A useless person with five spiritual roots? I sacrificed the proud daughter of heaven.

Sheng He hurriedly followed, but the ghost's figure suddenly disappeared after entering the inn. Sheng He immediately jumped out of the window into the empty room.

The room was completely silent, as if nothing had happened.

The waiter had said that someone had died in this room, and the lingering ghostly energy inside would nourish the spirit of the demon and conceal her form.

Since that's the case... Sheng He set up a barrier in the room and took out the Blazing Flame Pill from his storage ring.

The Blazing Pill landed on the floor with a loud "bang!", instantly shattering the room into pieces. A raging fire erupted inside, and a large hole appeared in the roof, letting in pale moonlight. The succubus hiding in the shadows howled in agony, her body being scorched by the flames, yet constantly being healed, only to continue enduring the excruciating pain of the burning fire.

She desperately banged her head against the barrier, trying to escape, but the red rope around her neck remained tightly bound to her.

Just as a flash of golden light appeared on the red rope, the succubus suddenly stopped moving. Her whole body was engulfed in flames, and black tears of blood kept flowing from the corners of her eyes, making her look particularly eerie in the reflection of the raging fire.

She turned around, her pupil-less eyes staring intently at Sheng He. The ghostly energy in the room suddenly surged, and the demon walked stiffly to the barrier like a puppet. She looked at Sheng He outside the room, then suddenly grinned, her mouth splitting to the back of her ears, revealing a mouthful of gleaming white teeth.

The succubus leaned her hands against the barrier and tore it open with all her might. She squeezed her body out of the opening, making gurgling sounds in her throat.

But she didn't come for Sheng He. Instead, she crawled along the window and used the same trick as before, tearing open the barrier left by the assassin and crawling towards A Yuan and Ling'er.

The moment the barrier broke, A-Yuan woke up and saw the woman crawling towards her. She was so frightened that she jumped out of bed.

"Shenghe, save us!"

Before she could finish speaking, a large patch of soil emerged from the window, drenching the succubus and instantly extinguishing the flames on her body. The succubus, however, paid no heed. She grabbed Ling'er on the bed and swiftly wrapped the red rope around Ling'er's fingers with the rope around her neck.

A tremendous force emanated from the red rope, and for a moment, the demon's eyes cleared. The next instant, she and Ling'er were pulled back by that immense force.

That's the master calling.

The demon's eyes became infatuated. Even though her master had just burned away a part of her soul and spirit, and she was now experiencing excruciating pain all over her body, she still clung tightly to Ling'er, hoping to return to her master's side.

With a "thud!", half of her body went over the earthen wall, and the red rope around her neck, along with the other half of her body, crashed heavily against the wall. At the moment of impact, something wrapped around her.

The ghost looked down and saw vines. Her body was a phantom, and nothing could stop her except the Spirit Binding Rope. But the vines were made of Yin Wood.

She was thrown heavily to the ground by the enormous force.

Sheng He stood in the air on his sword. Seeing that the vines were blocking the ghost's path, he quickly took out the Spirit Binding Rope from his storage ring.

It wasn't until she saw that the demon's target was Ling'er that she finally understood.

No wonder Jiang Xuanli sought out the Seven Kill Pavilion. The Seven Kill Pavilion's target was her, while the Enchantress was Jiang Xuanli's backup plan. Regardless of whether the Seven Kill Pavilion could kill her, the Enchantress would seize the opportunity to bring back the mermaid.

That's truly a ruthless tactic.

After binding the demon tightly with the spirit-binding rope, Sheng He immediately untied the red rope binding Ling'er.

"Ling'er! Are you alright?"

"I am fine."

A Yuan rushed over and only breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Ling'er was alright. He then looked at the still struggling demon and hurriedly asked, "Miss Sheng, what exactly happened?"

"There was a sudden attack on the inn by assassins just now. This ghoul was also sent by Jiang Xuanli. We shouldn't stay here any longer. We'd better leave as soon as possible."

A Yuan and Ling'er immediately nodded. In the current situation, staying here any longer would only increase the danger.

Sheng He looked at the second floor of the inn, which had been blasted bare, placed a piece of gold on the innkeeper's counter, threw the demon bound by the spirit-binding rope into the dense forest, and used vines to tightly entangle the demon before leaving with A Yuan and the other two.

Only when they were flying on their swords above the clouds did Sheng He breathe a sigh of relief and take out two bottles of pills from his pocket, handing them to A Yuan and Ling'er.

"Jiang Xuanli will not let Ling'er off so easily. For now, we'd better not rest and head straight to the Eastern Sea."

"It will probably take another ten days to fly on your sword day and night. This is a Rejuvenation Pill, which can help you recover your strength. You are both injured. If you really can't hold on, just tell me, and I will try to fly slower, or I will put you in my sleeves like before."

Ling'er immediately shook her head, recalling the feeling of being wrapped in black cloth and stuffed into Sheng He's sleeve.

"Sister Sheng, we can hold on."

"Our top priority is to return to the Eastern Sea. Ling'er and I will do our best to hold on, so please don't worry about us, Miss Sheng."

"Ah."

Sheng He nodded slightly, but her gaze involuntarily fell on the iron sword at her feet. It was just an ordinary longsword.

The Frost Sword was shattered. It was the sword her master had given her; it was her first sword.

……

At this moment, Sheng'an City was in chaos, with countless soldiers patrolling the streets with weapons in hand.

It's because two major events happened in the city last night.

The city lord's son, Chen Zichuan, and Wang family's eldest son, Wang Zheng, were found dead in their home. The city lord ordered a thorough investigation, and they quickly discovered that the murderer was a member of the Seven Kill Pavilion.

According to the information obtained by the city lord, only the Jiang family of Wanbao Auction House contacted the Seven Kill Pavilion yesterday in the entire Sheng'an City.

Chen Zichuan was also misled by Jiang Xuanli, which is why he asked Chen Yuanhua to intercept and kill Sheng He and the mermaid.

In an instant, all auctions and business at Wanbao Auction House in Sheng'an City were suspended, and a large number of elite soldiers guarded the gates of the Jiang residence, preventing anyone from entering or leaving.

Jiang Xuanli watched as the red rope in the basin floated silently on the water's surface. No matter how he tried to summon it, the red rope did not respond at all. Furious, he kicked the table over.

"Trash! They are all a bunch of trash!"

"You can't even bring back a mermaid? Are you all just freeloaders in the Jiang family?!"

Screams of agony echoed from inside the house, while the servants outside kept their heads down, not daring to utter a sound.

He only tentatively knocked on the door when the sounds inside gradually stopped.

"Master, there's news from Dragon Island."

The door suddenly opened, and the servant walked in tremblingly.

Two bodies covered with white sheets were carried out of the house. Jiang Xuanli slowly washed the blood off his hands and then wiped them with a clean handkerchief.

"Go ahead."