After I stopped trying, a rich woman trained me into a demon emperor.

When Chen Ya's words reached him, the palm lines on the writing desk were still cracking.

"A silver eye has grown from the pure white silk of Qingxue!"

Zhou Ran paused, his hand holding the pen still.

The next moment, the white bone pen trembled violently.

The silver eye in Xu Youwei's palm, which was locked by fine black and gold lines, also opened half a crack.

It's laughing.

Zhou Ran looked down at it.

"Try smiling for me!"

Silver eyes immediately closed.

Very pragmatic.

On the other side of the bone fragments, the manor's basement was in complete chaos.

The tidal array discs reverse simultaneously.

Jade plates floated into the air, the array patterns were disrupted by an invisible force, and the bluish-white light that originally surrounded Lin Qingxue began to converge on the white silk above her eyes.

In the center of the white silk, a silver eye slowly opened.

It has no eyeballs.

There are only concentric circles of silver-gray patterns.

It doesn't look at people.

It records every breath.

Lin Qingxue sat in the center of the formation, her hands pressed against her knees, her fingertips turning slightly white.

She didn't move.

She didn't cry out in pain.

Blood seeped out from under the white silk.

Li Zhiyao stepped forward, and ancient runes lit up, but she was repelled when she got within three feet of the white silk.

Her expression changed.

"It is not a revival of the Dharma."

Chen Ya asked urgently, "What is that?"

"Reverse locking".

Li Zhiyao stared at the silver eyes on the white silk.

"The half of the Dharma Source that Zhou Ran sent back was used by the Moon Emperor."

She wasn't trying to reclaim her original power; she wanted to follow this line and lock down the core of the manor's array.

Fatty Wang cursed.

"That old woman really has no sportsmanship!"

Lin Qingxue suddenly spoke.

"Don't touch me."

Everyone stopped what they were doing.

Her voice was soft, yet steady.

"It is watching you."

The basement fell silent for a moment.

Chen Ya felt a chill on the back of her neck.

Lin Qingxue continued, "I can't see it, but what it sees will be transmitted back from the white silk."

It records where each of you stands.

Su Qingling's face turned pale: "Shouldn't we cover it up?"

"Don't tear it."

Zhou Ran's voice came from the bone fragment, very low.

"Whoever touches the white silk, it will spread out along the person who touches it."

Chen Ya immediately looked up: "Then what should we do?"

Zhou Ran looked at the cracks on the writing desk.

The Moon Emperor did not rush to kill anyone.

She was looking for directions.

She wants to turn the manor into an eye.

All arrays, all surveillance equipment, and everything that can record light and shadow will become her eyes and ears.

Zhou Ran spoke.

"Chen Ya, shut down all electronic surveillance in the manor."

"Disconnect from the internal network."

"Unplug all cameras."

Chen Ya was taken aback, but immediately understood.

"clear!"

She grabbed the tablet and her fingers flew across the keyboard.

The screen went dark, piece by piece.

In the monitoring room, all screens went black simultaneously.

Still not convinced, Chen Ya picked up the walkie-talkie.

"Everyone, listen up! Smash the cameras, cover up reflective surfaces, mirrors, screens, and car windows—cover everything!"

A series of footsteps could be heard outside.

Zhou Ran continued, "Xiao Rou."

"I am here!"

Xiao Rou's voice came from the other side of the bone fragment.

"The Gu worms descend to the ground, blocking the underground gray lines. Do not swallow them, just cover them up."

"Will it be contaminated if swallowed?"

"right."

Xiao Rou didn't waste any words.

All around the basement, countless black dots emerged from the cracks in the walls, the floor tiles, and the drainage ditches.

The worms formed a black tide, burrowing into the ground through the gaps in the array patterns.

The next moment, a faint hissing sound came from underground in the manor.

The gray lines were covered by the swarm of Gu, slowing down the expansion of the silver eye-shaped markings.

Zhou Ran then said, "Su Qingling, Su Qingwu."

The two sisters looked up at the same time.

"exist!"

"Tidal Array Reversal".

Su Qingwu was taken aback: "A reversal would cause the formation's core to become unbalanced."

"It's not about being stable."

Zhou Ran's voice turned cold.

"Change it to a blind array."

Li Zhiyao's eyes flickered.

"Rules related to restricting eye contact?"

"right."

Zhou Ran said, "If it wants to see, let it see only darkness."

Su Qingling gritted her teeth: "Let's try."

"It's not a test."

Zhou Ran said, "Do it."

The two sisters exchanged a glance and simultaneously raised their hands to press on the array plate.

The Tide Formation was originally a life-protecting formation.

Water vapor circulates, and life cycles.

But at this moment, the two sisters forcefully reversed the flow.

The array plate changed from bluish-white to deep black.

A layer of lightless mist rose around the core of the formation.

The speed at which the silver eye wrinkles opened slowed down again.

Lin Qingxue took a gentle breath.

There was even more blood beneath the white silk.

Li Zhiyao immediately said, "Qingxue, just say so if you can't hold on."

Lin Qingxue shook her head.

"Need not."

She slowly raised her hand and pointed to the third array plate on the left.

"That area is too bright."

Su Qingwu was stunned.

Lin Qingxue couldn't see it.

But the location she was referring to was precisely the thinnest part of the array pattern after it was reversed.

Su Qingling immediately changed her formation.

Lin Qingxue then pointed to the right rear.

"There's wind there."

Chen Ya looked over.

One of the ventilation openings was not sealed.

She rushed over immediately and sealed it with a talisman.

Lin Qingxue sat in the black mist, her white silk and silver eyes twitching constantly.

The more she tried to document the estate, the more feedback she received.

She was giving instructions faster and faster.

Southeast corner.

"The array pattern is lowered by half an inch."

"Don't let the fat man's golden statue get close to the main building, it will reflect light."

Wang Pangzi had just rushed to the door when he paused.

"Does my golden body count as reflecting light?"

Zhou Ran said, "Your Buddha statue is so bright it could be a nightclub sign, don't you think?"

Fatty Wang choked.

"Okay, I'll keep a low profile."

After he finished speaking, the golden light around him disappeared, leaving only a layer of dark gold.

Qin San couldn't help but glance at him from the side.

"You have times when you want to keep a low profile?"

Fatty Wang glared at him.

"My tactics are lackluster."

Before the words were finished, a low growl from a demon soldier suddenly came from outside the manor.

"Someone has set up a formation!"

Fatty Wang's face darkened.

"I'll go."

Zhou Ran said, "Take ten demon soldiers and capture them alive."

"Understand."

Fatty Wang turned around and charged.

Outside the west wall of the manor.

Three remnants of the Penglai tribe were crouching in the shadows of the trees.

A bronze incense burner was placed in front of them.

Three sticks of thin, silvery-gray incense were inserted into the incense burner.

Cigarettes don't float into the sky.

Instead, it stayed close to the ground and burrowed into the manor's ley lines.

A disciple of Penglai whispered, "It'll be soon. Once the Eye-Attracting Incense is complete, that eye will be able to expand to cover the entire manor."

Another person gritted his teeth: "Elder Xu is dead, and the Pavilion Master is dead too. We cannot die in vain."

The third person's hand trembled.

"Was this incense really left behind by my martial arts uncle, Xu Youning?"

"Nonsense! My martial uncle said it's for the greater good of Penglai!"

boom!

A fist came crashing down from the sky.

The bronze incense burner shattered on the spot.

The silvery-gray fragrance broke into powder.

Before the three Penglai disciples could even raise their heads, they were pressed to the ground by a dark golden Buddha figure.

Fatty Wang landed and stepped on someone's face.

"Your righteousness is too strong, it's suffocating your fat grandpa."

The disciple roared, "How dare you insult Penglai?"

Fatty Wang slapped him across the face.

Snapped!

Half of the man's face was swollen.

"What's left of Penglai now? Defeated soldiers and their ancestral stubbornness?"

The other two tried to escape.

Ten demon soldiers rushed out from behind the tree, their black armor snapping shut and pinning them to the ground.

Fatty Wang stomped on each of the three men's legs, breaking their leg bones one by one.

The screams carried far and wide.

"Ran-ge, we've got him."

Zhou Ran asked, "Where did the incense come from?"

Fatty Wang squatted down and grabbed one person by the neck.

"Did you hear me? You tell me yourself, or will you let the demon soldiers search your soul?"

The disciple gritted his teeth: "Kill me!"

Fatty Wang nodded.

"He has backbone."

He raised his hand and pressed down on the other person's broken leg.

Click.

The disciple's voice cracked as he shouted.

Fatty Wang raised his hand again, trying to trick him.

"The second step, Soul Search."

The disciple's expression finally changed.

I said!

I said!

"The incense that attracts attention is not from the Penglai array storehouse."

"It was left behind privately by my Uncle-Master Xu Youning."

Zhou Ran's eyes turned cold.

Xu Youning.

It's her again.