Many children, many blessings: Stealing the offspring of powerful figures to cultivate immortality.

Fan Chenxin rushed to the entrance of the wind tunnel, and the dark golden Buddha blood probed into the underground palace along the gap.

As soon as he touched Jiang Yining's aura, he sensed a thick, unfamiliar ancestral blood flowing along her damaged dantian.

The black blade emitted a low hum, and the Buddhist breath caused the stone walls of the wind tunnel to crack one after another.

Lou Xiaotian used a green wooden rope to tie around his waist and pulled him away from the entrance.

"If you collapse the wind tunnel, both people in the underground palace will be torn apart by the ancestral formation."

"Although the unfamiliar ancestral blood entered her dantian, it was also stitching up her wounds."

Fan Chenxin gripped the hilt of the knife, the Buddha's blood still swirling on the blade.

"I could clearly sense that ancestral blood flowing along her dantian."

"Therefore, you absolutely cannot just smash doors indiscriminately."

"First, seal the earth vein exit to deprive the ancestral formation of its continued power, then search for the formation's core through the wind channel."

Fan Chenxin closed his eyes and suppressed the surging Buddhist energy back onto the blade.

"I will not take her life to vent my jealousy."

"You stabilize the wind path, Chu Ling Shuang guards the mountain gate, and I'll sever the eastern ley lines."

Jiang Siyue hugged the charred neck of the Fire Spirit Falcon and shouted into the wind tunnel.

"Mother, just wait a little longer in April, we've found you!"

Jiang Yining, who was in the blood pool, also heard the child's indistinct cries.

She did not disperse the sacred tree, but only pushed the last strand of ancestral blood into the bottom of the pool.

"The ley lines outside are being cut off; we only have one chance to shatter the array stones."

Pei Yunji raised his hand and grasped the blood chain corresponding to the second array stone.

"The array slot is already 20% empty; one more shock will completely disconnect it."

Jiang Yining retrieved all the roots of the divine tree back into her Qi Sea.

"Let's do it."

The remaining array power collapsed with a roar, and the second array stone turned into dust.

When Jiang Yining broke free from the ancestral blood covering, the silver leaf mark on her lower back lit up again.

The dark silver veins pierced through the skin, firmly binding the third ancestral root of the Myriad Spirits Divine Tree.

Pei Yunji pressed down on the center of the silver leaf again, but the dark silver light spread outward from his palm.

"The Silver Leaf Seal has already remembered your ancestral blood."

Jiang Yining pressed her hand against the opening in her dantian and looked up at the gradually brightening dome of the stone palace.

"How long will it take for it to recover next time?"

"Three hours."

"Then leave the Pei family ancestral hall within three hours."

After the silver leaf seal was pressed down by the ancestral blood pressure, Jiang Yining first used internal vision to examine the leaf veins.

The dark silver roots had already pierced through the crack in the dantian and tightly wrapped around the third ancestral root of the Myriad Spirits Divine Tree.

Any external force that removes it will tear open the Qi Sea (a point on the body's energy center).

Pei Yunji withdrew his palm, the ancestral marks on the back of his hand still not completely faded.

"The Silver Leaf Seal revives every three hours."

"Unless the Dual Meridian Return to Origin Lock is completely destroyed, I can only use the same ancestral blood to suppress it."

"How long should each contact last, and how many meridians will the ancestral blood enter?"

"Within half a cup of tea's time, the ancestral blood only stays around the mark."

"If you don't believe me, you can have the divine tree guard your Qi Sea."

"When healing, one must not examine one's ancestral roots, nor can one use the Silver Leaf Seal to interfere with my Qi and blood."

"I will only allow you to continue suppressing me after you agree to that."

Pei Yunji glanced at the silver leaf seal.

"Yes, the ancestral blood will only remain on the outer layer of the leaf."

"But you can't sever the meridian during the suppression process, otherwise the backlash will still fall back into the dantian."

Jiang Yining put on a dark black outer robe to cover the tattered clothes around her waist.

"Only when the rules are clearly defined can cooperation continue."

"If Young Master Pei is unwilling to comply, I can take the Silver Leaf Seal out and lure all the Pei Clan Nirvana Realm cultivators to the Guiyuan Stripping Spirit Hall."

"Your threats always manage to precisely target the Pei family's losses."

"Because of you, our cooperation is only temporary. I know that mutual benefit is far more reliable than false trust."

Pei Yunji did not continue the argument, and turned around to take the Spirit-Peeling Pearl off the high platform.

"The Silver Leaf Seal will be sent to the Pei Clan Ancestral Hall."

"If the Second Elder receives the signal, the guards will quickly seal off the underground palace."

Jiang Yining took the Spirit-Peeling Pearl and introduced a wisp of dark silver energy into it.

"Ye Yin relied on the same bloodline to lock the location, and the Peeling Spirit Pearl also contained the Pei family's ancestral blood."

"We channel the essence of the silver leaf into the bead, and then put it back into the blood pool."

"The tracking system will then determine that I am still trapped here."

"Are you planning to use the Pei family's ancestral artifact to deceive the Pei family's guards?"

"If the Second Elder had found me first, would you have even had a chance to retrieve the Myriad Spirit Divine Tree yourself?"

Pei Yunji pressed his fingertip against the cracks on the surface of the Spirit Pearl.

"Pei Henian has no right to bypass the young master to mobilize the ancestral hall guards."

"Since he dared to issue a blood order, his target cannot be only the Myriad Spirit Divine Tree."

"So you should cooperate with me and leave this place."

"Once the guards are distracted by the false signal, you can investigate the Second Elder's purpose, and I can go pick up the people outside."

"After you leave the underground palace, will you return to help me find out who owns the sacred tree?"

"The Pei family's tracking mark is on me, so why worry about not being able to find me?"

"Once I recover my cultivation, I will return to settle the old score with you."

"That sounds more like a threat."

"Young Master Pei can interpret this as an agreement."

A dull tremor came from the bottom of the blood pool, and the dark golden Buddhist aura outside the mountain gate approached another layer.

Stimulated by the Buddha's blood, the silver leaf seal rose from Jiang Yining's lower back.

Ye Yuan repelled the dark gold aura hidden in the meridians.

Pei Yunji took out a clean, dark black inner robe and handed it to her.

"My outer robe has been stained with the Spirit-Stripping Liquid. If I wear it out, the guards will recognize me."

"Put on this inner robe, and I'll cover up the silver leaf mark for you."

Jiang Yining walked behind the stone pillar, and Pei Yunji turned around and blocked her vision with his ancestral energy.

She quickly changed out of her tattered robes.

The black fabric was much looser than she had, so she used a purple-gold vine to tie her waist, and the rest of the hem hung down to her ankles.

"You can press down through the fabric, but your palms must not move."

"The Silver Leaf Seal and the Buddha's Blood are vying for the main lineage, and it will take even more ancestral blood to penetrate the clothing."

"The extra ancestral blood consumed will be included in the cooperation requirements. After leaving the ancestral temple, I will return the same amount of resources to you."

Pei Yunji stood behind her, pressing his palm against the silver leaf mark through the black fabric of her clothes.

The dark silver aura seeped into the leaf veins, colliding head-on with the Buddha blood within Jiang Yining's body.

The fabric was pushed apart by two forces, and the silver leaf print briefly floated above the waistline.

Every vein in the leaf is driving away the dark golden aura, and even trying to absorb the traces left by the pale green wood's origin.

Jiang Yining looked down to memorize the changes in the leaf veins, then raised her hand to sever the connection between the vein and the main vein.

"The Silver Leaf Seal possesses the ability to repel external sources."

"After the Dual Meridian Lock identified me as having the Pei bloodline, it even treated the remaining Buddhist blood in my body as a foreign object."

"If it is not suppressed, the closer the Buddha Blood Master gets, the stronger Ye Yin's reaction will be."

"If it dares to damage my main vein, I will cut off my third ancestral root as well."

The ancestral blood under Pei Yunji's palm intensified, and the silver leaf's light subsequently dimmed.

"Every time you threaten the Pei family with the ancestral root, the Myriad Spirit Divine Tree is willing to cooperate."

"It has lived with me for many years and knows better how to survive than some people who only follow ancestral teachings."