To comprehend all laws and attain immortality

At the summit of Crimson Serpent City stands a palace forged from black stone.

All the cultivators living here know that this is the residence of Li Hongye, the Daoist disciple of the Blood Spirit Sect.

Deep within the palace lies a pool of blood.

At each of the four corners of the blood pool stands a strange stone sculpture, its mouth wide open, spewing out bright red essence blood that falls into the blood pool like spring water.

Strangely, the palace was filled with blood, but there was no foul stench. Instead, it was permeated with a rich fragrance, as if the pool contained not blood, but some kind of peculiar spice.

Li Hongye, also known as the eccentric youth, slowly walked into the palace, his expression as gloomy as water and his eyes as cold as ice.

The Zhu family's seeking refuge was initially thought to be a fortunate event, but unexpectedly, this mishap occurred.

The news of the destruction of the Chilian City's protective array and the attack could not be concealed any longer. If it was not reported in time, the punishment would only be more severe.

Li Hongye was fully aware of this.

But then a face he loathed suddenly flashed into his mind, and he clenched his fists in frustration.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Hongye sighed and finally bent down, scratching her wrist with her fingernail. Bright red blood dripped down her pale arm into the pool of blood.

As the blood flowed, Li Hongye made hand seals and chanted incantations.

The next instant, the blood pool suddenly boiled, and a human face formed from fresh blood floated out of the blood pool.

Li Hongye bowed deeply and respectfully said, "Disciple greets Sect Master."

The blood-red face opened its eyes, glanced at Li Hongye, and made a deep, muffled sound.

"What happened in Crimson Serpent City that made you use the Blood Shadow Illusion Technique?"

Li Hongye's lips trembled slightly as she recounted the events leading up to the Zhu family's defection and the attack that had occurred that night.

He had just sent someone to check, and the courtyard where Gu Fan and the others lived was empty, so the identity of the attackers was self-evident.

Upon hearing this, the blood-red face fell silent, and the hall fell into complete silence, as if thunder was brewing.

Li Hongye lowered his head and dared not make a sound. After a long while, a sigh came.

"You couldn't possibly have managed to recruit a Foundation Establishment family from the Wei Kingdom into your sect. Which elder did you report this to?"

Li Hongye replied bluntly, "Reporting to the Sect Master, it is Elder Mo."

"I have made an agreement with Elder Mo that I will teach the Zhu family the 'Formless Blood Fusion Technique' and train Zhu Ziming and Zhu Fengshi to reach the late Foundation Establishment stage. At that time, I will fuse the two of them and the Zhu family disciples into a Blood Demon Pill, and I will take the Zhu family's property."

"You have a good idea," the man said coldly. "Since that's the case, let Elder Mo handle this matter. I will have him hunt down those three."

"If you catch up, all will be well; if you don't... then you can go to the Blood Refining Cave to receive your punishment!"

Upon hearing the name Blood Refining Cave, Li Hongye trembled involuntarily.

As the name suggests, the Blood Refining Cave is a place for refining essence blood.

When a cultivator from the Blood Spirit Sect enters, their body becomes a vessel, filled with countless mixed essences and blood that surge wildly through the blood vessels, like ten thousand ants gnawing at the heart.

Only by refining this essence and blood can the pain be alleviated.

Refined essence blood is an excellent material to aid cultivation, but unfortunately, the refined essence blood does not belong to the cultivators, but is instead supplied to the Blood Spirit Sect.

Unless they are heavily in debt or facing punishment, cultivators of the Blood Spirit Sect will not voluntarily enter the Blood Refining Cave.

"Disciple... obeys." Li Hongye replied in a deep voice.

With a splash, the blood and human face fell into the blood pool and disappeared. Li Hongye slowly got up, clenching her fists as she looked in the direction where Gu Fan and the others had fled.

......

As dawn breaks, the shuttle cuts through the air, heading towards the rising sun.

Gu Fan popped a Qi-replenishing pill into his mouth and poured his magic power into the Sky-Breaking Shuttle continuously, not daring to let the speed slow down.

Although the reforged Void Shuttle is not as fast as the Escape Technique, it is extremely advantageous for long-distance raids, and its mana consumption is far lower than that of the Escape Technique.

Chilian City is more than two thousand li away from Xuanyin Mountain, but that is the straight-line distance.

Along the way, there are other human cities, cultivation families, and even the forces of other demonic sects.

The demonic cultivation methods are bizarre; who knows which mountain might be the breeding ground for corpses by the Yin Corpse Sect.

Therefore, the three of them could only do as they had come, avoiding these dangerous places as much as possible along the way. Even if the speed of the Breaking Void Shuttle was pushed to the limit, it would still take at least twelve hours to get back to Xuan Yin Mountain.

Four hours had passed since Gu Fan escaped from Chilian City. Wu Chengdao and Li Fengyi sat cross-legged on the Sky-Breaking Shuttle, gazing at the scenery on the horizon, feeling utterly bored.

"Cooperating with Fellow Daoist Gu was truly clean and efficient, but it's a pity we couldn't wipe out those demonic brats in one fell swoop; it's a bit unsatisfying."

Wu Chengdao stretched and broke the silence first.

Gu Fan smiled slightly upon hearing this and replied, "Speaking of which, I do have a question. I wonder if you could enlighten me?"

Wu Chengdao raised an eyebrow: "Oh? Fellow Daoist, please ask away."

Gu Fan nodded slightly and asked, "Given Fellow Daoist's status in the Hundred Refinements Sect, surely you wouldn't be tasked with infiltrating a demonic force like this?"

Ever since meeting Wu Chengdao at Xuanyin Mountain, this question has been on Gu Fan's mind.

As a Yang-type Heavenly Spiritual Root, Wu Chengdao was practically the designated next sect leader. His status in the Hundred Refinements Sect was even above that of a true disciple. Gu Fan couldn't understand why the Hundred Refinements Sect would release such a precious talent.

As a Yang-type Heavenly Spiritual Root, Wu Chengdao was practically the designated next sect leader. His status in the Hundred Refinements Sect was even above that of a true disciple. Gu Fan couldn't understand why the Hundred Refinements Sect would release such a precious talent.

Wu Chengdao chuckled: "This trip was sent by Half-Ancestor, who said he wanted to hone my skills."

"Polish it?" Gu Fan was somewhat puzzled.

"Hmm." Wu Chengdao nodded. "My current cultivation level is still a bit short of perfection, but my Dharma Body has become familiar with the evil energy of the Fallen Soul Abyss, which greatly reduces the effect of body tempering. I still can't get over this hurdle."

"The Half-Ancestor said that if you want to refine your Dharma Body, you can't stay in a comfortable place. Therefore, he sent me to Wu Kingdom to train. It's a pity that this trip was too easy and there was no pressure at all."

At this point, Wu Chengdao sighed helplessly and slowly shook his head.

Gu Fan's lips twitched involuntarily.

The Abyss of Fallen Souls is filled with yin and evil energy, and is also attacked by evil spirits. Only the Half-Old Monster would say that it is a comfortable place.

Suddenly, Gu Fan saw a red light appear in the distance.

After probing with his divine sense, Gu Fan's expression changed drastically, and he gritted his teeth, saying, "Fellow Martial Daoist, your jinx is truly divine!"

Wu Chengdao was taken aback. He stood up and followed Gu Fan's gaze, only to see the crimson light getting closer and closer to them.

"That's... a Golden Core cultivator?"

Wu Chengdao's eyes suddenly widened in surprise.

For some reason, Gu Fan saw a hint of surprise in his eyes, and then realized that the half-old monster must have given him some means to save his life.

Even so, Gu Fan was not prepared to spar with a Golden Core cultivator.

Even a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator is powerless against a Golden Core True Person.

"Hold on tight, you two!"

Gu Fan gave a reminder and immediately spat out a breath of essence into the Void-Breaking Shuttle. The Void-Breaking Shuttle shone brightly and its speed increased by three points.

Ten miles away, amidst the crimson light, an old man with sallow skin and disheveled white hair, his lower body transformed into a cloud of blood, rushed rapidly toward the Void Shuttle.

The old man's eyes were bloodshot, and he stared at the shuttle with a ferocious expression.

"Finally found you bastards! Once I've captured you, I'll drain you of your lifeblood and sell your corpses to the Corpse Sect to vent my hatred!"

The old man felt a surge of anger when he recalled the scene of being reprimanded by the sect leader.

If we cannot capture these three people in front of us, the amount of essence blood we will receive over the next ten years will be reduced, which is a major event that will affect our path to cultivation!

The amount of essence blood collected by the Human Race City is limited; some elders receive more, while others receive less.

When the Blood Spirit Sect Master made his decision, the other elders unanimously agreed, but he felt his heart was bleeding.

In order to preserve his share of essence blood, he did not hesitate to use a highly costly escape technique to search the road leading to Wei, which is how he finally caught sight of the Void Shuttle.

Gu Fan's forehead was beaded with sweat, but his eyes remained firm and showed no sign of panic.

"We don't know what Wu Chengdao's backup plan is; as a last resort, we'll have to use the Supreme Elder's sword energy."

Thinking this, Gu Fan touched his sleeve.

There lay a white jade-like sphere, containing a wisp of sword energy bestowed upon Guiyun Sword Lord by Qi Zongyuan.

Hulu stood on Gu Fan's shoulder and stretched out its short arms to wipe away his sweat.

Li Fengyi held her spear with taut tension, while Wu Chengdao, on the other hand, stared at the approaching figure with fierce fighting spirit in his eyes.

Ten miles, nine miles, eight miles—the distance between the blood-eyed elder and the Void-Breaking Shuttle was getting closer and closer. Even if Gu Fan operated the Void-Breaking Shuttle at overload, he could not shake it off.

Finally, the old man with blood-red eyes chased him down to within a few dozen feet, and a blood flame appeared in his palm.

The next instant, the blood flames transformed into more than ten skeletons, which attacked the Void Shuttle.

Seeing this, Gu Fan flicked his sleeve and threw out more than ten spirit talismans.

They spared no expense in using second-tier spirit talismans such as the Heavenly Sword Talisman and the Mountain Suppressing Talisman, their magical brilliance rendering the sky with dazzling colors.

"Hey, this little guy has quite a few tricks up his sleeve."

Faced with the overwhelming magical light, the old man with blood-red eyes neither dodged nor avoided it. His body was shrouded in blood mist, and the spells were completely corroded by the blood mist before they could even reach him.

But just as the old man with blood-red eyes passed through the sky full of magic, he discovered that the Void Shuttle had disappeared.

The old man was slightly taken aback. His divine sense surged out like a tide, and then he let out a sinister laugh. He shot a beam of bloody light into the void not far away, which immediately forced the hidden Void Shuttle out.

"The Golden Core cultivator's divine sense is too strong; the Concealing Light Array is completely ineffective!"

Gu Fan sighed and maneuvered the Void Shuttle to narrowly evade the Blood-Eyed Elder's attack.

But in an instant, the old man with blood-red eyes closed in again, and Gu Fan could see the layers of wrinkles on his face.

"Boy, take this blow from me!"

The old man with blood-red eyes let out a sharp laugh and flicked his sleeve, sending a streak of blood-red lightning towards the Void Shuttle.

"There's no way to dodge it!" Gu Fan shouted, his pupils dilating in shock, as he was about to unleash the sword energy bead.

Unexpectedly, Wu Chengdao was one step ahead of him, crashing into the blood-red lightning. His body was surrounded by a surge of qi, his Dharma body radiated golden light, his eyes burned with fighting spirit, and his full head of black hair fluttered in the wind.

"Open it for me!"

Faced with an attack from a Golden Core cultivator, Wu Chengdao did not use the Fangtian Halberd, but instead relied on his pure Dharma Body to deliver a punch.

next moment.

With a deafening roar, crimson lightning exploded in mid-air, sending Wu Chengdao flying backward at an even greater speed.

With a flick of his sleeve, Gu Fan used the Dragon Binding Rope to pull him back onto the Sky-Piercing Shuttle.

Wu Chengdao was completely black, with countless bloody mouths from which golden blood flowed continuously, and his black hair had disappeared.

The most serious injury was to the right fist, which collided with the crimson lightning and twisted into a bizarre angle.

Looking at Wu Chengdao, who was barely breathing, Gu Fan angrily said, "I thought you had some backup plan, but you just went for a head-on fight?"

Wu Chengdao coughed up a mouthful of blood, forced a smile, and replied, "Fellow Daoist, don't be anxious."

After saying that, Wu Chengdao took out a palm-sized statue.

Crush it in one swipe!

Gu Fan glanced at it hastily and saw that the statue was clearly an old man with only one hand and one leg!

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