I was banned by the Revitalization event.

"Go home, don't run so fast. Also, your ice cream is melting." Qin Luo pointed to the ice cream in the little girl's hand, the edges of which had melted and were sticky.

Xia Meng glanced at it.

She quickly and excitedly licked it several times, then ran into the stairwell and went home. From afar, Qin Luo could still hear her calling out, "Mommy, Brother Qin Luo is actually a magician..."

cute.

Qin Luo watched the little girl run away, shook his head, and continued walking back to the garage.

……

It took Qin Luo more than an hour to make about forty or fifty magical artifacts, including practice and trial making. After picking and choosing, he finally chose a butterfly-shaped one to take back to his sister, and threw the rest into the garage.

The accompanying spiritual technique is "instantaneous low temperature".

An offensive spiritual technique.

Fifteen-year-old Qin Shi is already a big girl and should be able to protect herself. Being passively triggered is actually a bit cumbersome for her. More importantly, the butterfly shape makes it less likely to be mistaken for something else.

Qin Luo insisted that...

His art is fine; it's just that ordinary people can't appreciate its beauty.

The afternoon sun was lovely.

Qin Luo stood at the entrance of the residential building for a while.

Cultivation is about following the way of Heaven.

Therefore, cultivators often have a unique feeling and emotion towards this world.

March is the time when all things revive. The small trees at the intersection sprout new buds, the green belt exudes a crisp green, and the sunlight is cut into pieces by the branches and buds, carrying a gentle and warm feeling.

Speaking of which...

I might be living here for a long time, so the security measures in the community should be improved.

Think it, do it; say it, do it.

Qin Luo walked around the neighborhood twice, condensing his spiritual energy into thin threads, and wrapped them around the jade needles he had just made from jade carving waste. He buried one every few steps into the ground.

The spiritual threads coalesce into a network.

The defensive setup doesn't need to be too complicated; just enough to let him know someone is approaching is sufficient.

……

The abandoned factory in the remote area was covered with traces of a fierce battle.

The load-bearing columns were pitted and covered with tiny scratches, and the steelmaking boiler next to it was deformed, with many uneven marks on its surface.

It's in one corner of the factory.

The gloomy old man ate the takeout that had just been delivered, staring coldly at Jiang Zhe, who was chained to the wall.

At this moment, Jiang Zhe was on the verge of death, clearly severely injured, with only his last breath remaining. Two scorpions were slowly crawling on his shoulders, and every time he gathered his strength, the scorpion tails would stab him hard, draining away his remaining spiritual energy once again.

The old man snorted coldly.

Then they released another scorpion and threw it at him.

"Run? Aren't you supposed to be a fast runner? You've been hiding from me for three days, why aren't you running anymore?"

"..."

Jiang Zhe didn't speak, but trembled slightly, and a trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. He slumped his head, his breath weak.

He couldn't muster any strength at all.

He didn't even have the strength to speak.

Miscalculation—

Being overly arrogant and relying on his status as a young genius to relentlessly pursue his opponent was his first mistake, while misjudging Bi Zhiyi's cultivation level was their second mistake.

Not at the peak of Qi Refining, not at the perfection of Qi Refining.

His true level of cultivation.

It was actually the terrifying early stage of Foundation Establishment! This patient old monster had somehow broken through to the Foundation Establishment realm!

He was acting from beginning to end, just to buy time!

He managed to lift his head.

Jiang Zhe then saw a firebird, its body ablaze with flames, perched on the old man's shoulder.

The flames were brilliant as gold, rolling and flowing, breathtakingly beautiful. Despite the raging fire, they did not harm the old man in the slightest.

The proud firebird is unlike any other known creature.

That is……

Phoenix!

Beside Jiang Zhe, the young man from the Su family also looked desperate, staring intently at the ring-shaped jade pendant held in the old man's withered hand.

"You actually...refined the Xuanhuang Square Inch Jade!"

Xuanhuang Square Inch Jade.

That was originally a top-tier spiritual artifact belonging to the Su family.

It was because the Fangcun Jade was stolen by Bi Zhiyi that the four families joined forces to pursue and kill this heinous evil cultivator all the way from Liaozhou, and at the same time retrieve this treasure.

Unexpectedly, he was just pretending to be intimidated the whole time.

He had been distracted while refining the treasure, and unknowingly he had taken possession of the Su family's most precious artifact and summoned a fiery phoenix!

Finished!

The phoenix's flames can easily incinerate even those at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage.

With such a treasure falling into the hands of this evil cultivator, the cultivation world will likely never be at peace again, and will soon be plunged into bloodshed and chaos!

The old man fiddled with the jade pendant, sneering disdainfully.

He walked up to the group.

He looked them over one by one.

"Otherwise, why do you think I, a dignified Foundation Establishment cultivator, would be relentlessly pursued by you, running all the way from Liaozhou to Xianning, enduring humiliation without ever fighting back? Ha, so young, yet so arrogant. It seems your parents didn't teach you properly how to conduct yourselves when you're out in the world."

He was playing with the ring-shaped jade pendant.

The old man looked at the beautiful firebird on his shoulder, his lips gradually curving into a smile, and finally, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.

This is a trial.

He made it across.

The jade pendant's power, invincible strength, and ultimate emperor—it was Bi Zhiyi!

The old man turned around abruptly and looked at Jiang Zhe.

“Young man of the Jiang family, tell me the truth, where is your grandfather Jiang Hai hiding now?”

"..."

Jiang Zhe stood with his body drooping, not saying a word.

One reason is that he genuinely lacks the strength to speak, and another is that he could not possibly betray his own family.

Keep your mouth shut.

Beside him, the young man from the Su family, who still had a sliver of strength left, shouted, "Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you have a phoenix... The Jiang family patriarch is a Taixu expert! He can crush you into dust with just one finger!"

"Tai Xu? The Jiang family patriarch is already 190 years old, on his last breath, probably in seclusion somewhere. The Jiang family has been experiencing a generational gap for several generations, and the only Transcendent Realm expert perished last year while exploring the ruins. Do you think I don't know that? Now, who can stop me?"

The old man spoke coldly, pulling open his cloak.

On his withered neck, a bullet hole-shaped scar stood out starkly, looking gruesome and terrifying.

He touched the wound.

A hint of madness flashed in the old man's eyes.

"Back then, Jiang Hai stabbed me, almost killing me and completely destroying my foundation. I have devoted myself to cultivation and endured for thirty years. Today is the day I can avenge my great grudge."

"Jiang Zhe, today I will make you watch as I wipe out your entire family!"

The old man extended his hand.

He grabbed Jiang Zhe by the collar and lifted him high into the air.

"Tell me, Jiang Hai, where is he?"

"..."

"You'd rather die than submit? Then I'll kill this Su family brat. He's your close friend, isn't he?!"

"..."

"Speak! Don't play dead!"

"..."

Bi Zhiyi shook it twice with force.

At that moment, a small notebook from Jiang Zhe's pocket fell to the ground.

Bi Zhiyi's eyes narrowed.

I picked it up casually.

Let's flip through it.

This appears to be his personal notebook. The first few pages are about his cooperation with the police in solving cases, while on the last page, he sees a photo of a teenager, his phone number, and his home address.

Qin Luo...

Who is he, and why is he written down in Jiang Zhe's notebook?

Besides the photos.

Next to it was a name, Jiang Qiaomiao, circled and connected to Qin Luo by an arrow. On the arrow, Jiang Zhe drew a heart in red pen, and there was a question mark next to it.

This is too abstract.