Who Let Him Cultivate?!

Chapter 384: Chapter 383: The Smell of Blood_1

“I have some information that may be related to the Great Yu’s cultivators.” Vice Headmaster Shi considered their increased chance of success against the Great Yu’s cultivators, feeling encouraged to further cooperate with Lu Yang.

Lu Yang let out an ‘oh’ of understanding, relaxing in his chair.

“Care to share?”

“There are two reasons why the Great Yu’s cultivators are not accepted by the Great Xia.” Vice Headmaster Shi held up two fingers.

“The first point needs no explanation. The Great Yu’s believers do not acknowledge the existence of the Great Xia and wish to restore Great Yu’s reign, naturally, this causes contention.”

“The second point originates from the struggle between the Righteous Path and the Demon Path.”

“Historical records indicate that blood sacrifices were frequently occurring in the Great Yu’s empire. The Imperial Teacher and Emperor Yu, in their attempts to solidify their power, disregarded these events and appealed to high-powered individuals, such as Heavenly Calamity Sovereign. Why is he called such a name? Because he brings calamity to the people and yet, the Great Yu turned a blind eye. The reason lies therein.”

“The Great Yu deemed the sacrifice of a few cities and the support of a Transcendence Tribulation stage cultivator as a profitable bargain.”

Vice Headmaster Shi sneered at the Great Yu’s actions. Although their Demonic Sect also committed murders, their actions were driven by faith and the awareness of Nine Nether’s existence, a stark contrast to Heavenly Calamity Sovereign’s murderous enjoyment.

“If this was in the Ancient Times, Great Yu would have been wiped out by Heaven’s Court.” said Lu Yang indifferently. Blood sacrifice by a cultivator was rarely seen, even in ancient times.

Before the Five Immortals of the Ancients gained immortality, order in the Ancients was chaotic. Blood sacrifices were not surprising. If they occurred after the Five Immortals gained their immortality, that would mean they were not taken seriously.

This could be inferred from the attitude of Fairy Eternity.

Fairy Eternity was naive, but not foolish. She would not tolerate blood sacrifice.

Therefore, it could be inferred that none of the four friends she made among the Four Immortals of the Ancients would be murderers, else she would not befriend them.”

“The newly resurrected Great Yu cultivator is weak. The fastest way to recover is through blood sacrifice or blood feeding. The Great Xia Empire is strict in its rule, and it’s difficult for them to openly perform blood sacrifices like 10,000 years ago.”

“By using the ‘Rules’ or other means to secretly conduct blood sacrifices, Great Xia would find it difficult to know.”

Lu Yang recalled the events in Buyi Town which was a way used by the Great Yu’s cultivator to regain strength.

“Our Nine Nether Sect has eyes throughout the entire continent. We may not match the Great Xia in open affairs, but we know more than the Great Xia in hidden matters!” Vice Headmaster Shi boasted. Their Nine Nether Sect had existed for tens of thousands of years and without information channels, they would have been extinct long ago.

“A few days ago, I received a suspicious piece of information, possibly about a blood sacrifice. It does not seem to have been performed by the Yaoyang Sect or the Ruthless Sect. It’s highly possible that the ancient cultivator is involved!”

“Possible blood sacrifice?”

“Yes, possible. It’s not confirmed yet.”

“What is the specific situation?”

“One of my subordinates reported to me. While passing through a small village named Huai’an Village, in Liang State, he noticed no signs of life in the village from afar. His cultivation method is quite unique and extremely sensitive to the smell of blood, which he detected.”

“Even though he was so far away, he could still smell the blood. This indicates a large number of deaths in the village!”

“He feared any rules established by the Unification stage might be present in the village, so he did not dare to approach. He reported right away after realizing the anomaly in the village.”

Junior Sister Tao Yaoye was slightly shocked at this story. The situation seemed suspicious.

Lu Yang frowned, “The village is deserted, has the government not taken any action?”

“The stranger part is that the government authorities have completely ignored this village, as if they don’t even know the village exists! Or maybe the villagers just disappeared not long ago and the government still hasn’t become aware of the situation!”

“Based on my speculation, it is highly probable that an ancient cultivator conducted a blood sacrifice in this small village and used some methods to block people’s awareness or possibly the awareness of righteous-path cultivators!”

Lu Yang was rhythmically tapping his fingers on the table. The situation was exceptionally strange, and Vice Headmaster Shi’s explanation may not be entirely accurate.

No matter what, he decided to investigate the small village.

Lu Yang wasn’t worried about Vice Headmaster Shi luring him there. The strength of Heaven’s Court had already been partially displayed. Not even a blow from the Fifth Elder’s shuttle could deter him, the Young Master

“Then, let’s take a look.” Lu Yang prepared to head towards Yue State.

Vice Headmaster Shi was surprised at how decisive Lu Yang was. He had assumed that Young Master Lu would return to find Heavenly King as a protector before investigating Yue State.

Just the two geniuses dared to venture into Yue State, a suspected site of ancient cultivator activity?

Either they had life-saving abilities, or the Heavenly King Protector was already nearby without him detecting.

“Master Shi, would you like to go with us?”

“Of course, I’m coming.” Vice Headmaster Shi agreed cheerfully. He was the one who proposed this after all – it wouldn’t make sense for him not to go.

His flying boat was moored outside Yanjiang County, and the three people boarded and departed.

Vice Headmaster Shi wanted to talk to Lu Yang about something, but he saw Lu Yang close his eyes in meditation immediately after boarding the flying boat. He appeared reluctant to converse further, causing Shi not to bother him.

Junior Sister Tao didn’t speak either. She knew that when Senior Brother Lu closed his eyes, he was afraid of heights and didn’t want to look outside.

Three days passed, and the flying boat arrived in Yue State.

Yue State was located on the west side of the Central Continent. Influenced by the climate, it was abundant in grasslands and scarce in forests. To the west was the Golden Buddha Country, filled with floating yellow sand and rarely seen in green.

“We’re here.”

Vice Headmaster Shi stopped his flying boat in mid-air. After verifying the location in the report, ensuring the small village beneath them was the odd one, he jumped down.

Lu Yang, who was afraid of heights, didn’t dare to simply jump off. He was prepared.

“Junior Sister Tao, cast an illusion for me, making me think that the ground is right beneath my feet.”

Tao Yaoye covered her mouth to giggle, waved her hand and covered Lu Yang with an illusion. The two of them jumped down.

Golden Core stage cultivators could fly freely.

The three landed approximately a mile away from the village.

Vice Headmaster Shi worried that it would alert the enemy, so he didn’t use his spiritual sense to probe the situation in the village.

“It doesn’t seem like any rules have been used here.” After walking around the village, Vice Headmaster Shi made this judgment. He was very experienced and seldom made mistakes in this aspect.

“Then it’s even more strange. Where did all the villagers go?” Lu Yang and Tao Yaoye were also puzzled, it simply didn’t make sense.

The three of them tried to enter Huai’an Village and walked into the village without being affected by any rules.

Vice Headmaster Shi sniffed the air and his expression grew serious, “The smell of blood here is stronger than I expected!”

“Is there a smell?” Tao Yaoye also took a sniff but didn’t smell anything.

Vice Headmaster Shi explained, “You two are different from me, you cultivate Heaven’s Court orthodox methods. The methods the demon-path cultivators practice have more or less to do with blood sacrifices. Only those who practice the demonic path, like me, could sense the anomaly of this place.”

Lu Yang asked, “Is the smell of blood strong?”

“Very strong, even if all the villagers of this small village were killed, I’m afraid it wouldn’t have this much!”

“This is very likely a sacrificial altar established by an ancient cultivator, where they gathered commoners and cultivators for blood sacrifices!”n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om