Time ticked by, and Chen Yuan carefully examined everything before him, trying to guess where the so-called Sacred Pool would emerge.

At least, as far as he could see, everything was calm.

Just as Chen Yuan's thoughts were wandering, a series of mournful sounds came from afar. Someone in the void was scattering white paper money, and at the forefront was a middle-aged man dressed in a black martial arts robe.

He exuded the powerful aura of a Grandmaster.

"Brother Chen, this person is Tang Xianzhuo, the Master of the Tang Clan," Shangguan Yu whispered, introducing him to Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan nodded, staring at Tang Xianzhuo and subconsciously activating his Heaven Eye Pupil Technique. Then...

He saw a very familiar destiny aura emanating from Tang Xianzhuo's body!

Destiny Aura!!!

Chen Yuan's eyes lit up instantly. Finally, that thing had appeared again, and rather quickly at that. He just wondered what the identity of the ugly man he had killed before was.

And whether he had any connection to this person.

However, regardless of whether they were connected or not, he couldn't let this person live today.

The best outcome, of course, would be for him to become his nourishment.

Tang Xianzhuo stood in the air, looking at the nearly twenty Dan Realm Grandmasters, a cold smile tugging at the corner of his lips. These people were almost enough. As long as he helped Young Master Ling Tian lure these people into the illusion.

Then, he would be able to wait for his wife to be resurrected.

He stepped from the void onto the high platform, facing the nearly twenty Dan Realm Grandmasters, dozens of Tongxuan experts, and even more Ninggang martial artists, and cupped his fist in greeting:

"Today marks the third anniversary of my wife's passing. I am deeply grateful to all of you for coming. Please allow me to pay my respects!"

After speaking, he bowed to everyone.

Those below returned the gesture politely:

"Brother Tang's affection for his beloved wife is widely known in Shuzhou. We naturally came to pay our respects on this important occasion. We only hope that Brother Tang will not be overcome with grief."

"Yes, yes..."

"Jiangdu Prefecture cannot do without the guidance of Tang Clan Master."

"That's right, I..."

Voices came from the crowd.

Chen Yuan looked at Shangguan Yu and reminded him through voice transmission:

"There might be some problems later. When that happens, Brother Shangguan should stay put, or there might be danger."

"Uh... Brother Chen, what do you mean? Do you know some secrets?" Shangguan Yu's face showed surprise, then became unusually serious.

He believed Chen Yuan and knew that he wouldn't make things up casually.

But at the same time, he was also curious. Could there be something wrong with this ordinary three-year memorial ceremony?

"I do know some inside information. Don't spread this. Brother Shangguan, just remember what I said." Chen Yuan said in a deep voice.

Given the relationship between him and Shangguan Yu, he really didn't want him to get involved in danger.

After all, he had only just entered the Void Core realm.

In terms of strength, most of the people present were stronger than him.

Watching the excitement was fine, but fighting was a bit beyond him.

"I understand. Thank you for the reminder, Brother Chen."

Shangguan Yu nodded.

He wasn't ungrateful. He knew that if Chen Yuan said there would be problems, there would definitely be problems. Ever since the Immortal Ascension Battle, when Chen Yuan had killed Gu He to vent his anger for him,

He had unconditionally trusted Chen Yuan.

Tang Xianzhuo thanked everyone gratefully, then turned around and took out a painting. The painting depicted a gentle woman in a red dress.

A trace of infatuation flashed in his eyes, and then he waved his hand, and an invisible stream of heaven and earth energy lifted the painting and unfolded it.

He muttered something in a solemn voice.

The nearby Tang Clan disciples all knelt down facing the painting and said in unison:

"Greetings, Tang Clan Matriarch!"

"Greetings, Tang Clan Matriarch!"

Chen Yuan raised his head and looked at the sky. At this moment, the sun hanging in the sky had reached its zenith. It was noon!

Tang Xianzhuo formed a hand seal, then pressed down subtly.

The next moment, the wind and clouds in the void changed color, and the surrounding heaven and earth energy instantly became much richer. This change was immediately noticed by the surrounding Dan Realm Grandmasters, who exclaimed in surprise:

"What's going on?"

"A surge of energy? Does the memorial ceremony have such a method?"

"Everyone, could it be that we happened to encounter the opening of some secret realm?"

Someone said in a low voice.

"Yes, yes."

While everyone was discussing, Shangguan Yu suddenly turned his gaze to Chen Yuan, a look of 'I knew it' flashing in his eyes.

He couldn't help but sigh that Brother Chen was indeed as wise as a god, far beyond his own abilities...

The changes in the void continued. A holy golden light descended from the sky, connecting with the Dujiangyan below.

The originally turbulent Minjiang River water now had a water tornado rising into the air.

Then, in the blink of an eye, the golden beam of light merged with the water tornado, forming a portal!

Tang Xianzhuo took a step forward and said to everyone:

"To be honest, today is not only the third anniversary of my wife's death, but also the day when a secret realm opens. The reason why I chose this location above the Minjiang River,

Is actually for this secret realm."

"I'm not a stingy person. I'm willing to share this with all of you fellow cultivators. Of course, there might be some danger inside. This... should also be borne by us together.

What do you all think?"

"Clan Master Tang is generous. He's actually willing to share the news of the discovered secret realm with us. I won't say anything else. Zong will definitely follow Brother Tang's lead in the future."

"That's right, Brother Tang's magnanimity is truly admirable."

"Yes, yes!"

Seeing Tang Xianzhuo unhesitatingly offer up the secret realm, everyone present expressed their admiration.

"Brother Chen, this..."

Shangguan Yu was a little uncertain.

"Listen to me. It's best to stay here and not move." Chen Yuan advised.

"Everyone, then I will take the lead and pave the way for you."

Tang Xianzhuo laughed heartily three times, then jumped up and suddenly entered the portal.

Then, several more people came out, saying loudly:

"Chen is willing to accompany Brother Tang to face the dangers."

"So am I."

"Me too..."

It was hard to tell whether these people really wanted to venture together, or whether they were afraid that Tang Xianzhuo, who had entered first, would snatch all the treasures.

As several people entered, the remaining people couldn't hold back and rushed into the illusion, including the previous Master of the Mad Saber Sect and the Master of the Chaotic Sword Sect.

"Brother Shangguan, aren't you going with us?"

Liu Zhenzong looked at Shangguan Yu and asked suspiciously.

"This..." Shangguan Yu hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice:

"My cultivation is insufficient. I won't go with you."

"Alright."

Then Liu Zhenzong nodded to Chen Yuan and plunged into the portal.

"Brother Chen, what should we do now?"

"I want to go in."

Chen Yuan said in a deep voice.

"What?"

Shangguan Yu opened his mouth. Didn't he know that there were problems inside?

Why did he still want to go in?

And why wouldn't he let him go in?

Seeming to see Shangguan Yu's confusion, Chen Yuan explained:

"I have a reason to go in, but Brother Shangguan, you've only just entered the Dan Realm. It would be dangerous for you to fight inside. It's best not to take the risk."

Although he felt a little offended, Shangguan Yu also knew that Chen Yuan was doing it for his own good, and immediately nodded solemnly:

"Don't worry, Brother Chen. I understand."

Chen Yuan nodded slightly, then jumped up and plunged into the portal.

Seeing so many Dan Realm Grandmasters rushing into the secret realm, the Tongxuan martial artists present couldn't hold back either, wanting to get a share of the pie.

They kept surging towards the portal.

What was strange was that the entire Tang Clan, except for Tang Xianzhuo who rushed in first, all the other disciples remained in place, as if they didn't care at all.

This made Shangguan Yu keenly aware of it.

After Chen Yuan and the others entered, on a distant low hill, Xiang Lingtian's lips curled into a triumphant, confident smile.

"It's a pity that there's still one person who hasn't gone in."

A black-armored man said in a low voice.

"It doesn't matter. A mere Void Core cultivator can be easily destroyed by Tang Xianzhuo later."

"Brother, is this what you prepared?"

Xiang Linwu asked in a deep voice.

"No, this is something that the Clan Leader casually refined before. It's an illusion formed from a broken secret realm. Everything seen inside is fake,

But in the eyes of these people, it's real. Then... they will kill each other, eventually becoming the nourishment for the Sacred Blood Sky Pool. And then... it will all belong to me."

Xiang Lingtian revealed a cruel smile.

"Is there no way to avoid the influence of the illusion?" Xiang Linwu asked casually.

"No, as long as we are Xiang Clan royalty like you and me, we won't be affected in any way, because the source of the illusion's power comes from the Sacred Blood Sky Pool."

"Oh?"

"Of course, if the people inside have some kind of divine object that clears their minds, they won't be affected much either. But this kind of thing is hard to come by.

It's very difficult for these people to have it!

Just wait and see, these people will all die!"

......

......

Just as Xiang Lingtian had said, what lay beyond the portal was everything that all martial artists dreamed of: heaven and earth treasures, peerless divine weapons, battle mystic armor, everything they wanted to possess was here.

Because this wasn't a secret realm, but just a small illusion.

Someone touched something and was surprised to find that the things here were real!

Then...

They couldn't help but go crazy!

Of course, this was also due to the arrays inside. Otherwise, it would be very difficult to confuse the minds of Dan Realm Grandmasters.

In this kind of illusion, all it took was a spark to instantly turn into a sea of fire.

At least, that's how it seemed to Chen Yuan.

Strangely, he wasn't affected by any of the illusions, which even made him a little curious. Before coming in, he had even sent a message to Senior Moro in advance.

But he didn't need to use it.

Of course, this was a good thing for him. Watching the martial artists in the void strangely killing each other, Chen Yuan concealed his cultivation and hid to the side to observe.

In his observation, Tang Xianzhuo, who had come in first, wasn't here at the moment. None of the bodies on the ground belonged to him either.

It was as if he had disappeared in this small area similar to a mountain peak...

He was still thinking of killing Tang Xianzhuo here. It seemed he would have to wait a while.

Where was the Sky Pool?

Why hadn't it come out yet?

The secret realm here was very small to Chen Yuan, no more than a few hundred zhang in length. The area below was like a flat mountain peak, but he couldn't see clearly above.

There was no moon or sun, as if it were in chaos.

Chen Yuan opened his Heaven Eye and kept scanning this place.

The fighting in the void had almost reached a fever pitch in the blink of an eye. The corpses of Tongxuan martial artists kept falling from the void, and there were even Dan Realm Grandmasters among them.

Everything was killing.

It was as if they had all become beasts without minds.

Chen Yuan didn't try to save anyone, completely like a bystander watching.

These people had nothing to do with him. He just needed to save Shangguan Yu. He had nothing to do with the others. He just needed to wait slowly for these people to finish killing each other.

Blood splattered across the sky, and wails were incessant.

From the time these people entered the secret realm to the time they engaged in a never-ending slaughter, they only used a short hundred breaths of time. If they were to wake up,

They probably wouldn't even think of this.

"Brother Chen, did you know that there was a problem here?"

Suddenly, Liu Zhenzong, who had been wearing a look of madness on his face, quickly regained his senses, then looked around and fixed his gaze on Chen Yuan, and couldn't help but ask.

"Brother Liu, what do you mean by that?"

Chen Yuan raised his eyebrows, seeming a little surprised.

Liu Zhenzong stared at Chen Yuan and said in a deep voice:

"Brother Shangguan didn't come in. I guess it was because he was guided by Brother Chen, right?"

"Brother Liu is right."

"Since Brother Chen knew, why did you still come in? And... you seem to be very happy to see these people kill each other. Could it be that Brother Chen is also involved in this?"

Liu Zhenzong's mind was focused on Chen Yuan. If he got a definite answer, he would not hesitate to attack.

"Brother Liu is wrong. Chen just felt that something was wrong beforehand. It wasn't appropriate for Brother Shangguan to come in with his strength, after all, he's just a Void Core cultivator. So, I came in to explore. Besides, Brother Liu is wrong about one thing.

The strangeness here is obviously related to Tang Xianzhuo. It has nothing to do with me."

"Huh? What does Brother Chen mean..."

"Look at the ground. Is there his body? Is there his figure in the void?" Chen Yuan said lightly.

Liu Zhenzong looked around with a solemn expression. He indeed didn't find Tang Xianzhuo's figure, and gradually believed what Chen Yuan said. He said in a low voice:

"I wronged Brother Chen."

"It's alright. It's human nature. But I'm a little curious. Why wasn't Brother Liu affected?" Chen Yuan asked, looking at Liu Zhenzong with a slightly scrutinizing gaze.

Could it be that he, like him, was unaffected by this place?

Liu Zhenzong pondered for a moment, then explained:

"I have a family heirloom that clears my mind. Doesn't Brother Chen have one too?"

Chen Yuan smiled when he heard this:

"Same here."

Liu Zhenzong nodded, not suspecting anything. After all, he wouldn't think of any other possibilities. Then he changed the subject and asked, "Brother Chen, why do you think Tang Xianzhuo killed so many experts here? Does the Tang Clan not want to live anymore?"

"Who knows?"

Seeing that Chen Yuan's interest was low, Liu Zhenzong also stopped talking. He was a man of few words to begin with and wouldn't ask too many questions, just curious.

Chen Yuan wasn't very interested because he had finally discovered the abnormality of this place. As more and more corpses fell from the void, changes finally occurred on the ground.

Those corpses were turning into dried corpses at a terrifying speed visible to the naked eye, and all the blood on their bodies was flowing into the ground as if guided by something.

As the fighting above became more and more terrifying, the changes on the ground followed suit.

The calm ground was now churning before Chen Yuan and Liu Zhenzong's eyes.

Moreover, the surrounding area was raised, and the middle was concave.

It looked like a... pool.

A pool!!!

Chen Yuan suddenly felt a chill in front of his eyes.

The condensed pool was ten zhang high and more than ten meters wide. The pool water inside... was blood...

"Brother Chen, this is... a blood pool!"

Liu Zhenzong suddenly said.

"Could it be that Tang Xianzhuo has already joined the demonic path?"

In the impression of many Jianghu martial artists, only demonic cultivators would build things like 'blood pools' for cultivation.

Chen Yuan didn't answer him because his mind was on the blood pool in front of him. The surroundings of the blood pool were gradually evolving, and the original mountain was turning into bluestone slabs.

Mysterious纹路 were also carved on them, and they were now glowing.

In his eyes, with the Heaven Eye Pupil Technique activated, green destiny aura was also涌现 from the blood pool. Opportunity! This was the opportunity!

The martial artists above were the nourishment for this blood pool.

There were still martial artists constantly falling from the void, but it was coming to an end because there were only four people left standing, and they were all powerful experts!

They were engaged in the final bloody confrontation.

Terrifying saber energy and sword qi were constantly erupting in this small space, and palm prints and fist energy were also constantly轰击 each other, as if they all regarded each other as enemies that must be killed.

The first one began to fall. That person's head was directly cut off by a sword qi, and he helplessly fell from the void into the blood pool. As soon as he entered the blood pool, that person melted at an extremely fast rate.

He disappeared without a trace in a short moment, which made Liu Zhenzong's eyes full of terror and shocked by the evil of the blood pool.

But the people above seemed unable to see the blood pool at all. People kept falling one after another. In the end, only one strong man using an axe was left.

Chen Yuan and Liu Zhenzong both recognized him. He was twenty-seventh on the Wind and Cloud Ranking, Blood Axe, Pan Feng!

He raised his head and laughed, shouting that the immortal opportunity was his. He didn't care about the injuries on his body, and then plunged into the blood pool and disappeared...

Seeing that almost everyone was dead, Chen Yuan glanced at Liu Zhenzong, thought for a moment, and walked towards the blood pool. As he got closer and closer,

Liu Zhenzong also quickly reminded:

"Brother Chen, this blood pool is evil. You must not enter!"

Chen Yuan ignored him, just smiled at him, and then slowly walked into the blood pool, gradually submerging most of his body. At the same time, he suddenly felt an agitation from the bottom of his heart, which seemed to be... from his bloodline.

At that moment, Moro's voice rang in Chen Yuan's ears:

"This old monk has already guessed your background."