The Emperor of Zongmen Workers is here

Dongling Jiang family.

Jiang Ruiyuan sat at the desk in his study, concentrating on studying the defense map in his hand. His eyes were sharp and focused, as if he wanted to engrave every detail of the map in his mind.

A tense atmosphere permeated the study, the only sounds being the sound of Jiang Ruiyuan flipping through the blueprints and his occasional whispers. His fingers moved lightly across the diagram, marking key locations and defensive points.

Jiang Ruiyuan's brow furrowed slightly. Even though the Jiang family's defenses had been built like an iron barrel, he still couldn't rest easy. That was the Soul-Devouring Sect that had annihilated the Guo family in Xishan... His Jiang family wasn't even as good as the Guo family, who had four Mahayana cultivators in command. His family only had two...

"Alas——" He sighed softly, and there was endless sadness and melancholy between his brows.

"It has been thirteen days since the letter was sent. I wonder what the Miaoyin Temple's response will be..."

"Don't worry, Ruiyuan. Miaoyin Palace is the closest sect to us. The famous righteous sects will not sit idly by when they know our situation. Maybe the help from Miaoyin Palace is on the way." Song Yufei couldn't bear to see Jiang Ruiyuan so sad, so she chose the best possible way to talk to him.

"I still want to send Qinghe and Qingyi away. It would be fine if nothing unexpected happens. But if the Soul Devouring Sect attacks, I'm afraid..." Jiang Ruiyuan paused, made up his mind, picked up the pen and wrote something, then he breathed a sigh of relief and his expression finally looked better.

"Alas, don't dwell on this anymore." Jiang Ruiyuan left the desk and walked over to Song Yufei. He took the teapot from the maid who was about to add water to Song Yufei's cup, sat on the other side, and poured tea for both of them. He then discussed with Song Yufei, "But... ever since that evil cultivator came that day, we've been on guard until now. We'd better be more cautious. Tomorrow is Qingwu's one-year-old ceremony. For safety reasons, we won't invite other families to participate. Our own clan members can just be the witnesses. What do you think, Madam?"

Song Yufei took the tea from Jiang Ruiyuan and said, "That's great."

Jiang Qingwu was greeted by this harmonious scene upon her arrival. This was a life she had never had in her previous life. She felt both grateful and regretful. Grateful for what she had, yet a pity that it was ultimately short-lived... Even if she had a system to travel through time, no matter how talented she was or how hard she worked, she still wouldn't be able to shake the evil cultivator that even the Jiang family had welcomed with the determination to die...

"Daddy and Mommy, can you accompany Qingwu shopping?" Jiang Qingwu was too lazy to pay attention to the system. She just wanted to experience more things with Jiang's father and mother that she had never experienced in her previous life.

Jiang Ruiyuan and Song Yufei looked at each other, and both saw doting in each other's eyes.

"Okay, Daddy and Mommy will go with you." Jiang Ruiyuan stood up and gently picked up Jiang Qingwu.

Father Jiang held Jiang Qingwu in one hand and Mother Jiang in the other. Without ordering the servants to prepare the carriage, Father Jiang summoned the spirit boat he had used when he and Mother Jiang traveled in their youth. Jiang Qingwu watched from the side in amazement, "Wow! Daddy is so amazing!" After boarding the flying boat, she couldn't help but feel and touch it...

"Hahaha, who's more powerful, daddy or the flying boat? I think our little Qingwu is not praising his parents, but the flying boat!" Song Yufei joked.

"Mother, you see through it but don't tell it to me~" Jiang Qingwu smiled sweetly and kissed Song Yufei on the face.

"Let's go, otherwise we might not be able to come back after the sun sets." Jiang Ruiyuan invited the mother and daughter to board the flying boat, and set off with two Yuanying stage guards.

The spirit boat rose into the air, flew over Lingcui Mountain where the Jiang family lived, and flew towards Dongling City. Jiang Qingwu excitedly jumped around on the spirit boat with his little arms and legs, looking around.

She had ridden on technological products like airplanes, but it was only when she boarded this spirit boat that she truly felt that she was in the world of cultivation. Even though she had already perfected her Qi training, she still couldn't feel as immersive as she did at this moment on the spirit boat. Her life was worth it!

"Wow! Mom! There are so many spirit cranes!" Jiang Qingwu said excitedly, pointing at a group of spirit cranes that the spirit boat had caught up with.

"Wow! Mom! That looks so good, what's it called?" This time it was a giant blue bird.

"That's Qingluan. Our Qingwu is so lucky to have seen Qingluan." Song Yufei looked at the cheerful and lively Jiang Qingwu and thought of the Soul Devouring Sect's unscrupulous actions. She felt sad and disappointed again. Her Qingwu was still so young...

But in this world, evil cultivators will do anything to cultivate, and even children younger than Qingwu are not immune to suffering, unless they have a great opportunity. But where is Qingwu's opportunity...

"Host, we have detected that you have a negative mentality. You must not give up on yourself!" The Heavenly Dao System, which had disappeared for many days, suddenly advised Jiang Qingwu in her consciousness.

"Don't force me to slap you when I'm having fun! Get lost!" She was enjoying life, and the dog system had to remind her that she didn't have much time left? Huh?

"Your system that disappears from time to time, what is the trigger mechanism for reappearing?"

"Host, I've already spent 99% of my energy to bind you, the child of destiny. It's normal for me to shut down frequently due to insufficient energy..."

"Forget it, don't climb anymore. Go find the next child of destiny who will not die soon. Don't bother me now."

"No, host, please don't leave me. I can't live without you!" The Heavenly Dao System said anxiously, but it didn't seem that anxious... "Hey, host, it's a rare opportunity for you to come here. You can stay in Dongling City with Jiang's parents tonight and immerse yourself in the world of cultivation!" The system suggested sincerely.

"Tsk, you acted really well. A certain SKA would be sorry if they didn't give you a little golden man. Okay, okay, we've known each other for a while, so don't do these unpleasant things. I'll give you a day off, you can turn off the computer if you want and have fun by yourself." Jiang Qingwu said indifferently. She could hear that the system wanted to break her situation. Although she didn't know why it didn't say it explicitly, and why it was different from the system in the system article she had taken in her previous life, she chose to understand and respect it.

Because to her, the system was nothing more than a friend who knew her life story. She didn't expect the system to provide her with much help. She knew from her previous life that only by becoming stronger could she save herself. However, the Dongxu Realm was a dead end for her...

"Oh..." With an inaudible sigh, she put on a bright smile again, enjoying the few remaining good times.

Father Jiang, who was holding her, was a Mahayana cultivator after all. He had heard her barely perceptible sigh. How could his Qingwu, so clever, not know the Jiang family's current predicament? He only hoped that Miaoyin Hall would receive his call for help, to save his Qingwu, and save Qinghe and Qingyi of his Jiang family...

Jiang Qingwu and his companions soon arrived at Dongling City.

The lunch market in Dongling City is a vibrant and lively scene, with shops lining the streets and alleys, and peddlers and hawkers bustling about, creating a bustling atmosphere.

The shops on both sides of the street display a wide variety of goods, which are dazzling. There are exquisite handicrafts, gorgeous clothing, delicious snacks, and all kinds of daily necessities.

The stall owners on the roadside were shouting enthusiastically, promoting their products and attracting customers in various ways. The air was filled with a prosperous atmosphere.

Among the bustling crowd, there are monks in extraordinary attire and civilians in simple clothes. They are either selecting goods, bargaining with stall owners, or tasting delicious food, and everyone's face is filled with a smile of satisfaction and joy.

Children were running around and playing in the crowd, looking around curiously, their eyes sparkling with excitement. Occasionally, they would be attracted by a new and interesting gadget, stop in their tracks, and pester their parents to buy it.

Jiang Qingwu looked around curiously, holding his parents' hands tightly with his little hands.

They walked through the market and visited the shops. Jiang Qingwu held a candied haws in one hand and a rattle in the other, with a happy smile on her face.

Unconsciously, the sun was setting. Just as the three of them were about to leave the city and return to Lingcui Mountain, Jiang Ruiyuan suddenly stopped, feeling uneasy and a sense of foreboding welling up in his heart...

"What's wrong, Daddy?" Jiang Qingwu raised her head and looked at Jiang Ruiyuan's face.

Jiang Ruiyuan was silent for a moment, then said softly: "It's okay, let's go home" but his pace couldn't help but quicken.

"Okay! Let's go home!" Jiang Qingwu smiled sweetly.

The atmosphere was depressing on the way back. The throbbing in Jiang Ruiyuan's heart prompted him to hurry on his way. Song Yufei and Jiang Qingwu seemed to have felt something, and the atmosphere was very depressing.

"It's okay, Qingwu, let's go home." Song Yufei gently stroked Jiang Qingwu's back and pretended to be calm, not knowing whether she was comforting her or comforting herself.

"Mother..." They thought Jiang Qingwu didn't understand, but how could she, a soul from another world, not understand? Not to mention that in her previous life, she was born with a disability and suffered the greatest malice from birth. She had always been extremely sensitive to the atmosphere...

When they were still ten miles away from Lingcui Mountain, a fire broke out in the distant sky. The strange spiritual power fluctuations in the air made Jiang Ruiyuan and Song Yufei's hearts tremble. They quickly protected Jiang Qingwu behind them. The three Yuanying stage cultivators who followed them surrounded the three masters tightly, forming an airtight shield.

"It's the Soul Devouring Sect..."

"I can't escape it after all..." The Heavenly Dao System curled up in Jiang Qingwu's mind sighed to himself.

I saw a group of black-robed monks descending from the sky. The one leading them was the evil cultivator who attacked the Jiang family that day. His realm had indeed been raised to the Mahayana stage!

"Jiang Ruiyuan, today is the day when your Jiang family will be wiped out! It is also the day when my sect will obtain a top-level furnace!" The evil cultivator laughed wildly.

The Jiang family before them was already engulfed in flames, corpses strewn across the ground. In the distance, an evil cultivator placed his claw-like hands on the two young men's heads. Some unspeakable evil power had absorbed all of the young men's cultivation...

Jiang Qingwu was stunned by this ashen scene. The lives that had been vibrant before he left the house were now filled with struggling clansmen. The ground was littered with evil cultivators and their corpses. The tragic scene shocked Jiang Qingwu's new-age soul...

"Qinghe! Qingyi!" Song Yufei was furious!

"Aunt! Take Qingwu away!" the two teenagers shouted at her with all their might. Then, their spiritual energy was sucked out, and they fell to the ground like a fallen kite...

Just as she turned around quickly and prepared to escape with Jiang Qingwu in her arms, the evil cultivator suddenly attacked and released the poisonous pet that he had used against Ming Yitian that day to attack the mother and daughter!

"Mom, be careful!" Jiang Qingwu shouted instinctively. Seeing this, Song Yufei could only use her spiritual power to protect Jiang Qingwu while using her natal spiritual sword to deal with the poisonous pet.

Seeing this, Jiang Ruiyuan made a hand gesture to protect his wife and daughter, then took the initiative to attack the evil cultivator first. The other three cultivators dealt with the poisonous pet so that Song Yufei could successfully protect Jiang Qingwu, and the other two cultivators joined the battle.

The other tribesmen who were still able to resist saw Jiang Ruiyuan return and rushed towards the battle between him and the evil cultivator...

"Head of the family! Take the wife and daughter away quickly! They still have an evil cultivator in the Tribulation Crossing Stage!" The clan members eagerly informed Jiang Ruiyuan of the news.

"What?" Jiang Ruiyuan paused in his attempts to repel the enemy upon hearing such bad news.

"Hahahahahaha! Jiang Ruiyuan, I only wanted to take your family's furnace and cauldron away, but someone stopped me. So I had no choice but to report to the Soul Devouring Sect's leader and lead all the disciples to destroy your Jiang family and take back what belongs to us."

In the main hall of the Jiang family, a man in green sat lazily on the main seat. He looked at the ruins of the Jiang family with neither sadness nor joy in his eyes. With a scornful smile on his lips, he murmured:

"It really is a good furnace, just as good as it was back then..."