"You little snake catcher, how dare you act recklessly in the Pei Mansion? Aren't you afraid of death?"

Pei Jing was furious. He rose from the mud and shouted, his vital energy surging behind him, four great realms appearing and distorting the sky. His vital energy was overwhelming, even surpassing Xu Ying.

"Pei Jing, hold on." The other three young masters also leaped out of the water and surrounded Xu Ying. One of them, dressed in purple, shook his vital energy and shook off the mud on his body, saying, "He is valuable and cannot be killed. Don't forget, we came here to obtain the elixir of immortality."

Another young master in red said, "That's right, if we kill him, there will be no elixir of immortality."

Xu Ying raised an eyebrow, feeling an inexplicable anger in his heart.

Elixir of immortality? These people think of themselves as some kind of divine medicine that can grant immortality.

"A-Ying, these people want you to play with snakes, but in reality, they want to force you to take action so they have a reason to attack you and turn you into the elixir of immortality."

Da Zhong's voice was solemn as he said, "So, it's possible that you are the one who cannot die. Who spread the news? Could it be that old man Pei Du? He's two-faced, saying one thing and doing another."

Xu Ying's heart trembled. If it really was Pei Du, then it would be troublesome.

This is the Pei Mansion. If Pei Du decides to keep him here, even the skin and bones of the Pei family's immortal dolls from their ancestors would be mobilized.

This power, this foundation, even if Da Zhong was at his peak state, it would be difficult for him to escape alive. Could it be that Pei Du is truly two-faced, saying on the surface that he wants to help Xu Ying hide his secret, but secretly spreading the news that Xu Ying is an immortal?

Perhaps his goal is to keep Xu Ying in the Pei Mansion and refine him into the elixir of immortality. With Xu Ying as the elixir of immortality, he can control other noble families and make them obey him.

"A-Ying, don't worry. I will avenge you."

Da Zhong said solemnly, "After I break through the encirclement, I will find a talented young man and become his personal mentor, cultivating him into a powerful expert. Then, we will storm the Pei Mansion. Even if you are in the underworld, you can rest in peace."

Xu Ying snorted and muttered, "From Pei Du's performance, it seems that he has great ambitions and despises such petty acts."

Ji Qi shrank his body and landed back on Xu Ying's shoulder, saying, "You know people's faces but not their hearts, A-Ying. Can eating your flesh really grant immortality? Next time you cut your nails, don't throw away the nail clippings. I'll boil them into a jelly and taste it. By the way, does eating your hair have the same effect?"

Da Zhong sneered, "Look at your lack of ambition, A-Ying. Opening the secret treasure of the mud pill, activating the vitality of the body, even if he cuts off a piece of flesh for you to taste, he can still grow it back."

Ji Qi's eyes lit up, and he said happily, "How can I accept that?"

But from the looks of it, he was very willing. As long as Xu Ying nodded, he would immediately bite Xu Ying and taste the flavor.

The young man in purple looked at Xu Ying and said lightly, "My surname is Li, and I come from the palace."

Xu Ying couldn't help but show respect. "Are you a eunuch? Did Chen Gonggong castrate you?"

The purple-clad young master became furious, and a round and jade-like young master next to him sneered, "Ignorant fool, this is Prince Li Zhao Lou from the palace. You should bow down."

Xu Ying shook his head and said, "You have your salary and your benefits, and we have our sweat and blood. Heaven is easy to deceive, but the people are not easy to oppress. Even if your father doesn't bow down, why should I bow down to you?"

Li Qi immediately corrected, "A-Ying, it's the people who are easy to oppress, and heaven is not easy to deceive. But you're right, these guys oppress the people without being punished by heaven. They only know how to force the people, but when the people rebel, they will be killed."

"Two rebels!" The young masters couldn't help but become furious.

Pei Jing stepped forward and sneered, "Even if heaven sends calamity, you commoners sacrifice to heaven every year. How much do you sacrifice compared to our noble families? Even if it's the heavens, they have to eat ours, take ours, and use ours. How dare they send calamity to us?"

He reached out to grab Xu Ying, excitedly saying, "My uncle wants me to bring people to the hidden book cave to find records about the immortal. I left a back-up plan. You are indeed an immortal. I will capture you and refine you into the elixir of immortality. The elders of the clan will be delighted to offer you to the emperor. My Pei family will have achieved an extraordinary feat."

Xu Ying waved his hand, and darkness immediately enveloped the surroundings. Countless stars twinkled in the darkness, and the starry sky moved with his palm force.

The fourth move of the Falling Jade Verse, Starry Sky Opening. Pei Jing was in the darkness, even though there was light just a few acres away, he couldn't see anything. He was shocked in his heart, "The Guo family's puppetry technique."

Xu Ying's palm force attacked, and Pei Jing's cultivation reached its peak as he met the attack. He sneered, "In terms of cultivation, no one can match my Pei family."

At the moment of collision between their palm forces, Xu Ying's vital energy suddenly reversed, turning the night into day. The blue sky was like an inverted mirror, incredibly profound, and it dissipated the opponent's almost invincible power.

The third move of the Falling Jade Verse, Body Like a Mirror. The essence of this move lies in the body being as vast as the sky, able to contain everything and break through the enemy's powerful attacks.

Pei Jing suddenly felt that his boundless power was hitting empty space, as if he had punched himself. His chest shook violently, and his blood surged.

Xu Ying's body, like a mirror, transformed into nine wild rings. A green wilderness spread in all directions under his feet, and a clear blue sky hung above his head, like an inverted dome.

His right hand changed nine times, consecutively imprinting nine palm seals on Pei Jing's chest. With one mistake from Pei Jing, he was struck by Xu Ying's palm nine times in a row, causing his chest ribs to sink and pierce into his internal organs.

Pei Jing spat out blood and flew backward, hitting the wall on the other side of the lake. His head was embedded in the wall, with only his legs sticking out, twitching from time to time.Suddenly, Xu Ying sensed that there were other people nearby. He quickly looked over and saw several ancient-looking old men walking towards him from different directions. His heart skipped a beat, knowing that the elders of the Pei family had personally taken action. He feared that he would be betrayed by Pei Du and would not be able to escape this calamity. His anger surged, "I'm going to kill someone."

He had been holding back earlier, not killing anyone, but now he couldn't suppress the killing intent in his heart.

When Li Zhaolou heard this, he felt a tremor throughout his body, and his scales stood on end. He didn't know if it was Xu Ying's ancient bloodline that had been awakened or his own bloodline, but he also felt the urge to kill, wanting to release a powerful surge of energy and kill someone.

Li Zhaolou and the others made their moves. Li Zhaolou, from the Li family, cultivated the secret treasure of the Li family, the Jade Capital. When he made his move, true dragon energy surged, and a true dragon descended from the sky, exuding a majestic aura.

The other two were from the Pei family, and their abilities surpassed Pei Jing.

However, just as they were about to make their move, a giant serpent with a body hundreds of feet long directly shattered the true dragon. Sword energy swirled around its body like snowflakes, shattering their puppetry techniques and supernatural powers.

The three of them retreated one after another. One of the Pei family members raised his hands, and the entire lake surface was lifted up by his powerful energy, causing Qi Qi to fall into the water. Both the sword energy and the giant serpent's massive body were difficult to deal with.

Li Zhaolou managed to catch his breath and immediately stirred up the true dragon energy, shouting, "Can you, a strange serpent, withstand a true dragon? Submit before the true dragon!"

A green true dragon descended from the sky, its body thick and not inferior to Qi Qi.

The other Pei family member exclaimed excitedly, "Capture him, and His Majesty will become an immortal emperor, the kingdom will be eternal, and my Pei family will also become an eternal noble family."

Xu Ying made a hand seal, and the clear sky trembled. Thunder rumbled in the clouds, and in an instant, a cloud of calamity several acres in size formed, containing immense power, blasting the green dragon apart.

The flesh, bones, and tendons of the true dragon burst apart, and Li Zhaolou spat out a mouthful of blood. Xu Ying's hand seal landed on his heavenly spirit, and his head sank into his chest with a dull thud.

"Use me as an elixir of immortality."

When Xu Ying saw another person attacking with supernatural powers, he didn't dodge or avoid it. Sword energy revolved around his body, he rose on his sword, and charged towards the person's supernatural powers, sneering, "You can talk about it after you survive."

Only the sound of sword energy tearing through the air could be heard continuously, and the person, along with their supernatural powers, was torn apart by Xu Ying's sword energy.

Finally, the round and jade-like Pei family member did his best, retreating dozens of steps, blocking Xu Ying's sword energy all over his body. Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, the hundred-foot-long serpent swept its tail over, and the tip of its tail struck him, causing thunderous explosions. He was smashed into a bloody mess and stuck to the wall on the other side of the lake. It was clear that he wouldn't survive.

Qi Qi's figure rapidly shrank, circling around Xu Ying's shoulder, nervously staring at an ancient Pei family elder approaching from all directions.

Those Pei family elders had solemn expressions, but their gazes were flickering, showing extreme excitement. Even though Xu Ying had killed someone in front of them, they did not intervene.

"The elixir of immortality..."

One of the Pei family elders swallowed hard, his gaze fixed on Xu Ying.

Xu Ying took a deep breath and whispered, "Lord Zhong, if there is a chance, take Qi Qi and leave. Don't seek revenge for me from other young men. Cultivate Qi Qi and cleanse the Pei family for me in the future."

Da Zhong lazily said, "The Pei family can't trap me. Even if I take the stinky snake out, it's just a few more months of being injured. I can handle it. It hides great power and is ready to suddenly rise and kill."

Just then, a majestic voice rang out, "Stop."

The voice was calm and plain, but it clearly reached everyone's ears like thunder, shaking their souls and causing everyone to involuntarily stop.

Xu Ying followed the sound and saw Prime Minister Pei Du walking over, his face calm and expressionless, without any signs of joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness.

Xu Ying remained vigilant, not relaxing in the slightest.

Prime Minister Pei Du looked at the body of Prince Li Zhaolou in the mud, his eye twitched, and then he looked at the bodies of the two Pei family members, finally sweeping his gaze over the elders of the family.

He saw eagerness in the eyes of these elders.

"Bring the Second Young Master over." Prime Minister Pei Du's face was as calm as an ancient well as he spoke.

A servant hurriedly came to the other side of the lake and carefully pulled Second Young Master Pei Jing out of the wall, bringing him in front of Prime Minister Pei Du. Pei Jing's bones were broken in countless places, covered in blood. When he saw Prime Minister Pei Du, he couldn't help but feel overjoyed and choked up, "Family Head, you must speak up for me. This wild brat injured people and caused chaos in the Pei family."

Prime Minister Pei Du drew out the jade belt at his waist and used it as a whip, fiercely lashing it across Pei Jing's face.

Pei Jing screamed, his body covered in blood and flesh.

"Crack!"

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Prime Minister Pei Du lashed out again, then put away the whip. One lash after another fell mercilessly, and Pei Jing, who had been able to scream before, gradually lost his strength and couldn't make a sound.

"Family Head..."

Pei Jing hurriedly walked over, saying anxiously, "Family Head, please stop. If you keep going, you'll kill him. Ah, ah, what has happened?"

Prime Minister Pei Du stopped and Pei Jing had already been beaten to a bloody pulp.

The Pei family elders around them all showed fear, but no one spoke. Pei Jing stepped forward and saw the body of Prince Li Zhaolou, shivering, and said, "What should we do?"

Prime Minister Pei Du put away the blood-soaked jade belt and said expressionlessly, "This matter needs an explanation. Today, Pei Jing is no longer a member of our Pei family. His actions have nothing to do with the Pei family. Pei Jing has gone mad, killed Prince Li Zhaolou, and killed two of our Pei family members. Hand him over to the Ministry of Justice for investigation. I will personally go to the palace to face the emperor and beg for punishment."

His eyes were empty as they fell on Pei Jing's face, saying, "As for your matter, we'll talk about it when I come back."

Pei Jing shivered and didn't dare to speak.

Pei Du's gaze swept over the old members of the Pei family and coldly said, "I am still the master of this family. Who dares to take over my responsibilities?"

An old member of the Pei family in a hoarse voice said, "Master, we are old and don't have many years left..."

Pei Du said coldly, "Ancestors can die, but you cannot die. My Pei ancestors were eaten by ancient evil beings, and you will also have to eat people."

The old member of the family remained silent.

Pei Du brushed his sleeves and said coldly, "From today onwards, the Pei Mansion will be closed. No one is allowed to leave. Anyone who dares to leave will be killed without mercy."

As his sleeves brushed past, a wisp of light veil flew up and exploded in mid-air, turning into a green smoke that slowly descended from all directions, enveloping the Pei Mansion.

Pei Du said to Xu Ying, "Brother Xu, please follow me."

Although he tried to remain calm, his footsteps were still somewhat hurried. Xu Ying followed behind him, occasionally jogging to keep up.

"The people in the Pei Mansion are not united. I cannot restrain them for too long."

Pei Du ordered someone to prepare a carriage and said hurriedly, "The temptation of immortality is too great, and with someone fanning the flames, some of these old members of the family may not be able to resist attacking you. I am going to the imperial palace to meet the emperor, and I will definitely be trapped there. Although I won't die, I won't be able to leave the palace. The Pei family is not safe, and the Yuan family may not be safe either. I will send you to the Guo Mansion."

Xu Ying followed him and quickly got on the carriage. The carriage immediately left the Pei Mansion and hurried towards the Guo Mansion.

Pei Du said guiltily, "If this matter spreads from the Pei Mansion, it won't be long before it reaches the ears of other noble families. In the entire capital, perhaps only the Guo family's leader can resist the temptation of immortality. The Guo Mansion is safer than other places."

Xu Ying's gaze met his, and he asked, "Pei Xiang, don't you want to turn me into the elixir of immortality?"

Pei Du said, "If you were that immortal, countless forces throughout history would have wanted to turn you into the elixir of immortality. There are probably more forces stronger than my Pei family. I haven't seen them, but I see you sitting right in front of me."

Xu Ying sighed and looked out the window, saying softly, "I don't know who I really am."

In his mind, he couldn't help but recall that gentle voice saying, "...Xu Ying, Xu Ying. Remember your surname, don't forget your name."