144: Qian Hao and Li Daren were shocked!

The sacrificial artifact in the old woman's hand was an incomplete one—a Rank Chen sacrificial artifact!

Sacrificial artifacts come in two types: complete and incomplete, and are further divided into four Ranks.

Sun, Moon, Star, and Chen.

Among them, a Rank Sun sacrificial artifact is a complete artifact, possessing the heaven-shaking and earth-shattering power to move mountains and rivers, and shift the stars!

Moon, Star, and Chen are all incomplete sacrificial artifacts!

Sacrificial artifacts contain the power of the Origin of Heaven and Earth, and are the only things that can seal the anomalous.

However, there is a fatal flaw in this!

When an anomaly is sealed within a sacrificial artifact, the power of the Origin of Heaven and Earth originally belonging to the sacrificial artifact will be absorbed by the anomaly.

Once the anomaly sealed within has completely absorbed the power of the Origin of Heaven and Earth from the sacrificial artifact, the artifact will lose its original power and become scrap.

And the anomaly that was contained, after absorbing the power of the Origin of Heaven and Earth from the sacrificial artifact, will become even stronger than before.

Therefore, using sacrificial artifacts to seal extraordinary anomalies is inherently a self-defeating act, like draining a pond to catch fish or drinking poison to quench thirst.

This is also why no one chooses to use sacrificial artifacts to seal extraordinary anomalies.

But it is clear that the people of the Netherworld White Lotus Sect would not consider these things.

The old woman suddenly injected her Inner Energy into the sacrificial artifact she held.

Sacrificial artifacts can only be used by Martial Artists of the Inner Energy Realm and above, by utilizing the Origin Qi of Heaven and Earth.

As the old woman's Inner Energy continuously surged forth, the seemingly ordinary bronze broken bowl emitted an obscure and profound glow in the darkness.

The seemingly ordinary glow, however, concealed a power that made the old woman's heart pound.

When the old woman saw this light, a hint of heartache flashed in her eyes.

Because, for this incomplete sacrificial artifact to seal this anomaly, the majority of its power of the Origin of Heaven and Earth had already been absorbed by this anomaly.

After a while, the old woman seemed to sense a certain aura, and her lips gradually curled into a smile. She glanced at the county town, then sneered a few times.

Subsequently, the old woman threw the sacrificial artifact in her hand down from the city wall, and she herself, at an extremely fast speed, left with the few women below the city wall.

Her hurried escape was such that she didn't even dare to pick up the sacrificial artifact on the ground.

The extraordinary anomaly inside had already claimed this sacrificial artifact as its own.

Even if the old woman was greedy, she wouldn't dare to harbor such a small thought.

Jie jie jie!

That Yin Qi is truly powerful enough!

Even she, a Martial Artist of Inner Qi Minor Achievement, felt a deep sense of danger.

The Yin Qi of this E Level anomaly had actually become so dense.

According to the old woman's estimation, the strength of this E Level anomaly was almost on par with a Martial Artist of the Inner Qi Major Achievement Realm.

The strength of Inner Qi Major Achievement was not something she, a Martial Artist of Inner Qi Minor Achievement, could handle.

Below Inner Qi Major Achievement, all are ants—the old woman had deeply experienced this saying.

To be precise, every Major Achievement in a Martial Dao Realm is an overwhelming force against Martial Artists of lower Realms.

This is also why Martial Artists of Inner Qi Major Achievement are so rare.

It is precisely because of the terrifying nature of Martial Artists of Inner Qi Major Achievement that every Xuan Niao Guard Mystic Envoy in each Prefecture can only be held by a Martial Artist of Inner Qi Major Achievement!

Shortly after the old woman departed, the profound glow on the surface of the bronze bowl on the ground gradually faded.

In its place was a violently burning blue flame. The blue, anomalous light illuminated the surroundings eerily, as if one were in Hell.

If anyone were here, they would surely feel that the seemingly all-consuming flame was, in fact, extremely cold.

Within that blue flame, a human-shaped shadow flickered in and out of view.

The bronze bowl on the ground, which had returned to its normal appearance, was directly swallowed by that blue flame shadow.

Immediately after, layers of blue flames transformed into endless ripples, penetrating the ground and spreading towards the county town.

"What!"

"This Yin Qi!"

In the Lu family mansion, Qian Hao and Li Daren were both meditating in adjacent rooms.

After they arrived at the Lu family, they stated their identities to Lu Jiahe, claiming that Lu Xuan had sent them to protect the Lu family.

This was also Lu Xuan's intention.

Just then, Qian Hao and Li Daren opened their eyes almost simultaneously, their pupils filled with fear.

The doors on both sides opened instantly, and Qian Hao and Li Daren walked out.

"Old Li, did you sense it too?"

"Such dense Yin Qi, how is this possible!"

Qian Hao murmured in disbelief.

Not long after he arrived at the Lu family, he had already broken through to Blood Refinement Greater Accomplishment!

Logically speaking, with his Blood Refinement Greater Accomplishment Qi and Blood, extraordinary anomalies below E Level should not make his Physical Body feel cold!

Just now, Qian Hao had actually felt an unprecedented Yin Qi, the only one he had ever encountered in his life.

Qian Hao and Li Daren, their Qi and Blood surging like Dragons and tigers, poured out and then sensed the source of the surrounding Yin Qi.

It wasn't until Qian Hao and Li Daren simultaneously sensed the scale of the Yin Qi permeating the air around them that they were both shocked!

They discovered that the entire Lu family was enveloped by this Yin Qi, and it even extended beyond the Lu family mansion.

"Old Qian, quickly notify Mystic Envoy adult!"

"With this Yin Qi, something big is probably going to happen in Qingyun County town!"

As soon as Li Daren finished speaking, Qian Hao immediately reacted, rushing into the room with a single stride.

Qian Hao wanted to retrieve the Black Xuan Bird that Lu Xuan had given him from its cage to send the information about Qingyun County back.

Qingyun County Yamen!

In the back hall of the Yamen, County Magistrate Ye Qingshan, lying in his room, also felt this Yin Qi.

"This is... an anomalous Domain!"

"An E Level anomaly!"

"How can there be an anomaly of this Rank in Qingyun County!"

Ye Qingshan had already opened his door and looked up at the distant sky.

In his pupils, the blue flame light from the distant horizon was reflected, dyeing the black clouds a strange blue.

"I didn't expect that after coming to a small place like Qingyun County under an assumed name, I would still encounter a terrifying existence like an E Level anomaly."

"Sigh, it seems that everything is fate, and I can't even enjoy my later years by escaping here."

Ye Qingshan's face was solemn, feeling the Yin Qi permeating his body, his face filled with despair.

Once an E Level anomalous Domain unfolds, no living creature, except for Martial Artists of the Inner Energy Realm, can escape.

They can only be wantonly slaughtered by that E Level anomaly within this anomalous Domain!

However, what Ye Qingshan didn't expect was that there was one type of creature that could escape from an anomaly.

That was the Blackbird Guard's Black Xuan Bird!

The Black Xuan Bird not only possessed a trace of spiritual intelligence but also had an innate ability.

That was to be unaffected by the binding of anomalous Yin Qi, allowing it to soar into the Nine Heavens and leave the range of the anomalous Domain.

In the quiet, dead silent night sky, a small black shadow, like an arrow released from a bowstring, flew towards the Nine Heavens, speeding towards the direction of Baidao Prefecture City!