Please show your spirit to our ancestors

Chapter 91 Is this a gift for merit? (Long chapter)
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Cangyi Mountain, Qingyu Cliff.

The night was hazy.

At the foot of the mountain, fifty or sixty blood-red lights flew straight towards the Chen family's main residence on the mountain.

They are extremely fast.

In a short while, they all gathered on the bluestone square in front of the main house.

The leader was an old man in a black robe.

He was skinny, with bright red bloodshot eyes, a strong smell of blood all over his body, and his aura was so powerful that it made people's heart palpitate.

Looking up at the translucent shield in front of him that looked like an inverted bowl, and the bloody axe pattern exploding in the sky, he couldn't help but sneer.

"This small rural tribe has many defensive spies and eyes. They reacted so quickly and activated the protective formation."

As the deacon of the Blood Soul Sect, this was not the first time that the old man in black robe had launched a surprise attack on a family of immortal cultivators.

Most of the small families were awakened only after they broke into the main house, but it was too late. However, this small family in front of them, although looking inconspicuous, reacted quite quickly.

"It's just a small Five Elements Formation. It's as useless as paper in front of the Twenty-Three Steward." A burly man standing behind the old man in black robe spoke with a slightly flattering tone.

He was wearing armor, and his bloody aura made him look like a bloody War God King Kong. Beside him stood two people, a man and a woman, with a strong bloody aura. The three of them were in a protective posture, protecting the old man in black robe.

The old man in black robe is named [Blood Twenty-Three], an orthodox blood deacon of the Blood Soul Sect. His cultivation has reached the third stage of the Foundation Establishment Period - the initial stage of the Lingtai Realm.

The three people behind him were obviously centered around him.

“We can’t underestimate this small rural tribe.” The black-robed old man, Blood Twenty-Three, looked through the shield and gazed at the buildings behind it, his brows slightly solemn. “It is said that the leader of this small tribe is a cultivator at the Shouyi realm who has comprehended the true meaning of the Golden Origin, and he even killed the Blood Hand Demon Slayer alone.”

Although Blood Hand Demon Butcher is not the same supreme envoy as him.

But he heard that Blood Hand Demon Butcher was sent to Wu State to carry out a secret mission in his early years. As long as he could complete the task, he would be granted the Lingtai chapter of [Blood Evil Magic] and promoted to Blood Deacon.

Being able to kill the Blood Hand Demon Slayer alone, the clan leader’s strength should not be underestimated.

Blood Twenty-Three will not look down on anyone.

Originally, he received an order from the envoy, asking him to sneak into Hedong County within the territory of Wu State and secretly perform a grand blood sacrifice, but he was not restricted to which Acropolis to perform the blood sacrifice.

When he was checking the information of the various families in Hedong County, he unexpectedly discovered that there was a Chen family in this small border area, and they were actually listed on the Blood Soul Sect's [Yellow Level] enemy list.

Although the Chen family is only at the bottom of the list of [Yellow Level] enemies, they can still provide some additional [Blood Merits].

Naturally, he set the blood sacrifice site at Cangyiwei. Not only could he complete the task, but he could also get some blood merit. It was killing two birds with one stone. Why not do it?
"Mr. Twenty-three is wise." The three Blood Guards whose strength had reached the Foundation Establishment Stage nodded in unison, with an expression that said, "Mr. Twenty-three is still far-sighted."

Blood Twenty-Three sneered and did not comment on the flattery, but he knew that time was precious and he had to quickly kill the Chen family and sacrifice all the members of the Chen family with blood. Then he would go to the mortal city of Cangyiwei and sacrifice the entire city with blood.

According to his experience, the key to a smooth operation is "speed".

Only in this way can we escape before other families in Hedong County come to support us.

Think about this.

Blood Twenty-Three slapped his storage bag, and a blood-colored gourd and seven blood-colored formation flags flew out one after another.

They grew larger and larger, and in an instant they were suspended in front of Blood Twenty-Three.

He raised his fingers and pinched, activating a spell. The blood-colored gourd that seemed to be soaked in blood began to tremble continuously. The mouth of the gourd opened, and streams of rich red blood evil power gushed out.

The three Blood Guards with the strength of Foundation Establishment Stage and Condensation Stage behind him saw this, their eyes instantly lit up with bloodshot light, and they looked extremely greedy.

This kind of blood evil power is collected through blood sacrifice. For those monks who practice [Blood Evil Magic], it is a great tonic.

The blood-colored gourd is called the Blood Evil Gourd. It is a magical weapon specially used to collect and store the power of blood evil. Each of the Blood Guards has one, so it is not a rare item.

As waves of bloody evil power were absorbed by the blood-colored flags, the colors of the flags became brighter and redder, fluttering in the evening breeze, as if they had come alive.

The formation flags danced in the air, and one after another twisted human-shaped blood shadows condensed out from the blood and energy, and began to increase rapidly.

These blood shadows are the [Blood Evils].

These blood evils were transformed from resentful souls, but they were obviously different from resentful souls. They had been completely eroded by the power of blood evil and completely turned into violent energy bodies.

In a flash, hundreds of blood demons appeared in the sky. They roared and attacked the small five elements formation, attaching themselves to the surface of the shield one after another.

Green smoke suddenly came out of the shield formed by the small five elements formation with a "sizzling" sound.

The wall of the protective shield was being eroded and thinned at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it was about to be drilled with holes.

Not only that.

Blood Twenty-Three also took out a Blood Demon Blade at the same time. It was as red as blood, so rich that it was almost crystal clear, and exuded a terrifying evil bloody smell.

"go with!"

He made a hand gesture and the Blood Demon Blade turned into a blood-red light and shot out into the air, hitting the protective wall of the Small Five Elements Formation hard.

"boom!"

The protective wall shook and rippled, obviously having received a huge impact.

Although this Blood Demon Blade is the standard magic weapon of the Blood Soul Cult, it has followed him for many years. With repeated blood sacrifices, it has devoured the blood and blood power of a large number of living people and cultivators, and has completed its transformation and sublimation.

Just a few years ago, after he sacrificed a small city with a population of tens of thousands in a small country called [Nanyue] with blood, this Blood Demon Blade directly broke through the category of mid-grade spiritual weapons and climbed a large distance to the upper-grade level.

Such a magic blade, in the hands of a magic cultivator like himself in the Lingtai realm of the foundation-building period, is even more powerful and has considerable strength.

"Let's do it together!" Blood Twenty-Three shouted the order.

As soon as this order came out.

The three Foundation Establishment Blood Guards and dozens of Blood Soldiers behind him launched an attack at the same time. A series of magic blades and blood-colored spells continuously bombarded the small five elements formation.

Just the first round.

The "mountain protection formation" that the Chen family had always been proud of was in a state of being overwhelmed and on the verge of collapse at any time.

Chen Ningtai, who had already woken up his father and was leading the entire clan to defend, suddenly looked ugly when he saw this.

Previously, when his father mentioned that he wanted to upgrade the level of the family's mountain protection formation, he was a little nonchalant about it, thinking that the small five elements formation was completely sufficient.

It was not until he saw this scene that he truly felt his father's foresight.

Under the current circumstances, the Small Five Elements Formation cannot withstand the elite troops from the [Lingbei Zheng Family] and the [Nanyue Zhao Family] to come to the rescue.

"Dao Ling! Take action!" Chen Ningtai gave the order without hesitation.

Chen Daoling, who was in charge of the Qinggang Mist Array, responded and immediately activated the array. Strands of Qinggang Mist immediately spread outward, penetrating the mountain protection array barriers and spreading to the bluestone square, enveloping all the evil cultivators.

at the same time.

The fog continued to rise into the sky, ten feet, dozens of feet... Soon, it almost covered the entire sky and below of Chen's family, presenting a three-dimensional fog protection.

As the fog appeared, the evil practitioners of the Blood Soul Cult suddenly froze, their arrogance was suppressed, and their actions in attacking the mountain protection formation became much more cautious, with their offensive obviously slowing down.

Blood Twenty-Three had not expected that in addition to the regular small five-element formation, Chen also had a large fog-type formation.

In this fog, both vision and spiritual awareness are limited to a very small range.

This will undoubtedly make them very passive.

But the offensive had already been launched and it was impossible to pause.

"Don't worry, everyone. This is just a small rural tribe with only one foundation-building cultivator guarding it. Leave it to me, the deacon, to deal with it." Blood Twenty-Three said loudly to comfort the blood guards and soldiers, and encouraged them, "Keep attacking! The first to attack the Chen team will be rewarded with 500 blood merits! If you dare to be afraid of fighting, don't blame me for being merciless with my magic blade!"

The [Blood Merit] of the Blood Soul Sect is somewhat similar to the sect contribution of the Yunyang Sect. One point of blood merit is roughly equivalent to a spirit stone, but it can be used to exchange for blood evil power and speed up one's own cultivation growth.

As the encouraging voice of Blood Twenty-Three fell.

The eyes of the three Blood Guards all lit up and their morale was boosted. They immediately led their blood soldiers to find the weak points of the Small Five Elements Formation and attacked it together at the risk of their lives.

There was of course the factor of the bounty, but also the absolute pressure from top to bottom within the Blood Soul Sect.

You know, the origin of the [Blood Evil Magic Art] they practiced was extraordinary. It was said that this Blood Evil Magic Art was a simplified foundation-building method separated from a magic sect called [Blood Evil Heavenly Demon Sutra], and its upper limit was extremely high.

Correspondingly, the cost of practicing is also extremely high.

Anyone who practices the Blood Demon Art must plant a [Blood Demon Seed] differentiated from a superior in his body, and from then on his life and death will be controlled by the other party.

But even so, there are still countless desperate independent cultivators who flock to it.

This is because its power and speed of cultivation are far beyond the orthodox immortal cultivation techniques. As long as it devours a large amount of essence, blood and blood evil power, the promotion speed will be very fast. This also allows many independent cultivators with five spiritual roots to have the opportunity to build a foundation!
Every time the Blood Soul Cult appears in the world, it stirs up great disturbances in the cultivation world, and the Blood Evil Magic has played an indispensable role in this.

Seeing this scene, Chen Ningtai's expression tensed, and he once again commanded: "Jing Hao, Jing Long, do it!"

Give an order.

Behind the main gate of the Chen family's main residence, on each of the two tall arrow towers, a young member of the clan in his twenties quickly took action.

The two behemoths were quickly launched.

These are two [Cloud Piercing Crossbows].

This kind of cloud-piercing crossbow is one of the common family defense facilities in immortal-cultivating families. The cloud-piercing crossbow arrows it fires are thick, strong and very powerful. They can penetrate invading small spirit boats and can also drive away or shoot invading flying birds.

The thick bowstring of the bed crossbow had already been tightened, and the huge bow arm was bent into an exaggerated arc. The huge and thick crossbow arrow glowed with a cold light under the light.

As the two young tribesmen pulled the trigger.

"Whoa!"

Two giant crossbow arrows whizzed through the night sky.

Unlike ordinary crossbow arrows, these two giant crossbow arrows actually have a row of longan-sized beads inlaid underneath the arrowheads.

It's very obvious.

This is the work of Wang Qianqian.

She checked the family's Cloud Piercing Crossbow and made a small improvement, which was to install enhanced small thunder and fire bombs on the crossbow arrows. Such a small improvement would naturally increase the power several times.

Any protective shield can only protect against the outside, not the inside.

The crossbow arrow penetrated the protective wall at high speed and exploded in the air, making a huge roar like thunder.

Small fire bombs exploded one after another in a chain, like giant fireworks blooming, and the flames mixed with shock waves spread in all directions.

Under the impact of flames.

Seventy to eighty percent of the blood evil that was like a thorn in the flesh was instantly destroyed, and several blood soldiers were killed in the explosion, with five or six injured!

All the evil cultivators hurriedly made way.

At this time.

A Foundation Establishment Blood Guard suddenly noticed that a faint crack appeared in the small Five Elements Formation shield in front of him.

It turned out that the impact of the explosion caused a hole in the originally weak energy barrier! He was refreshed and hurriedly swung the magic blade to hit the barrier to expand the gap, and ordered his blood soldiers: "Follow me and rush in!"

After a series of attacks, the crack in the shield quickly expanded to a size large enough for one person to pass through. He immediately took the lead and charged into the protective wall.

The brave soldiers under his command did not dare to disobey orders and followed closely behind him.

Looking at the Chen family's main residence which was so close, the Foundation Establishment Stage Blood Guard felt happy and excited.

He has taken the first credit!

"Let's go! Follow me and kill them."

He swung the Blood Demon Blade and immediately led his blood soldiers to kill towards the Chen family's main residence.

Because the Qinggang fog blocked the vision and spiritual detection, the speed of this Foundation Establishment Blood Guard and his subordinates was not very fast. After approaching the base of the wall, they flew directly over.

however.

As soon as they crossed the wall, they noticed a row of vague figures in the thick fog not far ahead. It was obvious that they had been waiting there for a long time.

The most peculiar thing is that each of those figures is carrying a strange tube on their shoulders.

The Foundation Establishment Stage Blood Guard immediately thought something was wrong and quickly retreated.

The group of people who intercepted and ambushed were Chen Jingyun, Wang Qianqian and his wife, as well as five people on each side, a total of ten [Jade Slaves].

They were all wearing Chen's maid's clothes, and their faces were different; they were definitely not cast in the same mold.

What they carried on their shoulders were portable tubes similar to the ones Tuan Tuan had used before, only they were thicker and more complicated in structure.

Moreover, the ammunition in the tubes used by the group were all empty shells, but these were obviously not.

"emission!"

Wang Qianqian gave the order.

Almost at the same time, flames spurted out from the ten tubes, and ten black balls blasted towards the Foundation Establishment Blood Guard at an extremely fast speed.

The blood guard's reaction was extremely fast. He put on a blood-red shield while retreating, and at the same time pulled up a blood-red escape light and flew away at high speed.

But his speed doesn't mean those blood soldiers are also fast.

"Boom boom boom!"

Continuous explosions sounded one after another.

For a moment, smoke rose up and flames filled the sky, and even the surrounding fog was dispersed a lot by the shock wave.

In the firelight, one could vaguely see broken limbs and arms flying everywhere.

Among the dozen or so blood soldiers who rushed in, five were blown to pieces and died, and the rest were more or less injured, the two most seriously injured having their legs broken.

See this.

Wang Qianqian's expression remained unchanged, and she gave the order again: "Attack, encircle and suppress!"

The ten jade slaves immediately threw away the barrels that were difficult to reload, each drew their weapons and jumped up, killing the remaining blood soldiers who were stunned by the explosion.

They have a front row holding swords and shields, and a back row holding bows and arrows. What matters is tactical coordination.

Each of them was quite strong, with combat power at the middle stage of the Spiritual Spring Realm, and was not comparable to the first generation of [Jade Slaves] currently sold in the outside world. The weapons they held were also of the finest magical instrument level.

"puff!"

The first to be hit was a bloody soldier with a broken leg. He didn't even have time to resist as he was hit in the head by an arrow. Then he was beheaded by the sword and shield jade slave who had caught up with him.

Blood splattered, staining Yu Nu's soft and fair face red.

If those senior jade slave lovers saw such scenes, they would stamp their feet and shout in grief: "What a waste of natural resources, what a waste of natural resources!"

While the jade slaves were taking action, Jingyun and Qianqian also joined the encirclement and suppression team, seizing the time to expand the results of the battle.

At the same time, the blood guard in the foundation-building stage was also having a hard time.

His blood-colored shield had been shattered by the shock wave of the explosion, and blood gushed out of his mouth, but his speed continued to retreat without slowing down at all!

There was only one thought in his mind.

That's escape!
As for the reward for the first merit, he had already thrown it out of his mind.

Only by living can you have everything.

Unfortunately.

Chen had finally managed to divide the battlefield and lure this wave of evil cultivators in. How could he let the Blood Guard have a chance to escape?

I don’t know when.

Chen Ningtai had blocked the Blood Guard's escape route. In the darkness and fog, he seized the opportunity and summoned the mid-grade gold spirit sword that he had acquired this year.

The sword was dim, even though Chen Ningtai had injected the true meaning of gold and Yuan into it. The light seemed to be sealed inside the sword by a layer of black film on the surface, leaving only a flowing dull golden color on the surface of the sword.

Therefore, Chen Ningtai, who was filled with joy, uncreatively named it [Dark Gold Spirit Sword].

This is a spiritual sword that is destined to be more suitable for night battles and sneak attacks.

It was extremely fast, like a dark golden lightning in the fog at night, piercing towards the Blood Guard fiercely.

After all, the Blood Guard was also in the Foundation Establishment Stage, and his reaction speed was extraordinary. As soon as the Dark Gold Spirit Sword touched his spiritual consciousness that spread within a few feet around him, he immediately became alert and instinctively swung the low-grade Blood Demon Blade in his hand to block it!
"clang!"

A sharp sound of metal clashing was heard.

The blood guard's entire body shook, as if he had received a huge impact. He suddenly retreated several feet, and blood spurted out of his mouth again.

He was extremely horrified.

Naturally, he had heard of the Chen family's patriarch, Chen Ningtai, and knew that he was known as "the best master among the Five Southern Guards."

However, no matter how many rumors there are, none are as shocking as this one blow.

It seems that Chen Ningtai's strength is even stronger than the rumors!
What shocked him even more was that his low-grade Blood Demon Blade was seriously damaged by this attack.

But it’s far from over.

Before he could recover, the dark gold sword made a turn in the air and swooped down towards him at a high speed.

"Clang!" "Clang!" "Pfft!"

Under the continuous attack of the Dark Gold Spirit Sword, the Blood Demon Blade was completely destroyed after only three attacks. When the fourth attack came, the Dark Gold Spirit Sword directly penetrated the blood-colored shield that the Blood Guard had re-condensed, passed through his chest, and blood splattered.

The dark gold spirit sword that passed through his chest turned again and swept across in a very smooth manner.

"Pfft!"

The Blood Guard's head was separated, but his eyes were still wide open, as if he had died with his eyes open.

The beheading tactic was learned by Chen Ningtai from his father. He was afraid that some cultivators had special physiques or practiced special techniques, and they might not die even if their vital parts were pierced. They might even pretend to be dead and launch a fatal counterattack at any time.

And the head is gone.

That means he is dead, at least at the foundation-building stage.

Given the relatively weak spirit and soul of a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage, it would be impossible for him to revive by possessing a dead body unless he was sacrificed and refined into a ghost general using special means.

The spiritual weapons of the monks themselves have powerful soul-destroying effects.

With this sword, the soul is basically destroyed!

Chen Ningtai felt very happy that he killed an evil cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage so easily.

Especially this dark gold spirit sword, which made him particularly satisfied.

What a good sword! It is indeed a precious sword!

He even secretly gave an evaluation in his heart.

This dark gold spiritual sword is actually much sharper than the black ink spiritual sword, and is much easier to use.

It truly is worthy of being the metal element's natal sword that is best at attacking and killing!
Fortunately, Chen Xuanmo doesn’t know how to read minds, otherwise he would have cursed me like “What a rebellious son!”

At the beginning, Chen Xuanmo was a fire cultivator. In order to take care of the family inheritance, he chose attributeless materials to create the Xuanmo Spirit Sword.

Otherwise, a mid-grade fire spirit sword would naturally be more suitable for Chen Xuanmo back then, and would be more powerful.

However, at this moment, Chen Xuanmo had no time to care about his rebellious son Chen Ningtai.

The old man in black robe, Blood Twenty-Three, is also a veteran who has fled to many countries and committed crimes.

The reason why such a person can survive to this day is due to his outstanding cultivation and overall strength on the one hand, and his keen insight into danger on the other.

A series of abnormal events, coupled with the blood guard's scream before his death!
He immediately realized that the Chen family was probably not a good place.

Without a sound, a layer of blood mist enveloped his entire body, and he quietly put away the seven battle flags. While the thick fog blocked the sight of others, he prepared to withdraw as a sign of respect.

As for whether or not to remind his companions to evacuate, that was something he hadn't even considered.

These Blood Guards are merely peripheral members of the Blood Soul Cult, and those Blood Soldiers are not even peripheral members!
In the Blood Soul Cult, only blood deacons like him whose names contain serial numbers are considered true members of the Blood Soul Cult.

Besides, if he didn't let those cannon fodders block the Chen family's people, how could he guarantee that he could retreat with 100% certainty?
Just as Blood Twenty-Three was making his plans, Chen Xuanmo, who had been eyeing him for a long time, sneered.

Compared to those blood guards and blood soldiers, this blood deacon, whose combat power is almost the same as that of Chen Xuanmo when he was alive, is his real target.

The Chen family is too poor now and urgently needs a wave of merit and contribution points to supplement it.

How could Chen Xuanmo allow him to withdraw and create hidden dangers for the future?

Without saying a word, he immediately activated the Seven Star Sword Formation.

The sword-sacrificing platform trembled slightly, and seven spirit swords shot out with clear sword sounds, covering Blood Twenty-Three like seven rays of light.

"The speed at which the purple energy is consumed is not fast, which is acceptable." Chen Xuanmo was pleased and liked the Seven Star Sword Formation even more.

Normally, it was fine for him to fly the Xuan Mo Ling Sword normally, and the purple energy consumed was not much. But once it came to an explosion and killing, a huge amount of purple energy would be burned in an instant.

However, to command the Seven Star Sword Formation, the energy expenditure is mainly obtained by consuming spirit stones from the spirit sword and the sword sacrificing platform, so naturally there is no need for Chen Xuanmo to waste purple energy.

Just a few breaths.

Under the cover of darkness and thick fog, the seven spirit swords surrounded Blood Twenty-Three.

Without saying a word, Chen Xuanmo immediately activated the Seven Star Sword Formation's ultimate move - [Seven Star Strangulation].

The next moment, seven spiritual swords attacked Blood Twenty-Three at a high speed. Due to their extremely fast speed, the various colored spiritual lights actually intertwined to form a sword net!
"What the hell!?"

Faced with the sword formation that was strangling him, Blood Twenty-Three, who had been calm and composed just now, was suddenly frightened to death and felt a chill in his heart!
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　Today is a big chapter, and I would like to thank Manmanzhenqing, Chen Laoxian, Xiankanyuanting, Xingyin and other readers for their tips~
　　
　
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