Going against the will of heaven, summoning strange beasts, abandoning her daughter, she is addicted

This rusty, broken sword actually managed to hurt her!

Xu Lian was terrified. She had barely managed to "come back to life," and she didn't want to die like this again. If she died again, who knew what kind of monster she would become?

"If you're going to kill me, at least let me know why I'm going to die!" she tried to stall for time.

Seeking opportunities for breakthroughs.

But Ying didn't give her that chance at all. With a cold face and no expression, she pushed the short sword all the way into Xu Lian's body.

Xu Lian screamed in pain, feeling like she wanted to die.

"I am... a member of the Jiang family! Aren't you afraid of retaliation from the Jiang family if you kill me?"

Xu Lian was truly out of options, so she started using Jiang He's identity.

Mentioning the Jiang family, Ying's lips curled up slightly, as if she had thought of something very interesting.

He drew his sword and coldly watched Xu Lian crawl further and further away: "If you can hold out until tomorrow, I will not kill you."

After saying that, he vanished in a flash.

That's great! This person is still wary of the Jiang family behind her!

Xu Lian breathed a sigh of relief, crawled to a corner, gasped for breath, and began to circulate her qi to heal her injuries.

I don't know what material that short sword was made of. It was bad enough that it hurt her, but it also caused her so much pain.

Xu Lian felt as if thousands of poisonous insects were gnawing and tearing at her wound.

She had never experienced this much pain when she was cultivating the Ten Thousand Poisons Body!

On the other side, the Jiang family.

When Jiang He's life tablet began to shatter, the Jiang family patriarch and several elders gathered around it, and the elders used their divine power to try to repair it.

The head of the Jiang family then tracked down the address shown on the fortune tablet.

However, when he arrived at the Giant Realm, the layers of formations that Ruan Yu had set up outside blocked his path.

"Damn it! What kind of place is this?! Why are there so many barriers?" The Jiang family head was furious but helpless.

He reluctantly smashed the barrier a few times, then turned back to his residence, intending to discuss it with the elders before deciding whether to come over.

Upon returning to the Jiang family ancestral hall, the elders were all dejected and looked utterly hopeless.

The Jiang family head couldn't help but ask, "Has He'er's life tablet not been repaired?"

An elder hesitated before speaking: "The life tablet... we couldn't repair it at first, but later, it repaired itself."

"How is this possible?" Patriarch Jiang exclaimed in shock.

How could a life tablet possibly repair itself? Such bizarre words actually came from the mouth of an elder.

The other elders chimed in, "It's true, Patriarch. We wouldn't believe it if we hadn't seen it with our own eyes."

"So... is He'er in trouble or not?" The Jiang family head's eyebrows furrowed.

"Whether it's something or not, we need to see Jiang He first."

"Let's follow the scent and find our way there."

Patriarch Jiang: "I followed the scent and discovered a small, independent world. From the outside, it should be the habitat of some reclusive family."

As he spoke, he described the layers of barriers surrounding the Giant Realm.

"What a grand gesture! Setting up so many barriers, it's like they don't care about the cost." The elders exclaimed in amazement.

The Jiang family head corrected him with a dark face: "Setting up a barrier is indeed free."

“Patriarch, you’re not a formation master, so you have no idea how expensive it is for us formation masters.” An elder who was an expert in formations said bitterly, “Setting up a formation requires a huge amount of soul stones. Once the soul power in the soul stones is exhausted, new soul stones need to be replenished.”

Maintaining a formation is equivalent to constantly burning money.

I wonder what kind of powerful family that reclusive family is, with such a profound foundation.

"Aren't there array masters who can set up arrays with their bare hands?" Patriarch Jiang asked with a gloomy face.

"Patriarch, you are referring to highly talented array masters. Ordinary array masters like us can only set up arrays with the help of external objects."

The Jiang family head was speechless for a moment before returning to the main topic: "Have we gone off on a tangent? The most urgent task is to find He'er and confirm whether she is safe."

"The patriarch is right."

"Let's not delay, let's set off now."

And so, the Jiang family head led a large group of elders and guards to the Giant Realm.

Ruan Yu was unaware of the Jiang family's affairs after she returned to the Long family.

He was then surrounded by the Long family members.

"Old patriarch, you brought this little girl back, what is her identity?"

Apart from Long Ze, everyone present was a high-level god-level expert, and there were even a few super-god-level powerhouses.

It was immediately obvious that Ruan Yu was not of the Long family bloodline.

With everyone around, especially the Long family head and his wife, looking at him expectantly, Long Mingyu could no longer hide it.

Just as he was about to speak, Long Ze spoke first: "Uncles, aunts, grandparents... Yu'er is my sister, and she is my half-sister."

As soon as the words were spoken, everyone looked at Long Ze as if he were an idiot.

Long Mingyu ignored him completely, saying, "Yu'er is the daughter of my beloved disciple Heng'er."

The crowd was surprised, but also somewhat enlightened.

Only Longze.

"What!" He stared at Ruan Yu in disbelief. "Not my sister?"

So, he and Ruan Yu aren't related by blood? Long Ze really didn't know whether to laugh or cry. On one hand, he desperately wanted a younger sister, but on the other hand, he genuinely liked Ruan Yu.

If we can't be siblings, then becoming partners is also a great option.

Several powerful figures of the same generation as Long Mingyu said, "No wonder this child looks familiar, but I just can't remember who he looks like."

"I wonder how Heng'er is doing all these years!"

Ruan Yu: "Thank you for your concern, seniors. My mother is doing very well now."

"Your name is Yu'er?"

"Ruan Yu".

“I’ve met your mother. Like you, she’s an obedient and well-behaved child. Your mother calls me Uncle, so you can call me Maternal Grandfather!”

"Maternal grandfather".

"Oh! My dear, this is a gift from your great-uncle."

"And me, I'm your uncle."

"uncle."

……

Ruan Yu has lost count of how many relatives she has recognized; she simply calls them whatever others tell her to call them.

The gifts I received today, if converted into money, would be enough to buy several cities. Earning this much just by talking? I could just keep making friends with relatives every day.

"Grandmaster." Now that her identity had been revealed, Ruan Yu no longer called Long Mingyu "Grandpa."

Long Mingyu was still a little disappointed. Compared to "Grandmaster," he preferred to hear Ruan Yu call him Grandpa.

This makes it seem more approachable.

"Yu'er, can we talk about something?"

"Master, please speak."

"How about you become my granddaughter from this day forward?"

Ruan Yu: "Isn't this inappropriate?"

Doesn't this mess up the generational hierarchy?

Long Mingyu laughed heartily: "What's wrong with that? This is wonderful! I'm your mother's teacher, like a father to her, so it's not unreasonable for her to call me 'Dad.' And it's even more perfectly fine for you to call me 'Grandpa'!"

"No way!" Long Ze protested loudly.

Everyone's eyes fell on Long Ze's face.