Mortals: The Daily Life of Hidden Moon Sect

Chapter 713

For a powerful force like Tianyuan City, this small group of people may be insignificant, but for a family, their existence is undoubtedly shocking.

In addition, these guards were all cleverly hidden in the restrictions. They were silent, without any communication, and were uniform, showing the results of highly unified training. This was extremely rare for any family.

When Xu Jiao noticed Lin Mo's abnormality, he explained to him in a low voice:

"I hope you will listen to me, Senior. This is the secret guard of my Xu family, and also the most elite fighting force of my family. Although one person alone is not a match for a high-level cultivator, if three or four people join forces, they can compete with a cultivator at the Divine Transformation level."

"I see. It seems these people are also good at the secret of group combat." Lin Mo seemed quite interested in this.

"Haha, that's true. Because the awakening ceremony is extremely sensitive and easily disturbed, we have dispatched all the clan's secret guards to be stationed here to ensure the smooth progress of the ceremony."

Xu Jiao explained again.

This time, Lin Mo nodded gently to show his understanding, and then stopped talking.

Xu Jiao displayed the magic weapon in his hand and tore through the restriction as easily as cutting tofu. Then everyone settled in front of the magnificent hall shaped like a temple halfway up the mountain.

On the plaque above the palace gate, there was only a large ancient Chinese character "许" written in silver powder. Around the gate, there were seven or eight secret guards standing upright, with stern expressions, standing like pine trees.

The only thing that puzzled Lin Mo was that the tightly closed door of the entire palace had not been opened at all, but the side door next to it, which was only enough for one person to pass sideways, was always open.

Lin Mo showed doubt on his face and asked, "I hope you can forgive me, Senior. This is the location of my Xu family's ancestral temple, so we can only go deep into the secret room deep underground through this side door."

Hearing Lin Mo's answer, Xu Yuan and Xu Jiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If Senior Lin Mo in front of them was really unhappy about this little thing, it would definitely be a loss that would not be worth the gain for their Xu family.

In this way, everyone passed through the narrow side door and stepped into the Xu family's ancestral temple.

After walking through a long corridor and going around for most of the way, Lin Mo and his companions chose not to stay in the official hall of the ancestral temple, but went directly into the inner hall of the ancestral temple.

To everyone, in an extremely secret and inconspicuous secret room in the inner hall, there is a white stone staircase that extends downward in an angle to the depths of the underground cave.

At the entrance of the steps, several secret guards were stationed vigilantly.

Xu Jiao waved his hand gently, and the secret guards immediately retreated to the sides respectfully.

So, a group of people dressed in black stepped into the slightly dim staircase.

The passage was dimly lit, and from time to time there was a cold breeze blowing from below, making everyone feel slightly chilled. At intervals on both sides of the passage, there was a fist-sized moonstone engraved.
The light in the passage flickers and shadows interweave, making it seem as if one is in a world full of ghosts.

Fortunately, the staircase was not too long. After just a moment, they walked out of the passage and came to a carefully designed underground hall.

Lin Mo looked around and narrowed his eyes slightly.

The entire hall was built of a light black jade stone, and its area was as wide as three or four hundred feet. The walls and the ceiling were engraved with complex and mysterious white runes.

These runes glowed with white light, making the entire hall as bright as day.

However, the most eye-catching thing in the hall is the exquisite pool-shaped platform in the center.

The platform is in the shape of a hexagonal prism and is tightly surrounded by a huge magic circle.

The circular pool in the middle of the platform was filled with bright red liquid. Although there was no bloody smell emanating from it, a rich fragrant aroma wafted from it.

Inside this huge magic circle, there were about a dozen practitioners from the Xu family who were meditating with their eyes closed, forming a complete circle around the prismatic platform.

This group actually included two elite members, Xu Yan and Xu Huo, whom Lin Mo had met before.

"Greetings, Senior Lin, thank you for extending a helping hand to my Xu family."

When they saw Lin Mo coming into the hall accompanied by Xu Yuan and Xu Jiao, how could these two Xu family's Nascent Soul level cultivators not guess Lin Mo's purpose?
He quickly stood up excitedly and bowed towards Lin Mo to express his gratitude.

"No need to thank me for now. It is still unclear whether we can really help."

Lin Mo shook his head slightly.

Xu Jiao, as the patriarch of the Xu family, did not care about this at all. Instead, he waved to the distance, signaling other practitioners of the Xu family to come over and say hello to Lin Mo.

Among these practitioners there are both men and women, young people in their thirties or forties, and old men with gray hair and deep eyes.

But there is no doubt that each of them possesses the strength of the Spirit Transformation Stage, and they are undoubtedly core members of the Xu family.

These practitioners had been secretly observing Lin Mo with admiring eyes. Apparently, they had already known that this was a powerful cultivator in the fusion stage.

Now, hearing the order from their family head, they all stood up and bowed to Lin Mo in unison.

Lin Mo waved his hand, then walked straight towards the blood pool with great interest on his face.

"This is an item made according to the method recorded in the Blood Soul Method."

"The spiritual liquid in the pool, in addition to the blood and essence of our Xu family members, also contains a large amount of precious spiritual medicines and spiritual objects, which are mixed and melted together."

"Not only is it necessary to awaken the blood soul, but it can also use the blood energy in the pool to effectively slow down the speed at which the blood soul dissipates."

Xu Yuan on the side explained in a low voice.

"I see. However, the key to the awakening ceremony should be the item under the spiritual liquid. Without this item, even if there is more spiritual liquid in the pool and the magic array is more mysterious, it will still be difficult to perform the blood soul secret technique!"

The deep blue light in Lin Mo's eyes flickered slightly, and he spoke lightly.

"Senior, you are very perceptive and have discovered the secret. In the spiritual liquid below is the 'Blood Crystal Coffin', the treasure of our Xu family. Without this treasure, it would be impossible to condense a blood body for the blood soul to attach to."

Xu Yuan's expression changed slightly, but soon returned to normal and he explained calmly.

"Blood Crystal Coffin! This is really enlightening. I have learned a little about this awakening ceremony."

Lin Mo looked back and forth at the huge magic circle below, as if he suddenly realized something. After thinking for a moment, he smiled slightly.

"Is what the senior said true?"

Xu Huo and Xu Yan on the side looked puzzled, obviously doubting what Lin Mo said. The Xu family put all their efforts into preparing for this awakening ceremony, which took half a day to complete.

Even though the other party was a cultivator in the fusion stage, they could see through the mystery after just a brief observation, which was really unbelievable.

Especially Xu Yuan and Xu Jiao, they were also surprised after hearing Lin Mo's remarks.

"My fellow Taoists, there is no need to be surprised. This is because the ritual of your family is quite similar to a kind of foreign martial arts that I have seen before, and they have the same effect." Lin Mo explained with a serious smile.

However, a certain alien martial arts book that he had read when he was in Tianyun Continent emerged in his mind.

Although this alien race is not well-known, the recorded skills can split the soul into many parts. As long as one of them can be integrated into the body that has been carefully prepared in advance, a seamless replica of the incarnation can be immediately generated.

This kind of martial arts is extremely unique, and its practice formulas are quite similar to those of human martial arts.

Lin Mo felt like he had found a treasure and immediately memorized a copy of it.

However, it was later discovered that the core part of this technique actually requires the mysterious talent of this alien race to comprehend. Otherwise, after practicing it, one may suffer the backlash of the technique.

Therefore, he had to abandon it with regret.

Of course, aliens are different from humans, and the details of the two secret arts are also very different, but in terms of splitting the soul and reshaping a new body, they can be said to be extremely valuable reference materials.

Lin Mo, who originally had only 30% to 40% confidence, felt that if he conducted an in-depth study of the commonalities between the two, he would have 70% to 80% confidence in success.

However, Lin Mo would certainly not share these secrets publicly on this occasion.

He just walked slowly around the blood pool and the entire magic circle under the gazes of the monks, his eyes always fixed on the magic circle and the central blood pool.

"Everyone, when the time is right, I will assist you in due course. Please continue with the ceremony as originally planned."

After several cycles of observation, Lin Mo said this lightly, then turned and walked to a corner of the hall, sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes, and entered a state of meditation.

Xu Jiao listened to this and frowned slightly. After waiting for a while, he found that Lin Mo was indeed sitting quietly in the same place, in a state of meditation. In the end, he resisted the urge to speak.

Later, he chose to step into the magic circle with other Xu family cultivators, and sat cross-legged around the platform to regulate their breathing.

As time passed, the sky over the mountains on the ground gradually became darker.

As night fell, the Xu family monks, who had been quiet and focused, gradually became restless.

Many monks couldn't help but look up at the platform in the magic circle with concerned glances, their faces showing quite complicated expressions.

After waiting for a moment, Xu Yuan, Xu Jiao and others also slowly opened their eyes and looked ahead intently.

However, they did not know how much time had passed, they could only sense a strange atmosphere in the entire hall.

Surprisingly, a dazzling light suddenly burst out from the top of the hall.

Pure white runes began to flow rapidly in the air, and in just a moment, they formed several simple small magic circles.

Immediately afterwards, a strong buzzing sound suddenly rang out!
After these small magic arrays trembled slightly, several pure white beams of light burst out from them, accurately hitting the prismatic platform below, and then quickly disappeared into the pool of blood.

Lin Mo's eyes flickered, and he suddenly opened his eyes.

Almost at the same time, the originally silent pool of blood suddenly began to boil.

A strange vortex suddenly appeared in the center of the blood pool and was spinning at an alarming speed.

In the blood-red water waves, silver runes of varying sizes appear and disappear from time to time, appearing extremely mysterious.

"The time is ripe, activate the magic circle!"

Xu Yuan, who had been waiting silently, suddenly let out a loud shout, the sound shook the entire hall and made the surroundings buzz.

After hearing these words, the Xu family cultivators present responded one after another. They made hand gestures with high spirits and chanted something.

As a series of muffled "puff" sounds continued to be heard, the spiritual light stimulated by the magic circle just flashed by, and then eighteen blood-red light beams shot out from all corners.

Each beam of light was as thick as a bowl, overflowing with blood light, and the top directly sank into the top of the hall, with no end in sight.

As cultivators in the Void Refining Stage, Xu Yuan, Xu Huo, and Xu Yan naturally occupied the three most critical positions of the magic circle. When the others were chanting the spells to drive the magic circle, they turned their palms over, and suddenly a bright red flag several inches long appeared in their hands. With a gentle wave, the three small flags immediately stood up straight and turned rapidly and non-stop.

For the three Xu family cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage, this seemed to be a piece of cake. Seeing this situation, they immediately opened their mouths again, bit their tongue tips, and spat out a ball of blood.

As soon as the three balls of essence blood whizzed out, they immediately turned into blood mist with a bang and completely enveloped the small flag.

There was a sharp cry from the small flags, and then each of them released a beam of light, sweeping away all the blood mist.

As the blood spread, the size of the three small flags expanded rapidly.

In just a few breaths, they had transformed into three huge blood-stained flags, as thick as bowls and exuding a murderous aura.

An endless stream of blood-colored light surged out from the blood flag and continuously poured into the entire magic circle, merging with other blood lights emerging from the magic circle and covering the entire blood pool underneath.

The bloody smell and the strange fragrance surged out at the same time, skillfully intertwined together, and transformed into another psychedelic fragrance.

At this moment, as if attracted by this strange fragrance, a strange sound like thunder gradually sounded from the deepest part of the blood pool whirlpool.

What followed was a huge ball of light like a blood-red flame, slowly rising from the depths of the blood pool whirlpool.

In the blood-red flames, a crystal coffin that was flickering with red light was floating there quietly, without moving at all.

When they saw the coffin appear, solemn expressions appeared on their faces, whether it was the three Nascent Soul cultivators or the other members of the Xu family.

Various colors of spiritual light flickered on their bodies. Some of them even looked pale and their bodies were trembling slightly. It was obvious that they had pushed the magic power in their bodies to the limit.

In contrast, Lin Mo looked normal, as if he was not affected at all.