Nonsense! How could my adopted son be a villain?

Lan Jian glanced at him sideways and thought that the way he smiled at this moment was just like Yu Rong. In the past, if Yu Rong did something bad, he would hang on his front paws and smile with his head tilted back like this, trying to please him.

He couldn't help but glance at Xu Lingguang a few more times, until Xu's smile began to stiffen, before turning his face away and saying indifferently, "No need."

Xu Lingguang said "Oh," lowered his head, and obediently followed beside him, secretly moving his cheeks, which were a little stiff from smiling.

With the formation no longer blocking their way, they quickly arrived at the Ten Thousand Beasts Manor.

Strangely, Qin Long was not at the Ten Thousand Beasts Manor.

Dongyang Li said, "What if we miss out?"

Xu Lingguang said, "Let's search the surrounding area first. If we can't find them, they might have gotten lost while looking for us."

At this moment, Yu Yun suddenly flicked the silk thread at her fingertips and interjected, "There are people two hundred paces to the southwest."

As she spoke, she quickly flicked the silken thread between her fingers and ordered, "Bring the person back."

The puppets that were released moved at the sound and obeyed the order to capture people.

Dongyang Li watched without blinking, muttering in amazement, "Raising a few puppets is really convenient."

It made him want to raise a few.

Chai Feng chimed in casually from the side: "I think those puppets were made by living people."

Dongyang Li exclaimed, "Ah! Isn't it a corpse?"

He had heard of techniques for turning corpses into puppets, and that the higher the cultivation level of the corpse in life, the more powerful the puppet would be. Therefore, some cultivators who practiced this method would steal the remains of other cultivators.

But when Chai Feng said that these puppets were actually made by living people, Dongyang Li looked at Yu Yun again and felt that she seemed to be shrouded in a ghostly aura, and even her beautiful face looked sinister.

Dongyang Li rubbed his arms and whispered to Xu Lingguang, "You actually dare to take this kind of venomous beauty as your disciple? Aren't you afraid that one day she'll turn you into a puppet too?"

Xu Lingguang gave an awkward but polite smile.

If Yu Jun really turned the original owner into a puppet, that would be great; it would save him the trouble of transmigrating.

Just as the three were talking in hushed tones, a somewhat familiar howling sound came from another direction.

Dongyang Li picked at his ear: "Why does this voice sound a little familiar?"

Xu Lingguang said, "I also think it looks somewhat like it—"

"It's Qin Long." Chai Feng said with certainty, and sure enough, Qin Long was being chased by three agile puppets and was fleeing in their direction in a very disheveled state.

Qin Long was stunned for a moment when he saw the crowd ahead, but he quickly spotted Xu Lingguang and his two companions. He cried out for help as if he'd seen saviors: "Brother Chai, Brother Dongyang, Brother Guan, help me!!!"

Chai Feng cupped his hands to Yu Yun and said, "Fellow Daoist Yu, this is the friend we are looking for. Please show mercy."

Yu Yun glanced at Qin Long, then with a flick of her finger, she summoned the puppet back.

The puppet, which had been relentlessly pursuing Qin Long, obediently returned and followed behind her with its head bowed respectfully.

Qin Long clutched his chest, panting heavily. He glanced at Yu Jun with lingering fear, then quickly hid behind Xu Lingguang and the other two before whispering, "What happened? I thought I was really going to die here today."

Chai Feng kept it brief: "We ran into two acquaintances on the way, who happened to be traveling with you and came back to find you."

"When we came back, we didn't see you. We thought you had missed us."

Qin Long said, "I went back to check on my father, and then I went to the Spirit Pet Garden. My father is still unconscious. Fortunately, I hid him in a secret room to recover beforehand, so he won't be affected for the time being. It's just that all the spirit pets in the Spirit Pet Garden have run away; not a single one is left."

"I wonder if my precious babies are suffering out there."

As Qin Long spoke, two tears welled up in his eyes, and he looked very worried.

Seeing this, Xu Lingguang glanced in the direction of Lanjian and hesitated before saying, "We did meet Amei on the way."

"Ami?"

Qin Long was slightly taken aback at first, then his face lit up with joy. His eyes darted around and, sure enough, he saw Amei following behind Xu Lingguang. He immediately exclaimed, "My darling!"

Amei curled herself into a ball of rags and stuck it to Xu Ling's bare feet, while Mu Yun squatted on top of him.

Qin Long's shout startled both Amei and Muyun.

Mu Yun was genuinely frightened, but A Mei's unicorn horn swayed before she suddenly leaped up and bit Qin Long's outstretched hand hard.

Amei didn't hold back at all this time. His mop-like body split open from the middle, and the sharp teeth inside closed like a guillotine. Qin Long screamed in agony, and blood appeared instantly.

Before Mu Yun, who was perched on Amei's head, could react, she was thrown to the ground by Amei's movement.

Xu Lingguang and the other two were caught off guard.

Amei had bitten Qinlong's head before, but it's easy to distinguish between a playful bite and a serious one. This time, Amei clearly intended to kill him.

Chai Feng stepped forward and struck Amei with a palm strike, while Dongyang Li seized the opportunity to rescue Qin Long's hand. Xu Lingguang stepped forward to examine him and found that Qin Long's forearm was almost bitten off, the wound was a bloody mess, and it was quite gruesome.

If it weren't for the fact that cultivators have stronger bodies, Amei's bite might have severed his hand.

He immediately took out the Bone-Regenerating Pill and fed it to Qin Long, and then treated his wounds.

Qin Long's face was deathly pale, and he was unable to speak, his forehead covered in cold sweat.

Amei, who was ignored by everyone, rolled around on the ground in frustration, seemingly wanting to attack Qin Long again. However, with the three of them surrounding Qin Long, she couldn't find a chance to bite him and could only roll around angrily.

Muyun followed behind it like a little tail, wiping the blood off its fur with its short paws while muttering, "It's angry, it's angry, it's angry."

Nie Yuqin had never seen her nephew act so obsequiously before, and Amei was clearly in a bad mood. He scooped Muyun up and moved her away from Amei, saying, "Your friend has quite a temper. Be careful, or you might get bitten too."

Mu Yun slapped his arm in dissatisfaction, gave him a disdainful look, and said, "Amei doesn't like him!"

He didn't dislike Qin Long much before, but now that Amei doesn't like Qin Long, he immediately decided to dislike Qin Long as well.

Seeing that Xu Lingguang had finished treating Qin Long's wounds, he immediately broke free from Nie Yuqin's grasp, eagerly climbed up Xu Lingguang's trouser leg, and whispered in his ear, "Amei doesn't like him! He's a bad person! We shouldn't play with him."

Xu Lingguang was taken aback, and then he remembered to go and see Amei.

Amei looked like she wanted to bite Qinlong again, but Chongxue grabbed her horn and lifted her up.

At this moment, Amei was being held up by her horns and suspended in the air. Because of her anger, the mop-like fur on her body stood up, making her look both funny and pitiful.

Xu Lingguang glanced back at Qin Long. Chai Feng and Dongyang Li had already helped him to sit down. Although he had taken the Bone-Growing Pill, he still needed time for the effects to take hold, and he looked very weak.

Xu Lingguang walked to Lan Jian's side and said, "Amei's temper wasn't this bad before."

Lan Jian glanced at Qin Long, frowned, and said, "Didn't you say that Qin Long picked him up from the roadside? But he seems to dislike Qin Long."