8: Use blood as fuel to ignite!

Li Yan, holding the blood token, led Mingzhe and the six Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters down the mountain.

He was like a military inspector, overseeing the six people before him.

Following the mountain path of Jingxu Sect, walking all the way down, Li Yan maintained vigilance and distance at all times.

Senior Brother Mingzhe and the other five walked ahead, with him following behind.

Firstly, he wanted to see what the world down the mountain was like, and if there was a chance to escape.

Secondly, with others exploring the way ahead, if any danger was encountered, he could run away in advance.

If the sky fell, the six people in front would be there to hold it up!

According to Old Daoist Xuan Wang, as long as the blood token was in hand, these six Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters would not dare to resist him.

Once the blood token was broken, these six people would die on the spot! All would be implicated.

However, Senior Brother Mingzhe, who was walking in front, kept looking back at this moment, asking with a fawning smile,

“Junior Brother, aren’t you curious where we are going?”

Li Yan kept a safe distance of twenty steps from them at all times.

His expression was cold, and no emotion could be seen in his eyes.

He just uttered a single word indifferently: “Speak.”

Mingzhe wanted to use this opportunity to get closer to Li Yan.

Li Yan immediately raised the blood token in his hand, making a gesture as if to break it.

Mingzhe and the others all looked as if they were facing a formidable enemy, nervously raising their hands to signal Li Yan not to act rashly.

“Calm down, Junior Brother! I will retreat now.”

Watching their reactions, Li Yan secretly marveled that the blood token in his hand controlled the lives of these six people.

These six Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters all had to act according to his mood, and the feeling of controlling others' lives was particularly wonderful.

This was such a rare opportunity; if handled properly, it was his best chance to escape Jingxu Sect!

Seeing Li Yan slowly lower the blood token in his hand, the six people in front of him finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Senior Brother Mingzhe still showed his usual ingratiating smile: “Junior Brother, we are heading to Duan Ya Village on this trip.”

“Many Senior Brothers who went in before never returned.”

Li Yan still maintained a cold demeanor, as if telling strangers not to approach, his tone icy.

“Tell me, what task has Master assigned?”

Senior Brother Mingzhe swallowed: “As long as we can bring one person out from inside, we can return to the sect.”

“Is that all?” Li Yan raised an eyebrow, feeling that this mission was definitely not as easy as it sounded on the surface.

Seeing his curiosity, Mingzhe took a step forward and began to speak volubly: “Junior Brother, let me tell you, inside that village…”

“Stop!” Li Yan saw the other party approaching, and he immediately raised the blood token: “If you dare to act rashly again, next time I will directly break this blood token. Three strikes and you’re out, I mean what I say!”

This Senior Brother's trickery was all seen by Li Yan.

He wanted to take advantage of Li Yan’s Divided Soul to snatch the blood token from his hand.

Senior Brother Mingzhe’s several attempts ended in failure. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead; he hadn't expected this new Junior Brother to be so vigilant.

Seeing that snatching the blood token was almost impossible, he also put away his fawning smile.

“Junior Brother, you and I are both smart people.”

“Going to Duan Ya Village is basically a nine-deaths-one-life situation. Why don’t we take a gamble and see if we can get out of Bugui Mountain!”

Li Yan raised an eyebrow: “Why should I trust you? Don’t forget, when Senior Brother Ming Che ran away last night, he returned this morning as a walking corpse, without a Soul.”

“Besides, Master has set up Restriction on you all for tracking. Where can you escape to?”

Clearly, Li Yan knew very well what he was doing and what the purpose of this trip was.

It was merely to scout the situation down the mountain, preparing for the future.

Currently, his strength was not enough to escape this place.

Seeing that they couldn't persuade Li Yan, Ming Che and the other five could only resign themselves to fate, steeling themselves to walk towards Duan Ya Village.

They had completely underestimated the young Li Yan, whose thoughts were surprisingly meticulous and not easily deceived.

The six lowered their voices and whispered: “This kid is too smart; we tried to fool him a few times, but he didn't budge.”

“Then what do we do? Do we just go to Duan Ya Village to die?”

“He just entered Jingxu Sect and has no cultivation. Let’s find a way to kill him.”

“When we enter Duan Ya Village, kill him amidst the chaos!”

Seeing them whispering, what Mingzhe and the others didn't know was that Li Yan, through stealing Qi, was already at the third level of the Blood Condensation Realm.

These Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters treated him as an ordinary person without cultivation, secretly communicating through small-range sound transmission.

Little did they know that all of these small-range sound transmissions were completely heard by Li Yan.

Li Yan didn't kill them; he was calculating the “Bloodline Lighting Lamp Method” in his mind. He planned to use these six people for an experiment.

Since they want to ambush and kill me, they must be prepared to be killed.

A ruthless glint flashed in Li Yan’s eyes, and his right hand, hidden within his long sleeve, secretly formed a hand seal, ready to deal with any sudden situation at any time.

Walking along the mountain path from Jingxu Sect to the east for an hour, a mountain village built against a cliff, surrounded by clouds and mist, came into Li Yan’s sight among the mountains.

This should be what they called Duan Ya Village.

And Master had ordered them to come here on this trip to bring a villager back to the sect.

Could it be that he wanted to bring someone back to be Alchemy Materials?

But if it was just an ordinary villager, why would such a great effort be required, sending so many Disciples here?

When Li Yan saw the situation inside Duan Ya Village, he found that everything there seemed very normal.

Villagers were working in the terraced fields on the mountain, and those coming and going on the dirt roads in the village were all woodcutters and hunters.

Duan Ya Village had no difference from the ancient mountain villages in Li Yan’s impression.

He asked, “Master told us to come here to catch someone. Can we just catch anyone and bring them back?”

Mingzhe pointed to the mountain village ahead: “That’s right, as long as we capture one person from Duan Ya Village, we can go back and report.”

Li Yan still maintained a safe distance from them, waving his sleeve and raising the blood token in his hand.

“If that’s the case, let’s make it quick.”

With a command, Mingzhe and the other six exchanged glances, communicating through secret sound transmission.

“Let’s do it, rush into Duan Ya Village!”

“Let the whole situation get chaotic, lure the villagers of Duan Ya Village over, and we’ll have a chance to survive!”

The six gritted their teeth, secretly plotting tactics through small-range sound transmission.

However, their behavior of openly plotting in front of Li Yan made Li Yan, who was at the third level of the Blood Condensation Realm, feel inexplicably like laughing.

He just watched silently as these six people rushed into Duan Ya Village!

When the six stepped into Duan Ya Village, the originally peaceful and quiet mountain village gradually became shrouded in a layer of mist.

Dark clouds surged over the village, and in an instant, black clouds obscured the sun.

The old woman at the village entrance twisted her neck with a crack, looking at the uninvited guests who had entered the village.

The next moment, the old woman of Duan Ya Village let out a sharp, piercing shriek, a sound that no living person could make.

“Outsiders!”

The old woman’s voice was like lighting a powder keg; the villagers of Duan Ya Village began to rush forward in an inhuman posture.

That scene made a word pop into Li Yan’s mind.

‘Skin-painted Imposters’!

Senior Brother Mingzhe and the other five exchanged glances, leading these imposters towards Li Yan.

They tried to create chaos, but all of this was incredibly laughable in Li Yan’s eyes.

Without hesitation, he brought his two fingers together, formed a hand seal, and silently recited the incantation: “With Blood as the guide, burn!”