As soon as Zhao Fenglou arrived at the mansion, he summoned Zhao Zhihuan.
When Zhao Zhihuan saw Zhao Fenglou's appearance, he was immediately shocked. Zhao Fenglou was his third grandfather, who had been experiencing the martial arts world since he was young. It was said that he was a top martial arts master who went out to kill wind beasts all year round.
A person with superb martial arts skills can live to be over a hundred years old and keep his appearance almost unchanged. In addition, whenever Zhao Fenglou returned to Jiao Mingzhou after many years, he would deliberately make himself look older, so it would not easily arouse suspicion from others.
In fact, Zhao Fenglou is Zhao Zhihuan’s third great-grandfather, but it is inexplicable that a person of that generation could still be alive, so Zhao Zhihuan’s memory must have been tampered with by him.
Therefore, Zhao Zhihuan did not know that Zhao Fenglou was an immortal cultivator. However, Zhao Fenglou would occasionally reveal some things that only immortal cultivators would know during conversations with him, which made Zhao Zhihuan's knowledge far superior to that of ordinary mortals.
Zhao Fenglou just said that he was injured by a wind beast. Ling E was his disciple who had always been away. This time, it was thanks to her that he was escorted all the way back.
Afterwards, he handed over all matters concerning his healing to Ling E, including what medicine to take and what kind of doctor to hire, and he had to follow Ling E's instructions.
In fact, as soon as Zhao Fenglou returned to the Zhao Mansion, he wanted Ling E to leave, but Ling E refused.
The spirit moth knew that collecting healing pills was something that ordinary people could not do, so it asked to stay again.
After half a year of supporting each other, Zhao Fenglou already knew Ling E's character and knew that she sincerely wanted to repay him for saving her life. He was now very relieved about Ling E.
Besides, in his current condition, he really couldn't go to the market to buy elixirs, so he could only summon Zhao Zhihuan and give him some instructions. Then Ling Mo stayed in the Zhao Mansion.
Zhao Zhihuan heard that Ling E was the disciple of his third grandfather, so by this calculation, her seniority was higher than his.
In addition, the people of the Wind God Continent have suffered greatly from the harm caused by wind beasts, and they respect the warriors who can kill wind beasts very much, so they will treat the spirit moth as a guest of honor.
But Ling E was unwilling. After Zhao Fenglou thought about it, he felt that it was not appropriate for Ling E to attract too much attention. In the end, Ling E superficially became the personal maid of the old lady of the Zhao family.
Afterwards, Zhao Fenglou began to heal his wounds and occasionally gave Ling E some guidance on matters of cultivation. The two of them could be described as both teacher and friend.
After Ling E received guidance from a Jindan master, her cultivation improved by leaps and bounds, and she soon reached the middle stage of the second stage.
But unfortunately, four years later, Zhao Fenglou missed the best time to heal his wounds because he had been fleeing and hiding all the way in the early stages. In the end, he was unable to eliminate the poison of the "Golden Silk Pill Miasma", and his golden pill was about to break.
Before he died, he told Ling E that his enemy was named Xu Xing, also known as the "Golden Soul", and was a big gangster.
He had a deep hatred for his only disciple because he had killed him because his disciple had once killed a mortal.
Xu Xing is a vindictive person and will come looking for him someday. Zhao Fenglou asks Ling E to protect Zhao Zhihuan's family if he has the ability, if his cultivation level improves greatly in the future.
Otherwise, it would be better for Ling Moth to leave as soon as possible, so that the traces she left behind would disappear as soon as possible. As for what Ling Moth would decide, he already knew Ling Moth's nature very well, which was simple and stubborn, and he had no control over it at all.
After finishing his confession, Zhao Fenglou used his last magical power, risking his own inability to escape into the reincarnation path and to be unable to be reborn forever, and resolutely transformed his soul into a "Blood Soul-Grabbing Lamp".
This lamp not only has a defensive function, but can also unleash the power of a full-strength attack from a late Jindan cultivator.
It was the last line of defense he left for the Zhao bloodline. This was also the vague formation restriction that Li Yan sensed.
After Zhao Fenglou's death, Ling E was still unwilling to leave the Zhao Mansion and stayed there. She continued to practice hard and finally reached the peak of the second level a year ago.
However, an accident finally happened. A few months ago, she also discovered that unknown monks appeared in Jiao Mingzhou City.
Jiao Mingzhou is just a mortal city. Although there is spiritual energy here, it is not that good. Therefore, there may not be a cultivator in the city for several years. That is why Zhao Fenglou chose this place to settle down.
Therefore, the spirit moth quickly sensed the presence of a strange cultivator entering the city, and that night someone quietly sneaked into the Zhao Mansion.
Ling Mo had been preparing for a long time, and the attacks and traps she had prepared were all for dealing with Jindan cultivators. That person was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, and she captured him quietly without much effort.
Under Ling E's torture, the other party admitted that he had seen the ultimatum issued by Xu Xing, and he happened to have met Zhao Fenglou once in Jiao Mingzhou, so he felt that it was very likely this person.
According to Xu Xing's ultimatum, Zhao Fenglou's cultivation has declined and is only at the middle stage of foundation building at best. A reward of 3,000 low-level spirit stones is offered. This amount of spirit stones is extremely tempting even for an ordinary Jindan cultivator.
So, after hesitating for a long time, this young foundation-building cultivator gritted his teeth and went into the mansion to inquire about the news.
Even if he cannot find Zhao Fenglou's trace, he will bring a drop of Zhao Zhihuan's blood to see Xu Xing, and Xu Xing will use the blood to cast a spell to track him.
From this, Ling E knew that Xu Xing had never given up the pursuit and had even offered a large reward. After killing the intruder, she also felt that time was running out.
However, she still insisted on her decision. If Xu Xing came, she would fight to the death to protect the descendants of Zhao Fenglou.
Using his own demon core to detonate the "Blood Soul-stealing Lamp", its power could be increased by at least 30%, and perhaps it could kill Xu Xing.
It was just a coincidence that Li Yan and the other two appeared in Zhao's residence, and her innate magical power "Six Spirit Eyes" sensed the presence of Li Yan and the other two's spiritual consciousness.
In addition, after she asked Zhao Yuan and others, she was further confirmed that the other party was a cultivator.
However, she could not sense the true cultivation level of Li Yan and the other two, and the way Li Yan and the others entered the Zhao Mansion caused Ling E to misunderstand.
She thought that these three people had some magic weapon that concealed their aura, which made it impossible for her to see through them.
Zhang Ming and the other two must have seen Xu Xing's ultimatum, but their cultivation was low, so they entered Zhao's mansion in this way and then waited for an opportunity to act.
Otherwise, if the other party's cultivation level is higher than his, and they are outnumbered, they can capture him and Zhao Zhihuan's family in one fell swoop.
At this point, Ling Moth became murderous. She wanted to silence the witness and delay the act as much as possible to buy herself some time to practice.
After making the decision, she came over in the middle of the night and applied the "moth poison powder". This poison is the deadly poison carried by the "Six-eyed Demonic Moth" itself. After being continuously tempered by the spirit moth, it can already cause fatal damage to Jindan monks.
Although she had this trump card, she was not sure that she could poison Xu Xing when fighting with him. A strong man who could kill Zhao Fenglou might take her life in half a move, so this poison could only be used for sneak attacks.
And just after she took action, Qianji appeared behind her without any warning. The gap in their cultivation levels was immediately revealed. Ling E realized in an instant that she had misjudged these three people.
A strong man with such strength should just kill him directly, but it's too late to regret...
After Li Yan searched his soul and saw all this, his murderous intent slowly faded away.
"Sometimes it seems that monsters are more affectionate than humans!"
He also saw from the other party's memory that Ling E had developed feelings for Zhao Fenglou, and Zhao Fenglou seemed to have the same feeling. Perhaps he felt that his time was up, so Zhao Fenglou always kept a certain distance from Ling E.
He also gave the spirit moth as much guidance as possible in his cultivation, hoping to dilute the spirit moth's infatuation with a relationship similar to that of a master and a disciple.
But the spirit moth might have been the one that had just developed intelligence, so after that one glance at Zhao Fenglou, who saved her, the memory was engraved in her bones and she could never forget it.
Seeing that Li Yan seemed to be lost in thought after searching his soul, Qianji and Zikun did not dare to disturb him. They were just a little surprised by Li Yan's behavior. The two demons knew that Li Yan seemed easy to talk to, but he was absolutely cold-blooded to those who wanted to kill him. He would never say a word if he could take action.
After a few more breaths, a gleam of light flashed in Li Yan's eyes, and he suddenly raised his hand and waved his sleeves.
The already unconscious spirit moth only felt a cool breeze entering her sea of consciousness, and then she immediately woke up.
When she woke up, Ling E was still a little confused. For a moment, she couldn't react where she was. After she saw the three people in front of her clearly, memories suddenly flooded into her mind, and her plump body trembled.
She had no idea how much time had passed. She only remembered that the other party wanted to search her soul the last moment. Had she been frightened to death
Now it seems that he didn't want her soul to be searched while she was unconscious. He wanted her to feel the consequences of a life worse than death.
There was a glimmer of despair in Ling E's eyes. She had already begged for everything she needed to. The three people in front of her all looked cold and distant. But when she thought of Zhao Fenglou's entrustment, she couldn't help but want to fight for a glimmer of hope.
"Senior..."
"Alright, you don't have to say anything. Considering that you are kind and righteous, I will forgive you!"
Li Yan spoke calmly, but his words stunned Ling E, and a moment of dullness appeared on his frightened face.
"Senior, you...you said let me go?"
For a moment, Ling Moth said uncertainly, the ups and downs made her feel that the other party might be playing a trick on her, and then she was met with despair in surprise.
As a member of the demon clan, she is most familiar with this method.
She had seen many times that after being captured by powerful monsters, the powerful monsters were not in a hurry to kill the monsters, and would even deliberately leave loopholes for the monsters to escape, and finally catch them again when the monsters were full of hope...
"Do you think I'm kidding you, or do you really want to die?"
Li Yan still had no expression on his face, just staring at the spirit moth. This made the spirit moth unable to tell Li Yan's emotions at all. For a moment, it just supported itself on the ground with its hands, feeling a little at a loss.
Qianji and Zikun looked at each other, very puzzled by Li Yan's decision. For a moment, the whole room was surprisingly silent.
At this moment, Zi Kun frowned first, then Qianji suddenly raised his head and looked out the window.
"Someone is coming, and he's a Jindan cultivator. Maybe it's the Xu Xingxun in your memory. What happened between you has nothing to do with me. We are really just passing by!"
Li Yan spoke again in a light voice, and his words made the spirit moth, who was still in a daze, tremble violently, and the whole person immediately became sober.
She didn't sense anyone coming, but she heard more meaning from Li Yan's words.
The other party seemed to be so clear about the grudge between himself and Xu Xing, but he also made it clear that he was not in the same group with Xu Xing.
"They searched my soul!"
This was the only possibility that Ling Moth thought of in an instant, but it was the appearance of this thought that made her look at Li Yan filled with indescribable fear.
If I remember correctly, it was this person who had his hand covering his head, not the two handsome young men.
"He...he...he is a Nascent Soul cultivator!"
Only cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage could search the soul without damaging the other party's sea of consciousness. She was of course very clear about this.
However, Ling E quickly thought of the other meanings in Li Yan's words. She supported herself on the ground with her hands and stood up, then bowed to Li Yan and the other two.
"Thank you for not killing me, Senior!"
Afterwards, he no longer looked at Li Yan and the others, but jumped out of the window.
The spirit moth saw that it had already flown into the air and did not feel any restraints around it. Only at this moment did it breathe a sigh of relief.
She was really afraid that this terrifying monk named Zhang Ming was just playing a trick on her, and when she flew out, he would suddenly kill her with one blow, shattering all her hopes in an instant.
After Ling Moth stood still in the air, she turned around and looked at the room below. Through the open window, she could see that the room was empty. Ling Moth couldn't help but reveal a hint of envy in her eyes.
"I will never be able to cultivate to that level in my lifetime. It's too powerful!"
Then, she took a deep breath, and her aura slowly rose. At the same time, a lamp suddenly appeared in her hand. The lamp was bronze in color, with a snow-white wick standing upright in the middle, but there was not a drop of lamp oil in the lamp.
Ling Moth held the lamp in one hand and made a hand gesture with the other, then pointed at the bronze lamp. The wick was still not lit, but an invisible green light spread from the bronze lamp.
The green light flashed in the night, and then the night sky returned to its previous calm.
After doing all this, Ling Moth looked forward, the night wind blew her messy long hair, and her previous panic made her hair a little loose.
With her free hand, she gently smoothed down a few strands of black hair on her forehead. A firm look appeared in her eyes, and her face showed no joy or sadness.
At this moment, the space in front of the spirit moth suddenly fluctuated, and a tall and thin figure suddenly appeared above the Zhao Mansion.
Then, the man seemed to be blocked by an invisible light shield, which made the thin figure take a few steps back.
"Hmm? Sure enough, there is a cultivator!"
After he stopped, his true appearance was revealed.
This person was a middle-aged man in his forties, with bronze skin, a horse face, long eyes and thin eyebrows, unusually long hands and feet, and a white robe that was very eye-catching in the dark night, looking like a hanged ghost.
Then he released his spiritual sense instantly and swept forward. Due to the obstruction of the formation, he vaguely saw a blurry figure in the air ahead.
"Senior, why are you here?"
The voice of the spirit moth came out.
"What's the matter? Hehehehe... Why doesn't Zhao Fenglou come out? Is he haunted by the old poison?"
The horse-faced man let out a strange laugh.
"What do you mean, Senior? This is indeed the Zhao Mansion, but who is the Zhao Fenglou you are talking about?"
The sound of the moth continued to come from the formation.