I am Guhuoniao, not an umbrella demon, please do not disturb me.

"Master, it's like this..."

Dongqing slowly recounted to Fengyuan what had happened to Lin Yimiao during the day, explaining the details in detail.

“Master, I don’t know why she became like this. She wasn’t like this before. She never said that my aunt was a demon or anything like that. And how could Brother Li’s love tribulation have anything to do with my aunt? My aunt doesn’t like men.”

After hearing Dongqing's story, Fengyuan's face also darkened.

This matter sounds like a conflict between juniors. Lin Yimiao's inner demons are attacking her, and her jealousy is causing trouble. Similar things have happened far too many times in Tianyang Palace over the centuries. Everyone has envy, jealousy, and hatred, but everyone's situation is different. Some people can control it, while others cannot, leading to the growth of inner demons.

Therefore, Tianyang Palace always prioritizes selecting disciples based on their mental state.

Even so, every year, disciples of Tianyang Palace are expelled from the sect for violating various major rules and taboos.

However, Lin Yimiao was different.

She is Yunru's personal disciple.

Yunru is one of the Seven Sons of Tianyang, the Peak Master of Wentian Peak, and a Mahayana cultivator.

If there are problems with her successor, then things will be really serious.

So Feng Yuan didn't believe it at first. Of course, she knew Lin Yimiao. She was a very lively and cheerful child who respected her teacher. Apart from being a little naughty and disrespectful, she was fine. But she still chose to believe Dong Qing and her disciple.

"Don't be sad or upset. I'll handle this for you. Come on, let's go to Wentian Peak."

Feng Yuan flicked his sleeves and, without saying a word, led Dong Qing to the Sword Pavilion where Yun Ru was.

Lin Yimiao's matter is important, but Dong Qing's matter is even more important.

If this matter is not handled properly, it may leave a knot in Dongqing's heart.

"Master..."

"Don't overthink it. Just leave everything to your master. I'll also find out the details with Lin Yimiao for you."

Feng Yuan won't pursue the matter if Dong Qing hits Lin Yimiao.

If what Dehe and Dongqing said is true, then Lin Yimiao deserved to be beaten; she insulted someone else's mother, so she was beaten for it.

Outside the Sword Pavilion, just as Feng Yuan appeared, Yun Ru came out.

"Did you come here because of Yi Miao?"

"Exactly."

Yunru sighed and sat down with Fengyuan in the pavilion by the cliff. Despite the lack of any light source, the pavilion was unusually bright.

Yunru poured a cup of tea for Fengyuan and Dongqing, and told Dongqing to come down with her and not to be shy.

With another deep sigh, Yunru spoke, "Senior sister, to be honest, the inner demons of Yimiao have been growing for more than just a few days now, almost two years, ever since I came back after being injured by the demonic sword."

"It's also my fault. I've spoiled her too much over the years, making her heart fragile. I've always cared about her cultivation level, but I've never focused on cultivating her Dao heart."

"And because the Heavenly Sword and the Demon Sword were both drawn, the secrets of heaven were in chaos, so I spent five hundred years of my lifespan to calculate and saw something on Yi Miao."

Towards the end, Yunru began to transmit her voice to Fengyuan.

"Senior Sister, do you still remember what was said at this Immortal Origin Conference: that the world would descend into chaos within a hundred years?"

“I know, isn’t it precisely on the Heavenly Demon Sword and the Heavenly Demon Sword?” Feng Yuan put down his teacup and nodded slowly.

Yunru sighed, "What I foresaw is that Yimiao will be one of the sources of the great chaos."

There may be many sources, but it is often the result of years of continuous struggles and accumulated conflicts and grudges between major sects and various demonic cults, which are then officially initiated by the Heavenly Sword and the Demonic Sword.

Lin Yimiao, a mere disciple of Tianyang Palace, would not have achieved this level of skill even if she were personally taught by Yun Ru.

The reason is simple: compared to the entire calamity, not only Lin Yimiao, but even Yun Ru herself could not change anything.

And becoming the beginning of a calamity is hardly something to be celebrated.

This is a calamity, a great calamity for the entire world.

Lin Yimiao is not worthy of such a position.

Feng Yuan's already gloomy face darkened even more. "Did you tell the sect leader?"

“I told you, my senior brother told me to keep Yi Miao locked up and not let her out before the great calamity arrives. I kept her locked up for two years. During this conference, I also set up a barrier to lock her up and instructed my eldest disciple to keep an eye on her, but... the barrier was opened.”

"The barrier has been broken?"

"Well, it wasn't Wujiang's doing; it was the conflict at the foundation of the barrier I set up that caused it to open up on its own."

Feng Yuan fell silent.

Yunru is a Mahayana practitioner; how could the barrier she set up possibly conflict? She herself knows the seriousness of this matter, and it's impossible for Lin Yimiao and Li Wujiang to open it.

This situation, which shouldn't even happen in one in ten thousand, happened at this very moment.

It can't be said that Yunru didn't do enough. After learning that this situation might occur in the future, she didn't make a decision on her own but went to discuss it with the sect leader. In the end, they decided to lock Lin Yimiao up.

Lin Yimiao neither violated the sect rules nor committed murder and incurred karmic burdens. Who can predict what will happen in the next hundred years? There are countless possibilities. Yunru has only glimpsed one of the most likely scenarios. No one can say for sure what will happen in the end. At the level of Mahayana, how many people can truly believe in destiny?

Yunru's treatment of Lin Yimiao was partly due to consideration of Lin Yimiao's inner demons.

Now it seems they all underestimated this catastrophe.

"Whether destiny exists is something no one can say for sure, but the responsibility for this matter does lie with me."

No matter how much we say, we can't put all the blame on the mysterious and esoteric concept of destiny, which even Mahayana practitioners don't fully believe in.

Lin Yimiao's problem is quite serious.

Inner demons do exist, but most of the time they affect cultivation and have limited impact on daily life.

As a direct disciple of Wentian Peak, if you can't even withstand this much pressure, even if you're not clear-headed, you must know that you can't insult someone's mother in front of others.

This kind of thing is ingrained in one's bones.

Even if they cultivated to the point of demonic possession, the disciples of Tianyang Palace did not kill anyone they saw.

"So what do you plan to do?" Feng Yuan asked.

"I want her to be reborn."

Feng Yuan was shocked when Yun Ru said this.

"Rebuild?"

"Yes, let's redo it. It's the father's fault if the son is not taught properly, and the teacher's laziness if the teaching is not strict. We can't let her continue down this path."

No matter what, Lin Yimiao was raised by Yunru, and Yunru spoiled her. Now that she has become like this, with her inner demons running rampant and her true nature exposed, Yunru is also in great pain. Punishing Lin Yimiao is painful for Yunru.

For two years, Yunru hardly concerned herself with the affairs of the sect; otherwise, it would have been her, not Hongfei, who had intervened when Bai Qingyu caused trouble in the capital.

What has she been doing for the past two years?

The answer is to comfort Lin Yimiao.

The more Yunru tried to teach her, the more she felt it was too late.

Looking at the very reserved Dongqing beside her, Yunru was filled with emotion.

To be honest, Yunru's adoption of Li Wujiang and Lin Yimiao was not a matter of chance.

She was raised by the Guhuoniao, and her family was the same as Bai Qingyu's, Dongqing's, and Changsheng's.

Therefore, when accepting disciples, she stood in the position of the Guhuoniao, Li Wujiang was equivalent to her deceased younger brother and Liu Changsheng, and Lin Yimiao was equivalent to her in the past and Bai Dongqing in the present.

In hindsight, she was overthinking it.

She was far inferior to her aunt and Bai Qingyu in educating children.

Li Wujiang goes without saying; his conventional approach has already put him far ahead of Liu Changsheng.

Lin Yimiao's words: Look at Dongqing now, and then look at her, so fragile, like a spoiled young lady from the mortal world.

The difference is obvious at a glance.

Feng Yuan remained silent for a long while. In the increasingly tense atmosphere, she could only ask, "Is there anything I can do to help?"

"Thank you, Senior Sister. All I need is for you to help me stabilize her three souls and seven spirits."

"Sigh, alright, it's not too late to turn back now. Your decision was right. When do you plan to make your move?"

"tonight."

"Tonight?" Feng Yuan glanced at Yun Ru, then nodded slowly without asking any further questions.

Without communicating telepathically, Feng Yuan looked at Dong Qing and said, "Disciple, don't think about this anymore. Lin Yimiao is suffering from inner demons and may have to go into seclusion for a long time, maybe thirty years, maybe a hundred years. When she comes out of seclusion again, she will return to her original state. Alright, you should go back now. I have some things to take care of."

"Yes, Master."

Dong Qing nodded, stood up with the Heavenly Sword on his back, bowed to Yun Ru, and said, "Uncle-Master, I will take my leave now."

"Wait a minute, here you go."

Yunru called out to Dongqing and took out a blood-red jade pendant.

"Uncle-Master, this isn't a good idea..."

"Take this, consider it your uncle's apology on behalf of Yimiao."

"Thank you, Uncle-Master!"

"Well, let's go."

Dong Qing left with the blood-red jade pendant, leaving Feng Yuan in shock.

"Qilin Jade?"

"Yes, I originally intended to leave it to Yimiao, but she doesn't need it anymore."

The Qilin Jade can conceal the wearer's aura, quell inner demons, and counteract a qi deviation. Most importantly, it is like a second life. With this, even if Dong Qing reaches the Great Ascension stage of the Integration Realm and is seriously injured and on the verge of death, he can recover to full health. It is the most precious of treasures.

Thank you.

"No need. In the future, the world will be in chaos, and Dong Qing, wielding the Heavenly Sword, will be at the center of the vortex, which can be considered a safeguard."

Yunru got up and flew with Fengyuan toward the back mountain where Lin Yimiao was being held.

In no time at all, several streaks of light arrived in quick succession, including the sect leader himself.

Getting Lin Yimiao to reopen her career is not something Yunru can do on her own.

Killing her is no problem, the problem is how to seal her cultivation and preserve her three souls and seven spirits after killing her.

While preserving her three souls and seven spirits, how can we mark her so that Yunru can find her after she is reincarnated?