Hurt my loved ones? I'm not guarding this country's borders anymore!

The air in the villa's living room was so heavy it was suffocating.

The rain was still pattering against the window.

Zhuque's shout just now stunned Shen Jinglong, who was still savoring the "barbecue business".

"What did you say?"

"Yi Shi?"

"What business is it of these foreign devils of hers, a frail woman teaching at a university?"

Zhuque's fingers were still flying across the keyboard, trying to recover more data.

"Dragon Lord, this list... it's not just a kill list, it's more like a family tree."

"Look."

Zhuque turned the screen towards Shen Jinglong, which displayed an incomplete network of relationships.

At the center of that net, the pinyin "SHEN" was clearly written.

"Shen Yishi, labeled as 'Key-02'."

"And Miss Sisi is 'Key-03'."

"As for 'Key-01',"

"Although the data is damaged, based on the remaining logic, it is very likely that it was the old Mr. Shen from back then."

Shen Jinglong's knuckles cracked as he clenched them.

It turns out that the Shen family was wiped out seven years ago.

It was a long-planned hunt targeting the Shen family bloodline!

These bastards actually treated the Shen family as a "key" to unlock something?

"It's not just them, is it?"

Just then, a soft yet unusually firm voice abruptly broke the tense atmosphere between the two.

Qin Xuerong, holding the still-sleeping Sisi, had stood up at some point.

"Suzaku, am I on that list too?"

Shen Jinglong and Zhuque were both taken aback.

"Sister-in-law, you—" Zhuque instinctively tried to close the laptop.

"Show me."

Qin Xuerong's voice wasn't loud, but it carried an undeniable power.

She gently placed Sisi on the sofa, covered her with a small blanket, and then walked straight to Zhuque, extending her hand.

"I am Sisi's mother, and I am part of this family."

"I have the right to know what kind of monsters and demons we are facing."

Shen Jinglong looked at his wife, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

In the corner of that list, although there were no photos, one line of notes stood out conspicuously.

Special Sample: QIN

Code Name: Container

[Characteristics: Immune to all poisons, possesses the properties of all medicines, and is an extremely rare living antidote.]

Qin Xuerong looked at the few lines of cold, hard English letters and suddenly smiled.

But there was no warmth in that smile.

"really."

She looked up at Shen Jinglong.

"Jinglong, do you remember when I told you about that expired milk?"

"Not just that."

"Over the past few years, no matter what illness Sisi has, as long as I hold her all night while she sleeps, she always feels better the next day."

"I used to think it was the power of maternal love, but now it seems..."

Qin Xuerong shook her head self-deprecatingly.

"It turns out I'm not an ordinary person at all. In their eyes, I'm just a walking blood bag, a filter with a built-in purification function."

"Xue Rong," Shen Jinglong felt a pang of heartache and wanted to take her hand.

But Qin Xuerong gently dodged it.

She took a step back, staring intently at Shen Jinglong.

"Jinglong, I don't want to hide behind you anymore."

You saw what happened tonight.

"You have your battlefield, you have to kill enemies, you have to protect the North, you have to contend with those big shots."

"You can't keep me and Sisi tied to your belt 24/7."

"If I continue as before, only crying and waiting for you to save me, then I will be your biggest weakness, your most fatal vulnerability!"

Qin Xuerong took a deep breath, her chest heaving violently.

"I don't want to be a weak link."

"I want to be your armor."

"Since my physique is what they want, what they call a miraculous physique, then why can't I use it to fight them?"

Shen Jinglong fell silent.

He looked at Qin Xuerong.

This woman, who once couldn't even bear to watch fish being killed, now resembled a female warrior about to go to battle.

"What do you want to do?" Shen Jinglong asked in a deep voice.

"poison."

Qin Xuerong uttered a single word.

"You mentioned before that in your strange sect, there was an old man who specialized in poisons and left behind many strange and unusual books."

Teach me.

"I want to learn poisons, I want to learn medicine."

"Since I am immune to all poisons, then I am the best poison tester and the best poison concoction master in the world."

"If I transform myself into a thorny, poisonous flower, anyone who dares to pluck me will rot until not even bones remain!"

The living room was completely silent.

Even Suzaku was dumbfounded.

Is this still the same sister-in-law who asks several times about the side effects of even cold medicine?

This level of awareness came on a rocket!

"it is good."

After a long silence, Shen Jinglong finally spoke.

He didn't try to dissuade him, nor did he say anything like "With me here, you don't need to work so hard."

Because he respects her.

More importantly, he knew that in this chaotic world, it was better to rely on oneself than on others.

Only by striving for self-improvement can we remain invincible.

"Come with me."

Shen Jinglong turned and walked towards the storage room in the basement of the villa.

"But I must warn you first, the book that the old man left behind is not the 'Compendium of Materia Medica'."

"Those are things that would make even the King of Hell frown."

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Half an hour later.

Qin Xuerong stood in a secret room she had never set foot in before.

There are no gold or silver treasures here, only ancient books covering the walls and an indescribable smell permeating the air.

It's like a traditional Chinese medicine shop has exploded, or like someone has been pickling vegetables here for hundreds of years.

Shen Jinglong pulled out a dusty tin box from the innermost shelf.

"Cough cough,"

He dusted himself off and casually tossed the box to Qin Xuerong.

"This is that old rascal's secret weapon—'The Classic of Herbs for Transforming Blood'."

He said he won it by playing cards with a group of old ladies who played with insects in the mountains of Miao territory.

"Half of the poisons listed in it can kill a person instantly, while the other half can make a person feel that death is a relief."

Qin Xuerong took the box.

It feels cold and heavy to the touch.

Without the slightest hesitation, she opened it directly.

A tattered book, sewn from the hide of an unknown animal, lay quietly inside.

She turned to the first page.

Those obscure and difficult ancient texts and twisted and strange talismans were like heavenly books in the eyes of Shen Jinglong and Zhuque.

But in Qin Xuerong's eyes...

They seemed to come alive.

She felt her blood flow suddenly quicken, and a tingling sensation spread through her fingertips.

The feeling was like reuniting with long-lost relatives.

Or perhaps... the key to the lock has been found.

"Three qian of Arisaema heterophyllum, combined with the juice of Gelsemium elegans, simmered over three heats, can dissolve bones..."

Qin Xuerong muttered to herself, her fingers unconsciously tracing paths across the pages of the book.

"No, if you add a small amount of snake slough here, the toxicity will double, and it will be colorless and odorless."

Zhuque, who was standing next to him, felt a chill run down her spine and instinctively shrank back behind Shen Jinglong.

"Dragon Lord, is this... a talent awakening for my sister-in-law?"

"This isn't an awakening, it's like starting a new max-level character from scratch!"

Shen Jinglong looked at Qin Xuerong, who was getting into the zone very quickly, and his eyes showed both relief and a complicated worry.

This is a road of no return.

But as she said, this is the best way to protect her family.

"Alright, stop bothering her."

Shen Jinglong waved his hand, signaling Zhuque to leave.

"Let her figure it out herself."

Just as Shen Jinglong was about to close the door and leave.

"etc!"

Qin Xuerong suddenly shouted.

Her voice changed.

His expression became unusually solemn, even trembling slightly.

"Jinglong, come and look at this."

Shen Jinglong stopped and walked back to the table.

Qin Xuerong pointed to the last page of the poison manual, where there was a comment written in cinnabar, the color of which had turned somewhat black.

His handwriting was messy and unrestrained.

It was obviously left behind by that unreliable master.

"What are you looking at?" Shen Jinglong squinted.

"It says here that anyone who possesses the 'body of ten thousand medicines' can draw upon the 'dragon vein' with their blood."

Qin Xuerong tapped the line of words heavily with her finger.

"And this sentence too."

"Gather all three 'keys' and use the blood from the 'container' to open the Heavenly Gate?"

Shen Jinglong's pupils suddenly contracted.

Tianmen?

Dragon vein?

In the past, he would have simply dismissed these esoteric and mysterious terms as the drunken ramblings of an old man.

But considering the actions of the Temple of the Sun tonight, and that list called "The Key of God,"

A terrifying hypothesis instantly took shape in his mind.

The Temple of the Sun's capture of them was not for any simple biological experiments or a plan to create gods.

They're looking for something!

They are using the Shen family's bloodline as a "living key" to unlock some amazing treasure or terrifying power!

"Damn it!"

The murderous aura emanating from Shen Jinglong instantly lowered the temperature in the secret room to freezing point.

"Researching special physical constitutions, biochemical modifications, and now they've brought in dragon veins..."

"There is more to this than just a single overseas force."

Shen Jinglong suddenly turned around and looked at Zhuque, who was standing at the door with a blank expression.

"The person who knows this secret and can accurately pinpoint our location..."

"There must be an inside man!"

"Moreover, he's a powerful figure with extensive connections and a thorough understanding of the ancient secrets of the Dragon Kingdom!"