Nonsense! How could my adopted son be a villain?

Lan Jian narrowed his eyes slightly. This Soul-Hooking Rope had disappeared for many years, but now it had suddenly reappeared and was even used on Xu Lingguang, which made him think twice.

This thing is insidious; anyone who can find the Soul-Hooking Rope and know how to use it is no ordinary person.

It's mostly aimed at Xu Lingguang.

Xu Lingguang was a kind person who rarely made enemies. Lan Jian only had a rough idea of ​​who to choose after a quick mental calculation.

He wasn't in a hurry. After leaving "Huang Wenwen" in place, he walked around the front desk and strolled inside.

Inside the work cubicles, people were all sitting. When they realized that outsiders had entered, they all turned around and stared at Lan Jian and Xu Lingguang.

Most of them were familiar faces that Xu Lingguang knew.

Although he was prepared, the scene was still somewhat eerie and unsettling. Xu Lingguang swallowed hard and moved closer to Lan Jian.

Lan Jian comforted him by squeezing his hand and said softly, "Wait here."

Then he slightly raised his sleeves, channeled a powerful spiritual force into his palm, and pressed down with his backhand, firmly pinning those "people" to the spot.

At first, these "people" managed to maintain their human form, struggling and writhing desperately. However, under the continuous suppression of spiritual energy, their barely maintained human form gradually collapsed. First, their skin turned deathly pale, and then their faces became flat. Two dark eyes were embedded in their deathly pale faces, and their bodies made a rustling sound like paper rubbing together when they struggled and twisted.

The sound drilled into his ears, making him feel uncomfortable all over. Xu Lingguang frowned and covered the ears of the two cubs.

Under Lan Jian's suppression, these paper figures struggled futilely for a few more minutes before finally standing motionless, exhausted.

Lan Jian then stopped and slowly scanned the paper figures all over the office.

These paper effigies all had the same movements and blank expressions, and looked nothing special. But he was certain that the person behind them wanted to control so many paper effigies. Even if he didn't come in himself, he would definitely arrange for a clone to come in and control them.

Once this clone is identified, finding the person behind it will be much easier.

Lan Jian glanced at all the paper figures several times, paused almost imperceptibly, and then turned to Xu Lingguang and said, "It's alright."

Xu Lingguang asked, "Is the person behind it all inside?"

Lan Jian quietly took his hand and gently scratched his palm with her fingertips, but said rather unhappily, "No, perhaps we guessed wrong at first. He wasn't hiding here."

A slight itch came from his palm. Xu Lingguang met Lan Jian's meaningful gaze, paused for a moment, then quickly realized what was going on and put on a worried look: "But this dream is so big, where are we going to look next?"

Lan Jian smiled slightly, his words carrying a hidden meaning: "No rush, we'll find it eventually."

After saying that, he looked at Suichun, reached out and pinched the little cub's ear, and said, "It's up to you now."

This dream was much, much bigger than the previous one, and Sui Chun had been itching to try it for a long time. Now that he had Lan Jian's permission, he jumped down excitedly, carefully took out his true form from his Qiankun bag, had Xu Lingguang hold it for him, and then started to wander around in the cubicle.

He wants to find an auspicious place to cultivate his true form.

"The space needs to be more spacious."

"It needs to be well-ventilated."

"These paper effigies are really in the way."

As Sui Chun muttered to himself, he searched for a place to settle down. When he encountered a paper effigy lying on the ground blocking his way, he disdainfully tore it to shreds in a few quick movements, and soon the carpet was covered with scraps of paper.

The little Qilin, thinking he was playing some kind of game, came over and helped him tear apart the paper effigy on the ground.

Seeing this, Long Su, who was attached to the paper effigy, secretly broke out in a cold sweat.

He originally thought that thanks to the system's protection, the two people hadn't discovered his presence, but who knew that these two spirit beasts would go berserk and tear apart the paper effigy again.

Fearing that Lan Jian would discover his whereabouts, he dared not move an inch and could only watch helplessly as the two frolicking spirit beasts drew closer and closer to him.

Although it is only a divine thought clone, if it is injured, it will inevitably backfire on the main body.

Long Su held his breath, staring nervously at the two cubs that had already reached him.

Sui Chun was diligently cleaning up the space for her main body, but the little Qilin was just playing around.

She hopped and jumped around among a pile of paper effigies, taking a bite here and slapping her there, looking very majestic and spirited.

Despite her small size, she possessed considerable strength; with a single bite, she could tear off half of a paper effigy's body, and with a single claw, she could rip it to shreds.

She seemed to find it fun to tear the paper effigy into pieces, and so she became even more unrestrained.

However, Long Su, who was hidden among a pile of paper figures, was eventually exposed.

Caught off guard, the little Qilin suddenly approached, nimbly leaped up, and landed heavily on the paper effigy possessed by Long Su's divine sense, stomping a large hole in the effigy's abdomen.

She was having so much fun that she crawled in and out of the hole, and her sharp claws, which she didn't try to restrain, quickly tore the paper effigy to shreds.

Long Su, attached to the paper effigy, felt as if his divine sense was being torn apart, but he dared not show it at all and could only endure it.

Just when Long Su felt he was about to collapse, he vaguely saw the aloof owner of Qianjin Tower walk up to him, bend down and helplessly pick up the frolicking little Qilin, gently patting off the scraps of paper stuck to the little Qilin: "You're covered in dust from rolling around."

The little Qilin hadn't had enough fun yet, and protested by rolling around in his arms, howling and whimpering.

After Lan Jian patted its belly, it curled up and rubbed its four paws affectionately against his hand.

Lan Jian glanced at the torn and tattered paper effigy out of the corner of her eye, silently flicked a wisp of her divine sense into the paper effigy, and then walked away with the little Qilin in her arms.

Long Su, who had been holding his breath, breathed a sigh of relief as he saw him finally leave, despite the excruciating pain.

We escaped unscathed.

Sui Chun finally chose a spot. He took his original body from Xu Lingguang and carefully planted it in the chosen location.

The roots of the smoky plant quickly penetrated the ground and began to grow vigorously.

The previously curled-up buds slowly unfurled their leaves and sprouted new branches as they absorbed nutrients again. Meanwhile, more buds emerged one after another like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, spreading with the roots of the smoke-filled clouds.

Sui Chun's eyes sparkled as she exclaimed with delight, "This dream is even more fertile than the last one!"

He hugged the tree trunk, which had become incredibly thick from the scattered mist, and exclaimed excitedly, "This dream is huge! We can eat here for a long time!"

He even felt that once he had absorbed the entire dream, his original body would definitely be able to grow back beautifully, and maybe even bloom again!