Volume 4 Chapter 157: The Demon Gate's Conspiracy

  The Blood Soul Formation is a relatively advanced third-grade grand formation. In some powerful places like the Great Thousand Worlds or the Middle Thousand Worlds, it's indeed a common product, but on Earth, which is just a small corner of the universe, it's already one of the most top-notch formations.

  At that time, the old ancestor of the Demon Gate also found the remnants of this great array from some historical classics. After his years of contemplation and research, he finally completed this great array. However, because it was completed by him personally, there might be slight deviations in the formation theory.

  The original "Blood Soul Array" would not have been so bloody and cruel, but after his modification, it became what it is now.

  "That Demon Gate has found a way, how did this news still get to the Orthodox Sect?" Lin Xiao said doubtfully, "Could it be..."

  "Not bad, they just want to use the lives of those righteous disciples to open the door of the treasure house." Xiang'er said with a affirmative expression.

  Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao couldn't help but laugh and shake his head, "This group of demonic sect guys are quite bold, don't they fear that something will go wrong and end up losing everything?"

  "If everything goes according to their plan, the people of Mo Men will not return empty-handed." Xiang Er continued, "This time, Mo Men has been planning for many years to obtain the treasure in the treasury and restore their prestige. On the one hand, Mo Men has been declining over the past few years, causing the Orthodox Sect to develop a serious underestimation of them. The old guys from the Seven Major Sects thought they were holding back the old demons of Mo Men, but in fact, they fell into their trap. This time, the Seven Major Sects will likely suffer heavy losses."

  "The plot of the Demon Gate is indeed profound!" Lin Xiao sighed.

  Although he knew about the demonic gate's conspiracy, Lin Xiao didn't plan to tell anyone else about it. After all, he wasn't a member of the seven major sects anyway. Although there was some grudge between him and the demonic gate, there was no need to take revenge in this way.

  All the more...

  "This is truly heaven giving me an opportunity." Lin Xiao said with a smile all over his face, "Xiang Er, do you know which powerful masters the Demon Gate has sent out this time?"

  "There are many masters of the Demon Gate," Xiner said with a serious face. "In addition to the top young masters, several demon corpses secretly cultivated by the Demon Gate have also been sent to Yujiang City. Although these demon corpses do not have any spiritual intelligence, their strength is completely comparable to those second and third tier Yuan Wu practitioners. To be honest, with your current strength, you are no match for those demon corpses."

  "Corpse demon?" Lin Xiao furrowed his brow upon hearing Xinger's words.

  "Moshen is a type of corpse that has been refined through special means. Similar to zombies, but different from zombies, like the ones brought over by the Demon Gate this time, all of them were top-notch experts in their lifetime, with abilities mostly at the 5th or 6th level of Yuanwu. After they died, their corpses were obtained by the Demon Gate and refined over many years, consuming a large amount of materials to turn them into Moshen. However, their strength is much weaker than when they were alive, only able to maintain the level of a 2nd or 3rd level Yuanwu warrior." Xinger carefully explained the information about Moshen to Lin Xiao, so that he could have a clear understanding of this type of human-shaped weapon.

  "In other words, if I want to get the treasure inside this treasury, these demonic corpses are the real obstacles." Lin Xiao said in a low voice.

  "Not bad." Xīn'ér nodded.

  One hand supported her chin, Lin Xiao quietly pondered.

  Half a moment later, he raised his head and looked at Xiang Er, "Do you know when they plan to make their move?"

  Xin'er nodded, "On December 31st, the last day of this year's end, they chose to take action at midnight zero hour. At that time, they will first lead those people from the seven major sects to the treasure house, and when the time reaches zero hour, at the moment when the yin energy is strongest in a year, they will activate the Wan Gui Shi Hun array set up on the riverbed. By then, without them taking action, those people from the seven major sects are doomed to die."

  Xin'er then told Lin Xiao some detailed information about the Wan Gui Shi Hun formation, and also transmitted some specific images to him.

  "It's really poisonous." Lin Xiao shuddered a few times, "It's the end of December, so I still have more than three months. By November, I can enter another world again. At that time, even if my strength can't break through to the fifth rank of Yuan Wu, I'll definitely be able to deal with those magic corpses. In short, this treasure trove is mine!"

  "What about those people from the Seven Great Sects? I remember you had a good relationship with the Qingyun Sect." Xiang'er suddenly said, looking at Lin Xiao.

  "Them?" Lin Xiao smiled, "You'll know when the time comes, don't worry, I'll take care of it."

  Xinger looked at Lin Xiao with a confident expression and couldn't help but stick out her tongue, making a "pop" sound that seemed to disappear like foam.

  "I'm going back, call me if there's anything."

  ……

  Jin Huang Hotel, Room 1304.

  "Hiss!"

  Crack

  As the door opened, the three people sitting in the room turned their heads to look at the entrance. After seeing who had come in, they gradually turned back.

  "It's done, the last array plate has been activated, and now the large array is absorbing all the yin energy underground in Yujiang City." The newcomer closed the door, walked to the side of the three people, pulled out a chair and sat down with a thud.

  "I hope those guys on the right path don't find out?"

  "Impossible! How could those guys possibly find out where I am?" He sneered a few times, his face full of disdain.

  "It's better that they didn't find out. Let's take a look, this is the latest news from the Six Elders. Those orthodox old guys have been trapped in the Wan Jie Valley by the elders' joint efforts and won't be able to get out before we make our move."

  He stretched out his hand, with five fingers spread apart. On it lay a paper black crow. When he opened his hand, the paper crow seemed to come alive and flapped its small wings, flying into mid-air. Its black beak opened, uttering human words in a hoarse yet full-bodied voice.

  When the crow finished speaking, the man sitting in the chair on the left suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed at it from a distance. A flame shot out from his fingertips and instantly burned the crow to ashes.

  "The six elders mean for us to wipe out all those who have walked the righteous path this time, leaving not a single one alive, except for those needed for blood sacrifice at the time. As for the others, I plan to leave them for you to handle. What do you think?"

  "No problem, leave it to me!" He agreed without hesitation, and even showed a hint of disdain on his face. "Senior brother, you can rest assured that with my strength as a 9th-level martial artist at the peak, among the younger generation of the righteous path, except for a few who are slightly inferior to me, who else is an opponent worthy of my attention?"

  "You're confident, that's good. But let me be frank with you, if something goes wrong, you'll have to explain it to the elders yourself." The senior brother bluntly laid out the consequences, but his junior brother didn't take offense at him. On the contrary, he chuckled and looked like he wasn't bothered at all.

  "Right, Big Master Brother, you haven't eaten yet, shall we order something to eat?"

  "I'm not eating anymore, I have something to attend to outside, you eat by yourself." As he spoke, the senior brother disappeared into a black mist without any movement.

  "Cut! You don't eat, I'll eat." He muttered to himself. As he stood up and walked towards the phone's location.

  From start to finish, except for the initial movement of their brains and the burning of that paper crow, the two people sitting in the other two seats never uttered a single word, nor did their facial expressions ever change.

  Just like... a corpse.

  ……

  Days passed one by one, and the Demon Gate didn't make any big moves. The seven major sects of the Orthodox School also remained still, searching for the detailed location of the treasure while keeping an eye on the movements of the Demon Gate.

  Compared to them, Lin Xiao's days were much more comfortable. He spent his days attending classes and joking with the young girls, occasionally having meals with Xian Qingqing, and at night, he would run to the distant mountains hundreds of miles away to cultivate for a whole night.

  Along with Xiao Yuandan's gradual consumption, Lin Xiao's cultivation was also increasing bit by bit.

  Finally, after Xiao Yuandan was consumed 16 times, Lin Xiao's cultivation had thoroughly stabilized at the peak of a first-class Yuanwu master. What he needed to do next was to make a breakthrough.

  But breaking through from the first stage to the second is not easy. At least for now, Lin Xiao has not found any clues, and he has stopped taking the Small Yuan Dan for several days. The Wan Jie Pearl in his body has been saturated, and it can't absorb even a bit of energy, so taking the Small Yuan Dan would be a waste.

  His cultivation had reached a bottleneck, which made Lin Xiao's mood somewhat irritable. Fortunately, he soon opened up and thought that even if he was anxious, it would be useless. Instead of getting angry with himself, he might as well carefully study the second layer of content in the Wan Jie Secret, and find a way to break through from it.

  Compared to the first layer, the second layer of Wan Jie Secret Records not only records the cultivation process from one-stage Yuan Wu to nine-stage Yuan Wu and the detailed method of breaking through from nine-stage Yuan Wu to one-stage Da Di Wu, but also contains a lot of basic knowledge about the world of martial artists.

  Lin Xiao had been too busy cultivating to look at these things before, but now that his cultivation has reached a bottleneck, he can finally take some time to take a look.

  Just like this, September also passed by.

  October 1st is the great motherland's holiday, school is closed, Lin Xiao was dragged by Yan Qingqing and her several senior sisters to go shopping. Lin Xiao would have been bored at home alone anyway, so he happily accompanied a few beauties to stroll around, eat and adjust his slightly depressed mood.

  These days, he has been browsing the basic information about the world of warriors listed in Wan Jie Secret Skill, with the intention of getting some inspiration to make his own cultivation breakthrough smoothly. Unfortunately, after so many days, he not only didn't get any inspiration, but also didn't gain a little bit of enlightenment.

  Even if Lin Xiao was open-minded, he couldn't help but feel a little depressed at this time.

  Bottleneck, it's indeed a despicable thing!

  PS: As the year-end is approaching, I have to accompany my family to visit some relatives and give them gifts. Today's update was late, so I want to apologize to everyone here. Starting from today until after the new year, this book will enter a stable updating period with 4 updates per day, 12,000 characters each. After the new year, there will be a burst of updates. It's really busy during the Chinese New Year, and I was thinking about reducing the number of updates, maybe to 3 or even 2 updates per day, but it doesn't feel right to say that to everyone, so I'll stick to my usual 4 updates per day habit. That's all for now, the second update will be at 7 pm tonight.