Chapter 279

"These two divine path magic treasures are interesting! I'll send them to Junior Sister Si another day..." Qian Chen's divine sense swept over the two ritual vessels engraved with inexplicable divine talismans and sent them into the depths of the demon cave.

Watching the lamp oil of thousands of years in front of him, having exhausted his efforts and means, only to be able to obtain three or two drops, the old monsters of the noble families were already extremely angry. Someone emitted the power of a Primordial Core, shrouded Qian Chen, and asked: "What else do you know? Confess honestly..."

"I don't believe that such harsh means are necessary to get a drop or two of life-extending lamp oil!"

"But I only have a few drops... and they were refined by you!" Qian Chen was very aggrieved and hugged himself tightly.

On the surface, he smiled bitterly: "If it were so simple to steal the life oil, I'm afraid the life oil here would have been stolen long ago! The expert who set up this demon cave has heaven-reaching means. It's fine for us to take a little opportunity, but if we are greedy, we will surely suffer disaster!"

Tao Kan heard this and nodded in agreement. He blocked the Core Formation old monster and said to Qian Chen in a good voice: "Young friend's knowledge is extraordinary, and being able to explain it to us is already a favor. This kind of opportunity is always based on one's own means..."

The green ox behind him raised its head and took a few steps toward the bronze human-figure ancient lamp. The thick vitality of the innate wood essence made that life lamp shine brightly, instantly becoming several times brighter. Tao Kan was startled and was just about to protect the green ox, but saw the green ox raise its head and look at the bronze human figure.

The lamp oil on the life lamp flowed down like water droplets, and in an instant, a pool dripped down, which was rolled up by the green ox stretching out its tongue and fished into its mouth.

The old ox licked constantly, and in the eyes of the noble family old monsters that were about to burst into flames, it strolled back leisurely. It even ignored the laws here, took a few steps back, and let those few life lamps burn some of its vitality.

"Descendant of the Azure Dragon of the East, innate wood essence!"

Qian Chen suddenly widened his eyes: "Treasure!"

"This kind of wood essence, even if it hasn't achieved the Primordial Spirit, is already undying, and its vitality is even better than the Primordial Spirit. This ox's cultivation also vaguely has the level of a Yang Spirit. The Tao family actually has such a foundation... what is called foundation, this is foundation!"

Qian Chen's eyes lit up, and he sized up the green ox a few times.

He had the bracelet, the bottle, the Seven Star Sword, the Banana Fan, the Eight Trigrams Furnace, and the Red Gourd; even the godmother of the Gold and Silver Boys was gathered. He was just missing a green ox for transport... Seeing this green ox, seeing that fat, that skin color, that board horn, all of which were to his liking, he immediately took a fancy to it!

On the surface, Qian Chen remained calm, not letting Tao Kan see that he had taken a fancy to the Tao family's ancestral treasure.

He still smiled and explained: "Innate wood essence has strong vitality. Just giving up a little can refine dozens of drops of lamp oil. Let the lamp oil overflow! Did you all see it! It's not that my method doesn't work, it's that you don't have this opportunity."

"If you have any other spirit herbs or spirits with strong vitality, let the lamp oil overflow, and you can also obtain life oil..." It's just that I have to deduct a processing fee, um! About half!

The old ox immediately felt several substantial gazes staring at it, as if looking at some treasure.

Qian Chen also smiled and added: "This kind of wood essence that has become a spirit, if burned entirely, can refine at least a thousand years of lamp oil!"

The old ox glared at him, thinking: "This kid is rotten to the core! My old ox can only refine a thousand years of longevity? With my old ox's cultivation, even if refined entirely, it could have ten thousand years of longevity. How come it's getting less and less with you?"

"Pah pah pah... no one can refine my old ox. I am a supreme treasure that can be the main medicine for an immortality pill, a treasure that even Ge Hong couldn't ask for back then!"

Noticing the fiery gazes of the noble families and loose cultivators, Tao Kan released a trace of power.

Making the crowd of Core Formation cultivators wake up instantly.

Lei Yu was shocked, looking at Tao Kan with a trace of dread in his eyes.

"Daring to have designs on my old ox, wait until we get to a place where there is no one, and I'll send you all to reincarnation!"

The green ox glanced up and thought silently.

"But this lamp oil... it's so fragrant! So nourishing! Fragrant in the mouth, wonderful taste, it's a pity that my innate wood essence cannot be consumed too much at once..."

When Qian Chen witnessed this scene, the thoughtful look he revealed was noticed by Jin Zhong, the head of the Jin family.

He stepped forward and approached Qian Chen, sneering: "Tell me! What is the real secret to obtaining this life oil in the lamp? You are hesitant and covering up the key points. If I don't search your soul, how can I be at ease?"

Several old monsters of the Jin family tacitly surrounded Qian Chen. Although they couldn't make a move, they also released their aura to suppress Qian Chen.

Qian Chen was sweating profusely. As a Penetrating Law cultivator, it was too difficult for him under the pressure of several Core Formation old monsters!

Just a little bit, and he would have laughed out loud!

Qian Chen said with difficulty: "Seeing the wood essence obtain the lamp oil, I have gained some insight, but this is not a good thing. It is an evil path, are you sure you want to force me?"

"Don't use the evil path as an excuse. If you don't confess the method of obtaining this lamp oil today, don't think about walking out of this lamp path!" Jin Zhong forced him extremely domineeringly.

Qian Chen sighed and had to tell the evil method.

"You should know that in breaking arrays and responding to tribulations in the world, there are methods of substitute blood sacrifice, using people as sacrifices to respond to tribulations on one's behalf. Just now, the green ox induced the life lamp, but it allowed me to glimpse a secret: using vitality as a sacrifice can also deceive the bronze ancient snake and steal the lamp oil." Qian Chen's tone made everyone vaguely shudder.

"Like the method of blood sacrifice to respond to tribulations, find someone with vigorous vitality, control their vitality, ignite the life lamp, burn their longevity, and then another person takes the opportunity to steal the lamp oil. But whether it succeeds or not, the person acting as bait will surely die!"

At this moment, all the loose cultivators on the field, and even the young disciples of the noble families, wished they could make him shut up immediately.

Qian Chen felt the cannibalistic gazes of the young disciples of the noble families and the dissatisfied expressions of the loose cultivators behind him, and added in a low voice: "It must be voluntary. If forced, that person won't control the burning speed of vitality and longevity, and instead can kill the person taking the oil."

At this time, many young disciples of the noble families had already awakened, looking at Qian Chen with even more unkind eyes, many of them revealing bone-deep hatred.

"Hate it! When others were unlucky, you were accomplices. This time, when it found its way to you, you can also know the truth that families who have eaten people won't let go of even their own relatives, let alone outsiders."

Qian Chen, like a demon, said a few words that made Jin Zhong regret it and killed the heart.

He then went with the loose cultivators to guard against the noble families and carefully walked forward through the tomb passage.

The old loose cultivator took a puff of smoke, slowly exhaled a smoke ring, and sighed: "Watch it! This time, I don't know how many people will be forced to kill each other!"

Ma Laohei sneered: "That's the noble families' own filth. Can you blame the law for being ruthless when killing people? When they forced fellow Daoist Know-It-All to confess, why didn't they think it would have this consequence?"

"Could it be that the evil path only harms others and can't harm themselves?"

"Self-inflicted!"

The noble family crowd was silent. Tao Kan snorted coldly: "Tao family disciples, leave the tomb passage. If anyone coerces their own clan members, kill them!"

He hadn't walked many steps when he heard someone from the Jin family begging: "Family head, I fought to the death with the Tiger-Sect cultivators for the sake of the family, killed their three Core Formation elders, and suffered this heavy injury, with half of my longevity consumed. Now that I am about to die, can the family not compensate me a little?"

Jin Zhong's helpless voice came from behind: "Thirteenth Elder, we all know your loyalty to the family. But this is asking the family's children to die!"

The young people in the noble families were panicked. Looking at Tao Kan's group walking away, they felt some envy and sorrow. The old fox of the Xin family had already forced several young people to line up in front of the bronze human-figure lamp.

Qian Chen felt the lamp oil dripping from the lamp, and instead of showing any pride, he sneered coldly, both mocking and sorrowful—"Human nature, it really can't stand the test!"

When the Great Elder of the Xin family, that old fox whose fur had returned to luster like fine silk, came back,

The Core Formation old monsters of the Jin and Lei families began to join forces to force the palace.

Someone transmitted their voice to Lei Yu: "Family head, even if we don't make a move, after seeing this scene, won't the young people in the family have any grudges in their hearts? Will they still be loyal to the family?"

"When this matter spreads, where will our authority be? Today, if they live and go out, tomorrow, a generation in the family will rebel! Cut when it's time to cut. Even if we can't force them to sacrifice for the family, we must also..."

Lei Yu's face was uglier than ever. The Jin family side was already in an uproar, and several elders began to join forces to force the collateral descendants to 'sacrifice' for the family!

At this moment, the word 'sacrifice' really restored some of its original meaning from ancient times.

According to their status and the nobility of their bloodlines, the noble families began to treat those young people whose bloodlines were not as noble as the direct line as 'sacrifices' to be offered to those bronze human figures for the longevity demons to enjoy.

The most rotten existences in the noble families finally began to enjoy the flesh and blood of those around them.

A middle-aged man with a face like dead ash came to the bronze ancient lamp. He looked back in despair and said: "My son, he..."

There, an old monster emitting an aura of decay, with wrinkles almost hanging down a foot, said: "I will personally take him as a disciple, and in the future, he will be my personal disciple, and his future will be boundless. You must handle this matter well! Otherwise..." The vague threat made the middle-aged man's heart feel like it was being cut by a knife.

More than a dozen people turned into dried corpses in front of the bronze human figures. The old fossils in the family began to fight for that precious lamp oil. Often, one drop of oil required the life of a clansman, but these old monsters no longer had any scruples!

Lei Yu and Jin Zhong looked at those crazy old monsters, their hearts ice cold, and began to regret like never before why they had forced Qian Chen to reveal this evil method.

Lei Yu saw these Core Formation old monsters beginning to force their clansmen unscrupulously, until a young man, when sacrificing, had a twisted face and eyes full of venom, and suddenly ignited all his longevity, burning the old monster who forced him to death alive.

Only then did he come to his senses; this could not go on.

Therefore, he roared and led the young disciples of the noble family to stop those old monsters: "No matter how you force them, it's just trading the lives of your own clansmen for that little bit of longevity. How much lamp oil is here?"

"As long as we break this lamp array, there will be as much lamp oil as we want!"

"Are you only capable of attacking your own descendants, and unwilling to fight for your lives against heaven?" Lei Yu could no longer care about the terror and ominousness that might be brought by making a move on this place. He could only use the greed of these old monsters to stop their madness!