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

His laughter stopped abruptly, and he stared at Lin Qingxue with resentment.

"Young lady, I advise you to watch your mouth!"

Otherwise, I'm afraid your pretty face will soon have a close encounter with the curb!

Before he could finish speaking...

Threat?

"court death."

Zhou Ran's gaze turned cold.

Lin Qingxue sensed Zhou Ran's anger.

She looked up and took off her gold-rimmed glasses.

Behind the lenses, those heterochromatic eyes, as gray as an ice lake, were exposed to the air without reservation!

The Mediterranean man's heart trembled violently when he met those eyes!

There was a vortex spinning in those eyes, and a fear from the depths of his soul gripped his throat!

The next moment, an invisible steel needle pierced between his eyebrows!

"ah--!"

The Mediterranean man let out a piercing scream, clutched his head, and fell off the chair.

The excruciating pain from the depths of his soul caused him to collapse instantly.

"My head! My head is going to explode!"

The others at Hongtu Real Estate were terrified.

Xiao Hongli and the Xiao family's higher-ups were also dumbfounded.

They knew Lin Qingxue was special, but they didn't expect her to be this strong!

At a glance!

With just a glance, he tormented a living person to the point of wishing for death.

Zhou Ran stood up and walked to the Mediterranean man.

"Go back and tell the people behind you."

"Those who want to set a trap for the Xiao family should first consider whether their own lives are tough enough."

Also, don't try to insult my intelligence with such childish tricks.

"roll!"

A low shout, carrying a hint of demonic power.

The people from Hongtu Real Estate felt like they'd been granted a pardon. They dragged the Mediterranean man, who looked like a dead dog, and scrambled out of the conference room.

Xiao Hongli breathed a sigh of relief, and her gaze toward Lin Qingxue now held genuine recognition and respect.

"Qingxue, well done."

Xiao Hongli walked over and took Lin Qingxue's hand.

"From now on, you must be present for these kinds of business negotiations."

You're basically a human lie detector with a cheat code!

Lin Qingxue put her glasses back on, looking embarrassed, and resumed her obedient little secretary persona.

"The boss taught us well yesterday."

Zhou Ran proudly raised his chin:

"That's right, don't you even know who brought them out?"

"Alright, stop showing off."

Xiao Hongli rolled her eyes at him.

"Although we won this time, the other side will definitely not let it go."

Behind this grand real estate project is the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, and beyond that…

"It's the Song family."

Zhou Ran picked up the conversation, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

Just then, Zhou Ran's phone vibrated.

It was an encrypted message sent by Wu De.

Zhou Ran clicked on it and his expression changed slightly.

The message is only one line long:

The Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce has hired a shady feng shui master from Hong Kong who intends to sever the Xiao family's ancestral graves at midnight tonight!

......

into the night.

The once clear night sky was suddenly shrouded in a thick layer of dark clouds, obscuring the moon completely, and the entire city of Jiangcheng seemed to be plunged into a deathly darkness.

The Xiao family manor was in complete chaos.

Just half an hour ago, Mr. Xiao Zhenguo, who had just recovered his health, suddenly collapsed without warning.

This time it wasn't poisoning or illness.

The old man was as cold as a corpse, his jaw clenched, and he kept uttering unconscious mutterings, as if he were trapped in some kind of terrible nightmare.

The strangest thing was that the guard dogs in the manor were all barking incessantly towards the back mountain, their cries so shrill and chilling that they sent shivers down one's spine.

"Zhou Ran, come quick, look at Grandpa!"

Xiao Hongli's eyes were red with anxiety as she gripped Zhou Ran's arm tightly.

Zhou Ran stood by the bed, his eyes slightly narrowed, two beams of purple light swirling deep within his pupils.

A black aura, barely perceptible to the naked eye, coiled tightly around his ancestral aperture between his eyebrows like a venomous snake, relentlessly devouring his life force.

"The art of cursing and warding off evil spirits."

Zhou Ran snorted coldly, his tone icy, "Someone has disturbed the Xiao family's ancestral graves, trying to sever the Xiao family's roots."

"Ancestral graves?" Chen Ya's expression changed. "The Xiao family cemetery is guarded by dedicated personnel and is located in a remote area. How could someone have tampered with it?"

"For a feng shui master, there is no need to make a big fuss if they want to harm someone."

Zhou Ran turned and walked out. "Let's go to the cemetery. If we're late, the old man will really be beyond saving."

……

Half an hour later, several SUVs sped into Xishan Cemetery, located on the outskirts of Jiangcheng.

This is the Xiao family's private cemetery, nestled against the mountains and beside the water, with excellent feng shui.

But at this moment, standing at the entrance of the cemetery, Zhou Ran felt a soaring murderous aura.

What should have been a treasure land where wind could gather and energy could be gathered is now filled with gusts of cold wind, and the surrounding trees are baring their fangs and claws in the wind, like ghostly shadows.

"Qingxue, open your eyes."

Zhou Ran gave the instructions.

Lin Qingxue immediately took off her glasses and activated her Vision-Breaking Eyes.

In her view, the entire cemetery was shrouded in a dark, heavy cloud.

A huge black snake shadow was coiled above the main burial site of the cemetery, its mouth wide open, frantically devouring the golden dragon energy rising from the ground.

That's the Xiao family's destiny!

"Southeast corner!"

Lin Qingxue pointed her finger,

"The black snake's tail is under that dead tree in the southeast corner; there's something glowing there!"

"That's the key point of the formation."

Zhou Ran nodded approvingly.

"This is practical training; learn from it."

The group quickly ran to the southeast corner.

It was an old, dead locust tree, its trunk covered with black moss and emitting a rotten stench.

"dig."

Qin San's men immediately wielded their entrenching tools.

A short while later, they dug out a black wooden box from under the tree roots.

When the wooden box was opened, a stark white human skull was revealed inside!

On the top of that skull were engraved the birth date and time written in cinnabar, which belonged to Xiao Zhenguo!

The skull's seven orifices were filled with black corpse worms and moldy glutinous rice.

vomit--

Xiao Hongli felt nauseous upon seeing this scene.

"That's so vicious!"

Chen Ya gritted her teeth.

"Is this the 'Black Serpent Devouring Dragon Scheme'?"

This is going to wipe out the Xiao family line!

"A trivial skill."

Zhou Ran curled his lip in disdain.

He did not destroy the skull directly.

If it's destroyed directly, it only breaks the stalemate; the feng shui master who performed the spell will at most suffer minor injuries.

Zhou Ran wanted a fatal blow!

Zhou Ran extended his right index finger, and a cluster of dark purple demonic fire emerged from the tip of his finger.

He quickly drew a complex blood-red rune in the void.

"Since you enjoy smoking so much, then you can smoke as much as you want!"

"Hundredfold Backlash Curse, go!"

Zhou Ran let out a low shout and slammed his palm down on the dead man's skull.

The runes disappeared into the skull.

"boom!"

The black corpse worms inside the skull seemed to have encountered something terrifying, and instantly burst into flames.

Immediately afterwards, the illusory black snake in the sky above the cemetery let out a silent scream, its body instantly exploding into a sky full of black mist, which then flowed back wildly through some invisible connection!