The cheat system is useless, but I have the strongest living dad.

Another month passed, and Shen Yao's right shoulder began to itch. The earth spirit seed had been completely absorbed by her body and had sprouted a delicate spiritual root.

The brown spiritual root was as thin as a spider's thread, obscured by the fragments of other spiritual roots within the body, requiring careful examination to detect.

Jiang Ming returned home exceptionally early today, in a very good mood: "Yao'er, I've found a way to draw out all the fragments of your spiritual root without harming your body. Would you like to try it?"

Shen Yao: "No need for you to worry about it."

Jiang Ming: "Don't be stubborn, once you draw it out, the pain will stop."

Shen Yao flipped through the storybook in her hand, ignoring him.

Jiang Ming persisted: "Haven't you always wanted to go out for a walk? Once you lure out the remnants, you'll be able to move around normally. As long as we're in Chongcheng, I'll never restrict where you go."

Shen Yao pretended not to hear. Why bring it up? Once her earth spirit root was fully grown, her father would help her reshape it.

"You'd rather be in pain than have me help you?" His tone hardened, his anger directed at Feng Yu, who was sitting at the table drawing: "Feng Yu, aren't you going to try to persuade her?"

Feng Yu didn't even look up: "If she says it's not necessary, then it's not necessary."

Jiang Ming, full of enthusiasm, crashes into ice every day; this living ancestor is here to temper his will.

She refused his help, but accepted Jiang Qi's offer to prolong her life. Thinking about this, she went to find her sister, hoping that her sister could persuade her.

After listening to him, Jiang Qi asked him in return, "You were able to find a way to lure out Suimo, so how could her Immortal Emperor father not know?"

"Shen Yao said that Feng Yu's appearance was ruined to protect her. Such a handsome immortal lord would not hesitate to ruin himself to protect her, how could he bear to watch her suffer?"

A fog of confusion loomed before Jiang Ming's eyes, but Jiang Qi waved it away: "Jiang Ming, why do you stop using your brain when it comes to Shen Yao?"

Jiang Ming: "What do you mean, sister?"

Jiang Qi closed the city defense layout map: "What do you mean? If she didn't have a use for those scum, why wouldn't she be willing to lure them out?"

“Let’s go, I haven’t seen my sister-in-law in a long time, I’ll go see her.”

Jiang Qi said she was going to see Shen Yao, but she didn't enter Fenghong Garden.

She stood at the courtyard gate, released her spiritual sense into the second floor, quietly checked around, and left without saying goodbye.

Shi Bao's mother is truly extraordinary. Even with her spiritual root shattered like this, she can still awaken a new earth spiritual root.

It seems some plans need to be brought forward...

Without delay, Jiang Qi immediately went to Shi Bao's private training ground.

Shi Bao learned divine-level swordsmanship from Jiang Ming. At such a young age, he could control ten spirit swords at will, and his divine-level swordsmanship had already achieved a certain level of mastery. He truly deserves to be called a born immortal emperor.

It's a pity that his mother was disobedient and looked down on her younger brother.

He was destined to be a pitiful child.

Jiang Qi explained her purpose to Huo Die: they were running out of ingredients for the Nine-Turn Spirit-Stabilizing Pill, and the two missing ingredients were in the hands of the Evil Emperor of Yicheng.

The excuse was rather clumsy.

Shen Yao's life was in her hands. Jiang Qi wanted to use this low-level excuse to demonstrate absolute control and lure Huo Die into willingly helping her massacre the city.

How could Huo Die not know what she was thinking?

I knew all along that this smiling tiger had no good intentions; he really wanted to use my help.

The daughter's earth spirit root had only just begun to grow when the smiling tiger could no longer hide.

So be it. It's just a few evil cultivator cities. By the time we finish slaughtering them and return, my daughter's earth spirit root will have already awakened. Consider it repayment for the kindness of helping my daughter prolong her life.

Huo Die stood with his hands behind his back: "Master Jiang has a good plan."

Jiang Qi smiled and said, "Uncle, what are you saying? Shi Bao is the future young sect leader of the True God Sect. Eliminating the Evil Emperor and helping my sister-in-law retrieve the medicinal herbs will also clear obstacles for Shi Bao in the future, won't it?"

Huo Die snorted coldly, neither agreeing nor refusing.

Since there was no refusal, it meant agreement. Having achieved her goal, Jiang Qi tactfully took her leave: "Uncle, please make the preparations. I will come again tomorrow to invite you to join me on this expedition."

Huo Die was thus dragged onto the battlefield by Jiang Qi.

Between Chongcheng and Yicheng, there are five large cities in between, plus the towns and counties along the way. A round trip would take about half a year.

Jiang Qi's claim that there weren't enough medicinal herbs was pure nonsense.

They were confident and didn't bother to make up reasons.

Jiang Qi mistakenly believed that Huo Die was an Immortal Emperor, but Huo Die was actually only equivalent to a peak-stage Immortal Venerable.

Fighting against evil cultivators would be effortless, but it would be far from the strength of an Immortal Emperor.

Jiang Qi increasingly believed that Huo Die was a man of few words and deep cunning.

She also behaved very honestly and had no reckless thoughts.

War raged, calamity was endless, blood and tears filled the city, and disaster ensnared the entire nation.

The fake uncle and nephew fight side by side, as if they were reliable comrades-in-arms.

……

Chongcheng, Fenghongyuan, wedding room.

Shen Yao put away the Sun and Moon Shining Together: "Chongcheng has broken through two cities in a row. Jiang Qi took a detour and asked Father to help her clear out all the cities of the evil cultivators. Ha, my life is really worth a lot."

Feng Yu's fingers slid from her right shoulder blade down her back, and gently pressed it. The earth spirit root had already grown three-tenths of its length: "Don't rush, it'll be soon."

He whispered in Shen Yao's ear, "We'll leave then."

Shen Yao: "Um, where is Brother Wu?"

Feng Yu: "We just crossed the demon border. Don't worry, we're safe."

……

The city walls, the Immortal Protectorate, the council hall.

The council hall of the Immortal Guardian Sect was very simple. Sect Master Wei Cang sat in the main seat. His face looked a little old, perhaps due to overwork. Deep creases were etched between his brows.

Over the years, the Immortal Guardian Sect has merged with many other sects, and although its power has grown, it is not united internally.

Initially, the border conflict was at a stalemate, and internal contradictions could still be diverted.

With the destruction of four evil cultivation cities in the northern part of the former demon territory, the True God Sect led the immortal cultivators to occupy the northern part of the former demon territory. After the evil cultivators retreated to the south, the border war situation eased, and the internal conflicts within the Immortal Protection Sect became increasingly prominent.

The cultivators participating in the meeting today were only Wei Cang's confidants, Wei's direct descendants, the two original sect leaders who merged into the Protectorate Immortal Sect, Cheng Qiang, the former sect leader of the Tianhe Sect in Luoyang City, and Chu Yun, Cheng Qiang's closed-door disciple.

Wei Cang’s voice was steady and full of energy: “The True God Sect has produced an Immortal Emperor who, together with Jiang Qi, the Hall Master of the Thunder God Hall, slaughtered two cities in the east of the evil cultivators. Now they plan to turn to the west and conquer cities and territories along the way. You should have all heard about this.”

The cultivators all confirmed that they had indeed received the message.

Wei Cang: "It is said that this Immortal Emperor is the legendary Immortal Venerable who slaughtered Yongcheng, Hucheng, Mengcheng, and Xucheng."

Elder Cui Xiaodao said, "I've also heard about this matter. I heard that the Immortal Emperor is Jiang Qi's uncle. The Jiang family has excellent bloodline and good luck."

Wei Cang: "If that's the case, it's a good thing. The True God Sect has produced an Immortal Emperor, who will surely unify the three races and end the wars in the world."

"I have summoned you all here today because I have received instructions from the True God Sect to have the Immortal Protection Sect bring troops from the west to meet you and work together with Hall Master Jiang Qi to eliminate the evil cultivators."

"As you all know, the situation within the sect is currently calm on the surface, but turbulent undercurrents are brewing. Only those of you present here can be trusted. Let's discuss who will be the commander-in-chief for the expedition."

After discussing among themselves, Cheng Qiang volunteered to take on the task: "I, Cheng, am willing to lead this battle with my disciple Chu Yun."

Second Elder Luo Shang stood up and said, "I am willing to accompany the army and assist Fifth Elder."

The Wei family's children all expressed their willingness to go along and assist the Fifth Elder.

Finally, Wei Cang made the decision: "Then Elder Cheng will lead the army, with Wei Hua and Wei Xin assisting from the side. Elder Luo, the situation within the sect is complicated, so only one of you three elders needs to go."

Of the five elders in the sect, two have very different ideas, so two more need to be left behind to keep them in check.