Wild Dogs

Upon hearing this, the blood servant's expression changed drastically, and he shook his head repeatedly.

"We've only been in the sect for a short time, how would we know anything about witchcraft?"

"Immortal, we are only acting under orders; we have no other choice."

"Acting under orders? First, give me your map."

The reason Yang Fan spared this man's life was because he was the leader of these people. Logically speaking, he should know a lot of secrets, and Yang Fan could definitely extract a lot of information from him.

Under Yang Fan's questioning, the man tremblingly pulled out a map made of animal hide from his pocket.

Yang Fan picked up the map and glanced at it, comparing it with the map in his hand.

The map he obtained from the Blood Fiend Sect had a very vague description of the third level, and there was no information about the herb garden.

But the map in this person's hand was much more detailed, showing not only the herb garden, but also the spirit beast garden and several other locations.

Seeing this, Yang Fan stroked his chin.

So it seems that this Blood Cave was not only a place for the Blood Dao Sect to dump corpses, but also a place where the Blood Dao Sect raised spirit beasts and cultivated medicinal herbs.

Yang Fan put away the animal hide map and tucked it into his pocket.

"What are you trying to do here?"

"There are so many medicinal herbs inside, you can just pick some and leave. There's no need to ambush here."

Upon hearing this, the Blood Servant sighed.

"Actually, we were also sent here by the elders."

"The elder told me that there is a medicinal herb garden here, but the herbs in the garden have absorbed too much moisture, even more so than blood and qi, so they are not very useful."

"So we set up an ambush here, and anyone who goes in to collect herbs will be apprehended immediately."

"This way, we can earn a lot of medicinal herbs by killing other blood servants, and some blood servants may even be carrying treasures."

Hearing this person's words, Yang Fan shook his head dismissively.

"It's not that simple. In my opinion, you're waiting for someone."

Yang Fan spoke in a low voice.

"Tell me, who exactly is your target?"

Yang Fan didn't believe that these people had waited so long just to ambush a few ordinary blood servants.

Upon hearing this, the blood servant hurriedly shook his head repeatedly, denying Yang Fan's statement.

Hearing that the man was still being stubborn, Yang Fan could no longer bear it and stomped on him with his foot.

A series of cracking sounds rang out as Yang Fan broke several of the man's ribs on one side.

After breaking his ribs, Yang Fan waved his hand.

"Are you going to confess now?"

As he spoke, Yang Fan put his hands behind his back and looked at the other person coldly.

The blood servant kowtowed repeatedly.

"I'll tell you, I'll tell you now."

"We are here on the orders of the elders to wait for the people from the Corpse Puppet Sect to arrive."

"The Corpse Puppet Sect? Would their people come here?"

Yang Fan frowned.

"Yes, the medicinal herbs in this garden are extremely dense with blood and moisture, making them like poison to other blood-path sects."

"But for the Corpse Puppet Sect, these medicinal herbs are excellent materials for refining corpse puppets."

"So every time they enter this place, they will try to collect the medicinal herbs here."

"I came here to wait for the people from the Corpse Puppet Sect."

Yang Fan's brows furrowed even more.

"What's so great about waiting for the people from the Corpse Puppet Sect? Their cultivation is different from yours."

"Your Blood Witch Sect practices witchcraft, and you won't get any benefits from the Corpse Puppet Sect."

"We'll see."

Yang Fan glanced at them sideways.

"You're nothing but blood servants. Even if you capture someone from the Corpse Puppet Sect, you won't get anything useful from them."

Upon hearing this, the man looked around and then lowered his voice to Yang Fan.

"My lord, immortal, you may not know this, but not all the blood servants sent in by the Corpse Puppet Sect this time are blood servants."

"It's said there are several puppets inside."

"puppet?"

Yang Fan immediately became interested.

"Wasn't it said that once a puppet enters the Blood Cave, it will cut off the divine senses outside?"

"Won't the puppet go out of control once it's inside?"

Upon hearing this, the Blood Servant sighed.

"Because these puppets are all controlled by the blood servants of the Corpse Puppet Sect."

"So once the corpse puppets enter, they will still be controlled by these blood servants."

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan suddenly realized what was going on.

"Yes, as long as these blood servants can control the corpse puppets, they can indeed do as they please."

Thinking of this, Yang Fan flicked his fingertips slightly.

Others couldn't confuse it with anything else, but he found it increasingly strange.

"Why did the Corpse Puppet Sect go to such lengths to get involved?"

"Isn't the purpose of coming here every time to select some medicinal herbs?"

"Is it really necessary to go to such lengths?"

"Or does the Corpse Puppet Sect have another plan?"

As Yang Fan spoke, he looked at the Blood Servant of the Blood Witch Sect.

Upon hearing this, the blood servant hesitated, unsure whether he should speak.

Seeing that the man didn't want to talk, Yang Fan lifted his foot.

In a panic, the blood servant hurriedly and honestly confessed.

"It's because of the corpse puppet."

"The elders gave us instructions when I came in."

"After we eliminate the Corpse Puppet Sect members who control the Corpse Puppets..."

"We need to take the corpse puppet to a blood lake in the center of the third level of the Blood Cave."

"It is said that a great treasure is hidden in that blood lake."

"We can use these corpse puppets to get our hands on that treasure."

"Heavy treasure?"

Yang Fan's heart skipped a beat.

No wonder so many people went to such lengths this time; it turns out that's their purpose.

Yang Fan turned his gaze to the Blood Servant.

"Your Blood Witch Sect's intelligence gathering is really quite good."

"Your Blood Witch Sect elders were able to discover the Corpse Puppet Sect's plans; that's truly remarkable."

Upon hearing this, the man could only give an awkward laugh, unable to say anything.

He was merely a pawn being used by others; neither side's plans really concerned him. He only did it out of desperation.

"Immortal, I have said everything I needed to say. Can you please let me leave now?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan shook his head.

"I haven't finished yet."

"Tell me first how you plan to deal with the Corpse Puppet Sect."

"There are only four or five of you here. The Corpse Puppet Sect will have at least a dozen people coming here. The four of you are no match for them."

Upon hearing this, the man chuckled.

"We have set up four array flags around the herb garden ahead."

"Although I don't know what the purpose of this formation is, the elder gave instructions when we came in."

"As soon as we see the Corpse Puppet Sect members enter, we can control the four array flags around us through a jade plate."

"The formation will wipe them out in one fell swoop."

Yang Fan's eyes lit up when he realized that it was thanks to the formation.

He also knew a bit about formations. Even weak cultivators could use formations to deal with powerful cultivators, which was indeed a good way to eliminate strong enemies.