Chapter 81: Blood Sacrifice Begins

When Lin Yang and Baihua Xianzi came out of the Baihua Secret Realm.

Hum!

A powerful aura then came toward them.

Baihua Xianzi was instantly startled.

She could sense that the person behind this aura was very powerful.

"Young master, be careful, a powerful aura is approaching us."

Baihua Xianzi suddenly stood beside Lin Yang, ready to face the strong enemy together with him.

However.

Hum!

That powerful aura descended directly in front of Lin Yang; the person was Xiaohei, who retracted his aura, knelt on one knee, and said respectfully.

"Please forgive me, master."

"Master?"

Baihua Xianzi blinked, wondering in her heart who he was shouting at.

Meanwhile, Lin Yang slowly spoke: "What crime is there? Get up and speak."

"Yes! Master!"

Xiaohei respectfully rose.

This scene left Baihua Xianzi beside them dumbfounded; she looked at Lin Yang, then at Xiaohei.

"This... I... you... he? Oh dear..."

She never expected that the Quasi-Emperor expert before her would directly address Lin Yang as master.

In other words, Lin Yang is that person's master.

Good heavens!

What manner of being is he exactly?

But upon further thought, Lin Yang could even tame a dragon, let alone a Quasi-Emperor expert.

Thinking this way, Baihua Xianzi's eyes held only respect, and those many doubts faded.

She understood that there are always people beyond people and heavens beyond heavens.

Baihua Xianzi's surprise lasted only an instant, and Xiaohei didn't waste words.

"Master, on the third day of your disappearance, which was the day before the Baihua Grand Assembly began, a force formed from converging purple petals arrived at the Li Family; I fell for its feint, and in the ensuing fierce battle, Miss Li Yilan, her parents' remains, and all the Li Family disciples were taken away by an emanation of that force."

"I deserve death for failing to protect them; please punish me, master."

Xiaohei lowered his head, overwhelmed with guilt.

Upon hearing that.

Lin Yang narrowed his eyes; it was clearly the Grand Priest's doing—apparently for the Blood Sacrifice, he truly spares no means.

But he didn't understand why the Grand Priest specifically targeted Miss Li Yilan and her parents' remains.

What could be the reason?

Moreover, the Grand Priest has gone to great lengths—he even lured Lin Yang into his diversion tactic, obviously intending to open the Baihua Secret Realm so that he and Zuxiaohua would rush in.

If he had not voluntarily undertaken the System's mission to rescue Baihua Xianzi, the Grand Priest would surely have trapped him in the Baihua Secret Realm with a grand formation; but since he chose to fulfill the System's task, he willingly entered that formation.

Thus, the Grand Priest believed he was stuck inside unable to escape, and with no threat from him and Zuxiaohua, the Grand Priest could freely pursue his own aims.

Xiaohei fell for the Grand Priest's feint, so he cannot blame him—after all, the Grand Priest's strength is extraordinary.

Furthermore.

Now the most important thing is to understand the current situation.

Where have his disciples been taken?

Are they still alive?

"It's not your fault; tell me about the current state of the Baihua Valley."

"Thank you for sparing my life, master." Xiaohei respectfully performed a salute and said: "After Miss Li Yilan and her companions were taken away, I began investigating their whereabouts."

"In the end, I traced their likely location to inside the Baihua Valley Ancestral Land, but that ancestral land is extremely terrifying, with a power blocking it—I can't even scout it, let alone approach."

Lin Yang understood; this naturally was the Grand Priest's power.

"Moreover, I have discovered a serious issue: the Baihua Grand Assembly currently underway appears to be a Blood Sacrifice site."

"The disciples of the Four Great Sects and Three Great Families will all become targets of the Blood Sacrifice." Xiaohei voiced his suspicion.

Upon hearing that.

Lin Yang narrowed his eyes; he had long learned from Baihua Xianzi that the Grand Priest's goal is the Blood Sacrifice.

"They want to use his disciple for a Blood Sacrifice?"

"No way!"

Immediately.

Lin Yang brought Baihua Xianzi and Xiaohei together to the site where the Baihua Grand Assembly is being held.

"Master, please look—here, purple flags stand in the eight directions east, south, west, north, northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest, as if sealing off this place's power; it's highly unusual."

Lin Yang followed his gaze and saw not only the eight flags but, taking them as the edge, a huge Spirit Qi Basin sinking inward and downward.

This Spirit Power Basin as a whole forms a half‑circle arc, its lower half half‑submerged in the ground, as if there is another space beneath it.

Around the edge of the Spirit Qi Basin stands a Blood‑pattern Stone Carved Demon Statue, eyes glaring wide, with what seems to be blood mist swirling in its mouth; as light flickers, low demonic growls can be faintly heard.

At the basin's bottom protrudes a base about seven chi high.

The base is forged from Dark Profound Iron, its surface etched with intricate blood‑red runes.

Upon the base blooms a purple flower.

That is——

Purple Spirit Flower!!

On the Purple Spirit Flower, strands of purple demonic qi swirled; the intertwining of purple and black gases made the Purple Spirit Flower appear extraordinarily gorgeous and conspicuous.

Meanwhile, the Purple Spirit Flower continuously emitted the aura of all things.

This caused the aura of all things in the ancestral land to rise steadily.

Outside the base, tens of thousands of devoutly kneeling Hundred Flowers Valley disciples.

They were all disciples within the Hundred Flowers Valley who possessed the aura of all things.

At this moment, they were using their own aura of all things to draw in and absorb the aura of all things within the ancestral land.

What they did not realize was that, as they frenziedly absorbed the ancestral land's aura of all things, strands of black aura were also being swallowed into their bodies.

Such a scene gave Lin Yang the intuitive feeling that there was definitely a hidden secret here.

"It is the Blood Soul Blood Sacrifice Platform!"

The Hundred Flowers Fairy suddenly shouted, and Lin Yang looked at her in surprise.

"Fairy, do you understand?"

The Hundred Flowers Fairy said: "This Blood Soul Blood Sacrifice Platform is the Grand Priest's blood sacrifice platform."

Lin Yang grew more curious and said: "Fairy, please explain further."

The Hundred Flowers Fairy continued: "The Blood Soul Blood Sacrifice Platform requires, as a foundation, three corpses whose bloodline is closest to mine; then take nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine people who possess the aura of all things, draw out the aura of all things they possess, and pour it onto those three corpses; thus the Blood Soul Blood Sacrifice Platform can be preliminarily activated."

Once the platform is activated, the aura of all things will gather here, causing the cultivator's training speed to increase more than tenfold, and initially tempering the cultivator's meridians.

As further sacrifices of rare spiritual objects are made, the Purple Spirit Flower at the altar's center will transform into blood crystal; the energy released by the blood crystal can help the cultivator comprehend the profound mysteries of the laws, and their mastery over the power of the laws will gradually reach perfection.

Finally, when the three corpses consume all the aura of all things, the platform erupts with world-shattering power of all things, tearing through spacetime and condensing the origin of the Emperor's laws.

The origin of the Emperor's laws is forcibly infused into the cultivator's body, causing their aura to surge wildly; their body, soul, and divine sense undergo a complete transformation, allowing them to break through to the Emperor realm in one fell swoop.

And when the blood sacrifice ends, these ten thousand people will ultimately become the sacrifice's chips, all dying miserably.