Celestial Spirit Root?!

Diwu Chijin's thoughts suddenly took a turn. "Wait. That fellow called Qin Yao should have relatives and family he cares about, shouldn't he?

"Hmph! That brat ruined my grand plans. If I simply slit his throat with one stroke, that would be letting him off too easily.

"When he returns, I want him to watch his parents and children die before his very eyes.

"I'll let him taste the agony of his liver and guts splitting apart before killing him!"

The moment this thought surfaced, the former Golden Core devil could no longer restrain himself.

He abruptly turned around, his blazing gaze fixed directly on Yan Qinyu. "Right. Does that brat Qin Yao have parents, brothers, a wife, children, descendants?"

Yan Qinyu answered respectfully, "In reply to Immortal Master, Qin Yao has a grandfather named Qin Dashan, as well as a biological younger sister named Qin Lan. The two of them live here in the Imperial Capital."

Diwu Chijin raised a brow. "Oh? No one else? Parents, wife, children, and the like..."

What he was really thinking was, Only two relatives? Killing them would hardly be satisfying at all!

At the same time, Yan Qinyu recalled what had been uncovered about Qin Yao's background during the joint trial by the three judicial offices.

Seeing how interested this Supreme Grandmaster was in Qin Yao, and wishing to draw closer to him and lessen the estrangement caused by their previous conflict, he simply opened the floodgates. "Sigh! Speaking of it, Qin Yao's life story has been rather full of twists and turns!"

With a sigh, Yan Qinyu recounted, point by point, the most important parts of how Qin Yao had been framed by his clansmen in his youth, stripped of his scholarly honors, and exiled into slavery.

As he spoke, his tone