The woman leaned close to his ear, her voice sweet and serpentine. "Because of your dear Sister, you died ten years ago under Elder Mo's sword."
The Disguise Technique faded away, revealing a strange face. Mo Qianshan stepped out from the shadows, clapping his hands as the sound pierced through the rainy night. "Was this performance not splendid?"
Amidst the excruciating pain of the dagger twisting in his gut, Yun Che's vision was stained red with blood. The face of the false Sister twisted in the rain, and Mo Qianshan's cold laughter resonated with the thunder.
On the brink of death, Xing Wen suddenly erupted with an unprecedented blaze of golden light—
Sizzle!
The dagger embedded in his abdomen melted into molten iron, and before the toxic blood could seep out, it was evaporated. Yun Che seized the wrist of the false Sister, while Xing Wen coiled around her neck like a living python. "Speak! Who taught you Qi Yue Diao?"
The woman's throat cracked as she spoke, but a mocking glint flashed in her eyes. "Go to the Yellow Springs... and ask your father..."
Before she could finish her words, her head suddenly exploded!
Mo Qianshan pointed his sword at the lingering blood mist, sneering. "Insects from the Starfall Clan should be crushed like this."
Xiao Qingli's Qin Yin sliced through the air, creating a three-zhang chasm between Yun Che and Mo Qianshan. "Elder Mo, you've crossed the line."
She balanced on her toes atop Fu Mo Qin suspended in midair, letting a blood-colored jade token slip from her sleeve—Sect Master's Order!
"Return to the sect for trial immediately," she commanded from above. "Otherwise, you will be treated as a traitor."
Mo Qianshan's face turned ashen, yet his sword slowly lowered. "Does the young lady wish to protect this Yu Nie?"
"Protect?" Xiao Qingli chuckled lightly. "I intend to personally carve out his Xing Wen."
The torrential rain ceased abruptly, and a blood moon broke through the clouds.
When Yun Che awoke in the protective barrier of Qin Yin, he found himself lying in a dilapidated shrine. The head of a broken statue rolled to his feet, and on the offering table burned a half-melted crimson candle, casting flickering light upon the wall displaying a Star Map—remarkably aligning perfectly with Xing Wen!
"Awake?"
Xiao Qingli was cleaning Fu Mo Qin, fresh blood still staining its strings. "You should be grateful that Mo Qianshan dared not forcibly seize the Sect Master's Order."
Yun Che reached toward his chest; the poison had been temporarily suppressed, but Xing Wen remained dim as if ready to extinguish completely.
He glanced at the unconscious Pharmacy Shopkeeper in the corner—there was a distinct mark of Xing Wen on the old man's neck!
"Is he a Starfall Survivor?"
"He's bait." Xiao Qingli snapped her fingers, shattering the old man's skull. From the blood mist emerged a bronze key. "Mo Qianshan has planted a Chasing Soul Mark on you; this shrine can temporarily conceal our presence."
The key was inserted into the base of the statue, and the ground suddenly opened with a thunderous roar.
Decayed steps led down into the depths, with bioluminescent moss embedded in the stone walls. Faint sword marks crisscrossed the surface, hinting at a fierce battle that had taken place.
"Three Hundred Years Ago, the Starfall Clan built an altar here," Xiao Qingli traced her fingers over the sword marks. "I want the Heavenly Gang Formation Diagram below."
"Why don’t you go yourself?"
"Because…" she suddenly leaned close to Yun Che's ear, "only those of the Starfall Bloodline can walk out of the killing formation alive."
At the end of the Underground Palace, Nine Bronze Pillars surrounded the altar, each pillar carved with grotesque Gui Mian faces.
The moment Yun Che stepped onto the altar, all the Gui Mian opened their eyes!
Boom!
Blood-red patterns appeared on the ground as Xing Wen activated spontaneously, evolving into the Heavenly Formation Solution. Cold sweat dripped from Yun Che's forehead—this formation was called "Nine Ghosts Devouring Heart," requiring Starfall Blood as a guide to break through its core.
The first Bronze Pillar's mouth gaped wide, spewing forth toxic black mist. Yun Che drew his fingers together to pierce his palm, sending droplets of blood towards the Xun position.
The black mist dispersed upon contact with blood, revealing the stone platform at the formation's core.
In the second stage, flames surged from beneath.
Xing Wen invoked Flowing Wind Steps to their utmost limit; Yun Che moved as if walking on waves, striking both Li and Kan positions within seven steps, extinguishing the flames in an instant.
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