Chapter 306: The Fallen Genius

"A car accident; no matter how you look at it, this matter is very suspicious," Luo Yexi said, frowning.

"Tell me everything you know about her." Although Lingyun's tone was a request, it contained an air that brooked no defiance.

Facing Lingyun in this state, Xiao Xiaoxiao's heart skipped a beat, and she felt a terrifying aura pressing down upon her. But this aura vanished almost instantly, making Xiao Xiaoxiao almost think it was her own illusion.

Under Xiao Xiaoxiao's narration, a dusty past was slowly unveiled before Lingyun.

Xiao Xiaoxiao did indeed have a younger sister, one year her junior, but this sister's fate was truly not very good. When Xiao Xiaoxiao's mother gave birth to her, she was hunted by enemies. To avoid being tracked by them, the mother hid her in an extremely secret place, entrusted her to a friend, and then fled back to the Xiao Family alone.

Upon learning that someone dared to hunt the wife of their Clan Master, the Xiao Family was also furious; they mobilized almost their entire strength to launch an all-out strike against that family. If not for the fact that the other family had connections to another great clan at the time, and paid a huge price to have that clan mediate, that family would likely have been wiped out on the spot.

After resolving this hidden danger, Xiao Xiaoxiao's mother immediately sent people to that secret place to bring her daughter back. But when the Xiao Family's people found the location, they discovered that the entire family had been killed, and the Xiao Family's little Princess had also vanished. This sudden blow left Xiao Xiaoxiao's mother stunned, and it took her several years to recover.

Lingyun nodded slightly. Deep in his memory, some things were slowly converging, and scenes appeared in his mind. They were fragments of him living with a little girl when he was young, but these images were severely fragmented and could not be connected well.

Years passed in a flash. Just as the people of the Xiao Family had almost forgotten that they had a missing young miss, someone suddenly reported to the Xiao Family Clan Master that a girl who looked very much like Xiao Xiaoxiao had been found in an orphanage. After a series of investigations, the Xiao Family finally confirmed that the girl was indeed the missing young miss of the Xiao Family. After some maneuvering, the Xiao Family brought the girl back to the Xiao Family, without changing the name she had at the orphanage: Youruo.

After Youruo returned to the Xiao Family, the people of the Xiao Family were pleasantly surprised to find that Youruo was a genius. No matter what it was, Youruo could learn it in a very short time and use it flexibly. In terms of cultivation, Youruo possessed unparalleled ability, and her strength grew by leaps and bounds. At the time, Youruo was called the person most likely to lead the Xiao Family toward glory in the future.

However, heaven has unpredictable winds and clouds. During an outing, Youruo encountered an inexplicable car accident. Everyone accompanying her died, and not even Youruo was spared. Naturally, a car accident could not deceive the Xiao Family. The Xiao Family soon found out the mastermind; the perpetrators were the family that had previously hunted Xiao Xiaoxiao's mother. This time, the Xiao Family was truly enraged, and the family used almost their full strength to completely bury that family in history.

After listening to Xiao Xiaoxiao's account, a glimmer flashed in Lingyun's eyes: "After hearing your story, I always feel that something is missing."

"That's right, things were not that simple. At the time, I secretly went to see my sister's remains. She had almost turned into a dried corpse, as if the blood in her body had been drained away. In her hand, she was still clutching a small piece of iron." When Xiao Xiaoxiao said this, her eyes turned red, and her teeth gnashed with a creaking sound. "All these years, my family has been investigating in secret, but we have never found any useful evidence."

"Boom—"

As soon as Xiao Xiaoxiao's words fell, an extremely tyrannical killing intent exploded directly from Lingyun, instantly turning the water cup in his hand into powder. Xiao Xiaoxiao felt as if her body had been struck by an invisible giant hammer; she spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot and flew sideways. Falling heavily to the ground, Xiao Xiaoxiao's face turned deathly pale in an instant, her eyes filled with fear; Lingyun's massive killing intent had almost completely destroyed her spirit and energy.

Even Luo Yexi, who was on the side, had a slight change in expression. The Nine Yang Power rose up, and at the same time, she retreated several steps to offset the impact of Lingyun's killing intent.

Just as Lingyun erupted with killing intent, three other figures appeared in the living room almost simultaneously. When they saw Lingyun with his murderous look and Xiao Xiaoxiao vomiting blood on the ground, the three of them erupted with their own killing intent, pressing down toward Xiao Xiaoxiao's direction in unison.

Seeing this scene, Lingyun frowned slightly. The invisible killing intent instantly gathered around Xiao Xiaoxiao, turning into a small Shield, skillfully deflecting the killing intent of the three. If he did not do this, the killing intent of Esdeath and the others would definitely leave a permanent Nightmare for Xiao Xiaoxiao in this state.

"Lingyun, what is the situation?" Seeing that Lingyun was actually helping Xiao Xiaoxiao dissipate the killing intent, Esdeath asked with a frown.

"It's nothing. I'm going out for a moment. Ye Xi, take care of Xiao Xiaoxiao, and explain the matter to Esdeath and the others." Lingyun tossed a jade bottle to Luo Yexi, then transformed into a Phantom and disappeared from the spot.

Seeing Lingyun leave, Luo Yexi sighed softly, then stepped forward to help the fallen Xiao Xiaoxiao up, feeding the Pill from the jade bottle into Xiao Xiaoxiao's mouth.

As soon as the Pill entered her mouth, Xiao Xiaoxiao felt a chill rise from her heart, which instantly calmed her trembling soul.

"Ye Xi, your master is so terrifying." Xiao Xiaoxiao clutched Luo Yexi's clothes with lingering fear.

"Don't worry, Master was just angry for a moment upon hearing that his old friend had been murdered. In daily life, he is actually very easy to get along with," Luo Yexi comforted her.

"By the way, take this. Can you give it to Lingyun?" Xiao Xiaoxiao took off an Amulet hanging from her chest and took out a piece of iron from it to hand to Luo Yexi.

"This is?" Luo Yexi looked at the piece of iron in her hand with some curiosity.

"This is the piece of iron that my sister was clutching at the time. Lingyun is so capable, perhaps he can find some clues based on this iron piece," Xiao Xiaoxiao said.

Luo Yexi put away the iron piece and nodded slightly.

"If there is any useful information, please be sure to notify me. Our Xiao Family will definitely provide you with all the help we can at the first opportunity," Xiao Xiaoxiao said.

"Rest assured, with Master taking action, that true mastermind will definitely not be able to hide for long," Luo Yexi said, gripping the iron piece in her hand and looking at Xiao Xiaoxiao with a solemn expression.