When the light dissipated, three figures appeared beside Li Hechao.

One of them was very skinny and was looking at the four outsiders excitedly.

One of them was fat and bald. When he saw Ling Bo Re, his eyes started burning with passion. Due to the joy in his heart, the fat on his face was trembling.

The third was Messenger Liao, who was in a blood-colored robe. The other two were naturally the Third Elder and the Fifth Elder.

Li Hechao immediately felt ecstatic when he saw his teacher arrive. He worshiped his teacher a lot. His teacher was at the late stage of the Nascent Soul Realm and was one of the strongest elders. The Ninth Elder was not as strong but still had Nascent Soul Realm cultivation.

When the other disciples saw the two elders appear, they knew that they were fine. The elders would handle the situation. Although only two elders had come, since the elders knew of the situation, they would come soon as well. The panic they felt before disappeared and instead turned to enjoy the show. They wondered how these four would be dealt with.

The Ninth Elder was immediately mesmerized by Ling Bo Re and Song Rujing. There was not much more to be said about Ling Bo Re’s beauty. Although Song Rujing hadn’t fully developed yet, the Ninth Elder enjoyed this kind of feeling.

The Third Elder was secretly observing the situation in the canyon. Seeing that most of the disciples were fine, he let out a sigh of relief before moving his gaze onto Zhao Jiuge’s group of four.

While they were observing Zhao Jiuge’s group, Zhao Jiuge’s group was also observing the two of them. They were at the Nascent Soul Realm, so their auras were not weak. Due to staying in the Nascent Soul Realm for so long, they had more experience and their spells were much more vicious.

Although Zhao Jiuge felt some pressure from the two of them, it wasn’t too bad for him. He cultivated the Sanskrit Divine Body, which gave him a powerful body, so the bloody aura didn’t have too much effect on him. If he were an ordinary Spirit Core Realm disciple, he would have been completely suppressed by this bloody aura.

Song Yuansheng’s expression became a bit solemn and he gripped the Eight Edge Devil Submission Mirror tightly. Evil cultivators were indeed evil—even the auras they gave off were different from the auras of cultivators from orthodox sects.

Song Rujing and Ling Bo Re’s expressions were extremely ugly. When the Third Elder referred to them as cultivation furnaces, they were completely enraged. Song Rujing’s expression was extremely serious while she stared at the skinny Third Elder.

Cultivation furnaces. Normally, only female cultivators could become cultivation furnaces. Someone who was used to help others improve their cultivation. Usually, only women with talent and beauty were chosen.

These women were usually strong-willed and talented, captured by evil cultivators and nurtured to become a cultivation furnaces.

These evil cultivators would use these cultivation furnaces according to their cultivation methods, such as forming a dao pair or draining their essence blood to improve their cultivation.

The methods were cruel, but this was why their strength could increase rapidly. This caused cultivators that couldn’t resist the temptation to turn and become evil cultivators.

With that in mind, when they heard that the Third Elder was going to use them as cultivation furnaces, how could Song Rujing and Ling Bo Re not be angry? This also showed that the Third Elder was extremely vicious and has done many terrible things in the past.

It has to be said that evil cultivators with shallow cultivation wouldn’t know about cultivation furnaces. Only evil cultivators with the necessary methods could use a cultivation furnace. Evil cultivators that had methods to control people’s souls would control their cultivation furnaces. Others used more obscene methods, like partaking in duo cultivation and using the pleasure from it to control the female cultivators. They would absorb the yin blood and spirit force from the female cultivator during their union to increase their strength.

Song Rujing and Ling Bo Re had decided to make the Third Elder suffer a fate worse than death. They wished they could break all his bones and extract his soul so they could refine it with their purple origin fire.

“Hehehe, it looks like you’re all from some famous orthodox sect. Seeing how you all have such high cultivation at such young ages, your origin must not be simple.”

The Third Elder laughed, but his laughter was harsh on the ears and his face was creepy.

Although these people had cultivation similar to his, he was not worried. After all, they were young and lacked experience. Even though it looked like his side was at a disadvantage, being down one Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, there were still eight Nascent Soul Realm cultivators below!

When he was speaking, he had already sent a message with his jade token to inform the Fifth Elder in the room below, and knew that help would soon arrive. He was confident that he and the Ninth Elder, along with eight Spirit Core Realm disciples and a dozen Foundation Realm disciples, could delay them for a bit.

“Void Suspension Monastery, Song Rujing.”

“Hundred Flower Valley, Ling Bo Re.”

“Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect, Zhao Jiuge.”

Song Yuansheng said in a serious tone to the Third Elder, “Remember to reincarnate into a good life and stop doing these evil deeds.” 

Hearing these words, the Third Elder’s pupils shranks. The seven holy lands were famous across the 13 provinces. Even in such a remote place, they naturally knew the reputation of the seven holy lands. He never thought he would encounter the disciples of the seven holy lands in such a remote place. And from the looks of their cultivation, they didn’t seem to be ordinary disciples either. How could he know that they had come specifically for their sect?

A hint of hesitation instantly appeared in the Third Elder’s eyes and he hesitated about his previous intentions. The trouble with these holy lands was the fear of attracting the attention of those old fellows. Their Blood Fiend Pavilion could not afford to offend them.

However, in the blink of an eye, the Third Elder made a decision. These disciples all had powerful cultivation, and their blood would allow his cultivation to increase greatly. They were also likely to have some good treasures, and most importantly, there were two good cultivation furnaces here! All this made him decide that it was worth the risk. As long as he left no one alive, their elders wouldn’t know and it wouldn’t bring disaster to the Blood Fiend Pavilion.

Thinking about this, the Third Elder and the Ninth Elder looked at each other. Just as they were about to make a move, Song Yuansheng attacked. When Song Yuansheng saw the Third Elder’s decisive gaze, he didn’t want to waste time talking more nonsense. The reason the four of them had come was to wipe out the Blood Fiend Pavilion. Now that the core of the Blood Fiend Pavilion was here, they chose to directly attack.

“That old fellow is mine.” Just as Song Yuansheng was about to make a move, Song Rujing’s voice echoed. She charged ahead of her big brother, toward the Third Elder.

Song Yuansheng was a bit startled and felt a bit worried. However, he remembered that his little sister was even stronger than him and then relaxed.

“Leave that bald donkey to me.” While Su Rujing charged forward, Ling Bo Re had already drawn her Fallen Flower Sword and slashed toward the Ninth Elder.

Song Yuansheng and Zhao Jiuge looked at each other and knew what each other were thinking. Song Rujing was already filled with anger from the start, then the Third Elder had talked about using them both as cultivation furnaces. How could they hold back their anger?

Song Rujing faced off against the Third Elder and Ling Bo Re faced off against the Ninth Elder. Zhao Jiuge chose to fight against Li Hechao and Messenger Liao. One was at the mid stage of the Spirit Core Realm and the other was at the early stage, so Zhao Jiuge didn’t find it difficult.

Song Yuansheng remained still. He faced the remaining Blood Fiend Pavilion disciples and positioned himself to help the other three at any moment.

When the Third Elder and the Ninth Elder looked at each other, they felt the spirit force fluctuations and were shocked that the other party would attack first. However, they soon calmed down. They had cultivated for a long time, and such a small matter wouldn’t disturb their mental state for long.

Seeing the little girl that was only about 16 or 17 years old who was at the same cultivation level as him, he felt some envy in his heart. At the same time, he was more vigilant. He wouldn’t make a simple mistake such as underestimating his opponent due to age.

Song Rujing raised her brows and closed in holding her Green Heaven Spectre. Her spectre exuded a soft, emerald-green light that surrounded Song Rujing’s body.

The little girl clenched her teeth and released her entire aura. Her aura had caught the attention of everyone here. It was indeed shocking to have such powerful cultivation at her age.

Song Rujing directly used her peak power without holding back. The Green Heaven Spectre shined brightly in the night sky.

The green light directly surrounded the Third Elder. Then a surge of pure spirit force that contained the unique attribute of a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator followed closely after.

Feeling the aura closing in, the Third Elder couldn’t help but shudder. He regretted his decision. He knew these disciples from the holy lands were strong, but he didn’t expect them to be this powerful. He wished he had waited for the others to arrive and come out together. If he was entangled in a fight here, the Blood Fiend Pavilion disciples would face a terrible fate.

At this point, the Third Elder became desperate. He needed to break free from this little girl and do his best to protect the disciples of the Blood Fiend Pavilion.

Years of comfortable life hadn’t weakened him but instead made him even stronger. After all, he had been stuck at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm for many years.

As the green light closed in, the Third Elder quickly formed seals with his hands and released his spirit force. The spirit light he released was as bright as blood and smelled like blood.

There was a blood-colored fog surrounding the spirit force. The attack the Third Elder had just used was similar to the attack Li Hechao had used, only he was much more skilled and stronger.

The Third Elder must have taught the Blood Transformation Spell to his disciple. The Blood Transformation Spell could be considered one of the top spells in the sect. For a sect with only about 100 people, only those with very high status could learn it.

The Blood Transformation Spell and the cultivation method of the Blood Fiend Pavilion worked well together. The blood-colored spirit light could corrode any flesh. Later on, this spell could also grant your spirit force an attribute and would become extremely powerful. However, cultivating this spell required the sacrifice of countless lives.