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Chapter 248 Mutual Schemes (Second Update)

"Although it's a small sect, it's still a legitimate branch of the Xuanmen sect, so it does have some merit!"

Inside the library in the valley, Li Chuan and his shadow clones were browsing through the spellbooks, quite pleased with themselves.

Since returning to the valley, he has stayed in the library and has not gone out, memorizing and learning the various spells, restrictions, alchemy, weapon crafting and so on in the library.

The library in Xiaozhushan doesn't contain anything particularly impressive that would make it into the top of the cultivation world, but it is comprehensive, covering all the basic aspects of cultivation.

It includes Five Elements Escape Techniques, Five Elements Taoist Methods, basic alchemy and weapon crafting techniques, and even sword control techniques.

This may be because the founder of Xiaozhushan was once a disciple of a major Taoist sect that disappeared from history. He later became independent, so the scriptures he left behind are very comprehensive.

If you learn all these scriptures, you will become an all-around but rather mediocre monk.

However, this has little impact on Li Chuan. He is already very strong, and what he needs now is to learn these basic things. Once he has a solid foundation in all aspects, he will be able to understand some truly profound classics later on.

Just as he was engrossed in his studies, he suddenly noticed that the sect's restrictions had been lifted. He immediately dispelled his shadow clone and went outside.

"It seems Master has returned!"

However, as soon as he pushed open the door, he heard Xue Hongzi's arrogant laughter that echoed throughout the valley.

"Blood God Child!"

Li Chuan frowned and looked up at the sky.

Two years ago, he defeated the Blood God Child, his master Qingzhu Daoren who clearly seemed abnormal, and a demonic cultivator he didn't recognize but who was quite powerful.

"You audacious demonic cultivator, how dare you trespass on my Little Bamboo Mountain!"

Just then, the three elderly and frail Uncle-Masters of Xiaozhushan, who were in seclusion, stormed out of their secluded house because they sensed the presence of demonic cultivators from the outside world.

But when they saw the river of blood that covered the entire valley, their legs went weak and they almost sat down on the ground.

"They're cultivators from the Blood Demon Palace!"

The Blood Demon Palace's Nether Spring Blood Demon destroyed Mount Hua 499 years ago and Kunlun 199 years ago. In the eyes of righteous cultivators, it was an extremely terrifying sect.

"Senior Brother!"

The five junior sisters and brothers who were practicing magic on the lawn were so frightened by the terrifying sight in the sky that they gathered behind Li Chuan.

"Don't be afraid, it's alright."

Li Chuan raised his hand to comfort his junior sisters and brothers for a few words, then looked up at Blood God Child and smiled:

"Yo, isn't this Blood God Child, the defeated opponent who ran away with his tail between his legs last time? What, have you recovered from your injuries?"

"Li Qingfeng, don't be arrogant. You're just a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator. If you hadn't ambushed me last time, and if you hadn't taken the pill the Lotus Fairy gave you, do you really think you could have defeated me!"

Blood God Child's emotions became visibly unstable after Li Chuan hit a nerve.

Defeated by a Foundation Establishment cultivator from the righteous path, and still from the unknown Xiaozhushan, he has been ridiculed a lot since returning to the Blood Demon Palace in the past two years. Even his master's gaze towards him has become strange.

Today, no matter what, he is determined to avenge his humiliation, destroy Xiaozhushan, and destroy Li Chuan.

"Let's give it a try, one-on-one, another match!"

Li Chuan's face was full of provocation.

In fact, with his current strength, he was not afraid of Blood God Child at all. However, the fact that Qingzhu Daoist was in the hands of the other party made him hesitant to act rashly. He needed to find a way to rescue Qingzhu Daoist first.

His advantage lies in the fact that his opponents do not know just how strong he is now.

"You really think I'm afraid of you? Today I'll show you what true power really means!"

Blood God Child narrowed his eyes, and the blood river behind him instantly surged with towering waves.

Yin Jiu, who was beside him, frowned and whispered to the Blood God Child:

"Senior brother, there's no need for us to get angry with him. Let's attack together, and we also have this old Taoist priest as a shield. We're guaranteed to win."

The two of them clearly have the upper hand now, so why engage in such a brainless one-on-one fight? What if they get picked off one by one? That would be incredibly stupid. They're not righteous cultivators, so why should they talk about morality?

Demonic cultivators only care about the outcome and their favorite tactics are sneak attacks and ganging up on others.

He wondered if Blood God Child had lost his mind.

Blood God Child, still appearing enraged, secretly gave his answer via telepathy:

"I'll go up and keep him occupied first. You can use the Great Sumeru Profound Yin Cauldron to launch a sneak attack and try to take him down in one fell swoop."

It turns out that Blood God Child never intended to fight Li Chuan one-on-one. He was just taking advantage of the situation to fall into a trap and then using Yin Jiutian's famous magic weapon, the Great Sumeru Profound Yin Cauldron, to capture Li Chuan alive.

The main reason was that he had fought against Li Chuan and experienced the power of Li Chuan's thunder magic and clone technique. He was afraid that if the opponent felt that he had no chance of winning, he would abandon the entire sect and try to escape. With so many clones, they really had no confidence in keeping them.

Moreover, two years ago Li Chuan was only in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, but now he has already reached Core Formation, and it's hard to tell how much his strength has improved.

Yin Jiutian nodded silently. As expected of the Blood Demon Palace senior brother, he was still slightly inferior in terms of cunning and treachery.

"And who is this fellow Daoist? What grudge do we have against each other?"

At this moment, Li Chuan turned his head to look at Yin Jiutian, who was controlling Qingzhu Daoren.

Yin Jiutian chuckled:

"Yin Jiutian, the leader of the Xuan Yin Sect, you killed my junior brother Nan Tong. I've come here today to seek justice."

But don't worry, I am the head of a sect, I don't need to join forces with others to fight. After you defeat Senior Brother Blood God, I will ask you for a few more moves.

"If you can defeat me, I will naturally release your master."

"Thank you very much!"

Li Chuan cupped his hands in greeting, also revealing a smiling expression.

"Junior Nephew Qingfeng, what exactly happened? Why did you offend them? And what happened to Senior Brother?"

Hearing the conversation between Xue Shenzi, Yin Jiutian, and Li Chuan, the three Foundation Establishment stage senior uncles who had just emerged from seclusion were completely dumbfounded.

They've only been gone for four years, how come so many changes have occurred in Xiaozhushan? Their eldest nephew killed an elder of the Xuan Yin Sect and injured the Blood God Child of the Blood Demon Palace. Now that person has come to take revenge, this is truly something I've never seen before.

"Don't panic, three senior uncles. Please take your junior sisters and brothers and stand at the back. I will handle everything!"

Li Chuan raised his hand and calmly reassured his three uncles who were trembling with fear.

The three looked at each other and finally obediently came to stand behind Li Chuan.

In the current situation, the sect leader is being controlled by the other side, and only by listening to Li Chuan can there be any chance of survival.

"Blood River Technique!"

Without further ado, Blood God Child urged his Blood River to surge towards Li Chuan's location in the valley below.

This time, he was not injured by the sneak attack and was in his prime. The power of the Blood River was much stronger than it was two years ago.

If Li Chuan were still at the same level as two years ago, he probably could have won completely without Yin Jiutian's sneak attack.

(End of this chapter)