A Demon’s Path

Lan Shaoyan is the illegitimate son of the current head of the Lan family. Because the head of the Lan family feels guilty towards Lan Shaoyan's mother, he handed over Lan Shaoyan City to Lan Shaoyan, which can be regarded as giving him a home.

Originally, Lan Shaoyan had no intention of competing for power with his brothers, and those guys didn't take him seriously at all, and the two sides lived in peace.

But in the past few years, the situation of the Lan family seems to have changed.

First of all, the brothers of the Lan family who were fighting each other in the dark put the battle on the surface, and the Patriarch of the Lan family seemed to ignore it, allowing them to fight each other and fight happily.

It wasn't until a few months ago that the biological sons of the head of the Lan family all died in a strange accident due to internal strife, which attracted Lan Shaoyan's attention.

If it is normal for the Patriarch of the Lan Family to tolerate the struggles among his sons, it is extremely abnormal for the Patriarch of the Lan Family, the father, to have no reaction when dozens of sons died almost at the same time.

Anyone who wasn't a fool would know that something was wrong, so Lan Shaoyan went to Lan's house to visit his father with anxiety in his heart.

His father, the Patriarch of the Lan family, received him, but he was accompanied by his second uncle.

The Patriarch of the Lan family didn't look abnormal, which made Lan Shaoyan suspicious again.

When Lan Shaoyan asked his father about the accident of those brothers, the head of the Lan family suddenly became furious and directly threw Lan Shaoyan out.

When Lan Shaoyan left, he couldn't help seeing the sneer on his second uncle's face, and suddenly understood what was going on in his heart.

His second uncle, Lan Sen, is a direct disciple of Sovereign Amakusa, so it is not difficult for his father to become like this.

Lan Shaoyan really wanted to question his second uncle face to face, but his father didn't give him much family power, and his cultivation base was low, so he was afraid that if he left, he would end up like his brothers, so he forcibly suppressed him. Let go of the anger in my heart.

But I didn't expect that after returning from the Lan's house, I became like this.

Now, except for Lan Shaoyan, all the cities of the entire Lan family are occupied by his second uncle Lan Sen's sons and daughters. This Lan family is almost in the hands of Lan Sen.

As long as Lan Shaoyan dies, Lan Ting's fate will not be much better, and Lan Mold City will be completely ruled by Lan Sen.

Lan Ting used the excuse of refining longevity pills for his father, and sought out pharmacists wantonly, just to heal his father.

Although he knew that Ling Xiao had a relationship with the Tiancao Sect, Lan Ting knew that several direct disciples of the Tiancao Sect were not on good terms, so he was not afraid that Ling Xiao was an accomplice "invited" by his second uncle.

This filial piety moved Ling Xiao and the others a little.

"No wonder." Ling Xiao said solemnly, "So it was the old man's disciple who did the trick. Could it be that other people can't do anything about it. It seems that we can only ask the old man if there is anything he can do."

Hearing what Ling Xiao said, Lan Shaoyan and his son were taken aback for a moment, and then their faces became strange: "I don't know what is the relationship between your Excellency and Sect Master Amakusa?"

There are not many people who dare to call the old man Amakusa an old man, and there will not be more than one hand in the entire Tianhun Continent.

Ling Xiao snorted and said, "That old guy forced me to be a disciple, he must be one of my masters."

Yao Xingzi and Lan Shaoyan's father and son are full of pressure to accept them as apprentices? Isn't this guy bragging?

How many people wanted the old man Amakusa to make them apprentices, and they couldn't even see their faces after knocking their heads. This guy actually said that the old man Amakusa begged him instead?

If this is the case, it is really shocking, especially for a pharmacist like Yao Xingzi who has nowhere to ask for a teacher.

Although Yao Xingzi's master is also a disciple of the old man Amakusa, his status is far behind that of the four major direct disciples.

The four direct disciples are directly taught by the old man Amakusa, and the other disciples are taught by these four direct disciples. In this way, Yao Xingzi is said to be the third generation of Tiancao Sect, rather the fourth generation.

And the young man in front of him who didn't seem to have a high level of cultivation turned out to be the fifth direct disciple of the old man Amakusa, which made Yao Xingzi a little unbearable.

However, Yao Xingzi thought about it again, if this master is willing to guide him, wouldn't he be on an equal footing with the original master?

Thinking of this, Yao Xingzi couldn't help grinning, as ugly as he wanted to say.

Luo Huixin firmly believed in Ling Xiao's words. If it wasn't for the disciples taught by the old man Amakusa himself, how could he have such a practice of refining medicine?

However, it is useless to say anything now. To prove the strength of this master, he can only heal the dying city lord in front of him.

"Don't worry, City Lord Lan, with me here, you won't die. At most, you can change to another body." Ling Xiao assured Lan Shaoyan.

It wasn't that Ling Xiao wanted to meddle in his own business, but that Ling Xiao felt that if he lost here to his senior brother whom he had never met, what confidence and face would he have to go to the Tiancao Sect to compete with him?

With this in mind, Ling Xiao decided to take care of this matter.

"By the way, I haven't asked the name of this high-ranking disciple of Amakusa yet." Lan Shaoyan wanted to stand up and salute Ling Xiao, but his fragile body made it difficult for him to even stand up.

Ling Xiao hastily signaled: "No, no, please rest, City Lord Lan. Let me stay here for a few days, and when I think of a good way, I will come to help City Lord Lan get rid of the Poison Cup Curse. I forgot to tell the City Lord, my name is Ling Xiao."

"Ling Xiao?" Lan Shaoyan and his son looked confused, apparently not knowing who Ling Xiao was.

Ling Xiao secretly thought in his heart, it seems that his reputation is not quite loud. At least, it hasn't spread to the Western Continent yet, hehe.

Although Ling Xiao didn't have a definite and feasible method, but Ling Xiao's identity as the disciple of the grass old man could be confirmed that day, so Lan Shaoyan and his son entertained Ling Xiao and his party.

In order to find out how to break the Poison Cup Curse, Ling Xiao hid in the room alone, thinking hard all day long.

For three whole days and three nights, Ling Xiao never went out.

Seeing Ling Xiao being so attentive, Lan Ting couldn't help shaking his head. Even if he can't cure his father's illness, it can only be regarded as his father's fate.

On the fourth day, Ling Xiao finally went out.

Judging from his slightly smiling face, he should have gained a lot from these three days of thinking.

"Shiyu, if we work together, we may be able to cure Lanchengzhu's illness." Ling Xiao said to Ling Shiyu, "I am responsible for controlling the power of the poison cup curse attached to Lanchengzhu's soul power, and you will unravel this curse. Then, I will remove the poison ingredients used in this curse, understand?"

Ling Shiyu nodded: "I understand, then let's start."

Faced with Ling Xiao's speculative treatment method, Lan Ting was still a little worried, but his father Lan Shaoyan took it lightly: "Ting'er, don't be afraid, I trust Your Excellency Ling Xiao."

Although Lan Shaoyan said so, in fact, he was just comforting his son in his heart. He was ready to "sacrifice" at any time, anyway, living like this, he was not far from death.

Ling Xiao understood the mood of the Lan family father and son at this time, and said with a slight smile: "Don't worry, you two, as I said, the worst result is to change into another body. With me here, you really don't have to worry."

Without any more nonsense, Ling Xiao immediately cast the soul-absorbing technique of the demon token: "Castella Lan, don't use your spiritual power to resist."

In fact, at this time, Lan Shaoyan was close to exhaustion, and it was the same for Ling Xiao whether he used his mental power to resist or not.

Not long after, Lan Shaoyan's soul was sucked out by Ling Xiao with the soul-absorbing technique, and the curses attached to the soul immediately turned into balls of black gas, which turned into various hideous appearances, and moved towards Ling Xiao. Xiao and the others barked their teeth and claws.

"Shiyu, you can do it!" Ling Xiao hurriedly ordered, Ling Shiyu immediately opened the curse book, and sucked the black air into it.

The last time Ling Shiyu forcibly absorbed the curse, the power of the curse exerted by Lan Shaoyan's soul power was extremely powerful, which made Ling Shiyu suffer a heavy blow.

This time, Ling Xiao first controlled Lan Shaoyan's soul, so that his soul could not display its powerful soul power, and these curses lost their strong backing and became a paper tiger.

When the curse was completely taken away by Ling Shiyu, Ling Xiao put Lan Shaoyan's soul back into his body again.

Afterwards, Ling Xiao immediately fed a pill into Lan Shaoyan's mouth, and slapped him on the back with his palm, making the unconscious Lan Shaoyan open his mouth to swallow the pill.

"Is that all right?" Lan Ting looked at Ling Xiao in surprise, with a little disbelief on his face.

No wonder, from the beginning to now, Ling Xiao and Ling Shiyu solved the problem in just a minute, and anyone who knew it had Lan Ting's expression.

Ling Xiao chuckled and said, "Young City Master, you don't have to wait a long time for the treatment to be effective. In fact, for some diseases, as long as the right medicine is prescribed, the recovery will be quite fast."

Lan Ting couldn't help but believe it, and within a short time, his father Lan Shaoyan's old face returned to the appearance of a middle-aged man at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Although this appearance is still sickly, as if suffering from overwork, it is indeed the face of a middle-aged man!

"Thank you...Ling Xiao...Your Excellency." After being robbed of his soul for a while, Lan Shaoyan was even weaker than before. But he could feel that the weird feeling in his body had completely disappeared, and even his soul power could begin to function a little.

Looking at his father who was recovering, Lan Ting couldn't help but burst into tears: "Father, you finally recovered..."

Seeing that the trouble was finally resolved, Ling Xiao let out a long breath of relief.

This time, he took a risky move and spent three days refining a elixir that specifically restrained the poison cup curse. Then he and Ling Shiyu joined forces to finally solve the root cause of Lan Shaoyan's illness.

To be honest, he is only 50% sure. Fortunately, his luck has always been good.

If you can't succeed, even if you are 99% sure, it's useless.

But if it can be successful, the 50% certainty is actually no different from the 100% certainty.