Translator: Cinder Translations
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Daoist Qingyan was picked up by Su Anqing and thrown into the eastern area of the "Devouring Soul Formation."
Su Wenshi flew to Su Qian's side, using spiritual power to lift Su Qian into the air and carry him toward the "Devouring Soul Formation."
"Su Wenshi, what are you doing?"
Su Qian was filled with shock and anger; his body had crumbled, leaving him powerless to resist.
As Su Wenshi flew toward the "Devouring Soul Formation," he spoke, "Ancestor, your body is too decayed and has already crumbled; death is not far off. Use your body and cultivation to help me and the family head break through to the Golden Core stage, as your final contribution to the family."
"No! As long as you help me complete the last step of the devouring origin for longevity, my body can still recover," Su Qian pleaded desperately.
"Ancestor, you have enjoyed power in the Su family for over two hundred years; you should be satisfied. One should not be too greedy!"
After Su Wenshi finished speaking, he threw Su Qian into the eastern area of the "Devouring Soul Formation" and descended to the center of the array.
Su Anqing and Su Wenshi each held a piece of the array disk, sitting at the center of the formation.
Under Su Wenshi's guidance and Su Anqing's cooperation, the temporarily sealed "Devouring Soul Formation" began to operate once again.
The blood serpent within the array was activated and swam toward Su Qian and Daoist Qingyan, with the blood serpent being the first to climb onto Su Qian's body.
"No! Su Anqing, Su Wenshi, you two ungrateful brats, how dare you betray your master and destroy your ancestors! I am your grand ancestor..."
Daoist Qingyan, turned into a human pig, was still conscious. Seeing this scene, a feeling of sorrow filled her heart, reminiscent of the plight of a dead rabbit mourning a fox.
She and Su Qian had plotted against each other, never expecting that in the end, they would both fall into the hands of two Foundation Establishment juniors. It was truly laughable and sad.
At that moment, a strange change occurred.
In the high sky, dark clouds gathered densely, completely obscuring the stars in the night sky.
A vast and magnificent celestial might brewed within the dark clouds.
"Crack!"
A thunderous roar erupted, like a landslide and earthquake!
Lightning, like a giant sword, pierced the pitch-black night sky, heading straight for the center of the "Devouring Soul Formation."
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After Su Qian ordered Su Wenshi to control the "Yin Yang Four Symbol Formation" to shrink and trap Daoist Qingyan, the "Devouring Soul Formation," located in the center of the valley, was revealed.
When Song Wen first saw the blood serpent in the "Devouring Soul Formation," an overwhelming desire surged within him.
He could clearly sense that if he could devour this blood serpent, he would gain immeasurable benefits.
This temptation deeply rooted itself in his subconscious, as if a charming voice was whispering in his ear, constantly calling him to devour the blood serpent.
At that moment, Su Qian and Daoist Qingyan were engaged in a fierce battle, and Song Wen did not dare to act recklessly.
After a twist in the situation, with both Su Qian and Daoist Qingyan severely injured, Song Wen finally retracted the "Concealing Spirit Formation" and "Nine Palaces Yin Array," emerging from the cave.
As soon as he stepped out, he saw Su Anqing and Su Wenshi once again activating the "Devouring Soul Formation" to plunder the cultivation of Su Qian and Daoist Qingyan.
Song Wen's first instinct was that he could not allow the blood serpent to plunder Su Qian and Daoist Qingyan's flesh and cultivation, as that would pollute the blood serpent, making it impure.
From the previous conversations, Song Wen knew that the "Devouring Soul Formation" could plunder others' cultivation to enhance one's own, but he did not plan to forcibly elevate his own cultivation through the "Devouring Soul Formation."
The main reason was that he did not know how to manipulate the "Devouring Soul Formation," and given the current situation, he certainly did not have enough time to slowly comprehend it.
Thus, he chose to attack Su Anqing and Su Wenshi immediately to stop the "Devouring Soul Formation" from continuing to operate.
Unleashing the Great Cave God Thunder, he startled the two of them, then swiftly moved like a ghost toward the "Devouring Soul Formation."
Seeing the sudden lightning, Su Anqing and Su Wenshi both froze.
Su Wenshi shouted to Su Anqing, "You block the lightning technique; I'll continue to control the array."
"Okay!"
Su Anqing rose to his feet. He did not understand the manipulation techniques of the "Devouring Soul Formation," and had just barely activated the auxiliary array disk under Su Wenshi's command to help him restart the "Devouring Soul Formation."
At this moment, with an external enemy approaching, it fell to him to defend against it.
With a thought, a flying sword appeared out of nowhere, swiftly slashing down toward the descending lightning.
The flying sword surged upward, shattering the descending lightning into countless tiny sparks that danced in the air.
"Hmph! A mere trick."
Seeing the lightning easily dispelled, Su Anqing felt reassured. Although the lightning seemed powerful, the practitioner casting it had low cultivation and could not unleash its true might.
Just as Su Anqing relaxed, a figure filled with a terrifying corpse aura rushed toward them from the distance.
Su Anqing's eyes widened in shock, and his expression grew serious.
A pseudo-Third Stage Silver Corpse!
The Silver Corpse moved swiftly, barreling toward the "Devouring Soul Formation" in the blink of an eye.
Su Wenshi, who was controlling the array, also noticed the suddenly appearing Silver Corpse. He watched as the blood serpent climbed up onto Su Qian's chest, about to burrow into his mouth, his eyes filled with urgency.
"Stop it! No matter what, you must stop it. If it destroys the 'Devouring Soul Formation,' we may never have the chance to condense a Golden Core in this lifetime."
Su Anqing glanced back at the blood serpent in the array, gritted his teeth, and formed a hand seal, directing the flying sword toward the Silver Corpse.
"Bang!"
The flying sword struck the Silver Corpse's chest, producing an extremely muffled sound.
A foot-long gash appeared on the rotten flesh of the Silver Corpse's chest, revealing its silver ribcage. The Silver Corpse was forced to halt its advance, stumbling backward a step.
Since Song Wen had thrown over a hundred yellow ginseng plants into the corpse nurturing coffin over twenty days ago, the Silver Corpse had completely absorbed the ginseng, undergoing an unexpected transformation.
A corpse puppet is ultimately just a dead body; it is a mere puppet. No matter how refined or powerful, it will have no vitality.
After absorbing the yellow ginseng cultivated by the Su family, Song Wen discovered that traces of blood color had appeared in the Silver Corpse's rotten flesh.
The transformation of the Silver Corpse was almost unheard of.
In the Corpse Demon Sect, everyone refines and nurtures corpses, but no one had ever heard of anyone cultivating a corpse puppet to develop even a trace of vitality. Although there might be some secretive practitioners in the Corpse Demon Sect who have nurtured distinct corpse puppets, it has not been made public.
"Roar!"
The Silver Corpse was enraged, its ash-gray eyes shimmering with a ghostly light.
Raising its hand, it struck down onto the flying sword.
The immense force knocked the flying sword out of control, slamming it into the ground.
With a powerful push of its legs, the Silver Corpse suddenly accelerated, charging toward Su Anqing.
Song Wen appeared behind the Silver Corpse, lightning crackling around him as he surged toward the blood serpent.
Seeing the rapidly approaching Silver Corpse and the swiftly moving Song Wen, Su Anqing hesitated for a moment.
The Silver Corpse's strength exceeded his expectations. His all-out strike had only managed to breach the Silver Corpse's flesh.
It would be difficult for him alone to contend with the Silver Corpse.
"What are you waiting for? Stop them! Don't you want to condense a Golden Core?" Su Wenshi urged while manipulating the "Devouring Soul Formation."
Hearing this, Su Anqing once again urged the flying sword to slash at the Silver Corpse.
At the same time, he tossed out a sword-shaped jade talisman.
The jade slip shattered in mid-air!
Transforming into a giant spiritual power sword several dozen meters long, it descended toward Song Wen.
Song Wen anxiously watched the giant spiritual sword falling toward him, filled with urgency. The blood serpent had already climbed to Su Qian's mouth, ready to burrow into his abdomen at any moment.
Once the blood serpent entered Su Qian's abdomen and devoured his flesh and cultivation, it would no longer be pure.
TL: For those who are wondering, MC wants to absorb all the blood essence of the serpent, but since it can also devour cultivation of others, he is trying to stop it from mixing the cultivation and blood essence together.
(End of the Chapter)
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