Hell Emperor.

Chapter 486 Xie Xinyu - Blood Refining Array
"There is actually such a magical skill in the world... It's a pity that it is the power controlled by the goddess Xuannv after all. Even if ordinary people work hard for a hundred years, they can't comprehend even a little bit of it."

Ye Jie sighed. Although the Soul-Destroying Tribulation was powerful and could effectively restrain the Teng Snakes Riding the Mist in the Ten Thousand Snakes Cave, it was not something he could do. It was a powerful magic that only the Queen Mother Xuan Nu could master.

"Besides this, is there no other way?"

Everyone pondered for a moment, and suddenly heard Ren Changhong speak: "I remember that the Soul-Chasing Sword among the Thirteen Swords of Shura can effectively restrain the Soul-Separation Technique and achieve the effect of chasing the soul with one sword."

Upon hearing this, Ye Jie's eyes lit up. He had learned the Thirteen Swords of Shura before, and he learned it from Ren Changhong. Naturally, he was not unfamiliar with the Soul-Chasing Sword among them.

As a martial art used by Shura of the Demon Palace, each of the Thirteen Swords of Shura contains different effects. When the sword intent is condensed to the extreme, it is like Shura descending to the world, and it is no problem to capture souls and spirits.

If you use this sword to kill the enemy, you can effectively restrain the effect of Teng Snake Riding the Mist.

"With the effect of the Soul-Chasing Sword, next time I meet someone from the Ten Thousand Snake Cave, I will definitely not give him a chance to escape."

Ye Jie's eyes were determined. Under the Bodhi Heart Method at the Hongmeng level, the quality of all his skills would not be lower than the Wanhua level, including the Thirteen Swords of Shura.

The skills at the Wanhua level are already very powerful tricks. Even if an ordinary immortal practices hard for a hundred years, he may not be able to improve a skill to this level, which is enough to deal with ordinary enemies.

At this moment, Ye Jie suddenly remembered something, took out an ancient book from his arms, and said:

"In addition to the Netherworld Soil, I also got this book. After a quick look, I think the book contains content related to the Way of Formation. Who among you wants to take a look?"

Apart from the technique itself, other miscellaneous skills, whether it is formation, alchemy or talisman making, cannot be blessed by the Bodhi mind method, nor can they be modified using the eight-sided stitching pages. To Ye Jie, this formation book is like an incomprehensible heavenly book, so he might as well give it to others.

"show me!"

Seeing Ye Jie bring back a book on formations, Xie Xinyu's eyes lit up immediately. If one were to ask who among the crowd was the best at formations, it would definitely be her. Her second-grade talent gave her the ability to apply knowledge to all kinds of subjects. Formations that seemed complicated to others were a piece of cake to her.

Taking the formation book, Xie Xinyu flipped through it, and his expression gradually changed from curiosity at the beginning to serious and solemn.

"What's wrong? What's recorded in the book?"

Noticing her expression change, Ye Jie asked curiously.

Xie Xinyu closed the book with great effort, and her heart was still restless for a long time. After a while, she finally spoke:
"What is recorded in the book is a very rare blood refining formation. If I am not mistaken, this should be the formation of the Blood Pond Palace."

After hearing her answer, Ye Jie's curiosity did not ease, but became even stronger. He then asked, "Blood Refining Formation? What is its effect?"

Xie Xinyu answered truthfully: "For example, if someone kills someone with a knife, and the knife is stained with blood, after cleaning, the blood will disappear, but there will still be some invisible things attached to the knife. As time goes by, these things will continue to dissipate and eventually disappear completely. The effect of the Blood Refining Formation is that after a hundred years or even a thousand years, the freshest blood will still be refined from the knife."

Ye Jie nodded, and understood the effect of the Blood Refining Formation: "It sounds like it has some effect."

Shen Qingge seemed to have heard something and couldn't help but take a deep breath: "It's more than just a little bit of effect. If the effect of the blood refining array is really that powerful, wouldn't it be able to extract the blood of many ancient immortals from those ancient immortal-killing magic weapons?"

Hearing this, everyone also understood the power of this formation. The essence of heaven and earth is hidden in the bodies of immortals, especially those ancient immortals with strong strength. Even a drop of blood spilled from the fingertips can make others reborn.

Ye Jie vaguely remembered that in the past, the Lord of Guangwang Palace only drank a few drops of Mara's blood, and his realm underwent a drastic change. The blood of the Nine-transformation Immortal was more effective than any elixir or magic medicine.

"I remember that the materials for making the Moon Shooting Crossbow include not only the North Sea Black Iron, but also the blood of the Ninth Transformation Immortal for tempering..."

Thinking of the materials needed to make the Moon-Shooting Crossbow, Ye Jie's eyes lit up.

Before this, Ye Jie had no idea where to collect the blood of the Nine-Turn Immortal. Now, with this blood refining formation, he only needs to find the magic weapon that once injured the Nine-Turn Immortal. Even if it has been a thousand or ten thousand years, it does not matter. He can refine the blood of the Nine-Turn Immortal.

The appearance of the Blood Refining Array undoubtedly solved the thorny problem and allowed Ye Jie to see the hope of collecting all the materials.

On the side, Su Miao frowned slightly and commented: "This is indeed the formation of the Blood Pond Palace. Only people from the Blood Pond Palace can have such a profound attainment in the way of blood."

Yao Yin also spoke slowly: "The people in the Blood Pond Hall will use the blood of living beings to sacrifice magic weapons. The stronger the source of the blood used, and the more living beings involved, the more powerful the power after the sacrifice. I think this blood refining formation exists just to collect blood."

Hearing this, Ye Jie couldn't help but have a question in his mind.

"Since this is the Blood Pond Palace's formation, why did it appear on Elder Mo Wen of the Ten Thousand Snake Cave? From what he said before, even the Netherworld Soil was used in a special formation ritual. Could it be this blood refining formation?"

The more Ye Jie thought about it, the more he thought it was possible. Hua Xiaomei, on the other hand, was a little puzzled: "Isn't the Netherworld Soil a material for refining weapons? Could it be that it is stained with the blood of a powerful person?"

Su Miao took a deep breath and confirmed this statement: "The Netherworld Soil is not just a simple material for refining weapons, but a treasure used by saints in the past to control floods. It is naturally stained with the blood of many ancient demons... It is not impossible to use it in the blood refining formation."

Shen Qingge also said thoughtfully: "Speaking of which, as an old sect that has existed for thousands of years, the Ten Thousand Snake Cave has indeed been too active recently. They have seized the Golden Silk Nanmu King and bought the Netherworld Soil. I think they are preparing for some big move."

Ye Jie understood the situation clearly. All signs indicated to him that he seemed to have been unintentionally involved in some conspiracy.

Ye Jie was not too worried about this. As the saying goes, when an enemy comes, we will fight him; when a flood comes, we will block it with earth. With eight stitching pages on his body, he was not afraid of those conspiracies and tricks.

Although he was confident in his own skills, he had to improve his cultivation. Otherwise, if he only had the skills, he would still suffer a great loss when fighting with the real strong men. After collecting the Netherworld Soil, Ye Jie was about to set off. Ren Changhong seemed to remember something and his eyes fell on the Red Scale City in the distance:

"Although the elder escaped using the Soul Separation Technique, he couldn't have gotten far. As far as I know, the people in the Ten Thousand Snake Cave can take over the bodies of the spirit snakes they have cultivated after their immortal bodies are destroyed, and they always carry the spirit snakes with them. The spirit snake that holds his soul is likely to be somewhere in the city."

Ye Jie nodded, looking embarrassed and said: "It's just that I can't sense his location. Maybe he has gone underground."

For practitioners, the earth is like a natural barrier that is difficult to penetrate with perception. Trying to find the whereabouts of a spiritual snake in the thick underground is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Ren Changhong's eyes darkened as he said, "Since he refuses to come out, we must find a way to force him out. Otherwise, if we let him go, with the vengeful nature of the people in the Ten Thousand Snake Cave, we will probably have trouble living in peace in the future."

Ye Jie glanced at her and asked, "So in your opinion, what should we do to force him out of the city?"

Ren Changhong looked into the distance: "Of course, we are using this city as a threat. If he doesn't come out, we will destroy this city."

Ye Jie shook his head, disagreeing: "This is a conflict between me and that elder. What does it have to do with the residents of Chilin City? How can you hurt innocent people for this reason?"

Shen Qingge also advised: "Master, we are the descendants of Xuannv, and this is against the right path."

Ren Changhong didn't care: "Those who achieve great things don't care about trivial matters. Besides, this city is the territory of the Ten Thousand Snake Cave. The people in the Ten Thousand Snake Cave have always been evil-minded. We will eradicate all the stubborn diseases here. On the contrary, we are upholding the right path."

Ye Jie waved his hand: "I believe that even in this city, there are kind-hearted people. We can't just kill them all with one stick. It's enough to get the Netherworld Soil. As for that elder, let's forget about it."

Seeing that Ye Jie was determined to do so, Ren Changhong stopped trying to persuade him and just said, "Okay... don't blame me for not reminding you. Judging from the character of the elders of the Ten Thousand Snake Cave, this matter may not end there."

After the discussion ended, the Tianji set sail again shortly afterwards.

On the deck, Hua Xiaomei was a little curious and asked, "Brother Jie, where are we going next?"

"Go to Wanshou City." Ye Jie answered slowly.

Wanshou City is the city under the jurisdiction of the Wanshou Fairy and is also the center of Yangshou trade.

"What are we going there for?"

Nan Linghe also leaned over and asked with his eyes wide open.

Ye Jie replied, "I have already collected the Yama Earth Core Fire and the Netherworld Soil. If I want to refine the basalt shield, I need one last refining material, which is the basalt tortoise shell. The so-called basalt tortoise shell does not necessarily have to be the tortoise shell of the mythical beast Xuanwu, as long as it is its offspring. Fairy Wanshou is a descendant of Xuanwu, and she must know the whereabouts of this material. As long as I can collect the basalt tortoise shell, I can gather all the materials to help me get promoted to a higher fairy official position."

After a pause, Ye Jie continued, "Besides that, Fairy Wanshou is also the second elder of the Qinglian Palace. If we want to obtain the Qinglian Palace's main account, we will definitely need her help. No matter from which aspect, we must go to Wanshou City."

Nan Linghe nodded as if she understood, but she didn't care about the answer to the question. Since the Tianji set out on the journey, it didn't matter to her where they went. She only cared about the journey with Ye Jie.

"Wanshou City?"

Shen Qingge also heard these words. She chanted the name, and there was a hint of strangeness in her cold eyes:
"That is the source of the lifespan trade. I heard that the lifespan of residents born in that city will be taken away from them at birth, and they will only have one day left. They have to work hard every day since they were young, just to gain lifespan tomorrow. If they try to escape, they will die."

Su Miao couldn't help but glared at Ye Jie: "Did you see that? This is the evil consequence of the lifespan trade. Not only that, every day many people from other places come here specially just to find the lifespan ghost messenger, and sell their lifespans for worldly gold and silver. But before they can enjoy it for long, they die. How sad!"

Ye Jie glanced at her and said, "Do you think this is sad?"

"What else? Do you think this is the right thing to do?" Su Miao asked back unhappily.

Ye Jie frowned and did not answer for a while. After a moment, he spoke slowly:
"Those ordinary people who can't practice cultivation do repetitive and boring work day after day just for that little bit of money. Do you think that farmers who till the land, street vendors, and restaurant waiters like busy labor and enjoy getting up early and going to bed late in the wind and sun? In other words, everyone is exchanging their life for money, but it comes more slowly, like cutting meat with a blunt knife, so that they can't even notice it."

After a pause, facing the slightly confused looks of the crowd, Ye Jie slowly spoke: "Compared to this, wouldn't it be better to directly find a longevity ghost messenger to convert your life into silver money, saving the repetition and boredom in life, leaving only happy days? "

Su Miao opened her mouth, but didn't know how to refute for a moment, so she could only stomp her feet hard with an angry look on her face.

It was Shen Qingge who spoke up again: "Ah Jie, that's wrong. Life is priceless. A mortal's soul has to reincarnate countless times, and be an animal countless times in the previous life before they can get the chance to be reborn as a human. Whether it's the joy and pain, leisure and fatigue in life, they are all part of their experience in this life. How can they be easily replaced with money?"

Nan Linghe bit his nails, puffed his lips, and said hesitantly: "But I really like labor. Labor is the most glorious, and labor can create everything."

After listening to everyone's persuasion, Ye Jie's eyes trembled, and a thought that he had never had before surged in his heart. He sighed:

"You are right. Those unique experiences in life, whether they are happy or boring, boring or novel, cannot be replaced by mere money. Only when you have experienced them all can you be said to have no regrets."

At the end, Ye Jie couldn't help but think of a face.

If Xia Wei were here, she would have the same idea as me, right? She made all living beings extraordinary, and allowed the grace of the gods to descend upon the world, even at the cost of angering the heavens. She was the one who cared for all living beings.

Shaking his head, Ye Jie stopped talking about this matter and instead looked into the distance with a hint of anticipation in his eyes. He didn't know what was waiting for him on this trip to Wanshou City.

(End of this chapter)