A Blood Duel at Luoyang, Changsheng's Suspicions

Even as darkness Setting Sun Mountain, the mine remained brightly lit.

The Blazing Sun Crystal Mine is a second-tier spirit ore, which can be used to refine Pill Furnace and various precious Law Artifact materials. It is widely circulated in Returning Goose Commandery. It is precisely because of this crystal mine that the Xun Family has cultivated a large number of excellent Artifact Refiner over the decades.

This foundation will ensure the Xun Family's continued prosperity for a long time to come.

After all, mineral veins are finite, but the vast number of Artifact Refiner will continue to grow and improve with their experience.

Naturally, the Xun Family also took extremely strict precautions in defending this area.

Xun Tai'an is the person in charge here. He is in the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage and is also Foundation Establishment among the younger generation of the Xun Family.

He came here not because he was unappreciated, but rather because he was exceptionally talented.

It should be noted that the Blazing Sun Crystal Mine inside the mine passes through his hands every six months.

The portion that was lost was his best Cultivation Resources.

"Everyone hurry up! There's a big Lineage event coming up soon, we can't afford to delay!" However, Xun Tai'an only felt a slight twitching in his eyelids today.

He wandered around inside the mine.

He also observed the group of cultivators guarding the gate for a while, worried that someone might have infiltrated, because in a few days it would be the time to transport the ore veins, which would happen every six months.

If something happens now, not only will the Xun Family's resources be lost, but he, as the person in charge, will also have to bear responsibilities he cannot afford in the future.

This unease made him even reluctant to venture deep into the mine to steal ore.

He walked out of the mine and gazed at the distant mountains and the rivers even further away.

Within the Green River Four Prefectures, there are numerous rivers, most of which flow into the Green River.

There are many Demon Beasts in the Green River, so naturally, some birds that hunt there will sometimes cry out at night.

Now, after nightfall, he found that very few sounds could be heard.

The night sky was dazzling, but there were hardly any stars; everything was eerily quiet.

He walked to the highest point of the Array, opened Array, and took out a special compass Law Artifact.

This Law Artifact is a monitoring Array plate for the surrounding area; normally, these Array are hidden.

He only checks it at crucial moments!

But you don't know until you check, and once you do, you'll see that there are quite a few shadows on the compass.

These shadows were silent, their faces were faint, and they could not be detected by Divine Sense.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" Xun Tai'an roared!

The spiritual barrier covering the entire Setting Sun Mountain instantly lit up.

It resembled a fiery phoenix rising into the sky.

This ethereal presence ignited the entire night sky, shining like the setting sun's final rays, a truly awe-inspiring sight.

However, at this moment, one after another, blood corpses rushed up, constantly attacking the Array.

"They are Evil Cultivator from the Wei Kingdom, they deserve to die! Don't let the blood corpses get close!" Xun Tai'an roared in fury!

Countless cultivators rushed out of the mine.

At the same time, several sound transmission Spirit Talisman flew out.

Behind the corpse refiner, Ye Jingcheng calmly watched the communication Spirit Talisman fly out.

In his view, the more it flies, the better.

After flying for only three breaths, Ye Jingcheng began to unleash a spiritual incantation, and a spiritual array was set up to intercept him.

It was as if he had truly been unaware that he had been discovered, thus preventing him from launching a covert attack.

Before the Blood Corpse Mountain, one after another, they exploded.

This scene also made Xun Tai'an of the Xun Family hesitate.

These reanimated corpses are rather weak.

But at that moment, a figure appeared in the distance.

It hurtled towards the Array.

His enormous, glass-like hammer struck the mountain peak, its terrifying glassy light causing Xun Tai'an to close his eyes for a moment.

It's just too glaring.

At the same time, he felt the Array shake slightly, as if a volcano had erupted, and the spiritual shield shattered in an instant.

"Foundation Establishment Late Stage Body Cultivator!" Xun Tai'an was shocked again, and a Talisman Treasure in his hand was also revealed.

Clearly, he began activating the Talisman Treasure as soon as the Array was initiated.

However, Ye Jingcheng broke the formation too quickly. Firstly, the Glazed Hammer struck hard, and secondly, Ye Jingcheng also used a Formation-Breaking Talisman, which appeared right after the spiritual light.

This trouble was caused by Xun Tai'an using the Talisman Treasure too early.

The advantage of Talisman Treasure lies in their great power, but they also require a considerable amount of time to activate.

"Uncle Changping, buy me ten breaths! Once the Talisman Treasure is unleashed, I will surely kill him!" Xun Tai'an roared repeatedly.

And amidst this roar, a Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivator suddenly appeared among the dozen or so Qi Refining cultivators, unleashing Wood Element Law Technique throughout his body.

An Adamantine Vine has gathered together.

This scene caught Ye Jingcheng's attention.

However, what surprised him was that the Xun Family had hidden Foundation Establishment, but rather that the other party was using the Adamantine Vine that he had used before.

After Ye Jingcheng's body was connected to the Golden-Scaled Beast, his physical body was indeed at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, but he was at the Purple Mansion. Although he had to restrain himself, he could still demonstrate the ultimate speed of the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

He appeared behind Xun Changping like a ghost, and at the same time, the Glazed Hammer lit up again, transforming into a five-colored hammer, and crashed down.

Boom!

A Tribulation-Substitution Talisman rose up, and the other Qi Refining cultivators also unleashed a barrage of Law Technique towards Ye Jingcheng.

However, Ye Jingcheng suddenly burst forth with blood-red light, which was the Three-Origin Blood Escape.

His speed increased dramatically, dodging numerous Law Artifacts and Law Technique, and appearing behind Xun Changping like a shadow.

"Very well, you've wasted so much of my Blood Qi. Become my blood corpse!" Ye Jingcheng said ferociously.

At the same time, his hand transformed into a claw, tearing Xun Changping's heart directly out of his chest.

He held the blood-red heart, smelled it, and revealed a horrifying scene.

Even though the cultivators were used to life and death, at this moment they felt as if they had fallen into an icy coffin, sensing the bone-chilling cold light.

Ye Jingcheng carefully tossed his heart into his Storage Bag and then rushed towards Xun Tai'an.

"You taste even better!" Ye Jingcheng squinted, his already large face looking even more horrifying.

Xun Tai'an coughed up blood and forcibly used his Talisman Treasure. However, Ye Jingcheng activated the Three-Origin Blood Escape again, dodging the Talisman Treasure's flying sword and reappearing behind Xun Tai'an.

Another claw rips out the heart.

Ye Jingcheng also showed a pleased smile.

At this moment, his face was covered in blood from his heart, while the other Qi Refining cultivators from the Xun Family also decisively fled!

Everyone turned into birds and beasts and scattered in all directions, while Ye Jingcheng took out a lot of blood corpses, which also surged in all directions like madmen.

At this moment, he was truly bloodthirsty!

Meanwhile, in the distance, unseen by the others, several cultivators in Spirit-Isolating Robe landed.

Among them, the head of the market, Ji, and Ji Tianhe were also here.

They looked at everything in the distance.

The wariness in their eyes also completely decreased.

"He is undoubtedly Evil Cultivator!" Ji Tianhe said calmly.

But behind his calm demeanor lay a suppressed joy.

"Uncle Tianhe, should we kill him?" Manager Ji asked.

"We won't kill them. We'll see how the Xun Family reacts. Have someone pretend to be an escaped miner and hand over the spirit image of this Jade Slip to the Xun Family. Also, give them this Bloodlight Tracking Talisman!" Ji Tianhe shook his head, his face full of anticipation.

The group of people instantly transformed into streaks of light and disappeared into the depths of the jungle.

On Setting Sun Mountain, Ye Jingcheng carefully collected most of the corpses, treating them like treasures, and was extremely excited.

Of course, only he himself knew how disgusted he was with these corpses.

Although he had killed people in the past, he rarely truly listened to their hearts and minds.

Today he did more than a dozen, and even he felt somewhat uncomfortable.

But he had to keep performing because of the actors.

Moreover, he didn't know whether the actor had left or not, so he naturally had to handle the body properly.

After all the corpses had been disposed of, Ye Jingcheng began to look at the spirit medicine on Setting Sun Mountain.

Besides the mineral veins, there is also a Spirit Herb Garden here.

Although the Spirit Herb Garden is only a second-tier Spirit Herb Garden, most of the spirit medicine are two to three hundred years old.

But for Ye Jingcheng, even a mosquito bite is still meat.

So he harvested them all, roots and all, and the transplanting method wasn't very good.

He'll use the precious Treasure Radiance for research when the time comes, and use the worthless ones for the Lineage to make medicine. He's an Evil Cultivator now, so naturally he won't be careful when transplanting spirit medicine.

After collecting spirit medicine, he entered the mine, where there were still many miners.

Most of these Rogue Cultivators were independent Rogue Cultivator. When they saw Ye Jingcheng enter, they begged for mercy, explaining that they were all married-in-laws of the Xun Family, but had been tricked into becoming miners.

Ye Jingcheng, naturally, showed no mercy and instead granted them all a release.

They also took away all the remaining raw ore from the mine.

Ten catties of raw Yan Yang Crystal ore can produce about two taels of pure crystal ore, and one tael of pure crystal ore is priced at around five hundred Spirit Stone.

Ye Jingcheng checked all the Storage Bag and found about 300 catties of raw ore. In other words, Ye Jingcheng could earn 30,000 Spirit Stone from the Flame Sun Crystals alone in the past six months.

This is even without Ye Jingcheng personally knocking on the mine shaft.

As the soul slips shattered one by one at Purple Wild Goose Mountain, the cultivators guarding them rushed out of the Ancestral Shrine and headed towards the Lineage's Council Hall.

Inside the main hall, Xun Changsheng, Xun Changqing, and others had already gathered.

Their gazes were cold and sharp, revealing a chilling glint.

He knelt down, trembling with fear, and began to speak through tears:

"Patriarch, Head Master, something terrible has happened! All the clansmen of Setting Sun Mountain are dead!"

"I understand, you can go out now!" Xun Changqing squeezed hard. He had a Jade Slip on him, which contained the message Xun Tai'an had sent at the last moment.

"This is outrageous! This Evil Cultivator from the Chu Kingdom dares to bully my Xun Family! We must arrange for someone to find this scoundrel as soon as possible, grind his bones to dust, and sever his soul, so that he may never be reincarnated!"

"The prefect and the others haven't returned yet; they've probably met with some misfortune!" Xun Changsheng, standing nearby, was surprisingly calm.

Unlike his previous outspoken opposition, at this moment, he felt an unprecedented sense of unease.

"Patriarch, we can't wait any longer. We must consult the Ancestors. The two Ancestors haven't sent any messages or decrees for quite some time!" Xun Changsheng said.

"Moreover, they even took the ancestor's soul tablet with them!"

"Tell me the truth, where did the two patriarchs go!" Xun Changsheng roared.

Upon hearing this, Xun Changqing's expression became uncertain.

This scene caused the expressions of the other Foundation Establishment cultivators to change.

It seems that both of the Purple Mansion Ancestors have encountered problems.

"The two patriarchs have gone to the swamp to explore the Pill Wasteland Secret Realm in advance!" Xun Changqing finally spoke after a long while.

And those words exploded in everyone's hearts like a thunderclap.

This also means that there are no Purple Mansion cultivators within the Xun Family Lineage.

How can this put their minds at ease?

"Don't worry, the combat power of the two ancestors is such that even ordinary mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivators would be defeated. The reason they didn't leave behind Jade Slip is to prevent trouble in the Lineage, and also to keep it a secret from others!" Xun Changqing said.

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Given the current situation, Evil Cultivator may only be the beginning.

Just then, another jade talisman was sent out and flew into the main hall.

He was held in Xun Changsheng's hand, and after glancing at him, his expression turned even more unpleasant:

"The one who killed our Xun Family was a Foundation Establishment Late Stage Evil Cultivator, and also Body Cultivator. He was extremely cruel!" Xun Changsheng's expression became even more indifferent, and a sinister glint flashed in his eyes.

In the past, he was the only one who had a bloodthirsty nature; no one else had ever been so bloodthirsty as to kill members of the Xun Family.

"This matter is not simple. Could it be the Ye Family? Should we report it to the Green River Sect?" Xun Changsheng suddenly asked.

His gaze was also fixed on Xun Changqing.

It seemed as if Xun Changqing would stand up if he said even half a wrong word.

"It is possible, but we must be last. We all have oaths to the Heavenly Dao Oath and soul restrictions, and besides, there is no real news of the Ancestor's death. We must enter the swamp before the summer solstice to find the Ancestor!" Xun Changqing said.

Many secret realms contain Array, and trapping formations are not uncommon. In their view, the two patriarchs might even be trapped.

After all, the person who could kill their ancestor could also easily destroy the Xun Family.

The fact that their ancestor Xun Family, has been in seclusion for so long and disappeared without incident suggests that he is safe and sound, or that the force that intervened was not from the Purple Mansion faction of Returning Goose Commandery.

"Xun Changqing, just you wait and see. Next, either the Yan Family or the Dark Azure Gang will definitely come knocking on our door!" Xun Changsheng was not so optimistic.

"Even if it means death, we must reveal the Pill Wasteland Secret Realm and protect the Xun Family!" Xun Changsheng declared.

And then he made a starting motion.

However, Xun Changqing did not move at this moment, nor did he stop him, nor did he offer to go himself!

This scene made Xun Changsheng hesitate again.

He said this because he suspected Xun Changqing.

But now, Xun Changqing still seems to be thinking about the Lineage.

They did not take the initiative to report to West King Valley.

"Chang Sheng, even if you go, be careful. As you said, there must be people guarding around West King Valley. If we transmit our voices, our Heart Demon will immediately erupt, and we might die on the spot. So we must be very careful and avoid the Dark Azure Gang or the Yan Family. Also, we must avoid the Purple Mansion Sun Family of the Purple Mansion!" Xun Changqing added again.

Xun Changsheng nodded.

"Uncle Changsheng, let me go. You two are both in the Foundation Establishment Late Stage. Our Xun Family can't afford to lose another Foundation Establishment Late Stage!"

"I will disguise Rogue Cultivator and head to West King Valley. My Cultivation Method will be even better at concealing my movements!" Just then, the thin Xun Taixuan spoke up.

He was in the Foundation Establishment Early Stage, and his eyes held a resolute look.

Xun Changsheng nodded:

"Very well, this time I'll sacrifice you, Taixuan. Don't worry, your descendants and children will be raised by the Xun Family with the highest support!" Xun Changsheng finished speaking, his face full of grief, as if he wasn't the one who had just sent a telepathic message to Xun Taixuan!