A bizarre resurgence begins with a pact made by a weasel.

"Waaaaah!!"

"Something's happened at the church!!"

"It's over, it's over!!"

Xie Hong flicked his hand,

Snapped!

The chattering blood parrot was swatted hard and sent flying against the wall. Its plump body bounced around like a ball.

Xie Hong looked at Su Mo with a gloomy face and nodded in acknowledgment. The kneeling man slowly stood up, his ten fingers spread out, and his rounded nails gradually lengthened, like two iron hooks gleaming with a cold light.

"Fuck you!!"

"What do you want to do!?"

"Young Miss, save me!!"

"No, no!!"

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Although these foreigners were never good at reading faces or sensing the atmosphere, the cold iron hooks made their hair stand on end. They struggled to their feet, trying to escape, but Su Mo waved his arms...

Tear!

Ten claw marks tore the black men apart like sharp blades in an instant. Blood and chunks of flesh swept through the room like a storm. Xie Hong wiped the bloodstains from her face, and the juices spread down her neck like a red dress.

She tasted the blood on her fingertip and scoffed:

"Did you do this on purpose?"

"I'm sorry, Miss."

Su Mo knelt down expressionlessly.

"Feeling better now?"

No.

"Forget it, what a boring man."

Xie Hong looked at the blood parrot:

"What happened?"

"Brother, brother is gone!" The blood parrot cried, covering half its face with its wings. "The nun, the nun is gone too. The whole church has burned down."

"What?!"

Xie Hong's expression changed drastically.

The blood parrot and the nun kept by Andrew are both spies planted in the Church of Grus by the Deep Sea Academy. Her return to the country is ostensibly to compete for Xie Lan's inheritance, but her real purpose is to further expand the academy's interests in Linzhou.

The church has completely cut off the college's trade routes to Yuzhou, and the college can only import experimental supplies from Linzhou. The adults are in dire need of more lowly yellow-skinned monkeys for live experiments.

"Where's Andrew? Did he discover something?"

The blood parrot shook its head:

"Andrew has disappeared."

Disappearance was more unsettling to Xie Hong than death. She looked at the kneeling man and said:

"Su Mo, take the rats to the Church of Gross immediately and see if you can find anything."

Su Mo replied with his head down:

"Young Miss, the rats are all watching Uncle Fu, so I'm afraid we won't be able to accompany you."

"you!"

Seeing the unmoved youth, reason finally prevailed over emotion, and Xie Hong coldly conceded:

"I'll have someone tie that old man up and bring him here. You can go to church, is that alright?"

"Yes, my lady."

Su Mo then clapped his hands.

The carpets in the corridor surged like waves, and black rats crawled out from under them, spreading like ink downstairs.

Please wait patiently for good news.

After saying that, he got up and walked outside.

The blood parrot secretly removed the wing that was covering half of its face and jumped onto Xie Hong's shoulder. It tilted its head, its eyes revealing wisdom.

"Underwear!"

"He stole my underwear!!"

"I saw him, black, semi-transparent, he was hidden in his sleeve."

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Huangtian Temple is located in a small village in Donghai County.

The village is now in ruins.

Almost all the able-bodied men went to Southeast Asia, leaving behind only a group of elderly people and children.

"Young master, let's buy a few chickens and then go visit your great-aunt!"

"Alright."

Xie Qing stopped a brother and sister.

The older boy cautiously shielded his younger sister behind him. Although the girl's clothes were patched in many places, she remained calm, clearly indicating that she was well protected by the boy.

That's truly rare!!

The thought of the impending battle filled Xie Qing with even more emotion.

He squatted down with a smile:

"Young man, I'd like to buy a few chickens to visit my elderly relatives. Could you show me the way?"

How many do you want?

"Three to five is best."

"Then you'll have to buy them separately."

Huang Qi, who was standing beside him, quickly took out a few copper coins from his pocket.

This amount of money isn't much, but it's just right for defenseless children.

The brother and sister led Xie Qing hand in hand, and soon they arrived at the gate of Huangtian Temple carrying four chickens. The temple looked very old but was very clean, and it was surrounded by green plants, making it quiet and secluded.

When Xie Qing arrived at the door, he didn't knock. Instead, he took out the bone flute that Huang Jue had given him and began to play it.

In the melodious tune,

Click!

The door was wide open.

An elderly woman came out leaning on a cane.

"Grandma, I've brought a friend of our ancestor to visit you!"

Huang Qi quickly picked up the chicken and moved forward.

Xie Qing cupped his hands in a respectful gesture. The old lady opened her eyes, looked him over a few times, and sighed:

"It must be Huang Yatou's [Herrscher]. Judging by the timing, it's about time she took the [Triple Grail]."

"You also know about the Three-Part Freemasonry?"

The old lady sighed:

"How could I not know? That girl was lured away by Xie Lan with just a few words, and it almost made my brother furious."

"Why doesn't she come and see this old woman?"

"Huang Jue has gone into seclusion."

The old lady stomped her cane hard:

"That brat, she must have gotten some incredible benefit."

Xie Qing looked embarrassed and suddenly felt that those few chickens were not good enough.

Fortunately, the old lady didn't make things difficult for him:

"So what brings you to see this old woman?"

"I would like to ask you how you cultivate, and how you absorb the spiritual energy in this world."

"Cultivation?"

The old lady suddenly shuddered.

Xie Qing actually saw a hint of fear in her aged face.

"An elderly person?"

The weasel instinctively tightened its coat and whispered:

Why did you suddenly ask that?

"These geniuses of mine have just touched the threshold of extraordinary skills, so we are curious about how your clan cultivates them, so we can learn from you."

"This cannot be learned from."

The old lady refused decisively.

Upon seeing this, Huang Qi immediately stepped forward to plead for mercy:

"Grandma, I want to know too."

"Later, we can also give the little ones a piece of our mind."

"Why!!"

The old lady sighed and sat down cross-legged on the ground.

She tapped her cane, and the surrounding fallen leaves were swept over by the breeze, forming two mats, gesturing for Xie Qing and Huang Qi to sit down.

"That's not something worth talking about, but since you're curious, I'll tell you."

She gave Xie Qing an answer she had never thought of.

"It's blood."

"It's wailing."

"It is despair and death."

"Shouldn't it be the essence of the sun and moon, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth?" Xie Qing frowned.

"There is no such thing. Even today, cultivators on the continent of Linzhou do not rely on this thing for cultivation."

The old lady was lost in some kind of memory.

"That happened decades ago."

"My brother and I were still ignorant wild animals. We were begging for food and drink from a farm family. That day, we hid in a hole in the yard, planning to steal a few eggs to have a treat when it got dark."

"But the sky never got dark."

She shuddered and flailed her arms wildly.

"It's fire!!"

"The whole village was on fire."

"Half the sky was lit up."

follow closely,

"It was a mixture of crying and maniacal laughter."

She grabbed Xie Qing's arm tightly, her eyes brimming with tears.

"There is fighting everywhere."

"One by one, the corpses fell down."

"Those devils revel in the corpses and dance wildly in the ruins."

"The blood flowed and flowed, even filling the pit where we were hiding."

"We embraced each other in our passion."

"But even this warm blood can't warm the coldness in our bones."

"Their wails, their screams, their despair, were carried by the wind into the cave, into our minds, and at that moment, we suddenly understood fear."

"And so, we awakened our intelligence."

"After the devil left, we crawled out of the cave."

"We shook off the remaining blood and fur from our bodies, and as we looked at the corpses scattered on the ground, we were transformed back into what they used to be."

"This is the beginning of our cultivation."

The two people standing to the side remained silent for a long time.

The old lady shook her head and smiled bitterly.

"Doesn't that sound bizarre?"

Xie Qing nodded.

"But I can tell you that all the fairies around Donghai County were transformed in this way."

"Whether it's the Gray, White, Beard, Willow, or Yellow family, they all grew up step by step amidst blood and corpses." The old woman said somewhat uncertainly, "Perhaps it's because a large number of deaths released a massive amount of spiritual energy, forming a special force field, which enlightened our intelligence."

"Then how should we improve in the future?"

"Progress is made by relying on the dead."

The old lady looked at Xie Qing, who was frowning, and explained:

"All sorts of treasures will always grow in piles of corpses. Eating them may have some side effects, but they will always bring some benefits."

"I heard that Huang Qi and the others have stopped doing that."

"That happened after the three major uprisings. They were entangled with foreigners and produced a lot of good things."

Xie Qing remained silent for a long time.

Therefore,

"Are the devils you're talking about the foreigners?"

The old lady nodded slowly.

"The severing of the unicorn by Yagami marked the beginning of the humiliation of Linzhou."

"Perhaps that's why we were able to be born. Aren't all the demons and monsters in legends born in chaotic times?"