Yang Che cast a 'Water Repelling Shield' on himself and quickly sank to the bottom of the river.
He arrived at the spot where the strange Formation Restriction was located.
The yin-cold aura here was very strong.
Even though Yang Che was now a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, he still couldn't help but shiver when he felt these yin-cold auras.
Fortunately, with the Nine Heart Thunder Flame, Yang Che quickly dispelled these yin-cold auras and was no longer bothered by them.
He stood in front of the Formation Restriction, completely bewildered, unable to discern any clues.
"Yang Che, I'm going to possess you now."
This time, Tianxie Ziyin specifically gave a heads-up, but without waiting for any response from Yang Che, she immediately possessed him.
With limited possession time, Tianxie Ziyin, after possessing Yang Che, wasted no time in using Yang Che's body to cast a series of peculiar seals onto the Formation Restriction.
With a 'buzz', a bloody light suddenly appeared.
Countless blood-colored runes actually flickered on this Formation Restriction.
Tianxie Ziyin let out a proud, cold snort, and a strange light shot out, then split into countless tiny golden runes, quickly enveloping each of the blood-colored runes.
After completing these actions, Yang Che already felt his body about to crack.
"Hold on for one more breath."
While Tianxie Ziyin transmitted her voice, more golden lights shot out.
These golden lights passed through the runes, went straight into the ground, and disappeared.
It was at this moment that Yang Che, who was about to give up, suddenly felt his entire body lighten.
Tianxie Ziyin had already returned to the Void Illusion Magic Stone Space and quickly sat down to adjust her breathing.
Yang Che, on the other hand, touched his body, still feeling a lingering fear.
He could clearly feel that if Tianxie Ziyin had stayed for even half a breath longer, his Physical Body would have certainly shattered.
After Cultivating the Heaven and Earth Chaos Art for so many years, and successfully reaching Foundation Establishment, Yang Che, who was originally extremely confident in the strength of his Physical Body, suddenly realized that the strength of his Physical Body was simply not worth mentioning after being possessed by Tianxie Ziyin three times.
The path of Cultivation is indeed mysterious and unpredictable.
"Yang Che, this Restriction will dissipate in a moment. This is a portal to the underground. The moment the Restriction dissipates, you must enter at the same time. Otherwise, if the Restriction closes the portal again, we might have to wait half a year to enter again."
"Understood."
After speaking, Yang Che stared intently at the runes.
Not long after, all the runes suddenly disappeared.
Immediately following, a bottomless blood-red crack opened in the ground.
Upon seeing it, Yang Che did not hesitate and leaped down.
The moment he leaped into the blood-red crack, the Restriction reactivated, the blood-red crack disappeared, and blood-colored runes reappeared on it. After flickering a few times, they gradually merged into the Restriction and vanished without a trace.
Underground.
Not only did the yin-cold aura become increasingly dense, but the air also carried a bloody and putrid stench.
Soon, a passage made entirely of peculiar giant stones appeared before Yang Che.
Following the passage, he walked to the end, where the path suddenly broke off.
Yang Che stood at the end of the broken path and immediately saw a scene that incredibly shocked him.
Below was a massive underground cavern, nearly ten thousand feet long and wide.
Inside the cavern, rows upon rows of tightly packed blood coffins, dense and numerous, made one's scalp tingle.
In the central area, there were nearly a hundred noticeably larger blood coffins, with blood mist swirling above them, clearly indicating a much stronger blood Qi than the other blood coffins.
And between these countless blood coffins, there seemed to be some kind of peculiar and mysterious connection, with a faint, strange power fluctuating back and forth between them.
"Yang Che, you'd best not go down for now."
Just as Yang Che was bravely thinking of going down to investigate, Tianxie Ziyin's voice suddenly came to his mind.
"I finally know why the Spiritual Qi in this World is becoming increasingly scarce."
Yang Che was startled to hear this. "Zi Yin, are you saying that the increasingly scarce Spiritual Qi in the current Cultivation World is related to these blood coffins in front of us?"
"That's right. And there should be more than one such blood coffin cavern."
"Do you know the origin of these blood coffins?"
"Hmph. I am from the ancient Cultivation World era, how could I not know? If my sensing is correct, the hundred blood coffins in the central area most likely contain living beings from my era."
"What? Living beings from your era?"
"Don't be so surprised. In my era, there were too many bizarre and powerful living beings that you can't even imagine."
"Then what kind of living beings are in these blood coffins? And why is the scarcity of Spiritual Qi in the Cultivation World related to them?"
"Yang Che, step back first. Do not alarm the living beings in these blood coffins."
Yang Che retreated into the passage as instructed, but his eyelids twitched uncontrollably, and a very bad premonition welled up in his heart.
Tianxie Ziyin said, "I didn't expect that at the bottom of an inconspicuous great river in Jiang Country, there would be blood coffins of the 'Ancient Corpse Sect' from the ancient era."
"Ancient Corpse Sect?"
"The Ancient Corpse Sect has been a very powerful Sect since ancient times. Every Disciple and member Cultivates an incredibly bizarre living being, and this living being is called the Ancient Blood Corpse."
"After each Ancient Blood Corpse is refined, it must feed on blood. This blood can be Human Race blood, or Yao Beast blood; any living creature's blood can be consumed by it. If it goes without blood for a long time, the Ancient Blood Corpse will fall into an endless slumber until it drinks enough fresh blood again to awaken from its slumber."
"You see these blood coffins, each shrouded in blood mist, it means these Ancient Blood Corpses are currently absorbing fresh blood using an ancient secret method. Once the time comes, all these Ancient Blood Corpses will awaken."
Yang Che's heart sank, and he asked, "What will happen if these Ancient Blood Corpses awaken?"
Tianxie Ziyin was silent for a moment, then continued coldly, "Even if they haven't awakened, they are constantly absorbing Spiritual Qi to preserve themselves. And after awakening, they will use a secret method to immediately find the Reincarnation of their original masters and gradually infuse the vast preserved Spiritual Qi into their masters' bodies, helping them reach a very high Cultivation Realm in a short period of time."
Yang Che listened, finding it inconceivable, and felt chills down his spine and a tingling scalp.
"If that's truly the case, then wouldn't the entire Cultivation World be in great chaos if these Ancient Blood Corpses awaken?"
"Yang Che, whether the Cultivation World is in chaos or not is none of our concern.
Remember, my blood pact with you is to continuously gain your Ancient God Power for my recovery. And you must also help me find a few items.
Therefore, your continuous strengthening and possessing more and more Ancient God Power is what I anticipate. As for other matters, I have no interest in dealing with them at all."
Yang Che was about to say something when Tianxie Ziyin suddenly continued, "The Ancient God Art, 'Heaven and Earth Chaos Art', that you Cultivate is incomplete. If you can reach Core Formation, we will go to the Stone Cave you mentioned. If you cannot reach Core Formation, my blood pact with you will end there."
Yang Che could clearly hear that when Tianxie Ziyin said these words, she did not carry any emotion whatsoever.
Yang Che's emotions gradually returned to normal, and he calmly said, "Zi Yin, you once said that given the current scarcity of Spiritual Qi and Heaven And Earth Treasure, my success rate for Core Formation is too low. To achieve Core Formation, I must take some unusual paths. Then, looking at these densely packed 'Ancient Blood Corpses', do you think I can find some opportunities among them?"
In this short period, Yang Che had thought a lot.
His greatest pursuit and wish was 'immortality'.
As Tianxie Ziyin said, whether the Cultivation World was in chaos or not was none of his business, he didn't want to meddle, nor did he have the ability to.
At most, after leaving this place and returning to Qing Jian Sect, he would inform Old Ancestor Old Man about what happened here, and then concentrate on Cultivating in seclusion in the Red Ripple Secret Realm.
If Qing Jian Sect insisted on sending him to continue fighting the Demonic Path, he would not hesitate to leave Qing Jian Sect and continue his carefree Cultivation Dao alone.
"Yes."
Tianxie Ziyin's voice was as cold as ever: "If you are the Reincarnation of the original master of one of these Ancient Blood Corpses, let alone Core Formation, even Nascent Soul would be extremely simple."
Upon hearing this, Yang Che's eyes immediately lit up, and he said with a faint smile, "Zi Yin, you might be right, I really might be the Reincarnation of the original master of a certain Ancient Blood Corpse."
"Oh?"
This time, it was Tianxie Ziyin's turn to be a little surprised.