Mysterious Altar
After refining two Blood Qi Pills, Song Wen could clearly feel that his cultivation of the Longevity Art had increased significantly, and he was not far from reaching the Qi Refining Fifth Layer.
Song Wen was greatly encouraged, for he had finally found a way to quickly enhance his cultivation.
However, the medicinal properties of the pills were still somewhat weak, and each successful Alchemy took three days, with only two pills produced per batch, resulting in very poor returns.
Song Wen thought of the Blood Qi Pill he took the second time. At that time, Extreme Yin increased the input of raw materials, and obtained four pills at once, and the medicinal effect more than doubled.
"Perhaps I should also try increasing the input of raw materials."
Thinking of this, Song Wen became somewhat excited and immediately went out to buy spiritual herbs, preparing to try new formulations.
Another half month passed, Song Wen finally refined the enhanced version of the Blood Qi Pill.
After swallowing a pill, his cultivation level increased rapidly.
That night, Song Wen, who was refining the medicinal power of the Blood Qi Pill, suddenly sensed an external aura approaching the Small Courtyard.
However, the aura did not enter Song Wen's Small Courtyard, but instead went into Sun Daxiong's house next door.
The owner of this aura was someone Song Wen had met before—the genius from the Lei Clan, Lei Tianyu!
Lei Tianyu concealed his aura very well. If it weren't for the Black Armor Gu on guard outside who happened to bump into him, even Song Wen, who possessed Divine Sense comparable to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, wouldn't have been able to detect his presence.
"What is he doing sneaking into the Sun Family in the middle of the night, the eldest son of the Lei Clan patriarch? Does Sun Daxiong have some treasure in his house that he covets?"
Song Wen felt puzzled and cautiously extended his Divine Sense to observe his every move.
Lei Tianyu landed silently in Sun Daxiong's courtyard. After confirming that there was a person's presence in only the leftmost room among the three houses, his face lit up with joy.
Just as the intelligence indicated!
Sun Daxiong went out to hunt Demon Beast yesterday and has not returned yet.
Sun Ru lived alone at home.
He walked slowly forward to the living room door.
He channeled a stream of spiritual energy into the crack of the door, and the door, which was latched from the inside, opened silently.
After entering the living room, he went to the room on the left.
Just as he was about to use the same trick again and opened the door, he sensed that the room was shrouded by an invisible force.
There's a defensive formation!
Despite the unexpected situation, Lei Tianyu remained completely calm.
It's just a very basic defensive formation, called the Six Jia Formation, which has both defensive and alert functions.
If anyone dares to intrude, the array barrier will instantly glow red and emit a piercing buzzing sound, both to scare away the intruder and to attract the attention of others nearby.
The Beast Taming Sect, having collected the rent, is responsible for the safety of all Rogue Cultivator. Once the warning array is activated, the enforcement team will arrive quickly; moreover, if they encounter chivalrous neighbors, they may also come to help.
Lei Tianyu looked down on this low-level formation, but for Rogue Cultivator like Sun Daxiong, it was an extremely powerful formation. Sun Daxiong had spent a lot of money to buy it to protect his daughter when he went out.
A black iron token appeared in Lei Tianyu's hand. He infused the token with spiritual power and carefully placed it against the array barrier.
The transparent barrier of the formation melts away automatically upon encountering the token, much like ice and snow meeting flames.
"Pop!"
A clear, faint sound rang out.
After a small portion of the barrier disappeared, the entire array barrier suddenly shattered completely.
The formation was broken, and Sun Ru, who was meditating, was also awakened.
"Who..."
Before he could finish uttering a single word, a dark shadow pounced on him.
Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through the back of her head, and Sun Ru lost consciousness and fainted.
Lei Tianyu took out a black cloth bag, put Sun Ru into the bag, carried it on his shoulder, and turned to walk out of the Small Courtyard.
Upon witnessing this scene, Song Wen's mind raced with information related to the Lei Clan.
The Thunder Family Precious Techniques Pavilion sells the Palm Thunder at a low price, the Divine Sense imprint on the Cultivation Method Jade Slip, and the Blood Dao aura on Lei Tianyu's body.
As well as...
Not long ago, Sun Ru successfully Palm Thunder the Law Technique!
When these pieces of information were put together, a bold guess emerged in Song Wen's mind.
Before Lei Tianyu left the Small Courtyard, Song Wen sent a Divine Sense imprint to Sun Ru.
The reason for not using the Divine Sense imprint on Lei Tianyu was the concern that if the imprint were to suddenly appear, Lei Tianyu would sense it.
Another Black Armor Gu was sent out to silently follow behind Lei Tianyu.
Lei Tianyu wandered through the market, making his way around until nightfall, and finally headed out of the market.
After leaving the market, Lei Tianyu still did not choose to fly, but instead chose to travel through the dense forest to avoid attracting attention.
Song Wen dared not use demonic spiritual power, relying solely on his physical body to stealthily move through the forest, and his speed was not fast.
However, Lei Tianyu was carrying a living person and had to conceal his aura and tracks, so his speed couldn't be very fast. In addition, with the dual guidance of the Black Armor Gu and the Divine Sense imprint, Song Wen wasn't afraid of losing him and followed him from a distance of ten miles behind.
After walking two or three hundred miles, Lei Tianyu arrived at a vast lake that stretched as far as the eye could see.
After looking around to make sure no one was around, Lei Tianyu, carrying the cloth bag containing Sun Ru, jumped into the lake.
The Black Armor Gu also silently burrowed into the water. Seeing this, Song Wen, who was seven or eight miles away, hurriedly quickened his pace.
The lake was extremely deep where Lei Tianyu dived; he went down nearly fifty meters but still couldn't see the bottom.
Instead of diving further, he entered one of the many caves carved into the rock face of the lake.
The first thing you see is an extremely narrow passage that slopes downwards and is filled with lake water.
Lei Tianyu walked along the passage for several hundred meters and finally came to a stone wall.
The rock face was unremarkable and looked no different from any other underwater rock.
Lei Tianyu took out a dark-colored disc about the size of a bowl, and after casting several Method Formulas on it, the disc emitted a faint white light.
Holding the disc, press it into a small pit on the stone wall that looks like it has been eroded by the lake water over the years.
Suddenly, bursts of dark light appeared on the stone wall.
The thick, solid stone wall, which had been there just moments before, suddenly and miraculously disappeared, revealing a hole about ten feet wide.
Inside the cave entrance is a vast natural underground cavern, filled with strangely shaped rocks, yet without a single drop of lake water.
An invisible force seemed to be blocking the lake water from entering the cave.
In one corner of the cave, there is a flat area of about half an acre that has been carved out by human hands.
The ground was covered with array patterns, and in the center was a square altar about half a person's height.
On the altar, dried, blackened bloodstains were clearly visible.
The walls and surface of the altar were engraved with mysterious lightning patterns. These lightning patterns, stained black with blood, seemed to contain the power of ghosts and gods, and constantly exuded an eerie and inexplicable pressure.
Beside the leveled ground, there was a natural rubble pit, with layers of bones scattered haphazardly inside.
The skeletal remains at the bottom had decayed into bone dust, and it was unknown how many years they had been there.
The skeletons on the upper level were still quite fresh, the flesh and blood had not completely decomposed, and they emitted a foul stench from time to time.
What's even more peculiar is that the skeletons in the pit weren't just human-shaped, but also included all sorts of Demon Beast skeletons, some resembling snakes or pythons, some with four hooves, and some with two wings.