Chapter 5 Rage
Jiang Li really wanted to laugh. When had he ever practiced the magic path? The magic path was the focus of the Human Emperor Palace's crackdown. Anyone who dared to practice the magic path would be prepared to go against the entire cultivation world.
There are many paths to becoming an immortal, dozens of them, including the body-refining path of tempering the flesh, the Gu path of using the body to raise the Gu, the Qi-refining path of refining Qi and transforming it into essence, the rune path of the heaven and earth talisman array, and so on. However, there is only one path that is forbidden in the world of immortal cultivation.
That is the devilish path that allows one person to ascend.
The way of evil is to have no taboos, to use any means necessary, to use all living beings to support one person, it doesn't matter how many people die, as long as you can survive and become stronger.
When the path to ascension still existed, the Jiuzhou Continent was not very averse to the magic path. After all, even if the magic path was cultivated to the end, it would still be ascension, which was still within the tolerance of the Jiuzhou Continent. But after the ascension was cut off, the people of the magic path wanted to sacrifice blood to Jiuzhou and raise an immortal with the sentient beings of Jiuzhou. Maybe they could ascend, or even create a tragedy that left no survivors in a certain dynasty.
Because of this, an unwritten rule has been reached among the practitioners of the Kyushu Continent: anyone who practices the evil way can be killed by anyone.
"You're not surprised?"
"Without any evidence, I'm not surprised."
"Of course there is evidence. Haven't you heard of a legend that you don't know whether it's true or not? Before becoming the emperor, Emperor Jiang fought against the outer demons without regard for the consequences, causing the deaths of people in the city, with no one surviving. Moreover, the number of babies stolen by the Jiang family has already exceeded a hundred. What can the Jiang family do with so many babies? They must be sacrificing babies with blood, using the same to replenish the body, and helping people break the elixir and become infants. This is a thorough demonic method. How could Emperor Jiang not know about this?"
"With the means of Emperor Jiang Ren, it is so easy to help others achieve the Nascent Soul stage, but he did not stop the Jiang family from using the magic methods. This shows that he is not only indulging the Jiang family, but he himself is probably a member of the magic path. Only people in the magic path would leave other means of achieving the Nascent Soul stage unused and allow their family to use extreme magic methods!"
"Senior Zhang, if my speculation is true, and the current emperor is a demon, then the Kyushu continent will face a catastrophe! Senior Zhang, please inform the leader of your sect about this!"
After saying this, Yuan Wuxing was about to kneel down and beg Jiang Li, but he found himself as if being dragged by a pair of large hands and could not kneel down at all.
"Senior Zhang..."
Yuan Wuxing wanted to say something when he saw Jiang Li, with a gloomy face, stand up and walk out of the house.
Jiang Li's aura was extremely terrifying, as if he was on the verge of anger. Yuan Wuxing swallowed his saliva and said nothing more.
No matter how Yuan Wuxing said bad things about the Human Emperor, such as that the Human Emperor Jiang secretly helped the Jiang family and that the Human Emperor Jiang secretly practiced magic, Jiang Li would just smile indifferently and not care. He would just listen for fun because he knew that he had never done these things.
But Yuan Wuxing's guess about the Jiang family sacrificing babies with blood was different, because Jiang Li knew that this was very likely to be true! Otherwise, it was difficult to explain why the Jiang family needed so many babies! The Human Emperor Palace was the number one force opposing the practice of magic in the Jiuzhou Continent, and the Jiang family was likely to practice magic in his name!
Jiang Li was extremely angry. With himself as the center, his spiritual sense spread out over hundreds of miles. He was aware of the situations of several cities including Qingcheng, but he did not discover anything.
No discovery is in itself a problem.
He found no traces of a bloody baby sacrifice, but he also found no missing baby.
Jiang Li also used his spiritual sense to scan the Jiang family mansion. The Jiang family was still worshiping their ancestors as before. There was no change, and there were no basements, secret passages, etc.
In this situation, either what Yuan Wuxing said was wrong, or someone hid the baby in another space.
There are two ways to use space in Jiuzhou Continent. One is to use storage rings as a carrier, and one can enter the space through the storage rings at any time, but this space cannot accommodate living things. The other is to find a space node. This space node cannot be moved, but can accommodate living things. The secret realm is this way.
The location of the space node is extremely hidden, and it cannot be discovered from the outside unless you enter or exit the space.
"Do you have any concrete evidence for what you said? For example, using a recording ball to record the conversation between the Jiang family's Patriarch and the city lord?"
When Yuan Wuxing saw Jiang Li walk into the house again, his expression became as calm as before, not at all as gloomy as when he just left the house.
"No, the use of the Shadow Ball at that time would have caused fluctuations in mana, which could not be hidden from the city lord in the Nascent Soul stage. As for other evidence... there is none."
Yuan Wuxing felt a little disappointed when he said this, but he immediately added: "The frequency of the Jiang family's ancestor worship is similar to the frequency of losing babies. I guess the Jiang family is only worshipping their ancestors on the surface, but in fact they are sacrificing blood to babies. However, the Jiang family's defenses during the ancestor worship are too strict. I have tried for several years but couldn't get in."
"The Jiang family is currently offering sacrifices to their ancestors. Senior, you can try..."
Jiang Li shook his head: "I've been to the Jiang family, and there's nothing unusual... huh?"
The corners of Jiang Li's mouth slightly raised, as if he was happy to find a clue, but also like a sneer.
"As I was talking, I discovered something."
Jiang Li's spiritual sense was not retracted and continued to cover an area of 100 miles in radius.
…
Under a big tree on the outskirts of Qingcheng, the space twisted and an old man in a linen robe walked out.
The old man in the linen robe carefully looked around, and after making sure that there was no one around, he stood up and flew towards the Jiang family ancestral hall.
…
Jiang Li did not follow the old man in the hemp robe to the Jiang family, but took Yuan Wuxing to the space node outside Qingcheng.
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With a light tap, ripples appeared in the space, eventually forming a stable space gate.
This space is very small, only the size of a cave. As soon as he entered the space, the pungent smell of blood hit him in the face, choking Yuan Wuxing and making him cough.
After Yuan Wuxing got used to the smell of blood, he was stunned by the scene before him.
Hundreds of skeletons, each less than the length of a forearm, were piled on both sides of the cave, as if they had been thrown aside casually by someone. The skulls were separated from the spines, and the hand and leg bones were separated from the torso bones, making the scene very messy.
At the end of the road was an altar stained with blood, on which were placed more than a dozen intact baby corpses. Traces of blood were spreading from the skeletons into the air, and the flesh and blood were dissipating at a speed visible to the naked eye, adding a strong smell to the disgusting blood. Soon, the white bones at the fingertips could be seen.
Yuan Wuxing couldn't help it, he stumbled to the wall, and leaned against the wall again to retch, but he didn't hold on to the wall firmly, his hand slipped, and he fell into the pile of bones.
He didn't have the strength to get up, but lay in the pile of bones, vomiting and crying: "Beasts, these beasts of the Jiang family, why did they do this? Don't they have any children?"
Jiang Li remained silent, but his expression was frighteningly cold.
Jiang Li did not follow the old man in hemp robe because he knew that the other party could not escape. He came here to see if there was any possibility of rescuing a few people.
Now it seems that no one can be saved.
The moderate and peaceful mantra of rebirth echoed in the small space. The mantra, which was originally just a low and quick voice with unclear content, gradually became louder and clearer.
The last few syllables made the space begin to tremble, and stones fell, as if it would collapse at any time.
"Zhang...Senior Zhang."
Yuan Wuxing looked at the angry Jiang Li in amazement.
Being able to vibrate the space to the point of being on the verge of breaking just by sound is obviously not something that can be done in the Nascent Soul stage.
Jiang Li turned his head and looked at the middle-aged man with red eyes, showing his white teeth, and smiled: "Let's go to Jiang's house."
(End of this chapter)