Chapter 149: The Blood Sacrifice Formation, An Assault on the Sect Gates

Seeing Ye Qiuyue return looking angry, Qin Xiao hurried over.

“Master’s Wife, what has you so angry? Did that Clear Wind old ghost escape?”

Qin Xiao figured that must have been it.

“That old ghost has a Dharma Treasure for escaping, and he got a head start. He really did make it back to the Clear Wind Sect.”

Ye Qiuyue also felt she had been careless; if only she had acted earlier.

“If he escaped, then he escaped. After we break through his turtle shell, he’ll still be a dead man.”

Qin Xiao hurriedly comforted her.

“Fellow Daoist Ye, since you’ve returned, aren’t you worried Clear Wind will simply run away?”

Han Mingyuan asked with curiosity.

“No, I’ve already stationed the Second Elder to keep watch there. As long as that old ghost dares to come out, the Second Elder will send me a voice transmission. Besides, he wouldn’t dare take that risk. Hiding in his turtle shell can preserve his life for now, but once he steps outside, he’ll undoubtedly die.”

Ye Qiuyue wasn’t worried in the least.

If that Clear Wind old ghost had any sense left, he would hide within the Formation while in Secluded Cultivation or wait for the commotion to die down before attempting to flee. Right now, he didn’t have the courage to run.

Meanwhile, deep inside the Clear Wind Sect.

“Chen Shunyi, you old dog! You’ve driven me to such misery, and my Clear Wind Sect is completely destroyed. I will definitely repay this enmity! And as for Qin Xiao and the Heavenly Clothes Pavilion, all of you just wait!”

Only a few hundred Qi Condensation disciples remained in the Clear Wind Sect. They could achieve little on their own. The sect was unlikely to rise again, especially with Ye Qiuyue threatening it from outside.

Clear Wind Ancestor didn’t linger. Instead, he hurried straight to the chamber where the Soul Tablets and Blood Tablets were kept.

“Da’er, don’t blame your father. You are the only one left who knows the flaws of the Formation, so your father has no choice but to act.”

Clear Wind Ancestor’s objective was simple: kill Duan Mingda. As long as Duan Mingda died, his protective Formation would remain secure against Ye Qiuyue, leaving him with nothing to fear from retaliation.

Without a moment’s hesitation, he activated the restriction. With a sharp pinch from Clear Wind Ancestor, Duan Mingda’s Blood Tablet shattered instantly, followed immediately by the snapping of his Soul Tablet.

Seeing the Soul Tablet shatter too, the Clear Wind Ancestor finally relaxed. Both his foster sons were dead, he thought. No one knew the formation’s weaknesses now; he was completely safe.

But now the Clear Wind Ancestor hesitated. Should he keep these Qi Condensation disciples?

Nurturing them slowly would take years. Restoring the sect to its former scale would require at least several centuries, especially since reaching the Soul Formation stage was no easy feat.

The real difficulty, however, was that he had completely burned his bridges with the Heavenly Clothes Pavilion. While self-preservation was currently manageable, without a steady influx of new resources, these disciples would never grow.

Without his stronger fighters, the formation could no longer boost him to Body Integration combat strength. Before, it had drawn on part of the strength of everyone inside it, allowing him to fight a Body Integration cultivator. Now, drawing strength from these Qi Condensation disciples would be no use.

“It seems I have no other choice.”

After a moment of internal struggle, Clear Wind Ancestor made his decision. Visit NovelPing for the full chapter.

He summoned all the Clear Wind Sect’s disciples to the square, including the servant disciples.

The entire surviving population of the Clear Wind Sect now stood gathered in the square.

“Why has the Ancestor summoned all of us here?”

“I have no idea. Where are the Elders? What about the managers and Senior Brothers?”

“Could it be that we failed?”

“Is the Ancestor calling us here to send us into battle?”

Whispers rippled through the crowd as the disciples tried to guess the Ancestor’s intentions.

“Disciples, listen! The Heavenly Clothes Pavilion has been destroyed. The Clear Wind Sect has won a great victory. The others are clearing the battlefield, but they need more hands. So I’ll grant you an opportunity to improve your strength, so that you can help the sect.”

The Clear Wind Ancestor pointed at a formation in the center of the square.

“So that’s it! Wonderful! Even we servant disciples can make something of ourselves.”

“I never expected the Heavenly Clothes Pavilion to be so fragile. No wonder the Ancestor is bestowing this blessing; the spoils must be immense.”

“To think that after only a few years as disciples, we’d encounter such a Fated Chance. We truly made the right choice joining the Clear Wind Sect!”

Hearing that the Ancestor was bestowing a blessing, the disciples grew wildly excited.

“Since you all understand, step into the Formation at once.”

If rounding them up one by one hadn’t been too much trouble, Clear Wind Ancestor wouldn’t have bothered tricking this flock of fools.

Hearing that entering the formation would bring an opportunity, the disciples rushed in, each wanting a spot in the center. Surely that was where their strength would improve the most.

Before long, every last disciple had crowded into the Formation.

“Activate!”

Seeing that everyone was inside, Clear Wind Ancestor immediately triggered the Formation.

Instantly, the blood-black Formation flared to life, forming a crimson Spiritual Qi barrier that sealed everyone within.

“Ancestor, what kind of Formation is this?”

“I feel the Blood Qi draining out of my body. Something is wrong!”

“It hurts… what is happening?”

“This isn’t a blessing! He’s trying to drain us dry!”

As the changes in their bodies took effect, even the most foolish disciples realized the truth. The source of this chapter is novelping . com.

“Correct. The Clear Wind Sect is facing difficulties, and it is time for you to repay the Sect.”

With the Formation fully engaged, Clear Wind Ancestor dropped all pretense and openly confessed.

“Ancestor, no! I have a High Grade Earthly Spirit Root!”

“Spare us! We only have Mixed Spirit Roots-draining us won’t yield much!”

“We know we were wrong! Please spare us, Ancestor! Our cultivation is too low to be of any use!”

With the ancestor’s admission, the disciples begged frantically for mercy.

“Cultivation? Of what use is your meager cultivation? This old man wants your Blood Qi!”

Clear Wind Ancestor showed no mercy, instead accelerating the speed of the Formation.

The crimson sphere of Spiritual Qi began to contract rapidly.

Blood Qi was drawn from hundreds of disciples. As the sphere shrank, it pressed them together.

They might have endured the pain of losing Blood Qi, but the crushing pressure made them scream.

Yet, as the Spiritual Qi sphere continued to compress, those screams grew fainter and fainter until they were silenced entirely.

The people inside no longer looked human. They had been crushed to pulp.

“Almost there. The Blood Pill is about to take form.”

Watching the shrinking sphere, the Clear Wind Ancestor looked pleased.

A Blood Pill refined from hundreds of people was bound to be powerful. It might help him reach peak Soul Formation. He would still be no match for Ye Qiuyue, but at least his chances of escape would improve.

As the blood-red sphere shrank, it expelled black material, extracting the essence.

By the following day, the Blood Pill was finally complete.

The purification process had consumed most of the time; leaving any impurities behind would have compromised the pill’s potency, so Clear Wind Ancestor hadn’t dared rush.

“At last, it is done.”

The Clear Wind Ancestor looked at the Blood Pill in his hand, only the size of his little finger. It was small, but pure enough. He was satisfied.

After a day and night, the Heavenly Clothes Pavilion had dealt with most of the Clear Wind Sect’s people. Ye Qiuyue had even found and killed the two mid Soul Formation cultivators who had fled.

Those the pavilion did not find were killed by other small factions. Knowing the Clear Wind Sect had fallen, they were eager to show their support for the Heavenly Clothes Pavilion. They did all they could to intercept and kill fugitives from the sect, distancing themselves from their earlier support for it.

With all matters settled, Ye Qiuyue led Qin Xiao and the others straight to the mountain gate of the Clear Wind Sect.

“Clear Wind old ghost! Come out this instant and accept your death!”