65: Shocking secret

Someone nearby agreed, "Isn't it because everyone seems suspicious?"

"If Fierce Blood Heaven went to slaughter the town, it might take some effort."

"Because his blood flame isn't as convenient as others'!"

"Also, Fierce Blood Heaven and Night Without Blame are both True Disciples."

"They've been fighting tooth and nail for the title of Saint these past few years."

"In my opinion, Night Without Blame's Blood River can both attack and defend, and its area of effect is huge."

"While Fierce Blood Heaven's blood flame has strong lethality, its attack range is relatively small."

"They both have their strengths; it's hard to say who is stronger or weaker!"

"We'll only know once they have a real showdown!"

The others then nodded thoughtfully.

"Then let's see which of them can become the Saint!"

The Cultivator holding the heart took a bite of it. "If you put it that way, then anyone is possible!"

"As far as I know, there's another person among the True Disciples who could do it!"

The others nearby became interested. "Who?"

The Cultivator holding the heart said, "Blood Flying Feather!"

"That guy uses human blood to refine blood corpses. No one knows exactly how many he's refined!"

Before he could finish, he was interrupted by someone nearby. "It wasn't him!"

"Supposedly, many corpses were left at the scene!"

"If it were him, why would he leave so many corpses behind?"

"The corpses at the scene had their essence blood drained."

"Someone also detected that the corpses were missing their living souls!"

At this, they all gasped. "In that case, there were at least two people!"

"One collecting essence blood, and another collecting living souls!"

"Let's not talk about who collected the essence blood for now!"

"As for collecting living souls, I can think of someone!"

The Cultivator who had finished eating the sausage blurted out, "Ghost Without Way?"

"A Disciple of the Ghost Dao Sect?"

"Supposedly, he Cultivates the 'Ten Thousand Ghost Heart-Devouring Art'!"

"This technique uses Yin Fiend energy to draw in living souls to Cultivate one's own soul!"

"Ghost Without Way is a leading figure in the Ghost Dao faction!"

"His signature Magical Artifact, the Soul-Devouring Banner, can suck out living souls. Could he have been involved in the massacre?"

"It makes some sense. If the Soul-Devouring Banner is planted there..."

"Those Mortals couldn't resist at all; their living souls would be taken directly!"

The others also nodded. "He collects living souls to Cultivate his technique while also refining his Magical Artifact!"

Suddenly, the food in their hands lost its flavor.

They felt they had discovered the truth of the matter; as long as they found Ghost Without Way, they would know who the other person was!

Gu Changan listened with great interest.

He also gained some understanding of the leading figures in the Blood Fiend Alliance.

The Blood Fiend Alliance consists of Blood Cultivators and Corpse Cultivators. Currently, the Blood Cultivators seem more dominant, occupying half of the power!

This could be seen from these leading figures!

Night Without Blame, Blood Crow Daoist, Daoist Xue Feiyu, Fierce Blood Heaven, and Ghost Without Way.

Only Ghost Without Way is a Ghost Cultivator; the others are all Blood Cultivators!

Naturally, all these people were listed as those who must not be offended!

You must run when you see them; otherwise, you might hit the young one only for the old one to show up.

Before his wings are fully grown, he must take the long way around.

After listening for a while longer, Gu Changan gained a general understanding of his current location.

He was at the edge of the Blood Fiend Alliance's control, adjacent to the Tianji Pavilion's sphere of influence.

This city was called Linxia Ridge, and the river was called the Yubei River, which divided the territories of the two sides!

Gu Changan began to think about his next plan.

The people from the Tianji Pavilion couldn't reach him here, so he was temporarily safe!

As for his future cultivation, he needed to find a quiet place.

Overall, he still needed to hurry and Cultivate to the Qi Refining Peak.

As for the treasures here, it won't be too late to collect them slowly once he reaches the Qi Refining Peak!

In the Tianji Pavilion, the Foundation Establishment Cultivator from Wenxing City resigned from his position as the Guard Team Captain.

He began to focus on tracking Gu Changan's whereabouts.

After seizing all of Zhou Yanshan's property, he turned his gaze to several Outer Sect Disciples who had entered the Sect along with Gu Changan.

Shen Yan, Zhao Ye, and Ye Wei were all called in for successive questioning.

The Foundation Establishment Cultivator from Wenxing City realized it was useless; they had only obtained their Outer Sect Disciple slots together after entering the Sect.

So, he left them alone.

Ye Wei was still worried about Gu Changan's safety, only to be told that he had already gone missing.

Shen Yan and Zhao Ye both felt that the matter was not that simple.

Gu Changan had merely taken a simple patrol mission and then mysteriously disappeared.

After his disappearance, there was even a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator investigating his whereabouts.

Everyone felt that Gu Changan had been caught up in some major trouble!

The Foundation Establishment Cultivator from Wenxing City warned them to report Gu Changan's whereabouts to him immediately if they discovered them.

He even left his contact information.

This included if Gu Changan sent them a voice transmission!

When the Saint's two subordinates' deaths were reported, the Saint was clearly stunned for a moment.

He also didn't expect that trying to deal with such a minor character would actually cost two of them their lives.

However, since Gu Changan had no relationship with the Saintess, he was no longer worth focusing on.

The Saint simply issued an order: "I want him dead!"

"Everyone, I'm putting a bounty of 1,000 Spirit Stones on his head!"

This order was also to save face and avenge his two subordinates.

As soon as Gu Changan stepped out of the Tianji Pavilion's sphere of influence, the heavenly star stele in the Tianji Valley suddenly vibrated.

Old Ancestor Xuan Yin just wanted to extend his right hand to divine what had happened.

But then he felt a sense of connection with the heavens and realized that if he were to divine it...

It would consume a large amount of his Lifespan, so he resentfully withdrew his hand.

In fact, what no one knew was that Old Ancestor Xuan Yin had lived from ancient times until now.

But he was not an Immortal Master.

There were seven figures inside Old Ancestor Xuan Yin's body, standing in seven different positions.

In the very center was the phantom of a treasure cauldron—a Bronze Cauldron with three legs and two ears. Around the outside of the cauldron's belly was a ring of seven gem phantoms.

If Gu Changan were here, he would have discovered that the bronze phantom was exactly the same as his treasure gathering basin.

The bronze phantom in the center let out a sharp voice, like that of a child.

"How is it?"

"I feel that my main body has already left!"

"Hahaha! Your wishes are shattered!"

"You still want to use my main body to restrain me?"

"In your dreams!"

"Although most of my main body is suppressed under the heavenly star stele!"

"This part of me is enough to deal with you for now."

"Back then, who was it that possessed you one by one?"

"You can't even deal with me, yet you still want to plot against my main body?"

"Hahaha!"

The seven people nearby remained silent. One of the old men let out a sigh. "What a sin!"

"If I hadn't been greedy for your main body back then and tried to possess it to achieve immortality..."

"I never expected things would end up like this!"

"Fellow Daoists! I have failed you!"

"Not only did I cost you your lives!"

"But I also brought such great trouble to the Sect!"