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

Cheng Xiao, feeling guilty and flustered, said, "It wasn't me! It was...it was Chu Yun! Yes! It was Chu Yun. He provoked me to leave, which is why I couldn't come to pick you up."

“Junior Brother He, you know Chu Yun… Chu Yun is best at provoking me, making me lose my temper, and deliberately making me delay things. It was Chu Yun who harmed you!”

He Chen couldn't help but chuckle. Senior Brother Chu was like the bright moon in the sky, while Cheng Xiao... He knew Cheng Xiao's character all too well.

He pressed closer, unleashing the oppressive aura of the Evil Saint, forcing Cheng Xiao to kneel on the ground. He leaned in, a gentle smile on his face: "Senior brother, I don't blame you."

Cheng Xiao looked at his smile, his expression dazed, as if He Chen in front of him was still the good-tempered and obedient junior brother he once knew.

He grabbed He Chen's trouser leg: "Junior Brother, are you serious? You're not mad at me?"

He Chen helped him up and brushed the dust off his knees, just like when he used to be his follower, with meticulous care and composure: "Yes, I don't blame you."

He then changed the subject, saying, "I don't blame you, but can my senior brother avenge me?"

He Chen's hands were covered in blood, and his two soul cores were also stained with blood.

"I'll help!" Cheng Xiao said without hesitation. "If you want to kill Chu Yun, your senior brother will do everything he can to help you."

He Chen placed the blood-soaked soul cores into Cheng Xiao's hand: "If you want to help me, absorb these two soul cores first."

Cheng Xiao's hand trembled, and he dropped the soul core on the ground: "No way!"

He Chen started laughing eerily again, his once innocent eyes narrowing as he laughed: "Hehehehe... Senior brother, you're not being sincere."

He raised his hand, and the soul core on the ground flew back into his palm: "Don't be afraid... Junior Brother will teach you how to use it..."

Cheng Xiao became a heretical cultivator; he could never go back.

He Chen used his spiritual power to create a chain, binding him like a low-level beast, and then used a high-level teleportation talisman to escape the city with him.

The sealed alleyway disappeared, turning into an ordinary alleyway, where four mutilated corpses without their soul cores lay.

After the fall of Tuna City, when the number of casualties was being tallied, Cheng Qiang saw the four familiar mutilated corpses, his vision went black, and he staggered several times.

Chu Yun helped him up: "Master..."

Tears streamed down Cheng Qiang's fierce face: "Xiao'er has vanished without a trace, and I fear his body may never be found..."

Chu Yun lowered his eyes, showing neither sorrow nor joy: "Master, let's look again."

If we can't find him, we can only offer our condolences.

……

Chongcheng, a branch of the True God Sect, Fenghongyuan.

Shen Yao's earth spirit root is about to awaken. It is a brown spirit root with a thin spirit thread at the end that connects to her tailbone.

After chatting with Xianyu using the communication token, she said to Fengyu, "Shibao hasn't come for many days."

Feng Yu's hair had grown much longer and was tied up with a hairband. She habitually wore a face mask.

He tucked his handsome eyebrows together: "It has been a long time. The last time the child came was eight days ago."

"Eight days, that's a long time. The longest it's ever been before was six days." Shen Yao felt a little uneasy. Usually, even if Shi Bao didn't come, he would still send her a message when he had time, but he hadn't sent any messages in the past two days: "I want to go to the alchemy room to take a look."

Feng Yu: "Okay, I'll take you to see it."

Two celestial attendants stood guard, one at the window and the other at the door: "Immortal Lord, please forgive us, but you cannot leave without the Hall Master's permission."

Shen Yao: "Send him a message and tell him I want to see my son."

The celestial attendant at the door sent a message and quickly received a reply: "Please wait a moment, fairy. The hall master will come to fetch you shortly."

Jiang Ming's black clothes seemed to be welded to his body; apart from the different shades and styles, he had never been seen wearing any other color scheme.

Coupled with that cold face and gloomy temperament... well, it's a perfect match.

If Shen Yao had paid any attention to him, she would have noticed that the clothes he was wearing today were the same as those he wore in the stone hall of the Thunder Secret Realm.

He stretched out his arm and raised an eyebrow at Shen Yao: "I'll carry you."

His shameless behavior was routine. The couple ignored him, and Feng Yu picked up Shen Yao and strode out of the room.

Jiang Ming's gaze turned cold. He reluctantly withdrew his hand and followed.

Upon arriving at the outer hall of the alchemy room, Jiang Ming stopped Feng Yu: "There are many pill formulas inside, all treasured by the True God Sect. You cannot go in."

He then reached out his hand to invite Shen Yao in: "I'll carry you inside."

Shen Yao: "Let Shi Bao come out."

Jiang Ming: "He's focused on refining pills. His spiritual consciousness is one with the pill furnace. He won't respond when I call him. I'll carry you inside to take a look."

Shen Yao got off Feng Yu and, enduring the pain, walked towards the inner corridor: "I can walk by myself."

She walked to the entrance of the corridor, leaned against the wall, and rubbed her legs. It really hurt.

She turned to Feng Yu and said, "Husband, wait for me here. I'll check on Shi Bao and then come out."

Feng Yu frowned as she looked at her leg: "If it hurts too much, you..."

Before he could finish speaking, Shen Yao interrupted him, "Don't worry, my husband, I can walk by myself." After saying that, she held onto the railing of the corridor and walked inside without looking back.

After Shen Yao walked away, Jiang Ming stepped into the corridor, turned back at the entrance, and gave Feng Yu a meaningful smile: "Feng Immortal Ancestor, please make yourself at home."

Feng Yu realized something was wrong and tried to follow, but the entrance to the corridor suddenly closed, the outer hall spun around, and in an instant, it tumbled underground, where an identical alchemy room appeared.

Shen Yao vaguely heard the commotion in the outer hall, stopped and looked back. She only saw a black afterimage flash by, and then she was lifted into the air by Jiang Ming and carried into Shi Bao's alchemy room.

The alchemy room was furnished as usual, but Shi Bao was nowhere to be seen.

Before she could ask, Jiang Ming said, "Shi Bao is in another alchemy room."

Shen Yao: "Put me down."

The dark-skinned immortal remained motionless, and Jiang Ming felt his heart pounding. He looked at Shen Yao with a dangerous gaze.

Shen Yao was extremely panicked and shouted towards the door, "Husband, save me!"

Jiang Ming just watched her quietly.

Shen Yao struggled and shouted towards the door, "Husband... Feng Yu... save me!"

Every time she called out "husband," Jiang Ming's expression darkened, until finally he lost his patience: "Stop calling me that."

Shen Yao felt a chill and realized that her already cold hands were even colder.

She observed Jiang Ming's expression and cautiously asked, "What did you do to Feng Yu and Shi Bao?"

Jiang Ming stopped looking at her and carried her toward the medicine cabinet: "Shi Bao is our son, I will never hurt him."

Shen Yao: "What about Feng Yu?"

Jiang Ming sneered, "Hmph, he's a Celestial Ancestor after all, why are you so worried about him?"

He activated the mechanism of the medicine cabinet, which slid aside to reveal the stone door behind it.

The stone gate slowly opened, revealing a downward stone staircase inside.

After entering the stone steps, Jiang Ming used his spiritual sense to deactivate the mechanism, the stone door closed, and the medicine cabinet returned to its original position.

"Hold onto my neck," Jiang Ming said. "There are strange beasts inside. If you don't hold on tight, I can't guarantee you'll fall out."

Shen Yao pondered for a moment. She was currently powerless and her husband was in some unknown situation. As long as it wasn't anything too outrageous, she would cooperate with him for the time being.

She groped in the dark to wrap her arms around Jiang Ming's neck, and Jiang Ming's heart pounded even faster.

He had waited for this moment for far too long. Although it came with a thud, the emotion it evoked was so profound that he stood frozen on the stone steps, unable to move for a long time.

I will definitely make you remember.