Not long after.

The resurrected Yin Soul opened his eyes. Seeing Luo Pengfei and A-Xin standing before him, he immediately exclaimed with excitement, "Foster father, you've come!"

Suddenly, Luo Pengfei's pupils dilated with shock, his complexion turning ashen, and with a hint of anger in his voice, he asked, "Where's your soul energy? And the other evil energies?"

"Foster father, I am useless!" the Yin Soul said dejectedly, "I couldn't defeat Chen Hao; he pierced my soul energy with his magic sword, and the evil energies within it have all dissipated."

"What!" Luo Pengfei was greatly shocked, "Even with the body of a Mixed Soul Element, you couldn't defeat that kid Chen Hao!"

The Yin Soul nodded, then knelt down and pleaded, "Foster father, please give me another chance; let me enter the Bronze Furnace again and cultivate the Mixed Element Body one more time. I promise, within ten years I will defeat Chen Hao and take back the Heavenly Immortal by his side."

"Heavenly Immortal? What Heavenly Immortal?" Luo Pengfei was clueless, his face growing increasingly displeased.

At his side, A-Xin leaned in and whispered to Luo Pengfei, "Chairman, it must be that girl I mentioned last night, the one as beautiful as a Heavenly Immortal, Chen Hao's girlfriend."

Luo Pengfei's rage boiled over, and with a kick, he sent the Yin Soul tumbling to the ground, then said through clenched teeth, "Do you have any idea how much effort I've put into cultivating your Mixed Element Body? It took me over two hundred years, it's not as simple as you think!"

"Foster father, don't be angry, I know I was wrong!" The Yin Soul knelt on the ground, kowtowing and begging for forgiveness with tears streaming from his eyes.

Luo Pengfei snorted and turned away, unwilling to take another look at the Yin Soul, his body trembling with fury. After a long moment of contemplation, he calmed down, turned back and looked at the Yin Soul coldly, "Do you still remember the military order you issued to me the night before yesterday? You even swore on breaking the Bronze Furnace."

Terrified, the Yin Soul crawled toward Luo Pengfei, hugged his legs, and cried, "Foster father, please give me one more chance. I swear to you, in ten years I will surely kill Chen Hao."

"In ten years?" Luo Pengfei scoffed disdainfully, "I will eliminate Chen Hao within half a month, what use would waiting ten years for you be?"

"Foster father, could you truly bear to abandon me?" The Yin Soul clung tighter to Luo Pengfei.

A hint of a cold smile flashed across Luo Pengfei's face.

To A-Xin watching at the side, Luo Pengfei's eyes were filled with murderous intent.

"Foster father will not abandon you!" Luo Pengfei said softly, while gently stroking the Yin Soul's head, "Foster father has a question for you. After I put those demons and monsters in the furnace, and burned them with Yang Energy wood for a full ten years, you just happened to fall ill and die. Didn't you ever suspect anything?"

"Ah!" The Yin Soul exclaimed, then let go of Luo Pengfei and fell backward, trembling and asking with quivering teeth, "Foster father, did you really poison me to fall ill with that strange disease?"

"Hmph!" Luo Pengfei laughed sinisterly, "That's right! You were born with extraordinary bones, capable of absorbing all kinds of evil energies. It took me ten years to find someone more suitable for cultivating the Mixed Element Body than you, so I put you in the furnace."

Upon hearing this, the Yin Soul was as if struck by lightning, his face turning deathly pale.

"So all the times you called me 'son' were just pretense, not coming from the heart!"

"Of course! You were just a tool for me to kill and eliminate threats. When you couldn't be used as a tool anymore, why would I keep you around!" Luo Pengfei said, his tone exceptionally cold and ruthless, "Son, foster father said he wouldn't abandon you, because foster father is going to kill you."

Having said that, a torrent of intense Yang Energy surged forth from Luo Pengfei, directly scattering the Yin Soul in the process of Nirvana to oblivion.

Axin's heart chilled, and Luo Pengfei before him struck him as formidable. He couldn't help but wonder, what was his worth in Luo Pengfei's eyes?

After glimpsing Axin's expression out of the corner of his eye, Luo Pengfei asked, "Are you wondering what your value is to me?"

Axin shook his head, his face expressionless as he said, "I'm very clear in my heart, I'm nothing but your dog! The value of a dog lies in its absolute loyalty."

"Very good!" Luo Pengfei praised with a smile, "Over the years, I've replaced many assistants, none of whom had your self-awareness. After serving me for a while, each naively believed they could have a place in my heart, which is why they were all disposed of. You must remember, a dog is a dog, it will never become a human."

Axin "hmmed" in response, and said coldly, "The strongest cards have been played, what's next in dealing with Chen Hao?"

Luo Pengfei sighed and then chuckled lightly, his eyes looking off into the distance at Xiluo Lake, reflecting, "Axin, remember this principle, the best cards are always in someone else's hands, just as the best wives are always in another man's home. A true master does not play well with their own cards to strike the opponent but uses the opponent's good cards to 'borrow a knife to kill'."

With that, Luo Pengfei turned to face the mountain which had now been leveled to the ground, then closed his eyes. When he opened them again, the mountain had reappeared before him. Observing the giant fissure on the cliff, Luo Pengfei shook his head, saying, "The young people today really don't know how to cherish the great landscapes; come, we are going to Baishi Mountain now, to see an old friend."

Noon.

The hottest time of the day. It was at this moment that Luo Pengfei and Axin arrived at Baishi Mountain, bathed in the blazing sun.

Baishi Mountain is situated in the central mountainous region of D City, four hours' drive away from the city center of D City. The mountain is not tall, with its peak reaching just over five hundred meters. It gets its name from the huge white stones that stand erect across the mountain. The only place without the white stones is at the top of the mountain.

At the top is a lake about twenty meters in radius, surrounded by countless ancient banyan trees, where bears, monkeys, and other birds and beasts dwell. On the north side of the summit, a steep wall is present, from which, during the rain and summer, the rising lake waters fall, creating a waterfall that cascades hundreds of meters directly from the summit to the foot of the mountain.

There is a cave on the steep wall.

That is where Luo Pengfei's old friend lives.

After much toil and hardship, Luo Pengfei and Axin finally entered the cave.

At that moment, a figure emerged from the depths of the cave, accompanied by a surge of intense Yang Energy.

The figure approached, and to Axin's surprise, Luo Pengfei's old friend turned out to be a girl who looked seventeen or eighteen years old, dressed in ancient garments.

"What are you here for?" the girl asked Luo Pengfei coldly, a look of disgust on her face.

Luo Pengfei smiled and said, "You haven't changed a bit after all these years. I've come to you for help."

The girl snorted with a laugh, "You think I would help you?"

"You will!" Luo Pengfei nodded, "I have news about Wind Girl!"

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