"Master, Miss Ling'er has been invited. Shall we call her over now?"
After leaving his father's office, Lie Xinyuan appeared before Qin Xuan.
He was brimming with energy, clearly having escaped the brink of death.
The subtle aura around him also hinted that his cultivation had significantly improved compared to before. This was all thanks to Qin Xuan.
Qin Xuan had long surpassed everyone on Blue Star, and with the primordial power and original spiritual energy within him, healing two dying Golden Core cultivators was as simple as drinking water.
Moreover, during the healing process, Qin Xuan didn't just mend their bodies; he also took the opportunity to fix the shortcomings in their cultivation techniques.
Those who could break through to the Golden Core realm in such an environment were undoubtedly geniuses. With the improved techniques provided by Qin Xuan, they would only go further on their cultivation path from now on.
This action by Qin Xuan made Lie Xinyuan no longer feel wronged about acknowledging Qin Xuan as his master.
On the contrary, he now took pride in Qin Xuan being his master and even hoped never to be separated from him again.
Therefore, when he notified Qin Xuan of Qin Ling'er's arrival, his use of "Master" was heartfelt.
This, in turn, made Qin Xuan feel a little embarrassed.
After all, forcing the other party to swear a heavenly oath was initially just to prevent him from threatening Dragon Country and those around him.
Now that Lie Xinyuan had no reason to harm them, the heavenly oath could not be lifted, which felt somewhat inhumane.
After promising to help Lie Xinyuan find a way to break the heavenly oath, Qin Xuan followed him to the room where Qin Ling'er was.
As Lie Xinyuan closed the door and left, Qin Xuan also released the Lu family members who had been imprisoned in his nascent world.
"Demonic cultivators! Demonic cultivators!"
Upon returning to the world filled with light, several people instinctively shielded their eyes.
When they realized that both Qin Xuan and Qin Ling'er were present, Lu Sheng and Lu Ao began to curse loudly again.
"All of you, shut up!" Qin Xuan's voice boomed, and his Tribulation Transcending realm aura instantly pressed down on Lu Sheng and Lu Ao.
The two shivered instantly, then looked at Qin Xuan with extreme fear, falling silent.
Qin Ling'er looked at the Lu family members present with a complicated expression, while Qin Xuan, without wasting any more words, directly asked the question that had been weighing on his mind for a long time.
"Are you, by any chance, Ling'er's real relatives?"
"If not, where are her biological parents at this moment?!"
Upon hearing Qin Xuan's words, Lu Ao instinctively glanced at Lu Sheng.
Lu Sheng, however, lowered his head, intending to respond with silence.
Seeing this, Qin Xuan's lips curled into a smile.
His powerful spiritual energy surged into Lu Sheng's mind, while he threatened the other party, "You can choose to remain silent, but my patience is limited."
"You should know about something called Soul Searching techniques, right?"
"If you don't cooperate, I don't mind personally verifying everything from your soul."
Qin Xuan's voice was very calm, but hearing it, Lu Sheng felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, his scalp tingling.
As a member of the cultivation world, he naturally knew what Soul Searching techniques were.
This was a forbidden art in the cultivation world, which directly acted upon the soul, allowing one to examine all of a cultivator's memories.
The price was that the examined cultivator's soul would suffer unimaginable torment.
Those with strong souls might still retain their consciousness after being examined.
But if their soul power was too weak, after undergoing this forbidden art, they would completely lose their souls and become mindless idiots.
Lu Sheng was not confident in the strength of his soul power, nor did he know if he could still wake up after being tormented by Qin Xuan.
Therefore, under the influence of Qin Xuan's formidable spiritual power, he trembled and nodded, revealing the truth to Qin Xuan.
It turned out that Qin Ling'er did indeed have some familial relationship with them.
However, Qin Ling'er's grandfather, Lu An, was Lu Sheng's elder brother, and Qin Ling'er's father, Lu Xun, was Lu Ao's cousin.
Originally, the Lu family lineage had always been led by Lu An.
Unfortunately, Lu An's cultivation was inferior to Lu Sheng's, and Lu Xun's cultivation was inferior to Lu Ao's.
So, on that night twenty years ago, Lu Sheng and his son decided to seize the Lu family's power while Ling'er's mother was weak and Lu An and his son were distracted.
Ultimately, they succeeded.
Qin Ling'er's parents and grandparents were tragically killed after sending Qin Ling'er to the orphanage.
The pitiable Lu An couple never even got to see their granddaughter one last time.
Upon hearing this news, Qin Ling'er's vision went black, and she collapsed into Qin Xuan's arms.
The former Dean Lin had always told her that her parents might come to pick her up in person one day.
This made her anticipation for her parents even deeper than that of other children.
Later, the Lu Ao couple appeared, and she briefly had parents.
Although not entirely satisfactory, it deepened her longing for her parents.
Now, these people claimed that her long-missed parents and grandparents had been cruelly murdered by them.
How could Qin Ling'er accept this?
A few minutes later, Qin Ling'er slowly woke up in Qin Xuan's arms.
She looked at her second uncle and his family with a complex expression, then turned her gaze to her brother.
"These two deserve to die. Brother, you can deal with them as you see fit."
"As for the others..."
"If they have not committed evil, then grant them a way to live."
After saying this, Qin Ling'er didn't look at the Lu family members again.
Lu Sheng and Lu Ao frantically tried to beg Qin Ling'er, pleading with her to let Qin Xuan spare their lives.
"Heaven's wrath can be forgiven, but self-inflicted ruin cannot be escaped!"
"When you murdered my parents and grandparents, you should have foreseen this outcome."
"If I didn't want to stain my hands with the blood of the Lu family, I would have killed you myself!"
Qin Ling'er's stern voice was undoubtedly a death sentence for the Lu father and son.
They continued to beg Qin Ling'er hysterically, but she pushed them away.
With a determined stride, she opened the door and walked out of the room.
The Lu father and son then slumped to the ground in despair, awaiting the arrival of death.
Without hesitation, Qin Xuan directly collected the two into his nascent world, transforming them into nourishment for the new world.
For public and personal grievances, he had no reason to spare Lu Sheng and his son at this moment.
As for the remaining female family members and children, he, along with other family members, sent them to Qin Antai for unified handling by his father.
Thus, the internal and external crises of Dragon Country were completely resolved.
Under Qin Xuan's intervention, Dragon Country had finally become the sole supreme power on Blue Star and Canglan Star!