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

Fan Chenxin slightly bent his knuckles and scraped a bit of dark gold blade intent from the black blade.

He compressed that blade of intent, transforming it into a strand finer than a hair.

"First, use the Buddha's breath to calculate the volume of the leaf core; there's no need to actually fill the array pattern."

Fan Chenxin lowered his voice, his gaze fixed on the silver leaf.

"Every time it absorbs a wisp of power, a segment of the leaf vein lights up, and I can calculate the amount needed to block it."

Pei Yunji's expression was cold and solemn. As he turned his palm, a wisp of dark silver ancestral energy with the same faint glow also condensed.

"I am responsible for controlling the outer layer to prevent it from transferring the Buddha's breath into the ancestral hall."

He looked up at Fan Chenxin, his voice flat and emotionless.

"If you develop a connection with your heart, you must immediately sever that connection."

Fan Chenxin lowered her eyelids slightly, concealing the darkness in her eyes.

"This matter doesn't need Young Master Pei to remind me repeatedly. I'm even less willing than you to use Ning'er as a guinea pig."

"If you were truly cautious enough, that wisp of Buddhist energy wouldn't have been swallowed by the silver leaf."

Pei Yunji spoke calmly, yet every word struck a nerve.

Jiang Yining slightly tightened her fingertips, and the two Soul-Devouring Vine simultaneously pierced inward by half a inch.

"If you spend your energy finding fault with each other, this test will end here."

Her tone was calm, yet it conveyed an undeniable pressure.

Jiang Siyue was squatting in the corner of the corridor when she heard her name called and immediately raised her dusty head.

"In April, I can look after my two uncles for my mother, but Big Red Chicken just stole a silver stone."

The little girl pointed to the bird next to her.

"Right now, it might just be burping and breathing fire."

The Fire Spirit Falcon nervously hid its head under its wings, and sure enough, a wisp of silver-red flame emerged from its throat.

Pei Yunji and Fan Chenxin finally stopped talking and ceased their argument.

First, apply the Dark Silver Ancestral Blood to the outer layer of the Silver Leaf.

Pei Yunji used his Nirvana Realm control to precisely divide his aura into twelve streams.

The twelve breaths each anchored themselves at the end of the leaf veins.

Fan Chenxin held her breath and slowly sent the dark gold blade intent toward Ye Xin.

With each inch that Buddha's breath advanced, he deliberately severed the connection with his own heart meridian.

After the first wisp of Buddhist breath was swallowed up, the silver leaf lit up by one-tenth.

The second wisp of Buddhist breath entered the heart of the leaf, and the dark silver veins finally began to slow down.

Pei Yunji moved his fingers half an inch through the fabric, then stopped before Jiang Yining turned her head.

"The inner and outer layers began to compete for power, and after Ye Xin absorbed it, it had to be transferred through the outer layer."

His voice was deep.

"As long as the outer ancestral blood continues to flow in reverse, it cannot immediately supply the ancestral array."

Fan Chenxin stared intently at the thin, dark gold vein.

"When it devours different sources, it will automatically stratify itself; the more mixed the power, the slower the transfer speed."

He paused for a moment, then drew a conclusion.

"If Buddhist breath, ancestral blood, and wood energy are introduced at the same time, the leaf core may be temporarily blocked."

Jiang Yining activated the Myriad Spirits Divine Wood, drawing out a wisp of purple-gold wood energy from the outer edge of her dantian, free of ancestral roots.

"You all remain in your current positions. I will send the wood energy to the boundary between the two layers."

Her expression was solemn.

"As soon as the leaf veins show signs of reversal, everyone should immediately stop exerting force."

The moment the purple-gold wood energy touched the silver leaf, the leaf burst forth with a dazzling light.

Three forces simultaneously squeezed into the tiny leaf heart, repelling each other and unable to merge.

The dark gold veins that originally extended towards the ancestral hall stopped in place.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Jiang Yining manipulated the roots of the sacred tree to wrap around the leaf veins and tie them in knots from the inside out.

The silver leaf seal trembled violently for several breaths before finally dimming completely.

Fan Chenxin immediately withdrew his sword intent, and Pei Yunji also swiftly severed the ancestral blood.

Neither of them exerted any extra force, and both avoided Jiang Yining's already torn right main meridian.

"The blockage can only last for half an hour. Ye Xin will slowly digest the three streams of energy."

Pei Yunji withdrew his hand and unfolded the map of the medicine shop again.

"Half an hour is enough for us to cross the medicine storehouse on the north side."

He glanced up and swept his eyes across the dark passageway ahead.

"The Buddha's breath and ancestral blood cannot be used to stimulate the silver leaf again during the journey."

Fan Chenxin hung the black knife back on his waist and reached out to firmly hold Jiang Yining's left arm.

"I can clear the way with just my black blade and my own flesh; you are responsible for collecting your ancestral blood."

Jiang Yining did not take a step immediately, but turned to look at Jiang Siyue who was squatting on the ground.

The child found a square stone slab from somewhere and started carving on it with small stones.

The Fire Spirit Falcon crouched beside him, occasionally using its claws to push a certain line of marks under Pei Yunji's name.

"What is April writing? And why are there three names?"

Jiang Yining took two steps closer and asked softly.

"Mother needs a lot of blood crystals every time she saves Uncle, so Uncle should write down what he needs when he saves Mother."

Jiang Siyue, with a serious expression, explained.

"The man in black gave my mother a piece of clothing and a bottle of medicine, and Uncle Fan smashed three doors."

She pointed to the crooked marks on the stone slab.

"Uncle Zhonghua destroyed two stone corridors; these can be exchanged for spirit fruits."

The little girl held up a stone slab with three crooked human figures drawn on it.

A silver leaf was painted on Pei Yunji's head.

Fan Chenxin was holding an exaggerated knife.

A dozen or so small flowers grew around Lou Xiaotian.

"Why can clothes be converted into spirit fruits?"

Pei Yunji lowered his eyes to look at his own line, his tone unusually inquisitive.

"If your mother wears your clothes, you'll be missing a piece of clothing."

April replied confidently.

"Once we get the spirit fruit in April, we can give two to Uncle in black."

The Fire Spirit Falcon immediately tapped the stone slab with its sharp beak, drawing a circle around the Crimson Fire Fruit it had stolen.

It then pushed the circle to Pei Yunji's feet.

Jiang Siyue looked at it carefully for a moment.

"The big red chicken said that the spirit fruit it stole was also given to it by Uncle Black, so it should give Uncle Black three more."

Pei Yunji turned his head and looked at the Fire Spirit Falcon that was pretending to be stupid.

"First it stole my hair ornament, then it pecked apart the Pei family's array token, and now it wants to blame me for stealing food too?"

The Fire Spirit Falcon immediately shrank its neck and hid behind Jiang Siyue, only revealing its pair of crimson eyes.

Fan Chenxin bent down and turned the stone slab around, her expression becoming more serious.

"If April is to be written clearly, it cannot just be about losses."

He pointed to the line that Pei Yunji had drawn.

"Your uncle in black's hair ornament also needs to be factored in."

"The Fire Spirit Falcon's deliberate destruction of the array token, which led to the discovery of the medicine corridor, is half the credit for this achievement."

Jiang Siyue scratched the fox's ears.

"What should we do with the three doors Uncle Fan chopped down? They look much bigger than the hair ornament!"

Fan Chenxin pursed her lips slightly.

"Those doors were blocking my way to find your mother. There's no need to pay for the damage after you've broken them."

Pei Yunji gathered her loose long hair behind her head and casually tied it up with a black hairband.

"The third mountain gate belongs to the Pei family, so the losses should be attributed to me first."

Jiang Yining picked her daughter up from the ground and gently tapped her nose with her fingertip.

"Keep this stone slab safe for now, and distribute the spirit fruits slowly after we leave the underground palace."

Her voice was gentle, yet it carried a calming power.

"Nobody owes anyone anything now. Just remember that everyone has to get out safely before we can have a chance to eat those things."

"In April, write 'May Mother be safe and sound' at the top. Anyone who disobeys will not be allowed to eat the spirit fruit."

The child carefully added a purple-gold flower at the top.

The Fire Spirit Falcon tried to extend its claws to make changes, but she grabbed its leg and dragged it back.

The brief respite did not last long, as the damaged array on the ground suddenly began to tremble continuously.

The crack pecked open by the Fire Spirit Falcon continued to expand, revealing the complete Blood Order projection hidden in the dark layer.

Pei Henian's ancestral mark was prominently displayed at the very top.

The other two elders' private seals were engraved using array formations, and the edges still had unremoved earth vein marks.

The contents of the blood oath unfolded line by line.

"Capture the host of the Myriad Spirits Divine Tree alive, seal the young master's ancestral veins, and if necessary, use the Ancestral Hall Soul-Suppressing Lock to suppress Pei Yunji's cultivation."

The words "blood" flashed in mid-air.

"The medicine corridor, the north gate, and the Guiyuan Boling Hall will all be taken over by the Second Elder's guards. Anyone who disobeys will be treated as a traitor."

After watching the projection, Fan Chenxin's gaze fell directly on Pei Yunji's face.

"This order not only aims to seize the Divine Tree, but also intends to seal your cultivation as well."

Pei Yunji's dark silver eyes remained calm and still.

With a slight movement of his fingertips, he magnified the two imitation private seals in mid-air.

"Pei Henian could not mobilize the ancestral hall guards on his own, so he had to forge the marks of the other two elders."

His tone was cold.

"He wants to use the abnormal movement of the Dual Meridian Return to Origin Lock to prove that I am being controlled by outsiders, and then abolish my right to inherit the young master's position."

Jiang Yining looked up.

"If the Ancestral Temple Guards only recognize the Blood Order, how do you plan to deal with them?"