I became the Open Source Saint Ancestor in the Cultivation World

Ma Ke helped the unconscious Duan Feng and quickly left the alley from the south.

The disguise he used right under the other party's nose was actually a minor earth-elemental spell called the Body Concealment Technique.

Once cast, the body will become one with the surrounding environment. This is not a particularly profound spell, but it has various attributes.

If you are in a forest, you can use the wood-attribute invisibility technique; if you are in water, you can use the water-attribute invisibility technique.

However, it might fool ordinary people and some low-level cultivators, but it's not very effective against those of the same level or even higher cultivation.

Ma Ke used his invisibility technique to bring Duan Feng to his residence, laid him flat on the bed, and then quickly formed a hand seal.

A moment later, a fist-sized green ball of light slowly descended to Duan Feng's chest and gradually merged into his body.

Wood-attribute healing spell: Vitality.

Duan Feng's pale face visibly regained its color, and the charred marks on his chest gradually faded away.

However, his injuries were too severe to be fully healed in one go. After stabilizing his condition and ensuring that his life was no longer in danger, Ma Ke stopped.

He then moved Duan Feng to another simply furnished room next door, placed him in a corner, and used a stealth spell to make Duan Feng disappear instantly.

In this way, even if someone suddenly barges into this room where the entire room can be seen at a glance, they won't be able to find him.

Next, he cast a sleeping spell on Duan Feng, putting him into a deep sleep to prevent him from waking up suddenly.

After doing all this, he quickly returned to his room, and soon a woman with a graceful figure, wearing a blue dress and a veiled hat, came out of the room.

Meanwhile, Zhu Wanqing ultimately couldn't escape Song Tao's grasp. After being subdued, he used a sleeping spell to render her unable to struggle.

Seeing the beautiful girl brought to him unharmed, Xue Tiande was overjoyed: "Oh my, after all this trouble, I've finally got her."

"Quickly, help them into the sedan chair and carry them back."

Then, she asked with a hint of doubt, "Where's my senior brother? Why hasn't he been brought back yet?"

No one could answer, so he immediately cursed, "A bunch of useless good-for-nothings, we still have to rely on Song Tao."

Hearing this, Song Tao felt somewhat relieved, but was immediately sent to capture Duan Feng.

Xue Tiande knew that only by controlling Duan Feng could he control Zhu Wanqing.

Upon returning to the Xue residence, after having the unconscious Zhu Wanqing placed under guard, he immediately ordered someone to prepare a bath for him.

He was so scared when he almost fell into Duan Feng's hands.

Behind the artificial hill in the inner courtyard, there is a hot spring pool that is nearly ten feet square, with a clear stream flowing around it.

What's strange is that there are more than a dozen seemingly irregular grooves distributed around the hot spring pool.

Several maids carrying jade boxes walked to the edge of the hot spring, opened the boxes, and inside were pieces of crystal-clear stones that emitted a faint luster.

Their eyes burned with desire, and their breathing became rapid.

Because this is a treasure used by immortals, called a spirit stone, ordinary people can get good health and longevity by taking a few breaths of it.

But Master Xue used them to boil water, keeping the hot spring at a comfortable temperature.

Although they all wanted to take a few more breaths, they didn't dare to delay and reluctantly put the spirit stones into the slots one by one.

As the last slot was filled with a spirit stone, a rising light curtain slowly enveloped the entire hot spring.

Before long, a light mist began to drift from the water's surface. It was a mixture of water vapor and spiritual mist, which could soothe the mind and body and nourish the body.

This is also why Xue Tiande, even in his seventies and eighties, still has such energy.

With a smile on his face, Xue Tiande arrived at the hot spring pool surrounded by seven or eight concubines.

"Quickly, undress."

Xue Tiande was stripped down to only his shorts. He eagerly jumped into the hot spring with a splash, then said to his concubines on the shore, "None of you need to take your clothes off. Let's play a game. Whoever I catch takes off a piece of clothing each time, how about it?"

"Sir, you're so naughty."

"Master is a master at catching people; I'm afraid I'm going to be bullied by him again today."

Amidst giggles, several concubines went into the water.

"I'm here..." Xue Tiande said with a smirk.

"Hey, run!"

"Haha, I caught you! Hurry up and take it off."

……

In the vast hot spring, mist swirls and water splashes everywhere, a scene reminiscent of Pigsy chasing and playing with seven spider demons in the Cleansing Spring.

Suddenly, Xue Tiande felt the hard bottom of the hot spring pool beneath his feet suddenly become incredibly soft, unable to support his large body at all, and his body involuntarily slumped downwards.

Startled, he instinctively lunged forward with both hands and desperately kicked his legs in the water.

However, it felt as if an invisible hand was gripping my ankle tightly, and I soon became unable to move.

"Help, help me..." Xue Tiande cried out in terror.

"Hehe... Master, your trick isn't working anymore." The women, thinking Xue Tiande was trying to lure them over, giggled from a distance.

"Quick...save...me..." Xue Tiande had barely finished shouting when his entire head was submerged in the water, leaving only his hands flailing wildly in the air.

"Sir, stop playing around and come catch me!"

The women continued to seduce Xue Tiande until his hands fell limply to his sides. Only then did they realize something was wrong and rushed over to him.

The seven men worked together to grab Xue Tiande's arms and try to pull him out of the water.

To their shock, the old man's body seemed to be filled with lead, and they couldn't pull him at all.

"This won't do!" they cried out in alarm. "Help! Master is drowning!"

The maids around him rushed over and jumped into the hot spring to help, but no matter how many of them came, they could not pull Xue Tiande out of the water until they could clearly feel that Xue Tiande's body had become stiff.

"Master is dead, Master is dead!" The women scrambled to climb out of the hot spring.

The news quickly reached Xue Wenshao, who could hardly believe his ears and rushed to the hot spring.

At this moment, the water surface had calmed down, and the crystal-clear hot spring pool revealed Xue Tiande's body lying quietly at the bottom, his eyes still open.

"Tell me, who did it?" Xue Wenshao roared angrily.

Several concubines and maids recounted what had just happened, and Xue Wenshao looked on in disbelief: "Why are you all alright, but my father drowned? Are you lying to me?"

"Young Master, everything we said is true." The concubines and maids were all trembling with fear, because they knew how ruthless Young Master Xue was; servants were often injured or even killed.

"You, go down and pull my father up," Xue Wenshao said, pointing to one of the guards he had brought.

Without saying a word, the man jumped into the hot spring with a splash, then dived to the bottom and grabbed Xue Tiande's arm.

But just then, the calm hot spring suddenly churned, and his legs seemed to be bound by something, even dragging him to the bottom of the pool.

Xue Wenshao watched helplessly as the guard struggled at the bottom of the pool, unable to climb out.

This bizarre scene immediately changed his expression. He scrambled away from the hot spring, shouting, "Quickly find Song Tao and the others!"

As he spoke, he held a jade talisman and a spirit stone in his hand, ready to run away immediately if anything went wrong.