Chapter 214: Looking at Each Other with New Eyes

After obtaining the inheritance of the Blood God Sect Sect Leader.

Su Ping directly used the inherited knowledge to open the seal on that Blood God Pearl.

Thereby locating the remnants of the Blood God Sect who might be his competitors.

Excluding the group that had become captives and were staying in the Immortal Palace of the Artifact Heart Sect.

The remaining remnants, who could be sensed by the Blood God Pearl due to their Blood God Mark.

Were met with Su Ping's precision strikes.

Cultivators of the Blood God Sect hiding in caves, underground spaces, or even certain ruins with the help of Evil Spirit power.

Had not yet recovered from the panic of losing their Sect Leader.

When they were turned into fly ash under the siege of fire and ice.

This left the Cultivators of the Artifact Heart Sect quite confused, as they had employed various methods.

Yet they had gained nothing in the time that followed, as if the remnants of the Blood God Sect had almost all died out.

The Golden Core of the Artifact Heart Sect received these reports and could not help but think of that red-haired Cultivator.

So he wrote a reply to the reporting Deacon: Understood!

And thus brushed the matter aside.

Soon after, the high-level members of the Artifact Heart Sect conferred and stopped worrying about how many Blood God Sect remnants remained.

Instead, they began to covet that Blood God.

Although that Blood God was sealed, the seal was only temporary, and it would not be long before that Blood God broke through the seal.

When that time comes, whoever can inherit the legacy of the Blood God Sect and become the new Sect Leader!

Will be able to obtain the right to use that Blood God!

Even though the high-level members of the Artifact Heart Sect were well aware that even if they obtained such an Incense Divine Path god, the process of using it would surely be full of accidents.

And there would even be a risk of being backlashed at any time.

But for the Artifact Heart Sect, which currently lacked top-tier combat power, possessing such a powerful foundation of combat strength was simply too important!

It made it impossible for them to give up!

To this end, the captive with the highest cultivation base was dragged into the depths of the Immortal Palace.

The Sect Master acted personally, with three Golden Core Elders cooperating.

First, they wiped away the captive's personality and will while ensuring the foundation remained unharmed.

Then, they utilized various Spirit Pills and Special Secret Techniques.

And refined this captive as if they were a Dharma Artifact.

As the captive tilted their head back and opened their mouth to roar silently.

Their aura began to expand, soar, and undergo a qualitative change.

Only, deep within this aura, an unstoppable death energy was being generated.

A Golden Core Elder frowned slightly upon seeing this.

He knew that this artifact refining was not very good; the captive before him would at most last three months before their Divine Soul was completely destroyed.

However, it should be enough; in three months, no matter how you look at it, that Blood God should have unsealed itself.

"Forcibly refining him into a vessel is easy... but after the Blood God breaks the seal, what should we do about holding the ritual to accept the Blood God's test?"

The Sect Master stopped casting spells after seeing the captive break through to the Golden Core cultivation base.

Afterward, he looked at the several Elders beside him.

"Sect Master!"

"You know me!"

The oldest Golden Core Elder with white hair blew on his snow-white long beard and stated loudly:

"If I enter the vessel, I will definitely be able to pass the Blood God's test and then turn that Blood God into the guardian deity of our sect!"

"Sect Master!"

An Elder with a sallow complexion and a thin, long figure stood out:

"If you let me enter the vessel, with the divine abilities I cultivate, I might be able to turn that Blood God into the watchdog of our sect!"

"Sect Master... Master!"

Another one, also the youngest Golden Core Elder, did not want to be outdone and said:

"You understand me; my Divine Soul is the most vibrant, so the success rate is the greatest!"

"Furthermore, my divine abilities have the effect of auxiliary will cultivation, which is best at resisting the erosion of the mind by the Divine Dao!"

"I am the most suitable one!"

Seeing that all three Golden Core Elders were eager to fight for this opportunity.

The Sect Master of the Artifact Heart Sect frowned slightly, feeling disappointed with the attitude of the three men under his command.

"Enough, we shall discuss this matter later."

"For now, let us make other preparations; without the inheritance treasure of the Blood God Sect's Sect Leader, the Blood God Ritual requires preparing many more strange items!"

"Yes!"

The three Golden Cores nodded one after another, not daring to continue fighting for the opportunity.

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"The Blood God Ritual's requirements regarding Sect Leader certification are actually this troublesome?"

"However, most of the steps seem to be for controlling and weakening the Blood God's instinctive erosion of intelligent individuals."

"For the sake of safety, these steps obviously cannot be omitted."

"As for the aftereffects, I have the Purification Potion, so it shouldn't be much of a problem."

"At worst, if one bottle isn't enough, I'll just drink a few more!"

"Hm? This ritual Secret Technique is quite interesting."

"The minimum requirement is the Heart Blood of ten thousand people."

"The maximum limit... is there no limit?"

"It's just that the blood must be extracted within an Array and preserved immediately to be effective; otherwise, I could just take a trip to the blood banks all over Water Blue Star and that would probably be enough!"

Su Ping looked at the requirements for the ritual and pondered how to get the people on Water Blue Star to cooperate.

A single drop of Heart Blood from each person would suffice; for mortals without cultivation, the damage would be far less than that of a blood draw for a medical checkup.

Just throwing money at it would undoubtedly be a bit low-class.

Therefore, it would be best to have others beg for it, delivering it to his doorstep for him to take.

And after taking it, they would still have to thank him!

Thinking of this, Su Ping decided to use up his Fishing attempts before making preparations.

First, at the Linyue Lake fishing spot, he successfully caught two Green Spirit Fish.

This brought the Spirit Qi concentration of the Pot Heaven to:

【Current Pot Heaven Level: 3 (330/500)】

Afterwards, while heading to Xuangui Island to fish.

Su Ping discovered that in the sea area near Xuangui Island, he could already clearly feel Evil Qi permeating the space between heaven and earth.

This was clearly inseparable from the Secret Realm island that had sealed Evil God Neil.

Most of the mortals in these Overseas Islands had also sensed this anomaly and began migrating toward other sea areas that were still considered safe.

Some noble families began to rejoice that they had chosen to live on ships, allowing them to leave whenever they pleased.

The worst off were those ports and fishing villages along the coast.

These people had originally thought that good days were coming, as the population surged more and more.

It would be hard for them, the locals, not to get rich by relying on their geographical advantage.

Yet, they had only enjoyed a few good days.

Strange occurrences began to appear frequently.

The wealthy masters who were originally generous began to pack their belongings and relocate one after another.

This left the fishermen feeling terrified and unsettled.

Many quick-witted ones simply sold themselves into slavery, hoping to board the masters' ships and leave this sea area.

As for taking the land route...

Having long heard various stories from those who had fled via the land route, the locals had all reached a common understanding:

Without a Great Cultivator to protect you, taking the land route is a path to certain death!

When Su Ping arrived at the port on his usual route.

The port was filled with large wooden ships of all kinds.

Every ship was currently shouting at servants to transport supplies and preventing the commoners below from boarding.

Relying on the fact that the power gap between martial artists and Loose Cultivators versus mortals in this world was truly vast enough.

Even though most people were in a state of panic, the port still maintained basic Order.

No mortal dared to shout that they would change their way of life today and then force their way onto a ship.

Anyone that stupid in the Cultivation World would usually have gone to Samsara before reaching adulthood.

"Your names are all remembered by the master!"

"You must trust the master! As long as you work for our Dongfang family and have a Wooden Tablet, you can board the ship!"

"You over there, stop talking! If you speak again, your Wooden Tablet will be confiscated!"

A steward stood on a high platform temporarily built from sandbags, using his booming martial artist voice to shout at the workers crowding below:

"Those whose names are called, come over first!"

"Those whose names haven't been called, don't panic; after this ship leaves, there will be another!"

"It doesn't matter if you don't have one; it's only a delay of a few days, just eat well, drink well, and take care of your health!"

"The master is kind-hearted; this period will still count as you working, and everyone will get their wages!"

The steward said this and repeated it several times.

The fact that they could get paid without working immediately made the workers quiet down.

The steward sneered, already pondering how much he would embezzle when the time came.

At the same time, he felt quite disdainful toward his colleagues who were too cowardly to take this task.

How could it be such a coincidence that Evil Spirits would break out here just a few days late?

He had connections with a fat monk from the Small Golden Light Temple and had privately asked and confirmed multiple times that in these coastal towns.

There were Warding Evil Artifacts and a large number of Warding Evil Talismans for protection.

The emergence rate of Evil Spirits was much lower than in the wilderness.

"How can you make money without taking risks?"

"Compared to Evil Spirits, I'm more afraid of being poor!"

The steward muttered to himself, then looked up and discovered several streaks of sword light cutting across the sky.

He was extremely envious of those Cultivators flying to and fro.

It was just a pity he had no Spirit Root; being a martial artist for this lifetime was already his limit.

However, he had made up his mind.

Once he saved enough money, he would buy several more wives and then, just like the masters, try his hardest to have children.

As long as a family can produce one child capable of becoming a Loose Cultivator, the family can turn its fortunes around.

And if they can produce one capable of entering a sect.

Perhaps before they die, they could even be called "Master" by their former colleagues!

"Attention!"

"Watch out!"

Suddenly, angry shouts from Cultivators came from the direction of Dahai.

Following that, blinding light and the sounds of explosions came from there as well.

This turn of events immediately threw the harbor into chaos.

In particular, a Cultivator stepping on a Flying Sword ran in a disheveled state onto a large ship.

This was a sword cultivator from the Dongfang family.

At this moment, both of his arms were shockingly severed.

He looked at his kin on the deck, his expression changed, and he shouted:

"Get to the shore quickly!"

"In the sea... there are sea monsters coming out!"

As he spoke, Dahai churned up waves, and then blue sea snakes, sea fish, and other monsters with hands and feet rode the waves and charged up.

These sea monsters all had blood-red eyes and were covered in Evil Qi.

It seemed that these were creatures of the sea that, after coming into contact with high concentrations of Evil Qi, had finally mutated into Evil Spirits over time, becoming Evil Qi puppets infected and controlled by these Evil Spirits.

Only, unlike on land, these Evil Spirits in the sea... actually possessed such strong subjective initiative.

They were actually actively invading nearby harbor towns!

Splash!

Merchant ships that could not reach the shore in time were attacked, and in the blink of an eye, they were swept into the seawater and turned into fragments.

"Run quickly!"

"Immortal, save us!"

Countless people began to disembark, desperately fleeing the harbor.

More than a dozen Cultivators rushed out from the town; the few leading them took one look at the sea monsters and decided to retreat.

The strongest among these family Cultivators were only at the Qi Refining Late Stage.

Facing a sea monster attack of this scale, they made what they considered the most correct choice.

These family Cultivators rushed toward the harbor one after another, using their Dharma Power to scoop up their respective friends and family and throw them out of the harbor.

Then they intended to withdraw.

Yet, they only saw a sudden loud splash on the sea surface, and then an Evil Spirit resembling a giant octopus the size of a small hill emerged.

Immediately, this octopus seemed to spot the Cultivators with Dharma Power reactions; a thousand-meter-long tentacle suddenly lashed out from the sea and struck downward.

"Get out of the way!"

Not a single Cultivator dared to resist, and they scattered like birds and beasts.

They could only watch helplessly as that tentacle slapped toward a wooden ship, preparing to smash the people on the boat into powder...

Just at this moment!

Su Ping, who had arrived, discovered that he was actually the only Foundation Establishment Cultivator present.

He turned into an afterimage and flew over, summoning his Supernatural Arm to directly grab the descending tentacle.

And with a fierce grip, he snapped it off by force.

Afterward, Su Ping scanned the sea area ahead with his Divine Sense.

While inwardly startled by the large number of opponents, he was not that panicked.

Instead, he plunged fiercely into the seawater.

Then, he immediately summoned the young Black Tortoise in Dahai.

After the Black Tortoise appeared, it immediately transformed into a thousand-meter-long body, and then charged toward the giant octopus like a torpedo.

Boom!

As the two giant beasts clashed, Dahai sent massive waves surging into the sky, which then turned into a downpour that scattered all around.

Even the harbor began to experience heavy rain.

Touching the slightly salty Rain Technique on their faces, several family Cultivators stared wide-eyed at the momentum generated on the sea, and after being stunned for a moment.

Someone exclaimed:

"That senior just now, I wonder which sect's true disciple they are; with this momentum, they must be at least a Great Cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, right?"

"A great Foundation Establishment senior..."

"Don't just stand there like fools; the senior is taking action to slay demons and eliminate evil, we should also take action to avoid harming the innocent!"

The few family Cultivators who were muttering to themselves were still standing in place, but after hearing the Secret Language in their ears, their expressions changed drastically, and they immediately took action.

As they worked hard to maintain Order and block the falling masses of water, another moment passed.

The sea surface finally returned to calm.

A mere sea beast Evil Spirit that had only just been born, no matter how large its body, was only at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage in terms of realm.

If it were dealing with a Cultivator of the same realm in the Cultivation World, it might have been able to put up a fight.

But encountering a divine beast like the young Black Tortoise, it was simply being thrashed while at the same realm.

Plus, with Su Ping assisting from the side, clearing out the small fry from time to time.

Winning was a matter of course.

He collected the Mysterious Remains of that sea beast Evil Spirit.

Su Ping, however, was not particularly happy.

The ocean is only slightly slower than the land, but it is not completely unaffected by Evil Qi.

As the Seals of one Secret Realm after another are broken, the invasion of Evil Qi will not spare any gap in the Cultivation World.

"The number of Evil Spirits in the ocean is likely no less than on land."

"If they all have the subjective initiative to come ashore like that Evil Spirit from before."

"Everyone along the coast will likely have to face the risk of these sea monster invasions!"

Su Ping flew out of the sea, letting out a soft sigh.

He suddenly recalled that among the few family Cultivators he had just saved.

There seemed to be a few... who looked somewhat familiar?

Now that he had time to think back on it.

Su Ping remembered that two of the Cultivators were actually Outer Sect Disciples of the Immortal Sect from the same period as him.

They could not be called close friends, but they had the experience of working together to wave flags, mine, and farm.

It was just unexpected.

Under the great changes, they left the Immortal Sect, returned to their families to become family Cultivators, and then almost lost their lives in a sea monster attack.

Yet he... had already become a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator.

He had become an existence they dared not look up at directly after seeing him hovering in the air!