Sacred Blood Sect!

After a thorough purge, the Lin Household fell completely under Cang Ya's control.

Opposition within the clan was eradicated, leaving only opportunists. Cang Ya promoted a group of young disciples and stewards, lavishly rewarding them with resources, and quickly stabilized the situation.

The entire Lin Household was delighted with this.

This provided many young people with a path to advancement, and with Lin Changhai's death, Lin Changsong became the only Foundation Establishment cultivator in the clan.

Naturally, there was no dispute about this within the clan.

Following this, the Lin Household made another decision that was enough to shake Fallen Leaf County:

Looking for a live-in son-in-law!

Regardless of background or qualifications, anyone who marries into the Lin Household will receive offerings and a private cave abode.

For those struggling, impoverished rogue Rogue Cultivator, this was undoubtedly a windfall, and everyone was eager to try their luck.

Moreover, the women of the Lin Household are all beautiful; if one could marry into the family...

For Rogue Cultivator, this truly saves them thirty years of detours, and the Lin Household can also take this opportunity to expand their Lineage's size...

This would also be a good opportunity to fill the void left by the absence of Lin Changhai's lineage.

Among the Rogue Cultivator, selection was naturally based on merit.

Among them was Rogue Cultivator named Li Tie, Qi Refining Fifth Layer and possessed four mixed Spirit Root.

Approaching forty, he still makes a living by selling low-level talismans at a market stall. Unable to pay the rent for his cave abode or buy breakthrough pills, his Dao Path immortality has long been severed.

Upon hearing that the Lin Household was seeking a son-in-law, Li Tie gritted his teeth and signed up.

After rounds of selection, he was miraculously chosen.

On their wedding night, the red candles flickered.

Li Tie sat on the edge of the bed, feeling uneasy. He was not marrying a direct descendant of the Lin Household, but a concubine's daughter from a collateral branch.

However, his appearance was quite good. The disciples of the immortal cultivation Lineage that he could not reach in the past were now being dominated and ridden by him.

Just imagining this scene of an old ox eating magic herbs made him incredibly excited!

However, the door opened.

The one who entered was not the bride, but the patriarch of the Lin Household, Lin Changsong.

"Li Tie, I've investigated your background."

"You have a clean background and are hardworking." Cang Ya walked to the table and poured himself two glasses of wine. "The Lin Household doesn't support idlers. Since you've married into the family, you must serve the Lineage."

Li Tie immediately knelt down to pledge his loyalty. "I am willing to serve my ancestor like a dog or a horse!"

"Good."

Cang Ya handed over a cup of wine. "Drink this wine, and I will pass on a Secret Method to you, guaranteeing you will break through to the Qi Refining Late Stage within a year, and within five years, you may even reach Foundation Establishment!"

Li Tie accepted the wine glass with both hands. The liquid inside was not clear wine, but a thick, dark red color, emitting a strange, sweet and fishy aroma.

That was diluted "Holy Blood".

Li Tie did not hesitate and drank it all in one gulp.

The liquor enters the throat, burning the body like fire; the searing sensation travels through the entire body's meridians, tearing and rebuilding the internal organs.

"Ah--!"

Li Tie collapsed to the ground, writhing in pain, with strands of black mud seeping from his skin—a sign that impurities were being forcibly expelled from his body.

The pain lasted for a full hour.

When Li Tie stood up again, he was shocked to find that his cultivation, which had stagnated for many years, had actually increased significantly, and he was now only a hair's breadth away from the Qi Refining Sixth Layer...

His physical body was filled with explosive power; when he threw a punch, the air seemed to hum.

"Thank you for this fortuitous opportunity, Ancestor!"

Li Tie was overjoyed and kowtowed again.

Cang Ya tossed out a Jade Slip: "This is the ' Marrow-Cleansing Sainthood Transformation Instruction.' Cultivate it diligently, and come to me on the first day of each month to collect the 'Sacred Medicine.' If you dare to slack off, your meridians will be severed and you will die."

Li Tie repeatedly agreed.

In the following months, Li Tie completely collapsed.

His cultivation of the Holy Law progressed extremely quickly. With the aid of a large amount of blood food, his cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds. However, this was accompanied by an extreme craving for "Holy Blood".

At the end of each month, if one does not take the Holy Blood...

It feels like a thousand ants Heart-Devouring, causing unbearable pain. That addiction is deeply rooted in your soul and cannot be eradicated.

Not only Li Tie, but all of the more than twenty sons-in-law recruited by the Lin Household met the same fate.

From their initial resistance and doubt, to experiencing the thrill of growing power, they ultimately became utter slaves to the Holy Blood.

Their personalities became volatile and bloodthirsty, and their behavior increasingly deviated from the conduct of righteous cultivators, becoming quite extreme...

Some even developed sparse animal hair on their bodies and mutated their bones during cultivation, exhibiting Demonization characteristics.

Cang Ya had anticipated this, and ordered Bi Luo to open up a secluded spiritual land in the back mountain to gather and guard all the cultivators who had undergone abnormalities, while publicly claiming that they were in seclusion for arduous cultivation.

The decaying seeds have taken root and sprouted in Fallen Leaf County.

This group of abandoned, lowly Rogue Cultivator, nourished by Holy Blood, are transforming into a group of Demon Human who know only slaughter and are absolutely loyal.

And this is only the first step.

Beneath the Lin Household, deep within a long-abandoned black iron ore vein.

It is perpetually dark and damp, never seeing the light of day.

Today, this place has been completely transformed.

In the center of the mine, a huge blood pool, ten feet square, was unearthed.

The pool water boiled, bubbles rolled, and the strong smell of blood mixed with the aroma of medicine, which was nauseating yet intoxicating to some.

Eight thick stone pillars stand around the blood pool.

The pillar is carved with intricate Demon Race totems.

Bi Luo, wearing a bronze mask and a blood-red robe, sat upright on the high platform.

Below the stage, more than thirty cultivators knelt, all of whom were Rogue Cultivator recruited by the Lin Household, as well as some brainwashed members of the Lin Household.

"Drink the Holy Blood, and shed your mortal form!"

"Abandon falsehoods, seek your true self!"

Bi Luo's deep voice echoed in the empty mine, carrying a bewitching magic that seduced everyone.

"I am willing to go through fire and water for the Sacred Sect!"

The believers below the stage shouted in unison, their eyes filled with fanaticism, their pupils glowing crimson.

This was the prototype of the "Sacred Blood Sect".

Cang Ya, in the open, controls the Lin Household's businesses, amassing wealth and purchasing blood-eating spirit medicine to provide cover and resources for the Sacred Sect.

Bi Luo, shrouded in darkness, transformed into a cult leader, continuously absorbing desperate cultivators and firmly controlling them with Holy Blood and Cultivation Method.

The doctrine is simple: the righteous path is hypocritical, treating lower-level cultivators like dirt; only the Sacred Sect bestows power, breaking down barriers of aptitude.

By inciting hatred among lower-level cultivators towards hereditary immortal sects, they aim to tame the masses and make them feel the injustice of this world!

The doctrine further proclaims that everyone is equal, everyone is like a dragon, and that we should resist the oppression of the powerful immortal clans and restore order to the world.

This simple and brutal philosophy has a fatal attraction for those Rogue Cultivator who have suffered from bullying.

This spiritual and ideological reshaping has given the entire sect a real sense of the Sacred Sect. In addition, the mental distortion brought about by the Cultivation Method has also created a group of devout believers!

It is my duty to overthrow this world!