Longzang

Chapter 1173 Blood Contract

The harsh words Wei Yuan uttered were unbearable even for himself, let alone for Xu Youyi, who was always proud, arrogant, and short-tempered.

Without a word, she shot out a thin stream of water. This hair-thin stream of water easily pierced through the shield that Wei Yuan had built with five times the power of his Dao, and then drilled a small hole three fingers deep in his body before exhausting its immortal power and dissipating.

With this attack, Xu Youyi used one part of her immortal power to defeat seven parts of Wei Yuan's Dao power, fully demonstrating what it means to be a master of the subtlety of an immortal.

Even if Wei Yuan and she were of equal strength, a prolonged battle of magic and exhaustion would probably require seven of them tied together to sustain the energy of just one of her.

Upon realizing this, Wei Yuan immediately abandoned the idea of ​​fighting her with his Daoist magic, and directly summoned the life force of the Evil Yang Heavenly Pillar, about to smash it to the ground right in front of her!
Xu Youyi was taken aback and tried to flee, but stopped abruptly. Her face was extremely pale, and she bit her lower lip, coldly staring at Wei Yuan. It must be said that the anger of an immortal was quite a sight.

The two stared at each other for a long time before Xu Youyi finally managed to squeeze out a few words from between her snow-white teeth and vermilion lower lip: "Madman!"

Wei Yuan chuckled and said, "I wasn't crazy enough. I'll keep trying!"

The two sides just clashed. If the life force of the Heavenly Pillar were to land, it would grow in this realm, and if things went wrong, it could destroy the entire realm.

According to the understanding of the outer world, there was just a minor conflict on the border between the two sides. Xu Youyi fired a shot, and Wei Yuan immediately threw all the nuclear missiles over, not only intending to perish together with them, but also to drag the entire world down with him.

So, although Xu Youyi was so angry that she kept grinding her lips with her teeth, she could only helplessly say in the end, "So what do you want? Do you want to destroy the Eastern Jin Dynasty?"

Wei Yuan said, "As for how this matter will develop, senior, you may have asked the wrong person. You should ask the two immortal ancestors of the Bao family and the Xiao family."

Xu Youyi understood immediately, and said, "Okay, I'll go find them."

After saying that, she turned and left without any hesitation. But only Wei Yuan knew that this wasn't carefree; she was afraid of getting involved with the Evil Yang Heavenly Pillar if she left too late.

The moment Xu Youyi stepped into the void, a three-colored immortal light flashed in Wei Yuan's eyes, and then he vaguely saw several strands of black energy swirling around Xu Youyi's body.

As expected... Wei Yuan nodded to himself.

Xu Youyi has been refining longevity elixirs for others, how could she not be subject to karmic retribution and divine punishment? Wei Yuan presented the Prince of Jin with longevity-enhancing medicines several times, but in total, he only extended the lifespan of a low-level cultivator by less than a hundred years, and even then, he was burdened with some karmic debt. Not to mention the elixirs that Xu Youyi refines, which can easily extend lifespan by three or five hundred years.

Therefore, Xu Youyi was most afraid of cause and effect, and her style of doing things was to flee immediately if she failed to strike, and she would leave after gaining a small advantage in a fight.

Wei Yuan had dealt with her so many times, and each time it was all bark and no bite; basically, she would get angry in a fit of rage, but nothing would come of it.

After seeing Xu Youyi off, Wei Yuan pondered the matter of Xiao Yu and Bao Yun. These two had actually acted on their own, sending troops without warning; he wondered what they were up to. At this moment, Wei Yuan began to have some suspicions.

However, he immediately recalled that Bao Yun had said "Let's elope!" and then pulled him away; he also remembered that when Qing Ming was in danger, Xiao Yu was the first to arrive. Wei Yuan sighed inwardly and dispelled all his doubts.

Now that he's in his current position, it's inevitable that he'll have some doubts. Only now does Wei Yuan understand why those emperors in history books later did so many absurd things.

Upon returning to the secret realm, Wei Yuan arrived at the prison personally set up by Lü Changhe. The vast prison was deserted; even the slightest footstep echoed through the air. However, the prison wasn't entirely silent; strange noises occasionally emanated from somewhere, echoing back and forth.

The prison was empty and cold, covered in dust, but there were no cobwebs, no cockroaches or rats; there was no sign of life. Even Wei Yuan, standing there, felt the life force slowly leaking away, let alone ordinary cultivators; various ants, insects, and small beasts had no chance of survival.

Deep within the prison, faint sobs could be heard.

Wei Yuan walked deeper into the prison and came to a cell. Inside the cell, Xu Huaixuan sat against the wall, her eyes red, clearly having just cried.

The prison set up by Lü Changhe can drain life force, making Yu Jing feel powerless. It can also amplify despair and various negative emotions, while cutting off the connection with the outside world. Therefore, the prisoners here will lose their sense of time and have no idea how much time has passed. They will collapse before long.

Xu Huaixuan was, in the end, just a minor cultivator who had just advanced to the Dharma Aspect stage. She was originally the focus of the advancement ceremony, enjoying the attention and blessings of her clansmen, and with the help of their fortune, she successfully transformed, changing her Dharma Aspect from a snake to a dragon, a meteoric rise!
With a divine beast like the White Flood Dragon as her Dharma form, her chances of ascending to immortality greatly increased, and no one in her clan would even consider her a second. But at the height of her glory, Wei Yuan descended from the heavens…

Then, there was this dark and damp prison, where countless eerie secrets were hidden.

This prison was clearly prepared specifically for cultivators. In the short time she had been inside, she had seen at least three or four vengeful spirits, each filled with resentment and dying with their eyes wide open.

They have nowhere to go, so they can only wander in the prison, permanently bound here.

The thought that I might end up with the same fate as them, and the various humiliations I might suffer before death, and not only myself but also my spiritual consciousness...

At times like this, she would regret reading so many storybooks. And it seemed as if those storybooks all flowed from Qingming…

Thinking of this, tears welled up in her eyes again. Then she suddenly looked up and saw Wei Yuan standing in the cell, quietly watching her.

Xu Huaixuan was both ashamed and angry, and said angrily, "How could you be so despicable? Why were you peeping at me for no reason?"

Wei Yuan neither answered nor moved. Xu Huaixuan vaguely sensed a slight upturn at the corners of his mouth, and subconsciously thought of those indescribable things in storybooks. She immediately crossed her arms and instinctively shrank back.

As soon as she made that move, she knew she was in trouble. Sure enough, Wei Yuan's gaze shifted to the area she was trying to hide. Then, Wei Yuan's smile widened, and he said, "There's no need to cover up something that never existed."

Xu Huaixuan also needed a moment to react before her face flushed red, feeling even more embarrassed and annoyed.

Seeing her like this, Wei Yuan knew what was going on, so he said, "Swear a blood oath to submit forever, and you can continue your cultivation. Moreover, I will give you enough resources so that you can go further on the path to immortality. I don't have much time to waste. You just need to answer yes or no."

Xu Huaixuan's face turned deathly pale. She curled up into a ball, trembling slightly. Then, under Wei Yuan's piercing gaze, she said in a trembling voice, "...Kill me." Wei Yuan was taken aback, realizing she was on the verge of collapse. Perhaps he had been too hasty, so he softened his tone slightly and said, "@#￥%..."

After a moment, Xu Huaixuan said, "Just kill me..."

An hour later, "Kill me..."

Three hours later...

Wei Yuan finally realized that she was just afraid, but she would never break down. She kept trembling, crying, and repeating the same sentence over and over again, which could be considered a different kind of fearlessness in the face of death.

At this moment, Wei Yuan finally began to re-examine his brainwashing, no, persuasion skills, and then realized that they might not be as good as he had imagined.

After much persuasion, Wei Yuan finally understood one thing: she was willing to sacrifice everything for her family. The next moment, she was brought before the three Imperial Elders of the Xu family.

Wei Yuan lifted the arm of one of the Imperial Elders and said to Xu Huaixuan, "If you don't surrender, I'll cut off his arm and feed it to the chickens!"

"Why do we feed the chickens?" Xu Huaixuan asked instinctively.

But as soon as she spoke, she realized that wasn't the point. Before she could even think of what to say, a massive orange wheel, several meters in size, suddenly appeared before them! Then an angry voice rang out: "What's wrong with chickens? Are chickens only fit to eat rice?"

She was startled, only then realizing that the wheel was actually an eye! Moreover, it existed between reality and illusion, and could freely enter and exit this prison that even Yu Jing couldn't break down.

This is an immortal, no, an immortal rooster!
Wei Yuan asked again, "Will you agree or not?"

Xu Huaixuan cried, "Stop forcing me, just kill me, okay?"

The elder suddenly screamed as his arm was ripped off at the elbow. Wei Yuan then tossed the arm away, and a giant beak appeared out of thin air, swallowing the arm whole!

The enormous orange eyes flashed with satisfaction as it said, "Comfortable, one bite and thirty years of cultivation is gone! Little girl, you must hold on! Don't listen to anything this guy says! Once I've devoured this person and advanced further, you'll benefit!"

Without hesitation, Wei Yuan grabbed the elder's remaining forearm. The elder was both shocked and furious, and dared not resist any longer. He could feel that after his forearm was swallowed by the immortal rooster, the karmic ties were completely severed, and all his cultivation was wiped clean. It would take at least a hundred years of arduous effort to regain it. Now he knew that further stubbornness would only lead to his death, so he begged for mercy while cursing Xu Huaixuan.

Xu Shiqi, who was standing to the side, suddenly said, "As an elder of the eldest branch of the family, how can you be less courageous than a junior? So what if you die? What's there to be afraid of?"

The elder roared, "If you want to die, then go die! I still have over six hundred years of lifespan left! Since the Immortal Ancestor fell, haven't you all been trying to seize our position as the eldest branch?"

Before Xu Shiqi could answer, the elder knelt down in front of Wei Yuan with a thud and said, "I surrender! Xu Shiqi is fearless and undaunted, you can feed him to the chickens!"

Two elders from the eldest branch were captured this time. One surrendered, and the other did too. Then Wei Yuan brought up Xu Huaixuan and said to Xu Shiqi, "If you don't surrender, I'll feed her to the chickens! Then your Xu family will be without a successor for the next hundred years."

Xu Shiqi looked pained. After some bargaining, he agreed to serve Qingming for a hundred years in exchange for Xu Huaixuan's safety and swore a poisonous oath.

After dealing with the three elders, Wei Yuan said to Xu Huaixuan, "Although I won't kill you, if you refuse to submit, I'll go to your Xu family and capture three more elders to feed the chickens. If three aren't enough, I'll bring three more. If there are no Yu Jing, I'll use Fa Xiang instead. In short, I'll keep feeding them until you surrender! If you don't surrender, all these people died because of you. You killed them! You are the murderer!"

The celestial rooster was overjoyed and shouted, "We won't surrender! We'll fight him to the death!"

"No, it wasn't me, I'm not the murderer..." Xu Huaixuan cried out in anguish.

Wei Yuan hadn't expected that this method would work so well; it seemed the villains in the stories did have some merit. Then, Wei Yuan took out the blood pact he had prepared beforehand and handed it to Xu Huaixuan.

Xu Shiqi scanned the contents of the contract with his divine sense, his expression unchanged, and secretly transmitted a message with his divine sense: This blood contract has a loophole. As long as one ascends to immortality, it can be broken!

Xu Huaixuan's eyes lit up instantly, and she saw hope again. However, she immediately realized that she had lost her composure and might have messed things up. Fortunately, when she peeked at Wei Yuan, he didn't seem to notice anything amiss and was still waiting. Xu Huaixuan quickly forced out a little blood from between her eyebrows, dipped her finger in the blood, and signed the blood pact.

Wei Yuan put it away with satisfaction. Seeing her uneasy look, he sneered inwardly. He had deliberately left that loophole, and fearing that Xu Huaixuan wouldn't understand, he had even shown it to Xu Shiqi.

Sure enough, one by one, they fell into the trap without even realizing it.

After putting away the blood pact, Wei Yuan continued to imprison them separately. He then left the cell and saw a mountain of immortal chickens squatting outside, its plumage exceptionally bright today!
The pheasant shook its feathers, showing off for a moment, and then said, "How about it? Isn't it beautiful? Let me tell you, I ate some worm that appeared out of nowhere yesterday. It's very nourishing and enhances my color!"

Wei Yuan was also curious: "What kind of insect is so effective? Do you know where it comes from?"

The celestial rooster flapped its wings and said, "How was I supposed to know? It was right next to my beak as soon as I opened my eyes. It looked delicious, so I didn't stand on ceremony and swallowed it whole. It seems this was its destined tribulation."

Wei Yuan agreed and didn't pay much attention. He chatted with the fairy chicken for a few more minutes, and then the fairy chicken went back to its nest on its own.

……

At this moment, in a dark and secluded space, one eerie and terrifying consciousness after another gradually awakens and converges around a larger consciousness.

A strange voice echoed from the darkness: "Since the young master ascended to the upper realm, there has been no news of him. I fear he is likely dead."

(End of this chapter)