The abandoned cannon fodder girl's path to immortality

Chapter 161 Sect Cleanup
"A blood-red jade pendant?"

Shui Huanmeng frowned slightly after hearing this, took the wooden box, and examined it carefully.

"This is the crystallization of the blood curse within the people!"

"The Blood Curse is the so-called Heavenly Punishment! It prevents them from leaving the cave, but it is harmless to their bodies. However, if all the people are devoured, the Blood Curse may have nowhere to hide and transform into this blood-red jade pendant! This item is dangerous! The slightest carelessness can affect a cultivator's mind! Have you touched it?"

"No! But my two senior brothers who traveled with me were slightly affected by the blood energy!" Chen Jinshu shook her head slightly. Only after hearing her master say this did she realize the seriousness of the matter.

“This jade pendant is not to be touched by cultivators. Once the blood curse loses its host, it will inevitably seek a new body. That overflowing blood energy is it! They may already have the Heavenly Punishment Blood Curse hidden within them. Once they encounter this calamity, it will be a nine-out-of-ten chance of death!”

As Shui Huanmeng spoke, she casually attached several powerful restrictions to the jade pendant, preventing it from dissipating.

"Master, is there no way to remedy this?"

"Yes! If the blood curse energy hasn't invaded too much, it can be suppressed. But if it hasn't been resolved before the Nascent Soul stage..."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jinshu's heart skipped a beat. Fortunately, she hadn't touched it carelessly and had protected herself with the golden lantern flower in time.

Otherwise, they might also be entangled by the blood curse.

"Just subtly inform those two about this, and let their master handle it. This is their fate-determining technique!"

"Disciple knows!"

"I'll take this. The Heavenly Punishment Blood Curse on it might give me a glimpse into the path to immortality!"

"Master, please make the decision!"

"You've found the Calamity Stone and obtained this Blood Curse Jade Pendant. How would you like your master to reward you?"

"This disciple has obtained a piece of Grade 3 Purple Thunder Spirit Bamboo. I wonder if Master could help me find a weapon refiner to replace the soundboard of the Green Jade Zither? And while we're at it, could you also refine a flying sword?"

As Chen Jinshu spoke, he took out the 13-foot-long Purple Thunder Bamboo from his storage bag.

Shui Huan's eyes lit up when she saw the high-quality purple thunder bamboo.

"This is truly excellent! This Grade 3 Purple Thunder Bamboo can elevate your Green Jade Zither to another grade! It also carries the attribute of thunder and can contain items that can isolate Yin energy!"

"Since it's your request, I will certainly fulfill it! Besides, this is my experience notebook from when I broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage. I don't know how long I'll be in seclusion, so it's best to give it to you in advance!"

"Thank you Master!"

……

While the master and disciple were discussing matters in the Biyi Palace, the Xuanming Sect caused quite a stir.

Apart from a few Golden Core elders, almost all the elders were mobilized.

All disciples, including those in the Foundation Establishment inner sect, were summoned to the back mountain.

The Xuanming Sect's protective mountain formation had already been activated.

If Chen Jinshu were to step out of the hall, he would see that a thick golden barrier had appeared in the sky above, near the clouds.

Those disciples who wanted to leave the sect were all secretly captured and taken to the back mountain to investigate the demonic cultivators.

At this moment, the back mountain of the sect was bustling with activity, with thousands of disciples gathered on each peak. The sect leader held the Demon-Illuminating Mirror and shone it on these disciples.

The faint black aura emanating from the fallen demon's disciple was extremely conspicuous, and he was captured on the spot.

Each peak has about ten people, one-third of whom are at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Thus, the number of fallen disciples in the very center, including those from other sects, reached about a hundred.

"The Xuanming Sect has existed for thousands of years. A thousand years ago, they seized this spiritual vein and established a new sect site. They also destroyed a demonic sect that was harming mortals and cultivators along the way. Unexpectedly, after so many years, some of their disciples have developed thoughts of falling into demonic ways!"

"I hereby declare! Any disciple found to have fallen into demonic possession will be executed without mercy!" "From this moment forward, all those entering or leaving the sect must pass through the Demon-Revealing Mirror! To prevent any fallen disciples from intruding!"

The sect leader's stern, warning voice reached the ears of every disciple present, some of whom were somewhat apprehensive.

They only learned today that so many fallen demon disciples were hiding in the sect.

Fallen disciples are closely related to demonic cultivators, but there are some differences. These fallen disciples are no different from ordinary disciples in their daily lives, and it is difficult to tell them apart with the naked eye unless they use demonic cultivation techniques.

This is also why fallen cultivators can remain hidden within sects for so long.

Then, in front of many disciples, the sect leader directly attacked two-thirds of the hundred or so people with deadly force.

Suddenly, a series of mournful cries echoed from the center of the back mountain.

The sect leader's actions were intended to intimidate his disciples and also to coerce the deeper fallen demon cultivators hiding behind the scenes.

So many disciples have fallen into the demonic path; it must not be an easy thing. There must be a Golden Core level elder behind it who has become a traitor to the sect.

What the sect leader couldn't understand was that the Xuanming Sect had always been extremely generous to its elders in terms of salary and other benefits. What kind of temptation could have led these people astray?

When the sect leader annihilated one-third of the fallen demon cultivators, these bound disciples unleashed waves of surging demonic energy, their eyes turned bloodshot, and they bared their teeth like wild beasts; they were no longer human.

"found it!"

The sect leader's eyes turned cold as he sensed something, and he immediately sent a message to the Nascent Soul True Monarch behind him.

In an instant, everyone was puzzled by the sect leader's strange behavior. The sect leader was looking fiercely in one direction.

In just a moment, a Nascent Soul True Monarch escorted an elder whose cultivation was restricted to the front of the back mountain.

The sect leader chose to make his move here because he wanted to use the hidden formation in the back mountain to find the elder who was hiding behind it.

Surprisingly, he actually found out.

These fallen disciples are very likely to get some information once their souls are searched, but if they lose their minds and then use soul searching, the effect will be much less.

Because his soul was in chaos, his consciousness was completely unclear.

If the person behind this doesn't want to be found out, they will naturally risk driving all these fallen demon disciples insane.

In this way, the sect leader can use the tracking method of the formation in the back mountain to find this person.

"It's actually you, Dang Xiaoshan!"

The sect leader looked at Dang Xiaoshan with some surprise, somewhat incredulous.

Dang Xiaoshan is one of the elders of Yaofeng, and his cultivation has reached the late stage of Golden Core. If he cultivates for another hundred years, it is not impossible for him to reach the Nascent Soul stage.

I never imagined that he had already been working for the demonic cultivators and betrayed his sect!

The surrounding elders were all very surprised, even horrified.

Even the veteran elder Dang Xiaoshan has fallen to demonic possession. Are there any other elders in the sect who have also fallen to demonic possession?
"Where is Dang Xiaoshan's disciple?" the sect leader asked with a gloomy expression.

"Here they are!" Another elder from Medicine Peak immediately brought Dang Xiaoshan's five disciples to the front.

Since even our master has fallen into demonic possession, we disciples cannot escape responsibility either.

"Notify all disciples and elders! They must go through the Path of Inquiry into Their Hearts again!" The sect leader finally released his pent-up emotions.

"Arrest anyone unwilling to participate!"

Chen Jinshu and his disciple in Biyi Palace also heard the sect leader's voice and looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Something's happened! And it's serious!"