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Chapter 469: Chapter 46 Well Moon Body_1

"Princess Gao… Prepare for battle!"

A coarse female voice echoed over Yanqiao Pass.

At the same time.

Inside Yanqiao Pass.

In the spirit food store belonging to the Xuli Sect.

Lin Boyue took his gaze back, looking at the panicked disciples of Xuli Sect in the store, and at Qiao Yushan, whose complexion had subtly changed. Uncertainty flickered in Boyue's eyes.

"Sect Master, w-what should we do?"

The master of the spirit food store, a Cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage, asked with shaky courage.

Before Lin Boyue could reply.

Another pleasing yet sharp female voice echoed:

"A defeated soldier dares to provoke battle! You will lose your life here today!"

As the words fell, everyone felt a pulsing aura surging from the city.

Through the window, they could see Princess Gao, Li Xiangyun, already flying half in the sky, meeting the onslaught of the Incense-burning Dao Cultivator once more.

"Just you alone? Are others too afraid to come?"

A tone of ridicule tinged Li Xiangyun's words.

"To deal with you, I alone am sufficient."

Chi Mei, the female Cultivator of the Chipo Lineage, retorted promptly.

"Then come and try!"

In an instant, the intense fluctuation of Mana pervaded the air.

The spherical light shield above the city gate began to shimmer slightly.

On the ground, a group of Cultivators from House of Prince Gao swiftly flew out of the prince's separate court, scattering in all directions, while simultaneously shouting:

"All bystanders, return to your homes immediately! Any who are still out and about after ten breaths will be regarded as spies of the Incense Fire Dao and will be executed without pardon!"

"All bystanders…"

The Cultivators present in the city became panic-stricken, some went east, others west, some hid in stores, others ignored the city's flying restrictions, rushing to their homes.

For a moment, the whole city was thrown into unparalleled chaos.

Inside the Xuli Sect's spirit food store.

"Sect Master…"

Hearing the noisy sounds outside, the store master opened his mouth to say something, but Lin Boyue flashed an unpredictable look, whispering:

"Let's go, all of us!"

"What? This…"

Everyone looked surprised at Lin Boyue.

Even Qiao Yushan had to step forward nervously and say, "Sect Master, Princess Gao is fighting with the Incense Fire Dao. If we go out at this time, isn't it easy to create misunderstanding…"

"Misunderstanding?"

Lin Boyue's face turned cold: "What misunderstandings can there be? Should we let Princess Gao face the Incense Fire Dao alone?"

"But Sect Master, outside…"

The master of the spirit food store wanted to say something more, but a cold glance from Lin Boyue frightened him into silence.

Sweat trickled down his back.

Lin Boyue scanned the Cultivators around him with narrowed eyes.

These people were all carefully selected by him after a long contemplation.

His voice firm, "Do you still consider me your Sect Master?"

The disciples of the Xuli Sect were shocked and quickly bowed their heads, chiming, "We dare not!"

"You'd better not!"

Lin Boyue's face darkened, "Then listen to me, your Sect Master. Go! Let's all leave!"

"…Yes!"

Disciples of the Xuli Sect hesitated for a moment before collectively responding in unison.

Seeing this, Qiao Yushan did not dare to speak and lowered his head.

The group of about forty or fifty members quickly left the spirit food store.

In the chaotic city, this group of huddled together Xuli Sect Cultivators attracted immediate attention.

But the Cultivators from House of Prince Gao were busy maintaining the overall order and protecting the formation's key areas, so they didn't have time to trouble them for the time being.

To the disciples of the Xuli Sect's surprise, Lin Boyue led them directly to a store that wasn't far off.

"Sect Master Lin? What are you…"

Wen Yong and his fellow disciples from the Danlong School stood at the entrance of the store, their eyes filled with wariness as they watched the approaching crowd from the Xuli Sect.

Lin Boyue scanned the few men, his face expressionless, "I want to borrow this place."

"I'm afraid I can't help you, Sect Master Lin. This place is a key area for us. Unless Princess Gao gives us an order herself, we can't lend it to your sect."

Wen Yong immediately refused without thinking.

Lin Boyue sighed deeply, speaking under his breath, "Attack!"

Upon hearing Lin Boyue's command, the disciples of Xuli Sect behind him showed some surprise. However, having a natural psychological advantage over the Danlong School, they immediately charged forward.

Compared to the relatively small number of Danlong School disciples, the Xuli Sect's number was much higher.

Wen Yong saw the situation and immediately felt a sense of foreboding.

"Sect Master Lin, you're going against Princess Gao's order…You guys, hold them off!"

Seeing that the disciples of the Xuli Sect were really about to fight, Wen Yong was instantly afraid. He quickly ran towards the store.

Quickly chanting and making a spell sign, all the treasures displayed in the store gathered up like chicks returning to the coop, instantly flying into his sleeve!

He glanced at the two disciples of the Danlong School in the store, and immediately shouted out:

"Run!"

He immediately swung his hand to knock open the window on the other side and flew out swiftly.

Lin Boyue detected his movements but showed no intention of stopping him.

Soon, the disciples of the Danlong School at the door were subdued by the Cultivators of the Xuli Sect.

"Keep an eye on them!"

Lin Boyue dropped this sentence and walked directly into the store.

Gazing at the two shivering disciples of the Danlong School, his eyes flashed a cold light, "Arrest them!"

"Yes!"

Qiao Yushan, who was at back, quickly responded.

He immediately flew forward and captured two disciples of the Danlong School at Foundation Establishment stage in no time. He handed them over to the disciples of the Xuli Sect behind him.

However, Lin Boyue entered the store and didn't even spare an extra glance at the talismans displayed on the walls and counter. He directly walked alone towards the backyard of the store.

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Soon enough, he indeed discovered at a corner by the wall of the yard, a formation foundation about a square feet in size, constructed from numerous spirit materials. It was continually extracting the spiritual lineage from the earth, connecting with the heaven and earth, and supplying its own spiritual power and the power drawn from the universe to the formation above.

Upon recognising subtleties within it, Lin Boyue couldn't help but express admiration:

"What a splendid Five Dragons Imprison Array!"

"Those who strive to break the formation not only have to face the formation itself, but also confront its defenders and the power of the formation that has gathered the energy of heaven and earth."

"Even if they infiltrate the formation, it's nearly impossible to break it. The engravings on the foundation of the formation possess an inherent teleportation effect. Once they're attacked, they will instantly move somewhere else…"

From the stillness, a rather urgent voice suddenly emerged by his ear:

"Can you break the formation?"

Unsurprised by the voice's sudden appearance, Lin Boyue pondered for a moment before responding:

"Ordinary methods won't do… However, I once obtained a technique from a transaction with the Tianmen Cult that contaminates the foundation of the formation through a blood ritual. Perhaps it would be worth a try."

"Just worth a try?"

The voice was undoubtedly infuriated.

"Suit yourself, if you're not willing to give it a go, I will leave right now."

Lin Boyue retorted coldly.

"Stop! Enough chatter! Start now!"

The voice hastily instructed.

Hearing this, Lin Boyue wasted no more time and swiftly sent a message to Qiao Yushan who was still in the shop.

In a while, Qiao Yushan and the other disciples of the Xuli Sect, supervising the disciples of the Danlong School, arrived.

Upon catching sight of the formation foundation in front of him, a sense of trepidation filled Qiao Yushan's heart.

However, before he could contemplate any further.

Lin Boyue was already giving orders, "Yushan, you are to extract their blood…"

Qiao Yushan was stunned.

The captive disciples of Danlong School immediately displayed extreme terror in their eyes!

They struggled to say something, however, the disciples from Xuli Sect, fearing that the screams of the Danlong School disciples might attract others, had initially crushed their throats.

With the physical strength of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, death wouldn't occur from a crushed throat, however, with their mana also sealed, they could no longer make any sound.

"What are you dawdling for."

Lin Boyue coldly stated.

Upon hearing this, a shudder ran through Qiao Yushan.

Although he doesn't regard himself as a benevolent cultivator, he does pride himself as a defender of justice. While he had fought and killed fellow practitioners, he hadn't actually spilled blood of other cultivators before.

However, Lin Boyue was not someone he could resist.

And so, he approached.

With a flutter of his hand, he condensed his mana into a small dagger, and promptly slashed it across the wrist of a disciple from the Danlong School.

It's unclear if it was due to insufficient strength or if the mana-condensed dagger wasn't sharp enough, but this slash wasn't able to make a cut.

"Enforcer Qiao's technique is too gentle, haha, why not let me do it!"

A disciple of the Xuli Sect at the peak of the Perfect Foundation Establishment surprisingly laughed heartily. He held no reverence for Qiao Yushan, and directly wielded his magic sword towards a disciple of the Danlong School, aiming for his heart.

In an instant, the blood squirted out.

However, the well-prepared disciple from the Xuli sect didn't panic at all. With his mana spread widely, he easily collected all the spilled blood.

The disciple from the Danlong School quickly turned pale.

However, as Lin Boyue didn't signal a stop, naturally no one dared to halt.

Soon enough, the last drop of blood was drawn from the body of this disciple of the Danlong School.

At this moment, the disciple of the Danlong School now looked as though he had prematurely aged, with hollowed eye sockets and a body that was but skin and bones, nearly indistinguishable from a skeleton.

However, despite sucking dry his blood, his Foundation Establishment body was still struggling to maintain the last hint of life.

His jaw flapping, his desiccated and ashen eyes stubbornly staring at the disciple from the Xuli Sect who had extracted his blood.

The disciple of the Xuli sect was perturbed by his intense stare. Tentatively glancing at Lin Boyue and seeing no indication of intervention, he immediately unsheathed his sword and cut the blood-drained disciple of the Danlong School in half.

Just by chance, the severed head rolled on the ground, the ash-gray eyes still stared at him.

"Bad luck!"

The disciple of the Xuli Sect murmured under his breath. Not wanting to delay the Sect Master's affairs any longer, he hastily aimed at another disciple of the Danlong School and made his move.

The disciple of Danlong School who was pricked was filled with fear, resentment, and hatred…

However, everyone present hardly cared.

Shortly thereafter.

The backyard was littered with seven ghastly-like corpses.

"Five Foundation Establishment cultivators, and two Qi Refining ones…"

Lin Boyue swirled the white jade cup in his hand.

In the white jade cup, the thick blood glowed with an eerie light.

"The blood…is far from enough."

"It's not appropriate to go outside and grab more people at this time…"

Lin Boyue fretfully furrowed his brows then turned to look at Qiao Yushan:

"Yushan, extract their blood too."

All color drained from Qiao Yushan on hearing this!

The disciples of the Xuli Sect around him also looked terrified.

The disciple of the Xuli Sect who had volunteered to bleed the disciples of Danlong School looked flabbergasted:

"Sect Master, you…"

He was still doubting whether he had heard it wrong.

However those Xuli Sect disciples who were alert quickly cast secret glances at each other, and then started to flee as if taking flight.

Unfazed by the fleeing disciples of the Xuli Sect, Lin Boyue hardly reacted.

Sure enough, no sooner had the disciples of the Xuli Sect flown a short distance away than they shockingly discovered wells appearing beneath their feet one after another. Upon the surface of the wells, reflected an array of pale faces with eyes shut tightly.

The disciples of the Xuli Sect were horrified!

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Seemingly aware of the gaze from the disciples of the Xuli Sect, those pale faces suddenly opened their hollowed eyes, their mouths rapidly splitting wider and wider…

At the same time, countless arms reached out towards them…

In the well, there were sudden echoes of terrifying screams.

"Don't kill them, we need their blood alive."

Lin Boyue seemed to have anticipated this, and calmly whispered instructions.

Moments later.

The yard was filled with the bodies of the disciples from the Xuli Sect.

Their consciousness still resided, but like the disciples of the Danlong School before, they couldn't make any sounds.

Witnessing this, Qiao Yushan felt his hair stand on end.

"Don't be afraid … you're different from them. They are all disciples who have questioned me before … heh, even though I've exhausted my energy for the Sect, there are still those who question me. They deserve to die!"

Lin Boyue whispered softly.

"Yes…"

Qiao Yushan rigidly plunged his magic sword into the chest of a disciple from the Xuli Sect.

Seeing Lin Boyue out of the corner of his eyes, he felt a chill run through his body.

"He's even murdering his own disciples…"

"And just now that well … is it a relic of the Incense Fire Dao's Well God Lineage?"

He mechanically stabbed down, one sword after another, until he was nearly numb.

That was until he suddenly recognized the man he had just struck in the chest.

Qiao Yushan instantly recognized the man. It was the same Xuli Sect disciple who had volunteered to bleed the Danlong School cultivators just before.

The disciple's gaze fell on the sword embedded in his chest, his eyes filled with an expression of desolation.

Perhaps he hadn't expected that the same sword he had used would so swiftly pierce his own body…

"Sect Master … All the collection has finished."

Qiao Yushan, holding back his nausea, presented Lin Boyue with the white jade cup.

Lin Boyue accepted the cup, feeling the resentment, anger, and unwillingness contained within…

He nodded in satisfaction, "You did a good job."

Qiao Yushan breathed a sigh of relief at his words.

Lin Boyue then quickly took various peculiar spirit materials from his storage ring and put them into the white jade cup.

Soon, the blood in the cup gradually turned black.

It even emanated an intense smell of wretchedness and malevolence.

Meanwhile.

In the skies above Yanqiao Pass, Li Xiangyun and Chi Mei engaged in a tireless battle of back-and-forth.

With the empowerment of the formation, Li Xiangyun was completely dominating Chi Mei.

However, Chi Mei's advantage lay in her unmatched physique. Despite the reinforcement of the formation, Li Xiangyun could only inflict wounds, unable to achieve decisive victory.

Chi Mei seemed to have noticed this, focusing solely on defense, regardless of the blows from Li's golden bracelets that left her body dented but unbowed.

The situation was at a stalemate.

And below, within Yanqiao Pass, the cultivators from House of Prince Gao had managed to restore peace quickly.

However, as soon as the city gate quieted down, the cultivators of House of Prince Gao received a report from a cultivator of the Danlong School.

"I am Wen Yong, deacon in charge of the Danlong School's shop in Yanqiao Pass. Sect Master of Xuli Sect came and seized our school's shop, moreover, many of our disciples were captured. I implore you to rescue them! The Danlong School will be forever grateful!"

"Xuli Sect?"

A long-bearded Golden Core cultivator furrowed his brow.

Annoyance filled his features: "That Xuli Sect, always causing trouble!"

"I'll go and check it out!"

A cultivator with a black face immediately spoke: "Daoist Chen, I'll accompany you!"

"No need, the people of the Xuli Sect should have all been sealed off their mana, they only have Foundation Establishment strength at best. Moreover, the Princess Consort is still engaging with a cultivator from the Chipo Lineage. You all hurry up and stabilize the formation base, prevent the people from the Incense Fire Dao from sabotaging it!"

The long-bearded cultivator shook his head.

Without waiting for a response, he promptly flew elsewhere.

The black-faced Golden Core cultivator watched the situation in the sky, not daring to delay, he quickly led a group of cultivators from the House of Prince Gao to protect the formation base nearby.

…

"It's done!"

Lin Boyue lightly swirled the white jade cup in his hand, giving a slight nod.

The liquid in the white jade cup no longer bore its original color.

There was a visible cloud of resentment almost solidifying within.

Cryptic runes sporadically surfaced and sank back into the cup.

Unable to help it, Qiao Yushan held his breath. He had a vague idea of what Lin Boyue intended to do.

But precisely because of that, his sense of horror only intensified.

"Lin Boyue … he's going to destroy this formation base!"

"He's planning to let the people from the Incense Fire Dao in!"

Although he'd had suspicions that Lin Boyue had joined the Incense Fire Dao, it wasn't until that moment he was absolutely convinced!

Undeterred, Lin Boyue lifted his hand and pointed.

The blood in the jade cup instantly condensed into a line, streaking towards the formation base.

Just then, a furious shout echoed through the air:

"What are you doing!"

Qiao Yushan quickly followed the sound, only to see a long-bearded Golden Core cultivator, eyes wide with anger, already flying towards them on his sword!

Qiao Yushan became instantly tense.

When he and Lin Boyue had entered the city, their mana had been sealed by a seal talisman. The only strength they could use was equivalent to the Foundation Establishment Stage. They stood absolutely no chance against a Golden Core cultivator.

However, Lin Boyue, who was constantly extracting blood from the jade cup, gave the long-bearded cultivator only a brief glance, and then continued guiding the blood.

The long-bearded Golden Core cultivator was already flying in the courtyard.

But at that moment, he suddenly seemed to lose control and fell straight down from mid-air!