Her Lover

Jiang Wanyue's face was filled with hostility as she raised her hand and summoned her Jade-White Flying Sword.

Before the flying sword was even drawn, a chilling aura swept across the surroundings.

Ice crystals instantly formed on the river surface below, but were quickly shattered by the surging current.

However, at that moment...

The river water suddenly churned, and a whirlpool appeared in the center of the river.

The whirlpool continued to expand, and a crimson liquid emerged from the depths of the water.

Within two or three breaths, the vortex expanded to a size of tens of miles and was stained with a scarlet blood color.

Seeing this, Jiang Wanyue was no longer in a hurry to take action, and shouted sharply.

"Blood Owl, why don't you show yourself at once?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure appeared at the bottom of the deep, abyss-like vortex.

However, this person was clearly on guard and did not take off; only the general outline of his figure could be vaguely seen.

"Fellow Daoists, what brings you two from afar? May I ask what brings you here?"

"So you are Blood Owl?" Jiang Wanyue asked.

"That is indeed me," the man replied.

"Let me ask you, did Yuan Yuze of the Cloud Pill Sect come to see you a few days ago?" Jiang Wanyue asked.

"Yes," Blood Owl said.

"Why did he contact you?" Jiang Wanyue asked.

"Please forgive me, fellow Daoists, but it is inconvenient to disclose this information," said Blood Owl.

"Heh!" Jiang Wanyue chuckled. "Blood Owl, it seems you haven't grasped the current situation. Don't think that the formation occupying the cave abode can withstand the two of us."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Jade-White Flying Sword pierced through the air and plummeted downwards.

At the center of that enormous vortex, a towering pillar of blood suddenly rose.

"Boom!"

The Jade-White Flying Sword collided with the pillar of blood.

The pillar of blood shattered piece by piece, turning into a rain of blood that dripped into the vortex below.

The Jade-White Flying Sword pressed down, but its momentum gradually slowed until it came to a complete stop, locked in a stalemate with the continuous stream of blood pillars shooting into the sky.

"You do have some skill, but that won't stop me."

Jiang Wanyue gave a cold shout, and wisps of Taiyin Cold Qi surged from her body.

The Taiyin Cold Qi of Yin swirled around the pillar of blood.

The surface of the blood column visibly solidified, turning into crimson ice. Moreover, the ice continued to extend inward, seemingly freezing the entire blood column.

"Don't push your luck, sir! I, Blood Owl, am not someone to be trifled with!" Blood Owl roared from the bottom of the vortex.

The next instant, the entire vortex blazed with crimson light, and the pillar of blood surged with power, shattering the surface ice and sending the Jade-White Flying Sword flying into the sky.

Jiang Wanyue's face immediately turned gloomy.

Stubborn to the end!

She made a series of sword gestures with her hands, and the Jade-White Flying Sword instantly deflected the external force and stopped hovering in the air.

The Taiyin Cold Qi of Taiyin poured into the flying sword.

The sword instantly expanded and grew to a size of a hundred feet, and its power increased accordingly.

"Madam," Song Wen suddenly spoke, stopping Jiang Wanyue who was about to attack in anger, "He has the advantage of the formation; fighting him head-on would only waste your immortal Immortal Essence. Let me deal with him."

Suddenly, a large Blood Tide surged up beneath Song Wen's feet, spreading in all directions and quickly covering the sky and the surrounding area for thousands of miles.

Suddenly, a wondrous sight appeared between heaven and earth.

Above, a churning Blood Sea.

Below, there was a bottomless, blood-red vortex.

The two elements complement each other, as if the whole world has turned blood red.

However, the sea of the Blood Sea in the sky was clearly more viscous, resembling silver or mercury. The whirlpool below, on the other hand, looked more like blood.

"Fall!"

Song Wen let out a soft exclamation, Blood Sea crashed down, completely covering the entire river surface and the surrounding land.

Beneath the Blood Sea, thunderous roars suddenly resounded.

The earth shook violently!

Deep cracks appeared on both sides of the riverbank.

The upstream river was blocked by the Blood Sea, causing the water level to rise rapidly and pour down towards both banks, crushing trees and destroying rocks.

"Fellow Daoist, stop immediately!"

Beneath the Blood Sea, came the cry of the Blood Owl, filled with intense unease and panic.

"I'll tell you everything! Ask me anything!"

A faint smile appeared on Song Wen's face.

With a thought, the roaring sounds beneath the Blood Sea gradually subsided, and the cracks in the surrounding earth stopped extending.

Clearly, the Blood Sea did not continue its attack on the formation.

Immediately afterwards, a huge crack appeared in the center of the Blood Sea, revealing the vortex below.

The vortex had shrunk considerably, and its rotation speed had slowed down, seemingly on the verge of collapse.

Blood Owl stood at the bottom of the vortex and hurriedly spoke up.

"Thank you for your mercy, fellow Daoist. Your Blood Sea truly defies the laws of heaven and earth. Forgive my poor eyesight, but what kind of Law Treasure is this?"

"Blood Owl, we two didn't come here to show you our Law Treasure," Song Wen said.

"Yes, yes!"

Blood Owl nodded repeatedly, his previous arrogance completely gone, and continued speaking.

Five days ago, Yuan Yuze visited me to inquire about methods for refining living people.

"What would an Alchemist need the method of refining living people for?" Song Wen asked.

"He didn't say it explicitly, but I guess he was planning to refine some kind of blood pill."

Blood Owl paused briefly, then added.

"Yuan Yuze obtained a rudimentary Blood Refining Method from me. This technique is simple and easy to learn, and one can master it with ease. However, its drawbacks are obvious. If used to refine high-level cultivators, it will cause a large amount of Essence Blood to dissipate. But if used to refine low-level cultivators, especially mortals, it can refine a large number at the same time, achieving twice the result with half the effort."

"You mean, Yuan Yuze plans to take action against ordinary people?" Song Wen pressed.

"This... I cannot be certain. However, I once used this Cultivation Method to refine a mortal city with millions of inhabitants. At that time, I was only at the Mahayana stage, yet it only took me three days to refine the Essence Blood and souls of all the living beings in the city," Blood Owl said.

Song Wen frowned slightly.

Although he didn't consider himself a good person, he never harmed ordinary people.

"Then do you know which mortal city Yuan Yuze plans to refine?" Song Wen asked.

"The Cloud Pill Sect prides itself on being a 'reputable and righteous sect,' and Yuan Yuze is a renowned Alchemist. Naturally, he would do such a thing to keep it a secret, so why would he tell me?" Blood Owl said.

Upon hearing this, Song Wen did not press the matter further.

What Blood Owl said is probably true; it's unlikely we'll get any more information out of him.

Jiang Wanyue interjected, "Blood Owl, is there anything else you're hiding?"

Blood Owl said, "Fellow Daoist, you are wise. I have told you everything about Yuan Yuze; there is absolutely nothing I have concealed."

"If that's the case..." Jiang Wanyue deliberately drew out her words, "Then you can go die!"

Before the words were finished, the hundred-foot-long flying sword pierced through the crack in the center of the Blood Sea, heading straight for the vortex below.

Blood Owl spoke anxiously, "I've already told you everything you've been asking about, why do you still want to kill us all?"

"It's all because you've displeased my lover!"

Jiang Wanyue seemed to sense Song Wen's displeasure with the Blood Owl's rampage against mortals. Her hundred-foot flying sword, carrying a chilling aura, quickly condensed into ice crystals on the surface of the vortex as soon as it approached it.

Blood Owl's face showed anxiety, and he frantically formed Method Formula.

Another pillar of blood surged from the bottom of the vortex, attempting to resist.

However, the flying sword was now unleashed with far greater power than before.

The vortex's power had been greatly diminished by the impact of the Blood Sea.

As the sword light passed, the pillar of blood was pierced layer by layer as if it were made of paper. Before the shattered blood could fall, it was frozen into blood-red ice shards by the Taiyin Cold Qi.