Just as the old patriarch forced me to my death, I achieved the unity of Dao and fruition.

Outside the Gu family's ancestral land, the Xuan Yang Sect members were still kneeling.

The Golden Core Elder knelt at the front, and the Foundation Establishment Deacon knelt behind.

Further behind was a group of inner disciples, their faces pale, who didn't even dare to lift their heads.

The problem is that Gu Changjin has already returned to the Gu family ancestral hall.

The pressure from the Nascent Soul cultivator also subsided.

But no one dared to stand up first.

Several Golden Core elders exchanged glances out of the corner of their eyes.

Are you able to get up or not?

I won't get up.

Then I won't get up.

What if the ancestor simply turned and went inside, but his divine sense was still watching outside?

Whoever is the first to stand up is disrespecting the Nascent Soul Ancestor.

The scene then became very strange.

In the dead of night, the entire leadership of the Xuan Yang Sect came to exorcise the demon with great fanfare, but they failed to do so, the sect leader was crippled, and all the elders knelt on the ground.

Just then, from deep within the Xuan Yang Sect, four Nascent Soul-level beams of light swept across the sky.

boom!

Four streams of energy flowed into the ancestral land of the Gu family.

The Golden Core elder kneeling outside was startled.

It's too late.

The true strength of the Xuan Yang Sect has been revealed.

These four Nascent Soul Grandmasters all come from major cultivation families within the sect, with deep connections behind them, and rarely show their faces on ordinary days.

They originally came to demand an explanation.

After all, the entire Gu family, numbering several hundred, perished overnight.

The ground was covered in the smell of blood; the traces of the blood sacrifice at the ancestral temple had not yet completely dissipated.

Even if Gu Changjin has broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, there still needs to be an explanation.

If it truly is a demonic method, then the Xuan Yang Sect cannot turn a blind eye.

Otherwise, if the Gu family is wiped out today, won't it be the turn of other families tomorrow?

The four elders descended into the front hall of the ancestral temple.

They had expected to see Gu Changjin, who was covered in a murderous aura, surrounded by blood, and who had just devoured the essence of his entire clan.

As soon as they landed, they were stunned.

Gu Changjin slumped in front of the futon, showing no trace of the demeanor of a Nascent Soul Ancestor.

He held a broken ancestral tablet of the Gu family in his arms, his face covered in tears, crying his heart out.

"Our ancestors..."

"Changjin is utterly incompetent!"

"The Gu family's centuries-old bloodline has been destroyed by the hands of its unworthy descendants!"

"This old ancestor is guilty!"

The four Nascent Soul stage monsters fell silent.

What's going on?

One of the hot-tempered red-robed elders frowned and said in a deep voice, "Fellow Daoist Changjin."

"Although you have already formed your nascent soul, hundreds of members of your Gu family died overnight, and traces of blood sacrifice are all over the ancestral hall."

"Even if Yun Qingli is suspected of framing me, how do you explain this blood-stained ground?"

He paused, his eyes sharp.

"You haven't actually practiced demonic arts, have you?"

"Demonic arts?"

Gu Changjin suddenly looked up.

In that instant, he felt as if he had been subjected to the greatest insult.

His eyes were bloodshot and his lips were trembling.

The next moment, he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

Of course, it was forced upon them.

What happened to the newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivator?

Can't a Nascent Soul cultivator suffer a heart attack from anger?

A performance is fine.

Gu Changjin raised his hand shakily, pointing to the bloodstains on the ground, his voice mournful.

"Demonic arts?"

"You dare accuse me of practicing demonic arts?"

"Fellow Daoists, you simply don't understand my family situation!"

"You have no idea what it means to love each other and that blood is thicker than water!"

The four Nascent Soul stage monsters' eyelids twitched.

Something's not right.

Why does that sound so strange?

Gu Changjin, however, was already immersed in the role.

He held the memorial tablet, his voice filled with extreme grief and indignation.

"That traitor Gu Jingshan is utterly depraved. He poisoned the spirit wine with the deadly Blood Desolation Bone-Corroding Powder, intending to kill my entire clan and use my Gu family's bloodline as a medicinal ingredient!"

"At that time, my lifespan had come to an end, and my life force was as weak as a candle."

"He forced his way out to protect his people, but he was already exhausted and on his last legs!"

"It looks like that traitor Gu Jingshan is about to succeed..."

At this point, Gu Changjin raised his head.

A tear slid down the corner of her eye.

He seemed to be lost in extremely moving and painful memories.

"At that critical moment of life and death."

"My Gu family's Foundation Establishment elders, genius juniors, and those descendants who should have had bright futures."

"They did not yield."

"They didn't run away!"

"As they looked at their dying ancestor, their eyes were filled with longing for their clan and deep respect for him!"

They all said to me in unison...

Gu Changjin's voice trembled, as if he was choked up and unable to continue.

The four Nascent Soul stage monsters looked at him, their expressions growing increasingly subtle.

Gu Changjin suddenly slapped his chest and hissed, "They say, Ancestor, you are the pillar of the Gu family!"

"The Gu family can do without us."

"But I can't live without you!"

The ancestral hall was deathly silent.

The Golden Core elder kneeling outside also heard it.

They all lowered their heads even further.

I dare not laugh.

They dared not show even the slightest disbelief.

Gu Changjin became more and more excited as he spoke, and his aura surged.

"Subsequently, the hundreds of fine men and women of my Gu family, in order not to let their life essence fall into the hands of the traitor, and in order to help this ancestor prolong his lifespan..."

"They were smiling."

"Holding hands."

"Voluntarily burning one's true spirit."

"He willingly offered the last trace of his pure bloodline power to this ancestor!"

"They risked their lives to forcefully push this old ancestor to the Nascent Soul realm!"

Gu Changjin clutched his chest, his eyes filled with pain.

"Whenever I activate my Nascent Soul power, I can hear them laughing at me in my sea of ​​consciousness."

"They said, Ancestor, you must live on with the glory of the Gu family."

The four Nascent Soul Grandmasters were completely dumbfounded.

The old man in the red robe twitched his face violently.

He had only one thought in his mind.

I don't believe you for a second.

In the cultivation world, what kind of people line up to die with smiles on their faces?

Holding hands?

And they even willingly burned their true spirit?

Can you make your story at least a little more believable?

But the next moment, all four of them scanned Gu Changjin with their divine senses.

They were looking for a weakness.

Seeking out resentment, sacrificing blood for karmic debts, and the traces of demonic backlash.

Upon scanning the area, all four people's expressions changed simultaneously.

broken

No, there really isn't.

Gu Changjin's nascent soul was perfectly pure.

His aura was profound, his mind was clear, and because he had just broken through to a higher realm, he even carried a majestic aura of righteousness.

There was none of the resentment, curses, or backlash from the blood that one would expect after being forced into a blood sacrifice.

At most, it's just that the Gu family bloodline is too strong.

But that is not a demonic obstacle.

Instead, it seems like a pure essence left behind after some kind of voluntary sacrifice.

The four old monsters fell silent.

They still thought Gu Changjin was talking nonsense.

The problem is, their evidence is too strong.

You said he used blood to sacrifice.

What about resentment?

What about karmic obstacles?

What about the backlash?

No.

There was nothing there.

Moreover, they are already at the Nascent Soul stage.

Why would you risk a falling out with a newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivator for the sake of a group of dead members of the Gu family?

Not cost-effective.

The old man in the red robe coughed lightly, and the stern look on his face slowly faded.

"cough……"

"It was my poor eyesight."

"I never imagined that the Gu family members would all be so righteous and selfless."

"He is truly a model for our Xuan Yang Sect."

A senior official in blue robes standing nearby immediately chimed in.

"Deeply moving."

"It's truly touching."

"My condolences to Fellow Daoist Changjin."

The other white-haired elder nodded, his expression stiff.

"Gu Jingshan, that scoundrel, deserves to die."

"The names of the Gu family members who are loyal and valiant will be recorded in the sect."

Upon hearing this, Gu Changjin's grief immediately lessened.

Tears were still on her face, but her voice had gradually become steady.

"I am somewhat comforted that my fellow Daoists can understand."

The four Nascent Soul stage monsters suddenly had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, Gu Changjin's next sentence came right away.

"Since you all also believe that the Gu family members are of noble character, then the Gu family has spared no expense in order to cultivate these loyal and righteous people."

He sighed and looked down at the shattered memorial tablet in his arms.

"Now that the Gu family's loyal and heroic members have all passed away, Lingdao Peak is extremely empty."

"My heart is aching so badly I can't breathe."

"We don't even have the resources to stabilize our Nascent Soul realm."

The corners of the mouths of the four Nascent Soul stage monsters twitched simultaneously.

coming.

finally come.

After all that charade, it turns out this was all they were waiting for.

Gu Changjin raised his head and looked at them with a deep gaze.

"I wonder how the sect plans to compensate my Gu family, this entire clan of loyal martyrs?"

The ancestral hall fell silent once again.

The four Nascent Soul stage monsters looked at Gu Changjin, and the same thought popped into their minds at the same time.

That shameless old man.

It seems they've set their sights on the sect's true secret, the Great Luo Secret Treasury.