"Did you understand what I said?"

Huangfu Yan asked coldly, his eyes narrowed into a straight line, filled with a cold light.

Chu Qingluan nodded quickly, her desire to live overflowing.

The strength Huangfu Yan had just displayed far exceeded Chu Qingluan's, and this was not the strength a Martial Saint Peak could possess.

To save her life, Chu Qingluan was submissive, agreeing with everything Huangfu Yan said, not daring to resist in the slightest.

"I'll believe you for now."

Huangfu Yan said softly, "Qingluan, you must remember, I'm doing this for your own good."

As he spoke, his fingers gently pinched Chu Qingluan's chin.

Chu Qingluan didn't dare to breathe loudly, her eyes wide, only knowing to nod.

"It seems I really scared you."

Huangfu Yan shook his head helplessly. "Don't be afraid. As long as you listen obediently in the future, I won't treat you like this again."

Chu Qingluan could only nod, saying nothing.

"Forget it, you can go. Remember what I told you!"

Huangfu Yan finally let Chu Qingluan leave. Feeling as if she had been granted amnesty, she quickly walked away.

Watching Chu Qingluan's rabbit-like figure, Huangfu Yan's gaze turned deep, revealing a fierce look.

Chu Qingluan was very grateful that Huangfu Yan had let her go, and as soon as she escaped, she immediately went to her father to report him.

She wasn't stupid, how could she obediently listen to Huangfu Yan!

"Father, there's something wrong with Huangfu Yan!"

Chu Qingluan said bluntly, anxiously.

"What's wrong, Qingluan? What did he say to you just now?"

Chu He asked, frowning.

Chu Qingluan didn't dare to hide anything, telling her father everything that had just happened in detail.

After hearing his daughter's words, Chu He's face was terribly gloomy.

He was silent for a long time before he asked, "Qingluan, are you telling the truth? This matter is no small thing. You must not deceive your father!"

"Father, how could I deceive you about this kind of thing? If it wasn't real, I couldn't even make it up."

Chu Qingluan had never seen her father so serious, which made her ask, "Father, what exactly is going on with Huangfu Yan?"

Chu He put his hands behind his back and sighed. "If Huangfu Yan is really as you said, then I think he has fallen into evil ways, because the changes in him that you just described are exactly what happens after a martial artist cultivates the ghost path!"

"Ghost path? Father, are you saying Huangfu Yan is cultivating the ghost path? Then isn't he no longer human?"

Chu Qingluan's face was full of astonishment. As the daughter of the Zhushen Temple Master, she had naturally heard of the ghost path.

The ghost path cultivates evil spirits and souls. Generally speaking, it also cultivates a branch of spiritual power, which can make up for the lack of martial artists only cultivating the physical body and not the spirit to a certain extent.

The power gained from cultivating the ghost path far exceeds that of martial artists who simply cultivate the martial path.

But there is no such thing as having it all in the world. After a martial artist cultivates the ghost path, they will either become possessed, becoming neither human nor ghost, or completely lose their humanity and become a walking corpse.

Therefore, in the martial world, cultivating the ghost path has always been a taboo!

Chu He said with a sense of relief, "Qingluan, fortunately, Huangfu Yan hasn't completely lost his humanity, otherwise you would have been in danger just now..."

Chu Qingluan also looked frightened, suggesting, "Father, what should we do now? Should we control Huangfu Yan first?"

"No!"

Chu He raised his hand, rejecting Chu Qingluan's suggestion.

"Huangfu Yan is cultivating the ghost path, and there is a high probability that he is cultivating it with Huangfu Xiao. And if they, father and son, have both cultivated the ghost path, then maybe the entire Lingxiao Palace has already fallen... This matter is of great importance and needs to be considered carefully!"

Huangfu Xiao is Huangfu Yan's father, who is also the Palace Master of Lingxiao Palace.

"Consider carefully? Father, how long will that take? In a few months, your daughter will marry into Lingxiao Palace."

Chu Qingluan couldn't help but feel a chill down her spine at the thought of marrying into a ghost den.

"It won't be that long."

Chu He smiled slightly. Chu Qingluan was his most proud daughter, and he would naturally not let his daughter be in danger!

"After this martial arts tournament ends, I will meet with several elders to visit Huangfu Xiao at Lingxiao Palace and secretly collect evidence of their cultivation of the ghost path. After the evidence is conclusive, I will contact all martial arts colleagues to jointly eliminate this ancient martial arts sect's cancer!"

Hearing what her father said, Chu Qingluan had no objection, after all, this was the best solution at the moment.

At this time, Chu He suddenly changed the subject and asked, "By the way, Qingluan, what do you think of Chen Xiao?"

"Father, Qingluan thinks Mr. Chen is very good."

Chu Qingluan's pretty face blushed when she heard this. She thought her father was asking this to find her a new fiancé.

Chu He frowned slightly after hearing this. "Very good? Qingluan, what I mean is, have you noticed that he is not a martial artist?"

"Ah..."

Only then did Chu Qingluan realize that she had misunderstood her father, and her face became even redder.

"Father, are you saying that Mr. Chen is not a martial artist? Then he is... Father, you don't mean to say that he is a cultivator, do you?"

Chu He nodded and said softly, "Before, he used a fake body to confuse the Fourth Guardian. The moves he used at that time were a bit like a cultivator's spiritual sense transformation... And spiritual sense transformation can only be done by cultivators at least in the Transformation God Realm."

"What? Transformation God Realm cultivator?"

Chu Qingluan directly exclaimed in surprise.

It was only because her father's words were too shocking.

Chu He had told her that the cultivator's Transformation God Realm was equivalent to the Martial Dao's Martial Emperor in terms of realm... but in terms of real combat power, three Martial Emperors joining forces might not be able to defeat a Transformation God Realm cultivator.

The reason why Chu Qingluan was so surprised was because she thought that even if Chen Xiao was powerful, he would only be at the level of a Martial Emperor.

If her father went all out to fight him to the death, he might not be his opponent.

But if Chen Xiao was a Transformation God Realm cultivator, then the situation would be completely different.

Her father had no chance of winning in front of him.

No wonder her father shook hands and made peace with him before. It turned out that it was not based on the overall situation, but just because he felt that he couldn't beat him...

"What kind of freak is he? How can he be so young, yet so strong? Father, now you believe that he is a peerless genius, right!"

Chu Qingluan asked blankly, she had not yet fully recovered from the shock.

Chu He did not comment on this, he said lightly, "Actually, I'm just guessing, and I can't be completely sure. But it's not difficult to know what he's cultivating. By tomorrow, the answer will be revealed!"

Chu Qingluan was slightly startled when she heard this, and said solemnly, "Father, have you made a decision?"

Chu He nodded solemnly: "That's right, Father has decided to open the Phoenix Spring to all martial artists tomorrow!"