Jiang Ling glanced at him coldly, "I know, your master is Xuan Feng."

Master Wenxin's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets in shock.

How did she know?

"I also know that you and your disciple have been committing evil deeds in the capital, intending to create more evil spirits to raise the Ghost King. With me, Jiang Ling, here, you and your disciple are destined to fail!"

"If your master dares to come looking for me, I'll kill him without mercy!"

Jiang Ling drew her lightning-struck wooden sword and pressed it against Daoist Wenxin's neck.

Master Wenxin was covered in wounds, and the pain was excruciating, but he remained stiff and dared not move. He was afraid that if he moved, he would cut a bloody gash on his neck.

He was terrified of death and tried every possible way to survive.

"Jiang Ling! Don't kill me! I'm useful!"

Master Wenxin stared intently behind her and shouted, "Jiang Ling, you definitely don't know what kind of constitution this rabbit demon has! Let me tell you, she is the legendary..."

"Pfft!" Blood spurted out.

The lightning-struck wooden sword is terrifyingly sharp.

With a single sword stroke, he easily severed the head of Daoist Wenxin.

Jiang Ling's eyes were cold and ruthless; she never showed mercy to scoundrels! Nor did she want to listen to their nonsense.

She knows her baby's constitution better than anyone else!

"Help! Help!" A weak cry for help came from inside the Taoist temple.

Jiang Ling's eyes showed surprise. Were there still survivors in the Taoist temple?

She immediately drew her sword and entered the Taoist temple. Underneath a ruin, she saw broken talisman fragments and the body of the emperor's brother-in-law, who was buried there with only his upper body visible.

"help me!"

The emperor's brother-in-law, on the verge of death, reached out to Jiang Ling for help: "I am the Empress's own brother! Save me, and I will surely reward you!"

"Your brother-in-law has sought help from the wrong person. Remember, the man who will kill you is named Jiang Ling!"

Jiang Ling finished him off with a single sword strike!

The emperor's brother-in-law's eyes widened in disbelief; he never imagined that instead of killing Jiang Ling, he would die at her hands.

"Mother!" Jiang Yuxue peeked in from the entrance of the Taoist temple, wanting to come in.

Jiang Ling dodged and grabbed Jiang Yuxue's arm. "Baby, go away! Mother is going to destroy the Ghost-Raising Array. We can't let such evil and harmful things live in the world!"

"Okay."

Jiang Yuxue obediently stood far away.

At the entrance of the Taoist temple, Jiang Ling began to wield her sword and perform a series of steps. She touched her leather pouch, and talismans flew out, swirling and forming an array above the temple.

Ready!

Jiang Ling poured all her spiritual energy into the lightning-struck wooden sword.

The sword hummed and released arcs of electricity. Jiang Ling raised her hand, pointed the sword at the sky, and shouted in a clear, cold voice, "Thunder of the Nine Heavens, heed my command! Slay evil and destroy wickedness! Submit!"

"Rumble--"

In an instant, dark clouds gathered, and a thunderstorm struck!

"Boom!"

One thunderclap after another, deafening the heavens and the earth.

Outside Qingshan Village, Murong Yan, Jiang Yuyan, and the Blood Eagle Guards all looked up. They saw the terrifying power of lightning causing the mist to dissipate, and the mountains to tremble and churn with falling rocks.

"Mother! Mother is still on the mountain!" Jiang Yuyan cried anxiously and took off running to get there.

"Baby!"

Murong Yan reacted quickly, grabbing Jiang Yuyan and holding him on his lap.

His handsome face was solemn and serious, his phoenix eyes filled with worry and anxiety. He pressed Jiang Yuyan down firmly and coaxed, "Don't panic, baby! Your mother is a Taoist priest, she'll be alright!"

"Be good, little one, don't run around! Uncle Yan will take you to find your mother!"

Thunderous might prevails.

When the lightning subsided and the dark clouds dissipated, only a large, ruined crater remained on the mountaintop.

The Qingshan Taoist Temple has disappeared.

The corpse was also cleaved into dust and reduced to ashes.

Jiang Ling was drained of her spiritual energy, her face pale, and her forehead covered in cold sweat. She glanced at the ruins and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that the Ghost-Raising Array had been completely destroyed by heavenly lightning and that all filth and evil were gone.

If you relax even slightly, your body will immediately sway and you will lose your balance.

"Mother!"

Jiang Yuxue rushed over and helped Jiang Ling sit down.

Jiang Ling tugged at her pale lips and comforted her, "It's alright, just take some medicine."

Jiang Yuxue was so anxious that her eyes were brimming with tears. She immediately rummaged through the leather pouch at her waist and pulled out bottles of medicine for her to take.

After taking the medicine, Jiang Ling caught a glimpse of the injury on her leg out of the corner of her eye and immediately frowned, asking, "Baby, when did you get injured? Why didn't you say so!"

Jiang Yuxue looked down and shook her head indifferently.

The rabbit demon is the one who is injured; she is not in pain.

“Baby, get off Zhuiyue.”

"Oh."

Zhuiyue's body immediately froze.

The next second, a mud ball the size of a thumb emerged from the fluffy rabbit fur ball on her head.

Jiang Ling reached out and caught the mud ball, which rolled and bounced in her palm. With each bounce, a hand and a foot emerged, until both hands and feet appeared, and finally a small head popped out.

The clay doll's face has only simple features.

It looks like some kid playing with mud, and then using a twig to poke and draw out eyes, nose, mouth, and ears.

After losing Jiang Yuxue's control, Zhuiyue's body immediately collapsed, reverting to her original rabbit form. A severed leg was still bleeding. Jiang Ling immediately picked up the little rabbit, applied medicine and bandaged her wounds, and only felt relieved after checking for any other injuries.

"Mother."

Jiang Yuxue's voice was soft and sweet, full of childlike charm: "Baby is just borrowing her for a bit, I didn't turn her into a puppet doll."

"What did Mother say? Have you forgotten, baby?"

Jiang Yuxue lowered her head guiltily.

Although she's using a clay doll's body now, she's still adorable and cute.

Jiang Ling sighed inwardly, reaching out a finger to pat the mud doll's head, her tone both affectionate and helpless: "Baby, you can't leave Hundred Demon Valley. And you absolutely can't show your power to outsiders. You promised your mother!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Jiang Yuxue started crying, and the clay doll actually shed large tears.

She held Jiang Ling's fingers, crying sadly and aggrievedly, sobbing, "Baby knows she was wrong, Mommy, please don't be angry. Baby misses Mommy so much, and misses brother so much too!"

"Bad people hurt Mommy, I couldn't help it, sob sob sob, I won't do it again!"

Jiang Ling's heart was broken.

She quickly hugged Jiang Yuxue and comforted her, "It's alright, baby, don't cry. It's Mommy's fault, Mommy shouldn't have left you alone."

"Waaah, Mother, I'll be good and not leave the valley. Please, Mother, keep the mud doll, okay?"

"I……"

Jiang Ling suddenly snapped out of it, grabbed the mud doll and spanked it: "Baby, you're not allowed to use your powers on Mommy!"

Jiang Yuxue stopped crying, silently shedding tears, trying to soften her mother's heart and let her stay.

The clay doll was almost melting from crying.

Jiang Ling sighed helplessly.

"Mother!"

"Jiang Ling, where are you?"

Jiang Yuyan and Murong Yan's shouts came through, filled with urgency, panic, and worry.

Jiang Ling immediately stood up and hid the mud doll under the gray rabbit's belly. "Baby, hide well, don't come out."

"Uh-huh."

Jiang Ling took a few steps and bumped into the people looking for her.

"Mother!" Jiang Yuyan cried, his eyes swollen, and threw himself into her arms. "Waaah, Mother! I was so worried about you!"

"Mother is alright, baby, let go first, don't hug so tightly!"

"Mother, where is my sister?"

Jiang Yuxue: ...Brother, you're squeezing me flat!

Jiang Ling finally managed to soothe the children. Holding her eldest son's hand in one hand and carrying the rabbit and her youngest daughter in the other, she looked up at Murong Yan and saw him staring blankly at the ruins, lost in thought.

Jiang Ling's heart stirred slightly.

She felt so sorry for her baby. For her baby's sake, she had to get the divine jade as soon as possible!

Murong Yan, I can only apologize to you.

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