outside.

"Let's go."

Chen Yuan stood up, picked up Nuomi, and followed behind Zhu Xin with Li Wei.

Before long, the four of them arrived at the backyard of the prefectural governor's mansion, where there was a solitary grave.

A few simple words are engraved on it.

The Tomb of Ji Xiaomi

Although he had a premonition, Chen Yuan still felt a tightness in his chest.

"Waaaaah~~~"

When Nuomi saw the inscription on the tombstone, she turned around, hugged Chen Yuan's neck, and began to sob softly.

"Nuomi has no parents..."

"Nuomi is an orphan now, sob sob sob..."

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Nuomi choked up as she spoke, her voice low and hoarse.

"You still have me, and you still have Brother Li Wei."

Chen Yuan sighed inwardly, gently patted Nuomi's back, and looked at Zhu Xin. "Well, now you have another aunt."

Li Wei and Zhu Xin sighed and quickly came over to comfort her.

Nuomi cried for a long time, and finally looked up at Chen Yuan with her swollen eyes.

"Brother Yuan, I want to be alone for a while, um, just sit there and keep my mother company..."

As she spoke, she pointed to the tombstone.

"it is good."

Chen Yuan nodded and placed it in front of the tombstone.

Then he, Li Wei, and Zhu Xin stood a little further away and watched quietly... watching Nuomi hug her knees in front of the tombstone, whispering, and then slowly burning some paper money.

She didn't know where she picked up these paper money from.

Chen Yuan guessed that it was probably picked up from the Yang family's place earlier.

He never expected that Nuomi would not only plunder money, but also collect paper money.

Perhaps you've already imagined this scene?

Chen Yuan couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness.

This child is young, but he has a lot of ideas.

"Why did Yang Liu, Xu Dekui, and the others kill Ji Xiaomi? She was the Grand Commander Wuxiang, and someone who had made great contributions."

Li Wei spoke in a low voice, his voice filled with doubt.

"Because of the Demon God Devouring Heaven Technique and the Evil God Devouring Heaven Technique."

Zhu Xin explained in a low voice, her gaze falling meaningfully on Chen Yuan.

"These two Heaven-Devouring Techniques are divine-level techniques bestowed upon the first generation of the Formless Sect Master by the High Priest of the Heavenly Court."

"As long as you make great contributions in battle and accumulate enough battle points, you can exchange for the Formless Guardian."

"However, the Demon God Devouring Heaven Technique and the Evil God Devouring Heaven Technique are extremely difficult to cultivate, and not just ordinary demons and evil spirits can successfully cultivate them."

"Even if you fail to cultivate successfully, using this technique to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth will still yield twice the results with half the effort!"

"Therefore, these two cultivation techniques are sacred objects that countless demon beast cultivators desire to possess and dream of."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuan and Li Wei exchanged a glance, their gazes hardening.

"Are the Xu family patriarch and Yang Liu coveting this cultivation technique?"

Chen Yuan spoke solemnly.

"That's right, for the sake of this cultivation technique, their two families joined forces to kill Ji Xiaomi..."

At this point, Zhu Xin's eyes were filled with overwhelming anger. "At that time, Ji Xiaomi had just given birth to Xiao Nuomi and was weak. She was fighting while also taking care of Xiao Nuomi, which made her very restricted."

"Alas, when I arrived, Ji Xiaomi had already been seriously injured while protecting Nuomi, and there was no hope of recovery..."

Zhu Xin's eyes were filled with sadness. "Later, I brought Xiao Nuomi to Lu Chengfeng, which gave Lu Chengfeng, who was tainted by evil power, the will to live—to raise Xiao Nuomi!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuan suddenly understood.

That's it!

This is also why Lu Chengfeng knows the Evil Spirit God-Slaying Slash.

Before he died, he gave himself the complete jade slip containing the Demon God's Devouring Heaven Technique.

Zhu Xin's gaze fell on Chen Yuan. "Actually, cultivating the Demon God Devouring Heaven Technique requires a powerful divine seed."

"The reason you were able to cultivate to the first level must be because you possess a powerful divine seed, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Yuan narrowed his eyes and stared at Zhu Xin, a hint of murderous intent appearing deep in his eyes.

"Heh, you can't beat me."

Zhu Xin sneered, puffed out her chest, revealing her snow-white cleavage, "Although you are in the late stage of the Yellow Court realm and have formidable combat power, capable of killing Yang Liu, who is at the Great Perfection of the Yellow Court realm, you cannot kill me."

Chen Yuan's expression froze slightly. After a moment's thought, he withdrew his killing intent.

If Zhu Xin really intended to kill me, she probably wouldn't have waited until now.

"The techniques bestowed by the gods naturally require powerful divine seeds. The higher the level, the more capable one is of cultivating the divine techniques."

Zhu Xin continued, "Unfortunately, most cultivators in the mortal realm only possess spiritual seeds."

"However, within the Divine Blood Division of the Formless Sect, there are also those who specialize in researching bloodlines and innate bones, capable of transforming people and granting them divine seeds later in life."

"However, with the current technology, the mutated divine seed is not of a high level."

Chen Yuan remained silent, exchanged a glance with Li Wei, and felt a surge of emotions within him.

They both pondered this information.

Most people in this world possess a spiritual seed, some born of it, some through self-modification, and some born from physical mutation.

Just like glutinous rice, it contains the seed of an evil god within it, which is innate and allows it to obtain some of the power of the evil god.

I wonder if the spiritual seed in Nuomi's body will eventually evolve into a divine seed.

"And the divine seed within myself..."

Thinking of this, Chen Yuan felt a strong sense of crisis.

The being inside the Origin Yang Pearl once said that he possessed three... Creation God Seeds!

hiss!

Chen Yuan couldn't help but take a deep breath.

If others find out, what will happen?

However, it's very strange!

How did the three divine seeds within my body come about?

Could it be that both he and Li Wei had their bodies modified by the Divine Blood Division?

That's why they possess the divine seed?

If Li Wei's entire body were to transform into divine metal, his physical combat power would likely be unparalleled.

And the three vortexes within his body... can devour all types of spiritual energy!

But what's even stranger is that the Divine Blood Bureau was able to grant him three Creation God Seeds?

That's absolutely impossible!

Chen Yuan's mind was in turmoil, and he was stunned.

He quickly realized something.

The level of the divine seed within him seems to be in a growth phase, which others cannot perceive.

But the one inside the Origin Yang Pearl was too powerful, so it was recognized at a glance.

It seems we still have to forget the words "seed of creation"!

Upon reading this, Chen Yuan quickly pulled himself back to his senses and looked at Zhu Xin with feigned calmness.

He quickly thought of a question and couldn't help but ask, "You're so powerful, why don't you personally avenge Ji Xiaomi?"

Li Wei also looked over, his expression suspicious.

Seven or eight years have passed, and it's not difficult for Zhu Xin to kill Xu Dekui and Yang Liu.

Zhu Xin glanced at Chen Yuan and said calmly, "I have no evidence."

"Moreover, over the years, I have been called back to my family for closed training."

"The administration of Tianshan County in recent years has been entirely managed by the County Magistrate, Shu Zhenyue."

"It wasn't until you killed Yang Gang and Yang Yu that I started investigating you and discovered Nuomi next to you."

"I gave her that name, so I immediately guessed your background."

"So I thought I'd have you, especially Nuomi, come and avenge this blood feud in person."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuan and Li Wei exchanged a glance, offering no objections.

Suddenly, Chen Yuan changed the subject, "The Xu family and the Yang family have been wiped out by us. Now, how do you plan to cooperate to obtain the second level of the Demon God Devouring Heaven Technique?"

This is Chen Yuan's next goal.

The first reason for coming to Tianshan County is to investigate Lu Chengfeng's past.

I have a basic understanding of it now.

Secondly, he needed to investigate why he had appeared on the edge of the ruins of gods and demons.

And why did Li Wei, under the experiment of the Divine Blood Division, come back to life?

However, we still have no clue about the second one.

It seems we'll need to enter the Divine Blood Bureau to investigate.

Thirdly, there are the Devouring Heaven Techniques of the Demon God and the Evil God.

Chen Yuan was well aware of their power, especially when combined with his own divine seed.

It's like adding wings to a tiger!

"Let's cooperate and go to the Wuxiang Court in the Western Frontier to achieve even greater military exploits."

Zhu Xin looked at Chen Yuan and spoke with a burning gaze.