The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

Chu Xiu's expression was solemn. As early as when the sensitive mixed-blood Lin Meng sensed the approaching familiar aura of his Supreme Elder, he had already sensed a malevolent pressure from the realm.

The source of this oppressive aura was none other than Lin Chongyang!

"Is it the owner of that clinic?"

Chu Xiu concealed his aura to the extreme.

The Supreme Elder of the Lin family was at the peak of the Transcendent Realm, only one step away from the Reincarnation Realm, and was beyond his current ability to defeat.

The same applies to Lin Chongyang, who was also at the Shattered Void Realm, and Chu Xuanling, who had just entered the first level of the Transcendent Realm.

If Lin Chongyang truly reaches a point where he has no way to defend himself, Chu Xiu will consider taking action, using the trace of Heavenly Dao power within his body and the immortal artifact, the Heaven-Suppressing Ruler, to break through the void and escape with the two of them.

Having observed them all along, Chu Xiu had a very good impression of Lin Chongyang and Chu Xuanling, and was quite eager to get to know them.

Having no foundation in this world, befriending contemporary prodigies could be a suitable way to build one's own foundation.

Next door, Lin Chongyang sensed something was wrong when he realized that Lin Meng had broken into his subordinates' formation. He immediately said sternly to Chu Xuanling:

"Let's go first, then we'll discuss it!"

Chu Xuanling didn't waste any words. After nodding, he took out a jade tablet from his storage space and crushed it. The next second, his figure disappeared from the spot.

Chu Xiu raised an eyebrow. This escape method was so effective that even his divine sense couldn't detect its whereabouts; it was indeed an excellent way to run away.

Three breaths after Chu Xuanling left, a graceful figure in red appeared above the Emerald Tower.

Lin Qingyao, the Supreme Elder of the Lin Family, had a pair of cold, silver phoenix eyes. She glanced in the direction of the Chu family, then landed beside Lin Chongyang and snorted coldly.

"Chongyang, you need to give me an explanation."

Lin Chongyang, his face covered in cold sweat, knew he had no way to escape, so he could only grit his teeth, clasp his hands in greeting, and bow: "Greetings, Supreme Elder!"

Lin Qingyao frowned slightly. "What did you call me?"

Lin Chongyang paused in his bowing motion, and said with great reluctance, "Aunt..."

aunt?

Chu Xiu, who was eavesdropping nearby, couldn't help but widen his eyes...

What an epic ethical drama!

The Lin family's matriarch, who is also the aunt, is plotting to drain her nephew dry.

Such a shocking experience made Chu Xiu inwardly exclaim that this melon was excellent.

"aunt?"

“You ignore what I say. Do you truly consider me your own aunt?”

Lin Qingyao snorted coldly, her eyes filled with disappointment and frustration as she looked at Lin Chongyang.

"What do you want with Chu Xuanling again?"

"Are you really addicted to being a simp?"

Before Lin Chongyang could explain, Chu Xiu suddenly felt the temperature within a hundred meters drop sharply, and in the blink of an eye, he sensed the location of the third person.

Chu Xiu's expression turned solemn as he focused his senses on Lin Qingyao.

Suddenly, Lin Qingyao's expression turned cold, and her originally silver pupils turned into an eerie purple.

When she spoke again, her tone was no longer one of disappointment and frustration towards her nephew; instead, it was soft and charming, as if she had become a completely different person in the blink of an eye.

Lin Qingyao slightly raised her chin, her phoenix eyes narrowed slightly as she glanced sideways, and a charming smile played on her lips.

"If you really like that little girl from the Chu family, how about I help you catch her, cut off her hands and feet so she can never leave the Lin family for the rest of her life?"

Upon seeing this, Lin Chongyang, who had previously been timid and hesitant in front of his elder Lin Qingyao, immediately shouted angrily, "Get off my aunt!"

"Get out?"

Lin Qingyao sneered, "You want me to get out? Don't you know who the original owner of this body was?"

This scene left Chu Xiu completely stunned.

Is this Supreme Elder of the Lin Family a dual-soul entity, or does he suffer from dissociative identity disorder?

Lin Chongyang made no attempt to hide the disgust on his face. He waved his hand, made a cut on his fingertip, forced out a drop of his essence blood, which was filled with yang energy, and threw it at Lin Qingyao.

"Stop talking nonsense. You just want my essence blood, right? Then take it."

The moment Lin Qingyao saw the essence blood, her eyes revealed a greedy look. She opened her small mouth and swallowed the drop of yang blood into her stomach to refine it.

Lin Qingyao licked her lips contentedly, then looked at the slave mark on Lin Chongyang's forehead, her gaze growing increasingly malicious: "Mmm! What a wonderful taste!"

"Chongyang, wait for me."

"Once I have complete control over this body, I will become one with you."

"At that time, no one in the entire Southern Continent will be able to stop me from ascending to the throne of the Human Emperor!"

Lin Qingyao's wanton laughter abruptly stopped, and the purple light in her eyes vanished, returning to silver.

Lin Qingyao noticed the drop of pure yang blood within her body and abruptly turned to look at Lin Chongyang:

"She...came here?"

Lin Chongyang nodded, his face full of fatigue.

Lin Qingyao looked at Lin Chongyang with pity, walked up to him, patted his head, and said apologetically:

"I'm sorry, Chongyang."

"If I hadn't failed to break through to the next realm back then, and my physical body hadn't been destroyed, leaving me with no choice but to find a body to preserve my damaged soul, how could she, a demon sealed in this body for ten thousand years, have taken the opportunity to revive..."

"I already had a feeling that I was increasingly unable to suppress her presence..."

"unless……"

Lin Chongyang turned his head away, dodging Lin Qingyao's outstretched hand, and continued the conversation:

"Unless you refine the Chongyang power within me and make it your own, you can break through the barrier that has bound you for hundreds of years?"

Faced with Lin Chongyang's questioning, Lin Qingyao couldn't utter any words to refute him, because what he said was the truth.

Indeed, only when her cultivation reaches the Reincarnation Realm will she be able to completely seal the other soul within her body.

Of course, to achieve this, it is also necessary to ensure that at the moment of breaking through the cycle of reincarnation, the person in control of this body is Lin Qingyao herself!

Otherwise, it wouldn't be the demon that would be sealed away, but herself!

But Lin Chongyang's thoughts were completely different from those of his aunt.

What he wanted was to completely kill the other Lin Qingyao, the demon who only saw him as a vessel for cultivating Yang blood!

The only way to do this is to destroy the physical body that seals the demon!

The only way to destroy the physical body is to refine the extra yin energy within the corpse.

Otherwise, the corpse will remain indestructible under the protection of that yin energy.

As a veteran True Transcending Realm expert who had dominated the Eastern Continent of the Southern Land for hundreds of years, Lin Qingyao had long been aware of Lin Chongyang's undisguised killing intent towards her other self.

She had even sensed his intentions.

But she dared not think about it, and even placed a restriction on herself, so that whenever she became aware of Lin Chongyang's thoughts, the restriction would automatically erase those thoughts.

This was done to protect her own nephew from the demon within her body from being detected and harmed.

She believed that Lin Chongyang, from beginning to end, only hated that devil.

Seeing the hatred in her own nephew's eyes, Lin Qingyao sighed deeply, feeling utterly powerless. After offering a word of comfort, she turned and left.

"Chongyang, this so-called 'shattered dantian' drama should stop!"

"Tomorrow, I will lead the Lin family to take this opportunity to visit the Chu family and wipe them out!"

"As for that Chu Xuanling, after tomorrow, she will only be fit to be your maid!"