I walked step by step towards the woman standing in front of the stone tablet. She looked at me with a sneer, saying, "Are you going to obey?"

"If you don't, I'll keep hitting you until you do."

At that moment, I seemed to be intimidated by her, and my steps faltered slightly.

Xia Mengying exclaimed, "Li Po, don't go any further!"

"That is the Xiaozì (filial piety) mantra. You can't resist her."

The woman also sneered, "Did you hear that? I'm using the Confucian Xiaozì mantra."

"This word is only effective on one's own children and disciples. You are my own son, and Ye Yang calls me Shiniang (martial aunt). With filial piety as the priority, none of you can resist."

"What else do you doubt?"

"Come here, release me! Go and kill!"

"I..." Suddenly, I exerted force from my feet, and my body shot out like an arrow for several meters, reaching her. My twin blades were drawn simultaneously, one piercing her heart, the tip emerging from her back.

Phosphorus fire burst out from her body, dripping like raindrops from the blade's tip. The killing intent in my eyes surged, "Try using the Xiaozì mantra one more time and see what happens!"

The woman trembled, "You... you dare to kill me?"

The true qi in my hands slowly receded, and the Di Sha Xue Gang (Earthly Fiend Blood Qi) currents surged like two blazing flames, inch by inch, into her body.

The woman screamed heart-wrenchingly, "Li Po, you dare to commit matricide? Aren't you afraid of retribution?"

"Bullshit!" I gritted my teeth, "If you were human, a Confucian disciple, maybe my dad wouldn't have taken you away. But you're a ghost, and my dad would definitely take you out."

I knew my dad's personality.

If my mother were Xia Yuting, my dad would definitely respect her choice. If she wanted to leave, my dad would break into Banxianzhuang (Half-Immortal Village) to bring her out. If she didn't want to, my dad would rather leave alone without saying another word.

If my mother were a ghost! My dad wouldn't have any hesitation and would directly break the Zhenmobēi (Demon Suppression Tablet) to take her away from Banxianzhuang.

To put it another way, even if my dad was really tricked by this woman, he would end her himself, rather than nailing his child's mother onto the Demon Suppression Tablet in Banxianzhuang.

The woman screamed sharply, "Li Po, you will regret it! Killing me is a heinous crime..."

I continuously increased the true qi in my hands, and the blade began to push towards the Lumoding (Demon Slaying Nail) little by little. I coldly uttered two words, "Say that again?"

The woman glared at me fiercely, "What if I say it again? You are committing matricide!"

I said nothing, sliding the blade to tear open her body and pressing it against the Lumoding.

As long as my blade touched the Lumoding, the runes on the nail would be re-ignited by me. Even if that woman had great abilities, she would die under my blade.

Seeing that I was about to put her to death, she could no longer bear the fear and cried out in horror, "Stop, stop! I'll tell you the truth."

My twin blades paused slightly, "Speak!"

The woman trembled, "I did encounter Li Chunfeng back then, and I did intend to seduce him to release my seal."

"But at the last moment, he woke up and nailed me to the stone tablet with the Lumoding."

"Just now... less than half an hour ago! Someone found me and told me that Li Chunfeng's son and disciple were coming this way, asking if I wanted revenge!"

"If I wanted revenge, he would seal a Xiaozì mantra in my mouth, letting me impersonate your mother."

"As long as you believe my words, I can take revenge however I want."

The woman said quickly, "Those things were all that person made me do; I didn't want to harm you."

I said in a deep voice, "I'm asking you, were my dad and Xia Yuting husband and wife?"

"I... I don't know!" The woman said, "Back then, when they were trapped in the Beilin (Tablet Forest), Xia Yuting was pregnant. I don't know whose child it was."

"Please, let me go? I want to enter the Beilin, don't I? I'm very familiar with the Beilin; I'll take you there!"

"No need!" With a cold shout, I slashed towards the Lumoding. The moment the blade collided with the long nail, the runes engraved on the nail blazed like fire. The raging flames erupted around the nail, and the woman was instantly burned into a ball of fire.

As I withdrew my blade, the woman was still screaming and begging for mercy, "I have secrets... I have secrets to tell. Listen to me; I'll tell you everything I know."

"No need! I will find someone to ask about what I want to know!" I watched as the woman was burned to ashes before pulling out the Lumoding and handing it to Ye Yang, "You keep it!"

I myself am not good at using hidden weapons. This Lumoding is not very useful in my hands. Giving it to Ye Yang is the most correct choice.

I looked at Xia Mengying and said, "Xia Xia, I'm sorry, I might have to kill your Xia family members."

Xia Mengying didn't know how to respond for a moment.