Daily Divination From Market Rogue Cultivator To Immortal Venerable - Chapter 382

Chapter 382 Annihilation of Blood Corpses, The Reason for Betrayal (Seeking Subscriptions)

Cui Ling stood in front of Li Chang’an.

The entire Cui family territory was protected behind him.

The members of the Cui family in the territory all breathed a sigh of relief.

“Great, our Cui family’s Nascent Soul True Monarch has arrived!”

“I knew it, the Ancestor wouldn’t sit idly by and watch the Cui family

be destroyed!” It’s rare for righteous Nascent Soul cultivators to fight over trivial matters.

In the eyes of the Cui family members, with Cui Ling’s guarantee, this calamity of annihilation should be averted.

Cui Niande knelt on the ground and guaranteed in a hoarse voice,

“Ancestor, our entire Cui family is wholeheartedly devoted to the righteous path and has never thought of betraying the demonic path. If there is even the slightest falsehood in these words, may I die a horrible death!”

“I know.”

Cui Ling nodded slightly.

He released a burst of magic power to lift Cui Niande’s body up.

Then, he said to Li Chang’an, “Fellow Daoist Lin, if you want to cultivate the Yellow Spring Blood Corpse, you need to create a large amount of killing, but the Cui family has never carried out large-scale killings in the past thousand years.”

Li Chang’an calmly replied, “Demonic cultivators have always been good at hiding.”

“Fellow Daoist Lin, rest assured, my White Tiger Sect has strict control over the Western Regions. If there had been such killings, it would be impossible to hide it from the White Tiger Sect.”

“Since the demonic path could hide it from the Wang family, it can naturally hide it from the White Tiger Sect.”

“My White Tiger Sect is different from the Wang family!”

Cui Ling immediately stated that the White Tiger Sect’s foundation was much deeper than the Wang family’s.

The reason the Wang family hadn’t discovered the Blood Pool was purely because the Wang family’s strength and foundation were insufficient, and the Northern Region of Zhao bordered the Yan Kingdom.

In border areas, it was very convenient for the demonic path to do things.

But this place was located inside the Yuan Kingdom, so it was impossible for a Blood Pool to exist.

Li Chang’an asked him, “If there is no Blood Pool, why is there such a strong smell of blood here?”

“The Cui family is a family of alchemists, and many pills require the addition of essence blood, so it’s normal to have a bloody smell.”

Cui Ling still gave a reasonable explanation.

“Furthermore, after the invasion of the demonic path, the Cui family dispatched a large number of disciples to the Northern Region to fight against the demonic cultivators, and each of them developed a body full of bloodlust and murderous aura.”

As he spoke, he suddenly looked up and felt a strange chill rise from his spine.

The reason he felt this way was naturally because of Li Chang’an.

The fourth-order grand formation that Li Chang’an had personally set up was hidden in the surrounding void, covering the entire Cui family territory.

At this moment,

both of them were inside the formation.

Li Chang’an suspected that Cui Ling was also colluding with the demonic path, so he had the formation lock onto him.

Cui Ling was still unaware of this, and simply grabbed Cui Niande below with a large hand.

“Niande, you did not do well today. Apologize to Fellow Daoist Lin.”

“Yes!”

Cui Niande immediately bowed deeply.

His face was full of apology, and his words were full of sincerity.

“True Lord Lin, I know I was wrong, and the Cui family knows it too. I am willing to offer all the treasures in the Cui family treasury as an apology! Furthermore, I will personally lead my family disciples to the Northern Plains to fight against the demonic path. I beg True Lord Lin to spare my life!”

His attitude was extremely humble, believing it was enough.

At this moment,

everyone, whether in the distant immortal city or among the Cui family members in the Cui family territory, thought the matter was about to end.

After all, Cui Ling was ultimately a Nascent Soul cultivator, and Li Chang’an had to give him some face.

Cui Ling asked, “Fellow Daoist Lin, Nian De has Golden Core cultivation and is a third-tier alchemist. Rather than letting him die here, wouldn’t it be better to let him go to the Northern Region to demonstrate his value? What do you think?”

“Nothing much.”

Li Chang’an’s words were cold, and he waved his hand.

A loud “boom” was heard, and the last array protecting the Cui family territory collapsed.

Instantly ,

a thick stench of blood filled the air.

Through the stone eye, one could see wisps of blood seeping out from beneath the Cui family’s land, thousands upon thousands, countless in number.

If it weren’t for the array sealing it off, the entire region would probably be filled with the thick stench of blood.

“Fellow Daoist Lin, what are you trying to do?”

Cui Ling’s face darkened, and his Nascent Soul power faintly appeared around him.

He really didn’t expect that Li Chang’an would show him no respect at all, breaking through the final array right in front of him.

“Fellow Daoist Lin, do you really intend to annihilate the Cui family today?”

“Colluding with the demonic path, they deserve to be destroyed.”

“I’ve already said that the Cui family could not possibly collude with the demonic path!”

Cui Ling’s expression was unfriendly, and his Nascent Soul aura gradually rose.

He confronted Li Chang’an, coldly questioning, “Fellow Daoist Lin, if you have evidence that the Cui family is colluding with the demonic path, I will have no objections. May I ask if you have any evidence?”

Li Chang’an coldly replied, “What evidence do I need for my actions?”

“You…”

Cui Ling was instantly enraged, and his entire face completely darkened.

His eyes gradually turned platinum, his robes fluttered without wind, and a huge white tiger phantom faintly appeared behind him, clearly indicating that he was about to make a move.

“Lin Fan, you think you can destroy the Cui family in front of me? I’m afraid you don’t have the ability!”

With that, he was about to attack.

But Li Chang’an simply waved his hand.

“Get lost!”

The words had barely left his lips when a terrifying array force descended from the sky, slamming heavily into Cui Ling.

Boom! Caught

off guard, Cui Ling was instantly thrown into the Cui family’s territory.

“Lin Fan!”

he roared, flying out of the ruined territory, battered and bruised, furiously charging towards Li Chang’an.

But before he could even get close,

endless array force transformed into gleaming chains, binding him tightly.

Then,

Li Chang’an’s mind stirred.

Thousands upon thousands of chains descended from the sky, each carrying terrifying power, flying towards the numerous Cui family members.

In a matter of moments, all the Cui family members were suspended in mid-air, screaming in terror.

“Rise!”

Li Chang’an clenched his fist towards the void below.

Rumble!

The entire Cui family territory trembled.

In the blink of an eye, the vast Cui family territory, just like the previous immortal city, was uprooted from the earth by Li Chang’an.

In that instant,

a thick stench of blood filled the air.

Beneath the Cui family territory lay a massive pool of blood!

The water was crimson, the waves surging, and the spray was filled with swollen, pale limbs and severed bodies.

Its scale far exceeded the blood pool that Li Chang’an and Zi Xi had discovered in the Northern Region.

“How is this possible?”

Cui Ling was utterly shocked, staring at the blood pool in disbelief.

He had previously vouched for the Cui family with his personal reputation, swearing that the Cui family would never collude with the demonic path.

Yet, in the blink of an eye, a pool of blood appeared before him.

To form such a massive blood pool, countless killings must have occurred.

In the distant immortal city,

everyone stood on the high city walls, dumbfounded.

“A blood pool! It’s a blood pool!”

“The Cui family actually killed so many people.”

Previously, most of them thought that Li Chang’an’s “collusion with the demonic path” was just an excuse to slaughter the Cui family.

But this astonishing blood pool immediately changed everyone’s mind.

Although many people had never seen a blood pool, they had heard about it from the disciples of various Nascent Soul sects.

Many people present looked at Cui Yan.

“Fellow Daoist Cui, did your Cui family really collude with the demonic path? If not, why create this blood pool?”

“How would I know? I’m not a member of the Cui family!”

Cui Yan cursed inwardly and hurriedly distanced himself from the Cui family.

He was somewhat annoyed that he shouldn’t have gotten too close to the Cui family before.

Lin Baizhi, who was not far away, was also annoyed, simply because she had previously advised Li Chang’an to be magnanimous.

She had no relation to the Cui family, so why did she have to stand up for them?

“Master is right. When you’re out in the world, don’t meddle in things you shouldn’t.”

Lin Baizhi secretly regretted her earlier advice, which had not only angered Li Chang’an, a Nascent Soul True Monarch, but also risked making her a suspect in the demonic path.

Once suspected, the sect would no longer provide her with Nascent Soul resources.

“Senior Lin, I was wrong before.”

She secretly transmitted her voice, wanting to apologize to Li Chang’an.

But Li Chang’an was too lazy to pay attention.

He was sensing the aura of the three Yellow Spring Blood Corpses mentioned in the divination.

Based on the previous experience, the three Blood Corpses should all be at the bottom of the Blood Pool, slumbering in coffins.

“Go!”

Li Chang’an summoned a puppet.

He controlled the puppet to leap into the Blood Pool, heading straight for the bottom.

At the same time.

Cui Ling’s face was grim, and he sternly questioned Cui Nian De.

“Nian De, what’s going on? I need an explanation!”

“This…this…”

Cui Nian De was filled with panic, his voice trembling.

He trembled as he said, “I…I don’t know either. How could such a large blood pool appear beneath my Cui family’s territory?”

“You truly don’t know?”

“Ancestor, I truly don’t know.”

Cui Niande’s face was deathly pale, and he shook his head repeatedly.

He desperately denied it, trying to distance himself, but his expression said it all.

This enormous blood pool was deeply connected to him.

At that moment

, a roar suddenly erupted from within the blood pool.

“Rumble…”

The pool water churned, seemingly boiling.

Suddenly, three blood-red coffins flew out of the lake.

Three loud explosions followed, and the three coffins shattered, revealing three Yellow Spring Blood Corpses, cultivated to the fourth rank.

“Roar—”

they roared in unison, their faces contorted in rage, their bodies shrouded in scarlet blood energy, as they charged towards Li Chang’an.

Li Chang’an remained unmoved, coldly commanding,

“Suppress!”

The fourth-rank array activated at full power, absorbing a massive amount of spiritual energy.

The next instant,

three dazzling beams of spiritual light descended from the sky, like divine punishment, heavily striking the three Yellow Spring Blood Corpses.

Before they could even approach Li Chang’an, they were forced back into the blood pool, creating towering waves of blood.

“Boom!”

The blood exploded, and the three blood corpses flew out again.

Their intelligence was considerable; realizing Li Chang’an was not to be trifled with, they immediately transformed into three streaks of blood light, flying in three different directions.

But soon, the array blocked their path.

“Still trying to run?”

Li Chang’an sneered, manipulating the power of the formation to bombard the three blood corpses relentlessly.

Seeing no escape, the three blood corpses charged back at Li Chang’an, attempting to kill the formation’s controller, but all their efforts were in vain.

In less than a quarter of an hour, two blood corpses were obliterated by the formation.

These two blood corpses weren’t particularly strong, barely reaching the fourth rank, equivalent to the weakest pseudo-Nascent Soul cultivator.

The last blood corpse was stronger, approaching the level of a True Nascent Soul cultivator.

However,

it only lasted a few more moments.

Soon after, with a mournful cry of despair, this blood corpse exploded in mid-air, reduced to a cloud of blood mist.

“Burn!”

With a thought, Li Chang’an unleashed a torrent of blazing flames from the sky, incinerating all the blood mist.

Thus, these three blood corpses, which should have dealt a significant blow to the righteous path, died at Li Chang’an’s hands.

Through this exchange,

Li Chang’an gained a deeper understanding of these demonic creations.

“These blood corpses, though reaching the fourth rank, don’t know any magic; they can only crudely utilize their own strength.”

“Even I, facing an attack from more than ten blood corpses, could escape even if I couldn’t win, let alone the renowned Xuanwu True Monarch?”

“It seems there’s definitely something wrong with the death of Xuanwu True Monarch…”

Li Chang’an had long been wary of the young Sacred Fire True Monarch of the Xuanwu Sect.

“If I deal with him in the future, I must be extremely cautious!”

Then, Li Chang’an looked at the Cui family’s territory.

Since all the Cui family members were controlled by the formation, the territory was empty.

He used his magic power to forcibly uproot the Cui family’s treasure vault and library, throwing them into his storage bag.

“Although the Cui family is only a Golden Core family, their alchemy is extremely profitable; they even have quite a few fourth-rank treasures. I’ll slowly inventory them when I get back.”

After doing this,

Li Chang’an began interrogating the Cui family members.

He raised his hand, and many of the Cui family’s Golden Core and Foundation Establishment cultivators flew over and knelt before him.

Cui Niande and Cui Nianhe knelt at the front.

Li Chang’an said calmly, “I want to know, how long has the Cui family been colluding with the demonic path?”

“Senior, I… I really don’t know…”

Cui Niande was filled with fear, shaking his head repeatedly, insisting that he knew nothing about it.

Cui Nianhe beside him did the same.

They both knew that

once they admitted to colluding with the demonic path, they would probably not even be able to escape the cycle of reincarnation, and would be beaten to death.

If they insisted that they knew nothing, perhaps they could still have a way to live.

Cui Nianhe said in a panic, “True Lord Lin, my Cui family has shed blood for the righteous path and fought to the death with demonic cultivators. We would never collude with the demonic path. It must be those demonic cultivators who deliberately framed my Cui family.”

The two recounted the deeds of the Cui family members who fought desperately against demonic cultivators in the Northern Region, begging Li Chang’an to spare them.

But Li Chang’an remained expressionless, his voice still cold.

“It seems that I will have to use some methods.”

He rarely tortured people, usually letting the evil spirits do it for him.

But in today’s situation, it was impossible to let the evil spirits show themselves, so he had to take action himself.

Fortunately,

he was familiar with the methods of the evil spirits.

He was now proficient in the torture techniques of the nine ancient sects, practically the foremost figure in the righteous path in this regard.

Not long after,

Cui Niande’s piercing screams rang out.

“Ahhh—”

His features contorted, his cries of agony echoing throughout the heavens and earth.

Whether it was the Cui family members or the cultivators in the distant immortal city, everyone was horrified.

Many of these methods were unheard of; this was the first time they had witnessed them.

About half an hour later,

Cui Niande’s body was completely devoid of flesh and blood.

His breath was weak; he had been tortured to the point of near death, yet he still stubbornly refused to collude with the demonic path.

“Death is good; perhaps there’s a chance to return to the cycle of reincarnation…”

he thought to himself, now only hoping for death.

But just then,

Li Chang’an took out more than ten precious healing pills and refined their medicinal power before Cui Niande’s eyes.

A moment later, the medicinal power was channeled into Cui Niande’s body, causing his bloodied body to rapidly recover.

“No, no, I don’t want to recover…”

Feeling his own improvement, Cui Niande felt no joy, only terror.

In the blink of an eye, he was back to normal.

Then,

Li Chang’an once again employed the torture methods of the nine major sects.

The world echoed once more with Cui Niande’s shrill, ghostly screams.

Seeing this,

the Cui family members all turned deathly pale, their faces filled with terror, trembling uncontrollably.

They could all see that if they didn’t get the answer they wanted, Li Chang’an wouldn’t let Cui Niande die; he would only subject him to repeated torture.

“Is this person truly a righteous cultivator?”

Even Cui Ling felt extremely uncomfortable, believing Li Chang’an to be even more demonic than a demonic cultivator.

The cultivation world has many interrogation methods.

Some spells and treasures can directly induce the interrogated to reveal their answers.

But Li Chang’an chose not to use any of these, relying solely on the purest form of torture.

When Cui Niande recovered for the fourth time,

a hoarse shout rang out: “I’ll talk! I’ll tell you everything!”

The speaker was not Cui Niande, but Cui Nianhe beside him!

Hearing this voice, everyone was somewhat astonished.

Unexpectedly,

the tormented Cui Niande hadn’t collapsed yet.

Cui Nianhe, watching from the side, couldn’t bear it any longer.

He confessed in a panicked and hurried manner: “It was three hundred years ago! My Cui family had already established contact with the demonic path three hundred years ago.”

“Three hundred years?”

Hearing this, everyone in the immortal city gasped.   Many of them hadn’t even lived to be three hundred years old! Long before

they   were born, the Cui family had already colluded with the demonic path, secretly plotting all of this.   Li Chang’an asked indifferently, “What promise did the Demonic Path make to the Cui family?”   ”Nascent Soul!”   Cui Nianhe replied hastily.   Three hundred years ago,   the Demonic Path’s Netherworld Soul Sect Master, “Heavenly Netherworld True Monarch,” personally descended upon the Cui family and made a promise.   As long as the Cui family cooperated with the Demonic Path’s actions, he would support them to become a Nascent Soul family after the war between good and evil ended!   Hearing this, Cui Ling roared, “You’re truly foolish! You believe the words of a demonic cultivator?”   ”Ancestor, Heavenly Netherworld True Monarch didn’t lie to us. He made a vow of Dao Heart, and in these three hundred years, he has fulfilled all his promises to us, except for the matter of the Nascent Soul.”   Cui Nianhe recounted his experiences over the past three hundred years.   According to him,   Heavenly Netherworld True Monarch, despite being a Nascent Soul cultivator, had no airs whatsoever.   He was courteous, approachable, and kept his promises, giving the Cui family many benefits.   Furthermore   , he seemed to possess a special power.   Just a few words with him would make one involuntarily want to follow him, even to the point of dying for him.   Initially, the Cui family was only interested in profit.   But gradually…   They all became willing, unknowingly considering themselves members of the demonic path, only hoping that the demonic path would soon defeat the righteous path.   Compared to the demonic path, the White Tiger Sect, as the righteous path, was often untrustworthy.   ”Ancestor, after the Cui family was established, almost all the Nascent Soul treasures we obtained were sent to the White Tiger Sect, but the White Tiger Sect only demanded, occasionally giving some verbal promises, never providing any real benefits.”   ”Even so, this should not be a reason for your betrayal!”   Hearing his account, Cui Ling’s face grew increasingly grim.   Li Chang’an, however, remained calm.   He simply felt that the strength of that Heavenly Nether True Monarch might have exceeded the righteous path’s expectations.   Many years ago, the Heavenly Nether True Monarch already possessed the cultivation of the mid-Nascent Soul stage.   With his talent,   even if he hadn’t broken through to the late-Nascent Soul stage, he was probably not far off.   Currently, whether it’s the righteous path or the demonic path, the strongest on the surface are all mid-Nascent Soul cultivators; no late-Nascent Soul cultivator has yet appeared.   (End of Chapter)