Chapter Fifteen: A Drop of Blood That Will Last for a Thousand Years

  Not only did he strip others bare, but also robbed them of their belongings. Even if everything was taken away, it's still tolerable, but to not even let someone fulfill their last wish is simply despicable, and Qin Hao is indeed a ruthless person.

  But he was more concerned about what was hidden in the attic, what if this corpse came back to haunt him, wouldn't that be a great injustice? This world is not like theirs, where everything is possible, for his master and for himself, he could only do it this way.

  "The tombs are built like homes, and the people here really know how to enjoy themselves." In front of the pavilion, Qin Hao carefully examined the layout of the pavilion, being extremely cautious, as he had finally arrived at this place, and didn't want anything unexpected to happen. Otherwise, it would be a real shame that Tian Xuan's elder had fallen here, which showed just how frightening this cemetery was. But if there was a secret that could move Tian Xuan's elder, then Qin Hao was even more eager to know what it was.

  "Hmm, it seems that the killing intent and death intent are not at the entrance of the pavilion. Looks like I'm still quite lucky." Rubbing his chin thoughtfully, Qin Hao walked in.

  But what he saw at first glance shocked him, the first floor was filled with many books, and a stone table had one on it, as if someone had just read it, feeling like he had come to a sunny house instead of a haunted house.

  Qin Hao stopped in his tracks: "Hmm, there shouldn't be any traps here, the Kill Dragon Bureau's setup is already twisted enough."

  Qin Hao boldly walked to the bookshelf, flipped through it, and took out a few books that interested him. He originally thought they were some kind of martial arts secret manuals, but who knew they were just basic secret methods? However, one of them really caught his attention - this book was called "Tian Xuan Ben Ji" (Heavenly Mystery Origin Record), which recorded information about Tian Xuan.

  At first glance, Qin Hao was attracted to it, and his expression changed unpredictably, mostly in surprise. Originally, he thought Tianxuan should be about the same as Earth, but now that he looked at it, it wasn't so. The entire Tianxuan seemed endless, with no idea how long or wide it was. After much difficulty, he finally found the location of the Xuanmen on a map in his book, which someone had specially marked. Otherwise, Qin Hao really wouldn't have been able to find this small place, and the Xuanmen belonged within the borders of the Cloud Country.

  According to Qin Hao's understanding, the Cloud Country is probably as big as the Earth, but it's just a vassal state of the Qiankun Empire. There are many such vassal states in the Qiankun Empire, as numerous as the hairs on an ox. But that's not all - the Qiankun Empire itself belongs to the Eastern Dragon, and the Eastern Dragon has seven great empires, each of which is boundless and vast. Ordinary people probably can't even travel through them in a lifetime.

  But this is not a world of empire, the seven great empires of Donglong belong to the scope of the seven major religions, each major religion occupies one great empire, and the major religion is the holy order.

  Not to mention ordinary people, even the emperor of the empire has to bow down when meeting a Da Jiao disciple. This is what we call power and influence. Controlling the life and death of tens of billions of ordinary people, and this is just one empire.

  The seven major sects of the Eastern Dragon are already impressive, but there are many more that stand alongside them. For example, in the Central Plains, there are eight great dynasties and nine great families, which are considered very powerful. However, to the south of the Heavenly Gate, there is still the demonic tribe, and to the east of the Eastern Dragon, there is the endless Eastern Sea. Qin Hao was amazed, having just crossed over into the Mystic Door sect, he thought that the Mystic Door was already impressive, but in the eyes of the great sects, the Mystic Door is just an insignificant ant. He had always heard about the Heavenly Gate sect, and now he sees that there are others similar to it, with seven in the Eastern Dragon alone, and eight great dynasties and nine great families in the Central Plains, all of which can rival the Heavenly Gate sect.

  "My goodness, this is such a huge place, it's really deadly." At this point, he finally understood the meaning of why Mingyue Xiang was able to snatch the 72nd position of the Tianxia Seven-Two. Just thinking about it was terrifying, so many top-notch sects were competing for it, but Mingyue Xiang was able to snatch one quota after another, although she was the last one, it still showed her strength.

  "It seems that Master also has a great encounter, otherwise how could he obtain the Tian Gang 72? " Qin Hao couldn't help but admire his own master. The Xuanmen was small, and there were only a few thousand disciples of the Twelve Peaks, but the Xuanmen was just a small sect, like a small country under the Qiankun Kingdom. There were many such sects in the Qiankun Kingdom, and even if you didn't count the Tianxuan Great Sect, the number of cultivators would be tens of millions.

  This world has countless ordinary people, and there are probably over tens of millions of cultivators. Among the tens of millions of cultivators, even if we don't count the great emperors, the number of kings is probably less than one-tenth. The rest are all below the kings, and there are also hundreds of thousands.

  "One million cultivators vying for the seventy-two Heavenly Punishment positions, and yet Master was able to obtain one, a testament to her strength." Qin Hao's heart was filled with shock and confusion, unable to help but think that this was a cruel world, where only those below the Dao could compete for the seventy-two Heavenly Punishment positions.

  After becoming the king of the way, it automatically turns into a list of land killings, which is much less, only thirty-six. The most important thing is that this list is given by the heavenly way, killing people on the list and giving them an automatic promotion mark, the entire Tianxuan will know about it. It's an honor, but also a crisis, always being vigilant for someone to challenge, losing is the danger of death. The heavenly way mark can accelerate cultivation, enough to make everyone crazy.

  "I really don't know who created this Heavenly Rankings, it's so cruel." Qin Hao shook his head, he had a general understanding of the concept, but he felt a surge of anger. In this world, strength was everything, and without it, you would be trampled on by others. Especially with his current physical body, which was like a monk's flesh, if he didn't have the strength to protect himself, it would be a disaster. His master couldn't always be there to protect him.

  At this moment, Qin Hao had an urgent desire to cultivate, because he felt a real sense of crisis. His previous self was just a frog at the bottom of a well, but now he understood what environment he was in. It was difficult to stand out, but not impossible, for he could rob tombs and obtain the strength he wanted from the dead. Although he didn't know what dangers lay ahead, waiting for him, he had to do it. He really embodied the saying: "If you don't die, you'll become a god."

  He let out a breath, Qin Hao walked to the stone bench and sat down. As he had thought, there were no traps here. It was possible that even the old ancestor of this mysterious sect understood that if someone could break through the killing dragon formation outside and enter the attic, then whatever else they had set up would be useless.

  At this time, what he most wanted to see was the book in front of him, which had been opened here, as if waiting for someone to read it. Although there were things upstairs that attracted him, he still decided to take a look first. Later, he opened the book and everything became clear. This was the life trajectory of Xuan Tian Feng.

  Qin Hao looked exactly the same, scene after scene unfolding before his eyes, as if it had all happened right in front of him. This Xu Tian Feng was truly a miracle worker - from being an ordinary commoner to entering a sect and cultivating, he even stumbled upon a forbidden land and obtained a crimson crystal, which allowed him to make rapid progress in his cultivation, advancing by leaps and bounds, achieving enlightenment in just ten years, and reaching the pinnacle of human dao in a hundred years. He had even established the Xu Men sect, but after all, it was still a small sect, and no matter how rapidly he cultivated, the highest he could achieve was to obtain a incomplete copy of the human dao secret manual. As for the true earth dao secrets, those were all in the hands of the great teachings, and there was no way they would let him comprehend them. Moreover, he knew that if he entered the great teachings, he would definitely not have any good fortune, such an abnormal cultivation speed was simply defying the heavens - who wouldn't want to know?

  So he founded the Xuanmen, but ultimately failed to break through to the Da Di realm and sat down in this place. He also laid out the Killing Dragon Bureau not far from the Xuanmen, using himself as a substitute to protect the entire Xuanmen, hoping that the Xuanmen would be prosperous and passed down for generations. Perhaps he also hoped to produce someone like him, but all of this was not what he wanted. The Xuanmen did not rise with each passing day, but instead became more and more decadent.

  "The path of cultivation is timeless, yet many people are unable to achieve their goals despite the passage of time. Alas." Qin Hao slowly put down the book, as if he had experienced another lifetime, and gained a deeper understanding of the world. The great sects held power in their hands, possessing secret methods that could comprehend the grand emperor's secrets, but they would never spread them outside. Some small sects' people, even with extraordinary encounters, would still be suppressed by the great sects. Just the secret methods alone were enough to crush you, let alone the accumulated foundation passed down through generations.

  "I will go back, I must go back, and also Master, I will definitely protect you, I will definitely." But this did not make Qin Hao relax, on the contrary, his fighting spirit was even higher.

  He put down the book and walked up to the attic, he really wanted to know what that blood-colored crystal was, it could actually make a person's cultivation so rapid. And when he stepped on the stairs, that attractive feeling became deeper and deeper, as if the things above were connected with his flesh and blood. But he was extremely careful, because during the tomb raid, the more such scenes appeared, the more careful one should be. Qin Hao also hoped it was just his own suspicion, but he would rather be suspicious than slacken off, the price of slackening off was death, he had already died once, and he didn't want to die again.

  When he stepped inside, the first scene gave him a fright. Before his eyes was a person wearing a Taoist robe, sitting cross-legged on the ground, with long whiskers and hair like a crane's, looking like an immortal. But Qin Hao couldn't feel that vital energy unique to living people from him, yet his body was connected to the entire Dragon-Slaying Formation.

  Heaven and earth, he is that person. Qin Hao knew that as long as he slightly moved him, the entire ancient tomb's situation would be completely broken, and the Xuanmen's fortune would also be thoroughly cut off. From then on, Xuanmen would have a series of misfortunes and might even be exterminated. However, Qin Hao hesitated at this moment, unsure whether or not he should do so.

  He finally didn't think, but walked towards a corner of the building, where two exquisite boxes were placed. One of the boxes attracted him, and at this moment he couldn't bear it anymore, because this feeling was too wonderful. He eagerly wanted to get what was inside the box, and he quickly arrived at the side of the box in three steps, opening it without hesitation. A terrifying force pressed towards Qin Hao, causing his soul to collapse, and his body seemed to be paralyzed. This was the pressure of the crystal.

  But just in the next moment, this power suddenly became affectionate. If it's said that this is a red crystal, then it would be better to say that it's a drop of blood.

  This drop of blood exudes an ancient aura, containing a terrifying power. Qin Hao can feel it, his entire body is boiling with hot blood, as if the blood of a thousand ordinary people condensed into one drop, which is not even a millionth of the power of this blood. The kind of intimacy makes Qin Hao involuntarily touch it.

  In the next moment, the blood seemed to have a life of its own and suddenly jumped into Qin Hao's hand, emitting an enticing power. A feeling from deep within the blood prompted Qin Hao to swallow it down, without worrying that it might be poison.

  But when Qin Hao truly came to, it was too late. The blood that had entered his body immediately dissolved, as if it had turned into a torrent of thousands of streams, bursting forth and surging through Qin Hao's body. This force made Qin Hao feel as if every part of his body was being torn apart in agony.

  "Ah........." Qin Hao rolled on the ground, his sweat-soaked clothes making him almost unbearable, emitting a foul odor that was being purified from his body, but the pain did not decrease in the slightest. He felt like he was going to die, feeling as if he had returned to the ancient tomb on Earth, back to the moment when he was shot and his consciousness was hazy...