The End of the Immortal Path

Chapter 203 The Old Ox: A Great Demon Wants to Save Me
A secret realm of immortals.

On the hillside, a huge array altar stood.

The altar has twelve pillars, and the pillars are covered with runes.

A powerful aura emanated from it, and the power of the twelve pillars resonated with each other.

Above the altar, surrounded by pillars, lies a vast pool of blood.

The pool of blood meandered, and as the blood flowed, it eventually formed a bright red character for "life".

At this moment, a man stood on the altar, with runes rotating around him, like the thirteenth pillar standing.

At this moment, he looked at the bright red and vibrant character for "life" and smiled: "This is truly a wonderful place. My life-and-death blood sacrifice array is about to be completed."

"Once we succeed, I will be at the Gate of Life, while everyone else will be at the Gate of Death."

"I'm going to be invincible."

The man was dressed in a black robe and had a pale face.

His eyes held a hint of madness.

All they could see was this massive formation.

Nothing else was seen.

They are even less afraid of others.

"Xu Chen, your actions have violated the rules." At this moment, a woman who had been brought there by kidnappers angrily rebuked, "You have drawn blood from so many of your fellow disciples, including young masters and ladies, elders and disciples from various families."

"Didn't anyone tell you that offending them would make you very upset?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Chen turned to look at the woman lying on the ground and said, "It's Senior Sister Hu. Then someone must have told me."

"Then how dare you lay a hand on them? How dare you be so cruel?" Senior Sister Hu immediately rebuked.

Seeing the other party's anger, Xu Chen smiled and said, "I used to be obedient, I didn't offend them, and I wasn't so cruel, but I was still very sad and couldn't live a good life."

"I can't live well either if I don't offend anyone or if I do offend someone."

"Senior Sister Hu, do you think it's better to offend her or not?"

As he spoke, Xu Chen looked at Senior Sister Hu, seemingly waiting for her answer.

“You could manage before, but you can’t anymore,” Senior Sister Hu said.

Xu Chen nodded: "That's true. Now that I've drained them of all their blood, do you think they can survive?"
"By the way, I'm going to bleed Senior Sister Hu soon too."

"Senior Sister Hu, would you like to guess whether you can make it through this?"

"You'll regret this," Senior Sister Hu shouted angrily.

Xu Chen shook his head and said, "Once I succeed, who can say I'm wrong? There is no one in this area that I fear, and there is no one that my Life and Death Blood Array cannot defeat."

"I not only want to seize the greatest opportunity here, but I also want to break through in one fell swoop with the help of the formation."

"I will successfully advance to the later stage amidst your curses."

"Perfection is not something I need."

"And you, you have left me behind by a great deal."

"As for what will happen after we get out, we'll see once we're out."

Then Xu Chen casually waved his hand and said, "Find a good burial site for Senior Sister Hu and bleed her dry."

"She has good resources, and there must be a lot of residual medicinal properties in her blood."

"Very nourishing."

Then two people pulled the person down.

Senior Sister Hu immediately struggled and said, "He doesn't care about his life, do you don't care about yours either? Let me go, I can help you get out of this trouble."

Xu Chen shook his head again at Senior Sister Hu: "Senior Sister, you're too naive. How could they believe you? And do you even know who they are?"

It was only then that Senior Sister Hu realized that all of these people were dressed in black robes and wore masks.

He didn't utter a single word from beginning to end.

Xu Chen chuckled and said, "These are my allies. I'm responsible for attracting everyone's hatred while they do the work in the shadows."

"Then we share the results."

"Afterwards, they live their lives, and I live mine; we don't interfere with each other."

Senior Sister Hu immediately said, "But there's a risk. What if you betray him? Or what if you get discovered halfway through?"

Xu Chen sighed, "What is there without risk? Besides, how do you know which sect they belong to?"

"We are from the Evergreen Sect."

"If they were from the Misty Cloud Sect, would your influence extend this far?"

At this moment, Senior Sister Hu was pulled down the hillside, where she was horrified to find that there were many dead trees, and people were tied to the dead trees.

Blood spilled from their bodies and flowed onto the earth.

Extremely miserable.

She was terrified.

He immediately shouted, "Xu Chen, how can you be so heartless and insane as to face your father?"

On the hillside, Xu Chen, who had heard the shout, sneered: "What's this about being worthy or not? He's just a spineless coward. Do you think I'm afraid of him?"

Then a man in black robes came to his side and said, "Currently, only the Tianyuan Formation can fight against us. They advocate sharing the fruits of our labor, and many people have gone to their side."

"After the second and third phases, their main force should be very strong."

"How can so many people share the fruits of success?" Xu Chen said casually. "It's just a tactic used by the Liu family to win people over."

“If we just send out some rumors, that’s all the results we get. How can we share them?”

"Liu Ningya is going to keep it all for herself, isn't she?"

"If this is how it's spread, it won't be long before their hearts are no longer united, and the Heavenly Origin Formation will be insignificant."

"I want to personally capture Liu Ningya and bleed her dry."

"This is going to cause a huge commotion," the man in black advised.

Xu Chen's eyes were filled with madness: "It doesn't matter, it has nothing to do with you, it won't affect you. As long as I capture them, my formation will succeed, and I will use their blood to consolidate my achievements."

"I only want this."

"The opportunities in the Immortal Abode are all yours."

The man in black robes sighed and said, "It's a pity there aren't any powerful disciples of the Misty Cloud Sect in this area. Otherwise, the competition would be fierce enough to confuse the situation."

Of course, it doesn't have a significant effect.

Because this formation is too offensive to people.

Liu Ningya has a powerful background. If she is captured and bled, the matter will be difficult to handle, especially since she seems to be carrying out a family mission, which would be a serious offense.

Furthermore, among so many people, who can know whether there are others with powerful backgrounds?

Soon after, someone came to inform them that the fog had started to swirl.

There should be a third large formation starting to expand.

Xu Chen was somewhat surprised: "What about the distance?"

"It's still a long way off," the visitor said.

"It's alright, we'll continue capturing people, and the rumors about the Heavenly Origin Formation will continue. Sooner or later we'll encounter a newly emerging formation and swallow it all up," Xu Chen said.

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At this moment, Jiang Man activated the array materials to expand the array.

In an instant, all the materials resonated, and their power connected.

Immediately afterwards, the thick fog dissipated.

A large forest appeared within the formation.

There is another river behind it.

Ahead lay wasteland.

The sudden increase in the size of the formation surprised Hailian and the others.

Having grown accustomed to the original array's field of vision, the sudden sight of such a wide field of vision was awe-inspiring to them.

However, they had no idea what had happened.

All that is known is that Jiang Man and Shangguan Lingyue were suddenly isolated by the formation, and after waiting for a long time, the formation suddenly grew larger.

At this moment, Shangguan Lingyue stepped out of the array barrier and came to Hailian and the others. He said seriously, "You have seen the current situation. Get ready to pull people in. We will definitely have to face the Blood Sacrifice Array and the Heavenly Origin Array in the future."

"The Blood Sacrifice Array takes an evil path, the Heavenly Origin Array shares the fruits of success, so what path should we take?" Hailian asked.

She paused for a moment, then asked, "Who's in charge now?"

Shangguan Lingyue hesitated for a moment, then said, "I have lost."

Lin Chenling asked in surprise, "They've already fought?"

Shangguan Lingyue nodded.

For a moment, Hailian and Lin Chenling looked at each other in disbelief.

Isn't the other party at the early stage of Golden Core?
The intelligence turned out to be wrong.

But there are many of them.

Shangguan Lingyue seemed to see through their thoughts and said, "Having more people is meaningless; we can't set up this kind of formation."

"The formation is the core of this place."

"Without this formation, we would have no chance of fighting, let alone becoming the final winner."

“In the past, we only wanted results in small groups, but now it’s different.”

After a pause, Shangguan Lingyue continued, "You all understand the situation of those people in the Blood Sacrifice Array, but this Jiang Man has both strength and array formations."

"We can't compete with him. We can only get more by cooperating with him."

Helene and the others had nothing to say.

Then Shangguan Lingyue talked about his philosophy on recruiting people.

That is to first become the winner, and then the opportunity will be seized by the virtuous.

The saying goes, "Those with virtue shall possess," so naturally, whoever grabs it first gets to keep it.

“With so many people, there will inevitably be different groups, and there will be conflicts,” Helene said.

"It doesn't matter. It's all about mutual benefit anyway. Let's be the winners first."

“The Blood Sacrifice Formation isn’t so easy to win,” Shangguan Lingyue said.

After that, we arranged for people to guard the formation and sought out the thirty-six formation patterns for Jiang Man.

Unfortunately, nobody has it.

The Sun Pill required to join the Rosemary Array has also been removed.

Join unconditionally.

Different strategies for different periods.

No one else had anything to say.

The next day, Shangguan Lingyue led his men out to search for the person.

Soon this place will become the third largest formation.

A three-way standoff, vying for the ultimate winner.

After everyone left, Jiang Man summoned Zhao Qiu.

I asked for your name.

Zhao Qiu dared not conceal the truth and told him the truth.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Man was somewhat surprised: "The Zhao family of Fengyu City?"

Zhao Qiu immediately replied, "It's the Zhao family of Qiuye City."

He suddenly felt incredibly fortunate to have two Zhao families.

Jiang Man's tone softened: "Do you know Zhao Yaoyao?"

“Little Zhao, I’m her cousin,” Zhao Qiu said earnestly.

They all share the surname Zhao, so Zhao Yaoyao won't be at a disadvantage.

Furthermore, the fact that this person mentioned Zhao Yaoyao indicates that Zhao Yaoyao will hold a significant position in the Zhao family in the future.

Especially if the person in front of you can sing all the way.

Even more so.

"Why are you causing me trouble?" Jiang Man asked curiously.

“I’m jealous,” Zhao Qiu said truthfully. “Senior Brother Jiang’s talent is unparalleled throughout history, and I’m so jealous that I can’t help it.”

Jiang Man was taken aback, seemingly not expecting this answer: "Then why not suppress it?"

"I heard that Senior Brother Jiang has a Daoist partner. Is he able to suppress his feelings for his partner?" Zhao Qiu asked.

“Sure,” Jiang Man nodded.

"So Senior Brother Jiang's talent is extraordinary, unparalleled throughout history, while I am just an ordinary person," Zhao Qiu said, bowing his head in admiration.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Man was startled.

This person is speaking.
She's just as good as Li Yuan.

Afterwards, Jiang Man inquired about borrowing resources from the other party, as he wanted to defeat the people in the other formations and borrow them all.

I'd like to ask if this is suitable.

“It’s not appropriate.” Zhao Qiu shook his head in alarm. “Senior brother, please don’t do such a thing. It’s fine to borrow one or two pills, but if you borrow them on a large scale, the sect will intervene.”

"At the very least, all resources must be handed over for investigation."

"Why?" Jiang Man asked curiously.

Zhao Qiu immediately explained, "Although the sect allows competition, what we compete for is always the opportunity that we haven't obtained yet, not the resources we possess."

"If this kind of thing is allowed to happen, those with weaker foundations will have no chance of rising again if they try to improve their studies and knowledge."

"The young masters and ladies, elders and disciples cultivated by the family will plunder the opportunity for everyone below to rise up."

"The sect will not allow such a thing to happen."

"This is protecting them, protecting people like Senior Brother Jiang, and protecting the healthy development of the sect."

"Once this matter becomes serious and is confirmed by the sect, the path will become difficult, and it will be even harder to enter the sect's core."

"It would be fatal for a prodigy."

After a pause, Zhao Qiu said again, "Although this is a celestial abode, it is still within the sect's territory."

In fact, Zhao Qiu didn't want to remind Jiang Man of this, letting him court death on his own.

However, the other party is learning from me.

I'll die then too.

Besides, even if I don't remind him, Shangguan Lingyue will definitely remind me anyway, so I might as well let myself take the credit.

Jiang Man felt it was a bit of a pity.

It turns out that I still need others to come to me.

Reasonable and well-founded.

Jiang Man then decided to open the second box.

As for the formations, their expansion should be accelerated.

According to Shangguan Lingyue, after the second major earthquake, the trees will begin to bear fruit, and three colors of fruit will appear on them.

Each person can only eat one type.

The red color indicates an increase in cultivation level.

Orange enhances physical health.

Green initiatives enhance the spirit.

You can eat as much as you can control, but it has no effect once you leave the formation.

When the third earthquake occurs, the person at the core of the formation will be able to activate the power within the formation.

This power is similar to cultivation level.

When Jiang Man learned of this, his first thought was, "After the third earthquake, when all rivers flow into the sea, wouldn't he be invincible?"

Given all this, isn't it possible to make a big score?
However, Zhao Qiu poured cold water on his enthusiasm.

Pity.

He needs to enter the core of the sect and become a direct disciple.

Afterwards, Jiang Man focused his mind and began to examine the box.

Unlock.

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Deep within the prison.

Ren Qian brought in some grain and placed it in a cell.

The animal imprisoned here is Jiang Man's old ox.

Ren Qian wasn't sure if this was an evil god, but he still had to provide the food.

He originally wanted to say that as long as the immortal sect came, there would be no problem and the old ox could leave.

But if the other party is an evil god, saying this is equivalent to informing them of a message.

So he simply left the provisions and departed.

The old ox lowered its head and ate grass.

The food here is better than outside.

However, since nothing much has been done about it for so long, it seems there won't be any problems for now.

But it has no way of knowing what's happening outside.

Ren Qian was wary and said nothing.

The old ox wasn't worried. Jiang Man was incredibly lucky, and as long as he didn't revert to his childhood self, he would definitely take advantage of the identity that person had given him.

Of course, if you tell that person about your own situation, then it's all over.

There's no point in running away; let's just wait to die together.

Now it doesn't need to do anything; it can just quietly wait for Jiang Man's arrangements.

But as it was grazing, it suddenly sensed an extremely subtle demonic aura.

Big demon?

Immediately afterwards, the demonic energy transformed into a wisp of information that a yellow ox could understand.

They said the people here wanted to kill it, and asked if it wanted to leave.

The old ox looked down at the unprecedented amount of grain and fodder and fell silent.

Here, one neither has to witness the youthful exuberance of Jiang Man nor suffer hunger and hardship.

Apart from not being able to go out for a stroll, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it.

"You won't live long here, and you can't leave anyway. I can enlighten you and let you feel power. All you have to do is wait for the opportunity to leave this place."

(End of this chapter)