34: Practice the exercises blindly and the effect will turn positive!

Su Chongyue, holding the treasure, seemed oblivious to a dark shadow, like a venomous snake, quietly approaching him.

The next moment, Su Chongyue suddenly turned and stepped on Li Yan's shadow!

"Blood Shadow Art?"

"Kid, I don't know who you are, but you dare to secretly Cultivate my Su Family's ultimate technique, you will surely die…"

Before Su Chongyue could finish speaking, another shadow suddenly rushed out.

The Low Grade Storage Ring on the shadow's hand glowed, sucking the "Blood Lotus Burning Lamp Method" from Su Chongyue's hand into the Ring.

Immediately after, the second shadow swiftly vanished into the darkness.

The two shadows, one appearing and one disappearing, actually tricked Su Chongyue.

Third Elder Su Chongyue was enraged: "You brat!? How dare you play tricks on this Old Ancestor!"

That's right!

The first shadow was merely Li Yan's bait to attract Su Chongyue, while the second shadow was the main force used to steal the Secret Manual.

Being faked out by Li Yan, Third Elder Su Chongyue's face was extremely grim.

"Two shadows? You're the one who stole the treasure lotus lamp!"

"You junior are truly presumptuous, daring to show off in front of this Old Ancestor, I'll make you understand what the Blood Shadow Art truly is!"

Just then, the Third Elder, with lightning speed, released his shadow, or rather, the shadow was his true form!

The dark shadow rapidly attacked, grabbing Li Yan's shadow and forcefully pulling him towards it.

Li Yan felt a terrifying pulling force tearing at his shadow.

In that instant, he immediately turned the treasure lotus lamp's wick, extinguishing its light!

In a flash, Li Yan's captured shadow vanished without a trace, leaving Su Chongyue grasping at air.

The other shadow, which had obtained the Secret Manual, quickly returned to Li Yan's side.

After obtaining the Cultivation Technique that complemented the blood glass treasure lotus lantern, Li Yan dared not linger; he fled without looking back deeper into Broken Sword Valley.

He heard the furious roars of the Su Family's Third Elder from behind him, raging in impotent fury.

"Little thief! Don't think this mist can protect you forever, this Old Ancestor will turn the entire Broken Sword Valley upside down!"

"Su Family Disciple, listen to my command, gather everyone, and search the entire Broken Sword Valley in groups of ten!"

Su Chongyue understood that the little thief dared to brazenly snatch his belongings by relying on the Restriction mist within Broken Sword Valley.

On the other side, Li Yan was also determined to seize the item.

The Su Family had blockaded the entire Broken Sword Valley and would not rest until the blood glass treasure lotus lantern was found.

He now had no choice but to go all in, taking the risk to snatch this "Blood Lotus Burning Lamp Method."

"I didn't expect that Third Elder to be too careless, tricked by my two shadows, and it's also thanks to this Restriction mist that shielded his Divine Sense."

Li Yan knew that this Restriction mist was his life-saving charm.

But now, it probably wouldn't work.

The Su Family was not Jingxu Sect; the Su Family Cultivator had summoned all the other Disciple in the vicinity.

The number of Su Family members in Broken Sword Valley was increasing, and the places Li Yan could hide were becoming fewer and fewer.

Moreover, they were not afraid of the poisonous mist; the Su Family members used the Blood Shadow Art to control their shadows to search for his location within the poisonous mist.

Li Yan was currently hiding behind a stone pillar in a ruin, and through his Minds Eye, he could see countless dark shadows flashing across the ground outside.

He did not hesitate, firmly picking up the "Blood Lotus Burning Lamp Method."

Since the Su Family began blockading Broken Sword Valley, he had no other choice but to place his hopes on this Secret Manual!

The Secret Manual in his hand was created by the Demon Shadow Sect, and it was the most original and earliest Bloodline Burning Lantern Technique.

Li Yan flipped through it and was instantly dumbfounded.

"What kind of writing is this?"

"Bronze Inscriptions? Stone Drum Inscriptions? Small Seal Script?"

Li Yan's eyes went black when he saw the characters on it.

The characters written in this book seemed to be ancient immortal seal script, different from the currently common standard script.

Fortunately, the characters were all pictograms, so he could barely understand five or six tenths of the book by guessing.

But these ancient immortal seal characters, which closely resembled small seal script, made Li Yan's scalp tingle; his head felt itchy, as if his brain was growing.

Seeing the pursuers outside getting closer and closer, shadows constantly passed by.

Li Yan could only bite the bullet, trying to stimulate his potential.

As he tried to decipher the characters, the blood glass treasure lotus lantern in his hand also lit up.

[Detecting that the host is practicing Cultivation Technique blindly, blind practice will bring strong side effects!]

[Currently converting side effects into positive effects for the host.]

[Host's blind practice of Cultivation Technique increases Cultivation Technique learning speed by a hundredfold!]

Huh?

Li Yan, holding the heavenly book, stared dumbfounded at the prompts that appeared before his eyes.

Blind practice, can that work too?

It seemed it really could!

Blindly Cultivating a Cultivation Technique would cause irreversible damage to the body, so that also counted as a side effect.

Thus, Li Yan truly had no worries.

Let it be blind practice then; he had only guessed a few characters of this ancient immortal seal script in half a day.

Since blind practice could also work, he simply gave up trying.

From this line of text, Li Yan barely recognized a few characters: blood, dead yin, seven apertures, shapeshifting, and the like.

As he blindly practiced the Cultivation Technique, the treasure lotus lamp in his hand, which should have been glowing with blood-red light, began to emit a golden aura.

And the light, piercing through the mist, quickly attracted the attention of Third Elder Su Chongyue.

Su Chongyue raised his hand: "You all wait around, I'll go capture this little thief!"

"Yes!"

The other Disciple dared not step forward and could only stand by and wait.

And Su Family's Third Elder Su Chongyue, following the light emitted by the blood glass treasure lotus lantern, found Li Yan's location.

"Kid, stop hiding!"

"Your lamplight is already leaking out of the cracks, do you really think this Old Ancestor is blind?"

Su Chongyue sneered, raising his hand and grabbing!

The stone pillar shielding Li Yan was directly moved aside by him, revealing Li Yan's true form.

Upon being discovered, Corpse Puppet Su Mo immediately lifted the evil bone greatsword and protected Li Yan in front of him.

She nervously uttered a few words: "Master, run!"

Third Elder Su Chongyue let out bursts of laughter when he saw Su Mo.

"It truly is a case of searching high and low only to find it by chance, Su Mo, oh Su Mo! The Su Family arranged a marriage alliance for you with Green Gate Mountain, and you actually dared to flee the wedding."

"Do you know that Green Gate Old Ancestor is waiting for you to be his ghost bride? That Old Ancestor is very fond of you, and you actually dared to violate the marriage contract!"

Due to the shielding of the mist Restriction, Su Chongyue did not realize that Su Mo was already a Corpse Puppet.

He was still thinking of taking Su Mo back and burying her in the Green Gate Old Ancestor's coffin.

Seeing Third Elder Su Chongyue pressing closer, Corpse Puppet Su Mo tensed her entire body, trying to protect Li Yan.

But…

The Third Elder waved his sleeve, and his shadow lashed out like a whip, striking Su Mo and sending her flying.

After sweeping Su Mo away, Su Chongyue's gaze locked onto Li Yan.

"Little ghost, you dared to secretly learn my Su Family's Blood Shadow Art, you should pay the price for this."

"I think your shadow is quite good, hehe…"

From the shadow beneath Su Chongyue's feet, a series of eerie laughs emanated.

The direction from which the sound came was not from Su Chongyue himself, but from the shadow on the ground!

Just as that shadow transformed into a gaping, bloody maw, about to devour Li Yan's shadow.

Li Yan, who had been keeping his eyes tightly shut, suddenly opened them.

Holding the treasure lotus lamp, he solemnly uttered three words.

"White Lotus, ignite!"

The blood glass treasure lotus lantern in his hand unfurled, and a ethereal white lotus bloomed around Li Yan, directly obliterating the blood shadow on the ground.

Accompanied by a scream, Third Elder Su Chongyue's shadow turned to dust.