freenovelworld Chapter 501 Undercurrent? Surge
Chapter 501 Undercurrent? Surge
The moonlight floating in the secret room was cut into hexagonal spots by the Nine-turn Spirit Gathering Array. Yun Yao sat cross-legged on the jade futon, with beads of sweat on her forehead. The pill suspended between her palms emitted a faint blue halo, and the spiritual patterns on its surface moved like a living thing.
"System prompt: The Soul Gathering Pill has reached perfect quality. It is recommended to take it immediately." A mechanical voice sounded in the sea of consciousness, but Yun Yao frowned slightly. She could feel the violent spiritual energy contained in the core of the pill, which was the hidden danger left after taking the Blood Soul Secret Book of the Blood Evil Sect.
Yun Yao tapped her brows with her fingertips and called up the system panel:
[Host: Yun Yao]
[Realm: Late Judan Stage (Half-step Yuanying Stage)]
[Physique: Hongmeng Sword Body (Not Awakened)]
[Skills: Ice Heart Technique (Great Mastery), Nine Heavens Sword Technique (Perfection)]
[Mission: Breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Stage (97% progress)]
[Items: Hongmeng Sword Embryo (sealed), Nine-transformation Spirit Gathering Pill x1]
"System, detect the ingredients of the elixir." Yun Yao silently recited the command, and a light golden data stream unfolded on the surface of the elixir. The test results showed that in addition to the usual heavenly treasures, it actually contained a trace amount of "blood evil energy".
"Liu Yan'er!" Yun Yao suddenly opened her eyes, a cold light flashing in her eyes. She finally understood why she always felt her blood was agitated during her recent training. It turned out that something magical had been mixed into her food.
Suddenly, three rapid knocks were heard from the stone door of the secret room. Yun Yao flicked her fingertips slightly, and the elixir turned into a stream of light and sank into her dantian. When she stood up, her wide moon-white Taoist robe swept across the ground, and the cloud pattern embroidered on the hem of her robe glowed with a faint golden light.
"Mo Chen?" Yun Yao's pupils shrank after seeing who it was. Chu Mo Chen's white hair, which was always neatly tied up, was now scattered on his shoulders. His dark brocade robe was stained with blood, and a half-broken jade slip was stuck in his right chest.
"Blood Demon Gate..." Chu Mochen staggered and held onto the stone wall, black blood oozing from his throat. His left eye was covered with a strange blood mist, which was a sign that he had been infected by the "Blood Soul Secret Book".
Yun Yao flashed to his side in an instant and pressed her bare hands on his Dan Zhong acupoint. The pure Hongmeng spiritual energy poured into Chu Mochen's body, but encountered a cold resistance when it touched his heart.
"They...will do it on the night of the full moon..." Chu Mochen spoke with difficulty, and stuffed the blood-stained jade slip into Yun Yao's palm, "Liu Yan'er...is the Saint of the Blood Demon Sect..."
Bloody spells appeared on the surface of the jade slip, and Yun Yao used the Ice Heart Technique to forcefully read them. When she saw the words "Blood Sacrifice for the Entire Sect", her fingertips could not help but tremble.
The secret room suddenly fell into silence, with only the humming sound of the Nine Revolutions Soul Gathering Array becoming more and more rapid. Yun Yao helped Chu Mochen sit down, took out the Nine Revolutions Soul Resurrection Pill exchanged by the system and fed it to him.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Yun Yao's voice trembled with a rare tremor. Chu Mochen smiled bitterly: "I thought I could solve it alone..."
Moonlight climbed up Chu Mochen's pale face, and Yun Yao suddenly found that there were tiny blood-colored lines behind his ears, which was a sign that the "Blood Soul Secret Book" was eroding his soul. She took a deep breath and placed the Hongmeng Sword Embryo against Chu Mochen's brow.
"Yun Yao, no!" Chu Mochen wanted to stop him, but was stopped in his tracks by a stream of primordial purple energy. Ancient inscriptions appeared on the surface of the sword embryo, and Yun Yao's consciousness followed the sword light into Chu Mochen's sea of consciousness.
Deep in the sea of consciousness, a blood-red altar was slowly rising. Liu Yan'er, dressed in red, stood in the center of the altar. Her face overlapped with the princess in her memory, but with a strange distortion.
"Sister Yunyao, you are finally here." Liu Yan'er smiled softly, her fingertips brushing across the bronze tripod on the altar. The boiling blood in the tripod suddenly turned into a bloody hand that grabbed Yunyao, but was shattered by the Hongmeng Sword Embryo.
"Who are you?" Yun Yao asked coldly. Liu Yan'er suddenly raised her head and laughed: "I am Liu Yan'er, and I am also the 728th Saint of the Blood Demon Sect. We have been waiting for this day for three thousand years."
The sword light surged, and Yun Yao cut off the altar pillars. At the moment when the altar collapsed, she saw the figure of Chu Mochen's childhood kneeling in a pool of blood, and Liu Yan'er was stabbing a blood-colored jade token into his heart.
"This is..." Yun Yao stepped back in shock, and the Hongmeng Sword Embryo let out a clear dragon roar. Liu Yan'er's laughter echoed in the sea of consciousness: "Why do you think Chu Mochen is so indulgent to you? He is just a vessel for us to cultivate."
When she regained consciousness, Yun Yao found that Chu Mochen had fainted. She touched his chest with trembling hands, and indeed she felt the familiar scar - the exact same location as she had seen in her sea of consciousness.
"System, activate the strongest defense mode." Yun Yao ordered in a cold voice, and the defense arrays at the four corners of the secret room lit up at the same time. She took out the sound transmission jade talisman and quickly contacted the masters of the various peaks of the sect.
"Call all the elders above the Nascent Soul stage to gather in the meeting room in a quarter of an hour." Yun Yao's voice was filled with unquestionable majesty. "Also, ask the kitchen to prepare 500 servings of refreshing soup and add double the amount of ice soul grass."
Putting down the jade talisman, Yun Yao looked at Chu Mochen again. Under the moonlight, his pale face looked like a jade sculpture, and the bloodstain between his eyebrows became more and more eye-catching. Yun Yao suddenly remembered that when they first met, he also fell in her yard with wounds all over his body.
"Mo Chen, this time it's my turn to protect you." Yun Yao whispered softly, her fingertips stroking his blood-stained white hair. The Hongmeng sword embryo suddenly flew up and laid down layers of sword formations in the secret room.
In the meeting room, the heads of various peaks were discussing. When Yun Yao appeared holding Chu Mochen, the whole place suddenly became quiet. She placed Chu Mochen in the main seat and turned to face everyone.
"The Blood Demon Sect will attack on the night of the full moon." Yun Yao's voice was calm but murderous. "Liu Yan'er is the Saint of the Blood Demon Sect. Her target is the Chaos Bloodline in Chu Mochen's body."
"Impossible!" The Sword Sect elder slammed the table and stood up, "Concubine Liu has been living in seclusion..."
"She lives in seclusion?" Yun Yao sneered, "She puts Blood Soul Powder in her meals every day. Why do you think Chu Mochen always coughs up blood in the middle of the night?"
Everyone was shocked. Yun Yao took out the jade slip and projected Liu Yan'er's evidence in the air. When the elders saw the transaction record between her and the leader of the Blood Demon Sect, their faces turned pale.
"I have already set up the Nine Heavens Sword Formation." Yun Yao pointed out the window, "but we need three Spiritualization Realm elders to guard the center of the formation."
"Nonsense!" Elder Danfeng said angrily, "The Nine Heavens Sword Formation requires seventy-seven forty-nine people..."
"The improved version is not needed." Yun Yao interrupted him, "I used modern mathematics to rearrange the array. Three people in the Spiritual Transformation Realm are enough."
Everyone looked at each other, and finally the head of the sect nodded in agreement. Yun Yao took out three formation maps and handed them to the three elders respectively: "You must arrive at the designated location before 3:45 of midnight. Don't make any mistakes."
After making all the arrangements, Yun Yao returned to the secret room. Chu Mochen had already woken up and was sitting on the couch wiping his sword. Seeing Yun Yao coming in, he smiled faintly: "Is everything arranged?"
"Yes." Yun Yao handed him the refreshing soup, "Drinking this can temporarily suppress the blood evil spirit."
Chu Mochen took the bowl of soup but did not drink it immediately. He stared into Yun Yao's eyes: "If I lose control..."
"No." Yun Yao interrupted him, "I will always be by your side."
Chu Mochen lowered his head and chuckled, then drank the soup in one gulp. Yun Yao looked at him and suddenly remembered the scene she saw in her sea of consciousness: the young man kneeling in a pool of blood overlapped with Chu Mochen in front of her.
"Mo Chen, you..."
"Some things should be discussed after we defeat the Blood Demon Sect." Chu Mochen interrupted her, a complex look flashing in his eyes, "Now, we should go and take a look at the sword formation."
The two walked out of the secret room side by side, with the moonlight shining on them. Yun Yao looked at Chu Mochen's profile and made up her mind: no matter what the truth was, she would protect this man who made her heart beat.