Family Cultivation: Evergreen of the Song Family

"Hun Sha pays his respects to the Demon Lord."

Inside the main hall of the Golden-Eyed Demon Kingdom, Hun Sha bowed deeply, anxiously awaiting the verdict.

"If resources are plentiful, how long will it take you to complete the preparations?" The Golden-Eyed Demon Lord cut to the chase without mincing words, his deep and sharp eyes sending chills down one's spine.

Upon hearing this, Hun Sha breathed a sigh of relief. Since the other party said so, it meant that they agreed to cooperate with them and provide support.

With just these words, she felt she had achieved her goal and quickly assured them, "As long as the resources are sufficient, we can awaken the two guardian envoys within five years and restore them to the Great Perfection of the Golden Core realm within ten years. With the aid of the blood sacrifice technique, we can restore them to the early Nascent Soul stage within ten years and surely kill Song Changsheng."

"You mean you need at least another twenty-five years?" The aura emanating from the Golden-Eyed Demon Lord gradually became dangerous.

Soul Sha was merely a Purple Mansion cultivator; how could he withstand the powerful pressure emanating from a Demon Lord? His back bent over, and he lay on the ground in an extremely humiliating posture, his body trembling uncontrollably.

She dared not show the slightest dissatisfaction in her heart, and hurriedly explained, "Please calm down, Demon Lord. The blood sacrifice technique requires a large amount of essence blood as a catalyst. These ten years have been mainly used to collect essence blood."

Now, under Song Changsheng's leadership, the Nine Realms of the Southwest are a united front. The Holy Sect has suffered heavy losses, making it extremely difficult to collect essence blood; this is already the fastest possible speed.

"Hmph!" The Golden-Eyed Demon Lord snorted coldly, and an invisible force instantly sent Hun Sha flying. He crashed to the ground and rolled several times before the force dissipated, and all the bones in his body felt as if they were broken.

"Twenty-five years later, Song Changsheng might have already broken through to the Nascent Soul stage. What use would I have for you?"
"Fifteen years. I'll give you at most fifteen years. If you fail, I'll make you wish you were dead!" The Golden-Eyed Demon Lord spoke calmly, but each word was as cold as a steel knife.

With difficulty, Hun Sha looked up and met that cold gaze. His heart skipped a beat, and he quickly said, "I also have the fifteen-year plan, but it requires the Demon Lord's cooperation."

Why didn't you say so earlier that you had such a plan?

"Because this plan is quite risky, it is not the first choice. Since the Demon Lord pursues efficiency, then this plan is the most suitable."

"speak."

Hun Sha quickly gave a brief description of the second plan. After finishing, she lowered her head anxiously, awaiting her fate. If the other party did not agree to her plan, she might not even be able to leave the palace today.

After listening to her story, the Golden-Eyed Demon Lord remained expressionless and silent, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly turned somewhat cold.

After a long pause, he seemed to have made up his mind and nodded, saying, "Then do as you say. Don't try anything funny. This will be your last chance."

As soon as he finished speaking, he flipped his hand and took out a crimson metal compass, which he threw in front of Hun Sha. It was the sacred artifact that he had previously mortgaged to Hun Sha.

Hun Sha's eyes lit up, and she was about to reach for it when an invisible force grabbed her throat, lifting her into the air. A strong feeling of suffocation washed over her like a tidal wave. She struggled instinctively, but the magic power within her was beyond her control and had no effect.

The figure of the Golden-Eyed Demon Lord was reflected in her despairing eyes, getting closer and closer until he reached out and placed his hand on her head.

"what--"

With a piercingly sharp and mournful wail, a wisp of Soul Sha's soul, along with his true spirit, was forcibly torn off by him.

"From today onwards, you only have fifteen years left to live. If you fail to complete the mission, you know the consequences yourself. Get out of here."

As soon as he finished speaking, the nearly unconscious Soul Slayer was thrown out like a piece of insignificant trash, and his consciousness became completely chaotic the moment he hit the ground.

She didn't know how much time had passed when a cold, biting rain woke the sleeping Soul Demon. She looked up at the solemn and majestic palace, then dragged her tired body and staggered away from the Golden-Eyed Demon Kingdom.

Upon returning to her lair, she summoned the Blood-Eyed Raven as quickly as possible and immediately demanded, "Where is Yu Fu?"

"After you left, Master Yu Fu went to Yunzhou to purchase the [Calamity Gu] in accordance with your orders. She only returned to the headquarters three days ago. I monitored her in secret the whole time, but the Gu Immortal Sect's defenses were extremely tight, and I was unable to infiltrate it."

According to the Jade Lotus Sect Leader, she successfully obtained two [Malice Gu] worms, saying she would personally examine them for you.

"In other words, her identity cannot be fully confirmed yet?" Hun Sha's eyebrows furrowed.

"No, but based on my observations over this period of time, Master Yu Fu should have no ulterior motives."

"Useless!" Soul Sha shouted angrily, and said in a deep voice, "Notify Yu Fu to use the [Calamity Gu] on Blood Soul Venerable. After it is done, I will promote her to Vice Sect Leader. During the time I am in seclusion, she will have full authority to manage all affairs within the sect."

Upon hearing this, a hint of resentment flashed in the Blood-Eyed Raven's eyes, but it had no choice but to obey.

Soul Sha could naturally sense the change in his emotions, and said irritably, "It's just giving her an honorary title. When the Holy Sect rises again, you'll definitely have a place."

The demon race has agreed to cooperate with us, and the sacred artifact has been retrieved. This time, the demon race is supporting us at all costs, and the first batch of resources will be delivered soon.

"At that time, you will take over from Yu Fu in the responsibility of awakening the two Dharma Protectors. You only have a maximum of five years."

The gloom in Blood-Eyed Raven's heart vanished instantly, but he quickly realized what was happening and asked in confusion, "Master, weren't we supposed to awaken them separately?"

"The demon race has issued an ultimatum, giving us only fifteen years. Awakening them separately will definitely not be enough time. Fortunately, the sacred artifact has been retrieved. As long as we control the Blood Soul Venerable, the Blood Gu Venerable will be powerless against us."

You must report your progress to me at all times, and you must not disclose it to anyone else.

The Holy Church tightened its defenses, went into complete hibernation, opened its protective barrier, and forbade anyone from leaving, focusing all its efforts on preparation for war.

"Completely go into hibernation? Then how will the essence blood to awaken the Guardian Envoy be collected? Will it also be provided by the demon race?"

"The demon race will provide some, but demon blood essence is too easy to affect the mind. To avoid demonization, we will have to solve the remaining part ourselves. But that's not something you need to worry about. You will know when the time comes."

"As ordered."

The blood-eyed raven had no further questions and quickly retreated...

The sudden change in her position caught Blood Princess completely off guard. The most crucial part of the plan was to use the [Calamity Gu] to control both of the Guardian Envoys at the same time, and to eradicate the Blood Demon Sect before they could recover their Nascent Soul cultivation.

Although she now nominally controls all affairs within the sect, she has lost the right to know about these matters, which makes her somewhat worried that she may have aroused the suspicion of Soul Fiend.

Just as she was about to go to Xunwugui to discuss countermeasures, she learned that Hunsha had ordered everyone to go into hibernation and that no one was allowed to go out, which immediately cut off her contact with the outside world.

A series of changes completely disrupted their original plans.

"Well, I guess I'll just have to play it by ear," Blood Princess thought to herself. "Vice Master, it's time to use the Gu." Blood-Eyed Raven approached, his old face beaming with a smile.

“Alright.” Blood Princess gathered her scattered thoughts and followed him into the underground chamber.

No one expected that deep beneath this nameless mountain range, devoid of any spiritual energy, there would actually exist a place rich in spiritual energy.

This is also the true lair of the Blood Demon Cult. When they first fled here, they developed their power based on this mountain range.

For years, Xue Ji and Hun Wugui, the brother and sister, had been searching for the whereabouts of the two guardian envoys. They had gone to every place they could, turning the Great Qi Dynasty upside down, but they never expected that they would be hiding in such a place.

As you descend the straight staircase into the underground chamber, a pungent, bloody stench assaults your nostrils.

It was called a secret chamber, but it was actually a huge pool of blood, with two gleaming bronze coffins floating above it.

If Song Changsheng were here, he would recognize that this is an extremely rare [Soul-Locking Copper Coffin], which can slow down the decay of a living being's physical body and soul, effectively extending one's lifespan.

The higher one's cultivation level, the longer one's lifespan will be.

No one knows which era these two so-called guardian envoys belong to; all that is known is that they were both Nascent Soul cultivators who were only one step away from the Divine Transformation stage during their lifetimes.

They may have been asleep for hundreds of years, or even thousands of years, and they are the Blood Demon Cult's last trump card for its resurgence.

The Blood Demon Sect had been established in the cultivation world of Daqi for hundreds of years, but most of its accumulated wealth had been swallowed up by these two bottomless pits, and it had never seen any results because its direction was wrong from the very beginning.

Fortunately, that's how it is; otherwise, the situation in the southwest and even the border regions would have changed long ago.

"Vice Leader, please." Blood-Eyed Raven said respectfully.

Blood Princess suppressed the urge to raze this filthy place to the ground, took out a jade jar, and walked through the viscous blood to a bronze coffin.

Inside lay a white-haired, green-robed cultivator, exuding an aura of decay and decline.

Blood Princess opened the jade jar in her hand, inside which was a Gu worm about the thickness of a chopstick, about an inch long, and shaped like a centipede.

The jade jar was placed next to the Blood Soul Venerable's head. Then, a bell was taken out and shaken slightly. Guided by this, the Gu worms twisted their bodies and crawled out of the jade jar, burrowing into the Blood Soul Venerable's nostrils, penetrating deep into his head, and finally taking root in his sea of ​​consciousness.

This is the terrifying aspect of the [Malice Gu]: it directly controls the cultivator's soul and further influences their mind, thereby achieving the purpose of control.

Once the Gu worm truly takes root, it can draw upon the host's source power to continue growing. It is currently a fourth-tier Gu worm, and once Blood Soul Venerable recovers to the Nascent Soul stage, it will grow to the fifth tier.

This also means that once the [Malice Gu] takes root, even a Nascent Soul True Monarch cannot escape its control; only a Nascent Soul Supreme who can separate their primordial spirit from their body can do so.

To plant this Gu, the person being planted must not have the slightest thought of resistance, not even a single thought, because the Gu worm is extremely fragile.

Therefore, the lower the host's cultivation level, the higher the success rate of planting this kind of Gu worm. After all, it is very rare for a high-level cultivator to completely lose the ability to resist, but the two in front of us are exactly such examples.

Once the Gu worms invaded her sea of ​​consciousness, Blood Princess casually tossed the bell to the Blood-Eyed Crow behind her and said in a calm tone, "From now on, I'll leave it to Elder Blood-Eyed. Let's work together and not disappoint the sect leader."

"Please rest assured, Vice Leader, I will do my utmost. Please."

Blood Princess glanced deeply at the other coffin beside her, then turned and left the secret chamber...

In the blink of an eye, five years have passed.

As the tightly closed door of the secret chamber opened again, Soul Fiend, holding the Soul Control Bell, stepped inside. Although her expression was calm, she could not suppress her excitement and trepidation.

Controlling a guardian envoy was something every previous leader of the Blood Demon Cult had dreamed of, and now she was about to achieve it.

Five years have passed, and a massive amount of resources have been consumed. The two guardian envoys were just one step away from awakening, and now, she has arrived.

As he approached the bronze coffin of the Blood Soul Venerable, Soul Fiend's heart began to pound violently, a sound clearly audible in the empty, secret chamber.

"Ring ring ring"

Gently shaking the Soul-Controlling Bell in his hand, the Blood Soul Venerable's heart, which had been dormant for countless years, finally began to beat again as the sound waves entered his ears.

With the heart working, blood flowed rapidly throughout the body, and the originally pale skin regained its color at a visible speed, and the body's strength began to gradually recover.

The spiritual energy around the bronze coffin fluctuated violently involuntarily. The essence blood mixed with a large amount of spiritual materials in the blood pool below was drawn in and rushed into the bronze coffin, entering the Blood Soul Venerable's body through the body's acupoints with a "glug-glug" sound.

Gradually, the aura emanating from him began to rise in stages, quickly surpassing Soul Fiend and reaching a new realm.

Just as he was about to open his eyes, the [Calamity Gu] that had been lurking in his sea of ​​consciousness extended its slender mouthparts and pierced directly into his soul.

His body reflexively sat up from the bronze coffin.

Blood Soul Venerable shuddered, a look of pain flashing across his face, but he quickly returned to normal.

Once his bodily functions returned to normal, he was finally able to open his eyes. The long-lost darkness dissipated, and what came into view was a Soul Slayer who appeared respectful on the surface but was filled with madness in his heart.

Before he could speak, he saw her begin to shake the bell in her hand.

"Ring ring ring"

Mixed in with the sound waves was Hun Shana's voice, trembling with excitement: "Kneel down!"

Just as Blood Soul Venerable was about to erupt in anger, his consciousness suddenly wavered, and his body stood up uncontrollably, only to kneel down again.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Seeing this, Hun Sha burst into unrestrained laughter, his maniacal laughter echoing through the sealed chamber for a long time...

...(End of this chapter)