Chapter 15

"Miss, you mustn't!" The guard was terrified and wanted to stop her, but it was already too late.

Lin Ruzhen's sudden intrusion threw the entire array into chaos, and the power of restraint was instantly reduced.

Lin Rufeng took this opportunity to shake violently, sending several guards flying.

Lin Ruzhen was stunned by the sudden turn of events and stood there blankly, shouting: "Brother, you..."

"Click, click, click." Lin Rufeng's head turned stiffly, his scarlet eyes turning into vertical pupils, like a snake, and a hoarse voice rolled out of his throat: "Thank you, my good sister..."

Behind her was Zhou Shi's anxious shout: "Zhen'er, run, he is no longer your brother, run!"

Lin Ruzhen finally reacted, turned around, and stumbled toward where Zhou Shi was, crying: "Mother, save me, wuwu..."

Zhou Shi had been standing on the pavilion, constantly monitoring her son's state, while the entrance to the pavilion was being held shut by several nannies.

It was relatively safe here for the time being.

But when Zhou Shi saw her beloved adopted daughter being chased by the evil spirit, she was anxious and, ignoring the dissuasion of those around her, ran downstairs, shouting: "Open the door, let the Miss in quickly!"

A nanny said: "We can't, Madam, the young master is too close; if we open the door, the young master will get in."

At this moment, Lin Ruzhen had already run to the bottom of the pavilion, desperately knocking on the door and shouting: "Mother, open the door! Brother is catching up, wuwu, I'm so scared!"

"Get out of the way!" Zhou Shi scolded the nannies, "What use are you good-for-nothings if you can't save the Miss?"

She angrily pushed the nannies aside and opened the door herself.

"Zhen'er, don't be afraid, Mother is here."

There were gusts of cold wind behind Lin Ruzhen, and she could feel the evil spirit's hand reaching for the back of her neck.

At the moment of life and death, her good mother finally opened the door for her.

In that instant, a strong desire to survive made her make the most instinctive reaction—

She squeezed into the door with lightning speed, and when Zhou Shi reached out to pull her, she pushed Zhou Shi out instead and quickly closed the door.

There was silence inside, and the nannies all stared at her blankly.

Lin Ruzhen burst into tears instantly: "I was just too scared, I... I didn't want to... They are biological mother and son; brother definitely won't hurt Mother."

But the next moment, through the crack in the door, she clearly saw the completely crazed Lin Rufeng grab Zhou Shi's hair and drag her away by force.

Zhou Shi was still screaming, still shouting: "Zhen'er, Zhen'er..."

The daughter she had raised with her own hands, even after discovering she had been swapped and was not her biological child, she still loved her dearly, yet she had pushed her out with her own hands...

Lin Rufeng dragged her over with great force, pounced on her, and tore at her flesh like a beast.

"Ah!" Zhou Shi's scream echoed over the entire Hou Mansion.

Just at this critical moment, a clear and ethereal voice broke through the night sky and entered their ears:

"Humans and demons walk different paths, and there are boundaries between Yin and Yang. Do not disturb the living, you may state your grievances. You wicked beast, will you not stop?"

The fangs near her throat moved away, and the monster seemed to be intimidated by something, dropped Zhou Shi, and slowly stood up.

Zhou Shi escaped death and looked toward the sound, only to see a slender and beautiful figure walking through the blood and filth, draped in moonlight.

That face was clearly the one she was familiar with, but the cold eyes and indifferent demeanor seemed somewhat strange.

In an instant, Zhou Shi's face was covered in tears.

That was her own biological daughter, who had been brought back to the Hou Mansion for two years without ever being able to get along well. The daughter she had deliberately distanced herself from to accommodate her adopted daughter had appeared just in time when her life was hanging by a thread.

At this time, Dongfang Yan also rushed in, scanned the surroundings, and only felt relieved when he didn't see Lin Ruzhen.

Xie Shouzheng saw the seriously injured guards on the ground at a glance and felt heartbroken:

"How are you all? Can you still get up? Haven't you practiced the Lock Demon Array many times? How could you be hurt like this?"

These were all his elite subordinates...

Now it's a mess; one has a broken back, two have broken legs, and three are hanging in the trees unable to get down.

The Xuanjing Division was already short-handed, and now there was no one left!

He didn't have time to feel heartbroken for too long, took out his blood-thorn whip, and approached Lin Qingyue vigilantly: "This thing is very strange. It was clearly a ghost causing trouble before, but why is it full of demon Qi now?"

Demons, like humans, are divided into good and evil.

When evil demons cause trouble, the Xuanjing Division is naturally duty-bound.

A hoarse voice rolled out from Lin Rufeng's throat: "Why meddle in other people's business?"

Those blood-red vertical pupils were sizing up Lin Qingyue, seemingly wanting to see through her background.

She was clearly just a mortal, but for some reason, she carried a powerful deterrent force.

Just now, it was her aura that had intimidated it, causing it to temporarily let Zhou Shi go.

Lin Qingyue said: "I only call it meddling if I don't want to deal with it. I'll give you a chance to state your grievances; if you speak them out, Lord Xie can make a decision for you."

Xie Shouzheng hurriedly stepped out and said: "Yes, yes, let's talk things over, there's no need for killing!"

At this time, Lin Xiao, who had gone to fetch reinforcements, returned with hundreds of soldiers from the City Guard Battalion.

Seeing that Dongfang Yan had also arrived, he warned him very nervously: "Your Highness, be careful, please do not get hurt!"

The soldiers of the City Guard Battalion drew their weapons one after another and surrounded Lin Rufeng.

Lin Xiao said: "No matter what you are, get out of my son's body immediately, otherwise I will make sure you die a miserable death today!"

"Lin Rufeng" let out several ferocious laughs: "Is this what you call talking things over? Everyone says demons and evil spirits are terrifying! But you humans are cunning, vicious, bully the weak, and kill each other! You are the ones who deserve to die, you all deserve to die!"

At the end of his words, he was dominated by resentment, and his palm swept out a gust of wind, instantly overturning a dozen guards.

The other guards hurriedly waved their swords to resist, but the disparity in strength between human and demon was truly terrifying, and coupled with Lin Rufeng's noble status, they had reservations, and soon fell into a disadvantage.

Xie Shouzheng flicked his whip and joined in, slowly restraining his power.

As for the subordinates of the Xuanjing Division hanging in the trees, they finally climbed down and joined the camp.

Lin Qingyue saw that it was about time and shouted: "Ordinary guards, retreat, you are no match for him."

At the same time, she bit her finger and drew a "Heavenly Net Talisman" with her own blood, then chanted: "Heavenly Net, lock the demon and suppress the evil, go!"

The talisman paper flew to the top of "Lin Rufeng" with a "whoosh," instantly transforming into countless glowing blood nets, falling from the sky.

"Brothers, retreat!"

Xie Shouzheng and those guards cooperated well; while Lin Qingyue was drawing the talisman, they restrained "Lin Rufeng," and when the Heavenly Net fell, they dodged away at the first opportunity.

The red blood threads, strand by strand, tightly bound "Lin Rufeng."

Dongfang Yan watched from the side, shocked again: "You actually have the ability to subdue demons and monsters?"