"Lin Feng, circulate your energy using the method I taught you. Li Shuangyan, jump into the blood pool." Yu Wa calmed herself and began giving orders.
"Um, do I really have to jump in?" Li Shuangyan looked deeply conflicted. In fact, the sight of the blood pool had nearly made her throw up, though she had managed to hold it down.
"Don't overthink it. Just jump in." Yu Wa could not be bothered to explain and actually kicked Li Shuangyan into the blood pool.
Once Li Shuangyan had adjusted to the blood pool's icy chill, Yu Wa walked upward step by step, as though climbing stairs. In reality, there were no solid steps before her. She did this mainly to express her reverence, but even an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator could not sustain such a feat.
When Yu Wa slowly reached the center of the blood pool, a ring of pure white radiance began spreading outward from her. The blood boiled the instant it touched that white halo. Bubbles rose one after another from its depths, releasing wisps of black vapor as they burst. These represented the sins the blood's owners had committed in life. Although Zheng Fan's drops of blood were also purifying the pool, their primary purpose was to keep all that blood alive.
Unexpectedly, Yu Wa did not destroy this sinful aura. Instead, she let it accumulate, gradually forming a cloud of sin. Sensing that dense aura of wickedness, Zheng Fan could not help opening his eyes to take a look.
"Ah!" Li Shuangyan had been watching the changes in the blood pool all along. She was in a semiphantasmal state now and could see the blood churning inside her body without affecting her. But the moment Zheng Fan opened his eyes, she seemed to see a