Li Hong used many pills before Li Feier regained consciousness.

Before being poisoned, Li Feier had used a Xuan-level magic treasure to barely protect herself, thus preserving a sliver of hope. What happened after that remains a mystery. Now, as soon as she opened her eyes, she saw her beloved father, and tears streamed down her face, filled with unbearable sorrow.

"Father, you must do justice for me! I almost didn't make it back, and I almost never saw you again."

Li Hong's face was extremely ugly. He had only thought that Fei'er was strong-willed and a little spoiled, but he never expected that he had spoiled his daughter so much that not only would he die a miserable death, but he would also implicate the entire family.

"Fei'er, tell your father what happened today. You must not hide a single word, or you will no longer be my daughter."

Li Feier stared blankly at Li Hong. From childhood to adulthood, Li Hong had always doted on her, fulfilling her every wish. Why was her father's expression so unpleasant and his tone so stern today?

"Father, don't you want your daughter anymore?" Li Feier cried so hard she almost picked up her hat.

Li Hong was also filled with grief. For the sake of the family, Fei'er had no choice but to die. After so many years together, he was overwhelmed with sorrow.

"You need to tell me exactly what happened today, understand?"

"Father, you must avenge me!" A hint of resentment flashed in Li Feier's eyes, which was noticed by Li Hong and Gu Hua.

Li Hong sighed deeply, thinking that he might as well consider this daughter as a result of having been raised for nothing!

"I saw some high-grade medicinal herbs at Wanbao Pavilion that I wanted to buy as a gift for my father. But I was severely humiliated by three men in black robes and ended up getting involved with Fei'er's guards instead. I was furious and wanted to teach them a lesson and get the herbs back. After they finished exchanging the herbs, the three of them came out, and we followed them. One of them was a very powerful Nascent Soul cultivator with a very powerful sword. Grandpa Wen couldn't defeat him. The other Golden Core cultivators were also very powerful. I don't know what happened after that."

"Didn't you hire anyone else? I heard you brought five Nascent Soul cultivators with you."

Li Feier rolled her eyes: "Those are Nascent Soul Venerables, not Foundation Establishment cultivators like those roadside stalls. What do I have to offer them to help me?"

"Then why would they make a move? This is definitely not a peaceful resolution." Li Hong now wished he had Li Fei'er with him. This fool was clearly being used, and probably thought she had gotten a great deal.

"We were on our way when we were stopped by two late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators who offered to help us. I couldn't refuse; even if Grandpa Wen, Grandpa Wu, and Grandpa Yu joined forces, they couldn't defeat them. My target was that little bitch, and so was theirs. I figured that more people meant more strength, especially since they were Nascent Soul Venerables, so I agreed."

"You don't recognize them?"

Li Feier shook her head.

"Fool, aren't you afraid they'll kill those three people and then kill you to silence you? Like the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. Utterly foolish."

"Elder Gu, what do you think?"

Gu Hua's solemn face remained expressionless: "The young valley master has summoned us; let's wait and see!"

"I beg Elder Gu to show mercy. Fei'er is young and impetuous, and was momentarily blinded by evil spirits and manipulated. It is my fault for not disciplining her properly, which almost caused the death of the young valley master and the young palace master. I will definitely make compensation. I hope you will spare the lives of my Li family. They are all innocent." Li Hong couldn't help but feel grief. Who would have thought that such a calamity would befall them, and that it would be against a powerful enemy they were completely powerless to resist?

"The Medicine King and the Palace Master are already aware of this matter, so I have no right to make a decision," Gu Hua said truthfully.

Li Hong felt a chill in his heart. Was his Li family destined to be destroyed in his hands?

"Father, what happened? What Medicine King and Palace Master?" After listening to Li Hong and Gu Hua's conversation, Li Fei'er realized that the situation was completely out of place.

Why did her once proud father suddenly age so much, his expression filled with despair?

"Fei'er, do you know that the people you intercepted were Young Master Yingxun, Young Palace Master Yexiruo, and Prince Zishu?"

Li Feier collapsed to the ground, her face deathly pale. How could this be?

"Daddy, I didn't mean to. They were rude, and I was just angry. I only wanted to take back the medicinal herbs and humiliate them, not kill them to silence them. I really didn't know who they were, I really didn't." Li Feier knelt on the ground, her expression sorrowful.

“As an alchemist, one should be compassionate and help all living beings. You are ruthless and narrow-minded. You are not worthy of being an alchemist.” Li Hong directly destroyed Li Feier’s Qi Sea.

"Father, you..." Li Feier coughed up a mouthful of blood, her body slumped, and she lost consciousness.

"From this moment forward, Li Feier is no longer a member of the Li family and is at the mercy of Medicine King Valley."

Gu Hua nodded, but did not speak.

"Elder Gu, Patriarch Li." Ying Xun and Zi Shu, dressed in Black and White Impermanence costumes, made their appearance on stage.

"Greetings, Young Valley Master; greetings, Your Highness Zishu."

"Junior Sister is frightened, so she won't come over."

Gu Hua transmitted the audio and video of Li Feier's words to Ying Xun.

"This is only Ms. Li's side of the story. The truth still needs to be investigated. The murderer must not be tolerated."

"My master told me before he left that my junior sister must not lose a single hair, and I will absolutely not let the murderer get away with this." Zishu's gentle and refined face suddenly showed a hint of murderous intent.

Li Hong's heart sank; it seemed this matter wouldn't end so easily.

Zishu fed Li Feier a pill and activated its effects. Soon, Li Feier slowly opened her eyes. The light in her slender eyes had disappeared, leaving only despair.

"Father, you don't want me anymore. Aren't you the one who loves Fei'er the most?" Hurt by her closest relative, Li Fei'er was on the verge of madness.

"If you don't want to be skinned alive and have your soul stolen, you should think carefully about what exactly happened." Zishu's voice was gentle, but Li Feier was terrified.

"Do you know there's a kind of pill called the Soul Pill, which is made by extracting the soul of a living person? Do you know there's another way to make pills called 'living refinement', where the person, bones and all, are refined into pills while still alive, their soul scattered and there's no afterlife?"

Li Feier screamed, clearly terrified by Zishu.

Unfortunately, what I like most is the Soul Pill.

“I swear to the heavens that everything I have said is true, without a single falsehood. If you had revealed your identities earlier, would I have been so eager to die? Since you concealed your identities, couldn’t you have been more discreet? Now that things have come to this, don’t you bear any responsibility? I don’t care if I die or perish, please spare the Li family.”