Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1397: Chapter 888: It’s You!

Returning to Shuangfeng Gorge once more, Yang Zhenshan concealed his presence to the extreme, moving like a phantom as he quietly slipped into the gorge.

The narrow gorge was densely filled with dark vines, appearing even more crowded, but this was nothing to Yang Zhenshan. He released his Spiritual Sense, flashing quickly, and in moments reached the bottom of the gorge.

The bottom of the gorge was even darker, almost pitch black, and the air was filled with the stench of decaying vegetation.

Yang Zhenshan continued to explore the surroundings with his Spiritual Sense.

Soon, he discovered numerous traces of array formations. Mo Xuanyu was quite adept with arrays, and the environment here was highly suitable for him to use Evil and Blood Evil Qi to set up arrays.

Logically, with Yang Zhenshan’s array skills, he wouldn’t have been able to detect Mo Xuanyu’s hidden formations.

However, Yang Zhenshan’s array skills were lacking, but his Spiritual Sense far exceeded that of typical cultivators at the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Not to mention the mid-stage, even in the late-stage Foundation Establishment, few could compare with him in terms of Spiritual Sense.

Under his Spiritual Sense, things were detailed and meticulous, with everything clearly revealed.

Mo Xuanyu’s hidden arrays, no matter how well concealed, still emitted some faint aura.

Soon Yang Zhenshan arrived at the center of the formation, in front of a dark and spacious cave.

Though the cave environment was poor, the concentration of Spiritual Energy here was high, but mixed with Blood Evil Qi, making it unsuitable for normal cultivators to train here.

Yang Zhenshan sensed the surrounding auras while probing his Spiritual Sense inside the cave.

The cave was deeper than expected, with walls smooth and even, likely excavated by Mo Xuanyu using spells.

Passing through the deep corridor, Yang Zhenshan arrived silently at a bright cavern room.

Mo Xuanyu was fond of digging caves inside mountains; when at Black Mountain Ridge, he had excavated many caves under the mountain, and in Lotus Heart Valley, he did the same. Now, here he goes again.

The cavern room was quite spacious, approximately seven or eight zhang wide and one zhang tall, and inside, there was a small Blood Pool.

Rich blood plasma filled the Blood Pool, and ominous Ghost Qi surged within.

Mo Xuanyu sat meditating atop a stone platform in the center of the Blood Pool.

Probably not expecting anyone to creep in silently, he was deeply focused on his cultivation, surrounded by layers of scarlet Blood Evil Qi. Upon closer inspection, one could see the Blood Evil Qi continuously penetrating into his body.

This was a unique cultivation technique of the Blood Pool Steward from the Yin Ghost Department, called the Blood Evil Three Decisions, consisting of Body Refinement, Qi Refinement, and God Refinement.

Although the Unpredictable Ghost Sect’s cultivation techniques were bizarre, their grades were exceedingly high.

Take the Blood Evil Three Decisions; the God Refinement part was no less inferior to the Void Refining Scripture.

The Void Refining Scripture was powerful mainly due to its connection to the Grotto Heaven. Without the Grotto Heaven, it’s less valuable than even the lowest-grade God Refinement techniques.

And Grotto Heavens are exceedingly rare in this world; apart from some major powers, small factions have practically no contact with such things.

So the Void Refining Scripture, if placed in others’ hands, is just a useless technique.

But in Yang Zhenshan’s hands, it’s a divine skill scripture.

Seeing Mo Xuanyu in cultivation, Yang Zhenshan’s mouth curled into a faint smile.

This is truly a heaven-sent opportunity!

His figure flickered and appeared atop the stone platform at the center of the Blood Pool, but he immediately sensed something amiss.

The rich Blood Evil Qi seemed to find an outlet, crazily rushing into his body.

Though beneficial to Mo Xuanyu, the Blood Evil Qi was more poisonous than any poison to Yang Zhenshan.

If he let the Blood Evil Qi invade his body, the harm would be significant.

"Indeed, one shouldn’t be too reckless; I’ve been a bit reckless after all!"

A thought surfaced in Yang Zhenshan’s mind.

He was already very cautious, knowing Mo Xuanyu’s situation, familiar with his cultivation method, adept in arrays, and proficient in various nefarious arts, he had made some preparations. Yet he still fell into Mo Xuanyu’s trap.

As Yang Zhenshan’s figure emerged on the stone platform, Mo Xuanyu suddenly opened his eyes, revealing a pair of scarlet pupils.

"Hmph, where did this little rat come from, daring to sneak into my Dao Field!"

He swiftly turned his head towards Yang Zhenshan, while a layer of blood-red armor appeared on him, which was not ordinary armor but akin to a barrier of Protective Magic.

Yang Zhenshan locked eyes with his, noticing a flicker of an odd light in Mo Xuanyu’s eyes, "It’s you!"

"Oh! You recognize me?" Yang Zhenshan replied with surprise.

Their distance was less than two chi, close enough to touch Mo Xuanyu, but Mo Xuanyu was well-prepared, turning the sneak attack into a face-to-face confrontation.

"Yang Zhenshan of the Spirit Sea and the Yang family, haha, you do have some fortunes." Mo Xuanyu sneered.

He was aware of Yang Zhenshan, for Yang Zhenshan did possess some reputation in the Sea of Spirit.

Yet at this moment, he did not realize Yang Zhenshan had met him before at the Beishi family. Back then, Yang Zhenshan wore a mask, concealing his aura, so Mo Xuanyu had yet to recognize him, but it wouldn’t take long.

"Haha, didn’t expect you to know of me; that’s quite an honor for me!" Yang Zhenshan chuckled lightly.

A sharp gleam flashed in Mo Xuanyu’s eyes, his mouth opened wide, spitting out a mouthful of Blood Evil Qi.