Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1349: Chapter 866: Blood Pool Steward, Takes 10,000 Ghost Blood Jade_2

Moreover, now there’s also Zhang Mo; if Xuanzhen continues to stay by Mo Xuanyu’s side, he might be in danger too.

There are too many uncontrollable factors; it’s better to help Xuanzhen break free from Blood Jade’s control as soon as possible.

“We can try now, Mo Xuanyu has gone out!” Xuanzhen showed a delighted expression.

This guy has thought it through a long time ago; he brought Yang Zhenshan here to let Yang Zhenshan break free from Blood Jade’s control.

“Don’t rush! I need to make sure the Blood Pool won’t pose a danger to me first!”

The Blood Pool not only can refine martial artists into blood puppets but also can refine Foundation Establishment cultivators into ghost soldiers, and the way to do so is to use Blood Jade to control the Divine Soul.

The soul crow is the embodiment of Yang Zhenshan’s Divine Soul Power; whether the soul crow entering the Blood Pool would cause Blood Jade to place restrictions on Yang Zhenshan’s Divine Soul or not.

Yang Zhenshan carefully pondered for a moment, feeling that planting a restriction on his Divine Soul seemed somewhat difficult because his Divine Soul is fused with the Grotto Heaven’s core.

Is the Ten Thousand Ghost Blood Jade more formidable than the Grotto Heaven’s core?

“Take this. If it succeeds, input mana here. If it fails, I’ll think of other ways!” Yang Zhenshan handed a Jade Token to Xuanzhen.

“What’s this?”

“You’ll know when the time comes!”

Yang Zhenshan did not explain, just said ambiguously.

Yang Zhenshan was somewhat cautious about Xuanzhen as well, firstly because his friendship with Xuanzhen wasn’t deep enough to share hardships together, unlike with An Yuxing, Liang Shengze, and Qu Changkong.

Secondly, because Xuanzhen’s temperament was somewhat odd, not at all balanced and peaceful like a Taoist should be. Moreover, this old fellow is quite scheming, thus Yang Zhenshan must be on guard.

Of course, Yang Zhenshan also had some trust in Xuanzhen, but the level of trust still needed testing.

If this succeeds, then how Xuanzhen will escape from here also becomes an issue.

Letting him directly enter Spirit Source Land is undoubtedly the most convenient.

As long as Xuanzhen enters Spirit Source Land, can he not be manipulated at will?

At that time, keeping Xuanzhen in Spirit Source Land for a while, strengthening the bond and affection, henceforth everyone will be comrades in the same alliance.

Xuanzhen didn’t mind these things; after collecting the Jade Token, he led the soul crow out of the cave.

The Ten Thousand Ghost Blood Jade in the Blood Pool must be retrieved by an outsider; he himself could not retrieve it because his Divine Soul bore a restriction from the Ten Thousand Ghost Blood Jade, feeling pain from the Blood Jade’s restriction upon approaching.

This is also why Mo Xuanyu dared to let him control part of the Great Array, as Mo Xuanyu is not afraid of him taking the Blood Jade.

Secondly, the person retrieving the Ten Thousand Ghost Blood Jade entering the Blood Pool will not be affected; others cannot do it. Anyone entering the Blood Pool will be eroded unless possessing the Secret Technique of the Yin Ghost Department.

Thus Xuanzhen thought of letting the soul crow into the Blood Pool; the soul crow is Divine Soul Power, won’t be eroded by the Blood Pool, and Yang Zhenshan can retrieve the Blood Jade from the Blood Pool through the soul crow ensuring nothing goes wrong.

The gloomy cave flickered with blood-red streams of light, appearing exceptionally sinister, and besides Mo Xuanyu, there were other people here.

Yang Zhenshan keenly observed through the soul crow’s perception that Mo Xuanyu had refined many blood puppets likely casually during these ten years.

Xuanzhen’s status here was very high; with just a remark, he drove away the people around.

Soon, the gloomy cave only had Xuanzhen left.

Xuanzhen approached the Blood Pool, and Yang Zhenshan saw an even gloomier and sinister sight.

The several hundred zhang Blood Pool roiled with thick blood plasma, half-exposed white bones and blackened limbs floating on the surface, the sound of bubbles bursting mixed with the clank of chains dragging.

In the heart of the pool stood three White Bone Pillars, extending to the top of the cave, with bronze oil lamps hanging from the pillars emitting black smoke.

Beside the pool, a black stone platform engraved with spiral runes held twelve heart-excised corpses knelt in a circle, chest cavities pierced with hooked iron chains, the other end sinking into the pool bottom.

In the center of the array hovered a half-charred ancient scroll, each crack oozing scarlet mist, with faint interwoven ghost faces emerging in the mist.

“What is that?” Yang Zhenshan stared at the half-charred ancient scroll to inquire.

“The core of the Evil Blood Killing Array; what exactly it is, I’m not clear, perhaps a magical treasure!”

“The Ten Thousand Ghost Blood Jade is at the bottom of the Blood Pool, beneath those three White Bone Pillars in the center! You need to dive in there!”

Yang Zhenshan looked at the thick blood plasma, feeling an unease in his heart.

He’s seen plenty of bloody scenes, yet the sight before him still made him feel nauseated.

“Let me give it a try first!”

He controlled the soul crow to fly to the edge of the Blood Pool, stretching out a claw to test it, finding no anomalies then he controlled the soul crow to slowly enter the Blood Pool.

The thick blood plasma quickly engulfed the soul crow, Yang Zhenshan experiencing a field of dark red with no other scenes visible.

Fortunately, the soul crow could not only observe through eyes but also allow Yang Zhenshan to use part of his Spiritual Sense, though its range was restricted.

Immersed in the Blood Pool, Yang Zhenshan immediately sensed a sinister power eroding his Spiritual Sense.

Though the erosion’s pace was slow, he still perceived it.

It felt as if surrounded by countless Yin Souls, with ghostly wails ringing throughout.

However, this erosion didn’t have much impact on him.

He controlled the soul crow to first fly out of the Blood Pool, then headed towards the White Bone Pillars in the center of the Blood Pool.