Seemingly sensing the murderous aura from Li Yaorao, Lin Chen gave a faint smile. "Auntie, no need to get agitated. Although you are a sky demon, my fire is inside your body now. If you make any sudden movements, a single slip-up from me might cause you to burn!"

"What exactly do you want to do?" Li Yaorao asked in a deep voice.

As Lin Chen continued to purge the cold poison from Li Yaorao using the Spiritual Fire, he smiled and said, "Actually, whether it's humans, demons, or ghosts, there are good and bad among them. With your abilities as a sky demon, it's easy for you to make money. Yet, you don't even have money for medical treatment and rely on Mu Tong joining the demon hunting squad to earn money for treatment.

I can tell you are a good demon, so relax. Mu Tong is your daughter, and also my friend. As long as you don't do anything reprehensible, I won't lay a hand on you."

After hearing Lin Chen's words, Li Yaorao let out a sigh of relief. Her pupils restored their original color, and the murderous aura around her vanished without a trace.

Lin Chen continued to purge the cold poison from Li Yaorao while she lay on the hospital bed, seemingly lost in thought.

The hospital room suddenly became quiet, and the atmosphere even turned a bit awkward.

Finally, Lin Chen had purged all the cold poison from Li Yaorao's body and let out a sigh of relief before sitting down on the chair behind him.

Li Yaorao was shocked. The cold poison that had tormented her for decades had been so easily cured by Lin Chen.

The reason Lin Chen could help Li Yaorao purge the cold poison was not only because he had mastered the art of controlling fire, but also because he had an important ability — he could see through things.

Without the ability to see inside the body, even the most skilled fire control wouldn't have been able to purge the cold poison.

Lin Chen met these two conditions; thus, he could easily do what others deemed impossible.

"Thank you," Li Yaorao said with a smile as she got dressed.

"It's no problem, auntie. I won't tell anyone your secret. However, you must not harm anyone; even if you are Mu Tong's mother, I won't let you off if you do," Lin Chen said coldly.

"Don't worry. By the way, are you interested in hearing a story?" Li Yaorao suddenly asked, staring at Lin Chen.

"A story? Sure!" Lin Chen nodded in agreement.

"A hundred years ago, I was a Demon King, living a leisurely life in a primitive forest, with the mountain animals as my companions and the jungle as my home, until I met him."

"Mu Tong's father?" Lin Chen asked.

"Yes, that day he fell down the mountain and sustained severe injuries. The first time I saw him, I fell in love with him, even though I knew humans and demons were sworn enemies. Yet, I still treated his injuries."

"To heal him completely, I gathered wild herbs from the mountain and mixed them with my own essence to treat him, and finally, he woke up, and his injuries gradually healed day by day."

"Even though he knew I was a demon, he still fell in love with me without hesitation. That was the happiest time of my life, and later, I became pregnant with Mu Tong."

"Unfortunately, good times are always short. Eventually, the people of Kunlun found us and took us back to Kunlun."

"At that time, I found out that Mu Tiantong had condensed Heaven Fire at just fourteen years old, the most talented disciple of Kunlun, even a key successor of the Sect Leader."

Lin Chen frowned upon hearing this. "Kunlun has always been known as a righteous sect. Could they accept you as a demon?"

Li Yaorao gave a bitter smile, her eyes containing a hint of icy coldness. "Of course not. Although Mu Tian and I were very careful, we were still discovered by Kunlun's elder, Youming Granny, on our wedding day."

Lin Chen sighed. There was no need to ask, the ensuing events were definitely tragic.

"The Sect Leader of Kunlun, Qi Tianyu, demanded that Mu Tian personally kill me. Of course, he refused and eventually fled Kunlun with me."

"But Kunlun is full of experts. Although we evaded them all the way, we were eventually cornered in a valley."

"To save me and our unborn child, Mu Tian self-destructed along with the Kunlun martial artists pursuing us, sacrificing himself."

At this point, Li Yaorao was already in tears, and Lin Chen was also moved, feeling a deep respect for Mu Tiantong.

"Later, I took the child with me to the Capital City, and have been hiding my demonic aura ever since. I just want Xiaotong to grow up and lead a normal life, but some time ago, the cold poison in my body acted up, and I couldn't use my True Qi at all, which caused my demonic energy to leak out."

Having heard this poignant love story, Lin Chen also felt somewhat sad, but he suddenly thought of something curious and asked, "Auntie, why are you telling me all this?"

Li Yaorao smiled and said, "I have an unreasonable request. If something happens to me one day, you must take care of Tong'er for me."

"Xiaotong is my teammate and my friend. I will naturally take care of her, but with no father, the person she cares about the most is you," Lin Chen said earnestly.

"Don't worry, I promised TianTong I'd look after the child, so I naturally won't seek revenge. All right, the story is over, let them come in," Li Yaorao stood up.

Lin Chen nodded and called Mu Tong and the little Taoist into the hospital room.

The little Taoist hurried into the room, eagerly presenting his treatment plan to Li Yaorao, "Madam, I've figured out a way to get rid of the demon inside you, and I can also give you a massage, no, I mean I'll stick some talismans on you…"

"Little Taoist, trying to take advantage of your auntie? However, you might be disappointed. Do you see any demonic energy on the auntie?" Lin Chen said with a smile.

The little Taoist fumbled around the room with his compass, but it showed no reaction.

"Huh, how can this be? Could there really be something wrong with this compass?"

Lin Chen smiled and said, "Young man, isn't your thing a fake bought from the internet?"

"How could that be? This was passed down to me by my master," the little Taoist said discontentedly.

"Well, everything can break down after being used for a while. Our bet just now, you've lost, so you don't need to continue bothering the auntie about catching demons," Lin Chen said with a laugh.

The little Taoist felt frustrated, having finally thought of a way to take advantage, yet ending up unable to use it.

Blushing, the little Taoist approached Li Yaorao and said, "I'm sorry, auntie, I was mistaken, please excuse me."

Li Yaorao smiled and said, "It's okay, you meant well. It's good that we've cleared it up."

Since there were no demons to catch, the little Taoist left in frustration, moving on to find his next target to keep up with the times.

"Lin Chen, thank you," Mu Tong said happily, looking at her mother whose affliction was cured.

"All right, you spend some time with your auntie. I'll be leaving now," Lin Chen said, knowing that Li Yaorao was not in a good mood, and bade the two farewell.

Lin Chen had just left the hospital when his phone started ringing; it was a call from Hao Lin.

"Boss, I and some friends are at a gathering at the Oriental Pearl, and Mengfan is here too. Are you free? Come join us!" Hao Lin exclaimed excitedly.

Lin Chen initially wanted to refuse, but since Hao Lin had invited him several times and there was nothing else to do that evening, he agreed, "All right, I'll come over now."

"Hao Lin, who is your boss?" a young man in branded clothing asked nearby.

"My boss is Lin Chen," Hao Lin said proudly.

"Some nobody. How about you acknowledge me as your boss instead? I'll cover you," the young man had just finished saying when suddenly, he saw a girl walk through the door and instantly stared in amazement.

(The previous chapter was sent without saving the edits, so many of you saw Mu Tong's mother named as Lin Rou, but it was edited to Li Yaorao, and I am correcting that here.)