Chapter 63 On the Day of the New Moon, the Blood River Opens
The moment the flower withered, Qizhi was caught by Huali.
Zhang Dezhu's gaze towards Huali had shifted from initial shock to blankness.
Seeing Huali turn his head, he shuddered and immediately hid the iron spoon that he had used to hit the other person's head countless times behind his back, grinning.
"Zhang Dezhu, come quickly and help me up."
After handing the person over, Huali immediately prepared to use her blood to save the others, but then she heard Gao Li, who was lying on the ground, speak up, "...Cuihua...how were you able to undo the seed?"
Karin was startled. "Didn't I knock him out?"
Ao Bai: "There's a method to knocking someone unconscious. You only managed to cut his big neck tendon."
Upon hearing this, Huali quickly added another kick.
Just as she was about to continue rescuing people, a weak voice suddenly came to her ear, "Are you...sent by the Second Prince to rescue us?"
Huali turned her head to look.
The woman who spoke was pale, but her eyes blazed with a fierce light. "He's lying to you... Our real purpose is as bait."
"Gu worms..." Qi Zhi said haltingly, "They coerced and lured the Gu worms into our bodies... The Gu worms lie dormant and grow inside our bodies... If successful, they serve as seeds; if unsuccessful, they become breeding grounds for the Gu worms..."
No wonder even the most favored women in the palace rarely survive more than a month.
Hua Li lowered her eyes; just as she had guessed. The strong scent of the marrow-devouring gu here meant that these women were ultimately controlled by the gu worms.
Her blood is effective against Gu worms, so it can naturally be used to save them.
Seeing that the woman was about to speak again, Huali quickly waved her hand to interrupt her, "We can talk about it later, let's run first."
Villains have always died from talking too much; this doesn't look like a place for chatting at all.
As expected.
Just as Hua Li was about to drip blood, Ao Bai, who was keeping watch, immediately ran back. "Steward Tian is here! If we fight here, it will definitely alert the others!"
Huali quickly turned to Zhang Dezhu and Qizhi and said, "Someone's coming. Follow my cat first, and he'll lead you out. Qizhi, lend me your black robe for a moment."
Qi Zhi immediately shook her head. Seeing that she was about to put on an emotional act, Hua Li stepped forward and swiftly knocked her unconscious. "Zhang Dezhu, take her away!"
Looking into the girl's resolute gaze, tears welled up in Zhang Dezhu's eyes. What had he done to deserve such a great responsibility?
He gripped the large ladle in his hand, about to nod, when he heard Huali urge him hurriedly, "Swear an oath quickly, if you dare to betray us, you will never have a chance to be promoted in this lifetime!"
Zhang Dezhu: "!!!" How could he be so vicious!!!
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As Zhang Dezhu carried Qizhi away and disappeared, Huali immediately removed her veil and put on a black robe.
With a wave of her card, all the women, like her, had their eyes and eyebrows obscured by the brim of their hats, with only their chins vaguely visible.
As the footsteps at the door grew closer, the wooden card burrowed into the rosewood's clothes, took root, and sprouted, instantly transforming into a seed identical to those on the other women.
Steward Tian broke through the barrier with a gloomy expression, and a shadow crossed his eyes when he saw Gao Li lying unconscious on the ground.
The surrounding space twisted in an instant, and a blood crow appeared out of thin air, circling and soaring out into the sky.
Steward Tian's venomous eyes swept over the women on the pillars one by one, and he suddenly paused when he passed Huali.
Huali immediately held her breath.
Just as Steward Tian took a step, the women on the pillars simultaneously emitted a brief, weak whisper, "Kill me..."
Seeing them begin to struggle, a cold glint flashed in Steward Tian's eyes.
"If we kill you, who will cultivate the Ganoderma lucidum? But this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Once the Blood River is fully formed, all the spiritual energy in the array will converge in one place. If any of you successfully cultivate the Ganoderma lucidum, you can save your life."
That's a lie; at this point, there's no way you can survive.
Why should only they die? Even the slightest chance, even just one person...
Steward Tian woke Gao Li: "Is that woman all ready?"
Gao Li's expression twisted as he recalled what had just happened. "Are we really just going to let her go like this?"
Steward Tian, with a delicate gesture of his fingers, said, "Otherwise what?"
"Blood Raven has already gone to find her, and that brat will be dealt with sooner or later. But now we've delayed His Majesty's important business. Can you and I bear the responsibility for that?"
Gao Li was enlightened and quickly raised his hand to form a spell. A few breaths later, a woman wearing a pale yellow dress and a veil walked out. She raised her head and had round almond eyes, ignoring the sinister and twisted look inside. She looked exactly like Hua Li.
Karin, who was forced to watch the whole thing, exclaimed, "Wow!"
Ao Bai: "My god, host, you've really gotten better. You've gone from an extra to a minor female character with some screen time. You're even getting your own stand-in novels."
It seems these people really consider her to be on Wen Tingyun's side, and they even want to stage a drama of loving the beauty more than the country.
Hmm—but thinking about it, this does fit Sol's character.
They indulge in debauchery by day and revelry by night; the only methods they can think of are this ridiculous and absurd.
Huali was about to continue watching what they were going to do when Steward Tian had already begun to form hand seals.
The teleportation array centered on their feet caused them and the pillar to vanish instantly.
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Above the altar, seven crimson beams of light simultaneously activated in the sky, which had been covered by dark clouds for days. Six thrones carved from black jade appeared in the void on the earth's veins, with the phantoms of six kings seated upon them.
"Hey Solly, are you even capable? It's just a formation, is it really that powerful?"
"Why not!"
Soli looked up and pointed to the full moon in the sky, "Whoever kills the Demon Lord on the night of the new moon will become the new Demon Lord. This River of Blood is the culmination of my years of hard work, for which I did not hesitate to offend the Demon King Luo Chuan, all for today."
"With the grand formation activated, the blood river surges forth, and all the spiritual energy of all things returns to my body. Let alone Wen Jin in the Soul Returning stage, what is there to fear even if Wen Tingyun is included!"
Sodo, the King of Wrath, gleamed with bloodlust in his eyes. "It had better be this way. To help you with this self-inflicted injury, I was almost skinned alive by Wen Tingyun. After I kill him, I will definitely be the first to embed his bones under the gate of my arena, where a thousand men will trample and ten thousand men will tread on them!"
The Seven Demon Kings, having suffered from suppression for so long, cursed wildly until the sky darkened.
When Huali was teleported to the altar, she thought for a moment that she had entered a duck's nest.
Her eyes darted around; besides the six demon kings and Soli in the void, the only other people on the altar were the seeds who had been silently teleported to the corner of the array.
Below that are mortals whose collarbones are pierced by chains of talismans.
Their blood flowed continuously and was absorbed by the array. As the blood river expanded, the dead mortals were directly drawn into blood mist, emitting a dazzling red light.
The next batch of people will then fill the gap.
Seeing the blood river growing larger and larger, Huali became somewhat anxious.
If the Blood River forms, not only will the mission fail, but everyone in the formation will die.
The Cycle of Life and Death can withstand a strike from a Nascent Soul cultivator. If she were to take advantage of the Seven Kings' formation now and attack, then unleash a wave of area-of-effect attacks with the Eight Desolations and escape in the chaos...
As Huali pondered, she suddenly heard a soft laugh.
She looked up abruptly and saw Wen Tingyun appear on the altar at some point, the blood river instantly stopping as he twirled his folding fan.
"Shouldn't the Seven Kings have supported my ascension to the throne? Why have you already opened the altar before the new moon has even arrived?"
Soli paused, then roared at the Six Kings, "Now!"
Wen Tingyun sighed, rubbing his forehead, "Soli, Suoli, I really overestimated you."
"When the Blood River Formation rises, you will be the beneficiary, while they will be the victims. Are you the only one in the world who has ever been to the demon realm?"
Suoli's face turned extremely ugly as Wen Tingyun spoke, and he suddenly waved his hand as if he had thought of something.
The next second, the phantoms on the throne in mid-air disappeared, leaving only a wisp of condensed soul.
The smile vanished from Wen Tingyun's eyes. "Because of your lowly schemes, you wasted my perfect opportunity to kill Wen Jin."
“I should have killed you directly,” Wen Tingyun said, looking down at his feet, “but this situation is rather interesting… Why don’t you make amends and become fuel for the blood river sacrifice?”
Seeing that Wen Tingyun not only did not stop the great formation, but even wanted to sacrifice him to activate it, Suoli sneered: "Your people are still in my hands. If something happens to me, she will not survive either!"
Wen Tingyun paused slightly, raising his eyes to look at Suo Li's extremely confident and smug face.
As his thoughts raced, he suddenly remembered that Ranran had said she hadn't been in contact with him since going to the Spirit Sword Sect. Could it be...?
Who are you talking about?
"Cuihua!!"
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