The remaining birds, as they fluttered about, suddenly transformed into magnificent spiritual talismans, radiating divine light and color, dispersing abundant spiritual energy throughout the residence.

A mysterious talismanic array, gathering spiritual energy and suppressing evil, formed in an instant.

Both Gavin Foster and Cameron Brooks suddenly felt their entire bodies relax, as if bathed in nourishing, radiant light. Their mental exhaustion and physical injuries gradually began to heal.

Blake Turner lowered his head, let out a soft sigh, withdrew all his spells, and, like a phantom of the night, drifted away.

“Grandpa Brooks, I will strictly discipline the household servants. Please accept my condolences. As for the engagement, since Ethan Brooks’s soul has perished, I will inform my father, and both families will meet soon to dissolve it as early as possible.”

“During this period, I will continue to put in effort for the The Brooks Family, resolving as many visible troubles as I can.”

The cold, clear voice gradually faded away. The speaker never truly revealed themselves from beginning to end.

A short while later, once Cameron Brooks, Gavin Foster, and the maid in purple had mostly recovered from their injuries, the mysterious talismanic array once again transformed into flocks of birds and flew off.

“Old Master, it was all the evil deeds of Blake Turner!”

After helping Cameron Brooks back into the wheelchair, the maid in purple and Gavin Foster could no longer hold back, and shouted indignantly, “That vicious old dog Blake Turner, if he stays in the The Brooks Family, sooner or later he’ll bring ruin to everyone in the clan!”

“Enough.” Cameron Brooks, sitting in the wheelchair, gazed blankly at the ancestral hall where his grandson lay, and muttered in despair, “My grandson, is he truly never coming back?”

“Blake Turner was right. My cultivation is still shallow, only at the Yellow Court Realm. If there had been a Yin Spirit Realm expert present, with their spirit leaving the body, perhaps they could have seen through everything in the young master’s mind, or even used extraordinary means to prevent his soul from dissipating,” Gavin Foster said helplessly.

“Yin Spirit! In our Silver Moon Empire, how many Yin Spirit experts are there? Those who drift among the clouds, whose spirits can roam a thousand miles at a thought—how could a fallen The Brooks Family like ours ever hope to befriend such people?” The light in Cameron Brooks’s eyes gradually dimmed, and he said in utter despair, “My grandson is gone. As for that thing, I’d rather destroy it and have the entire The Brooks Family buried with it, than hand it over to them!”

“Careful, walls have ears—watch your words!” Gavin Foster whispered urgently. Seeing Cameron Brooks’s strange expression, he exchanged a glance with the maid in purple.

“Old Master, you should go rest. The young master is still breathing, not truly gone yet. There might still be a sliver of hope, so please don’t give up.”

Without waiting for a reply, the maid in purple hurriedly pushed the wheelchair out of the courtyard.

“There’s no hope left.” After they left, Gavin Foster was silent for a long time, then murmured, “Tonight, he’s doomed not to make it.” With that, he shook his head and left in dejection.

The courtyard gradually fell into a deathly silence.

In the latter half of the night, above the ancestral hall of the old residence, the weather suddenly changed—winds howled, clouds churned, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and space itself twisted and trembled violently!

Two bright, intersecting cracks in the shape of a “十” suddenly tore through the void. At the intersection, dazzling light pierced the darkness, and then two clusters of shadowy, grayish phantoms flew out one after another, vanishing into the ancestral hall of the The Brooks Family’s old residence.

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Chapter Two Complete

The next day.

“Mr. Turner, there was no need for you to plot against Ethan Brooks. I could have waited a little longer.”

Amidst green mountains and clear waters, medicinal fields stretched out. Dressed in green, Ashley Reed stood quietly like bamboo in a secluded valley.

Misty vapors, like white silk ribbons, drifted in the wind, making her seem like a spirit of the mountains or a fairy among the clouds.

“I truly don’t understand how the late Madam of the The Reed Family could have been so muddleheaded back then, to arrange a betrothal between you and Ethan Brooks.” Blake Turner stood with a bow. “The The Reed Family is one of the top five families in the Silver Moon Empire, renowned and powerful, while the The Brooks Family is confined to the small Dark Moon City, and not even the strongest there.”

He paused, his eyes burning with longing and reverence, and continued, “As for you, Miss, you showed extraordinary talent in cultivation from a young age and caught the attention of the Cold Yin Sect, one of the seven great subordinate sects of the Heavenly Source Continent! Miss, you are destined to ‘ascend to the heavens’ and journey to the Heavenly Source Continent as an immortal! The entire The Reed Family will benefit because of you!”

“Before she passed, Madam refused to break the engagement and insisted you promise to marry into the The Brooks Family as agreed. What was she thinking?”

Ashley Reed frowned slightly, just as puzzled, and said softly, “I don’t know either.”

The The Reed Family and the The Brooks Family held vastly different statuses in the Silver Moon Empire.

And she, as the pride and joy of the The Reed Family, had been chosen by a wandering master of the Cold Yin Sect shortly after birth, granted the sect’s cultivation techniques, and regularly guided by renowned teachers.

Rumor had it that the Grand Elder of the Cold Yin Sect had taken a liking to her talent, and once she surpassed the Yellow Court Realm and entered the Breaking Profound Realm, he would personally escort her to the Heavenly Source Continent and formally accept her as a direct disciple.

On the Qianxuan Continent, there were six great empires and countless mortals.

Yet, those who could catch the eye of an immortal from the Heavenly Source Continent and “ascend to the heavens” to cultivate there were one in tens of millions!

She was one of those lucky few, and had even been chosen by the Grand Elder of the Cold Yin Sect, one of the seven great subordinate sects of the Heavenly Source Continent.

Her life was destined to be one of smooth ascension, soaring to the clouds.

The The Reed Family was proud of her.