Longevity Begins With The Birth Of A Daughter At An Old Age

Chapter 121: Betrayal

"A bunch of idiots!"

Whale Luo Chen stood on top of the stone altar, removing his hand from the surface of the stone. He turned around and looked at the few people frozen in place, unable to help but show a mocking expression.

If there were really any remnants, how could he bring these few people here?

As for the palace, it was just a cover. The most precious part of the entire remnant was this altar, which could release silver illusionary thunder. Anyone struck by it would be trapped in an illusion and unable to break free.

"But this just goes to show that I disguised myself well. Otherwise, these guys wouldn't have fallen for it so easily!"

He stroked his graying beard, smiling with a sense of satisfaction.

Then, he took out a bronze cauldron about half a person tall from his storage bag and opened the lid. Inside was a thick, sticky blood plasma.

"Ah ah ah!"

Faces of blood-red people seemed to be sealed inside, revealing their features as they struggled and roared, but they couldn't break free no matter what.

"After refining these few people, my blood pill should be almost complete!"

Whale Luo Chen placed the bronze cauldron on the altar and sat cross-legged in front of it. He formed hand seals, condensing spiritual symbols that imprinted into the ground of the altar.

As each symbol merged into the ground, mysterious patterns began to light up on all the stone pillars in the pit.

As time passed, when the illuminated patterns covered the entire pit, silver threads appeared, slowly pulling the few people suspended in the air, floating above the stone shark mask.

Shen Gai, Wang Yinxian, Yang Wanshou, Zhang Tianluo, Xu Yiren, and even Xu Mu, all six of them had their eyes closed, their faces showing signs of painful struggle, as if they were immersed in a nightmare and unable to break free. They were completely unaware of everything happening in the outside world.

Whale Luo Chen's mouth curled into a smile, completely at ease. Spiritual energy surged within him as he released one after another spell from his hands, merging them into the bronze cauldron.

Buzz!

Symbols on the cauldron lit up one by one, and the struggling blood plasma inside the cauldron became even more intense, as if sensing a life-or-death crisis.

A small vortex appeared at the center of the blood, rapidly expanding throughout the cauldron. Thin strands of blood flew out, forming a complex neural network that spread towards the bodies of the few people in the air.

The blood quickly covered all six of them, forming six blood cocoons. The blood vessels pulsated as if they were those of a living person.

Whale Luo Chen's excitement in his eyes grew stronger, gradually turning into fanaticism.

What he didn't know was that a bird covered in blue flames, with its head adorned by green feathers, had flown out from behind him.

Whale Luo Chen furrowed his brows slightly, sensing something amiss, but the blue bird had already opened its beak.

Chirp!

A long chirp instantly filled the entire underground palace altar.

Whale Luo Chen, caught off guard, felt his mind go blank, with his ears buzzing.

Before he could react, with a spluttering sound, a sharp longsword emitting golden-blue lightning had already pierced through his chest.

Crackling!

Thunder and flames surged out from the sword, crazily destroying his meridians and organs, rapidly extinguishing his vitality.

Whale Luo Chen's entire body was covered in endless golden lightning. In just a few breaths, he completely lost the ability to resist, becoming weak and feeble.

"Who... cough cough... who are you..."

Whale Luo Chen's eyes were filled with despair, devoid of any light. The blood he coughed up was already blackened.

But the person behind him didn't let him close his eyes. They continued to release thunder and flames until Whale Luo Chen's entire body was charred, dead beyond death, before slowly pulling out the longsword.

Whale Luo Chen's body fell onto the stone platform, revealing the figure of the person behind him.

With resolute features and surrounded by thunder, Xu Mu held the Thunderstrike Sword in his hand.

"Old man, I've never trusted you!"

Xu Mu's voice was calm.

He had never believed in something that fell from the sky.

Ever since Whale Luo Chen mentioned this matter, he had been on guard, preparing many countermeasures.

Just now, when he was about to enter the ruins, he used the purchased wooden puppet to replace his true body.

Originally, these low-level puppets were intended to test the dangers of the ruins. However, after realizing that the environment here could confuse divine consciousness, he thought of letting the puppet replace his true body, while he himself hid nearby.

He would not take risks, even if it was a danger he could withstand.

For example, the silver illusionary thunder just now, if he were to bring the blue sparrow into his consciousness to defend against it, it might not be impossible to withstand.

And his Heavenly Extreme Purple Thunder Body, even if these blood cocoons enveloped him, they might not be able to absorb the essence within him.

However, after stumbling upon Mu Yunwan, he would not expose himself to danger again.

It is safer to hide in the dark, with the freedom to come and go, and he would have time to react to any means the other party might have.

If it weren't for the essence blood of the Illusionary Thunder Silver Shark, he wouldn't have come at all this time.

This kind of proactive risk-taking is not his style.

"Don't disappoint me!"

Xu Mu summoned the blue sparrow, swallowed the essence soul of Whale Luo Chen, and began to examine his memories.

"Hmm? Quite interesting!"

After a long time, he opened his eyes, revealing a hint of surprise.

According to the memories, Whale Luo Chen had been planning this for a long time. He established the Whale Sea Gang, and the leisurely image he portrayed outside was actually a disguise.

Not only to deceive others in the gang, but also to deceive others and facilitate his secret refining of blood pills.

Normally, during the Foundation Building stage, one condenses their own essence, transforming it into a Gold Core.

Unfortunately, Whale Luo Chen's talent was not enough. By the time he reached the peak of Foundation Building, he was already over the minimum age limit of 250 years, and the hope of forming a Gold Core was slim.

Later, after spending a large amount of savings, he forcibly attempted it once, not only without success, but also leaving behind many hidden ailments.

However, unlike Yang Wanshou, whose Foundation Building stage was in the middle, and who had no hope at all, Whale Luo Chen was only one step away from it, even though his time was limited.

In this situation, not many cultivators would be willing to accept it. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, they would be willing to risk everything.

Just like Sir Tan'er's grandfather, Sir Xuanjing!

It was truly terrifying when life and death were at stake!

In the end, Whale Luo Chen used all his scheming to find this method of blood pill refinement.

This kind of blood pill was one of the many forbidden alchemy methods in the demonic path.

First, a large amount of cultivator's essence blood is collected through the alchemy furnace, and various precious materials are integrated to refine a blood pill equivalent to a Gold Core. Then, it is swallowed and integrated with one's own essence to achieve the Gold Core stage.

This shortcut makes it very easy to form a Gold Core, but it also has many drawbacks. Originally, it was a method developed by the demonic path to create cannon fodder, and few people know about it, let alone use it.

But for Whale Luo Chen, this was the only method available.

What Xu Mu didn't expect was that the blood pill being refined in the cauldron in front of him was not Whale Luo Chen's first attempt.

He had already refined it once more than a decade ago, which led to the destruction of the Blood Bone Gang he had created.

Later, after collecting enough materials, he created the Whale Sea Gang, secretly collecting the essence blood of ordinary cultivators while recruiting high-level cultivators in the Foundation Building stage as the final refining materials.

"It's truly pitiful and pathetic!"

Xu Mu sighed and melted Whale Luo Chen's storage bag in his hand, taking out a fist-sized silver-white liquid.

It was the essence blood of the Illusionary Thunder Silver Shark!

Similar to what Whale Luo Chen said, this essence blood of the Illusionary Thunder Silver Shark was indeed extracted from its remains.

However, the difference from what Whale Luo Chen said was that he did not extract it from a single bone, but had already extracted all the bones once, and even sold some of them to exchange for resources to repair this ancient ruin.

"But the remaining ones are enough for me to use!"

With this clump of essence blood of the Illusionary Thunder Silver Shark, Xu Mu's purpose for this trip had already been achieved.

As for the things in Whale Luo Chen's storage bag, they could only be considered as extras. There weren't many valuable things inside. Whale Luo Chen had long exhausted his savings for refining the blood pill.

Xu Mu looked at the still slowly rotating cauldron in front of him, considering whether to stop it or complete the remaining steps to create a true blood pill.

(End of this chapter)