Shi Xuan looked back at him without any hesitation, their eyes meeting.

Fan Hongde's eyes seemed to blaze with fire, while Shi Xuan's eyes held a gentle smile.

Shi Xuan met Fan Hongde's gaze and said leisurely, "Why are you looking at me? You don't think I'm the reason you've ended up like this, do you?"

Fan Hongde didn't speak, but his fiery gaze gave him a definite answer.

“Sigh,” Shi Xuan sighed dramatically, speaking to Fan Hongde in the manner of an elder instructing a younger generation, “As the saying goes, spoiling a child is like killing a child. Today, Fan Mingzhu is so greedy, so arrogant, so unable to distinguish right from wrong, and so immoral. It’s all because you, as his father, have not taught him well.”

These words made Fan Hongde's eyes almost bleed.

She wasn't finished: "Well, you can't really blame Fan Mingzhu for this. If a child isn't taught properly, it's the father's fault. Her rudeness is all your fault..."

It was already unbearable for Fan Hongde to be mocking his daughter to his face. Now, after saying that, Fan Mingzhu started attacking him, saying extremely embarrassing things. She was practically calling him an ill-mannered old dog.

He was once the leader of a sect, but now he's fallen from grace and is being berated by a mere young girl!

This wasn't a physical attack, but it was a devastating blow to the spirit. How could a former sect leader possibly bear this!

As Shi Xuan finished speaking, he still looked at Fan Hongde with a smile, but Fan Hongde suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood.

These bloodstains, mixed in with his already bloodstained body, didn't seem particularly out of place.

The remnants of the demonic cultivators have been wiped out, leaving only the cultivators of the five sects and the bound Fan Hongde in this demonic abyss.

This operation to exterminate the demonic cultivators was a great success; they accomplished everything they could think of.

One of the biggest contributors to this was Shi Xuan of the Lianfeng Sword Sect.

She entered the Demon Abyss ahead of time, destroyed the barrier, and cooperated with the five sects from within and without, finally allowing the cultivators of the five sects to successfully enter the Demon Abyss.

Moreover, it seems she did something else that caused significant losses to the demonic cultivators. Judging from Fan Mingzhu's behavior, this matter must have been quite serious.

The sect leaders of the other sects once again cast envious, jealous, and hateful glances at Lin Daozi. Why wasn't such a disciple their own?

The first time they encountered Shi Xuan, when he was in the limelight, several sects wished they could go back to the day when Shi Xuan was kicked out of the Divine Cauldron Sect and welcome him into their own sects.

It was at this time of year that Shi Mingxiu and Lin Daozi would stand out with exceptionally high confidence; that's how insightful they were!

"Squeak..."

Just as everyone was cleaning up the mess and heading back, a small golden mouse suddenly appeared out of nowhere and jumped twice on Shi Xuan's feet.

Quan Xing chuckled a few times upon seeing the little mouse and said, "Isn't this the treasure-hunting mouse that can't find treasure? Has it found any treasures since it started following young friend Shi Xuan?"

Shi Xuan cupped his hands in greeting to Quan Xing and replied, "Sect Leader Quan has a good memory. Since this little mouse came to my place, it has eaten quite a lot, but so far it has not found a single treasure."

"Hahahaha!" Quanxing laughed loudly, "I'm really sorry, this little mouse was originally given to my friend as a treasure, but now it just eats and doesn't do any work, hahaha."

Despite saying that, Quanxing didn't seem embarrassed at all and laughed very happily.

Shi Xuan raised his eyebrows, looking at Quan Xing who had finally cheered up a bit, and thought for a moment, then decided not to discourage him.

After they finished packing, they boarded the spirit boat again and returned along the same route.

Shi Xuan returned to his room and went into the Silver Frost with the mouse.

The little golden mouse entered the silver frost and immediately took out an item. The item was completely black, only the size of a fist, and looked like a round black stone.

Shi Xuan ignored the black stone immediately and looked at the little golden mouse.

Quanxing said that although this treasure-hunting rat is called a treasure-hunting rat, it has never found a single treasure.

Shi Xuan originally thought it was a piece of trash.

But today's events show that it has the ability; it can even bring back a demonic root in such a short time, so ordinary treasures are naturally no problem.

But Quanxing claims it has never found any treasure...

Something's not right!

When it jumped onto my feet, it was clearly empty. So where did this demonic root come from?

Therefore, it must have its own space!

And the things it found in the past are probably all kept in its own space!

“Come here,” Shi Xuan coaxed gently, “Little Mouse, come here, let’s have a chat.”

A glint of light flashed in the little golden mouse's bright black eyes, followed by a bewildered look that said, "I don't understand what you're saying."

They've actually started acting!

This little mouse actually put on an act in front of Shi Xuan, who is the best at acting!

Shi Xuan didn't expose it, but just muttered to himself, "What should I do? Some little things eat my food and use my things all day long. If I don't spit something out, I'm afraid I'll have to make soup from them to get my money's worth..."

As he spoke, he glanced at the little golden mouse, his expression one of threat.

The little mouse, being inexperienced in the ways of the world, was immediately frightened by her.

After trembling for a while, a small chain appeared out of nowhere.

The small chain was rusty and didn't look like a high-level treasure at all, but Shi Xuan felt that it was more than that.

As a treasure-hunting mouse with its own storage space, how could it put something so meaningless into its treasure space!

"Senior Hong Chi, do you recognize this item?"

Shi Xuan held the small iron chain in his hand. The chain was lightweight, and its spiritual energy fluctuations were so low that they were imperceptible.

Hong Chi walked over, looked at the small iron chain in Shi Xuan's hand, clicked his tongue twice, and said, "This thing has actually ended up in your hands."

"What is this?" Clearly, Hong Chi should recognize this object.

"Hmph, a magical artifact that seals the power of space, called the Battle Shackles."

Shi Xuan became interested. "Battle shackles? I'd like to hear more about them."

"You'd better put this demonic root away quickly. If you leave it here any longer, it will pollute the whole place."

Shi Xuan quickly found a special space to store the black stone in her hand. She planned to go into seclusion after returning to the sect and absorb all of the demonic root.

Hong Chi nodded in satisfaction when he saw that she had finally put away the smelly stone. "Hmph, to put it simply, this combat shackle is an object that prevents the opponent from using spatial power to escape during combat. As long as you activate it and wear it, even if the opponent can't beat you, they can't escape even if they want to. Of course, conversely, if you want to run away yourself, that won't work either. You can think of it as meaning that both sides are bound to fight to the death."