Eternal Life through Drawing Lots

Chapter 253: Chapter 251: An Unwashable Blood Feud

The Bloodline Dream.

Le Yao Island.

A night breeze rustled, and the water rippled gently.

This stretch of ocean was calm and still. Not a single fish or shrimp came near, and the silence was unsettling.

This oceanic region was a necessary part of the journey back to the Qingliu Sect.

RUMBLE...

Suddenly, flashes of lightning and gale-force winds appeared in the sky, shattering the ocean’s tranquility.

In an instant, waves surged and swelled, with water surging hundreds of feet into the air.

Under the chaotic night sky, two figures were locked in a fierce battle.

One, wielding a Cold Sword, was tall and slender. His sword techniques were formidable, constantly unleashing bursts of Thunder Carp and Fire Eagles. This was Fang Yang.

The other, dressed in snow-white immortal robes, radiated an otherworldly aura. Her beauty was captivating, and she was skilled in both scholarly and martial arts. Her demeanor was cold and aloof, yet also exceptionally domineering. This was the Sect Leader of the Qingliu Sect, Zhou Ludu.

"You insolent whelp, how dare you ambush me."

Zhou Ludu’s gaze was glacial as two beams of white light shot from her eyes.

The snow-white wings behind her flapped, conjuring a hurricane that erupted with an aura of total annihilation.

With a hum, she produced a secret scroll and unfurled it. Within it was a terrifying scene of bleached-white bones and a thousand miles of desolate, uninhabited land.

In just a moment, the entire scroll transformed into a real scene, and the already dim night grew even darker.

Layers of bones stacked up, and a bizarre, skeletal Flood Dragon quickly materialized, charging forward to smash Fang Yang to pieces.

But at that very moment, a massive Golden Tai Chi Diagram formed beneath Fang Yang’s feet.

From the center of the Golden Tai Chi Diagram, an enormous black Giant Kun emerged. Carrying the force of ten thousand tons, it charged forward recklessly.

BOOM—

The black Giant Kun, fearing nothing, brazenly collided with the skeletal Flood Dragon and utterly destroyed it.

"How could this be?!" Zhou Ludu’s pupils contracted, her face a mask of terror and unease.

In this dire situation, Zhou Ludu unleashed her full power. Her blood-qi surged, and the phantom of the Qingliu Saint Tree fully manifested behind her, attempting to forcibly block the Giant Kun’s charge.

The black Giant Kun continued its relentless advance. In the space of a single breath, it obliterated the phantom of the Qingliu Saint Tree and smashed Zhou Ludu to pieces.

’So this is the difference between an ordinary Daoist lineage and a Venerable’s lineage. I didn’t just consume all those Spiritual Objects and opportunities for nothing...’ Fang Yang’s heart was as still as an ancient well.

His body transformed into a rainbow of sword light. With a great hand, he reached forward, seized the barely-breathing Zhou Ludu, and fled into the distance.

Not long after, several more streaks of light flashed across the sky. It turned out that the Great Cultivators from Le Yao Island had been alerted by the commotion and came to find and protect Zhou Ludu.

But now, they had arrived to find nothing.

...

"Fang Zhengde, you actually dared! You are so ignorant and reckless! How dare you plot against me in the Cloud Lake Marsh!"

Zhou Ludu roared in the dim, subterranean palace.

Her delicate, jade-white face was filled with fury.

She was like a volcano on the verge of eruption, ready to melt Fang Nian into dross with a tide of magma at any moment.

The reason she mistook Fang Nian for Fang Zhengde was because no one used their real name when traveling.

In the Desolate Realm, Fang Nian went by the name Fang Zhengde.

Now, faced with Zhou Ludu’s furious condemnation, Fang Nian remained unmoved.

Meanwhile, Fang Yang watched this "cutscene" play out, a contemplative light flickering in his eyes.

"Despicable and shameless!"

Zhou Ludu continued to curse him. "Fang Zhengde, oh, Fang Zhengde, you truly are a treacherous, cunning villain!"

"The Qingliu Sect gave you the most help in establishing yourself and escaping danger in the Cloud Lake Marsh..."

The more she spoke, the more agitated she became, as if she had suffered a terrible injustice. Tears streamed down her face, and she looked as if she wanted to skin Fang Nian alive and eat him whole.

Fang Nian was unconcerned. "Rest assured, I won’t treat you poorly. If you can satisfy me, I will leave my Alchemist Doctor legacy with the Qingliu Sect."

The Qingliu Sect now consisted of only the two of them. Once he killed Zhou Ludu, leaving it to the Qingliu Sect was no different from leaving it to himself, was it?

Zhou Ludu: "..."

[In the dim subterranean palace, Fang Nian interrogated Zhou Ludu, searching for intelligence regarding the inheritance of the Shuangxiang Mountain Blessed Land.]

[After repeated questioning, Fang Nian gained a wealth of information and now had a clear picture. In the process, Zhou Ludu’s life came to a tragic end.]

From his third-person perspective, Fang Yang was lost in thought.

It turned out the master of the Shuangxiang Mountain Blessed Land’s inheritance was suspected to be connected to the Demon Venerable of Supreme Bliss.

It even seemed to involve a true inheritance from the Demon Venerable of Supreme Bliss.

This true inheritance seemed to hold the secret of how the Demon Venerable of Supreme Bliss was able to defy his innate and acquired limitations with a Grade-A Sacred Body to become a Great Saint.

In the history of this world, only one person had ever become a Great Saint with a Grade-A Sacred Body: the Demon Venerable of Supreme Bliss!

One could only imagine what a tremendous opportunity was hidden within the Shuangxiang Mountain Blessed Land inheritance if this news was true.

’Could this be the Tier Seven opportunity...’ Fang Yang’s gaze deepened.

...

「The Real World.」

Daoist Mansion of Eternal Life, the front lines of the Heaven Domain.

Since its founding, the Daoist Mansion of Eternal Life has shouldered the heavy responsibility of resisting the Red Flame Demon Country.

Both sides were Venerable-level Daoist lineages, constantly raiding one another. Victory was elusive, and their blood feud was irreconcilable.

After such long years of chaotic warfare, the original reason for their conflict was difficult to ascertain.

Currently, the battlefields were concentrated in Mufeng Mansion and Sunshine Mansion. The conflicts were all between Mortal Cultivators and had not yet escalated to the Saint level.

In this campaign, members of the Golden Clan, who had just come from the Xuan Yu War, were shining brilliantly.

Among them was Chen Ying.

"Little Sister Ying’Er, I heard you’ve been given the honorary title ’Little Medicine Saint.’ Hehe, that’s amazing," Su Xi said with a charming smile.

During the brutal clashes with the Demon Race from the Red Flame Demon Country, Chen Ying had become a Tier Four Pill Master and saved many lives.

At her age, she could be considered a miracle-working Alchemist Doctor with an extraordinary reputation. She was even pursued and admired by numerous disciples of the Daoist Mansion!

"It’s just an empty title," Chen Ying said without looking up, continuing to process her medicinal herbs.

"An empty title? This is no empty title."

Su Xi shook her head. "If your reputation grows great enough, you might gain the recognition of the [Ten Thousand Dao Altar] and even have a chance to obtain the [Tai Chi Yin Yang Diagram Phenomenon] inheritance!"

Hearing this, Chen Ying’s eyes instantly lit up. "The Ten Thousand Dao Altar? The Tai Chi Yin Yang Diagram Phenomenon inheritance?"

The Ten Thousand Dao Altar was an artifact of inheritance, its status so revered that it was almost on par with a Venerable’s Daoist weapon.

And Chen Ying had never forgotten her grand dream: to rescue Fang Yang from the clutches of the Sen-branch!

As far as she knew, the last person from the Golden Clan to receive the Tai Chi Yin Yang Diagram inheritance was named Qing Rushang.

Unfortunately, Qing Rushang fell midway on her path.

However, rumors claimed that the Sen-branch had a hand in Qing Rushang’s demise.

But this also indirectly proved how incredible the Tai Chi Yin Yang Diagram Phenomenon inheritance was, enough to make the Sen-branch treat it with utmost seriousness!

"The Tai Chi Yin Yang Diagram Phenomenon inheritance... Heh, who wouldn’t want to use it as their foundation for becoming a Saint?" Elsewhere, Su Dao withdrew his gaze from his sister, Su Xi.

He sighed and gazed in the direction of the Golden Clan’s domain.

As one of the few in the Changkong clan who could be compared to Sen Yue, Su Dao never underestimated him.

And because of this, he knew clearly that if he didn’t become a Saint using the [Tai Chi Yin Yang Diagram Phenomenon], he would likely never be able to catch up to Sen Yue.

Moreover...

’An immortal crane and an Evil Dragon... Heh, have you already condensed the legendary Double Void Acupoint and Double Blessed Land?’ His gaze was profound.

The terrifying nature of a Double Void Acupoint or a Double Blessed Land needed no further discussion.

The reason the Demon Venerable of Supreme Bliss had been able to rise up and defy the blockade of numerous Venerable-level Daoist lineages back then was precisely because of this special trait.

Suddenly, he withdrew his gaze and looked toward the door.

A Daoist General came forward to report to him:

—An astonishing report from Mufeng Mansion! At Burying Moon Mountain, a Dream World is suspected to be on the verge of manifesting!