novelraw Chapter 110 : Elder Nian of the Blood Refining Hall
Chapter 110 : Elder Nian of the Blood Refining Hall
Lu Xueqi had given Yan Hong a lesson and then no longer bothered with her.
The other woman’s hateful gaze had no effect on her whatsoever.
In this world, strength was what mattered most.
With Yan Hong’s cultivation only at the equivalent of the Seventh Level of Jade Purity Realm in the Qingyun Sect, she was utterly helpless before Lu Xueqi.
Lu Xueqi even considered whether she should find an opportunity later to simply kill Yan Hong.
Just as that thought arose, Fa Xiang suddenly asked:
“Junior Sister Lu, you just said you had already found the location of the formation’s core. Where exactly is it?”
Lu Xueqi replied:
“Senior Brother Fa Xiang, back at the fork in the path, did you notice anything unusual?”
Fa Xiang thought for a moment before shaking his head.
“Junior Sister Lu, please speak directly. I didn’t sense anything strange at all.”
Lu Xueqi glanced around at the others. Seeing that everyone was staring at her curiously, clearly waiting for an explanation, she said:
“Did any of you notice that, after entering this formation, something was missing within the passageways?”
Everyone strained to recall the details of the formation, then looked back outside.
Suddenly, Fa Xiang’s eyes lit up. Looking at a certain stone tablet, he asked:
“Junior Sister Lu, are you referring to that stele?”
Lu Xueqi nodded.
“Normally, from our position in the passageway, we should have been able to see this stele. But just now, we couldn’t. This shows that the one who arranged the formation deliberately concealed it within the passage. Therefore, I suspect that this stele is the very core of the formation.”
The group turned toward the stele.
Although they could not see anything unusual about it, after hearing Lu Xueqi’s analysis, they realized she was right: from within the passage, the stele was invisible.
Since its location lay directly inside, it was indeed suspicious.
Lu Xueqi declared directly:
“Whether my guess is correct or not, let’s destroy the stele first and then re-enter. That will tell us the truth.”
Without waiting for anyone else’s response, she suddenly struck out.
A surge of immense power slammed into the stele.
With a thunderous rumble, the stele instantly shattered.
At the moment of its destruction, the passage trembled slightly.
From the stele came a piercing roar, as though some living being had been trapped inside, causing everyone’s hearts to shudder.
Meanwhile, far away in a distant cave, a figure in monk’s robes suddenly felt searing pain in his mind.
Blood spurted violently from his mouth, and his face turned deathly pale.
The figure cried out in shock:
“How is this possible? How did they find the formation’s core so quickly?”
He looked at the system prompt in his mind and saw that the stream of rising shock points had suddenly come to a halt.
His expression darkened.
Originally, he had planned to set up a powerful formation within Kong Sang Mountain, creating illusions so that the prodigies of the righteous sects could be trapped inside, thus farming large amounts of shock points. Yet he had never expected that the second trial he arranged would be broken so easily.
“How could this happen? What went wrong in Kong Sang Mountain? Could this attempt really result in a loss instead of gain?”
A flicker of fear rose in his heart, but he quickly shook his head to cast away the unease. He told himself:
“It must have been a coincidence that those righteous cultivators noticed the pattern in the passage’s formation. The later traps shouldn’t have any problems.”
Thinking of what lay ahead, the corners of his lips curled into a cruel smile.
No longer dwelling on it, he refocused his gaze on the system panel.
Several years had already passed since his transmigration into this world.
When he first arrived, the original owner of this body had lost all cultivation and was suffering from a deadly poison. If not for the Beginner’s Gift Pack providing a healing pill, he would have died right after arriving.
Even after his wounds recovered, his cultivation had long been scattered.
When he returned to Tianyin Temple, the murderous aura clinging to him had drawn the attention of Puhong, and the abbot had directly confined him to the Back Mountain.
He had originally planned to regain his strength in the temple, but now he couldn’t even leave the mountain gate.
If not for the fixed-location Teleportation Talismans in the gift pack, he wouldn’t even have the cultivation he possessed today.
“Kong Sang Mountain is the key,” he muttered. “I must farm enough shock points here to break through my cultivation and leave the Back Mountain. As long as I set more traps and gather sufficient points, this world will hold no obstacles for me.”
Thinking of a future where he would roam freely across the land, a smile tugged at his lips.
On the other side, after shattering the stele, Lu Xueqi gazed at the turbulent spiritual waves within the passage, her eyes gleaming brightly.
Her guess had indeed been correct.
The formation was undone.
Fa Xiang, unable to hide his excitement, said:
“Junior Sister Lu, your foresight is divine! Since the formation is broken, let us quickly enter the passage and annihilate the Demonic Sect fiends!”
Lu Xueqi nodded, and together with the others, she strode swiftly into the passage.
The way ahead was smooth and unobstructed, which only made Fa Xiang’s heart grow uneasy.
The strange incidents of late, the familiar sense of crisis lingering within Kong Sang Mountain, and the anguished cry that had echoed when the stele shattered—all signs pointed to the same thing: they had likely fallen into someone’s scheme long ago.
As Lu Xueqi, Fa Xiang, and the rest pressed deeper, they soon emerged from the passage into a wider corridor.
The previously dark tunnel gradually grew brighter, with faint flames flickering here and there.
As they advanced, the path became increasingly spacious.
Lu Xueqi narrowed her eyes and quickly warned:
“Everyone, be careful. The passage ahead grows wider, and faint firelight is appearing. We should be close to the true lair of the Demonic Sect.”
The others nodded solemnly.
Each of them quietly brought out their magical treasures, preparing for battle.
As they moved forward, a thunderous rumble suddenly erupted from all directions.
Lu Xueqi’s heart jolted, and she cried out:
“Everyone, be careful!”
The group wasted no time and immediately activated their prepared treasures to protect themselves.
Lu Xueqi herself summoned the Six Harmonies Mirror, suspending it above her head to shield against the attacks raining from every side.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
A barrage of magical treasures struck the Six Harmonies Mirror, making booming sounds echo endlessly.
The radiance it released trembled faintly under the impact.
Lu Xueqi looked at the scene before her and curled her lips slightly.
She had already known this Six Harmonies Mirror was not particularly useful.
At most, it could only withstand attacks from the Upper Purity Realm.
Once the assaults surpassed that realm, the mirror would be rendered useless.
Still, with her overwhelming strength combined with the mirror’s resilience, she managed to block all the ambushes.
At that moment, as the reflected force of the treasures rebounded, more than a dozen figures suddenly emerged from within the passage.
These figures fixed their cold gazes upon Lu Xueqi and her companions.
After all, they had already learned from Qin Wuyan and the others about the righteous disciples who had come to Kong Sang Mountain this time.
Among the group stood Qin Wuyan himself, together with Ancestor Duanmu and the Bloodsucking Old Demon.
The three of them stared at Lu Xueqi’s party with icy expressions.
Finally, Qin Wuyan stepped forward and said:
“Fairy Lu, I didn’t expect that we would meet again.”
Lu Xueqi’s eyes narrowed slightly upon hearing his words. She looked calmly at the group of figures before her. Then, with a wave of her right hand, she recalled the Six Harmonies Mirror. Staring ahead, she replied:
“Qin Wuyan, I hadn’t expected you to pass through the passage so smoothly and enter the depths of Kong Sang Mountain.”
Qin Wuyan’s eyes flickered with a trace of solemnity at her words.
The day before, they had entered Kong Sang Mountain ahead of time.
After being attacked by the swarm of bats, they too had found themselves in that labyrinthine corridor.
There, they had been lost for quite some time. If Qin Wuyan had not eventually realized that something was amiss, they might still have been wandering endlessly.
Yet, though the formation was indeed intricate, Qin Wuyan was not without means.
His Blood Wheel Eyes possessed extraordinary power for piercing illusions and were especially sensitive to them.
After searching carefully, he had managed to find a way through the passage, entering deeper into Kong Sang Mountain where he encountered Elder Nian and the others.
Elder Nian and his companions were shocked to see Ancestor Duanmu and the others arrive.
They could not understand how the experts of the Ten Thousand Poison Sect had found their way here—or why. Could it be that these experts intended to swallow up their Blood Refining Hall?
This thought left Elder Nian inwardly uneasy.
After all, the Ten Thousand Poison Sect was currently the strongest among the four great Demonic Sects.
Its Poison God was the foremost power in the Demonic Sect, and both Ancestor Duanmu and the Bloodsucking Old Demon were famed throughout the entire Demonic Path.
With only the newly established Blood Refining Hall, their strength was laughably insignificant compared to the Ten Thousand Poison Sect. If a clash arose, they would be crushed instantly.