The blood clouds hovering above the Chi Dragon Mansion obscured the stars and the moon, casting a bloody hue over the hundreds of miles of sky and filling the air with an indistinct stench of blood.
The cultivators who were leisurely strolling on the streets outside the Chi Dragon Mansion, seeking pleasure, although unaware of the significance of the blood clouds, all instinctively made the same decision upon seeing them.
——Escape.
In an instant, countless flying swords carrying spiritual light rose from the Chi Dragon Mansion, like seven-colored fireworks exploding in the sky, fleeing in all directions.
However, among them, four flying swords not only did not choose to escape but instead, against the direction of the others, rushed towards the Chi Dragon Mansion.
On these four flying swords, one tall and three short, two men and two women, all dressed in dark blue night clothes with bamboo hats, and their hands, necks, and faces were wrapped in bandages, looking extremely ominous.
Feng Yudie slightly lifted her bamboo hat with her fingers, looked up at the cultivators flying towards them, and asked with a frown, "Young Master Ye, the offerings are almost gone, what is this Li Feng Blood Sacrifice for?"
"It's so they can't escape."
Ye Anping, the leader, replied nonchalantly.
As he spoke, suddenly twenty-seven purple light pillars rose abruptly around the Chi Dragon Mountain.
The purple light pillars converged into a point at the top of the sky, forming a semicircular purple light shield, enveloping a radius of fifty miles around the Chi Dragon Mansion.
Many of the cultivators trying to escape were unable to stop their flying swords in time and crashed into the shield from hundreds of feet in the air, falling into the forests below.
Feng Yudie's neck shrank, and she took a deep breath, "Hiss——"
Hearing this, Ye Anping sighed lightly and explained, "Li Feng has reversed the activation of the Chi Dragon Mountain's protective array. Originally, it could only keep people out, but now it can only keep them in. Since most of these people are Foundation Building and Qi Refining cultivators, they simply can't break through that spiritual shield."
At the end of the line, Zhuang Hu furrowed his eyebrows and asked, "So, we have no way out either?"
Ye Anping turned his head to look at him and smiled, "Big Brother Zhuang, the four of us are now in the same boat. You'd better not entertain any thoughts of running away and focus on figuring out how to deal with Wu Chengzhou."
"Heh——"
Zhuang Hu gave him a disdainful look. He didn't believe Ye Anping's words; this guy must have some ace up his sleeve to escape.
After hesitating for a while, he solemnly added, "Sixth Brother, promise me."
"Big Brother Zhuang, please speak."
"When all of this is over, take Atin back to the Hundred Lotus Sect."
"No." Ye Anping glanced at him and said, "If you want to take her back, do it yourself. I don't like taking care of that bear-headed girl."
"... ..."
"Don't worry, I won't do anything I'm uncertain of." Ye Anping pressed his bamboo hat and gazed into the distance at the protective array surrounding the Chi Dragon Mansion, sighing, "This protective array was personally set up by Moon Dan Master for Li Feng back then."
"Hmm?" Feng Yudie blinked her eyes in surprise, "So, does that mean Xiao Yunluo's mother is an accomplice? Does she really have a connection with the demonic cultivator?"
"When you see her, you won't say that."
"Why?"
Because in the game, the moment you saw Sima Xuanji, you ran up to her and began to ruffle her hair without a second thought, and then she beat you up all over...
Ye Anping sighed lightly, not answering Feng Yudie's question. Seeing that they had reached the gate of the Chi Dragon Mansion, he led the three of them to descend on their flying swords.
The mansion guards did not leave their posts. There were still about ten armored guards standing at the gate, guarding the entrance.
The leading guard frowned upon seeing Ye Anping and the others' attire, raised his hand, and commanded, "Surround them!"
Clattering sounds of iron boots approached, and more than 10 Chi Dragon Mansion guards rushed up, surrounding the four of them in the center and pointing the tips of their spears at them.
Ye Anping immediately made a sword gesture with his hand, preparing to take out the jade token for Li Qianjin and hand it to Feng Yudie.
However, at this moment, the sky suddenly flashed with blood, attracting the attention of several guards who looked up at the sky.
The irregularly shaped blood-colored cloud gradually condensed and shrank, turning into a huge red lotus in just a few breaths.
Whoosh—
With a sound resembling the breath of a giant, the lotus petals gradually tightened before suddenly opening wide.
A large amount of red pollen spewed out from the center of the flower, turning into tiny red snowflakes and drifting down.
The guards surrounding Ye Anping felt puzzled as they watched the red snow falling. One of them reached out his hand to catch a snowflake out of curiosity.
However, just as the snowflake was about to land in his palm, Feng Yudie immediately rushed over, kicked him in the chest, and sent him flying down to the foot of the city gate tower.
"Don't touch this snow!!"
Feng Yudie loudly reminded, but before she finished her words, two other guards from the Chi Dragon Mansion stabbed at her with their spears.
At this moment, Ye Anping quickly took out the jade token for Li Qianjin and raised his hand to show it to the oldest-looking guard among them.
Seeing the token in his hand, the guard's expression changed, and he immediately ordered, "Stop!!!"
The spears that were aimed at Feng Yudie instantly stopped and were withdrawn.
The leading guard immediately bowed to Ye Anping and respectfully asked, "What are Young Master's orders?"
"Order all the mansion guards to wear full body armor now, with no skin exposed, and they are not allowed to touch this red snow. If they touch it—"
"Ah—!!"
A scream from behind interrupted Ye Anping's words.
Without the slightest hesitation, Ye Anping immediately summoned his spiritual sword, almost appearing in front of the guard who screamed.
Swish—
The silver moon flashed past the guard's left arm, severing it.
Ye Anping immediately pierced the hand of the guard with his spiritual sword in mid-air, then pinned it to the brick floor at his feet, causing a burst of blood and mud.
Everyone watched with astonishment, but they saw that the hand pinned to the ground by Ye Anping seemed to be struggling, and its five fingers began to wriggle like vines.
Ye Anping took out a fire-attribute talisman and threw it onto the hand, igniting it. Then he turned his head to the elderly guard and said, "If they touch it, do this."
"... ..."
"Maintain order in the mansion, inform the cultivators of various sects in the city that if they want to survive, they should close their doors and windows and hide indoors."
The old guard's pupils constricted, but he quickly regained his composure and immediately issued the order, "Yes! Everyone, listen up, return to the city tower to change clothes, do not expose any skin, and do not touch the red snow!"
"Yes, sir!"
Although the other guards hesitated for a moment, they immediately responded loudly and helped the guard whose left hand was severed by Ye Anping, quickly retreating back under the city tower.
Ye Anping pulled out the spiritual sword in his hand, shook off the blood on it, and sheathed it.
"Senior Sister Feng, Big Brother Zhuang. The time limit is the eruption of the Red Refining Five Lotus Array in the sky five times. That was the first time just now. If we fail to break the Blood Sacrifice Array before the fifth eruption, then we lose."
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