The remaining three demons dared not retort, but their trembling bodies still revealed their intense survival instinct.

The white dog cursed: "A beast remains a beast, never grateful."

Then, the white dog patted the head beneath him.

The servant from the Yu Family immediately darted forward, grabbing the demon atop someone's head, pried open the Yu Family servant's mouth below, and crushed the demon, stuffing it inside.

Swiftly, without giving them any time to react, one by one, they were all crushed and devoured by the servant.

Aside from the white dog, the eyes of the other three servants began to glow green, and demon energy circulated between their brows.

Their physical bodies were destroyed, but their spirits were injected into the servants' bodies. They could still control the servants' actions, but in a few days, they were doomed to perish fully.

Only truly gifted demons were worth the family allocating resources, selecting particularly talented Yu Family members, to integrate human and demon spirit.

Only in such a state, could it last.

For instance, that eminent lady.

The white dog had seen that lady a few times, she was lofty and impressive, even her companion A Yuan possessed an immensely powerful lineage.

Sadly, the lady went to Zou Jiang, then died.

The night the lady's demon talisman extinguished, the piercing screams of the old woman echoed through most of the ancestral residence.

The old woman sent people to investigate the cause of the lady's death and obtained a critical clue... Jiujiang Zhao!

It was said the lady and two other parties ventured into the depths of Yulong Snow Mountain, with one party being anonymous and obtaining information was impossible; they likely had luck gathering broken jade for numbers.

Thus, the culprit, and only one who could contend with the lady, was none other than Jiujiang Zhao Yi!

Upon receiving the answer, the old woman continuously vomited blood, her face pale as paper.

The white dog thought this was due to the old woman's anger.

Rumor says the old woman wanted to muster people to go to Jiujiang to avenge the lady's death.

In the end, the ancestral patriarch, who hadn't emerged from seclusion, woke up and halted the old woman's action.

On that day, there were endless cat cries, like myriad anguished complaints.

Finally, a bark brought terrifying authority, silencing the cat cries so they dared not act recklessly.

Now, in the Yu Family, the cat demon receives favor and care due to the old woman's influence, and apart from the cat demon, the dog demon also belongs to this privilege because the patriarch is a dog.

Although the white dog had only seen the patriarch three times in his life, and each time the patriarch appeared in human form, all the worshipped portraits basically depicted the patriarch as a dog, a simple, ordinary dog.

Eventually, the family began to favor painting human portraits, a treatment exclusive to the transformed demons and those successfully integrated with the direct lineage of the Yu Family.

In the painting, the patriarch resembled a human, but with yellow fur all over and a long tail, though majestic and imposing, it was unmistakably dog-like.

"Huff..."

"Huff..."

"Huff..."

Three white breaths were emitted from the mouths of the three servants, indicating the integration had completed.

The three servants all turned to look at the white dog, puzzled as to why he did this.

White Dog: "No way back, completely no way, understand?"

The three servants bowed their heads, clenching their fists in frustration and resignation.

The white dog waved his tail: "Let's go, to do what we came out to do this time."

Upon receiving this task, the white dog was informed they couldn't come back, nor should they.

The white dog didn't understand either, but he chose to accept.

Soon, under Zhao Yi's vigilant preparation, four individuals, along with a white dog perched on one's head, appeared in sight.

The clothing on these four was all tattered, with their bodies covered in fresh scars.

This indicated they had endured the penalty of restrictions to come here.

With such a brazen stance, managing to break in here, they sufficiently demonstrated their strength.

However, this perfectly matched Zhao Yi's new stereotype of the Yu Family members; when acting, they're like brainless, fond of using brute force.

Yin Meng: "Their eyes, ears, noses..."

Tan Wenbin: "I bet their tongues have been cut too."

Yin Meng: "Why do that?"

Tan Wenbin: "To isolate causality, but..."

Zhao Yi: "Nothing but. If Li were here, he'd say: don't make the mistake of thinking fools are profound."

Doing this is all to isolate causality, wanting Heavenly Dao to be beyond reproach.

But doing this, apart from being laughable, what meaning is there?

Firstly, this deed to sever causality is truly crude. In Jianghu, quite a few family sects do dirty work too, but they have a complete, clear process from pre-arrangement to execution and cleanup, never soiling their hands.

How like this, casually cutting eyes, ears, mouth, and nose fulfills intent? You're deceiving Heavenly Dao like this?

Most laughable is, according to my deduction with Li, Heavenly Dao had long laid groundwork for a great wave against the Yu Family. I even tried to curry favor with Chen Jing for benefits beforehand, yet the Yu Family still buries their heads in the sand here, deceiving themselves.

Yet the old problem resurfaced; you may call Yu Family members foolish, but you cannot call them weak.

These four, their demon energy is weak, yet their vital energy and responsiveness to surrounding environments are very intense, as if a demon is just surface-level; the real power lies in the human.

Four, formidable members of the Yu Family.