On a narrow path leading to Juzhou City, Yin Jiao'e, Su Xuejiao, Su Jinyi, and Su Jinyun sat awkwardly in a bumpy carriage.

At this moment, the three siblings of the Su family were covered in a mess, and there were visible signs of being trampled on Su Jinyi's face and hands.

Su Jinyun's crotch was covered in dried bloodstains, and her sitting posture was particularly strange, with one of her buttocks tilted to one side, as if she were afraid of sitting down properly.

As for Su Xuejiao, she was disheveled, her clothes were torn to shreds, and her face and body were covered in bruises, all from being beaten by that group of crazed female cultivators.

Finally, there was Yin Jiao'e, who stared blankly out the window with a dazed expression.

The family of four went from being full of high spirits when they arrived to being in such a sorry state now. No one could have predicted that this trip to Daliang City would end like this.

"Whoa~"

Suddenly, the coachman shouted, and the carriage lurched to a stop by the roadside.

"Why have you stopped?"

Yin Jiao'e lifted the carriage curtain and looked outside.

The next moment, she froze.

The coachman rushed towards a figure with his back turned, bowing and scraping, saying, "Sir, I've brought the person as you instructed. You promised me..."

Before he could finish speaking, a money bag full of spirit crystals was thrown directly into his hand.

At the same time, a cold voice rang in my ears: "Stop being a stable boy, go buy some land and live your own little life."

"Yes, yes, I'll leave right away. I've never seen you before, sir. I don't know anything about you."

The coachman took the money, then happily abandoned Yin Jiao'e and her entourage, and ran away.

Then, the figure slowly turned around.

Shen Zhao's gloomy and cold eyes met Yin Jiao'e's puzzled gaze.

Yin Jiao'e felt a jolt in her heart, and her body trembled involuntarily.

She had never seen such a terrifying look in someone's eyes.

That suppressed and resentful energy seemed to desperately need an outlet.

"Oh, it's you!"

Upon seeing Shen Zhao, Su Jinyun flew into a rage and jumped off the carriage without hesitation, stumbling and lunging towards Shen Zhao.

"You're that brat's lover, aren't you? You ruined my life! I'll make you pay with your life! Die! You and that brat, both of you, die!"

Yin Jiao'e's pupils contracted, and she hurriedly shouted to stop him: "Jinyun, come back!"

But Su Jinyun, consumed by rage and losing his mind, was no longer listening to anything. Now he wanted to tear Shen Zhao to pieces.

But just as he approached Shen Zhao...

Shen Zhao simply placed one hand on his shoulder, and then...

"Ah~~ my hand~~"

A heart-wrenching scream echoed through the air.

Su Jinyun's entire arm was torn off by Shen Zhao.

"Didn't you want to see what I've got? Now you've got your wish!"

Shen Zhao discarded the still wriggling severed limb, grabbed Su Jinyun's chin directly, and then exerted slight force with his five fingers.

Su Jinyun's teeth were all shattered, and her tongue was also shredded into fibers by Shen Zhao's attack.

Kicking aside the unconscious Su Jinyun, Shen Zhao slowly walked towards the carriage.

Seeing her son's miserable end, Yin Jiao'e felt no desire to resist and was completely consumed by intense fear.

"Third brother, you dare hit my third brother? I'll fight you to the death!"

Su Jinyi jumped off the carriage and rushed straight towards Shen Zhao.

A cold glint flashed in Shen Zhao's eyes, and just before he got close, he slowly raised his finger.

"Ah, my eyes~ my eyes~"

Shen Zhao mercilessly plunged two fingers into his eyes, without even glancing at him once, her gaze fixed on Yin Jiao'e.

He even stirred the water in her eye sockets without any expression, causing Su Jinyi to howl in agony.

"Weren't you yelling so fiercely? Weren't you and your brother going to kill Yunying to avenge your precious sister? Come on, yell it again for me to hear."

At this moment, Shen Zhao was completely different from the one he had been during the Southern Region Grand Competition. He released his full aura of malevolence, and the oppressive air around him began to distort.

The next moment, as Su Jinyi regretted being born, his hands, feet, and ears were all crippled by Shen Zhao, and his face was also skinned alive, turning him into a terrifying and grotesque ghost.

Upon seeing this scene, Su Xuejiao, who was inside the carriage, immediately urinated all over the carriage.

Yin Jiao'e was also trembling all over.

In their eyes, Shen Zhao was like a demon unleashed from its cage, freed from all restraints.

That look, that method, made them tremble from the depths of their souls.

Walking up to the carriage, Shen Zhao gave a soft snort, his face expressionless.

"What...what are you going to do?"

Yin Jiao'e asked hesitantly.

Tell me, who is Su Yunying's biological mother?

Her response was an icy voice, devoid of any warmth.

“Yes… yes…”

"truth."

Yin Jiao'e's body trembled, and she also urinated.

The carriage was filled with a pungent, foul stench.

"Yes, she is my sister's daughter."

Where is he/she?

“I really don’t know. That night, she handed Yunying over to me, hoping that I could raise her to adulthood, and then she left. I have never seen her since.”

"name."

“Yin…Yin morning and evening…”

Upon receiving news of Su Yunying's birth mother, Shen Zhao closed his eyes and pondered for a moment.

Why should Yunying be entrusted to your care?

"Because my sister refused the marriage arranged for her by the clan leader... she insisted on eloping with a wandering cultivator... and was therefore expelled from the Fire Phoenix Clan..."

"Who is Father, and where is he?"

"My father's surname was also Su, and his name was Su Luo. Before Yun Ying was born, he was killed by an evil cultivator while saving a group of people..."

Shen Zhao took a deep breath and opened his eyes to look at Yin Jiao'e.

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