Forced to become a pure and innocent female pharmacist in order to cultivate immortality.

But these people are no longer human; they are true demons. Begging for mercy is useless; it will only excite them more.

Soon, the female disciple was also silenced by the singing. Not only that, but the two of them had their heads cut off by the evil cultivator and placed in a stone basin in front of the statue.

There were many human heads inside, some already turned to bones, others not long after they had decomposed. Clearly, quite a few cultivators had died at their hands.

The blood of the two men flowed from their bodies, quickly filling the serpentine patterns on the altar with its grooves.

This scene sent chills down Ye Liuyun's spine.

Chapter 168 Heavenly Thunder Suppresses Evil

Ye Liuyun desperately wanted to stop them from doing this, but there was nothing she could do but avoid watching this cruel scene.

They need to act quickly, otherwise, Song Shuwen and the others will probably suffer the same fate.

"Damn you evil cultivators, don't fall into my hands, or you'll regret it." Ye Liuyun silently uttered a harsh threat before flying away.

She went to look around for Song Shuwen and the others, to determine their location so that it would be easier to rescue them.

The search wasn't difficult; she quickly found the other missing cultivators in a stone cell on the right, where Song Shuwen and the others were also.

"Senior Sister Xia, what do we do? Is there any chance we can get out of here alive?" A female cultivator from the Yunxia Sect at the early stage of the Spirit Sea Realm asked in fear.

Those people were obviously heretical cultivators. When righteous cultivators like them are captured by heretics, they usually don't have a good ending.

"Sigh! I just hope the sect has already discovered our disappearance. If they have, they will definitely have sent a rescue team. However, they will never expect that this place is actually a branch of an evil organization. Let's leave it to fate," Xia Yuxin said helplessly.

Because the sect will definitely send someone to check, but since they don't know the situation, they won't immediately send a very strong cultivator. Sending a sect steward or an outer sect elder to check is already the maximum they can manage.

They were tricked into coming here. The person who said this was the ruins of an ancient sect was actually a member of the Blood Demon Cult.

After this guy lured them in, they all fell into the Blood Demon Cult's ambush and were all poisoned and passed out.

Or when they wake up, they will find that their powers have been sealed and they have been imprisoned in this jail.

As for He Zhiqi and the others, they were not in much better condition. They were currently locked in separate stone cells, their bodies bound by several chains.

"Let me out! You damned demons! How dare you attack the cultivators of our four major sects so openly! We will not let you get away with this, and neither will the Upper Sect!" He Zhi Qiu roared repeatedly in the stone prison.

These people weren't actually without fighting ability; they had simply fallen into a trap, and by the time they realized it, it was too late.

Ye Liuyun's consciousness had already penetrated the wall and arrived at He Zhi Qiu's location. He also saw He Zhi Qiu going berserk and had a basic understanding of the situation.

Although He Zhi Qiu is a returning cultivator and can be considered an enemy, when facing evil organizations, they are on the same side. These are two different things.

"Even four Dao Palace cultivators have been subdued, so it seems there must be other cultivators here who are at least one level above the Dao Palace realm."

"The strongest cultivator here should be that guy who presided over the ceremony earlier, but now the enemy is in the dark while we are in the light. We don't know the situation here, and people coming in from outside will definitely fall for it." After observing the situation, Ye Liuyun quickly returned.

She had already memorized the correct route when she came in. She can walk through walls, so she knows which direction is right.

As for the evil cultivators of the Blood Demon Sect, they quickly realized that someone had entered.

The heretical monk who was presiding over the sacrificial ceremony suddenly received a message from his subordinate.

"Master, a large number of cultivators have entered from outside. They should be from the four major sects looking for someone. What should we do?" A heretical cultivator walked up to the middle-aged man presiding over the ceremony and whispered.

"Heh, I knew they would definitely send people over. We'll do the same thing again and arrest another batch. But after we arrest this batch, we'll have to leave and find another base," the Blood Demon Sect deacon sneered.

All of this was within their expectations, but they didn't care. As a heretical sect, they were constantly on the move, changing their strongholds almost every so often. They had several strongholds in the Six Yang Mountains, and this was just one of them.

Looking outside, Ye Liuyun flew out of the Blood Demon Sect's stronghold and returned to his own body.

Ye Liuyun's consciousness returned to his body, and he immediately opened his eyes. Lin Aoxue also noticed that Ye Liuyun had returned.

"You're back? Liuyun, what's the situation inside?" Lin Aoxue quickly helped Ye Liuyun up and asked.

Ye Liuyun's expression was solemn. He then quickly explained the situation inside to Lin Aoxue. Upon hearing that it was actually a stronghold of the Evil Blood Demon Sect, Lin Aoxue immediately prepared to rush into the stronghold to rescue the people.

However, Ye Liuyun stopped her.

"Calm down, they've laid an ambush. If you rush in now, you won't be able to save anyone; instead, you'll get yourself killed." Ye Liuyun quickly pulled Lin Aoxue back.

"Then what do you suggest we do? There's no time. Even if I tell my master now and ask him to send reinforcements, I'm afraid Yunxin and the others will all die here before they arrive," Lin Aoxue said.

Ye Liuyun understood this principle, so he thought about it.

"It seems I'll have to refine medicine again." After thinking it over, Ye Liuyun made a decision.

Upon hearing this, Lin Aoxue's eyes immediately lit up.

"This is a good idea. If your alchemy causes a change in the world, those guys inside will definitely be temporarily trapped. This way, we'll have time to rescue them." Lin Aoxue understood immediately, and she also quickly sent a message to the sect.

As for Ye Liuyun, she quickly moved away from the group and went to a secluded spot to begin refining the Heavenly Thunder Tempering Pill.

A moment later...

Meanwhile, the Yunxia Sect had already received the message from Lin Aoxue.

"What? The Blood Demon Cult? How could it be this evil force? Aoxue, you absolutely must not go in there. Listen to me, wait for us to come over." Yun Yun gave Lin Aoxue a reply as soon as she received the news.

He then quickly summoned the powerful experts at the Dao Palace level from his sect and flew to the Six Yang Mountains. On the way, he also sent messages to the other four sects, asking them to send experts to the Six Yang Mountains to wipe out the Blood Demon Sect branch.

This is a big deal. The Blood Demon Cult is the common enemy of the entire cultivation world in the Southern Ridge. The most heinous thing this evil organization did was to sacrifice an entire human city, using the blood and qi of hundreds of thousands of people as power, in an attempt to help their former leader break through to the Nirvana Realm.

However, they were ultimately stopped by the Supreme Response Sect, which brought a large number of powerful immortals.

Looking at Ye Liuyun's side, as Ye Liuyun was refining medicine, a large amount of dark clouds covered this area.

"Huh? Dark clouds? This? No way, is it going to rain?" The disciples of Yunxia Sect outside immediately became alert when they saw the sky inexplicably covered by dark clouds. This was a case of being bitten by a snake once and being afraid of a rope for ten years.

"Boom, boom." Lightning flashed in the dark clouds.

The thunder made Jiang Hong and his companions momentarily lose their footing. They had a strange feeling, as if they were being watched by something.

Lightning crackled and danced in the dark clouds of the sky, a massive amount of lightning that seemed poised to strike at any moment. Even the Blood Demon Cult's evil cultivators inside the mountain sensed something about to fall from above.

"What is this feeling?" The leader of the Blood Demon Cult looked up at the sky with great unease. He wasn't the only one; the evil cultivators around him felt the same way.

Such wicked people are most afraid of divine retribution, and thunder is when they are most uneasy.

The thunder traveled clearly into their ears, defying any obstruction.

"That thunder? No way, could it be the same kind of strange heavenly thunder that the sect experienced last time?" The cultivators of Yunxia Sect were experienced with this. The thunder was too clear, and they felt like something was about to fall on their heads. They had experienced this feeling of unease once before.

Sure enough, just as they were getting worried, lightning struck down from the sky at the same time. Those cultivators outside who had never experienced being tempered by heavenly lightning must have been terrified.

"Run! There's lightning!" The cultivators scattered and fled, but Jiang Hong and the others looked at the falling lightning with their faces turning ashen.

"This...this is the lightning strike that happened to our Yunxia Sect a few years ago, there's no escaping it," Jiang Hong and the others said with mournful faces.

Sure enough, after he finished speaking, all the cultivators in the area except for Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue were simultaneously struck by heavenly lightning.

With that one strike, everyone was electrocuted and their bodies turned completely black.

After Jiang Hong was struck by lightning, his hair stood on end, his skin turned black, and he exhaled a puff of black smoke before collapsing to the ground.

"Damn it, it really was lightning." Jiang Hong cursed weakly, twitching on the ground.

The others were in a similar situation, but Lin Aoxue, who was guarding Ye Liuyun, was confused.

"Huh? That's strange, why didn't the lightning strike you and me?" Lin Aoxue had already seen Jiang Hong and the others being struck by lightning.

Upon hearing this, Ye Liuyun glanced at the sky above. Indeed, the lightning bolt did not seem to have targeted the two of them.

"I don't know. I guess it's because the heavens wouldn't strike someone who refines pills. As for you, you were too close to me. The heavens were afraid of striking me, so they spared you." That was the only explanation Ye Liuyun could offer.

However, this explanation doesn't hold water, so there must be other reasons.

Looking back at the Blood Demon Cult's stronghold, those evil cultivators of the Blood Demon Cult were all convulsing on the ground after being struck by lightning. Moreover, the lightning that struck them was clearly much stronger than that that struck other cultivators.

As for those Dao Palace experts, they withstood the heavenly lightning attack.

"Damn it, this is tribulation lightning, but I haven't reached the level of tribulation transcendence yet! Why is tribulation lightning appearing?" Blood Demon Helmsman and the other evil cultivators from the Dao Palace said in utter astonishment.

Just as they were speaking, another bolt of lightning pierced through the mountain and struck them.

"Ah!" Several evil cultivators at the first level of the Dao Palace were struck and screamed in agony.

They were still resisting, but what they didn't know was that as long as you obediently lay down, the lightning wouldn't strike you.

Yun Xin and the others were also struck by lightning, but Yun Xin was very strange. It was as if she had eyes on the top of her head. At the moment the lightning struck, she dodged it in an instant.

Others don't have this ability.

"Was this a lightning strike from a few years ago?" Yun Xin asked, frowning as she looked at the disciples who had been electrocuted.

"Pfft! Deacon Yunxin, it really is the same lightning strike as last time. The feeling is exactly the same. You, don't stand there. If you stand there, he will keep striking you." The disciple who was knocked down by the lightning reminded him.

Chapter 169 Preemptive Attack

However, Yunxin is not the type to back down. In the face of danger, she will never back down. She would rather die standing than live on her knees.

"Afraid? I, Li Jianxin, am only capable of being defeated, not of admitting defeat myself," Yun Xin roared, looking at the rock formations above him.

But another bolt of lightning struck immediately. This time, Yun Xin didn't dodge it. Instead, the instant the lightning appeared in her sight, she unleashed a sword imbued with her power, slashing towards the top of her head and severing the lightning bolt.

The power of this lightning is inherently limited; as long as Yunxin's perception is fast enough, she can accomplish it.

"This? Such a fast reaction?" The disciples of Yunxia Sect, who were lying on the ground, were extremely shocked as they watched Yunxin Sword slash at the lightning.

In fact, once he reaches the Dao Palace, he will be able to resist the lightning that Ye Liuyun summons for refining medicine. However, today's lightning may last for a while, and Ye Liuyun needs to refine the medicine until the rescue arrives.

As for the people in the prison, they were also currently emitting black smoke, but at the same time, the lightning just now seemed to have accidentally shattered the restrictions within their bodies, and they could now use their powers.

However, the lightning had already stunned them, reminding them of the heavenly lightning tempering they had undergone a few years ago.

"This must be a lightning strike from a few years ago. How did it end up here? Fellow disciples, don't get up. Lie down. As long as you lie down, the lightning won't strike you. The restrictions on my body have also been lifted. Take this opportunity to quickly recover your strength," Xia Yuxin reminded them.

"Senior Sister Xia, we don't have the strength to get up anymore, we feel terrible. By the way, this lightning attacks everyone, right? This damned evil path will definitely be attacked." Someone reminded them.

These words gradually hardened everyone's gaze. They had withstood lightning once before, so their recovery speed this time was much faster than before. In addition, the lightning had unexpectedly lifted the restrictions on their bodies, so they were not powerless to resist.

Indeed, those evil cultivators suffered even more from the lightning. Although it didn't kill them, the lightning's destructive power was twice that of ordinary cultivators.

What's going on here? Because this world is ultimately governed by the laws of heaven and earth, and cultivators will inevitably be punished at some point for all the bad things they do.

The evil path has done too many heinous things that violate the laws of heaven. While they gain great power, they will also suffer stronger divine punishment when they undergo tribulation.

When divine punishment of the same level falls upon them, its power will be even greater, because many of the evil ways are against the will of Heaven. Since they are against the will of Heaven, Heaven will surely punish them severely.

"Damn it, what's going on? This isn't tribulation lightning, so why is it ignoring the mountain and falling on us?" The Blood Demon Sect's experts were also constantly retaliating against the lightning.

However, only that Dao Palace Second Level Helmsman could withstand the lightning; the others didn't have Yun Xin's reaction speed, and they were hit almost every time.

However, this power was not enough to knock them down, so it was basically one attack after another.

Outside, Ye Liuyun was still refining the Heavenly Thunder Tempering Pill. She could only keep refining it while waiting for rescue to arrive.

"Liuyun, this lightning isn't striking me, is it? Should I go in and take a look?" Lin Aoxue suggested.

She already knew that there was only one evil cultivator at the second level of the Dao Palace realm inside. If she unleashed her full power, she could put up a fight against him, but whether she could win was another matter.

"Go where? If we delay any longer, the sect leader and the others will be here. Don't try to be brave." Ye Liuyun directly rejected Lin Aoxue's suggestion.

However, Lin Aoxue still had her own ideas. As long as there were no overly powerful cultivators inside, she was confident that she would be invincible.

"Then give me a Divine Travel Pill first, and I'll use my consciousness to go in and take a look, okay? After I've looked around, I'll decide whether I want to go in ahead of time," Lin Aoxue said.

This time, Ye Liuyun did not refuse, but casually handed Lin Aoxue a Divine Travel Pill.

After receiving the pill, Lin Aoxue sat down and swallowed it, then sent her consciousness into the Blood Demon Sect's stronghold.

Lin Aoxue certainly has more experience than Ye Liuyun in manipulating consciousness out of the body; it's just unknown whether Lin Aoxue in this state can use consciousness to possess others.

Lin Aoxue was very fast, and in the blink of an eye she passed the sect cultivators who came in. However, they were all lying on the ground convulsing and could not get up at all.

"I apologize to everyone, but in order to buy some time, I have no choice but to ask you to make do." Lin Aoxue looked at the cultivators who were covered in black smoke and awkwardly apologized to Ye Liuyun.

Lin Aoxue continued flying forward and soon saw Yunxin fighting against the heavenly lightning.

"This guy is amazing! He actually managed to dodge the heavenly lightning. No wonder he's the senior brother, or rather, the senior sister." Lin Aoxue looked at Yun Xin's reaction speed with great admiration.

Lin Aoxue didn't linger there. She passed through the wall and entered the Blood Demon Sect's branch, where the situation was even more exaggerated than outside.

“They’ve all been knocked down by heavenly lightning. If I came in now, I could basically wipe them out by myself,” Lin Aoxue said, frowning.

Lin Aoxue was there to assess the situation; as for the others, they were unable to move at this point.

Once she was certain that she could handle these people on her own, Lin Aoxue immediately returned. She was very fast; she returned to her body much faster than Ye Liuyun.

Upon returning to her physical body, Lin Aoxue immediately opened her eyes.

"Liu Yun, I already know the situation inside. As long as you keep refining pills, I can sweep away those evil cultivators inside all by myself," Lin Aoxue immediately said.