At this moment, Nangong Ling'er was stunned, her cheeks flushed slightly, her eyes welled up with tears, and she hesitated to speak, seemingly lost in thought.
"System warning: The host has repeatedly acted in ways that contradict the villain's character..."
"Shut up! I'm painstakingly acquiring power, what do you know..."
The system was interrupted by Xiao Yuhan as soon as it spoke, but perhaps it felt that what Xiao Yuhan said made sense, so it did not forcibly deduct Xiao Yuhan's points.
Without further hesitation, Xiao Yuhan glanced at Long Xiaoyu, and the two immediately headed to the Blood Pool. The Blood Pool was now a scene of utter devastation, with corpses and severed limbs scattered everywhere, a veritable carnage.
"Where did Dragon Slayer get so many people?" Xiao Yuhan said, covering her nose on the way to the Blood Pool, feeling somewhat uncomfortable.
Long Xiaoyu walked to one side, "Some are Miao people, some are former members of the Blood God Cult, and some are refugees and fugitives captured from the border of the Central Plains. My brother thought about using demonic beasts to refine the Blood King Gu, but it seems that he and Miao Xiaodie did not reach a consensus before. He himself could not find so many demonic beasts. I am curious, how can you make Miao Xiaodie willingly do things for you? I thought she was scary when I met her before, but the Miao Xiaodie I have met these past two days seems to be different."
“They are not the same person at all. Your brother was really cruel. He deserved to die.”
Long Xiaoyu remained expressionless as the two continued walking until they arrived at the Blood Pool once more.
Long Xiaoyu pointed to the pool of blood and said, "This is all human blood that the Blood God Sect has condensed over the years. Although it is not all heart blood, there is still so much in this pool. I don't know how many people have been killed. The effects of this pool of water are still there. If you are ready, just tell me."
“I was ready long ago!” Xiao Yuhan said without thinking.
Long Xiaoyu pointed to her heart and then took out a drop of golden blood. "Swallow it. This is my heart's blood!"
Xiao Yuhan did as instructed, and then walked step by step toward the blood pool until the blood completely submerged her.
Long Xiaoyu stared at the movements in the blood pool and immediately summoned her nascent soul, slowly channeling all her life's power into the blood pool. The whole process did not last long. When she stopped what she was doing, her long hair turned snow-white and wrinkles began to appear on her face.
Now, Long Xiaoyu only has the strength of the ninth level of Qi Refining, and her lifespan is coming to an end. This is her choice.
Inside the blood pool, Xiao Yuhan was being corroded by the blood, as if thousands of ants were desperately trying to crawl into his pores. Long Xiaoyu's domineering Blood King Scripture spiritual power was also gradually entering his body.
The Azure Lotus Dao Seal within the Nascent Soul instinctively resisted Long Xiaoyu's spiritual power. After a long stalemate, it gradually stopped resisting, seemingly sensing that Long Xiaoyu's power was not malicious.
At this moment, the little figure that had already begun to show signs of immortality within Xiao Yuhan's body began to struggle. It was originally Xiao Yuhan's nascent soul, but perhaps because the techniques of the Azure Lotus Sword Art and the Blood King Scripture were incompatible, the nascent soul began to mutate.
Before long, the nascent soul that had been sitting cross-legged and guarding its core inside Xiao Yuhan's body had lost its human form and turned into a skeleton. The green lotus Dao seal that the nascent soul had been holding in its palm also gradually dissipated and turned into pure spiritual energy.
Gradually, red vines began to grow on the withered skeletal nascent soul. Suddenly, the skeleton moved, changing from the Taoist posture of embracing the primordial essence to the Buddhist posture of holding a hand in a salute. Green leaves began to grow from the hand placed on the knee, and gradually a red Manjusaka flower bloomed.
At this moment, Xiao Yuhan was still conscious. He could feel that he had not yet become the Blood King Gu. The changes in his nascent soul were probably caused by Long Xiaoyu's power, and the idea that withered bones could produce flowers of the other shore was a theory of Buddhism.
Xiao Yuhan was immediately puzzled and couldn't help but wonder if the Blood King Scripture originated from Buddhism.
Xiao Tang didn't think about it carefully. At this moment, the changes in the nascent soul in her body continued. After the red Manjusaka flower grew on her left palm, she lowered her right hand, which was holding a Buddhist salute, and laid it flat on her knee. Gradually, a blue lotus grew in her palm. It was the blue lotus Dao seal that was once in her body.
But at this moment, the blue lotus began to change, gradually turning into pure white and shrinking in size, eventually becoming a plant that resembled both a datura flower and a snow lotus.
At this moment, Xiao Yuhan seemed to realize something. In the original work, Bai Yao's golden finger was the Blood King Scripture and the power of the Demon God. When she finally became the Empress, her nascent soul was also like this, holding the Manjusaka flower, which symbolizes death, in one hand and the Mandala flower, which symbolizes hope, in the other.
Xiao Yuhan never expected that he would obtain the same ability as the Empress in the original story by chance. Although he did not have the power of the Demon God, the nascent soul that combined Buddhist and Taoist techniques was a qualitative leap for him.
Sure enough, he could feel himself breaking through to the Void Returning Realm, and his realm was even improving until it stabilized at the third level of the Void Returning Realm.
At this time, the Blood King Gu had taken effect. However, as Long Xiaoyu said, the Blood King Gu was acting on his heart meridian. He felt his heart begin to beat violently, and then black lines emerged from his heart meridian and traveled to his eight extraordinary meridians.
Dark emotions began to arise in his heart: killing, plundering, lust, greed, selfishness, jealousy, and all sorts of terrible thoughts arose involuntarily.
Xiao Yuhan tried his best to control himself, his mind constantly repeating, "Defeat Liu Jiantang... Defeat Liu Jiantang..."
But gradually, his eyes turned cold, and his thoughts began to murmur: "Kill Liu Jiantang...kill Liu Jiantang..."
After an unknown amount of time, the world changed color, dark clouds covered the sky, and thunder roared in the heavens. Xiao Yuhan flew out of the blood pool and stood alone on the peak. With bloodshot eyes, he stared at Long Xiaoyu and revealed a ruthless smile. With a casual grab, the Gentleman's Sword flew into his hand, and with a casual slash, he summoned a thunderbolt that fell down.
With her full head of white hair and slow movements, Long Xiaoyu was only at the ninth level of the Qi Refining Realm. If she were hit by this attack, she would have no chance of survival.
Fortunately, in her haste, she took out her jade flute and played it, which helped Xiao Yuhan regain some of her senses.
He immediately stopped his lightning attack, his hand gripping the sword trembling. "Get...get away from me..."
Long Xiaoyu shouted, "Don't forget what you have to do! Go and defeat Liu Jiantang!"
"Defeat... Liu Jiantang... Defeat... No! Kill Liu Jiantang, kill Liu Jiantang!" Xiao Yuhan roared to the sky, then rushed towards the depths of the Ten Thousand Mountains like a madman. Now transformed into the Blood King Gu, he could clearly sense Liu Jiantang's location.
At this moment, the Heavenly Sword Sect members who had rushed over after hearing the commotion arrived at Long Xiaoyu's side. After learning what had happened, Second Senior Sister Shen Huairu's expression changed drastically, and she immediately pointed her sword at Long Xiaoyu, "What else do you want to do to my Heavenly Sword Sect? If anything happens to my two junior brothers, I will tear you to pieces!"
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