Who is spreading rumors that my filial piety towards them has changed?

Its power is naturally less than that of the main target, but it is still enough to deal with others.

Furthermore, they quietly shifted the focus of the battle outside the town, and any subsequent fighting would only extend towards the border of Xiling, without affecting the town.

Wei Satu can then orchestrate Chu Mingkong's attacks, and even the giant demon summoned by the ancestor of the Witch Clan, Ivan, can be used by him.

Although Chi Wen is indeed stronger and has more vigorous blood energy, his combat ability will only be an advantage in the long run. However, Wei Satu should have no problem holding him off for a short period of time!

The old man turned around and looked at Wei Hai, surprised to find him still there: "Why are you here?"

"Elder, I've been here the whole time. How can your memory be so bad?"

"I just gave you a look signaling to inform His Highness to come over. Have you done so?"

"...I didn't understand his eyes." Wei Hai said this ominous fact in a serious tone.

“?” Wei Satu’s expression froze.

On the other side, Chi Wen suffered repeated losses, but in reality, he didn't lose much, and he still maintained his calculations.

He feigned serious injuries, deceiving his followers into blessing him with spiritual energy to help him activate the power within a demon spider's remains.

In reality, he planned to drain his companion dry and then use the opportunity to kill him.

"Lord Chi Wen, I'm running out of strength. Let me recover..."

"Me too, the spiritual veins are about to dry up, let's stop!"

"I'm sorry, everyone!" Chi Wen laughed cruelly, increasing his strength and instantly draining his companions' power to nourish the spider leg bone in his hand.

The several East Sea Dragon Clan members who came with him were instantly turned into dried corpses, and the spider leg skeleton emanated a powerful shockwave!

The shockwave was like a tsunami, sweeping away the nearby bushes and trees, uprooting them, leaving nothing behind, and even rushing towards the town.

Within the shockwave, the silhouette of a giant spider emerged, its eyes gleaming with ferocity.

"Hand over the items! This is an order, and also a warning!" Chi Wen's voice rang out with overwhelming force, issuing an ultimatum to the Wei family elder.

However, Chi Wen suddenly sensed that something was obstructing the shockwave that had burst forth when the Demon Spider's remains had just been revived.

He looked in the direction of the strange feeling and saw a sword light flash across the direction of the town. The sword light cut through the shockwave and tsunami, leaving only a long sword mark on the ground to tell the story of what had just happened.

It acted as a barrier, protecting the dilapidated town from the impact.

"...What is that?!"

Chi was filled with doubt and uncertainty.

Then he heard a man's voice:

"I also want to ask you something: who gave you permission to do this here?"

The speaker was a man holding the little princess of the Mirage Dragon Clan. He raised his heavy sword, and the fire spirit energy surging on the sword was mixed with rare extreme yin power.

and many more......

Fire elemental energy, extreme yin power, near Xiling.

What Chi Wen should be focusing on right now is that the little princess they've been searching for is actually in his hands, but at this moment, only one thought remains in Chi Wen's mind.

run!

Unfortunately, it was too late.

The power interwoven within the sword energy pressed down, and suddenly all the noise fell silent.

Chu Mingkong sheathed his sword, released his hand from Jiao'er's eyes, and asked:

"Jiao'er, the source of your nightmares and discomfort is probably around here, right? Can you feel exactly where it is?"

Chapter Fifty-Six: It turns out she can read pinyin!

Chu Mingkong paid attention to Jiao'er's reaction, but the little one had been in a good mood the whole way. Perhaps she had enjoyed the ride on the flying sword and was now relaxed and sleepy.

The little head bobbed up and down, as if fishing, its eyes barely open, and it instinctively responded to Chu Mingkong with a babyish, bubbly sound.

"He was able to relax and fall asleep, so it seems he wasn't bothered by the mirage dragon's senses anymore," Chu Mingkong pondered.

Just to be on the safe side, Xiao Yunhan, who followed behind, once again shielded the pendant's power, but this time the little guy was still able to sleep peacefully.

Chu Mingkong handed his daughter to his sister Xiao Yunhan and went to the Wei family elders to inquire about the situation.

After greeting several familiar faces, Chu Mingkong asked:

"Who was that guy just now? Why did he create such a huge disturbance around this town?"

Elder Wei Satu was a little puzzled. They were all preparing to run back to Xiling, so why did Chu Mingkong come over? Didn't Wei Hai say that he hadn't been notified?

However, it's a good thing that the source of the trouble has been resolved!

His Highness does have a bad temper. I don't know what happened, but when he saw someone trying to destroy the town's buildings, he immediately swung his sword without saying a word.

However, for Chu Mingkong, his focus was on the "portrait" of Jiao'er's birth mother that was still in the town. Preserving that town might give Jiao'er a chance to find her birth mother, even if Qiao'er's form was a vengeful ghost or something, it was still a hope.

That thing just now intended to spread to the town; how is that any different from destroying the hope of our beloved child?

"This is a group of people from the East Sea Dragon Clan. Their motives are impure and very strange. At first, they said they were looking for the Mirage Dragon Clan's little princess, probably His Highness's adopted daughter. Later, they said they were looking for some East Sea treasure, which is obviously a lie. It must be that mysterious treasure His Highness mentioned earlier that is located nearby..."

After Vesatu recounted what had happened after the group of little dragon people arrived riding on dark clouds, he told them what had happened.

As he spoke, he stroked his mustache, when suddenly he remembered something and in his excitement almost pulled the mustache off, wincing in pain.

"I almost forgot to collect the souls. I hope there are some left, but don't burn them all!"

He quickly called his clansmen over to retrieve the little dragon's soul and check if the luminous mirage pearl he had been holding was still there.

Wei Satu was worried that Chu Mingkong's extreme Yin power would destroy both what should and shouldn't be destroyed, but after confirming it, he was amazed.

Perhaps it was because this East Sea Dragon Clan member had absorbed the power of his companion that he was beaten even more, so His Highness's sword strike stopped short of killing him. The moment the East Sea Dragon Clan member was destroyed, the extreme Yin power disappeared, causing little damage to the earth.

If His Highness deliberately controlled this, then it is truly unimaginably powerful, with his mastery of extreme Yin power constantly increasing!

Chu Mingkong and the others couldn't offer much help with the soul-binding matter, so they could only wait on the sidelines and exchange a few words.

"The East Sea Dragon Clan, how did these people find their way here? Are they here to find Jiao'er's family?" Chu Mingkong wondered if they might accidentally hurt someone.

The search for relatives he referred to was about his beloved child being reborn into the body of a mirage woman.

Wei Satu heard this from afar and waved his hand, saying, "Your Highness, this doesn't seem like a search for relatives. These East Sea Dragon Clan members all have their own ulterior motives. The search for relatives sounds like an excuse. Let me summon their souls and ask them clearly!"

A member of the Wei family came over and took the luminous mirage pearl to Chu Mingkong. Chu Mingkong glanced at the glittering "big pearl" and tossed it to Zuo Qiuchi to see.

"A luminous mirage pearl! The surface is only slightly worn. Luckily, you held back your strength in that sword strike, otherwise it would have been ruined." Zuo Qiuchi said thankfully, but fearing that the light would blind Jiao'er, he gestured for Xiao Yunhan to help Jiao'er turn her head to sleep.

"What's the use?" Chu Mingkong didn't quite understand.

“Let’s find the treasure. I’ve heard that the Night-Shining Mirage Pearl has this ability. The closer you get to the treasure, the brighter it glows. But its main purpose is to search for the aura of our clansmen. Jiao’er was probably frightened by this just now,” Xiao Yunhan explained.

Looking for treasure?

This is truly an unexpected bonus. The mysterious treasure hidden in this town has yet to be found, and now the East Sea Dragon Clan has actually delivered this treasure-hunting pearl to their doorstep.

However, Chu Mingkong still prioritized Jiao'er's unease and asked:

"If it's just a matter of searching for a scent, why has Jiao'er been crying for so long?"

"The specifics are difficult to confirm, but what is certain is that the remaining instincts of the Mirage Maiden's body are resisting the search of her own kind, indicating that this little girl from the Mirage Dragon Clan was afraid of her own kind when she was 'alive,' otherwise her body would not have reacted so strongly to this aura, causing the little girl to cry incessantly."

Upon hearing this, Chu Mingkong's heart sank.

The mirage woman was only up to his knees. This little child suffered a life-or-death tragedy. Whether she died naturally or endured some external torment, it was not something anyone could accept.

Jiao'er is in a similar situation; the two little ones are truly "dependent on each other for survival"...

Chu Mingkong almost wanted to smash the luminous mirage pearl, but considering that the pearl itself was innocent and that the mysterious treasure might be able to help Jiao'er, he held back.

While they were chatting, the Wei family had already completed the soul-binding ritual.

Old man Weisatu walked over, holding a broken bottle in his hand. Based on his experience, he guessed:

"This bottle is used to imprison souls. These East Sea Dragon Clan members came looking for Jiao'er, but they brought this kind of thing with them. I wonder if it's related to the little one's relatives and friends in her previous life."

"I shattered it?" Chu Mingkong frowned, implying that he wanted to ask if the soul inside was gone.

"It was unfortunate that His Highness was affected, but it's also a good thing. There's no way to preserve a remnant soul for long. The journey from the East Sea to here is long, and the remnant soul itself has almost completely dissipated, leaving little consciousness. Besides, this bottle was originally used to torture remnant souls, so breaking it is a good thing..."

The soul that Wei Satu had just extracted was trapped inside a wooden doll hanging on his cane. He asked:

"Arrogant young dragon, state your name."

The puppet spoke, and the voice was unmistakably that of the East Sea Dragon Clan member from before:

[The pool... the pool is turbulent...]

The words were spoken intermittently, which startled Chu Mingkong, as if they were being read in pinyin.

The character 池紊 (chún wěn) means stupid.

"r uan" means soft.

"Why bother announcing your name only after you're dead? What are you doing here?" Vesatu continued to ask.

[Search... for the flesh and blood of the Mirage Dragon Princess... dead or alive... obtain her flesh and bones.]

Wei Satu immediately flew into a rage and cursed, "Go to hell, you son of a bitch! You lied to me, saying you were looking for your relatives and finding your little princess who had been lost!"

Chapter 57 It's Not Easy to Introduce Your Job

The remnant soul could only glean limited information, but Chu Mingkong obtained most of what he wanted to know.

According to information obtained from Chi Wen, a change in the hierarchy has occurred among the Dragon Clan of the East Sea.

To summarize the situation, it's roughly that the powerful figures from Donghai who were expelled years ago organized a group to stage a counterattack. Because they themselves had risen up in revenge and returned to power, they were worried that such a situation would repeat itself.

Naturally, none of the original enemies were spared; the entire clan was wiped out and its bloodline replaced. It was against this backdrop that the little princess of the Mirage Dragon Clan began her escape, but she fled to the wrong place and ended up in the hands of the Prince of Jin.

The turmoil surrounding the East Sea Dragon Clan could have ended there, but with the arrival of an inauspicious time, signs appeared that the ancestral tomb of the old Dragon King's lineage was about to open. The new Dragon King became envious, but even with the arrival of an inauspicious time, opening the Dragon King's tomb still required proof of kinship.

So the new Dragon King set his sights on the runaway princess and sent people to search for her whereabouts. Whether she was alive or dead was not important; the key was to bring her blood.

"This new Dragon King is really greedy. His hands are stained with the blood of the old Dragon King's descendants. Isn't he afraid of the tomb owner seeking revenge? He even has designs on someone else's grave." Wei Satu spat.