After watching this scene, Xu Taiping murmured:
"If not for this divination from the Lotus Eye, had we truly encountered Qu Chao Ci's eldest martial uncle, our fate might really have been just as the Lotus Eye Divination showed."
But soon, another question arose in Xu Taiping's mind:
"Why would Qu Chao Ci's eldest martial uncle want to kill us?"
Just as he was thinking this, Qu Chao Ci's eldest martial uncle suddenly knelt in devout worship and cried out:
"Star Lord Rahu above, today this disciple sacrifices four bodies of flesh and blood. May the Star Lord bestow rewards upon us."
As he spoke, a flash of golden light descended from the sky and struck the lotus leaf.
Immediately, the corpses of Xu Taiping and his companions vanished, replaced by a battered bronze treasure chest.
Qu Chao Ci's eldest martial uncle hurriedly opened the chest.
Seeing that it contained only some low-grade treasures and talismans, he could not help sighing in disappointment:
"It seems the flesh and blood sacrificed was still insufficient."
But no sooner had he finished speaking than another beam of golden light fell, and a Vermilion Fruit landed on the lotus leaf.
At the sight of this Vermilion Fruit, Qu Chao Ci's eldest martial uncle suddenly cried out in wild delight:
"A Spirit Fruit! A Spirit Fruit from the Sacred Land!"
Seeing this, Xu Taiping suddenly understood:
So that was it. These cultivators sacrificed flesh and blood to the Star Lord to obtain the Spirit Fruits and pills he bestowed.
But as the scene flashed, Xu Taiping discovered that he had been utterly wrong.
In the image, the hunched old Daoist looked at the four mangled corpses before him and nodded in satisfaction:
"A pack of fools. This Venerable One merely forged a Spirit Fruit on