Red Bean Paste

Xiao Fan was preparing to take Zhao Linger back to Yaochi Immortal Palace.

After all, she was someone he brought out, and he had to be responsible for her safety.

But when Xiao Fan found Zhao Linger, he noticed she looked a bit troubled.

"You've found your relatives and reunited for over ten days. When are we going back?" Xiao Fan asked.

"I still have some matters to handle, and I might not be able to leave so quickly. Can you stay a few more days?" Zhao Linger said with a forced smile.

Xiao Fan only thought she wanted to stay with her aunt for a few more days. After all, suddenly finding family, that feeling was understandable.

Xiao Fan said, "Suit yourself. I'll come back in a month then."

Zhao Linger said, "Okay, if you need anything, just tell the servants. I'll have them try their best to satisfy you."

"Alright, alright, take your time."

Xiao Fan no longer disturbed her and returned alone. Anyway, he had the Five Elements Exquisite Pagoda with him, so he could just go inside and Cultivate for thirty or fifty years.

Soon after Xiao Fan left, Zhao Caiyi's subordinate came to report to Zhao Linger.

After listening to the report, Zhao Linger was full of worry, most likely troubled by clan affairs.

...

Xiao Fan continued to return and Cultivate with Demoness Nana, engaging in deep discussions and imparting their respective Cultivation philosophies to each other.

Although in most cases, it was Xiao Fan who was imparting Cultivation philosophies to Nana.

Nana benefited greatly from it.

Xiao Fan gained happiness from it.

Wonderful Cultivation.

That feeling of teaching others to Cultivate, giving everything he had, made Xiao Fan unable to stop, and it also made Demoness Nana's face flush with a rosy glow.

Nourished by the rain and dew of knowledge, Nana's delicate face became even more enchanting and alluring, transitioning from youthful to mature.

Demoness Nana became increasingly dependent on Xiao Fan, wishing she could Cultivate with him to become a Combination Stage Cultivator.

But how could Xiao Fan be such a person? He would not be troubled by beauty.

Eating the same dish every day gets boring. Let's take a break!

So this time, he only activated twenty days of time acceleration, at most Cultivating for twenty years, leaving ten years to Cultivate Cultivation Techniques.

"While I have time, I'll practice the last few moves of the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength first."

Xiao Fan made up his mind. As his cultivation grew stronger, his killing moves also had to keep up.

He began to Cultivate [Holy Great Perfection Master Everything Spell], this killing move.

This was a spell killing move, representing the meaning of ancient holiness and peerlessness.

To Revered Master Everything means to be invincible, to control the life and death of the enemy.

The overbearing aspect of this spell lies in its ability to Revered Master Everything. Under the chanting of the spell, it can reverse Yin and Yang, turn life and death upside down, and change black to white.

With the blessing of the spell, the caster's command becomes the rule that Revered Masters Everything.

Enemies struck by the spell will fall into it, to be slaughtered at the caster's will.

This was a forceful and overbearing killing move!

Xiao Fan Cultivated in seclusion with a calm mind. With his Comprehension Ability, Cultivating was not difficult.

Moreover, his Divine Elephant Body had reached Major Achievement, giving him a natural advantage when Cultivating the killing moves within the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength.

One year...

Two years...

Three years...

Xiao Fan was seriously in seclusion. It was his first time seriously Cultivating for years at a time.

One could see his diligence.

This spell was a great killing move, so it was naturally not simple.

In Xiao Fan's first year, he only just reached the introductory level.

By the third year, he was barely considered proficient. To Revered Master or even reach Major Achievement, he still needed to practice hard.

During this period, he combined work and rest, Cultivating with Nana for half a year as a break.

Afterward, he immersed himself in secluded Cultivation again.

This time, he remained still for six years, like an unmoving mountain. His understanding of the Master Everything Spell became even deeper.

In the last six months, he successfully comprehended this killing move and Cultivated it to the Major Achievement Realm.

With the Master Everything Spell at Major Achievement, chanting the spell could materialize the spell into snowflakes.

The stronger the power, the wider the area these snowflakes could drift to. And anything touched by these snowflakes would fall under the caster's control, without exception.

In other words, as long as they were hit by these snowflakes, the caster could control their life and death, even resurrecting the dead.

Xiao Fan suddenly opened his eyes and began to chant silently. Waves of sound flew from his mouth, transforming into pure white, flawless snowflakes.

A snowflake touched the body of the Five Elements Exquisite Pagoda. With just a thought from Xiao Fan, a ten-foot-high gap was eroded into the Pagoda's body by the snowflake.

Another snowflake flew out and landed on the gap. The ice and snow melted, covering the hole, and the hole in the gap was perfectly repaired, as if new.

A thought of destruction, a thought of new life—this was the power displayed by the Master Everything Spell after reaching Major Achievement.

He was very satisfied with this effect.

"To shatter the Five Elements Exquisite Pagoda, one must gather ten Grand Unity Golden Immortals, and they must attack with all their might, focusing their combined attack on a single point to achieve it."

"Now, I can just casually send out a spell snowflake and shatter the Five Elements Exquisite Pagoda, and even instantly restore it. This feeling of controlling everything is truly reassuring."

Perfect!

He went to find Zhao Linger again, ready to go back with her, as the time was almost up.

However, when Xiao Fan found Zhao Linger again, she still shook her head.

Xiao Fan was a bit puzzled. Could it be that she had forgotten her Revered Master after finding her aunt? If that were the case, I would have to set you straight right here and now.

"What, you don't want to go back to Yaochi Immortal Palace anymore?" Xiao Fan asked.

Zhao Linger shook her head vigorously and said, "That's not it at all!"

She explained her difficulties.

Zhao Caiyi had appointed her as the Young Miss of the Zhao family. After taking this position, she naturally had to contribute and participate in the management of the Zhao family.

Xiao Fan understood after listening and expressed his support.

It's good that she became the Young Miss. In the future, I'll have a place to stay in the Reincarnation Immortal Domain.

"It will take some more time for me to handle things, it might not be that fast. Why don't you go back first?" Zhao Linger said awkwardly, feeling very apologetic.

He had already waited a month, so a little more time wouldn't hurt.

Xiao Fan was silent for a moment, then said, "Alright, but hurry up."

Xiao Fan left again, saying he would continue his arduous Cultivation.

And Zhao Linger continued to be busy.

After Zhao Linger left, Xiao Fan called Wang Cai and Jin Yan, asking them what had happened recently.

Although this bird and dog were just eating and drinking in this mansion, they could more or less hear all sorts of rumors from outside.

Wang Cai was the first to answer, "Revered Master, as soon as Young Miss Ling'er returned to the Zhao family, things changed."

"I heard that there were some minor power struggles within Young Miss Ling'er's family. After all, Young Miss Ling'er's position as Young Miss must have been taken from someone else."

"Definitely! It must be that group of people who were displaced trying to stir up trouble, like creating obstacles for Young Miss Ling'er and making her lose popular support and prestige."

Jin Yan also nodded and said, "Revered Master, I can confirm this."

"In the first few days we arrived, as long as I barked at the servants in the mansion, they would quickly bring me some Medicinal Pills and Immortal Stones for Cultivation."

"Of course, I know these things are due to your prestige, Revered Master. But these past few days, when I just wanted those servants to bring me some tea to drink, they could only give me some ordinary tea, which tasted bland, like plain water."

"I even thought they had given me the wrong one. Upon asking carefully, I found out that the tea leaves had run out and they hadn't bought new ones yet. Isn't that ridiculous? Such a large Zhao family, and even such a small matter goes wrong."

"I think the power struggle is probably in full swing."

As the Crown Prince of the Golden Crow Clan, Jin Yan was not an expert in power struggles, but he had at least witnessed them.

He immediately saw the clues: someone was secretly fighting Zhao Linger and the Zhao Family Head.

Xiao Fan understood the general situation after listening.

Internal strife was truly ubiquitous.

Knowing the reason, Xiao Fan prepared to find Zhao Linger again.

Xiao Fan was most skilled at dealing with internal strife.

Zhao Linger was overwhelmed by this matter. It was her first time experiencing internal strife, with all sorts of dirty laundry being aired: corruption, bribery, assassinations, and various scandals.

Some people even went so far as to offer their wives and children to those in power for pleasure, just to gain upward mobility.

It was the first time Zhao Linger had witnessed such ugly things.

This greatly impacted her worldview and made her feel nauseous.

A few days ago, she sent people out to purchase Immortal Plants and Immortal Herbs for Alchemy.

Coincidentally, a great demon appeared in the middle and swallowed the people, so the payment for the Immortal Stones naturally went missing.

Afterward, it was discovered that someone had exposed their whereabouts beforehand, and they were ambushed.

There was truly no other way, so she approached Zhao Caiyi.

"Aunt, aren't you going to do something about it?"

"Find out the mastermind and bring the culprit to justice."

Zhao Caiyi, however, said, "Did anyone see who did it? Is there concrete evidence?"

Zhao Linger was speechless.

Naturally, there was none. How could the perpetrator leave behind evidence?

She could only stammer out a few weak words.

"Who doesn't know it's that Zhao Yan guy? Even if he didn't do it himself, he instigated it."

Zhao Yan's strength wasn't the strongest, but he had many ways to make things difficult for people.

Zhao Caiyi said, "I can kill him, but killing without evidence makes it difficult to convince the public."

"Managing such a large Zhao family, killing alone cannot solve problems. You must find a legitimate reason, so that everyone can see that Zhao Yan must die."

Zhao Linger didn't understand. She knew Zhao Yan was causing trouble, yet she couldn't kill him. What kind of logic was that?

As the two were conversing, a young man in snow-white clothes slowly walked into the palace.

"Who says killing people can't solve problems?"

"If killing one doesn't work, kill two. If killing two doesn't work, kill three. If it really doesn't work, then kill them all. If you kill them all, won't the problem be solved?"

The voice was calm, even somewhat gentle, but the Killing Intent within it was chilling.

One must know that the people following Zhao Yan, within the clan alone, numbered in the tens of millions, not to mention his many branch descendants scattered everywhere, numbering in the hundreds of millions.

To speak such words so calmly, wasn't it as if a God of Slaughter had descended?

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Thank you for your support, Fellow Daoist. You've helped me earn another month's full attendance.