Chu Xisheng's method of collecting Time Bloodstones was simple.
He had his fellow disciples block off every approach to the White Bone Heavenly Ladder, then placed a huge wooden sign in front of the Heavenly Ladder Entrance and wrote a line on it-those wishing to enter the second level must pay three bloodstones.
Note: Blood Bat Mountain, Divine Flame Palace, Desire Realm Sixth Heaven, Supreme Mystic Sect, and other such sects excluded.
Chu Xisheng had inherited his handwriting from Chu Zheng, the original eldest legitimate son of the Jingxi Chu Clan.
Chu Zheng's handwriting had been excellent, but rather too delicate.
After Chu Xisheng took over, it acquired a different style, each stroke like a saber or sword, incomparably sharp and carrying a hint of dominance.
Then, in less than an hour, they collected over four hundred Time Bloodstones.
Not all of the three thousand or so people within the Time Secret Realm had come for his and Chu Ming's heads.
Five or six hundred had entered through the usual smuggling routes in the first place.
There were also people from the Demon War Tower and the Astral Immortal Sect. Although "Astral Great Mage" Luo Hansong had sent them in, they had merely stood on the sidelines throughout and never dealt vicious blows to the Formless Divine Sect's disciples, so Chu Xisheng let them through as well.
Unexpectedly, less than an hour later, "Wind Saber, Lightning Sword" Ren Zhongshou of the Origin-Returning Sword Sect arrived alone and came before Chu Xisheng.
He was a young man who looked as though he had stepped out of a painting, with a refreshing air and peerlessly handsome features, carrying a saber and a sword on his back.
Chu Xisheng immediately pressed his hand to his saber, killing intent laid bare in his eyes.