Chapter 200: Xue Li (1/2)
Chapter 200: Xue Li
At the space inside the spirit pattern pillar.
The moment Qin Lie’s wisp of mind consciousness entered, the old man then said darkly, “I am called Xue Li. As long as you are willing to get me out of here, I can give you everything you want.”
“Xue Li…” Qin Lie hesitated for a moment before asking with his thoughts, “The bloody spirit art brought out by You Hongzhi and the method of tempering one’s body with the blood pools. Do they all come from you?”
“That is correct.” Xue Li’s scarlet eyes shone with intimidating light. “Where is he now?”
“You Hongzhi died a long time ago. I… I heard that he fed on human flesh and drank human blood, turning into something neither man nor demon. Is that a side-effect after cultivating that bloody spirit art of yours?” Qin Lie expressed his doubts.
“Side-effect? What kind of a side-effect is feeding on human blood?” Xue Li said with a dark face, “The spirit art and secret technique cultivated by our Blood Fiend Sect is a shortcut in the first place. Since it is a shortcut, naturally, it has its own unique characteristics! A martial practitioner hunts spirit beasts, forges their artifacts with their beast core, and enhances their energy with the refined blood of spirit beasts. Aren’t they just the same as us?”
“A spirit beast is a spirit beast. A man is a man,” Qin Lie said.
“There is no difference to me,” Xue Li said coldly.
Qin Lie pondered and asked again, “How can I help you escape this place?”
Xue Li’s eyes abruptly brightened as he looked at the spirit pattern pillars beside him. He said, “Very simple. If you can cause the spirit pattern pillars to react on the outside, you can do the same here as well. As long as you break through one of the nodes of these spirit pattern pillars, the chains shackling me will be unlocked as well. When all twelve shackles have been released, then I will be able to leave this place!”
When he heard this, Qin Lie’s wisp of mind consciousness directly fell onto the spirit pattern pillar inscribed with the Nine Winding River Diagram.
This spirit pattern pillar was exactly the same as the one in the outer world, but the only difference was that this spirit pattern pillar wasn’t made from stone. It was tempered from some strange beast’s bones, and it was creepy white, covered in a similarly eerie cold air.
Using the way he entered, his mind consciousness copied the tracks of the ancient glyphs and swam over the diagram.
Before long, his mind consciousness had arrived at the critical point which would break the inner area.
That just happened to be the port where the chain was connected. It glittered with light and unleashed a thick and powerful energy wave.
According to Xue Li, as long as he attacked it with his mind consciousness, he would be able to break open the light clump and release the chains.
But he did not do it.
He withdrew the wisp of mind consciousness and gathered into a smoky form in front of Xue Li, saying with his thoughts, “If you are correct, then I can release these chains. I have seen the port connection point of the chain already.”
Xue Li’s scarlet eyes grew brighter and brighter.
“We can talk about other matters in the future. Right now I only have a question. How can I control you?” Qin Lie asked.
“Control me?” Xue Li’s thin face and sunken eyes was like a skeleton. The blood light in his eyes flashed, causing him to look quite terrifying and spooky, “You want to control me?”
“If I can’t control you, then you can kill me instantly when you come out. Why would I release you then?” Qin Lie answered and then said, “Perhaps you need more time to consider.”
As he said that, he withdrew his mind consciousness once more and retreated from the spirit pattern pillar.
“Yo-you have communicated with him?” Before he knew it, Tang Siqi had come down and stood right beside him. The moment she saw him regaining his consciousness, she hurriedly asked in a shocked voice.
“Why have you come?” Qin Lie narrowed his eyes.
“I couldn’t interrupt regarding the matters discussed on the mountain. Also, Sect Master asked me to leave the sect with you, so not long after you came down, I went back to the cave to make preparations,” Tang Siqi explained and then asked again, “What did you talk about inside? Who is he?”
“If we say You Hongzhi is Lang Xie, Feng Rong, and Blood Shadow’s master, then that person inside is You Hongzhi’s master.”
“You Hongzhi’s master?!”
QIn Lie nodded and lowered his voice, “The bloody spirit art You Hongzhi obtained was from him. That spirit art caused You Hongzhi’s power to grow exponentially, turning Fire Spear into Blood Spear and also caused You Hongzhi to turn into something neither man nor demon. The root of all these things is the man inside the pillar!”
Fear and worry appeared on Tang Siqi’s face. She exclaimed, “What did you talk about? Qin Bing, I think you should tell this to Sect Master and let Sect Master and the three great reverends know about the situation inside.”
“Tell Sect Master…” Qin Bin frowned, “They would probably do their best to kill this man. They couldn’t even accept You Hongzhi, so how can they accept Xue Li, who is even scarier than You Hongzhi. This Xue Li is the true owner of the bloody spirit art. Who knows what kind of secrets a person who has been sealed for thousands of years has.”
“Xue Li?”
“Mn, it’s this person’s name. He seems to be from a force called Blood Fiend Sect. Senior Sister Tang, have you heard of Blood Fiend Sect before?”
“No, never. Nowhere in Scarlet Tide Continent does such a force exist, I can guarantee this.”
“In that case, Xue Li is probably not a person from Scarlet Tide Continent…”