260: Demon Blood Forbidden, Secret Key (2-in-1)

Qian Yongfu's entire body was shredded by Sword Qi, and Lin Shiming also landed abruptly, breathing heavily in the air. He clutched a High-Grade Spirit Stone in his hand and simultaneously swallowed a drop of hundred-year spiritual milk.

After this whole process, his true essence was almost depleted.

This was with his three spirit platforms; if it were an ordinary Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Cultivator, even with more thousand-year spiritual milk, he would not be able to perform it at all.

Or he would have been drained by this one sword strike.

Beside him, Qian Bosheng was still holding off five Late Stage Tier 3 Yao Beasts. His strength was inherently mediocre, and his Cultivation Technique and true essence were not outstanding. At this moment, even as a Peak Foundation Establishment Cultivator, he couldn't gain the upper hand against these five Yao Beasts.

Just as he was about to take out a treasure and attempt to escape, a golden light suddenly appeared in the Void Realm.

This golden light was incredibly fast; only a faint flapping of wings could be heard, and the golden light seemed to have arrived right in front of him.

Two scythe-like limbs slashed down fiercely.

This was the Golden Winged Mantis Lin Shiming had prepared to finish off Qian Yongfu, but since Qian Yongfu died under his Grass Sword Art, no finishing blow was needed.

It could be used to ambush Qian Bosheng instead.

Qian Bosheng's escaping body was left with only his upper half desperately fleeing, while his lower half remained eerily in place.

Another three breaths of time passed, and Qian Bosheng also met his demise on the spot, his body split in two.

Neither Lin Xianzhi nor Lin Shiming had any intention of staying any longer. They knew that there was at least one group of Cultivators still vying for the Stalactite Cave. If they were to turn back now, the two of them would have no chance of winning at all.

The two swept up all the Storage Pouches, simultaneously recalled their Spirit Beasts, leaving only the Red-haired Demon Monkey whose tail flicked, causing flames to instantly boil at the original spot. At the same time, the Yuan Magnetic Seal pressed down fiercely onto it.

Immediately, no traces were left behind.

Seeing that there were no traces, the two then ran off into the distance.

They only stopped after a thousand li, descending into the downstream waters of the Bi River, submerging a hundred meters below, and began to recover.

Needless to say, Lin Xianzhi's Lifespan was reduced by several more years!

His entire body's true essence was also nearing depletion, and he was recovering it by consuming the last of his hundred-year spiritual milk.

Lin Shiming was in the same state; his sword seed was largely consumed, his true essence was exhausted, and he was also continuously recovering while holding hundred-year spiritual milk in his mouth.

It took a full night.

Only then did both of them recover.

But their injuries still remained!

Lin Xianzhi also slowly woke up.

He immediately took out Qian Yongfu's Storage Pouch and began to inspect it.

Lin Shiming first took out the soul splitting banner. These two small banners were top-grade Divine Sense Magical Artifacts, with extremely formidable attack power!

Lin Shiming directly handed them to Lin Xianzhi.

"Seventh Grand Uncle, these two Magical Artifacts are suitable for you. Shiming already has the Crushing God Plate and the Spirit Shocking Drum!"

"Good!" Lin Xianzhi didn't hesitate either. The longer he stayed in this Small World, the more astonished he became.

Just now, facing Qian Yongfu, they felt somewhat powerless. If not for narrowly avoiding the Trapping Sky Formation at the last moment, let alone winning, they wouldn't even have had a chance to fight desperately.

"First, check the Jade Slip to see if you can control that Formation Plate!" Lin Xianzhi suggested.

The power of that Ren Water Trapping Sky Formation was considerable. If they could master that Formation Plate, their trump cards would increase, and their survival ability in the Small World would also increase by a few points!

Lin Shiming immediately nodded and began to examine the Jade Slip.

However, the first Jade Slip he examined was a Body Refining Cultivation Technique called Blood Demon Divine Body!

This Cultivation Technique was naturally a Demonic Technique, and it could even be Cultivated to the Purple Mansion Late Stage. However, Cultivating this Demonic Technique not only required the Cultivator's vital blood but also required a large number of Mortals to be sacrificed with blood for each Breakthrough.

The only advantage was that even if one Cultivated it, because it was a Body Refining Cultivation Technique, other Cultivators would not be able to detect it.

However, with the Blood Demon Divine Body Cultivation Technique, each time one broke through a major Realm, one would have to endure a hundredfold Heart Demon trial. If one failed the trial, one could only degenerate into a Devil Head without any sanity.

And Qian Yongfu was clearly afraid of this hundredfold Heart Demon trial and did not want to attempt Body Refining to break through to Purple Mansion, but rather wanted to obtain a normal Cultivation Technique to break through to Purple Mansion.

"Seventh Grand Uncle, this is a Demonic Technique for Body Refining, but there is a secret here, which is the Blood Demon Breaking Seal, which can break the Seal of the family jade book!" Lin Xianzhi spoke again.

He hadn't expected that the secret method Qian Yongfu mentioned for breaking the Seal of the family jade book actually existed, and it was such a Demonic Technique!

Lin Shiming then searched in the Storage Pouch and quickly found a jade box. Inside the jade box, a vital blood with a pungent smell was swirling.

The surface of the jade box not only shimmered with Spirit Light, but within this vital blood, countless wronged souls seemed to be wailing.

It was only because it was sealed by the Spirit Formation of the jade box that it appeared safe and sound.

"Seventh Grand Uncle, here is the Demon Breaking Blood needed for the Blood Demon Breaking Seal!" Lin Shiming said with some surprise.

This Demon Breaking Blood was naturally refined from countless innocent Mortals.

They hadn't expected that the Qian Family, after being dormant for so long, was actually refining Demonic Techniques. No wonder they were extremely low-key in Yunzhou.

It turned out they were collecting Mortal vital blood, and for a Foundation Establishment Family to conduct blood sacrifices within their own territory, outsiders would truly have no way of knowing.

"It's a pity, without Qian Yongfu's remnant soul, otherwise we could have searched Qian Yongfu's soul!" Lin Shiming said with some regret. Qian Yongfu's last words clearly contained a lot of information. If they could search his soul, even a remnant soul, they should have gained a lot.

Their Lin Family would naturally not refine this Demon Breaking Blood Seal, but it did not prevent them from using the Demon Breaking Blood they had.

However, at this moment, Lin Xianzhi smiled slightly, and with a flick of his hand, a Soul Imprisoning Bottle appeared in his hand. This was precisely the remnant soul Lin Xianzhi had collected earlier.

From the moment Qian Yongfu mentioned that he could break the Seal of the family jade book and search for souls, Lin Xianzhi had taken it to heart.

After the kill, when Lin Shiming killed Qian Bosheng, he immediately used the Soul Imprisoning Bottle to imprison Qian Yongfu's still-undissipated remnant soul.

He hadn't expected it to come in handy.

"You quickly search it!" Lin Xianzhi handed the jade bottle to Lin Shiming.

Lin Shiming didn't refuse and immediately learned the secret method from the Jade Slip, cultivating the Blood Demon Breaking Seal.

With the addition of the Demon Breaking Blood, he began to search Qian Yongfu's soul that very day.

He saw the Demon Breaking Blood, under the activation of the secret method, form a huge bloody light.

The bloody light continued to twist, like a monster, and at the same time, his mind was filled with numerous illusions.

Lin Shiming ignored everything, continued to concentrate, and with another hand Seal, the bloody light began to envelop Qian Yongfu's remnant soul. In the latter's remnant soul, a jade book, as if polluted, shattered into specks of jade light and disappeared.

Seeing this scene, Lin Shiming was immediately overjoyed.

With the family jade book gone, he could now perform a normal soul search.

Lin Shiming didn't delay. After a series of soul searches, he was both shocked and filled with lingering fear.

This Qian Yongfu had not only schemed against the two of them but had also schemed against Golden Corpse, Li Chengxian, and Ye Wuyou before this!

These people were all ruthless individuals, yet unexpectedly, they were indeed schemed against by Qian Yongfu.

He first trapped Golden Corpse, making the latter lose vigilance, thinking they had already gone to find the Stalactite Cave. In reality, they were still in the sea area under the Formation, with the Ren Water Trapping Sky Formation. Other Cultivators simply couldn't believe that the two were within the Formation, and also under the Bi River.

According to Qian Yongfu's plan, he wanted these Personal Disciples of the Heavenly Demon Sect and Corpse Refinement Sect to deal with the Jade Night Bat King guarding the thousand-year spiritual milk!

That was a true Purple Mansion Great Demon!

And Qian Yongfu and Qian Bosheng stayed under the Formation, waiting for Lin Xianzhi and Lin Shiming, then seizing the Opportunity to find the Ren Water Geng Metal Art without side effects.

He would then be able to break through to Purple Mansion.

Of course, besides these, Qian Yongfu also had a key to the Stalactite Cave. This key was both the opening key for the Stalactite Cave's Formation and also the Spirit Control Seal for the Jade Night Bat King, but this token was only used to control the Jade Night Bat when it was a Tier 3 Yao Beast.

Its restriction on the Jade Night Bat was already far less significant!

However, it could still inflict a certain amount of damage on the Jade Night Bat King at a critical moment, and one could also enter the Stalactite Cave's Formation through the key.

This was also why Qian Yongfu was so confident in letting the Cultivators of the Heavenly Demon Sect and Corpse Refinement Sect go first.

In addition, Lin Shiming also learned from his memory that Qian Yongfu had previously broken through to Purple Mansion once, using more than ten drops of thousand-year spiritual milk to forcefully break through. However, the Breakthrough failed, and his Lifespan was nearing its end, which is why he cultivated Demonic Body Refining Cultivation Technique to seize this Opportunity.

The thousand-year spiritual milk was more effective for breaking through to Purple Mansion, and what surprised Lin Shiming was that this Qian Yongfu had already set his sights on Wan Qing of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. He wanted the purple profound treasure jade in the latter's hands.

Wan Qing's status in the Ten Thousand Swords Sect was not low, and his protective measures were certainly numerous, so he needed the correct Cultivation Technique of the Ren Water Geng Metal Art.

However, his elaborate schemes ultimately came to naught.

Of course, this wasn't the first time Qian Yongfu's plans fell through. He had also schemed for the war treasure ship, but he hadn't expected Li Chengxian to also call upon Ye Wuyou.

Otherwise, once Golden Corpse was trapped and Li Chengxian was controlled into the Formation, he would have made his move.

With the war treasure ship and the opponent completely off guard, he would have had unparalleled convenience in the Small World, whether advancing or retreating.

As for the Divine Machine Daoist's scheme that Lin Shiming was concerned about, it was merely Qian Yongfu's guess, and there were no other related memories.

Lin Shiming organized all the memories, then recounted the important contents to Lin Xianzhi one by one.

First, the Formation Plate of the Ren Water Trapping Sky Formation, which Lin Xianzhi could collect and use. At critical moments, it would definitely be a great help.

In addition, two top-grade spirit swords and a top-grade spirit shield were found on Qian Yongfu. However, the top-grade spirit shield was also issued by the Qingxuan Sect. This time, they did not want their secrets to be known, so they could not use it in the Small World.

Of course, the biggest gain was a drop of thousand-year spiritual milk. With this drop of thousand-year spiritual milk, Lin Xianzhi could expend his true essence several times.

And from Qian Bosheng's Storage Pouch, two top-grade Magical Artifacts were found, but their power was not satisfactory. Instead, a Jade Slip caught their attention; it turned out to be a secret method of the Qian Family, the Three Purities Qi Concealment Art.

It could conceal one's cultivation, lowering it by one level.

Unfortunately, there was no follow-up, only the first level. If there were subsequent Cultivation Techniques, it could lower one's cultivation by a major Realm from Foundation Establishment. This Cultivation Technique could have miraculous effects at certain times.

The rest were other auxiliary Spirit Medicines for Purple Mansion Jade Liquid. Unexpectedly, Qian Yongfu had already found all of them, lacking only the taiqing purple jade fruit.

And the Lin Family also had a copy of the Purple Mansion Jade Liquid refining method.

"Seventh Grand Uncle, the Qian Family?" Lin Shiming asked hesitantly.

"After we get out, we'll find a way to start a beast tide!" Lin Xianzhi nodded.

Qian Bosheng and Qian Yongfu of the Qian Family were finished, so there was no need for the Qian Family to exist. One must know that the Qian Family also knew about the existence of the Purple Mansion Jade Liquid Pill Formula. However, they still had to be careful of the Qian Family's Daoist in the Qingxuan Sect.

Although the latter, constrained by the Sect, had already severed ties with the Family, if there were still connections, it would also be a considerable threat.

Lin Shiming immediately nodded. The beast tide would naturally be achieved with the Spirit Control Seal in their hands.

The very existence of Yunzhou was to isolate the Qingyun Mountain Range from beast tides.

After organizing the contents of the Storage Pouch, Lin Xianzhi began to refine the soul splitting banner and simultaneously began to master the Formation of the Ren Water Trapping Sky Formation.

Once everything was ready, they would go and retrieve the Ren Water Trapping Sky Formation.

At this time, Lin Shiming only needed to heal his injuries and simultaneously refine the key.

Lin Shiming took out the key. It was a palm-sized wooden plaque with various Spirit Formations carved on it, clearly more complex than the Lin Family's mountain-protecting Formation.

At the same time, using Divine Sense, one could easily sense a tiny bat-like image within the wooden plaque.

It was a part of the Jade Night Bat King's Divine Soul.

However, the latter had already broken through to Purple Mansion, and his Divine Soul had been nurtured by Purple Mansion, having grown immeasurably. To rely solely on the Divine Soul left behind from his Tier 3 Yao Beast stage for coercion would undoubtedly be extremely dangerous.

Another day passed, and Lin Xianzhi had also refined the soul splitting banner and mastered the dismantling and deployment methods of the Ren Water Trapping Sky Formation's Formation Plate.

The two immediately set off, returning to the place where Qian Yongfu had been fishing. The Ren Water Trapping Sky Formation was still there.

The two once again checked with their Divine Sense.

At the same time, from underground, a Spirit Rat crawled out and landed in Lin Xianzhi's hand.

As the Spirit Seeker shook his head and swayed his head, Lin Xianzhi and the other relaxed once more.

Lin Xianzhi began to dismantle the Formation Plate and Formation, while Lin Shiming stood guard.

After another stick of incense, Lin Xianzhi let out a soft cry.

In front of him, suddenly, a total of forty-nine Formation Flags emerged from the Bi River and finally fell into Lin Xianzhi's hand.

At the same time, Qian Yucheng's figure also appeared.

At this moment, Qian Yucheng's face was filled with despair. He had been pushed into the Formation by Qian Yongfu and had waited for two or three days, but his Old Ancestor never came to save him.

Seeing Lin Xianzhi and the other, he was about to beg for mercy and ask questions.

But he only saw a Demon Binding Ring fly out, binding him in place.

And the Storage Pouch fell into Lin Shiming's hand.

"Seventh Grand Uncle, he has a Sky Corpse Gu and two Lingxi insect Gu on him!"

Lin Shiming said. He had learned this from Qian Yongfu's memory.

The Sky Corpse Gu was planted by Golden Corpse, and the other Lingxi insect Gu was planted by Li Chengxian.

If they killed him, it would alert the enemy, and if they took him with them, it would also make Golden Corpse and Ye Wuyou vigilant.

"Leave him here!" Lin Xianzhi said.

Then the two once again took out a set of Formation Plates and another coffin.

This coffin was obtained from Qian Yongfu's Storage Pouch. Qian Yucheng was directly sealed inside the coffin. These coffins were all refined by Cultivators of the Corpse Refinement Sect, comparable to Medium Grade Tier 3 Magical Artifacts.

They came in handy at this moment.

Although Qian Yucheng was extremely unwilling, at this time, how could he resist?