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Chapter 460: Blood Massacre in the Forbidden Land
Chapter 460: Blood Massacre in the Forbidden Land
Lu Chen carefully stored away the half-bottle of Emperor Flux Marrow and returned to his cloud cottage.
Moments later, a slight disturbance was heard outside, and Lu Chen opened the door to find the little white ape standing there, its eyes shimmering like ruby orbs.
In its tiny hands, it held a small white jade bottle, filled to the brim with Emperor Flux Marrow.
Upon seeing Lu Chen, the little ape handed him the bottle.
"For me?" Lu Chen asked in surprise.
The little ape nodded, its hands gesturing continuously.
Due to its small stature, Lu Chen could clearly see the silvery-white hairs on the back of its head.
From the thoughts it conveyed, Lu Chen learned that this bottle of Emperor Flux Marrow was collected by the elder ape and given to him as an advance payment for cultivating the Heart Ape Fruit.
"I can't refuse a gift from an elder. Thank you, I will gladly accept it."
Lu Chen's heart filled with joy as he took the bottle, offering some spirit fruits from his storage bag to the little ape as a snack.
Earlier, when he had been collecting the Emperor Flux Marrow, he witnessed the numerous spiritual beasts of the blessed land employing various methods, relying on their bloodline talents to intercept the marrow. Among them, the white ape and the dragon turtle created the most noticeable phenomena. Even from the high-hanging cloud clusters, one could clearly see what was happening.
A hundred-foot-tall apparition of a white ape appeared out of thin air, tilting its head back as if to swallow the moon, with countless streams of Emperor Flux Marrow flowing into the apparition.
The dragon turtle, on the other hand, derived a huge hexagram, its spiritual patterns moving to absorb the Emperor Flux Marrow falling within a radius of several dozen li into the hexagram.
Unexpectedly, the elder ape had also thoughtfully left him a bottle.
After the little white ape left, Lu Chen felt bored and longed for the countless demon beast materials in the forbidden land. So, he made his way to the lake shore.
"Lu, my boy, you're here? How much Emperor Flux Marrow did you collect just now?"
The old dragon turtle lay comfortably on a flat, giant stone, with dozens of aged and mottled greenish-black turtle shells laid out to dry beside it.
"I was quite lucky. I managed to collect half a bottle of Emperor Flux Marrow, which I plan to use to feed a few spiritual beasts in the sect," Lu Chen replied truthfully.
"What can you do with just half a bottle? Here, take this bottle for your own body tempering."
The old dragon turtle snorted with amusement, and a bottle of Emperor Flux Marrow floated over to Lu Chen.
"Hey, thanks a lot!"
Lu Chen was delighted by this unexpected bonus and expressed his gratitude.
As for the slight mockery in the sixth-grade dragon turtle's tone, he didn't mind it at all. Having obtained a whole bottle of Emperor Flux Marrow, he wouldn't be bothered by a little teasing for a while.
"By the way, Senior, I'm thinking of venturing into the forbidden land today, but I'm worried about the ferocious and evil beasts inside. I wonder if I could trouble you to divine the future for me?" Lu Chen asked as he stored away the Emperor Flux Marrow.
"Sure," the old dragon turtle replied succinctly. The spiritual patterns on the dozens of turtle shells beside it began to move, and Lu Chen sensed a subtle force locking onto him. After a few breaths, the force disappeared, and a hexagram symbol appeared on the turtle shells.
"Rest assured, there doesn't seem to be any danger. In fact, it looks like you might even create some opportunities for yourself," the old dragon turtle said, blowing on its two long dragon whiskers and waving its short front limbs at Lu Chen.
"I don't know how you managed to cultivate to the middle stage of foundation establishment. Your caution is truly remarkable."
"I have to be cautious if I want to compete with you old fellows in longevity!" Lu Chen chuckled and bid farewell to the old dragon turtle. Half a moment later, he arrived at the edge of the forbidden land's pit.
His spiritual sense permeated the Demon Subduing Token in his hand, causing a shallow layer of red light to appear on its surface. The array restrictions outside the forbidden land automatically created a passage just large enough for one person to pass through upon detecting the red light.
Out of precaution, he had also asked the old dragon turtle to divine his future. Equipped with various hidden artifacts and means, Lu Chen believed he could easily handle several Foundation Establishment cultivators or ferocious beasts of equivalent strength.
During his previous visit, Lu Chen had only taken a brief look around. This time, he decided to explore the area in more detail.
He noticed that inside each of the four caves that surrounded him, there was a narrow passage exuding a dense aura of blood and slaughter.
Lu Chen focused his spiritual sense and could faintly hear the sounds of beastly roars emanating from within.
He summoned the Qing Fu Li, and a glow of spiritual power propelled him towards the entrance of one of the passages.
The ground of the passage was soft and a dark red color, with a slight viscosity that could be felt underfoot, as if countless demon beast essences had been blended into it.
Lu Chen slowly ventured deeper into the passage. On either side were more caves, each containing a variety of demon beasts, mostly second-grade and a significant number of third-grade beasts at the Foundation Establishment level.
Upon seeing Lu Chen, the beasts bared their fangs and howled menacingly, but due to the effect of the array outside the caves, they were all bark and no bite.
After walking for a couple of li, Lu Chen entered a massive stone hall.
As he stepped into the hall, his pupils contracted slightly as he noticed a cultivator standing at its center.
With his current spiritual sense, he was surprised that he hadn't detected the cultivator's aura when scanning the area earlier.
The cultivator was shirtless, bald, and his muscles were knotted like ropes. His whole body was enveloped in a miasma of blood, indicating that countless souls had perished by his hand.
An ominous dark red chain separated and pierced through the left and right sides of his skull, with flickering runes inscribed upon it.
In his hand, he held a massive ghost-headed blade, about ten feet in length. The ghost head on the hilt was gnawing on a piece of demon beast flesh.
At his feet, a gigantic wolf-like demon beast was crouching. The blade's edge was positioned at the wolf's neck, and with a slight release, the head rolled to the ground. The cut was incredibly smooth, and the essence within the demon beast's corpse seemed to be caught off guard, not reacting at all.
After beheading the wolf, the bald cultivator swiftly began to process the various parts of the beast, separating the useful portions and piling them together, while discarding the useless organs, intestines, and flesh to the side.
"You seem unfamiliar, may I ask your name? How did you come to possess Elder Cang Wu's Demon Subduing Token?" The bald cultivator asked, his hands busy with the demon beast's remains.
"I am Lu Chen, an inner disciple of the Celestial Sword Sect. I am here on behalf of my sect's Core Formation Elder to manage this blessed land, the Myriad Demon Cave. May I ask who you are, senior brother?" Lu Chen replied, his keen eyes noting that the bald cultivator referred to Cang Wu as 'Master Uncle', indicating that he was also a disciple of the Celestial Sword Sect.
Lu Chen extended his spiritual sense and, despite the thick and almost tangible aura of blood, he could vaguely discern that the bald cultivator had reached the late Foundation Establishment stage.
"I don't even remember who I am anymore. I'm just a Blood Butcher left here in this forbidden land. You can call me Blood Brother," the bald cultivator replied, placing the processed demon beast meat into his storage bag while the useless remnants were piled up haphazardly.
As he moved, the dark red chain piercing his shoulder blades rattled, emitting a soft clinking sound.
"I'm just a sinner of the sect, left here in this forbidden land to slowly atone for my sins," Blood Brother added.
(End of Chapter)
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