"This brat's body is rather interesting."
"Look, all those other rejects grew disgusting scales after their demonic mutation. Their bodies were already rotten through."
"But not only is his skin intact, even the blood and vitality inside him are pure."
"It would be such a waste to throw a supreme cultivation vessel like this straight into the Corpse Refining Pool."
Hearing this, Gu Xian sneered inwardly.
He was a dignified Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign. Although he had deliberately suppressed his cultivation, spiritual energy had long since tempered his body to perfection. How could those monsters from a Lower Plane compare?
So this Young Master had taken him for high-grade material.
"How wise, Young Master!" the guard captain hurriedly flattered him.
The White-Clothed Youth waved a hand.
"Take the others to the Blood Pool on the perimeter."
"As for him..."
The White-Clothed Youth pointed at Gu Xian.
"I'll personally escort him to the Underground Palace and hand him over to my father as the primary medicinal catalyst for the Myriad Blood Array!"
"Yes!"
Several guards immediately stepped forward, took hold of Gu Xian's chains, and followed the White-Clothed Youth into the heavily guarded black tower.
The moment they entered the tower, an overwhelmingly thick stench of blood hit them in the face.
Gu Xian raised his eyelids slightly and surveyed his surroundings.
The tower's interior was enormous. Countless screaming cultivators were bound to rows of massive bronze pillars.
Their wrists and ankles had all been slit, and their blood flowed endlessly along the array patterns on the floor, gathering underground.
Screams echoed throughout the tower, making it a living hell.
But Gu Xian was in no hurry to rescue them.
He went along with the group, following the White-Clothed Youth downward.
They passed through layer upon layer of arrays and secret