With a thought, the open-top chariot transformed into a covered chariot a few seconds later.
Now that the glare was gone, Lin Qing nodded in satisfaction and started playing with it.
That evening, Lin Qing and Xiao Hei appeared outside a human city.
This city is called Sword City. It was built by the Sword Sect, hence the name Sword City. It is home to hundreds of thousands of people.
Cultivators and mortals lived together, and there were also some demons, but they were mostly human mounts, pets, or slave beasts.
To avoid unnecessary trouble, Lin Qing used illusion magic to hide the dragon horns on his head. Anyone with less mental strength than Lin Qing could not see through it.
Lin Qing strolled into the city gate, followed by Xiao Hei, who had shrunk to two meters in size.
Since it was already late, the city was completely dark except for the main roads, and there wasn't much to see, so we took Xiao Hei into the nearest inn.
"Welcome! Sir/Madam, are you here for a quick bite or a full meal?" a waiter said as he stepped forward.
He wasn't surprised to see Lin Qing wearing a mask and the black tiger demon following behind him. Although he was just a mortal, he had seen quite a few cultivators and demons.
Lin Qing: "Arrange two of the best rooms for me, and then bring me a table full of your signature dishes."
Waiter: "Alright, please take a seat, Immortal Master, please wait a moment."
A short while later, the waiter came over with two wooden signs and a pot of tea.
The waiter said, "Master, this is the room number. It's the first or second room on the left by the window upstairs." He then poured two pots of tea for Lin Qing and Xiao Hei.
Lin Qing waved for him to leave, then took out her own drink and started drinking.
Little Black certainly knows how to play; it put its front paws on the table, held the teacup in its mouth, and started drinking.
Chapter 256 Unexpected Change (Please subscribe, vote for monthly tickets, and recommend!)
Five thousand miles away from Sword City, on Heavenly Sword Mountain, lies the location of the Sword Sect.
In a forbidden area of Tianjian Mountain, the sect leader of the Sword Sect sat on a boulder, with a huge pool of blood in front of him.
The blood pool was surrounded by a dense network of grooves, through which fresh blood continuously flowed into the pool.
Above the blood pool, a demonic sword radiating endless killing intent was absorbing the blood within.
As the master of this demonic sword, Jian Tian, the sect leader of the Sword Sect, was constantly being eroded by the killing intent.
Logically speaking, being corrupted by the killing aura should, at best, cause a backlash from one's cultivation technique, resulting in a reverse flow of qi and blood that attacks the heart; at worst, cause loss of mind, rampage, and demonic possession.
However, Jian Tian was not affected at all by the killing energy entering his body; in fact, it was absorbed by his body.
At this moment, the Sword Sect Master slowly opened his eyes and spat out a mouthful of scarlet blood mist: "This ancient technique is truly amazing."
"It actually requires the aura of slaughter to cultivate! Soon, soon, you'll be born tomorrow!"
A red light flashed in Jian Tian's eyes. Although he was cultivating by absorbing the killing energy, it still affected Jian Tian without him realizing it.
Jian Tian took out a communication talisman and said, "How are the preparations going?"
A voice came from the other side: "Sect Master, all the disciples who went out have returned with their flesh and blood. Only the third, fourth and seventh disciples of the Tenth Elder who went to capture the Red Boar have not yet returned."
“I just went to the ancestral hall and confirmed that all the disciples in that group are dead and their soul lamps have been extinguished.”
Jian Tian was silent for a moment before asking, "Where did they go?"
The other side: "The location is at the crack that was cleaved yesterday, 150,000 feet long and 10,000 feet deep."
Jian Tian remained silent for a full minute before slowly saying, "Then let's leave it at that. Send people to find more of the Red Boar's flesh and blood immediately."
"The most important thing right now is tomorrow's blood sacrifice. Remember, get my people out of those five cities as soon as possible. Don't worry about those who refuse to come out."
"This concerns the eternal foundation of our Sword Sect, and we absolutely cannot afford to lose it."
The other side: "Yes, Sect Master."
Jian Tian put away the communication talisman, then looked at the demonic sword above the blood pool with a look of intoxication in his eyes.
Lin Qing was completely unaware of the strange changes that were about to happen tomorrow; he was currently fast asleep on his VIP bed.
While Lin Qing was sleeping, the hundreds of disciples stationed in Sword City began to evacuate one after another.
Only a few disciples with poor talent, who were disliked, or who had offended certain people were left behind, completely unaware that they too would become blood sacrifices the next day.
The next morning, as the sun was just rising, Sword City was peaceful and undisturbed. The departure of the hundreds of Sword Sect disciples who were maintaining order in Sword City proceeded without incident.
The same thing happened in the other four cities; the disciples withdrew, and of course, some people sensed something was wrong and quietly left.
[Hey? Look, what's that?]
[What's going on? There's something in the sky, appearing and disappearing, it's so eerie. Could it be immortals?]
"I can't take it anymore, my left eyelid keeps twitching. I'd better get out of town and chop wood as soon as possible!"
At this moment, the area near the city gate was indeed packed with people, with countless people crowding around, creating an extremely noisy scene.
The gate was wide open, but no one could get out.
"I refuse to believe I can't get out." A cultivator channeled his energy and launched his magic weapon directly into thin air.
However, this energy was absorbed by a transparent wall without causing the slightest ripple.
Seeing this, the others immediately began to attack as well, a barrage of attacks poured forth, but to no avail.
After a period of time, the previously faint array formation became fully visible, and the entire Sword City was shrouded in blood-red array patterns.
As soon as the array patterns appeared, all the cultivators in Sword City sensed them to varying degrees, their expressions changed drastically, and they immediately flew into the sky.
At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared above the blood-red array, holding an array plate in his hand, seemingly preparing to activate the array.
"Elder Liu, what does your Sword Sect mean by this? Are you going to start a great war?" a burly man with a thick beard roared.
One of the cultivators seemed to have learned something, and his expression changed drastically. He said, "I have seen this array pattern in an ancient book. It is exactly the same and is called the Blood Sacrifice Array."
"This formation absorbs the blood of living creatures within it and then transmits it to the main formation."
"Within this formation, unless the cultivation level of the person inside exceeds that of the one who cast the formation, it is absolutely impossible to break through it. Moreover, as more blood is absorbed, the formation will become stronger and stronger."
"They actually want to sacrifice us? There are hundreds of thousands of lives in the entire Sword City."
[Damn it, damn it! Quick, notify all the major sects immediately! We can't let the Sword Sect's conspiracy succeed!]
Elder Liu, does your Sword Sect truly intend to exterminate us all? You are the leaders of our righteous path!
However, Elder Liu in the sky remained silent, still studying the array plate, his hands constantly moving back and forth on it.
A girl in green said, "Uncle-Master Vajra, what should we do? We've tried breaking this formation, but we can't break it or escape."
The bearded Vajra Dharma King said, "Xiao Nan, don't be afraid, your uncle will not let anything happen to you."
Xiao Nan: "But, Uncle-Master, I..."
Vajra Dharma King: "Alright, stop talking, I'll think of a solution. Sigh, if I hadn't practiced that technique and experienced such a severe regression in my cultivation, things wouldn't have come to this."
He led the girl and began to gather the fellow cultivators who were trapped together. After all, Vajra Dharma King was a well-known figure in the Eastern Region, and he gathered hundreds of cultivators in just over ten minutes.
Vajra Dharma King: "Everyone, it seems that the Sword Sect intends to sacrifice us. We cannot surrender without a fight."
"Your Majesty, even you can't break the formation, so how are we supposed to escape?"
【Yeah yeah.】
Vajra Dharma King: "As long as the power is strong enough, it can be broken. If one person's power is not enough, then ten people, a hundred people, a thousand people. I don't believe that this formation cannot be broken."
"Haha, you'd better just be good sacrifices. You think you can break the formation? You're dreaming. If it were the Dharma King in his prime, I'd have to worry about you."
But you now, hehe! Array, activate!
Elder Liu in the sky suddenly mocked, then shouted, and the entire array plate burst into light.
The entire blood sacrifice array began to operate, and the array patterns in the sky began to emit a scarlet light.
"Ah, my blood, my blood!" A mortal was instantly drained into a dried-up corpse, his blood directly absorbed by the array patterns.
The next second, another person was drained dry. Vajra Dharma King was also a little flustered, but fortunately the absorption speed was relatively slow.
Chapter 257 Blood Sacrifice Array (Please subscribe, vote for monthly tickets, and recommend!)
The next moment Elder Liu spoke again: "Haha, suffer, despair, wail!"
"I'm slowly absorbing your blood energy now. The greater your resentment, the better the effect. Don't worry, I'll play with you slowly, first as mortals, then as cultivators, hahaha!"
Panic gripped the entire Sword City; countless people screamed and began to flee.
Some criminals started looting, vandalism, and arson, committing all sorts of evil deeds. Since they were going to die anyway, why not go crazy before they died?
Ten minutes have passed, and thousands of people have already died, including cultivators.
The Vajra Dharma King led thousands of cultivators in bombarding the formation. They had been attacking it for ten minutes, but the formation remained unmoved.
The city was in chaos, with flames soaring into the sky and thick smoke billowing everywhere. Countless people rushed toward the city gates, but none of them could get out.
Lin Qing is still fast asleep in his premium room. He found it noisy and set up a magic array around the room so he can't hear or know anything.
Xiao Hei paced anxiously back and forth in front of Lin Qing's door, not daring to go in and disturb Lin Qing's sleep.
He accidentally woke Lin Qing up once yesterday and got a beating from Lin Qing, who also told him not to disturb his sleep even if the sky fell.
"Oh dear! I came to a human city for no reason, and I never expected to run into such a big thing."
Xiao Hei wasn't worried about its master's safety; it was worried about its own. What if the blood sacrifice array absorbed it?
If it weren't for his decent cultivation level, which allowed him to resist, he would have been drained into a dried-up corpse by the blood sacrifice array long ago.
Xiao Hei planned to break in and wake Lin Qing when he couldn't hold on any longer; he chose to be beaten rather than die.
Of course, he didn't want to get beaten up again until the very last moment. Just thinking about Lin Qing's methods of beating people made his scalp tingle.
Lin Qing slept very quietly. He never snored and lay in bed without making a sound. Anyone who didn't know better would think he was dead.
While asleep, Lin Qing felt a little uncomfortable, as if a force was constantly trying to drain his life force.
Lin Qing didn't want to sleep anymore. The force acting on him made him feel extremely disgusted, and it finally woke him up.
For some reason, Lin Qing is becoming increasingly sleepy, and once he falls asleep, he doesn't want to get up.