Chapter 447

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Chapter 447: Blood of Gods and Demons

Qiao Mu and the others left one after another.

The Red Sun Secret Realm suddenly became quieter, especially after losing its backbone, Qiao Yuan.

Qiao Yuan is highly respected in the Secret Realm because he has saved most of the people there.

His sudden departure left everyone feeling confused.

The people who were arguing just a moment ago looked at each other, and many of them ended up looking at the female swordsman Shen Xiu.

Some of them frowned, showing that they were clearly upset.

Shen Xiu was actually the one who caused the argument earlier. If it wasn’t for her stubbornness, Qiao Yuan wouldn’t have been forced to leave.

"Why are you all looking at me? Didn’t you all have something to say just now?"

"Am I the only one to blame, and none of you take any responsibility?"

"We’re all in the same boat, and it’s already full. If Qiao Tu comes on board, the boat might capsize, right?"

Shen Xiu became angrier as she thought about it. With a cold snort, she ignored everyone and went back inside.

Her wooden house is in a corner of the village, and after closing the door, she searched through a wooden box by the bed for a while, before pulling out a small wooden statue.

The wooden statue was simple in craftsmanship, but you could faintly see a resemblance to the Blood Lotus Sect Leader.

"I am not a traitor, but having once been a part of the Blood Lotus Sect, I understand the dangers of cultivators more than they do…"

"Qiao Yuan is being stubborn, if he continues like this, the ship will soon capsize, and we will surely die… I am just trying to find a way out for myself."

She was definitely not a spy.

If the Blood Lotus Sect knew about Qiao Yuan and the others, they would have wiped them out immediately, why wait until now?

Therefore, she did not directly contact the Message Jade Talisman of the Blood Lotus Sect cultivators.

But with the statue of the Taoist Lord in her hand, she was once a disciple of the Qi Refining Stage after all. If she prayed quietly at this moment, perhaps the Taoist Lord would sense it…

From her perspective, the Blood Lotus Sect was a powerful force, while there were no strong opponents on her side to confront them, they were not on the same level.

……………..

In the midst of a dry and lonely yellow wasteland.

Qiao Mu, Qiao Yuan, and Wu Jing were walking in the wasteland.

In Qiao Yuan’s hand was a faintly glowing bone fragment, searching for other bone fragments and essence hidden in this Secret Realm.

"I can vaguely sense the location of the essence and bone fragments hidden in this new Secret Realm," explained Qiao Yuan.

"I suspect that the bone fragment is related to the giant Kuafu Mountain and could be considered the core of this particular Secret Realm."

"Those who have merged with the essence and hold the bone fragment are almost like the masters of a Secret Realm, able to do many incredible things as I can."

He paused for a moment, and then hinted:

"Even if I’m not in the Red Sun Secret Realm right now, I can still sense the connection between the Red Sun Secret Realm and me. With this connection, I can search for the rest of the bones and blood."

"It’s even more extraordinary than I imagined." Qiao Mu nodded.

Wu Qizheng tried his best, almost skin and bones, but could barely help keep Qiao Mu going in the dark.

Ordinary treasures were like a drop in the ocean for Qiao Mu.

The bone fragment and essence mentioned by Qiao Yuan were special treasures, clearly linked to the Kuafu Mountain Secret Realm.

Qiao Yuan was able to navigate the Kuafu Mountain with ease, like a drop of blood merging into veins, freely moving within the Kuafu Mountain Secret Realm.

"I’m just like a mouse hiding in a corner, if one day the true owner of this mountain discovers me, it’s a dead end, there’s no way to fight back."

Qiao Yuan changed the subject, talking about the past events in the Zhong Province Imperial Capital, his emotions stirred.

Clearly, the argument that happened in the Red Sun Secret Realm before was not a small matter for him.

"I am a stepson of the Fang family, originally with the surname Qiao. After my mother married into the Fang family, naturally, our last name changed… Of course, there’s no longer much left of the Fang family now."

Thinking about the long-lost Fang Jia little sister, Qiao Yuan just shook his head, not wanting to talk about it anymore.

"Since then, I have had no family, just all alone in the world."

"If there’s anything special, it’s probably the surname ‘Qiao’," Qiao Yuan self-mockingly smiled, taking off the wine gourd hanging from his waist, looking a bit melancholic.

Qiao was originally a common surname, but it became famous in Jiu Province because of a Qiao family member.

Even someone like him, who happened to have the surname Qiao, was mistaken for a descendant of the famous longevity family Qiao family because of a good deed he did.

Qiao Mu listened quietly, without interrupting.

He knew that this young man was sharing his difficulties with his elders.

At this moment, there was no need for him to act like an elder and lecture with moral teachings. Just listening was enough.

"Shen Xiu said I was supposed to be a hero saving people from fire and water, but I’ve never been one. I’m just a clever heavenly prison guard.

"Who can come out of a place like that heavenly prison and be a good person?" Qiao Yuan took a sip of his drink and said,

"I just feel empty inside. I was helped by elders like Qiao Tu from the Qiao family before, so I want to put in some effort and try to be a real member of the Qiao family…"

Qiao Yuan’s eyes became unfocused.

"It was just that a Qiao family member once held an umbrella for me, so I want to try… If I can be someone who holds an umbrella, maybe it can fill the emptiness in my heart a little?"

"And indeed, this feeling…"

"Truly makes me feel like I can’t pretend anymore," Qiao Yuan said slowly.

Qiao Mu looked up at him at this moment.

"What do you want to say?"

"I used to be a guard at the heavenly prison in the Great Yan Imperial Capital. Inside, there were many very wicked criminals, and dealing with them required a sharp mind," Qiao Yuan said.

"I hold the bones and blood in my hands, I rescued everyone in the Secret Realm, in the Red Sun Secret Realm I am the master."

"Who would let guests have the house and go wandering outside themselves?"

He held the bone pieces in his hand, and with a strong stroke in the air in front of him, a doorway appeared instantly.

……………………………..

Shen Xiu had just taken out the statue.

There was a loud bang.

The wooden house door was kicked open, Qiao Yuan rushed in, looking at her expressionlessly.

Shen Xiu froze for a moment, the wooden statue in her hand almost falling to the ground, she quickly hid it behind her, eyes wide open.

"Why are you here … You keep saying that you went out with senior Qiao Tu to find bones and blood, it’s all lies?"

"You… You actually doubt me?"

Qiao Yuan let out a sigh.

"I feel right at home in this Red Sun Secret Realm. Everywhere I look, I have eyes and ears. Just because I left, do you think you have an opportunity? "

He then moved forward and punched Shen Xiu in the stomach with a strong force.

Shen Xiu’s body immediately arched like a shrimp, beads of sweat the size of beans appearing, and the wooden idol she tightly held in her hand was taken away by Qiao Yuan at that moment.

"You–" Shen Xiu clenched her teeth.

"Who in this world doesn’t want to live? I just want to find a way to survive. Is there anything wrong with that?"

"You don’t agree with my decision, you can leave this Red Sun Secret Realm on your own. No one is stopping you." Qiao Yuan said coldly.

"But if you want to endanger our lives, naturally I won’t let you stay."

Shen Xiu looked very sad, feeling hopeless.

"Since you feel this way, what else can I say…. Go ahead, draw your sword and kill me then."

"Kill you? Sorry, I have a germ phobia and I don’t want to dirty my hands." Qiao Yuan said calmly.

He held Shen Xiu with one hand and dragged her to an open space in front of the village where over one hundred people had gathered.

"Clearly acting for your own benefit, yet always pretending it’s for the common good, manipulating the crowd."

"Let’s see if your tricks work this time." Qiao Yuan said lightly.

"Causing trouble and turning people against each other so easily, this time let everyone decide your fate together after learning about your actions."

"Your personal gain versus the safety of over a hundred of us, which is more important this time?"

Shen Xiu hesitated for a moment, tried to speak, but in the end, couldn’t say anything, feeling completely defeated.

The group had different expressions on their faces, they all looked at Qiao Yuan with a mysterious sense of respect.

"So, just now was like luring the snake out of its hole…."

"Great, Mr. Qiao Yuan isn’t going to abandon us…."

"And about this witch… Is she really planning to sell us…."

"Leaving behind the idol just to save herself? Hmm, did she think about us?"

Voices were discussing one after another.

With a flash of the blade, a big head flew off and landed on the ground.

At first, the crowd whispered, but once the bodies were taken care of, the talking gradually stopped.

After this incident, when they looked at Qiao Yuan, they not only felt grateful like before, but also a little more fearful.

…………………………

"Is everything taken care of?"

In the desolate wilderness, Qiao Mu sat cross-legged, adjusting his breath. He opened his eyes and looked at Qiao Yuan, who emerged from the Secret Realm Space with bone fragments.

"Yes, we’ve eliminated a hidden danger," Qiao Yuan said with a worried look.

"Hopefully, it will give us a few more days to catch our breath."

"Is this bone fragment a bit too handy? It can move freely between Secret Realms?" Qiao Mu asked.

"It’s just a way to survive, without this bone chip, how could we have lived until now."

Said Qiao Yuan.

In his eyes, these more than a hundred survivors were nothing more than ants hiding in a corner.

When no one is looking, ants can come out boldly and act recklessly like it’s their own home.

If the owner of this place doesn’t notice, that’s good. But once they do, they can easily crush them.

Qiao Yuan held the bone fragment in his hand and searched through the desolate wasteland following a faint sense.

Contrary to Qiao Mu’s expectations, this search was not difficult.

Qiao Yuan’s steps were confident, as if he had a clear understanding of the target’s whereabouts, almost as if he had x-ray vision.

"Isn’t it a bit far-fetched that this bone fragment can guide the rest of the bone fragments?" Qiao Mu couldn’t help but ask.

"Not really," Qiao Yuan explained with a smile:

"It’s not that the connection between the bone fragments is that strong, it’s just that I’m not new to this small Secret Realm, I’ve searched for bone fragments in this Secret Realm before."

"I probably know the location of this bone fragment."

As Qiao Yuan stopped walking, the story begins.

On the yellow soil beneath his feet, a gray rock was partly buried.

He gently tapped on a bone fragment, then a flash of light appeared. The gray rock cracked open, revealing a gray bone fragment that looked like jade and had a faint blood glow.

"Blood in the bone, and bone with blood found," Qiao Yuan clapped his hands with relief.

Qiao Mu was a bit puzzled:

"You found it so easily? Are you Giant Kuafu’s secret child?"

But deep down, he also had some idea.

Finding this bone fragment was not difficult for Qiao Yuan, but he hesitated to search for it, suspecting there might be more to it.

"Qiao Tu, you jest. Finding this bone piece is easy, but what comes after is the challenge," Qiao Yuan’s expression turned serious.

"This Kuafu Mountain Secret Realm is controlled by the Blood Lotus Sect."

"It’s okay for us to hide quietly, but if we boldly try to take control of the foundation of this Secret Realm, aren’t we afraid of the Blood Lotus Sect finding out?"

Qiao Mu suddenly understood.

It’s like having cockroaches at home, they quietly hide in the corners without being noticed, but if they suddenly come out in the kitchen at three in the morning, drinking champagne and eating all the good food… that’s just inviting trouble.

But then the problem quickly arose.

Qiao Yuan said, "The sect leader of the Blood Lotus Sect is probably exploring many Secret Realms right now. With the methods of the Immortal Sect Leader, they might discover us in just a day or two."

"Waiting longer might buy us a day or two more, but there’s no chance of survival. It would just delay our death by a few days."

"But if we touch this foundation, the Blood Lotus Sect will probably become aware of it right away."

"Either we immediately inform the sect leader, or we seek help from senior Qiao Tu to increase our chances."

"So in my opinion, we might as well look for bone fragments and fight for a chance at survival."

"Of course, this is just how I see things." Qiao Yuan placed the second bone fragment he held in his hand in front of Qiao Mu.

"It’s Qiao Tu senior who needs to deal with the Blood Lotus Sect Leader, not me. So it’s up to Qiao Tu senior to decide how to handle this matter."

There are two options in front of Qiao Mu.

If he wants to play it safe, he can go back to the Red Sun Secret Realm for a couple of days, since the danger has been eliminated. After two days, he can directly confront the Blood Lotus Sect Leader.

Or he can choose to use the bone fragment in his hand… this will summon the Blood Lotus Sect Leader, and the next day or two will be very difficult.

So, what should he choose?

"There’s no real choice here." Qiao Mu firmly grasped the bone fragment in his hand without any hesitation:

"Between waiting to die and taking a risk, there’s no need for a deliberation."

The first one seems stable, but it’s actually not stable.

No one knows when the Soul Changing Taoist Lord will discover their presence, maybe soon or maybe later.

This is a waiting-for-death path. Whether Qiao Mu lives or dies, the decision is in the hands of the Blood Lotus Sect Leader.

Did you really think the Blood Lotus Sect Leader would wait patiently for his big move to cooldown?

Qiao Mu doesn’t know much about the Blood Lotus Sect Secret Realm, but he understands cultivators and has clashed with two Immortal Sect Leaders at the Soul Changing Stage.

His thinking is, don’t underestimate the skills of the Immortal Sect Leaders; waiting passively for cooldown is likely to lead to a bad outcome.

As for the latter….

Honestly, the chances of success in this matter are very slim. The only advantage is having control over the situation. If things go wrong, there’s a chance to fight back.

Even a skilled martial artist like Qiao Mu, with all his knowledge and high skills, being dehydrated and trapped in the heart of the Blood Lotus Sect leaves him with few good choices.

Qiao Yuan nodded, showing understanding and not surprise.

"Besides that, there is one more thing."

"When trying to absorb the blood from this bone, you will experience flashes of memories from Giant Kuafu’s past life, glimpses of Giant Kuafu’s memories."

"This was extremely difficult for me; it was like a brush with death, nearly dying… but for the esteemed Qiao Tu, it seems not so challenging."

"Giant Kuafu’s memories…" Qiao Mu’s mind raced.

He wasn’t very sure about the origin of this Giant Kuafu, said to be a relic of a god or demon from beyond the heavens.

The leftover body could form a small world, housing one of the Nine Heavenly Immortal Gates, along with nine Immortal Cities…

Such an unimaginable creature, no one knows how long it has been dead, yet its essence remains, allowing glimpses into its past memories… truly unimaginable.

In the era of the Ancient Gods and Demons, perhaps it was a time before the rise of the Immortal Way.

Can this drop of blood allow him to catch a glimpse of the last rays of that era?

Qiao Mu took the bone shard from Qiao Yuan’s hand and gradually immersed his mind in it.

…………………………………………………..

Inside a lush green dense forest.

A rainbow light flashed across the sky above the dense forest, turning into the appearance of the Blood Lotus Sect Leader.

"Hmm?" He stretched out his sleeve and a bone shard that looked like jade trembled slightly in his palm.

"Someone has touched the Kuafu Realm Bone? They have walked right into a trap."

The Blood Lotus Sect Leader’s mouth curled slightly upwards.

Since he was startled away and Qiao Mu and the others entered the Kuafu Mountain Secret Realm, half a day has passed.

He is the leader of this group of people and the owner of Kuafu Mountain, and naturally he also possesses the Kuafu Realm Bone.

After Kuafu Mountain split, the core realm of the small world transformed into the great Secret Realm and the Kuafu Realm Bone are still in his hands.

As the owner of this place, he explored over ten Secret Realms, perhaps not even needing a single day for each.

"Discovering the hiding place of the mouse half a day early was a pleasant surprise," thought the leader of the Blood Lotus Sect. With a single intention, he turned into a rainbow of light and vanished into the sky.

…………………….

A flood of memories flowed through his mind like a river, feeling like a grand dream.

Perhaps due to experiencing too many dreams, Qiao Mu was particularly quick to wake up in this memory recall.

"Do you remember the story of Kuafu Chasing the Sun?"

In the dream, an elder’s voice was speaking, sounding serious.

"For people from other tribes, this may be just a story, but for us Kuafu tribe members, it is something to be taken seriously."

"Kuafu Chases the Sun is the great achievement of our ancestors. It contains the cultivation method of our Kuafu tribe, which must be remembered…"

"Understood," came the orderly response from around.

Qiao Mu was among the crowd, surrounded by over ten young Kuafu tribe warriors…

The so-called Kuafu, in this memory, is not a single person but a race of giants from ancient times known for their huge size.