Chapter 138: North Sea Red Blood Hall

It has been ten years since Qing Yun's destruction, and in that time, the demonic path has thrived and run rampant in the world.

The only two remaining righteous sects, Fen Xiang Valley and Tian Yin Pavilion, have gradually seen fewer and fewer disciples traveling outside. In the past, when disciples from these two sects were seen by demonic cultivators, they would be avoided from afar, or even fled in fear. But now, they are being called out to and swarmed by their adversaries, demonstrating how rampant the demonic path has become.

Originally, both sects had hoped for Qing Yun's downfall, but now that Qing Yun has been completely destroyed and almost all of its disciples have been eradicated, the position of the leader of the righteous sects has been left vacant. However, neither of the two sects has dared to step up and take on this position because they know that whoever does so might become the next Qing Yun.

A thousand years ago, on the Kongsang Mountain, the demonic expert Black Heart Old Man established the Blood Refining Hall, marking the beginning of a glorious era, commanding the demonic path and shocking the world. But with the death of Black Heart Old Man and the incompetence of his descendants, this place became desolate and fell into ruin to the point of extreme bleakness.

Ten years ago, the downfall of Qing Yun greatly stimulated the prosperity of the demonic path. A new generation of disciples emerged, and reclusive elders once again appeared. Many remarkable demonic path figures emerged for a time.

Among them, the most talked-about was a terrifying demonic figure who appeared shortly after the downfall of Qing Yun. No one knew his identity or origin, but it was known that he came to Kongsang Mountain and, with his own strength, subdued the Blood Refining Hall, becoming the new leader and renaming it the North Sea Red Blood Hall.

He created a strange and powerful cultivation technique called the North Sea Divine Technique. It could draw on the vitality of all living beings in the world to cultivate one's own power. Although this technique had limited variations and potential, the speed of cultivation was astonishing.

Even someone who had never practiced before could become a master on par with the most outstanding disciples of the various sects after practicing for a few years in the mortal world. Although their strength would never improve beyond a certain point, the key was that this technique did not seem to require any cultivation aptitude.

In this world, there is no shortage of talented individuals in the practice of cultivation. However, it must be acknowledged that there are far more individuals with low aptitude for cultivation, and the difference between the two is more than a thousand or ten thousand times.

When this news spread, there was a sudden increase in disciples joining the North Sea Red Blood Hall. Within a few years, the previously declining Blood Refining Hall had become the most powerful and unfathomable force in the demonic world as the North Sea Red Blood Hall.

Many individuals in the demonic world attempted to gain insight into this cultivation method, but whether they sent spies into the North Sea Red Blood Hall or went in person, they all remained in the North Sea Red Blood Hall without exception.

Legend has it that the North Sea Red Blood Hall's Master, known as the Red Demon among the demonic world, left a backdoor in this cultivation method. The more proficient one becomes in cultivating the North Sea Divine Technique, the more severe and unusual the poison derived from it will become.

If there is no exclusive antidote of the Red Demon, once the strange poison breaks out, the whole body will feel like being pricked by needles and bitten by ants. It's extremely painful and itchy, causing not only skin problems but also itching and pain in the organs, bones, and blood vessels.

If the antidote is not used to neutralize the poison within two months, one will not be able to bear the suffering and end up tearing their body apart, with their skin torn and flesh rotten, and their body disintegrated in a terrifying and gruesome manner.

The divine land of China is vast and boundless, with the Central Plains being the most prosperous and populous region, and the southwestern region being the most barren and desolate due to the presence of one of the most dangerous places in the world, the Death Swamp.

The Death Swamp has an extremely humid climate, with six or seven days of rain in every ten days, leading to the proliferation of various exotic plants, which are as numerous as hairs on an ox.

At the same time, this cold and damp place is always favored by ferocious beasts and venomous insects, coupled with the unique and highly toxic swamp gas of this area. Even if a cultivator is not careful and is hit, they would die a miserable death. It is truly a place of great danger.

A few miles away from the Death Swamp is a small village called Da Wang Village. The village has a small population, and few outsiders come there.

However, just a few days ago, Da Wang Village suddenly became lively, with many strange and eccentric people coming and going, both righteous and demonic.

This is because not long ago, rumors suddenly spread throughout the world that a huge golden pillar of light suddenly rose from within the Death Swamp in the west, soaring into the sky day and night.

Even in the middle of the night, the Death Swamp was illuminated as bright as day, and this continued for three days. Afterwards, there were also constant strange sounds, and the earth trembled unceasingly.

As both the righteous and demonic factions in the cultivation world believed, all these unusual signs were a precursor to the emergence of rare and precious treasures. Judging from the scale of these phenomena, the power of this treasure was definitely not to be underestimated; at the very least, it could be a divine weapon of the Nine Heavens or even the legendary Zhu Xian.

The Tian Yin Pavilion and Fen Xiang Valley, which had been inactive for a long time, both emerged, sensing that this treasure might be an opportunity for the righteous path to counterattack against the demonic path.

During the calamity of the Qing Yun Sect, if the Zhu Xian Sword had not mysteriously disappeared, even if the head of any of the seven peaks of the Qing Yun Sect had held the sword, although it would not have been able to completely reverse the situation and defeat the entire demonic path, the Qing Yun Sect would not have been on the brink of destruction.

A group of people walked into the village of Da Wang, causing a sudden silence in the crowded street, and some individuals even retreated and disappeared upon recognizing the newcomers.

A black-robed young man with slightly sinister eyes walked at the forefront, followed closely by a middle-aged man on his right and a person with an ugly, dog-like appearance on his left. Dozens of grey-clothed people followed behind them, each with an elusive aura.

"Hall Master, I have already sent people to build good houses in this village in advance, waiting for your arrival."

The middle-aged man bowed his head and spoke respectfully, with a hint of fear in his demeanor.

The young man nodded without saying anything, and the middle-aged man led the group to a quiet house that was incongruous with the poverty of the village.

After entering the courtyard, the young man sat down and pondered for a moment before speaking up.

"This village is still too disorderly, with too many miscellaneous and unruly people. Elder Nian, take some people to clean it up."

"Understood."

After giving a respectful bow, the middle-aged man gestured for a few people to follow him, and they quickly left. They exuded a strong aura of violence as they headed out, and soon the village was filled with the sounds of screams.

The villagers were so frightened that they closed their doors tightly and hid inside their homes with knives and hoes in their hands. After a while, some brave ones opened their doors and peeked out, only to find that the outsiders who had been increasing in numbers were all gone without a trace. All that was left were bloodstains scattered on the deserted streets, which was extremely terrifying.

After the battle at Qing Yun, Li Xiu obtained the Sucking Soul Club, which had been carelessly stored as an ordinary magic weapon in the Qing Yun warehouse, before leaving Qing Yun to subdue Elder Nian and his men at Kongsang Mountain.

As for the strange and powerful cultivation technique, the North Sea Divine Technique, that is now widely spread in the demonic path, it was obtained by Li Xiu in a movie world while he was accumulating the origin source of the virtual world. The North Sea Divine Technique in that world not only can absorb others' power but also can rejuvenate and regenerate the body, making it a genuine high martial art.

Li Xiu made some modifications to the technique and added effects similar to the Undead Spell, and then passed it on. He also dispatched his people to spread thousands of inner skills to various places in the mortal world, serving as the cultivation resources for the North Sea Red Blood Hall that he founded.

After several years of cultivation, the disciples of North Sea Red Blood Hall had filled their dantian with internal energy through practicing the North Sea Divine Technique. However, despite having accumulated several thousand years of internal energy, their level of cultivation was only equivalent to the first or second level of the Shangqing Realm. Moreover, their potential had been exhausted, and they could no longer make any further progress in their cultivation.

But due to the large number of people, the North Sea Red Blood Hall, now led by Li Xiu, has become the largest sect in the world and can be called the number one sect in the world.