They even went so far as to perform a blood sacrifice of a thousand people?

Yang Xinhu trembled again, and said in horror, "It's not that simple. That ancient evil cultivator discussed with Lin Ruchu that opening the Saint Realm requires a huge amount of energy. Even the power of a Celestial Martial Emperor cannot forcibly open the Saint Realm!"

"That blood sacrifice of a thousand people was just one part of the Lin family's plan. According to their original plan, they would have held at least ten such blood sacrifices, all to replenish Lin Ruchu's strength!"

Upon hearing this, everyone present fell silent.

Ten times?

That's tens of thousands of martial artists, all of whom are at the mid-level or higher, at the Martial Saint or Emperor level.

Has Lin Ruchu gone mad?

"But the secret of the blood sacrifice has been exposed, and the Lin family can no longer use you to lure martial artists into the spiritual vein!"

“You’re right.” Yang Xinhu nodded, then his face turned pained again. “But that’s the most troublesome thing. Lin Ruchu won’t give up his plan.”

"Since he has failed to lure martial artists into a blood sacrifice, he will now use ordinary people in Tianbao City to devour their blood and qi to replenish his strength and forcefully open the Saint Realm!"

Lin Jinglong suddenly realized.

"So all that preparation they've been making in Tianbao City for the past year was for this?"

The others around them were already horrified.

Mingcheng muttered to himself, "The original plan was to use tens of thousands of martial artists for a blood sacrifice, but now that has failed, we can only use the flesh and blood of ordinary people in Tianbao City. That would require millions of people."

"This Lin Ruchu, he must have gone mad from practicing qi cultivation!"

"That's millions of lives!"