Perfection

Halfway there, Ye Xueqing asked Chen Xia to bring Ye Sui along.

"He's a clan elder. He knows more than I do. I only know where it is, not how to open the passage."

Chen Xia nodded and looked at Ye Sui behind them. "Follow us."

"Yes."

Ye Sui hunched over, all his former swagger gone before Chen Xia.

Along the way, Chen Xia casually asked about the Ice-Snow Divine Spring's secrets.

Under Chen Xia's control, Ye Sui told him everything he knew. He also knew he would not survive if he kept silent.

After they talked, Chen Xia understood much more.

The Ice-Snow Divine Spring was the foundation on which the Ye Clan stood.

It was why the clan had endured for so many years.

But after Ye Hong had come into contact with the Night God Sect, he gained resources and grew stronger faster. His ambitions grew with his strength.

He wanted to work with the Night God Sect for mutual gain, break through to higher realms, and even attain immortality.

Some things the Night God Sect offered really could transform the body. But over time, as Ye Hong practiced the Evil Technique and took substances with harmful side effects, the sect gradually changed him too. He came to worship the Blood God.

The clan members yielded to his authority, and the Night God Sect did give them plenty of benefits. Over the years, they became its claws and fangs.

Now they had gone so far as to plan to make an entire nation's people sacrifices to the Night God Sect.

The more blood they offered in sacrifice, the more blood energy the Blood God above would grant them in return, strengthening them all.

"This is it."

Ye Xueqing led Chen Xia through layer after layer of restrictions