Genius in the whole system: The useless young lady dominates the world

Lu Lingxi Yao pushed the light and dark spiritual power within her body to their limits, and the two completely opposite forces converged within her body, forming a powerful energy fluctuation.

She formed a hand seal, and a huge tai chi symbol appeared in front of her, with black and white fish slowly rotating, exuding a sacred yet eerie aura.

"Light and darkness, merge!" Lu Lingxi Yao shouted softly, and the Tai Chi pattern suddenly expanded, enveloping the phantom and the eerie ghost face within it.

The power of light purifies the demonic energy, while the power of darkness devours the ghost face. The two forces interact to form a unique domain.

"Master, this is..." Zhuque looked at everything in front of her in surprise. She had never seen Lu Lingxi Yao use this kind of power before.

"This is the 'Light and Darkness Domain' created by the master himself. It can isolate all external interference and at the same time purify and devour all evil power," Huan Yue explained, his eyes filled with admiration.

Within the realm of light and darkness, the demonic energy on the phantom began to dissipate gradually, and the eerie ghost face let out a painful roar. Its body began to shrink, eventually turning into a wisp of black smoke and disappearing into the air.

The madness and carnage in Phantom's eyes gradually faded, replaced by confusion and pain. He covered his head, seemingly trying to remember something.

"Phantom, how are you?" Lu Lingxi asked with concern.

“Master…I…” Phantom’s voice was weak; he didn’t seem to have fully recovered yet.

"Don't speak yet, take a good rest," Lu Lingxi said. She withdrew the Light and Darkness Domain and helped the phantom sit down.

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps sounded, and a group of cultivators dressed in black robes appeared in the dark alley.

The leader was a middle-aged man who wore a black robe embroidered with a medicine cauldron pattern. He wore a single-lens glass mirror over his left eye, with a miniature human skull attached to the mirror chain, making him look very eerie.

"Who's causing trouble here?" the middle-aged man asked coldly, his gaze sweeping over the crowd before finally settling on the phantom.

“Your Excellency Inspector, we…” The surrounding crowd began to explain, but their voices were quickly interrupted by the middle-aged man.

"Shut up, all of you!" the middle-aged man shouted, his voice carrying a powerful pressure that instantly silenced the surrounding crowd.

The middle-aged man walked up to the phantom. A jade pendant hung from his waist, carved with half a red spider lily. It could be pieced together with the pattern on the ancient swamp jade that Lu Lingxi had obtained earlier to form a complete red spider lily.

Lu Lingxi noticed that the spiritual energy surging from this jade pendant actually carried a trace of the demonic poison from Nalan Rongzhi's body.

"You have demonic energy about you. Who are you?" the middle-aged man asked, his voice cold and devoid of any emotion.

“He is the spirit beast I contracted.” Lu Lingxi stepped forward and stood in front of the phantom.

"A spirit beast?" The middle-aged man frowned. He took out a compass, and the pointer on the compass spun wildly, eventually pointing to the phantom.

“The Demon-Suppressing Disc is reacting; there is indeed demonic energy on him,” the middle-aged man said, his gaze becoming even sharper.

Just then, the black-robed cultivators around them suddenly formed a formation, surrounding everyone. Powerful spiritual energy surged within the formation, but Lu Lingxi felt that this spiritual energy carried a strange aura, as if it were secretly draining the cultivators' life force.

"What do you mean by this?" Lu Lingxi asked coldly, sensing that something was amiss.

“To prevent the spread of demonic energy, we need to take him back for investigation,” the middle-aged man said, his tone leaving no room for argument.

"I told you, he is my spirit beast, you can't take him away," Lu Lingxi said, her attitude very firm.

"These are the rules of Immortal Healer's Village, and no one may disobey them," the middle-aged man said, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

"Rules?" Lu Lingxi sneered. "I think you're just looking for an opportunity to get rid of him, aren't you?"

"Insolence!" the middle-aged man roared. "How dare you question the decision of Immortal Healer's Dwelling?"

"What's there to be afraid of?" Lu Lingxi Yao said without fear. "I want to see what kind of skills your Immortal Doctor's Dwelling has!"

"Master, let me do it!" Zhuque stepped forward, her body ablaze with the flames of rebirth.

"Be careful, there's something wrong with this formation," Lu Lingxi Yao warned.

Zhuque nodded. She pretended to fall accidentally, her body touching the middle-aged man's clothes. Her Nirvana Fire silently left a mark on the hem of his clothes, imprinting the Manjusaka pattern on the jade pendant.

"What are you doing?" The middle-aged man noticed Zhuque's movements, shouted angrily, and slapped Zhuque with his palm.

"Your opponent is me!" Lu Lingxi Yao flashed forward and stood in front of Zhuque. She met the middle-aged man's attack with a palm strike.

The two palms collided, unleashing a powerful energy surge that sent the surrounding crowd staggering backward.

"Such powerful strength!" A hint of surprise flashed in the middle-aged man's eyes. He had not expected Lu Lingxi to be so powerful.

"Again!" Lu Lingxi shouted softly, and she attacked the middle-aged man again.

The two engaged in a fierce battle in the dark alley. Their movements were as fast as lightning, and each exchange of blows unleashed powerful energy fluctuations.

Suzaku took the opportunity to examine the rubbing of the Manjusaka pattern. She discovered that the pattern carried a trace of demonic energy, and when her finger touched the pattern, it was burned, leaving a phoenix-shaped scar.

"Master, there's something wrong with this pattern!" Zhuque exclaimed.

Just then, Huan Yue suddenly let out a low growl, as if something was surging in its throat.

Upon hearing Huan Yue's low growl, a flash of light suddenly appeared in the middle-aged man's glass mirror, reflecting a demonic mark that flashed across Huan Yue's neck.

"As expected, there is demonic energy!" The middle-aged man sneered, and the compass in his hand spun even more violently.

Huan Yue secretly hid a spirit stone that had been corrupted by demonic energy. Deep within its pupils, a fork appeared in the golden pattern, shimmering with an eerie light.

"Master, I sense a power awakening within Phantom's body," Huan Yue suddenly said, his voice tinged with worry.

Lu Lingxi was startled. She knew that the power Huan Yue was talking about must be the power that had merged with the Other Shore Vine.

"Phantom, you must control that power, or you will become a demon!" Lu Lingxi shouted, trying to awaken Phantom's consciousness.

The phantom's body began to tremble, and his eyes flashed with pain, as if he were engaged in a fierce struggle with that power.

“I…I can’t control myself…” Phantom said painfully, his voice filled with despair.

"No, you can do it!" Lu Lingxi said. "Think about everything we've been through together, think about your friends, you can't just give up like this!"

The phantom's body trembled even more violently, and a glint of struggle flashed in his eyes.

"Phantom, go for it!" Suzaku and Phantom Moon shouted, their voices filled with encouragement and anticipation.

Amid the shouts of the crowd, the struggle in Phantom's eyes grew stronger. Finally, he roared to the sky, and a powerful force erupted from his body, shattering all the surrounding demonic energy.

"I...I did it!" Phantom's voice was filled with surprise and excitement.

"That's great!" Lu Lingxi, Yao, and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

"You...you actually dare to defy the Immortal Doctor's Den!" The middle-aged man looked at everything before him, his eyes filled with anger and disbelief.

“We have no intention of being enemies with Immortal Doctor’s Village, but you cannot arbitrarily dispose of my spirit beasts,” Lu Lingxi said, her tone firm and leaving no room for argument.

"Fine, very well!" The middle-aged man laughed angrily. "Since that's how it is, then don't blame me for being impolite!"

After saying that, he took out a talisman from his pocket, threw it into the air, and the talisman instantly burst into flames, turning into a beam of light that shot into the sky.

"This is... a signal talisman?" Lu Lingxi's expression changed. She knew that the middle-aged man was summoning reinforcements.

“That’s right, this is a distress signal from Immortal Doctor’s Dock. More patrol officers will be arriving soon, and then none of you will be able to escape!” the middle-aged man sneered.

"Let's go!" Lu Lingxi knew that now was not the time to linger and they had to leave as soon as possible.

She quickly left the dark alley with Zhuque, Huanyue, and Huanying, disappearing into the crowd.

The middle-aged man looked in the direction where Lu Lingxi and the others had left, a sinister glint in his eyes. "Trying to escape? Not so easy!" He snorted coldly and led a group of black-robed cultivators in pursuit of Lu Lingxi and the others.