Junior sister, I really need to control you

In the past ten days, besides forging the Taibai Sword and conditioning Xinshi, he also took some time each day to reinforce the great formation surrounding the capital.

They gave special consideration to the large formation in the area that was closer to the dragon.

And just now, he sensed that the great formation had been activated, and a target was trapped inside.

but……

If his perception is correct, what is trapped inside should not be a dragon.

First of all, the location is wrong; it's not near the dragon at all, but quite far away.

Secondly, the strength of the struggle is wrong. This is far from the strength that a dragon comparable to a Great Immortal should have. At most, it is just a very strong Immortal.

Moreover, judging from the direction in which those who entered the formation were heading, they were not leaving the capital.

It seems more like...someone who came from outside the capital?

Chapter 132 Bloodscale Demon Clan

Outside the capital of the Dayong Dynasty.

Hundreds of spiritual lights converged to form chains that intertwined and locked together, each chain extending from the void.

Inside the cage woven from chains, three female nuns dressed in white robes stood guard, their faces solemn.

The female cultivator at the head of the group appeared to be in her forties. She unfolded a lotus-shaped magic weapon in her hand, protecting the two cultivators behind her.

The two younger cultivators did not possess any defensive magical artifacts, but they still managed to create a protective barrier using spells.

“Senior sister, this formation is a bit strange. It doesn’t seem to be the work of the demon race. It’s more like a formation of our human race,” said a younger female cultivator.

The leading female cultivator nodded: "It does indeed resemble a human formation, but it's hard to say whether the person who set it up is friend or foe."

"Hopefully, he hasn't betrayed us and joined the evil cultivators of the Bloodscale Demon Clan," another young female cultivator said.

"Judging from this formation, besides trapping the enemy, it seems to also contain a killing formation, though it hasn't been activated yet. If it were a heretical cultivator, they would have activated the killing formation directly..."

The leading female cultivator shook her head: "However, being trapped in someone's hands means we're ultimately at a disadvantage. We still need to find a way to escape as soon as possible."

"Senior sister makes it sound so easy. We've already used every method we could, and we still can't shake this formation at all." The youngest female cultivator shook her head.

The leading female cultivator sighed. Just as she was fretting, she saw a blazing white meteor flying in from the horizon.

Although her consciousness was trapped in the formation, she could still tell from her eyesight that the cultivator's cultivation was extremely high, and that this escape technique alone was not something an ordinary cultivator could use.

Her vigilance immediately spiked, and several spells were already prepared to be unleashed.

Then they saw the meteorite approach, pause slightly, circle in front of the three of them, and then head in another direction.

But the meteor was not merely passing by; in the instant it paused, several beams of light shot out from it, and a human figure emerged.

The spiritual light entered the formation, making the already seemingly indestructible formation even more stable, but the killing formation within it still did not activate.

The figure that emerged was a young and charming girl who was almost too young.

Although he looked only sixteen or seventeen years old, he steadily flew to the three of them on a flying sword.

The leading female cultivator's eyes narrowed. This was the first time she had ever seen a cultivator so young who could wield a high-grade magic weapon and fly.

Mu Xiaoyu bowed respectfully: "I am Mu Xiaoyu from the Xuanzhen Temple of the Zhengyang lineage of the Taihao Immortal Sect. May I ask where you three seniors come from?"

Upon hearing Mu Xiaoyu introduce herself, the three men's tense expressions eased slightly.

"Young friend Mu, I am the head nun of Jingyun Temple, my Dharma name is Nianci." said the leading female nun.

Although she didn't know about Xuanzhen Temple, she had heard of Taihao Immortal Sect and many other lineages.

Li Yinsheng, who was hiding to the side, also nodded slightly.

This Jingyun Temple, just as Shangguan Ling'er had told him, was barely a second-rate power in the Ten Thousand Mountains, with only one ghost immortal presiding over it.

Although it is called a temple, it was originally a Buddhist sect that only accepted female nuns. Now it is a fusion of Buddhism and Taoism, but it still only accepts female cultivators.

However, Shangguan Ling'er only used Jingyun Temple as an example of "the lower limit of second-rate forces" at the time, without going into details.

Therefore, that's all he knows.

"Young friend Mu, was this formation set up by your master?" Nianci asked.

Mu Xiaoyu nodded: "It was arranged by my senior brother."

"Senior brother?" Nianci was startled.

Was the person who set up the formation your senior brother? But someone capable of setting up such a large formation is probably a Grand Master, right?

Although she didn't know the details of the various Taoist temples under the lineage, under what circumstances would a great master be able to address such a young cultivator as a senior brother and sister?

Could it be because they all have a master with extremely high cultivation?

Although she was alarmed, she didn't dwell on that point. Instead, she asked about something more important: "Young friend Mu, where is your senior brother who set up the formation?"

"Although the Zhengyang lineage and my Jingyun Temple do not have much contact, they are both righteous paths among the human race. Your senior brother's setting up of this formation has probably misled us into trapping us."

Mu Xiaoyu thought about the instructions her senior brother had given her—

“I’ve already investigated. The cultivators trapped inside are all righteous and shouldn’t be considered bad people, but we should still be cautious. I won’t show myself yet; Junior Sister, you go and find out their origins and purpose.”

Her eyes darted around, and she said, "But my senior brother is busy with other things, and I don't know how to break the formation."

"Anyway, since this formation isn't controlled by Senior Brother, the killing array inside won't be activated, so there's no danger. We can only ask the three seniors to stay inside for a few more days."

"How many days?" the youngest female cultivator couldn't help but ask. "Are we going to be locked up for a few days?"

"After all, I don't know when my senior brother will be back," Mu Xiaoyu said innocently.

"Young friend Mu, is there any way to send a message to your senior brother?" Nianci frowned slightly. "The three of us nuns have urgent business that involves the safety of the people and rogue cultivators of the city. It cannot be delayed."

Just as Mu Xiaoyu was surprised by the extent of the involvement, she heard her senior brother's voice in her ear.

"Junior sister, find out what happened from them."

Mu Xiaoyu remained calm, looking troubled: "I only have one communication talisman left by my senior brother. It's very expensive, and once I use it, it's gone."

"Seniors, is your matter really that important?"

Upon learning that Mu Xiaoyu indeed had a way to contact the person who set up the formation, Nianci nodded hurriedly and solemnly said, "This matter is extremely important. Young friend, do you know about the Bloodscale Demon Clan?"

Mu Xiaoyu shook her head.

"The Bloodscale Demon Clan is an extremely special branch of the demon race. Their origins are shrouded in mystery, and they come in various forms. They are more adept than other demon races at improving their cultivation by devouring blood and flesh."

"Although the Bloodscale Demon Clan also devours other demon clans, they especially love the blood and qi of humans."

"Long ago, when the Hundred Thousand Mountains were ruled by the demon race, the Bloodscale Demon Race extensively kept mortals and human cultivators, and was at its peak."

"However, they have been trapped in the Hundred Thousand Mountains for many years by us righteous people, unable to obtain human blood food, and can only kill each other with other demon races, which has led to their extreme decline."

"But more than a hundred years ago, the Bloodscale Demon Clan was perhaps unwilling to perish, so they devoted all their strength to conceiving several blood eggs called 'Holy Sons', which possessed extremely pure bloodlines."

"The Bloodscale Demon Clan pins its hopes on the Holy Son to hatch, grow rapidly, and revive their clan."

"The first few eggs of the Holy Sons were hatched by them using a large amount of other demon races as nutrients, and they grew extremely rapidly. In just a few decades, they could become demon kings comparable to Dharma Aspect True Persons, and one of them even gave birth to a demon immortal."

"After the Bloodscale Demon Clan regained some strength, they were no longer satisfied with using other demon clans to incubate the Holy Son. So they wanted to use humans as blood food to incubate the last Holy Son's egg."

"They meticulously planned for many years, bypassing the blockade, and brought the last Holy Child's blood egg from the depths of the Hundred Thousand Mountains to the mortal world."

Nianci explained, "Our Jingyun Temple captured a high-ranking member of the Bloodscale Demon Clan by chance. We only learned about this matter after interrogating him, so we immediately tracked down the demon carrying the Holy Child Egg."

"After tracing our way here, we learned that the capital city of Dayong regularly holds a gathering for independent cultivators, so we knew that the monster was probably eyeing this gathering."

"For the Bloodscale Demon Clan's holy son to hatch, there must be a large number of mortals and human cultivators as support, and the higher the cultivation level of the human cultivators, the better."

"The loose cultivators' exchange meeting in the capital of Dayong will attract loose cultivators of considerable strength from the entire Dayong and even the surrounding areas."

"For the Bloodscale Demon Clan, who want to incubate a Holy Son, this is undoubtedly the best opportunity."

She paused here, seemingly giving Mu Xiaoyu time to process what she was saying.

He then continued, "So, young friend Mu should understand now, right? This matter is extremely urgent. If it were even a few days later, the Bloodscale Demon Clan that incubated the Holy Son might have to sacrifice the entire capital's population and rogue cultivators..."

“I see,” Li Yinsheng’s voice rang out beside Mu Xiaoyu, and then his figure appeared. “So that dragon had been lurking here all along to plan this?”

"Senior brother! Those demons are so hateful!" Mu Xiaoyu said indignantly, "They actually want to sacrifice the entire capital city!"

When Nianci saw Li Yinsheng suddenly appear and Mu Xiaoyu call him senior brother, she was taken aback for a moment, and then she realized what was happening.

"Fellow Daoist who set up the formation, could it be that you have been here all along?" she asked.

"Well... I did have something to attend to earlier, but I've come back now," Li Yinsheng said without changing his expression.

He was lying, of course. He had been using an array and the Shadowless Flag to conceal himself to the side while his junior sister talked. As for the reason...

He glanced at the changes in the gold lettering.

Current cultivation time: Forty-eight years

After Master Nianci's explanation, the cultivation tribulation was actually increased by thirty years as a reward.

But thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. Her words have pretty much exposed the true nature of the dragon and the Bloodscale Demon Clan's plan.

He now knows almost everything about the dragon's purpose and actions in coming here.

There's just one thing he hasn't figured out yet...

"Senior brother, what does their blood sacrifice in the capital have to do with those ginseng roots?" Mu Xiaoyu asked, voicing Li Yinsheng's doubts.

“This humble nun also knows this,” Nianci Zhenren’s face showed a hint of anger, “The Bloodscale Demon Clan especially likes to eat human blood, and many evil cultivators also like to use the blood of their own kind for sacrifice. The two are birds of a feather.”

"Therefore, many evil cultivators have colluded with the Bloodscale Demon Clan and even exchanged evil techniques with each other, including an evil technique that uses the blood essence of humans and demons to cultivate medicinal herbs."

"The Bloodscale Demon Clan can directly devour humans to increase their cultivation, but most evil cultivators need such methods to transform blood essence into medicinal materials for their own refinement and use."

Upon hearing that the evil cultivators were colluding with the Bloodscale Demon Clan, Li Yinsheng narrowed his eyes slightly.

That's not surprising.

Evil cultivators are a bunch of utterly depraved beasts. In some ways, they deserve to die even more than the Bloodscale Demon Clan.

After all, evil cultivators not only use the blood and energy of mortals and other cultivators as their resources, but they also prey on souls.

In the Ten Thousand Mountains, the righteous and the demonic paths are indeed opposed, but because of the threat of the demon race, it has not reached the point of life and death.

When necessary, sects of the righteous and demonic paths may even put aside their feuds and cooperate temporarily.

However, the righteous path's attitude towards evil cultivators who rely entirely on harming others for cultivation is to exterminate them completely.