“Senior Yang, look, that Ancient Blood Corpse is here again. I don’t know what secret technique it possesses that allows it to specifically choose certain people. Once someone is chosen, they are bound to betray us.”
The old man, Xun Kuo, had both anger and fear on his face.
After all, he was only at the fifth level of Qi Refining cultivation and couldn't possibly know the truth behind it.
Yang Che’s expression was cold as he stared at the General-Level Ancient Blood Corpse with white hair, then shifted his gaze to the young man and woman inside the Formation who were pulling at each other below the Ancient Blood Corpse.
Although he was quite far away, Yang Che vaguely felt that the young man looked somewhat familiar.
Judging by the young man's confused, excited, and frenzied appearance, he was most likely the Reincarnation of the original owner that the white-haired General-Level Ancient Blood Corpse had found through the Soul Mark.
Evidently, that ‘General-Level Ancient Blood Corpse’ wanted to take the young man away, but the people around him desperately tried to stop it.
Yang Che watched for a while, then withdrew his gaze, preparing to continue walking towards the market.
At this moment, a person suddenly flew over in a streak of light from mid-air.
His speed was extremely fast, and in a blink of an eye, he had arrived at the location of the Ancient Blood Corpse.
This person was a middle-aged man, strongly built, with thick eyebrows, large eyes, and short black whiskers like steel needles, adding to his ruggedness.
To deal with a General-Level Ancient Blood Corpse, one would need to be at least at the Golden Core Stage; clearly, this middle-aged man was a Golden Core Stage Cultivator.
His expression was solemn. Seeing the ferocity of the Blood Corpse before him, he dared not be careless in the slightest and immediately opened his mouth to spit out a Magic Treasure.
This Magic Treasure was entirely white, surprisingly resembling a section of an unknown bone.
The middle-aged man activated the white bone, and immediately a burst of light shone.
Then the white bone became incomparably huge, like a pillar supporting the heavens.
With a shout of ‘Go!’ from the middle-aged man, this heaven-supporting pillar transformed into a stream of light and fiercely smashed towards the white-haired General-Level Ancient Blood Corpse.
With a ‘rumble’.
A earth-shattering roar resounded.
The white-haired General-Level Ancient Blood Corpse could not break through the city-protecting grand Formation’s defenses and could only passively endure the attacks.
Soon, this Ancient Blood Corpse became enraged.
He let out several long roars towards the sky, and his originally somewhat withered body began to flicker with blood-red light.
As the blood-red light grew thicker, his body gradually became full.
Immediately after, he once again swung his fist and fiercely smashed it onto the city-protecting grand Formation.
With a ‘hum’.
The Formation’s light shield directly caved in.
The middle-aged Golden Core man was startled and immediately controlled the white bone Magic Treasure again to smash fiercely towards the General-Level Ancient Blood Corpse.
The General-Level Ancient Blood Corpse’s tall body was immediately smashed far away, almost falling out of mid-air.
At this moment, two smaller General-Level Ancient Blood Corpses suddenly flew over, pulling up the falling white-haired Ancient Blood Corpse, and then roared in unison towards the inside of the grand Formation.
The three General-Level Ancient Blood Corpses joined forces and began continuously smashing onto the city-protecting grand Formation.
They only smashed one spot, taking turns swinging their fists.
Soon, that section of the light shield showed dangerous signs of being penetrated.
The Golden Core middle-aged man grew anxious. With a wave of his large hand, several spirit talismans floated by his side.
He chanted incantations, and these spirit talismans emitted golden light, circling the middle-aged man once before suddenly transforming into sharp swords, which swiftly darted towards the three General-Level Ancient Blood Corpses.
Although the Ancient Blood Corpses were quickly pierced by these spirit talisman swords, they were not fundamentally harmed at all.
After roaring, they continued to attack the city-protecting grand Formation.
Below the Formation.
The young man suddenly laughed several times, then pointed at the group of people beside him and angrily said, “I, Liu Song, have been a live-in son-in-law in your Qin Family for many years. I have toiled like an ox and a horse for your Qin Family, how many merits have I established?
But how did your Qin Family treat me? You insulted me, cursed me, everyone ridiculed me greatly, bullying me, Liu Song, as just a mere live-in son-in-law.”
“Liu Lang, don’t be foolish. You, a former mine slave, how could you be the Reincarnation of some ancient powerful Cultivator? Come home with us quickly.”
The young female Cultivator saw that her bitter persuasion was fruitless and suddenly grew anxious.
Whether intentionally or unintentionally, she actually exposed the young man’s origins in public.
Yang Che had already heard the words ‘Liu Song’ and ‘mine slave’ by this time.
His memory suddenly returned to the path to Xingshan Mine back then, and the five innocent youths who sat in the same carriage.
No wonder this young man looked somewhat familiar; it turned out to be Liu Song, who had successfully escaped from Xingshan Mine back then.
Flowers may bloom again, but youth never returns.
Fifteen or sixteen years had passed in a flash.
At this moment, those names deep in his memory suddenly reappeared.
Hu Lai, Meng Ran, Zhang Gu, Liu Song, and him, Yang Che.
At that time, among these few, only Liu Song had the best relationship with him.
At this moment, Liu Song was tall and well-built; he no longer had that frail and thin appearance from back then.
His gaze was sharp, and he already possessed a cultivation of the seventh level of Qi Refining.
Liu Song’s face immediately turned ashen upon hearing the young female Cultivator’s words, and he angrily said,
“Good, good, good, you Qin Si, don’t think I don’t know your purpose in making me a live-in son-in-law of the Qin Family. Isn’t it just because you coveted the ‘Blood Spirit Scripture’ in my hands? You don’t have me in your heart at all. You and Jiang Huaming of the Jiang Family have been secretly colluding; do you think I don’t know?”
The female Cultivator Qin Si, with a cultivation of the sixth level of Qi Refining.
Upon hearing Liu Song’s words, her face immediately flushed with shame and anger: “Liu Lang, you are slandering me.”
“Hahahahaha,” Liu Song’s face showed madness, “How many years have I, Liu Song, been humiliated by your Qin Family? If it weren’t for the resources to Cultivate the ‘Blood Spirit Scripture,’ do you think I would willingly endure humiliation, willingly tolerate you secretly meeting your lover?”
“Liu Lang… you…”
The female Cultivator Qin Si, in her extreme shame and anger, spat out a mouthful of fresh blood and fell backward.
Yang Che caught a glimpse of a trace of reluctance in Liu Song’s eyes. Liu Song’s foot moved slightly, but ultimately, a ruthless glint flashed in his eyes, and he did not step out.
Qin Si was promptly supported by the people beside her.
A middle-aged woman pointed at Liu Song and cursed loudly:
“You lowly live-in son-in-law, for my Qin Family to take you in is already the greatest charity to you. If it weren’t for Qin Si having some genuine feelings for you, my Qin Family would have long since kicked you out. You lowly mine slave, go and dream your pipe dreams of being the Reincarnation of an ancient powerful Cultivator.”
After the middle-aged woman finished her vicious cursing, she suddenly turned to an old man and said, “Uncle Qin Xian, quickly chop this lowly person into pieces and take him back to feed the dogs.”
The old man, a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator, immediately walked towards Liu Song upon hearing the middle-aged woman’s words.
Liu Song looked up at the white-haired General-Level Ancient Blood Corpse in the sky, feeling his blood surging and flowing in reverse.
After Yang Che discovered that the young man was Liu Song, he walked step by step towards this side.
The old man, Xun Kuo, followed behind Yang Che, his face full of confusion.
Just as Qin Xian took out a long sword Magical Artifact and thrust it towards Liu Song, multiple thoughts intertwined and surged in Yang Che’s mind, and he finally sighed helplessly.
Several streaks of black light quietly flew out, like meteors, instantly shooting in front of Liu Song, forming a strange needle net that resisted the attack of the long sword Magical Artifact.
Liu Song broke out in a cold sweat. As if sensing something, he looked at Yang Che gratefully.
His eyes immediately flashed with surprise and joy, but before he could say anything, he suddenly withdrew his gaze and looked up at mid-air.
The city-protecting grand Formation had a hole broken through it under the combined efforts of the three General-Level Ancient Blood Corpses.
‘Roar!’
With a terrifying roar, the white-haired General-Level Ancient Blood Corpse immediately spat out a ‘blood mist’ that shot directly towards Liu Song through the hole.
Liu Song was instantly tightly enveloped by the blood mist.
Liu Song’s aura within the blood mist continuously climbed, and his entire body rapidly ascended, quickly reaching the hole.
The Golden Core middle-aged Cultivator with whiskers like steel needles was entangled by the other two General-Level Ancient Blood Corpses through the hole, and being anxious to repair the grand Formation, he had no time to spare a Clone.
Thus, Liu Song was forcibly pulled out of the Formation hole by the white-haired Ancient Blood Corpse.
Immediately after, an overwhelming amount of Spiritual Qi surged from the white-haired Ancient Blood Corpse’s body, instantly pouring into Liu Song’s body.
Liu Song’s entire body was covered in blood-red light, and Spiritual Qi continuously penetrated the blood-red light to enter Liu Song’s body.
Liu Song’s cultivation rapidly ascended to the peak of the twelfth level of Qi Refining.
Immediately after, the blood-red light suddenly became denser.
After only a quarter of an hour, Liu Song, enveloped by the blood-red light, directly succeeded in Foundation Establishment, becoming an Early Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
At this moment, several more powerful auras rapidly flew towards this direction from the Jiang Huo City Lord’s Mansion.
Yang Che had already quietly retrieved his Flying Fire Needles while everyone’s attention was on the sky.
However, no one noticed that in a very inconspicuous corner, a shadow-like Cultivator secretly memorized Yang Che’s appearance and quickly transmitted Yang Che’s information.