The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 939: Chapter 939: Path of Refinement, Ten Thousand Spirits Blood Array

Carson Flores stepped out of the house and immediately noticed the three demonic beasts in the courtyard. After half a year of baptism in true dragon’s blood and repeated periods of evolution through deep slumber, they were now completely different from before.

The Snow Dragon Leopard King had grown significantly larger, standing at least fifteen meters tall with a body length of at least thirty meters, and weighing at least a hundred tons. What was more outrageous was that a pair of blood-red small horns had grown on its head.

Logan Moss’s size hadn’t changed much, but its pair of eyes had turned golden red, shining like gold-flecked red agate. Its feathers, too, had taken on more of a blood-red hue, looking like blazing flames.

Josy, the Vine Demon, now had tendrils with a new color scheme, emerald green mixed with striking crimson streaks, which added a hint of bloodthirstiness to her aura.

All three demonic beasts had greatly increased in strength. Logan Moss had made an outstanding appearance; she had now reached the middle stage of her true form. Even the flames she spat had shifted from their previous golden yellow to blue-green, vastly hotter and thus much more powerful.

Originally at the peak of transformative form, comparable to Nascent Soul Great Perfection, Josy was cut down to Nascent Soul state by her senior sister. Under Carson Flores’s tutelage, she had now smoothly broken through the transformative form and reached the early stage of her true form.

Similarly, the Snow Dragon Leopard King had also made a breakthrough and entered the early stage of true form.

Moreover, due to the absorption of true dragon’s blood, their combat power was much stronger than other demonic beasts or cultivators at the same level, much like how Carson, at Nascent Soul, could easily overpower other Nascent Soul cultivators.

Carson was very satisfied.

This trip to the True Dragon Secret Realm seemed to yield only half a pool of blood, a sword, and several decent magical treasures. Beyond that, there seemed to be no other gains. However, when calculating the overall enhancements, Carson’s combat power had improved by a considerable margin.

Carson went to visit his mother and found that, having absorbed the true dragon’s blood he left for her, she had also entered the Golden Core Realm, which made him heave a sigh of relief.

Entering the Golden Core Realm extended life span significantly, providing much more time to improve strength.

Carson once again spent some time studying techniques like the Ground Shrinking Technique and the Emperor’s Sutra Heaven Scroll. Aside from his speed increasing due to higher strength, he made no new discoveries.

Although Carson’s strength had vastly improved, he was still at the Nascent Soul stage, with no fundamental change.

As Carson was contemplating the Emperor Sovereign Scripture, a middle-aged man’s voice suddenly came from the entrance.

”Mr. Flores, are you there?”

Storing away the Emperor’s Sutra Heaven Scroll, Carson walked to the door and found a middle-aged man standing there, burly with thick eyebrows, a square face, and an air of natural authority. Behind the man stood Killian Jaramillo, in white robes.

The Thousand Swords Sect Master, Molly Greer?

Carson deactivated the small courtyard’s protective formation and stepped outside: ”Sect Master Greer.”

Molly Greer greeted with cupped hands: ”Mr. Flores, hello. I hope you’ll forgive my presumptuous visit.”

Carson replied with a smile, ”Sect Master Greer is too polite. What brings you here?”

Molly Greer nodded: ”I wanted to ask if you know where the Cave Master has gone?”

Shaking his head, Carson said, ”He left half a year ago to gather herbs. As to where exactly, I’m not sure.”

Molly’s brow furrowed: ”And do you know the whereabouts of your three senior siblings?”

Shaking his head again, Carson replied, ”When I returned, the third sister was already gone, and I don’t know where she went. As for the two senior brothers, they are always roaming around, so I have even less of an idea.”

Disappointment crossed Molly’s face: ”That’s troublesome.”

Carson asked, ”What happened that you need to find them?”

Molly said gravely, ”One of the seven cities under the jurisdiction of my Thousand Swords Sect, Kongyuan City, was destroyed ten days ago. There were no survivors in the city. According to reports, they may have been completely refined by the Ten Thousand Spirits Blood Array...”

Carson’s eyes widened in shock: ”Everyone died?”

”Yes, the city had at least four hundred thousand inhabitants, including over a thousand cultivators. None were spared—all turned to bones, and all flesh and blood vanished without a trace.”

With a serious expression, Molly continued, ”Our sect’s personnel stationed in nearby cities inspected it. There’s evidence of a formation around the city. Based on the remnants, it’s deduced to be the Ancient Evil Formation known as the Ten Thousand Spirits Blood Array.”

Carson inquired, ”I haven’t been part of the Cultivation Realm for long and haven’t seen much. Could Sect Master Greer please explain what this Ten Thousand Spirits Blood Array is?”

Molly answered, ”There are countless paths in cultivation, including Qi Cultivation, Alchemy, Physical Cultivation, and many others. In ancient times, the Evil Sect practiced the Path of Refinement.”

”Simply put, the Path of Refinement involves refining demonic beasts or people, absorbing their spirit blood and essentia, and then creating Blood Pills. Consuming these Blood Pills leads to a rapid increase in strength.”

”The Path of Refinement is too evil. Moreover, because a sect accidentally refined a disciple of an extremely powerful individual during their practice, that individual, in a fit of rage, personally assembled a coalition of strong practitioners to completely eradicate that Evil Sect. The cultivation techniques of the Path of Refinement were destroyed, and the practice was lost for a time.”

”Unexpectedly, after so many years, the Path of Refinement has reemerged, and in such a horrifying manner, refining the entire population of a city for sacrifice...”

Blood sacrifice?

The thought of the blood-colored array in the secret realm involuntarily surfaced in Carson’s mind—wasn’t that formation also offering countless demonic beasts as sacrifices, allowing the True Dragon Soul to gain life force and condense a body?

Could it be that the formation in the secret realm was the Ten Thousand Spirits Blood Array?