Volume 1: Spring in Wulong Town Chapter 200: Blood is the color of the rising sun
The news of the death of the three-star mid-level guest official of the Lan family was like the last straw that broke the camel's back.
Almost all members of the Lan family no longer tried to fight to the death.
Only a few die-hard two-star peak elders were left, still shouting at the top of their lungs, trying to get the tribesmen to gather here and put up a last-ditch resistance.
Unfortunately, in the panic, most people were only concerned with escaping, so who would care about their cries?
Several elders from Hidden Blue Villa felt disheartened upon seeing this scene. Many of them wished that the blood sacrifice would be accelerated to quickly absorb all their strength. In this way, the ancestor of the Lan family could come out faster and repay today's revenge tenfold!
Unfortunately, their begging had no effect at all.
They could only watch Tang Xiaotang and the others blow extremely strange blood-colored poisonous insects into the bodies of the dying members of the Lan family.
"I hate it so much, I hate it so much——"
"Don't kill me, please, don't kill me..."
For a moment, screams were heard everywhere in Yinlan Villa.
In fact , these members of the Lan family are not unfamiliar with these painful pleas and screams.
They were rampant in Wulong Town for a time, and West Street was their territory. Killing people was a common occurrence for them.
However, when such atrocities happened to them, they felt extremely terrified and full of regret.
The bloodline of the Lan family was harvested one after another amid the hustle and bustle, just like leeks in spring.
A hundred miles away...
Deep in an unknown mountain.
On the side of the dark canyon, behind the damp and dense forest, there is a deep cave, emitting faint bursts of blood light.
Deep inside the wide cave, there was deathly silence.
There was only a formation painted with blood on the ground, with various strange runes flickering in and out, as if a dormant giant beast was opening its bloody mouth and breathing slowly.
In the center of the blood formation, a skinny old man dressed in black was sitting on the ground, practicing his skills according to the faint rhythm of the blood formation.
He continuously absorbed waves of blood energy from a huge blood pool next to the blood formation. The blood energy gathered around him and transformed into blood-colored snakes and insects that flew into his mouth and nose...
Two middle-aged men dressed in the attire of Lan family elders stood far away in the corner of the cave with their heads bowed.
They looked at the huge pool of blood next to the blood formation, filled with half-rotten limbs and human organs, and dared not even breathe.
The sticky blood was gurgling.
"Hu——" The old man in the center of the blood formation suddenly exhaled a long breath and opened his eyes abruptly. In his turbid eyeballs, there was no clear black and white, but a blood-brown color that had solidified for a long time.
The two elders of the Lan family looked at the old man who suddenly woke up and asked cautiously.
"Old...old ancestor, is there any problem?"
"Hey, why did the blood color of this blood formation suddenly fade so much?"
The ancestor of the Lan family who was in the center of the blood formation looked at them with narrowed eyes.
He didn't say anything, and no one knew what he was thinking.
The two elders felt guilty and knelt down, "Yes... yes... Forgive us, Grand Ancestor. We didn't dare to tell you... A few days ago, some steward leaked the news of the blood sacrifice inside the manor. Maybe... the younger disciples in the manor are panicking. Many of them may have fled in the past few days and left the range of the blood formation..."
“Yes, yes, yes. But don’t worry, ancestor. This time when we return, we will capture them and appeal to their emotions and reason. Let them know that the side effects of blood sacrifice are only temporary. In the future... their strength can still be restored. When their strength is restored, we can even help them improve even more... They will definitely change their minds and sincerely contribute to the ancestor and the family!”
The two elders were afraid that the ancestor would be angry, so they apologized quickly.
At the last moment of the blood sacrifice, they were concentrating on serving their ancestor and did not dare to be negligent at all, so they only knew a brief overview of the situation in Yinlan Villa.
They could only guess that some youngsters might have been deceived and fled in fear, but they could never have imagined that Yinlan Villa, which had broken off roads and bridges and had defensive formations activated outside the villa, could actually be broken into by someone.
They would never have imagined that the entire Lan family had been almost wiped out.
After all, in their hearts, Yinlan Villa was impregnable, and even the disciples of Zhaixing Sect could not get away with it!
So what if one or two three-star warriors go in?
As for if they want to bring in people on a large scale... unless they can fly in!
The old ancestor of the Lan family listened to their words quietly and nodded, without a trace of anger: "Chengying, Chengen, I know that you two have always been loyal to the family... I have never given you any advice, but today, I will give you a word of advice, you must remember it well!"
The two Lan family elders saw that the ancestor was not angry, but seemed to be giving them some instructions. They thought, could it be that the ancestor wanted to pass on some of the family's secrets to them in the last moments before the blood sacrifice was successful? !
The two looked at each other and couldn't help but show joy on their faces.
Just as they were about to raise their heads, they saw the Lan family's ancestor raise his hand and wave it. The two of them felt a powerful force coming at them, and their whole bodies were lifted up into the air.
But……
Looking at the direction it fell into, it turned out to be that terrifying blood pool!
The two men screamed in fear, and before they could even utter a word of begging for mercy, their entire bodies sank into the pool of blood, disappearing completely without even a splash of water.
There was only one slightly larger bubble emerging from the blood pool, as if a giant beast had swallowed a small piece of meat and burped unsatisfiedly, gurgling once, and then there was nothing unusual.
"In your next life, don't be a member of the Lan family!" The ancestor of the Lan family saw the two elders sinking into the blood pool, and with a bit of indifference and emotion, he gave them a "reminder", and then immediately continued to practice.
It directly swallowed the blood pools of two two-star peak elders of the Lan family, and as expected, the blood shadows absorbed became much thicker.
The Lan family's ancestor felt the star power and vitality filling up his body again, and hummed softly in comfort.
However, he was soon dispelled by a throbbing sensation in his heart that came from deep within his bloodline...
A few tears fell from the corners of his eyes.
The ancestor of the Lan family felt this inexplicable throbbing, and an ominous premonition rose in his heart. He intensified his cultivation, frantically swallowing the blood from the blood pool, and completely ignoring the stench of fresh blood emanating from the blood pool - after staying in this hellish environment for so many days, his sense of smell had almost failed.
"It's not enough, it's still not enough, ahhh! The Lan family, what on earth happened to the Lan family?!" From the dark cave, there was a crazy cry, like that of a ghost.
…
The Hidden Blue Villa, which had been filled with screams, now slowly fell silent again.
Tang Zheng and his group of seventeen people could no longer find any living disciples of Yinlan Villa.
The entire Yinlan Villa seemed to have been thoroughly washed with blood.
On the ground, in the ditch, on the wall, in the bushes...
Everywhere is the glaring red.
There were broken limbs everywhere.
Everywhere, members of the Lan family lay dead in various ways.
After killing for almost the entire night, Tang Xiaotang and the others felt a wave of fatigue coming over them. However, when they saw the miserable state of the Lan family, even though it was already dawn in early summer and the sun was shining down somewhat warmly, everyone couldn't help but shudder.
Everyone was feeling lucky, and even scared... If Tang Zheng hadn't made a quick decision, if Xu Qingyan hadn't brought them in, if every member of the Tang family hadn't fought bravely, regardless of life or death...
That night, even if any of them took a step back, the tragic situation facing the Lan family would soon be ten times more severe than what happened in the Tang Family Castle!
That would be a cruel consequence that no one of them could accept!
Thinking of this, everyone put away the last trace of pity and reluctance in their eyes, clenched their weapons, and once again began to search the interior of Yinlan Villa like a carpet.
Even if there is still one member of the Lan family who is still alive, they will plant the poisonous insect in him without hesitation!
They were fighting for power from the Lan family's ancestors, and also for their own survival.
The sun has completely risen.
In the huge Yinlan Villa, only Tang Zheng and seventeen others were left, silently searching and finishing off the enemy.
Soon, Tang Zheng was standing in the open space in front of the meeting hall of Yinlan Villa, facing the morning sun and gently waving the folding fan in his hand.
This fan dagger, which was originally light gold in color and exquisite and gorgeous, has been stained with a lot of blood.
Fortunately, the dagger was made of excellent material. With just a slight swing, the blood on it immediately condensed into beads...
Unfortunately, his robes did not have such good properties and were already stained with blood.
He was covered in blood, and his elegant folding fan...
That scene is as heartbreaking as a butcher who had just slaughtered a pig and came out with a folding fan in his hand to recite poetry!
At this time, Tang Xiaotang and others, who had already thoroughly raided Yinlan Villa, stood silently behind Tang Zheng, waiting for his next decision.
But Tang Zheng's eyes fell on an ancient plaque hanging high in front of the meeting hall.
The plaque was carved from a whole piece of century-old red sandalwood, and on the plaque were written four large characters "Yinlan Villa" in purple gilt ink.
Tang Zheng laughed, the star power circulated, he soared into the air, stretched out his ape arms, and took down the huge plaque in a very casual manner .
Then, in front of everyone, he closed his folding fan, and the blade popped out, using the blood of a Lan family elder nearby as ink...
"Master?" Tang Xiaotang watched Tang Zheng hand the fan to his right hand and move his fingers quickly on the plaque.
The pale blue plaque of Yinlan Villa is quite old. The long-lost bright colors are engraved on the plaque, which has become pale and peeling due to years of rain.
The look of amazement in everyone's eyes grew brighter and brighter.
And the pride in their hearts is growing stronger and stronger...
As soon as Tang Zheng finished writing a line, a line of blood was quickly absorbed into the large plaque. The color changed extremely quickly and immediately merged with the plaque, as if the words written in blood had already been written on the plaque!
Tang Zheng writes ten words per line.
Three elements, five elements, ten elements...
In a short while, the plaque was covered with lines of freehand handwriting.
After writing twelve lines in total, Tang Zheng shook off the blood that had just been stained on his fan, turned around and said, "Okay, let's go back the same way!"
The morning sun fell on the old plaque, making the twelve lines of blood-curd words written by Tang Zhenggang shine brightly...
