Chapter 173 The Chosen One (Children's Version)

Old Ancestor Teng Huayuan lowered his head with difficulty, looking at the blood hole in his chest, his eyes filled with confusion.

"Wh-why?"

Protector Yan, who was behind him, let out a strange laugh.

"Hehehe, thank you for everything you've done for my Soul Hall during this time."

"Don't worry, I'll have your entire Family reunited soon."

Protector Yan spun the Soul-Capturing Banner in his hand.

Old Ancestor Teng Huayuan's Nascent Soul let out a desperate wail, and together with the souls of all the Teng Family members, it was forcibly sucked into the Soul-Capturing Banner.

Only at this moment did he understand.

It turned out that from beginning to end, he was merely a pawn of the Soul Hall.

A Soul Transformation Stage soul was added to the Soul Banner.

For Protector Yan, this trip was quite fruitful.

He turned to look at Lin Xiao and Ye Qingwan.

Ye Qingwan was trying to call for help from the Holy Land, but found that her voice transmission couldn't get out.

With the help of a Soul Transformation Stage soul, Protector Yan had no fear of Lin Xiao, who had just entered the Soul Transformation Stage.

Seeing that Lin Xiao didn't put him in his eyes at all, Protector Yan immediately became furious.

"A mere Saint from the Pill Holy Land, he just got lucky."

"How dare you disrespect a Protector of my Soul Hall? Today, I shall open your eyes!"

Protector Yan waved the Soul-Capturing Banner, and the Soul Transformation level evil spirit that Old Ancestor Teng Huayuan had turned into detached from the banner's surface, carrying countless dead souls as it bit towards Lin Xiao.

"Noisy!"

A golden lightning bolt suddenly shot out from Lin Xiao's glabella.

It was the Extreme Divine Sense.

Before Protector Yan could react, his Primordial Spirit had already been extracted by Lin Xiao.

The uncontrolled wandering souls immediately scattered towards the town.

The Mortals and Loose Cultivators who witnessed this scene were scared stiff.

A woman, to protect her child, immediately hugged him tightly in her arms.

Just as the wandering soul opened its bloody maw to bite the woman, a huge suction force suddenly came, instantly sucking all the souls into the Soul-Capturing Banner.

Protector Yan never expected that Lin Xiao would actually use the Soul Hall's Soul-Capturing Banner.

He was bound by the golden lightning all over his body, unable to move at all.

"Senior, I was merely jesting!"

"As long as Senior is willing to spare my life, I am willing to immediately switch allegiance to the Primordial Holy Land and tell you all the information I know about the Soul Hall!"

Lin Xiao smiled faintly.

"Why go through so much trouble? Can't I just perform Soul Search?"

Protector Yan's pupils constricted.

Aren't you the leader of the Righteous Path? It's one thing to use the Soul-Capturing Banner, but how can you also use such a sinister Spell as Soul Search!

Before he could voice his complaints, he was already sucked in front of Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao placed his right hand on Protector Yan's crown, frantically searching for useful information in his Sea of Consciousness.

Unfortunately, this Protector Yan seemed to be just an insignificant minor character, and the information he knew was very limited.

After erasing his consciousness, Lin Xiao immediately took him into the banner.

Ye Qingwan was dumbfounded.

How could Senior Brother use demonic cultivation methods so skillfully?

Seeing her surprised expression, Lin Xiao smiled faintly:

"As the saying goes, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated."

"As the leader of the Righteous Path, it's perfectly reasonable for me to learn some demonic cultivation methods to deal with demonic cultivators, isn't it?"

"This banner, in the hands of demonic cultivators, is called the Soul-Capturing Banner; in my hands, it's called the Human Emperor Banner."

At this moment, Lin Xiao was exuding Noble Spirit all over his body, yet in his right hand, he held a soul banner constantly churning with black Qi.

It looked extremely incongruous no matter how one saw it.

Ye Qingwan nodded, seemingly understanding yet not fully.

Lin Xiao, meanwhile, released his Divine Sense, intending to see if there were any survivors from the Teng Family.

After all, if you don't cut the weeds at the roots, they will grow back with the spring breeze.

As a qualified villain, cutting the weeds at the roots is the greatest respect to the opposing Family.

As his Divine Sense swept through, he indeed found a survivor.

"Oh? There really is one?"

Lin Xiao and Ye Qingwan appeared before this Teng Family survivor.

It turned out to be a child less than eight years old.

What surprised Lin Xiao even more was that this person was actually a Son of Luck!

[Ding! Son of Luck detected!]

[Name: Teng Yu]

[Cultivation: None]

[Identity: The illegitimate son of Teng Yi and a brothel woman, recently secretly brought back to the Teng Manor by Teng Yi]

[Short-term Luck: None]

The moment he saw Lin Xiao and Ye Qingwan, a flicker of hatred flashed in Teng Yu's eyes.

And this small movement naturally didn't escape Lin Xiao's eyes.

This child must not be allowed to live!

At this moment, a Xuanhuan novel of several million words had already appeared in Lin Xiao's mind.

If he hadn't interfered, it would most likely have been Ye Bufan massacring the entire Teng Family, but uniquely missing Teng Yu.

In the years to come, Teng Yu would definitely live a life of ignominy, enduring hardships and plotting revenge, vowing to personally kill his enemies to avenge the blood feud.

Then, the two Prodigies would engage in a century-long battle.

Finally, to deal with the Outer Realm Fiends, they would choose to reconcile.

Don't ask, just say it's merely a grudge of Family extermination.

The Teng Manor was now eerily silent, cold winds sweeping through the ruined walls, carrying whiffs of blood.

Teng Yu suppressed his trembling, forced a smile, and deliberately put on an innocent and obedient appearance, attempting to gain their sympathy.

"Hello, older brother and older sister."

Ye Qingwan's jade hand quietly gripped her sword hilt, a hint of struggle flashing in her eyes.

The reason the Teng Family was annihilated was because they failed to completely eradicate their enemies.

If she let this child go today, it was highly likely that history would repeat itself in the future.

Moreover, when she came in just now, she distinctly saw a hint of killing intent in the child's eyes.

Teng Yu had personally witnessed his father being killed by Ye Qingwan, so his heart was naturally filled with monstrous hatred.

He hated Ye Qingwan to the bone, and by extension, also developed a murderous intent towards Lin Xiao, who was beside her.

He was unwilling.

He had grown up struggling in the streets since childhood, enduring countless cold stares.

Now, he had finally found his biological father and returned to his ancestors.

Just as a life of luxury was within reach, who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, his Family would be annihilated?

How could a person be so unlucky? Anyone else would probably break down, right?

Fortunately, he had wandered the streets since he was young, seeing through the fickle ways of the world, and deeply understood the principle that one must bow one's head when under another's roof.

At this moment, he could only bury his hatred deep in his heart.

Ye Qingwan frowned, subconsciously looking at Lin Xiao.

But Lin Xiao's face showed no emotion.

Ye Qingwan was very conflicted in her heart:

"If I kill this child with a single sword, will Senior Brother think I am vicious and heartless?"

"But when the Teng Family annihilated my Ye Family, they didn't spare my Ye Family's women and children either..."

Seeing Ye Qingwan's conflicted expression, Lin Xiao instead squatted in front of Teng Yu and smiled faintly.

He took out a golden longsword and a Spirit Fruit from his Storage Pouch.

"Little brother, older brother has a Spirit Sword and a Spirit Fruit here."

"You can choose one of them, or both, or neither."

Teng Yu swallowed, cold sweat beading on his forehead, secretly muttering to himself:

"Is this person testing me?"

"If I choose neither, will he think I'm unwilling to accept his kindness?"

"If I choose both, will he think I'm too ambitious?"

"Anyway, the longsword definitely can't be chosen."

"In that case, only the option of choosing the Spirit Fruit remains."

Teng Yu secretly rejoiced that his mind was far superior to ordinary people, otherwise he might really have met his end here today.

He cupped his hands to Lin Xiao, then spoke loudly:

"Older brother, I choose the Spirit Fruit."

Gu Xianer