Chapter 40: The Golden Dragon’s Fury and the Blood Elder’s Scheme

Within the blazing fire, Qin Yangjun’s body emitted a golden light.
His eyes had turned into vertical pupils, as if golden scales were flowing within them, and the massive phantom of a golden dragon coiled around his body.

At the same time, the wind and clouds above his head shifted.
Dark clouds obscured the sky, and a hurricane began to swirl around him.
A Five Elements Eight Trigrams diagram slowly unfurled in the sky.

“I really didn’t expect that the first time I’d have to use this technique, it would be against a beast.
Then, next…”

Qin Yangjun looked at the Icefire Jade-Scaled Horse, which was trembling uncontrollably in fear.

The killing intent in his eyes was self-evident.

In the next second, reflected in the pupils of the Icefire Jade-Scaled Horse, a giant golden dragon opened its maw and lunged forward to bite it.

Far away, outside Luohe Town, Yueyao seemed to sense something.
She couldn’t help but turn her head slightly, seeing the sky thick with dark clouds.

Just as she was feeling puzzled, her head was suddenly pushed down.

Turning her head, she saw Ling Hu’er making a ‘shushing’ gesture at her.

Their group was crouched in the bushes, a white formation array enveloping them.
The array concealed their auras, and their figures became illusory and transparent.

At this moment, several people dressed in black hooded robes were walking past them.

After the figures had passed, what appeared before everyone’s eyes was Luohe Town, a scene akin to a living hell.

A blood-colored formation array had already spread beyond the entire town.
Dense, blood-colored patterns covered the town’s houses, and towering blood-colored steles stood erect, upon which pained human faces seemed to be etched.

The thick stench of blood assailed everyone’s nostrils.

This sight made Ling Hu’er and her group clench their fists tightly.

“What a bunch of beasts!”

Ling Hu’er couldn’t help but curse under her breath.
Sure enough, Qin Yangjun hadn’t lied to her.
This ‘Evil Mercy Blood Stele’ was the handiwork of Old Man Xue.

From the current situation, it seemed they were transforming this land, allowing demonic energy to corrupt it.

Land teeming with demonic energy was more suitable for demonic cultivators to practice, and on such land, their power would also be greatly enhanced.

Luohe Town was different from White Poplar City.
Few cultivators passed through here, and the entire town was mostly inhabited by ordinary people.
Transforming the land here could indeed be done covertly…

But this was, after all, the territory of the Yuqian Sect.
Not to mention, their main branch had been wiped out not long ago.
Old Man Xue’s audacity was truly astounding.

It was as if he held the Yuqian Sect in complete disregard.

Thinking of this, Ling Hu’er couldn’t help but look at Yueyao beside her.

At this moment, Yueyao’s attention had been diverted by the strange phenomenon from earlier.

Although it was only for an instant, she had felt an incredibly familiar aura.

And this aura was the very same one Qin Yangjun had displayed on the stage during the Celestial Ranking tournament.

Thinking back, they had discovered the strange situation in Luohe Town.
They had just arrived, and Ling Hu’er had followed right after.

If it weren’t for the formation talisman Ling Hu’er carried, they would have probably been discovered.

According to Ling Hu’er, the reason she had come was that Qin Yangjun had suddenly remembered some information about demonic cultivators and told her.
But why hadn’t Qin Yangjun come himself…

‘Senior Brother… is he doing something?’

“Miss Yue…”

“Ah… what is it…”

A call from a King Beast Valley disciple beside her pulled her back from her thoughts.

Yueyao followed the direction she was pointing and first saw an old man in a blood-red robe leaning on a crutch, standing at the entrance of the town.

Not far in front of him, several demonic cultivators were herding a group of ordinary people dressed in sackcloth.
There were men, women, and even children among them.

In front of those people was a pool of blood.
The area around the blood pool was covered with dense, crimson threads that seemed to be alive and pulsating.

Yueyao’s expression grew heavier.

“Soul-Refining Pool…”

“These bastards!
They’re going to use those ordinary people to refine human pills.”

Ling Hu’er trembled all over.
Seeing this, the junior sisters around her held her tightly, afraid she would rush out.

But none of her junior sisters said anything like ‘you need to calm down.’

Because they all knew why Ling Hu’er was so furious.

The story of this First Senior Sister was no secret within the sect.

Ling Hu’er herself was of commoner origin, but her village had been pillaged by the demonic path.

Her parents had hidden her in a water vat, which was how she survived.

However, when she emerged from her hiding place, all she saw were corpses everywhere.
She was the only living person left in the entire village.

Her cries were noticed by a passing elder from King Beast Valley.

Seeing the tragic state of the village, the elder immediately understood what had happened.

But such incidents occurred all over the Great Yu Continent.
Even the four great sects couldn’t have eyes everywhere.

Ling Hu’er’s tear-streaked face moved the elder to pity.
After testing her aptitude and finding that she was a good seedling for cultivation, he adopted her.

It was because of this experience that Ling Hu’er hated the demonic path with a passion.

The scene before her awakened her past nightmare.

But anger was anger.
She hadn’t forgotten that her junior sisters were with her, and her own strength was no match for Old Man Xue.
She couldn’t let a moment of anger endanger them.

But she really couldn’t bear to see these people suffer.
She could only look at Yueyao.

“How long will it take for your master to arrive?”

Yueyao sighed softly.

“This is the border of the Southern Domain.
Even if my master rushes here with all her strength, it will still take two quarters of an hour.”

“No, by that time, these people will have become walking corpses.
There’s no point in saving them then.”

At this moment, the group of ordinary people was about to be pushed into the blood pool.

Yueyao couldn’t help but close her eyes.

In the eyes of some cultivators, the lives of mortals were as insignificant as grass.

But Yueyao couldn’t achieve that state of mind.
After all, she too had transformed from a mortal into a cultivator.

Most of these demonic cultivators were at the Golden Core stage, and some were only at Foundation Establishment.
The strongest was only Old Man Xue.

But Old Man Xue was an old monster at the Void Interpretation realm.
He could wipe them all out with a single hand.

So she was powerless to help, even though she wanted to.

Seeing this, Ling Hu’er was extremely anxious, but anxiety was useless.
She could only watch helplessly as the imminent scene unfolded.

“Hee-hee!”

Just then, a sudden horse’s neigh caught everyone’s attention.

Yueyao and her group sensed a rather powerful aura rapidly approaching from the south.

They turned their heads and saw a streak of red and blue light rushing towards them.

Beneath the light, there was a flurry of rapid hoofbeats.

The group focused their eyes and made out the figure within the light.

“That’s… the Icefire Jade-Scaled Horse… but why is its aura even stronger?”

A disciple from King Beast Valley exclaimed in surprise.

Previously, the aura of this Icefire Jade-Scaled Horse was only at the peak of the Golden Core stage, but now it was comparable to the mid-Nascent Soul stage.

Furthermore, she could faintly sense that its aura was still rising.

“The aura on its body is so mixed.
It seems to have eaten many spiritual items without fully digesting them.
But where did it find so many good things?”

Ling Hu’er had a look of confusion on her face.

‘Spiritual items?’

Yueyao was also stunned.
The direction the Icefire Jade-Scaled Horse was charging from was exactly the direction where she had previously sensed Qin Yangjun’s aura.

‘Could it be…’

While they were talking, the Icefire Jade-Scaled Horse shot past them, crashing into the town like a creature fleeing for its life.

The demonic cultivators who were herding the ordinary people were instantly scared into scattering like birds.

A demonic beast of this level was not something they could handle.

Old Man Xue, on the other hand, suddenly became excited.

“Excellent!
To think I would encounter such a rare beast here.
Once I subdue it, this will be a grand gift for the Demon Lord!”

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