Phi-Fic Chapter 364 : Was It the Gu Family Who Made the Move?
Chapter 364 : Was It the Gu Family Who Made the Move?
Chapter 364: Was It the Gu Family Who Made the Move?
However, after Gu Fan finished listening, he grew even more worried about what exactly that pool of blood was.
Since the Cang Blood Tribe had identified it as a Blood Pool, they were unlikely to be wrong.
The key question was: what kind of creature’s blood could be so terrifying that a single drop could supply every cultivator in the Extreme Western Land for a whole month?
In the early years, there indeed were not many cultivators in the Extreme Western Land. But after so many years of development, even if there were not a million cultivators now, there had to be at least several hundred thousand, right?
Even if it were just a hundred thousand cultivators, and even if they were all of low rank, the consumption would not be a small figure. A casual calculation showed it was terrifying to the extreme!
Yet, such an immense demand could be perfectly supplied by just one drop of blood...
The more one thought about it, the more chilling it became!
At this moment, someone spoke up:
“Lord Chu Xiao, let us not consider the truth of this matter for now. Since you have said it, we are willing to try and believe it. But surely, there must be something more behind this?”
Chu Xiao nodded and continued:
“Originally, we would not have issued such a Summoning Order. The Cang Blood Tribe has borne this responsibility not for one or two years. Even now, our cultivators are still constantly igniting Spiritual Fire to generate spiritual energy for everyone in the Extreme Western Land.”
“However, the conversion of Spiritual Fire is not as simple as turning spiritual energy into fire. That efficiency would be far too low and slow. The reason our Cang Blood Tribe can evaporate a drop of blood in ten days is due to the Conversion Formation studied and developed by our Twelve Holy Sons.”
“But just recently, for some unknown reason, news of the Blood Pool was leaked. Outsiders have begun to learn of this secret of our Extreme Western Land. Up until now, there have already been seven sneak attacks. Each time, their goal was very clear—to destroy the Conversion Formation!”
At these words, everyone became serious. According to Chu Xiao, the Conversion Formation guaranteed the speed of blood evaporation. Without it, the spiritual energy across the Extreme Western Land would be affected. At that time, there would not be enough spiritual energy for cultivation, and they would once again return to an era where others humiliated them.
“Without the Conversion Formation, how much slower would the evaporation speed become?”
“Tenfold slower!”
“What? That much of a difference!”
Chu Xiao sighed helplessly and said:
“This is the reality. The Conversion Formation reduces the loss of spiritual energy when transforming into fire, and at the same time, it enhances the effect.”
“Can we not build a Conversion Formation ourselves?” someone asked doubtfully.
“We tried. We even commissioned some well-known formation masters from the outside world. But at best, their formations achieved only half the efficiency of our current one. Even so, the spiritual energy of the Extreme Western Land would still be reduced by half!”
That was obviously unacceptable!
It was not just the Cang Blood Tribe—even the loose cultivators who lived here would never agree.
What did it mean to lose half?
Cultivation speed would be halved. Combat power would be affected as well.
In the future, the Extreme Western Land would once again fall into hardship.
And that was still the most optimistic scenario!
In reality, the loose cultivators would be hit the hardest. The major powers always had ways to hoard more spiritual energy for themselves.
Loose cultivators and weaker cultivators would get even less.
By then, everyone would be finished!
“No! We absolutely cannot allow this to happen!”
“Correct! If what Lord Chu Xiao says is true, we must never let them succeed!”
“Damn it! This is cutting off the very foundation of all cultivators in the Extreme Western Land!”
“Lord Chu Xiao, who exactly is behind this?”
“Lord Chu Xiao, since there have already been seven attacks, surely you must have gained something?”
Chu Xiao nodded:
“Seven times they attacked, and seven times we barely managed to repel them. But the other side did not leave us empty-handed.”
As he spoke, he raised his hand and activated an Image Stone. A brief scene appeared before everyone’s eyes.
They saw a cultivator who, in desperation, unleashed a certain combat art. His fist struck out with immense force!
Then, that fist technique began to layer upon itself, killing intent stacking higher and higher, growing stronger with each strike!
Gu Fan felt the scene looked familiar. Very quickly, he remembered—it was the Gu Family’s strange combat art!
The one famed for growing stronger the longer the battle dragged on. If the opponent could not defeat them within the first hundred moves, the Gu Family’s victory was assured.
Sure enough, before Gu Fan could even react, someone exclaimed:
“The Gu Family of the Four Major Sects!”
This revelation immediately set off a wave of shock.
“What? Are you certain?”
“Is it really the Gu Family of the Four Major Sects scheming against our Extreme Western Land?”
“Damn it, why is the Gu Family targeting us!”
As the crowd erupted into heated discussion, one person sneered coldly:
“I find this entirely reasonable.”
Chu Xiao raised his brows, pretending not to understand.
“How so?”
“In these past years, the Cang Blood Tribe’s strength has always been great. They are often said to be one of the strongest forces beneath the Four Major Sects, with even the potential to challenge their position.”
Chu Xiao waved his hand with a smile.
“Those are just rumors. We ourselves know our own situation best. For the Cang Blood Tribe to maintain its current state is already no easy task.”
“But that does not prove you have no such intentions. If there really were such a plan, which of the Four Major Sects is the weakest?”
At once, everyone understood.
“You mean, the weakest of the Four Major Sects—the Gu Family—fears that our Cang Blood Tribe might replace them, so they acted first to destroy our foundation?”
“Is that not reasonable?”
The crowd fell silent.
Reasonable? It was more than reasonable—it was practically the truth.
As for how the secret of the Blood Pool leaked, everyone already knew. There must have been a traitor within the Cang Blood Tribe.
That matter was not their concern. The Cang Blood Tribe would handle it.
Now that the culprit had been identified, the only question was how to retaliate.
Chu Xiao’s eyes grew cold as he declared:
“Good, very good, Gu Family! You want to cut off the path of every cultivator in the Extreme Western Land!”
To sever one’s cultivation path was no different from killing one’s parents.
The crowd was immediately roused.
“We must strike back!”
“Exactly! While we still have the strength to fight, if the Conversion Formation is destroyed, we will be nothing but lambs to the slaughter!”
“The Four Major Sects may be strong, but if all cultivators of the Extreme Western Land unite, even the Gu Family will be forced to swallow defeat!”
“Yes! Kill, kill, kill! For the future of the Extreme Western Land, we must take the initiative!”
The crowd boiled with fervor. Chu Xiao, too, seemed carried away by their passion as he declared:
“With such wise cultivators in the Extreme Western Land, how can we fail?”
“Since everyone has spoken, the Cang Blood Tribe will not be weak. We shall stand at the very front, leading you all in battle!”
“If the Gu Family dares to strike at our foundation, then we shall have no need to show any courtesy! We shall take their place instead!”
At these words, the crowd cheered in unison:
“Exactly! We shall spread the news, let more cultivators of the Extreme Western Land know, and fight together!”
“Defeat the Gu Family, and we shall become the Fourth Major Sect!”
As Chu Xiao looked around at everyone’s enthusiastic cooperation, a faint smile curved at the corner of his lips.