Past events are like smoke

  Qin Zheng used to be fearless of life and death for the sake of a glimmer of hope, but now that he has a promising cultivation path ahead of him, he has become particularly treasured about his own life.

  Qin Zheng thought that thoroughly getting rid of the trouble would be a threat, but in the end it wasn't a long-term plan. What if one day he was killed by Shang Qing? Even if the news of this demon beast came out afterwards, he would already be dead, what use would it be then?

  Apart from this, there is another pressure. With only two Silver Corners, he lured eight people with benefits. He must have one for himself, and how can the other be distributed? For such a treasure that can increase potential, no amount of money can buy it.

  Qin Zheng clenched the two silver horns in his hand, along with three smaller ones that had been used to knock against the mountain goat. He knew that if things continued like this, the eight men under him would either use this information to threaten Shang Qing and gain other benefits, thoroughly enraging Shang Qing, or they would be preparing to deal with him.

  No matter which one, it was Qin Zheng who did not want to see, he actually did not want to provoke Shang Qing again, there was no way, the benefits gained were not enough to share, and he also did not dare to use his methods to kill the people he had recruited, if he didn't have them, what could he use to resist Shang Qing's possible attack.

  So Qin Zheng decided on the next move, spreading the news that Shang Qing was a fox demon immediately, and then attracting his eight subordinates with the treasure that Baitou Fox might have.

  Beima Loufang has many regular customers and a wide network of connections. Overnight, the entire Dujuan State learned that Shang Qing was a fox demon.

  Qin Zheng gathered a large crowd and went to the Lin family to verify, at first most people were half-believing, but Shang Qing never dared to show his face, so they all started to really suspect.

  Shang Qing's fox demon identity was exposed after all. This kind of union between humans and demons was unacceptable to both humans and demons.

  Facing the crowd's shouting and killing, Shang Qingshan's cultivation burst out, which actually shocked everyone.

  Shang Qing was now resentful of Qin Zheng's betrayal. Qin Zheng knew that the matter of Yin Jiao colliding with the mountain goat could not be exposed, otherwise he would not be able to protect Yin Jiao at all.

  Qin Zheng directly jumped out and was the first to rush towards Shang Qing.

  With the first person, everyone had the courage, although Qin Zheng was immediately beaten by Shang Qing and flew back with serious injuries, but everyone worked together to temporarily hold off Shang Qing.

  Shang Qing wouldn't take drastic measures, with her cultivation as a loose immortal in the middle stage, no one here could stop her. However, since Lin Lei was after all human, she didn't want to make things too difficult for him unless absolutely necessary.

  At this time, the empire was shocked, and the Royal Elder's House sent a master to come. Everyone had the courage to prepare for the capture of Shang Qing.

  In the biggest battle, Shang Qing had to protect her two daughters and consider her husband's feelings, being restricted everywhere, and was seriously injured in the end.

  Lin Lei killed himself, just hoping that everyone can let Shang Qing and his two daughters leave here.

  Shang Qing stormed off in a rage, taking her two daughters with her. However, it wasn't long before Shang Qing returned alone and began to exact her revenge.

  The object of revenge was naturally Qin Zheng, and the news of Silver Horn crashing into a mountain goat was also spread by Shang Qing.

  Qin made a decisive move and presented one of the silver horns to Leng Zhen, which intimidated others who were about to make a move.

  He also used Shang Qing's external threat and a large amount of money and benefits to stabilize the eight people under his command.

  The last Silver Horn was used on himself, three small sheep, two of which were killed by him, a whole sheep feast to reward his subordinates, the treasures collected by the Silver Horned Goat, he didn't want any of them, all were distributed to his subordinates, of course, their value couldn't compare with that of the Silver Horn.

  Those eight people, seeing that it had already become a settled matter, even if they were not satisfied, Qin Zheng's place no longer had any other treasures. They ate the small sheep, increased their cultivation a bit, and each got a share of some treasures, which was somewhat beneficial, so they could only accept it.

  Leng Hao ate the roasted meat, and it should have been the last little lamb. Qin was on Leng Hao's body, and he had also paid a bloody price.

  Silver-horned mountain goat, with a very strong attacking power, a light collision has the force of a mountain, and when paired with the sharpness of the silver horn, a fierce collision is truly rare for any monster to withstand. What's even more precious is its gentle temperament. If it were a young lamb born not long ago, using beast-controlling techniques to train it well would make it an excellent helper in the future. Swallowing it down like this is really a waste of heaven's gift, and Leng Hua secretly felt regretful in her heart.

  Shang Qing comes every night, but she was seriously injured and fled far away at that time. Now her lover is dead, and the sorrow in her heart cannot be dissipated. Her injuries have not seen any improvement, and it's also something that Qin Zheng and others can't do anything about.

  Then Leng Hao and the others arrived, Leng Hao understood the cause and effect of the matter, and silently wondered in his heart. When he learned about Lin Mei and Lin Xue's identities and talents, he knew that there must be some stories behind them, but he didn't expect to meet their mother so soon.

  Although Leng Hao initially had a good impression of Qin Zheng, the shopkeeper, he still had to help Shang Qing in order not to let Lin Mei and Lin Xue, his future helpers, harbor resentment.

  Shang Qing still lived in the original Lin family house, although everyone knew of her existence, no one dared to provoke her. At this time, Shang Qing was a wounded and crazy woman, whoever provoked her would be unlucky.

  Leng Hao planned to go find Shang Qing and could also lend her a hand, forming a good karma.

  Leng Hao told Feng Lingyun about his plan, and Feng Lingyun agreed because she thought the non-existent mysterious old man was protecting Leng Hao.

  Six people went out under the pretext of taking a stroll, and after evading the attention of those with ulterior motives, they rushed to the location of the Lin family. A few dilapidated thatched cottages surrounded by fences, where vegetables were originally grown and domestic fowl raised, but now all gone, leaving only desolation.

  Leng Hao and his group had just arrived at the bamboo door, but hadn't even knocked yet when a fierce voice came from inside the house, "If you don't want to die, leave quickly."

  "Madam Lin, don't you want to know about your two daughters, Lin Mei and Lin Xue?" Leng Hao stepped forward and said loudly.

  "Daughter? What's wrong with them? Are you going to threaten me?" A white figure flashed out beside Leng Xiao, and at this moment, Shang Qing was not in the form of a fox, but an exceptionally beautiful woman.

  "Wait, listen to me..." Shang Qing didn't let Leng Hao continue, with a wave of his long sleeve, he was about to grab Leng Hao. Deceived by Qin Zheng, her husband dead, she hated humans to the extreme.

  Leng Hao didn't show any signs of panic, and before Feng Lingyue and Qing Luan could react, he made a swift movement with his mind, and the array disc and four cold swords of the Small Boundless Sword Array immediately shot out from the storage ring.

  The spiritual energy of the universe stirred, and the Small Boundless Sword Array was instantly laid out. Four cold swords stood guard at the four sword positions, and the four sword energies merged into one body, directly dispersing Shang Qing's casual strike.

  "Hmph! As expected, you're well-prepared, array formation? Do you think this can stop me?" Shang Qing said coldly, but his expression turned serious.

  "Mrs. Lin, listen to me first," Leng Hao said, opening his mouth, Shang Qing stood there, although still with a disdainful expression, but at least he didn't make another move.

  As expected, strength is still the most important thing, Leng Hao thought to himself.

  "Lin Mei and Lin Xue are both half-demon bloodlines, I have a way to help them refine their bloodlines. The materials are almost ready, only the Heart of Hailan is left. This time, I came here just to get the Heart of Hailan," Leng Hao explained, he also knew that such a casual remark would not be believed by Shang Qing, so he directly transmitted the complete refining bloodline pill formula to Shang Qing through his divine thought.

  "This is the best way to refine the blood veins, as long as the materials are up to standard, it can even be 100% refined and clean the blood veins," said Leng Hao calmly and confidently.

  Shang Qing's expression turned solemn as she carefully examined the dan formula from start to finish. Although she couldn't refine a dan like this, it didn't mean she couldn't tell whether the formula was genuine or fake.

  Shang Qing's face was filled with wild joy, all these years she had been searching for a way to refine her bloodline, but unfortunately this method was extremely rare, she didn't have any news about it and almost gave up, yet unexpectedly now she got it so easily.

  "What... who are you? What's your purpose?" Shang Qing collected his joyful expression, and cautiously asked Leng Hao, but the expression on his face softened a lot, and his attitude improved significantly.

  "My name is Leng Hao, I am the crown prince of this Great Yan Kingdom. This is my mother, the Empress of Great Yan Kingdom. The others are her personal maids. As for the purpose? Indeed there is. It's just that I value the potential of Lin Mei and Lin Xue, you sent them to the Imperial Qingling Group, and I happened to know the method of refining bloodlines, so I thought of cultivating them," Leng Hao said lightly, without hiding his true intentions at all.

  Shang Qing listened to Leng Hao's explanation and fell silent for a moment. "Why should I believe you? Bring Mei Er and Xue Er here."

  "Heh, I don't need your trust," Leng Hao said, pointing to the surrounding sword energy that was about to be unleashed. "You pose no threat to me at all. Taking you down would only require a small effort on my part. Besides, Lin Mei and Lin Xue are both on Da Yan Island, which is some distance from here. With Hai Lan's Heart about to be born, there's no time to go fetch them now."

  Shang Qing's face showed some anger after hearing Leng Hao's blunt words, but she didn't say anything to refute him. Although Leng Hao's words were unpleasant, they were indeed the truth - she had suffered severe injuries and the surrounding formation was not something to be underestimated.

  "Have you gathered all the other materials, and only the Heart of the Ocean is left?" Shang Qing asked after a moment of contemplation.

  "However, it's not going to be easy. We need to get the Heart of the Sea from the sea creatures at the bottom of the ocean. You know how crazy that sounds, but the Heart of the Sea itself has the effect of refining bloodlines and is an essential main material," said Leng Hao helplessly, and then took out all the other materials he had collected in his spatial ring.

  "This time you came to find me, is it because you want me to help you?" Shang Qing asked, in her opinion, Leng Hao came to find her, there was only this reason, however, no matter how dangerous, for the sake of her daughter, she would risk her life to fight for a chance at the bottom of the sea.

  "No, you're injured, and at the bottom of the sea, a fox spirit like you has limited abilities," Leng Hao said disdainfully, without any regard for the beautiful eyes in front of him that were blazing with anger.

  "I came here to help you avenge, pull the relationship, so that I don't waste my mind helping your daughter refine her bloodline. You said one word and they all left, wouldn't I be busy for nothing?" Cold Hao said casually.

  "Is there anyone as annoying as you? The words you say are so suffocating," Shang Qing's sentence was on the tip of her tongue, but she thought about it and endured not saying it. However, her expression still wasn't good-looking, and in her heart, she was still very grateful to Leng Hao.