I Possess a Scroll of Demon-Subduing Records

However, the Demon-Slaying Manual did not reveal the supernatural powers of the Snake Zodiac before, and She Yun did not have time to use them before being killed by Lin Yi and Su Xian'er. She also did not have time to demonstrate the power of the Snake Zodiac.

At least the other zodiac animals showed themselves before they died!

This didn't have much impact on Lin Yi, as he could learn about the supernatural powers of the Snake zodiac by watching She Yun's memories.

While everyone else was busy, Lin Yi closed his eyes and began to examine She Yun's memories.

She Yun's story is different from most of the demons that Lin Yi killed.

Those demons all came from humble backgrounds and only achieved some success after a long period of hardship and struggle.

After achieving some success, he thought about how hard his previous life had been and felt that killing to gain spiritual power was more comfortable than the arduous process of absorbing the essence of the sun and moon to cultivate. That's when he embarked on a path of no return.

She Yun is different.

She was born a princess of the Crimson Serpent Clan. It's unclear exactly when the Crimson Serpent Clan became glorious, but when She Yun was born, the Crimson Serpent Clan was already a very powerful race.

As a princess of the Crimson Serpent Clan, her life was destined to be smooth sailing from birth.

While God gave her a comfortable family background, He also bestowed upon her exceptional talent.

Not long after She Yun was born, her clansmen discovered that she was born with a pair of gold-splitting venomous teeth that could even bite through gold, let alone other people's defenses.

Not only that, she was born with a venomous constitution. Red-banded snakes are inherently highly venomous, but She Yun's venom was more than ten times stronger than that of ordinary red-banded snakes, and this was only a short time after she was born.

In addition, her meridians are clear and unobstructed, making her an excellent candidate for cultivation.

At that time, She Yun's father was extremely excited, even believing that She Yun had the potential to become a demon emperor.

She Yun was born into a good family and was very lucky.

When venturing out to gain experience, one always encounters spiritual herbs quietly growing in the wilderness, lost treasures in caves, and even the zodiac snake totem is found by chance...

Hmm, this person's zodiac-themed gold figurine was definitely found by chance.

In short, She Yun has always been the brightest star in the snake clan since she was a child.

Of the snake clan's fortune, eight-tenths belong to She Yun.

However, this lucky succubus, who had a smooth life and was pampered since childhood, still went astray.

She had never experienced setbacks or heartbreak, yet upon seeing a young couple deeply in love, she ruthlessly took action, planting the seeds of their affection.

Watching them die in agony, She Yun found herself experiencing a strange kind of pleasure.

From then on, she traveled around committing crimes, and was no longer limited to young couples.

She combined the authority of the snake in the Chinese zodiac with the heritage of the red-banded snake clan, creating several new poisons and giving them various appealing names.

The Love Silk Entanglement is an ancestral heirloom, so that doesn't count. As for the King of Hell's Decree, it is a fusion of the supernatural powers of the Snake Zodiac and the venom of the Red-banded Snake.

The King of Hell's Decree, as the name suggests, is an order issued by the King of Hell. This is She Yun's most potent poison. Once bitten, the King of Hell's Decree will be injected, causing the deceased to suffer eighteen kinds of tortures as if they were in hell, and finally die in despair.

"Xiang Jian Huan" is an unparalleled aphrodisiac created by combining the allure and reproductive power of the snake in the Chinese zodiac with the venom of the red-banded snake.

Once the poison enters the bloodstream, no matter how profound the Taoist practice, one will inevitably be overcome with passion and unable to control oneself until death, at which point the poison will subside.

She Yun's ruthlessness is evident.

No one in this world would provoke her, but she feels genuine pleasure when she sees others suffering.

Afterwards, she successfully became the chief of the snake clan. With her as an example, the snake clan, especially the Red-banded Snake Clan, all followed She Yun's example. Love Threads and Joyful Encounters were the most frequently used poisons by the Red-banded Snake Clan.

She Yun was indeed a genius; based on her own characteristics, she developed many different kinds of poisons.

What these poisons have in common is that they cause extreme suffering to the person who is poisoned.

Whether you live or die is not important, as long as you suffer.

It's no wonder that the Demon-Slaying Manual didn't particularly highlight the innate abilities of the Snake zodiac animal, because She Yun had already integrated those innate powers with her own characteristics, making them her unique abilities.

With such extraordinary talent, why not do something better than taking pleasure in tormenting living beings?

Although She Yun hasn't personally taken action over the years, she has left behind a legacy. If Lin Yi doesn't come to their aid, the Crimson Serpent Clan will surely bring endless trouble.

This cause and effect, though invisible and intangible, truly exists.

Because of She Yun's exemplary behavior, She Bao also liked to do such things, and thus, She Bao poisoned Guan Buping.

Guan Buping was just an ordinary cultivator, but his junior sister was Lin Yi's wife, and he was also Lin Yi's former boss.

Sure enough, Lin Yi came knocking on their door, and Chi Lian wiped out their entire clan.

Other snake clans that had close ties with the Crimson Serpent Clan and had committed numerous evil deeds were also wiped out by Lin Yi.

As the saying goes, those who do many unrighteous deeds will surely perish. If they had done more good deeds, they wouldn't have ended up in this situation.

After reading about She Yun's life, Lin Yi felt utterly disgusted.

This is a pure evil demon.

When Lin Yi looked at the memories of other demons, he always felt that although they had done bad things, every demon and monster had some reason to turn evil.

Only She Yun is pure evil. From the very beginning, she was black.

Lin Yi wished he could rip out the soul of this snake demon and condemn her to eternal damnation.

Lin Yi quickly reviewed She Yun's memories. At the same time, Su Xian'er also finished searching her body and found the zodiac snake's divine position on She Yun's body.

This little golden figure has also changed color a bit. The main body is still gold, but it feels like it's made of pure gold.

Perhaps influenced by the Red-banded Snake, the little golden man became famous.

Holding the golden statuette, Su Xian'er happily waved to Lin Yi and said, "I found it."

The most important thing in She Yun's possessions is this little golden statue. The other things are not worthless, just not as precious.

"If you found it, keep it. Next, we'll raid the house!"

Lin Yi casually picked up She Yun's corpse. After she died, she transformed into her original form, a red snake nearly ten meters long.

The snake wasn't thick; it was only about the thickness of an average adult's arm.

Lin Yi didn't intend to take it back as food; this snake was venomous, and Lin Yi dared not eat it. However, she was highly skilled in cultivation, and it should be a good material for refining weapons.

After reading She Yun's memories, Lin Yi also knew how vast the wealth controlled by the Crimson Serpent Clan was. This Crimson Flame Mountain was a mine, and it was rich in two kinds of stone. One of them was called Crimson Flame Iron Stone, which could be used to forge weapons and armor.

One type is called "Lieyanshi" (烈烟石), which ignites upon contact with fire but produces only thick smoke without sparks, hence its name.

This is essentially a natural smokescreen; used on the battlefield in this era, it would be invincible.

The Crimson Serpent Clan did not develop the concept of smoke bombs; they mostly used smoke stones as auxiliary items.

Although the Lieyan Stone only produces smoke and not fire, it can enrich the fire elemental energy in the air and dispel other elemental energies.

The red-banded snake belongs to the fire element, so it naturally adores this magical artifact.

Unfortunately, they didn't have time to use this thing when facing Lin Yi. Once Lin Yi found out, it naturally became his property.

Lin Yi knew that he would have many more battles to fight in the future. Even if he didn't fight, Xiao Se and Xiao Yue were on their own journeys, and the things from Chiyan Mountain could be used to enhance the combat effectiveness of their troops.

With She Yun's memories as a help, Lin Yi felt as if he were back home when he entered the intricate Crimson Flame Mountain. He even secretly thought to himself...

Since he had already cleared out the snake clan of Crimson Flame Mountain, leaving behind a natural air-raid shelter and an underground labyrinth, he might as well use this place as a secret base, which would save him the trouble of transporting materials.

The more Lin Yi thought about it, the more he realized it made sense. No wonder he felt resistance when he wanted to destroy Crimson Flame Mountain earlier; the root of the problem lay here.

"I really should find a place to settle down..."

Chapter 467 The King of Palace Intrigue

As the saying goes, things are hard to fathom. After careful consideration, Lin Yi realized that he had always either lived at his wife's house or had no fixed abode, living a life of hardship and deprivation.

Although he has bought several houses outside, the money for those houses was not his, so can they be considered his property?

This time, wiping out the Crimson Serpent Clan has truly provided me with a decent place to settle down.

Of course, he didn't intend to hide in caves like the snake clan, but he could certainly turn those remaining caves into a secret war base.

On the surface, he could build a large mansion, and this would be his territory.

Lin Yi shared his idea, and Su Xian'er immediately agreed, saying, "If we need more people, I can call more Tu Shan fox clan members over. With their help, we can turn this place into a fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack in ten days at most."

The Paw Patrol was about to make another great contribution. Although Jiang Linglong was somewhat unwilling, she knew that men had to save face. Although Crystal Palace was nice, it was, after all, her private property. Lin Yi was not a live-in son-in-law, so it was indeed inappropriate for him to make Crystal Palace his home.

That makes sense, but this vixen is far too obsequious. It seems she might be an ambitious one.

Jiang Linglong did not openly object, but that did not mean she had easily accepted Su Xian'er as Lin Yi's concubine. She simply hadn't found a suitable opportunity to make a move and didn't want to embarrass Lin Yi.

But this fox was always jumping around and was very restless, so she had to teach it a lesson and let it know who was the boss in the family.

Unseen by Lin Yi, an unseen confrontation was brewing.

Now, after they had done a quick inventory of their spoils, Lin Yi had cleared away all the snake-like corpses. He then carved a few runes at the cave entrance as a simple defensive formation, letting people know that the place belonged to someone else. He then led his men back to the Crystal Palace.

Su Xian'er then used a secret fox clan technique to send a message to the Tushan fox clan, instructing them to carry out infrastructure construction at Chiyan Mountain, which might become the territory of the Tushan fox clan in the future.

The Tushan Fox Clan was overjoyed upon receiving the news. Chiyan Mountain was the territory of the Chilian Snake Clan, and their king would not send his people to their deaths without reason.

The only possibility is that their king has become successful, managing to snatch meat from the mouths of the Crimson Serpent Clan.

It seems that the day when the glory of the fox clan will be restored is not too far away.

After the first fox clan members to arrive at Crimson Flame Mountain confirmed that there were no more snake demons there, the Tushan fox clan became even more excited.

Their king truly possesses the appearance of a nine-tailed fox!

Unlike the Qingqiu fox clan, the Tushan fox clan had long lost Tushan and had never been able to reclaim it, so the Tushan fox clan did not even have a definite base.

If word gets out, the Tushan Fox Clan actually loses a lot of face.

However, the Ling Mountain Great Marshland is now either occupied by powerful clans or is the territory of the human race. The Tu Shan Fox Clan is not capable enough to seize territory from others.

Therefore, it is easy to imagine how important a new base full of spiritual energy is to the Tushan Fox Clan.

For a time, the Tushan Fox Clan showed great enthusiasm in building Chiyan Mountain.

But what they didn't know was that Crimson Flame Mountain didn't belong to Su Xian'er; it only belonged to Su Xian'er's husband...

But Su Xian'er herself certainly had her own ideas.

She belongs to Lin Yi now, so there's nothing wrong with her bringing her whole family to live in Lin Yi's house, right?

Leaving those aside for now, Lin Yi and his group returned to the Crystal Palace and went to visit Guan Buping and Bao Sanniang.

Su Xian'er's spell hadn't been broken yet, so neither of them woke up.