"No, you can't kill me! I'm your mother!"

After Liu Yunqing spoke, the room fell silent for a moment before the woman finally screamed in terror.

Although she lacked spiritual roots, she had grown up in the cultivation world and was well aware of the power of cultivators.

When she first saw Liu Yunqing, she was thinking of stalling for time, letting the news out, or hoping that Liu Yunqing still had some feelings for her and that she could escape.

But when she discovered that the communication talisman couldn't be sent out and that she and her son couldn't leave the room, the woman became truly frightened.

Killing someone is something that happens in the blink of an eye.

Especially when cultivators kill mortals.

Seeing that the woman had also lost her composure, the dazed son began to become fierce.

"Liu Yunqing! You bitch—"

"Smack—"

Before the son could finish speaking, he received a stinging slap across the face.

However, neither the mother nor the son could see clearly how Liu Yunqing made his move or even if he made a move at all.

"you--"

"Smack—"

"I--"

"Smack—"

"..."

"Smack—"

"Speak up, why did you stop talking?"

The boy, whose head was swollen like a pig's, was stunned by the beating and finally dared not open his mouth easily. Only then did Liu Yunqing wipe his palms and speak lightly.

After the boy's temper was broken by a few slaps, he trembled in fear when the other person raised his hand, and shook his head like a rattle-drum upon hearing these words.

Liu Yunqing nodded in satisfaction, her gaze shifting maliciously between the mother and son, before she spoke slowly and gently:

"Actually, I don't like killing, and I don't intend to kill anyone today."

Upon hearing this, the mother and son's faces lit up with the joy of survival. They exchanged a glance and were about to kowtow in gratitude.

Before he could even kowtow, Liu Yunqing continued:

"But only one of you can live."

The mother and son, who were halfway through kowtowing, suddenly froze, but their minds quickly grasped Liu Yunqing's thoughts.

She wanted to make the mother and son kill each other!

"You! You demon! You really are a wild jackal from who-knows-where!"

The woman looked up and saw Liu Yunqing's mocking and malicious gaze. She immediately started cursing and lunged at her.

Liu Yunqing slowly stepped aside, letting the woman fall face-first into the mud, not caring what the woman had cursed at, and continued with a smile:

"Do you know what Liu Yunzhao is looking for, the Golden Crow's essence blood? I will give a drop of essence blood to the survivor to greatly increase his cultivation."

When Liu Yunqing said this, she didn't look at anyone, but the woman subconsciously felt that she was inciting her son to kill his mother, and immediately turned to look at her son and said:

"Xu'er, Liu Yunxu, you, you don't listen to this slut's nonsense! She's lying to you! The essence blood of a divine beast is precious, how could she possibly give it to you!"

Liu Yunxu nodded repeatedly, but his eyes couldn't help but drift towards Liu Yunqing.

"Mother, she, she really has the essence of a divine beast?"

The woman realized something, and the hairs on the back of her neck stood on end. She shouted sharply at Liu Yunxu:

"No! It's fake! She's lying! You can't believe her!"

Liu Yunxu licked his lips, glanced at Liu Yunqing, took two steps closer to his mother, and stammered:

"I know, I was just asking."

"Don't even ask her questions! She's just trying to get revenge on us!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yunxu frowned and disagreed:

“Mother, my sister isn’t taking revenge on us, she’s only taking revenge on you. I… I haven’t hurt her. I’ve always stood in front of her to protect her. Yes, that’s it!”

After saying that, Liu Yunxu had a sudden inspiration, as if he had found a way out for himself. He looked at Liu Yunqing with a crazy, gleaming gaze.

Liu Yunqing smiled brightly at him, savoring the woman's despair and fear for a moment, before slowly speaking:

"Oh, I forgot to mention, the Golden Crow's essence blood can do more than just boost cultivation."

"Mother should know that I didn't have any spiritual roots before, but look at me now—"

With a flick of his wrist, Liu Yunqing conjured a fireball in his palm. The unusual heat startled the mother and son, causing them to stagger backward, but their eyes shone brighter than the other's.

Liu Yunqing raised an eyebrow. Her gentle expression, which had been softening since she entered, suddenly turned cold and stern, and her voice became even more icy and crisp as she said:

"If two people are still breathing after the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, then they should both die."

After saying that, he casually placed a rocking chair prepared by his beautiful master and began to slowly drink tea.

The lid of Liu Yunqing's teacup touched the edge of the teacup, making a crisp sound.

One sound after another, like the death knell of the King of Hell.

The woman who had been hysterical and the son who had been probing and struggling were now eerily quiet, their eyes fixed on each other with strange and evasive expressions.

Just as Liu Yunqing was wondering whether this vicious mother and son would treat their real relatives the same way they treated her, her divine sense detected someone approaching the courtyard.

"Liu Yunxu, Liu Yunxu! Yunxu's mother, are you there?"

The person knocked on the door of the courtyard. A surge of joy flashed in the eyes of the two men facing off, and they rushed to the impassable doorway, shouting:

"Help! Help me!"

"I'm here! I'm here! Please help me!"

The two shouted themselves hoarse, but the person knocking on the door seemed not to hear a thing.

The knocking continued for a while, and then the two heard the person outside muttering as they walked away:

"Strange, where could these two have gone?"

"Don't go! Don't go! Help!!!"

The two heard the person outside the door leave with their own ears, and after shouting loudly, they finally lost their strength and slumped down by the door.

Liu Yunqing lowered her eyes and her face was expressionless, making it impossible to tell what she was thinking.

The teacup lid, which had paused for a moment, clicked again and again, followed by Liu Yunqing's indifferent announcement of the time:

"There's only half a cup of tea left. It seems none of you want to live."

Before Liu Yunqing could even finish saying "alive," the woman who had fallen to the ground suddenly grabbed a stool from beside her feet and smashed it against Liu Yunxu.

While smashing, he kept muttering:

"Xu'er, be good, the pain will stop soon."

"Don't worry, your mother will avenge you!"

"I haven't experienced cultivation yet, so I'll leave this life to you, Mother."

"Once Mother has achieved enlightenment, she will seek your next life and provide you with the best resources for cultivation!"

As if trying to convince herself of a mental block, the woman's speed and strength increased, and Liu Yunxu, who had initially resisted, gradually stopped moving.

When the woman came to her senses and saw the situation before her, she couldn't help but hug Liu Yunxu and cry.

He only cried a couple of times before, as if remembering something, he didn't even bother to wipe the blood from his face. He quickly walked up to Liu Yunqing, spread his hands like a wolf, and said:

"Keep your word, give me the divine beast's essence blood!"

Liu Yunqing glanced behind her, then smiled and shook her head.

The woman's face changed drastically, and she immediately began to curse at Liu Yunqing:

"You bastard... uh—"

Halfway through her tirade, the woman suddenly felt a chill in her chest. Looking down, she saw a blood-stained knife tip piercing through her chest from behind.

"Xu...Xu..."

The woman muttered to herself before collapsing to the side, revealing Liu Yunxu behind her, his head covered in blood and his face contorted with malice.

"Sister, the divine beast's essence blood is mine!"