After the truth was revealed, the entire Lingxiao Realm was in uproar. The missing female disciples from various sects had been used as cauldrons by the Hehuan Sect, with some perishing and others having their cultivation completely destroyed.
The various factions besieged the Hehuan Sect in revenge for their own disciples, which led to the extinction of the Hehuan Sect.
Xiaoyu remembered that at that time, Hehuan Patriarch said dejectedly: "Human hearts are the most greedy in the world."
Xiaoyu didn't understand at the time.
However, after hundreds of thousands of years of observation, Xiaoyu finally understood that human heart is really the most unpredictable thing in the world.
He Jingjing tried every possible means to get Wen Ziqing, even going so far as to drug Wen Ziqing.
The two elixirs Wen Ziqing had consumed were clearly prepared by the Hehuan Sect for those monks who had resisted the furnace cauldron. A monk who consumed the "Thousand Day Drunk" and "Awakening Pills" would become disoriented and completely devoted to the first person they saw, demanding whatever they wanted.
It seems that even though the Hehuan Sect was destroyed, its practice of using furnaces and cauldrons for cultivation persisted. This is human nature. Under the guise of eradicating "evil ways," the techniques of this "evil way" that should have been destroyed were secretly preserved. As long as human greed persists, the practice of using cultivators as furnaces will not cease.
This is exactly what Zhou Yuanyuan is annoyed about.
The elixirs had come from He Jingjing's hands. He Jingjing was a cultivator from the Yushan Sect. Doesn't this mean that such "evil cultivators" exist within the Yushan Sect? Will the issue of the furnace and cauldron cause a bloody storm in the world of cultivation? Is there an antidote for the two elixirs Wen Ziqing consumed?
These questions made Zhou Yuanyuan worried.
After returning to the Zhou family's old house, Zhou Yuanyuan told General Zhou about Wen Ziqing.
How could such a talented young man be turned into a fool by a few pills? General Zhou couldn't bear to look at Wen Ziqing, who only knew how to smile foolishly at Zhou Yuanyuan.
Given Wen Ziqing's current condition, he cannot go to work in the Northern Military Region until he recovers to normal.
But Wen Ziqing's assignment had been finalized years ago, and the elite soldiers drawn from various military regions for training had already arrived. But Wen Ziqing, the chief instructor, had disappeared. Such matters always needed to be resolved in a proper way.
General Zhou had no choice but to send his own guard captain, Ouyang Xin, to replace Wen Ziqing for a while. After all, Ouyang Xin had studied with Wen Ziqing for ten days, so he was fully capable of handling the preliminary work of the special training team.
As for General Zhou's safety, there will definitely be no problem with Zhou Yuanyuan around.
To be on the safe side, Zhou Yuanyuan set up a defensive formation around the Zhou family compound as soon as Ouyang Xin left that afternoon. Without General Zhou's authorization, no one could get within three feet of the Zhou residence. The defensive formation protected the Zhou family like an iron barrel. Even so, Zhou Yuanyuan still felt uneasy and gave General Zhou a "Vajra Jade Talisman" made by Xiaoyu, just in case.
Because Wen Ziqing had been staying in the Chaos Pearl's trial space for a long time, which would consume a lot of the Chaos Pearl's energy, Zhou Yuanyuan released Wen Ziqing from the trial space after careful consideration.
Zhou Yuanyuan arranged Wen Ziqing to live next to her room. Of course, Zhou Yuanyuan was afraid that Wen Ziqing would do something stupid when he was awake, so she pressed Wen Ziqing's sleeping point, making Wen Ziqing temporarily become a "Sleeping Beauty", waiting to be rescued by Zhou Yuanyuan, the "Prince".
General Zhou and his family had just finished dinner when Wu Xiuping, the director of the Yunyun Garment Factory, called Zhao Yunxiang and told her that the security guard had caught a thief climbing over the wall at the factory. The thief claimed to be a relative of Zhao Yunxiang. Wu Xiuping asked Zhao Yunxiang to come back to the factory if she had time.
Zhou Zhixin had work to do in the evening, so Zhou Yuanyuan volunteered to accompany Zhao Yunxiang.
Before Zhou Yuanyuan left, she left Chaos Pearl behind to look after the house. Although Chaos Pearl wanted to go with Zhou Yuanyuan to see the "excitement", it did not dare to disobey Zhou Yuanyuan's order and had to run to the roof in a daze.
The person who brought Zhou Yuanyuan and Zhao Yunxiang here was General Zhou's driver Xiao Zhang. After arriving at the Yunyun Garment Factory, the security guard opened the door and let them in only after he saw Zhao Yunxiang reveal her face through the car window.
When Zhao Yunxiang and Zhou Yuanyuan got out of the car, Wu Xiuping was already waiting at the door of the guard room.
"Mr. Zhao, of the two people who climbed over the wall tonight, one escaped and the other was caught." When Wu Xiuping saw Zhao Yunxiang, she quickly told her what had happened.
Tonight, just as it got dark, two men climbed over the wall and entered the Yunyun Garment Factory.
Because Gutiezhu and his men had visited the factory years ago, patrols had been stepped up recently. The two men were spotted by the patrol just as they jumped off the wall.
A taller man, realizing the situation was bad, scaled the wall and fled. The shorter man, caught by the patrol, didn't have time to flee and was caught red-handed. After catching the shorter man, the patrol ran out to chase the taller man, but he was already gone.
The security guard was about to call the police when the thief yelled at the security guard to let him go immediately. He said he was Zhao Yunxiang's nephew and had come to the factory to look for Zhao Yunxiang, not to steal anything.
The security guard was not sure whether what the man said was true or false, so he had to report the matter to the factory manager Wu Xiuping and let Wu Xiuping decide whether to call the police.
Wu Xiuping then called Zhao Yunxiang and asked her to come over to take a look. Otherwise, Wu Xiuping was afraid that Zhao Yunxiang would be criticized for sending her relative to the police station as a "thief."
When Zhao Yunxiang and Zhou Yuanyuan stepped into the guard room, they saw Zhou Jiaxing tied up and thrown to the ground.
"Aunt San, it's me! Jiaxing, I'm here to find you. Please let someone release me." Zhou Jiaxing was delighted when he saw Zhao Yunxiang.
Zhou Jiaxing remembered Zhao Yunxiang as the kindest person. Back in Zhoujia Village, Wu Jinfeng had always picked on Zhao Yunxiang, but Zhao Yunxiang had always been very kind to Zhou Jiaxing and his siblings, always sharing any delicious food with them.
"Zhou Jiaxing, tell me first, why did you climb over the wall instead of entering through the main gate when you were looking for someone?" Zhou Yuanyuan asked unhappily before Zhao Yunxiang could say anything.
Zhou Yuanyuan was a bit angry. She had seen shameless people before, but she had never seen anyone as shameless as Zhou Jiaxing. Their family had long since severed ties with Zhou Chunping's family, yet Zhou Jiaxing kept calling her "Third Aunt," which made Zhou Yuanyuan almost vomit. If there weren't so many people around, Zhou Yuanyuan would have wanted to pin Zhou Jiaxing to death with one finger, so that he wouldn't have the chance to run around and show off in front of Zhao Yunxiang again.
"Oh~! Is this our sister Yuanyuan? Girls change a lot when they grow up! She's so pretty." Zhou Jiaxing's eyes lit up when he saw Zhou Yuanyuan. What a beauty! His third aunt was already beautiful enough, but he didn't expect that cousin Yuanyuan was even more beautiful than his third aunt.
"Don't try to claim we're relatives. We don't know you well." Zhou Yuanyuan said with her arms crossed over her chest, looking down at Zhou Jiaxing.
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