After descending the mountain, my aloof fiancée became completely devoted to me.

After several attempts to calm her down, Shen Aoxue finally regained her composure, but her face remained pale and bloodless.

"The other party is remotely controlling evil power to possess another's body." Lin Ping's eyes flashed with a chilling light. "Hiding in the shadows, they dare not show themselves directly, and can only use such insidious methods."

He had already seen through the other party's thoughts.

This person had been lying low for a long time, never showing his face, and relying on external forces to set up the whole plan, all in order to exhaust his mind and slow down his pace. When his spiritual power was more than half depleted and his mind was exhausted, he would then complete the final possession.

Once Shen Aoxue's original consciousness dissipates, her latent second personality will completely take its place.

Just as the situation had temporarily stabilized, a wild, cold laugh came from the gate of the manor.

"Hahaha! Mr. Lin, you are indeed skilled. You managed to stabilize a dying man. You have truly impressed me."

The voice was sharp and arrogant, carrying undisguised mockery and sarcasm, piercing through the night and echoing throughout the courtyard.

Zhu Xiaohan turned around instantly, her spiritual energy condensing in her palm, her eyes wary and cold: "Someone has broken into the formation!"

Alu immediately got up and stood in front of the bed to protect Shen Aoxue, her face tense.

Lin Ping slowly straightened up, his expression calm and composed, but the killing intent in his eyes gradually intensified.

He had already sensed the person outside the courtyard. He was surrounded by an evil aura and possessed profound cultivation. He was a thug sent by the other side to test them and buy time.

"Don't panic, they're just small fry."

Lin Ping said calmly and walked towards the door.

The night was deep, and the moonlight was cold.

In the courtyard of the manor, a figure dressed in black stood with his hands behind his back, surrounded by black mist and exuding a strong aura of evil from the earth's veins, his aura cold and domineering.

This man had a sinister face, narrow eyes, and a mocking smile on his lips. He was a master who secretly attached himself to the ancient evil forces and served the mastermind behind the scenes.

"My name is Mo Qi."

The man in black raised an eyebrow, sizing up Lin Ping with disdain: "I've heard you're a top-tier expert from the city who has returned and suppressed many incidents in the Southern Frontier. But after seeing you today, you're nothing special."

"He was guarding a woman who was possessed by an evil spirit, exhausting his own original spiritual power. He had great cultivation, but he was being led by the nose. How pathetic and lamentable."

With his hands behind his back, Mo Qi spoke with extreme arrogance: "My master is merciful and will give you a way out. Immediately give up suppressing the evil power and let Miss Ao Xue do as she pleases, and my master will spare your life and allow you to continue living in this city."

"If you remain obstinate and stubbornly defy fate to protect others, you will perish here in the Wutong Manor today!"

A blatant threat, utterly arrogant.

Zhu Xiaohan stepped out of the room and stood beside Lin Ping, coldly rebuking him: "You cowardly lackey, how dare you spout such arrogant words here!"

Mo Qi glanced at her and sneered, "A mere Foundation Establishment cultivator dares to speak to me? Get out of my way, or I'll wipe you out too!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his hand and waved.

The thick black mist transformed into several sharp claws, tearing through the air with a whistling sound, and rushed straight at Zhu Xiaohan's face with lightning speed!

Seeing this, Alu immediately formed a hand seal, wanting to help.

The next instant, a detached figure stood directly in front of the two women.

Lin Ping stood tall and straight, motionless and unyielding, letting the black mist's sharp claws attack.

Bang bang bang!

All the evil claws landed half an inch in front of him, instantly shattering into black smoke and disappearing without a trace, without even touching the hem of his clothes.

Mo Qi's pupils contracted slightly, and the contempt on his face faded a bit.

"He's got some skill; no wonder he can suppress all the cultivators from the Zheng family."

Lin Ping raised his eyes, his gaze as cold as frost: "The person behind this doesn't dare show themselves, so they send trash like you to your death?"

"You're asking for it!"

Mo Qi's face suddenly turned ashen, completely enraged by a single sentence.

As a top expert who followed the evil spirits, he had dominated the underworld of the Southern Frontier for many years, and no one had ever dared to underestimate him like this.

"I'd like to see if you can withstand my evil earth vein technique!"

Mo Qi spread his arms, and the black mist around him surged wildly. The courtyard tiles beneath his feet cracked instantly, and the cold, evil energy rushed to gather around him along the earth's veins. The temperature in the entire courtyard plummeted, and the chill was bone-chilling.

A dense black aura condensed into a sinister blade over ten feet long, its blade gleaming with a chilling dark light, imbued with the malevolent power of the southern border's earth veins, its power terrifying.

"Earth ley line slash!"

With a roar, Mo Qi wielded the Evil Blade, his figure transforming into a streak of black light, carrying the force of a thunderbolt, and fiercely slashed towards Lin Ping's head!

This strike contains the evil power of the earth's veins, specifically designed to destroy orthodox spiritual energy; ordinary grandmasters and foundation-building cultivators will die upon contact with it.

Zhu Xiaohan's expression turned grave: "Sir, be careful! This move has stirred up the Yin energy from beneath the earth; its power is extremely strong!"

Lin Ping remained standing in the same spot, his expression calm and composed, showing no sign of panic.

He only slowly raised his hand when the evil blade was about to reach him and the wind was blowing against his face.

It was a simple palm strike, unremarkable, without any overwhelming spiritual light or earth-shattering power.

To outsiders, this palm strike appeared weak and powerless, like an ordinary person raising their hand.

A sneer flashed in Mo Qi's eyes: "Playing coy! Shatter it!"

Click—!

A piercing cracking sound suddenly rang out!

The terrifying, evil blade, over ten feet long, shattered like glass the moment it touched Lin Ping's palm, and the overwhelming evil energy was instantly crushed and purified by a domineering force.

Mo Qi was violently shaken, his arms went numb, his blood and qi surged, and he was forced back several steps by the force of the shock, leaving deep footprints on the ground beneath his feet.

His face was filled with horror as he stared at Lin Ping in disbelief: "Impossible! How could you so easily break my evil earth vein technique?!"

His evil arts are born from the earth's veins in the southern border region, suppressing all orthodox cultivation powers. Even Nascent Soul cultivators cannot easily neutralize them!

Lin Ping stepped forward, his steps slow, yet carrying an overwhelming sense of pressure.

"Does a heretical practice that relies on the earth's ley lines and evil influences even deserve to be called a cultivation method?"

His tone was calm, yet every word he spoke was piercing.

"Your master is hiding thousands of miles away, controlling the whole situation with a single evil jade, manipulating people's hearts, and stirring up the earth's veins. He is nothing but a petty thief."

"You willingly become a slave, yet you come before me swaggering around—who gave you the audacity?"

Mo Qi was both shocked and furious, his eyes filled with apprehension, yet he remained defiant: "My master possesses unparalleled supernatural powers, controlling the ancient Yin and evil, and will unify the Southern Frontier sooner or later! Your arrogance now is nothing but a grasshopper in autumn, you won't be able to hop around for long!"

"Yeah?"

Lin Ping's eyes turned cold, and he stopped talking nonsense.

He flicked his fingertip lightly.

call out!

A wisp of pure white spiritual energy, as thin as a hair, shot out from the sky at a speed surpassing that of light and shadow.

Mo Qi felt a chill on his neck, and the evil energy circulating around his body instantly collapsed. The spiritual power in his dantian suddenly stagnated and could no longer be mobilized.

"You...you destroyed my cultivation?!"

Mo Qi's face was ashen, filled with fear, as he stared intently at Lin Ping.

His decades of hard-earned cultivation and his proud earth vein evil technique were actually crippled by the opponent's flick of a finger!

They were completely crushed, with no chance to fight back!

This is the strength of a top-tier returning master—unfathomable and terrifying!