After descending the mountain, my aloof fiancée became completely devoted to me.

Lin Ping walked quickly to the bedside and looked down at Shen Aoxue, who was lying on the bed with a weak breath and pale lips.

At this moment, a faint black aura lingered between her brows, her body felt slightly cold, and two opposing consciousnesses within her were fiercely clashing. Her body trembled slightly from time to time as she endured extreme pain.

The erosion of ancient evil has already approached the very foundation of the soul.

"Finally back..." Lin Ping murmured softly, his eyes filled with tenderness.

Without further hesitation, he raised his hand and held up the Earth-Suppressing Spirit Jade in his palm.

A burst of emerald light erupted instantly, and a gentle yet domineering power to ward off evil filled the entire bedroom, forcibly suppressing and dissolving the cold, malevolent aura.

Lin Ping sat down sideways, his fingertips touching Shen Aoxue's brow. The spirit jade floated above her head, and a continuous stream of pure spiritual energy slowly flowed into her body.

The spiritual energy flows along the meridians, washing away the evil and malevolent energy, and stabilizing the turbulent and scattered soul.

Shen Aoxue's furrowed brows slowly relaxed, her trembling body gradually stabilized, her pale cheeks finally regained some color, and her disordered breathing gradually calmed down.

Seeing this, Alu breathed a sigh of relief, a smile spreading across her face: "That's great! The spirit jade worked! Sister Aoxue is alright!"

Zhu Xiaohan stood aside, observing calmly, and said softly, "The evil spirit has been suppressed for the time being, and her soul has been stabilized, but it has not been completely eradicated. That hidden evil power is still lurking deep in her soul."

Lin Ping nodded slightly, his gaze remaining fixed on Shen Aoxue's exquisite face. His voice was gentle yet firm: "It's alright. With me here, no one can harm her in the slightest. Once I've regulated my breathing and stabilized my jade power, I can slowly refine the remaining yin evil."

Just when the atmosphere in the bedroom was completely peaceful and the crisis had completely subsided.

A thousand miles away, in a dark, deep valley.

Black mist surged and a cold wind howled.

A figure draped in light gauze stood silently at the bottom of the valley, her black hair fluttering in the wind, her eyebrows and eyes gentle and beautiful, yet her eyes were filled with an ancient chill and a sinister smile.

It is Shen Aoxue, who has a dual personality!

She gently stroked a strange ancient jade, its surface jet black and radiating an overwhelming evil aura, her lips curving into an increasingly sinister smile.

The earth-suppressing jade of the Zheng family in southern Xinjiang can only suppress the surface evil, treating the symptoms but not the root cause.

The ancient evil jade in her hand is the root of all the chaos, the original vessel of ancient evil that parasitizes the depths of Shen Aoxue's soul!

"Lin Ping..."

She parted her lips slightly, her voice androgynous, chilling and piercing.

"You think that getting the Earth-Suppressing Spirit Jade will protect her? That it will allow you to break free from this predicament and save yourself?"

"The Zheng family was just a pawn I casually laid out, a trivial farce."

"I have been lying in wait for a long time, using the earth's ley lines to generate evil power, parasitizing Aoxue's soul, luring you into the game, and gradually exhausting your spiritual power and binding your mind."

"Now you are expending your vital spiritual energy to guard against the surface evil spirits. It seems safe, but in reality you have already stepped into the deadly trap I have laid."

As soon as she finished speaking, she raised her hand and waved.

The pitch-black evil jade suddenly rose into the sky, and strands of invisible black lines pierced through thousands of miles of void, silently spreading to the Wutong Manor and quietly entwining the depths of Shen Aoxue's sleeping soul.

The surface of the jade exudes righteous energy, protecting the physical body and ensuring its stability.

But deep within his soul, a deadly crisis had already quietly taken shape.

The figure in the veiled dress suddenly flashed a cold light in her eyes and whispered:

"Soon, the real Shen Aoxue will completely disappear... and I will replace her, stay by your side, and become the closest and most deadly knife to you."

Inside the bedroom, a bluish-green light flowed continuously.

The Earth-Suppressing Jade floated above Shen Aoxue's head, its pure righteous energy flowing like a gentle stream, repeatedly cleansing her meridians and soul, suppressing the restless ancient evil spirits deep within her soul.

Lin Ping kept his fingertips pressed against Shen Aoxue's brow, continuously channeling his primordial spiritual power to stabilize her injuries in conjunction with the power of the spiritual jade.

A moment later, he slowly withdrew his hand, the warmth in his eyes vanishing, replaced by a cold, sharp glint.

Zhu Xiaohan stepped forward and spoke softly, "Sir, the evil power deep within her soul is too strange. It seems to be dormant, but in reality, it has been constantly eroding her consciousness. The Earth-Suppressing Jade can only suppress it, not eradicate it."

Alu squatted by the bed, her small hands gently clutching the blankets, her face full of worry: "Isn't there a way to completely remove it? Sister Aoxue is suffering too much like this."

Lin Ping looked down at Shen Aoxue, who was sleeping peacefully, and said in a steady voice, "Ordinary methods are useless. This is the parasitic origin of ancient Yin and evil. Unless the source of the evil power is found, it cannot be completely eradicated."

As soon as he finished speaking, the air outside the window suddenly turned cold.

A faint, yet chilling, black mist seeped into the courtyard through the window cracks, silently bypassing the outer defensive formations, and rushed straight towards the bedroom.

This aura was cold and eerie, originating from the same source as the evil spirit within Shen Aoxue's body, but even more profound and domineering.

"They're here."

Lin Ping suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze flashing with a sharp light.

He didn't move, he merely raised his hand and flicked his fingers.

laugh!

A highly refined stream of pure white spiritual energy shot out and precisely collided with the wisp of black mist.

The black mist instantly dissipated, turning into countless tiny black threads that tried to scatter and escape.

"Trying to leave?"

Lin Ping let out a low shout, his palm energy surged, instantly enveloping the entire bedroom, binding, crushing and dissolving all the scattered black threads.

In a dark valley a thousand miles away, the woman in the light veil paused, her eerie smile growing ever stronger.

"You noticed? You're more perceptive than I expected."

She toyed with the dark, sinister jade in her hand, and chuckled softly, "Too bad, it's too late. Her soul has already been possessed. You can protect her for a while, but not forever."

Inside the bedroom of Wutong Manor.

Lin Ping stared into the void, his expression icy.

That wisp of black mist just now was not an attack, but a test, and even a brand.

Using this glimpse, the other party thoroughly understood his current spiritual energy state and confirmed the flaws in Shen Aoxue's soul.

"It's the person behind the scenes manipulating evil forces," Lin Ping said calmly.

Zhu Xiaohan's expression hardened: "The turmoil in the southern border region and the chaos caused by the Zheng family—was all orchestrated by this person?"

"That's right." Lin Ping nodded. "The Zheng family patriarch was just a pawn being used. Even the outbreak of the earth vein's evil energy was deliberately created by the other party, with the aim of using the evil energy of the earth vein to completely take root in Ao Xue's divine soul."

Aru gritted her teeth in anger: "Who is this person?! Their methods are far too insidious!"

Just then, Shen Aoxue's previously steady breathing suddenly became disordered.

Her brows furrowed sharply, her eyelashes trembled violently, and a soft groan escaped her throat. The dark energy that had been suppressed between her brows showed signs of surging again.

Strangely, this black energy did not leak out and harm anyone. Instead, it frantically contracted inward, firmly occupying the core of the soul and silently devouring the consciousness belonging to Shen Aoxue herself.

"Oh no, evil forces are secretly trying to possess me!" Zhu Xiaohan's expression changed drastically.

Lin Ping immediately bent down, put two fingers together, and quickly pressed several acupoints on Shen Aoxue's body.

Rays of spiritual light descended, sealing the gaps that allowed her soul to leak out. At the same time, the light of the Earth-Suppressing Jade surged, fiercely resisting the evil force that was devouring her soul.