Nonsense! How could my adopted son be a villain?

"A Soul-Snatching Bead?"

"Hmm." Lan Jian's expression wasn't good, and she briefly explained the function of the Soul-Hooking Pearl.

Xu Lingguang frowned after hearing this. He never expected that the reason he entered the dream was because of the Soul-Hooking Pearl hidden in the black dog's soul.

He looked down at the black dog, which was covered in wounds, and remembered how it looked when he had just picked it up. In addition to its very serious external injuries, it also had many internal injuries.

At the time, he subconsciously thought that these internal injuries were old wounds from being abused in the past, but now it seems that they were likely caused when Long Su forcibly hid the Soul-Hooking Pearl into the black dog's soul.

"Was this a trap deliberately set by Long Su? What was he after, going to such lengths to lure me into this dream? Was it just to kill me?"

Xu Lingguang found it a bit puzzling. Long Su had a system in his hands. If it was really just to kill him, there was no need to make it so complicated, right?

Putting yourself in his shoes, if he wanted to kill someone, he would never use such a roundabout method; it's far too inefficient and unpredictable.

However, he didn't know much about Long Su, and perhaps the other party's ideas were different from ordinary people.

Lan Jian examined the Soul-Hooking Bead for a long time, his expression turning extremely cold: "This Soul-Hooking Rope can imprison the soul. If you hadn't broken through the dream at that time, your soul would have been trapped in the dream and would never have returned."

Xu Lingguang was taken aback: "What will happen if they can't come back?"

But he soon realized he had asked a pointless question. If the soul was trapped and could not return, he would most likely die unconscious. Lan Jian, facing a corpse that had suddenly lost its soul, might not even know who the murderer was.

Thinking of this possibility, Xu Lingguang pursed his lips.

The person who designed all of this is far too insidious.

Seeing that Xu Lingguang's expression was also not good, Lan Jian moved her lips, but ultimately did not voice her guess.

A soulless body can have many uses.

For example, as a container to hold another wandering ghost.

Commonly known as possession.

Lan Jian hadn't considered the possibility of possession before, but after discovering that Long Su had gone to great lengths to set up this scheme in order to send the Wind Spirit Hound, which contained the Soul-Hooking Pearl, to Xu Lingguang's side, he was almost certain that they wanted to possess him.

Given that Long Su possessed such an extraordinary system, Lan Jian didn't think the other party would need to go to great lengths to possess him.

If it's not him, then it can only be Baili Qingyun.

Baili Qingyun could no longer advance in cultivation and should have already suffered the five signs of decay. She was only able to survive until now by relying on various forbidden techniques.

Since they can use forbidden techniques, then possession is naturally not impossible.

In particular, he recalled that at the banquet at Jin Yaotang that day, Baili Qingyun sat opposite them, her cloudy, aged eyes always seemingly glancing at Xu Lingguang.

At the time, she thought it was a conflict between the two sides and that Baili Qingyun held a grudge. Now that she thinks about it, it was clearly back then that she had such thoughts.

A hint of hostility flashed in Lan Jian's eyes, but he concealed it well.

Instead of answering Xu Lingguang's question, Lan Jian looked at him with a softened expression, tossed the Soul-Hooking Bead in her palm, and said, "This Soul-Hooking Bead has some wonders. Perhaps we can use it to fight fire with fire. Would you like to come with me to take a look?"

Hearing this, Xu Lingguang's curiosity was indeed piqued: "How do you repay someone with their own methods?"

Lan Jian smiled and said, "We'll still need Sui Chun's help."

Upon hearing that he needed her help, Sui Chun immediately puffed out her chest and agreed.

He wagged his tail smugly, jumped from the armrest of the chair onto the table, and his red eyes were full of cunning: "It's just weaving a dream, isn't that simple?"

Lan Jian said, "That's not easy. Baili Qingyun's cultivation is not low. It won't be easy to keep him from noticing."

Sui Chun felt underestimated, put her hands on her hips and snorted, "I'll show you what I'm capable of later!"

After agreeing to this, the two took Sui Chun into the dream.

Originally, there was no plan to bring the other cubs, but after the cubs found out that Sui Chun could come along, they immediately surrounded her and clamored that they wanted to go too.

Yu Rong clung to Xu Lingguang's leg and kept rubbing against him, saying, "If Sui Chun can go, I want to go too!"

Mu Yun's eyes darted around, and she pounced on him, grabbing Xu Lingguang's other leg.

The little Qilin, who was playing with a ball rolling around with its bottom sticking out, heard the noise, realized what was happening, let out a "whoosh," and quickly got up, climbing up Lan Jian's trouser leg to his shoulder, taking the best spot.

Upon seeing this, Zhaoling and the chicks immediately followed suit and occupied Xu Lingguang's shoulders.

Yun Feng was a step too slow. She darted left and right, grabbed You Yu's trouser leg, and rushed toward Xu Lingguang.

Yu was pulled so hard by her that she stumbled, but after regaining her balance, she followed the little boy's lead and stood next to Xu Lingguang.

Yun Feng snorted loudly, "They're all going, so Youyu and I are going too!"

Xu Lingguang: "..."

He glanced helplessly at Lan Jian: "It doesn't matter if we're just going to the dream world, let's go together then."

Lan Jian glanced at the little brats she couldn't shake off and gave a faint "hmm".

It's just going to a dream anyway.

The entire dream world is now under Sui Chun's control. The two of them took the cubs over and went to see Yu Yun and Nie Yuqin first.

The two of them were much more relaxed and at ease hiding in the dream than outside.

When Xu Lingguang and his group arrived, they saw Nie Yuqin wandering around downstairs with curiosity, her eyes filled with wonder at everything.

Yu Jun was not far from him, trying to control the puppet silk with the one that had become less flexible due to petrification.

Seeing Xu Lingguang arrive with his family, Yu Yun's gaze lingered on the group of children for a moment before turning to Xu Lingguang: "What's going on here?"

Xu Lingguang didn't mention his entanglement with Baili Qingyun, only vaguely saying that he had come over for some business, and the kids had come along to play as well.

Then he mentioned the King of the West: "The King of the West came just now, but I fooled him. It seems they haven't given up yet."

Upon hearing the name of the Prince of the West, Yu Yun's face darkened. His not-so-nimble left hand slowly retracted the puppet strings, and he said, "Yu Xian is a suspicious man by nature. If he doesn't catch me with his own hands, he will be restless for the rest of his life."

She had no intention of staying here long, nor did she intend to let Yu Xian go so easily.

She and Yu Xi finally had to come to an end.

But she knew that if she revealed her plans now, both Xu Lingguang and Nie Yuqin would probably persuade her to give up. So she just mentioned it casually, then lowered her eyes and didn't say anything more.

Fortunately, Xu Lingguang did have other things to do and didn't say much about the matter. After exchanging greetings, he and Lan Jian led a group of chattering cubs toward the place where San Yanxia had taken root.

Two adults and one child, along with a bunch of lively cubs, didn't look like they were going out for revenge; they looked more like they were going on a picnic.