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Chapter 107: Jade Bone – Blood Spirit Medicine
Chapter 107: Jade Bone – Blood Spirit Medicine
“Impossible! How are you unaffected by the soul confusion technique?”
The tall cultivator’s face paled as Xiao Chen emerged from the underground passage. “Stay back!”
Xiao Chen arched a brow. “Soul confusion? You seem to know quite a bit. So the chaos in the city—was that your doing?”
He’d been wondering how to root out the mastermind behind the massacre. Now the culprit had practically handed himself to him.
“No, no! Senior, have mercy!” The tall cultivator dropped to his knees with a thud. “It wasn’t us! A Demon Head entered the city and forced us to help him. We’re victims too!”
As he begged, tears streamed down his face. “He threatened to kill us if we refused. My brother and I had no choice!”
Xiao Chen didn’t buy their innocence. His spiritual sense swept over them—both were at Refining Qi Stage 9 and Foundation Building Sixth Layer. Considering the city’s many late-stage cultivators, these two hardly seemed capable of slaughtering an entire population.
“There’s another mastermind?” Xiao Chen pressed. “Who’s this Demon Head? What cultivation realm is he at? Where is he now?”
The tall cultivator hurried to answer. “The Demon Head is a Foundation Building cultivator. He’s in the grand courtyard at the city center!”
“Take me there.”
Xiao Chen seized the two men and forced them to lead the way. As they reached the city center, he kicked open the courtyard door. A cloying floral fragrance hit his nose immediately.
A wooden puppet emerged from the hall, its mouth opening and closing soundlessly.
Xiao Chen glanced at the tall cultivator, who was staring at him in confusion. “Where’s this Demon Head? What’s the puppet for?”
“Impossible! It can’t be!” The tall cultivator’s voice cracked. “Why aren’t you affected? Who are you?”
“Hehehe~ Pretty lady~”
Erdan, however, had already fallen victim to the illusion. He staggered toward the puppet. “So beautiful… Let me cherish you…”
He tore off his clothes and embraced the wooden figure, rolling onto the ground with it.
Xiao Chen understood instantly. The puppet was using an illusionary technique to entice victims—but its effects had been nullified by his Divine Veil.
A bloodcurdling scream rang out. The tall cultivator’s body swelled rapidly, transforming into a sixteen-foot-tall giant. Simultaneously, windows and doors burst open, spewing torrents of blood. The ground split apart, revealing carved runes and flickering soul lamps—a ritual altar prepared in advance.
Erdan’s scream followed. The puppet clutched his body as his head detached and floated upward, merging grotesquely into the giant’s chest.
Blood formed a crimson curtain between Xiao Chen and the giant, whose cultivation aura surged past Great Perfection.
“Scorching Flame Purification!”
Xiao Chen hurled his Treasure Gourd of Hidden Flame. Thirty-six Scarlet Flame Bombs erupted from the gourd in a fiery torrent.
Boom!
The explosion leveled the courtyard. Xiao Chen summoned the gourd again, unleashing a second barrage.
“Nooo!”
A shriek pierced the air before being swallowed by the inferno.
“Hmph. Still alive?” Xiao Chen hovered above the ruins, scanning the area. He released his Xuan Fire Raven, firing several Xuan-Yang Bing Flames into the heart of the blaze.
This time, silence reigned.
When the smoke cleared, a massive crater remained. The puppet, altar, and giant had vanished, leaving only two collapsed stone pillars and a palm-sized white jade fragment.
“This isn’t jade.” Xiao Chen picked it up, noting its bone-like texture. Upon closer inspection, he realized it was a refined beast bone, its surface gleaming like polished jade. Clearly, this was the altar’s core component.
After scouring the ruins without finding further clues, Xiao Chen expanded his search. He destroyed the town’s clock tower—laced with strange markings—and discovered a luxurious mansion in the western district.
Inside, a dozen naked women sat chained, their eyes vacant. Xiao Chen severed their bonds and found a thick manual on the study desk: Soul Confusion Spirit Gathering Grand Method.
The text detailed a radical Foundation Building approach—replacing traditional Spirit Herbs with “Blood Spirit Medicines.” A marginal note read: The Luotian Sect hoards all Foundation Building Pills. But without their pills, I’ll forge my own path.
Further pages described crafting “Soul Confusion Incense” to attract cultivators, then harvesting their mana through rituals to create Blood Spirit Medicines. Ten such pills, when combined, could rival a Foundation Building Pill.
“A madman willing to slaughter innocents for cultivation,” Xiao Chen muttered. The inventor’s ingenuity impressed him, but the methods were clearly heretical. Even if successful, orthodox sects would never tolerate such a cultivator.
Outside, only three young women remained, trembling in confusion. The others had hanged themselves with nearby ropes. Xiao Chen handed the survivors a vial of Bigu Pills. “One daily to stave off hunger. If you wish to leave, go. If not, wait here. Help will come soon.”
Returning to Lihuo Sect, he sought Elder Chen. The bone fragment had survived his attacks unscathed—it demanded further investigation.
(End of Chapter)
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