Ringing the Bell for a Hundred Years, I Became the Sect’s Ancestor – Chapter 147

Chapter 147: Demonic Ritual

Little Black’s flying speed was still slower than Celestial Being Hou’s.

However, Little Black’s endurance was quite strong now, and it didn’t need to rest during the flight.

Of course, this had something to do with Li Qian feeding it the enhanced Nourishing Pills along the way.

The two people and one eagle arrived at White Jade City in the afternoon.

Li Qian did not let Little Black land directly, but let it circle at low altitude over White Jade City for a while, observing the changes in the city’s energy field.

As a Formation Master, one often starts with the changes in the energy field of a place.

As soon as he entered the area of White Jade City, he sensed a subtle change in the energy field here, as if it were a big mouth, swallowing everything.

Whoosh!

Little Black descended from the sky and landed in the city.

He went straight to a city gate.

Elder Qingsong and Elder Cangyun rushed over immediately.

There was also Celestial Being Yu from the Taiwu Circuit Lord’s Residence.

“I didn’t expect to see such a majestic flying mount here.”

Celestial Being Yu’s eyes fell on Little Black, his face full of surprise.

This kind of flying mount was very common in the outside world, but it was quite rare in this Mortal Realm.

“Is this your Divine Sword Sect’s Formation Master? He looks quite young.”

He looked at Li Qian again, sized him up, and said with a chuckle.

“Senior is joking, this junior only has a little knowledge of formations.”

Li Qian said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

The cultivation aura he was emitting now was probably at the Initial Level Grandmaster level.

Not too strong, not too weak.

“The Ghost Soldiers Borrowing the Road in White Jade City is formed by the Minor Demon Descent Technique. You need to find the source as soon as possible and use formation methods to weaken or shield it. It would be best if you could eliminate it.”

Celestial Being Yu said.

Then he briefly explained the formation principle of the Minor Demon Descent Technique.

The Formation Masters in this Mortal Realm should definitely not understand this demonic technique.

“Minor Demon Descent Technique?”

Li Qian looked surprised.

In the black iron ring he had obtained, there was a Jade Slip containing a description of the Minor Demon Descent Technique.

The Minor Demon Descent Technique even mentioned the Major Demon Descent Technique.

Of course, he only knew about the Major Demon Descent Technique, but didn’t have the specific method of setting it up.

But he had studied the Minor Demon Descent Technique for a while, and it was quite sinister.

He hadn’t thought of this aspect when he sensed the changes in White Jade City’s energy field before.

But now that he heard Celestial Being Yu mention the Minor Demon Descent Technique, he suddenly understood.

“Senior Yu, how many other places are there like White Jade City?”

Li Qian asked after pondering for a moment.

“Before I came here, I found a total of seven.”

Celestial Being Yu said.

“Seven?”

Li Qian quickly asked, “Senior Yu, do you have the specific locations of the seven places?”

“Yes.”

Celestial Being Yu nodded, then had someone bring up a map of Taiwu Circuit and marked seven locations on the map.

“Is this the Seven Stars Moon Worship Formation?”

Li Qian carefully studied it and looked surprised.

But then he frowned slightly. “That’s not right. How could such a large-scale Seven Stars Moon Worship Formation be set up?”

“Although it is possible to use the Seven Stars Moon Worship Formation to cast the Major Demon Descent Technique, is there such a powerful Formation Master in this Mortal Realm?”

Li Qian felt it was unlikely.

With such a large-scale Seven Stars Moon Worship Formation, he doubted that he could set it up even if he had mastered the Lion Camel Ridge Formation Manual.

The four Celestial Beings watched from the side and did not disturb him.

Li Qian jumped onto Little Black’s back again and let it carry him around in the sky over White Jade City for a few more laps.

After he landed, Celestial Being Yu asked, “Can you find it?”

“Senior Yu, finding the source is not difficult, but breaking this Minor Demon Descent Technique will be very difficult. It has been several days, and the Minor Demon Descent Technique has almost completely merged with the energy field of White Jade City. It would have been much easier if it had been discovered at the beginning.”

Li Qian said.

Then he took the layout map of the entire city of White Jade City and marked a dozen or so locations.

“If you dig in these locations, you should be able to find something, but as for what it is, you have to dig it out to know.”

Li Qian said, “It’s best if you Celestial Beings dig yourselves, as only True Image Level Martial Intent can resist the influence of the demonic consciousness from the Minor Demon Descent Technique.”

“It seems that you have some understanding of the Minor Demon Descent Technique?”

Celestial Being Yu said with a strange expression.

“This junior does have some knowledge of it. If Senior hadn’t pointed out that it was the Minor Demon Descent Technique, this junior wouldn’t have been able to see it for a while.”

Li Qian said modestly.

Then, the Celestial Beings went to various places and started digging.

After digging up these dozen or so locations, they dug out stone coffins.

The stone coffins were covered with various patterns.

Li Qian came to one of the stone coffins.

This stone coffin was buried three feet underground.

Due to the special nature of the stone coffin, it was almost impossible to detect with spiritual perception.

Moreover, within White Jade City, due to the influence of the Minor Demon Descent Technique, even Celestial Beings with True Image Level Martial Intent would be interfered with.

Li Qian took out a few Formation Disks from the bag he carried with him.

He didn’t put the Formation Disks into the black iron ring, just to prevent this situation so that he could take them out and use them at any time.

Of course, the Yuan Stones on the Formation Disks had been removed by him.

Hum!

As the formation was activated, the Formation Disks were activated one by one, interfering with the stone coffin with formation fluctuations.

“Seniors, try to see if you can open the stone coffin.”

Li Qian quickly said.

The four Celestial Beings immediately flew into the deep pit, each grabbing a corner of the coffin lid and pulling hard, trying to open the stone coffin.

With an invisible screeching sound, the four Celestial Beings were shaken all over, almost losing their True Qi, and their heads were splitting.

Boom!

The coffin lid, which had just been lifted a little, fell back down.

The four Celestial Beings’ faces were pale, obviously the screeching sound just now had a great impact on them.

Li Qian was also hit by the screeching sound, but he had the Time Bell, and the bell sound that rang in his mind just now made him immune to this influence.

Moreover, he took advantage of the gap in the coffin lid lifted by the four people to sense the scene inside the stone coffin with his spiritual perception.

It was a large petrified leg bone.

Moreover, the leg bone was covered with strange black patterns.

“Sure enough, it is using the remains of a demonic creature as the carrier of the Minor Demon Descent Technique.”

Li Qian frowned slightly.

If he guessed correctly, the Minor Demon Descent Technique in the seven cities used a complete demonic creature skeleton to construct the Seven Stars Moon Worship Formation, in order to cast the Major Demon Descent Technique.

But he couldn’t figure out how these seven cities, thousands of miles apart, could achieve formation connection on a large spatial level.

It was completely impossible to do.

Even for a Celestial Image Level Celestial Being, the range of Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi they could mobilize was limited to a radius of several kilometers at most.

It was already terrifying that a formation could cover an entire city.

Not to mention covering a range of thousands of kilometers, which was a bit outrageous.

“What do we do next?”

Celestial Being Yu asked.

He knew nothing about formations, so now he could only listen to this junior, Li Qian.

“Senior Yu, these stone coffins are integrated with the energy field of the entire White Jade City. I don’t know what kind of restriction is used, but I’m afraid we can’t open them by force.”

Li Qian shook his head and said.

“Is there really no way to stop it?”

Celestial Being Yu’s face darkened. Just now, the four Celestial Beings couldn’t even lift the coffin lid together, and the screeching sound even impacted his mental consciousness, almost failing to prevent it with his True Image Level Martial Intent.

Banling City.

Circuit Lord Yu Song looked at the stone coffin that he had forcibly opened, looking at the part of the skull inside, and the black lines flowing on it, his face became extremely solemn.

“The skeleton of a demonic creature as the carrier, the Minor Demon Descent Technique as the primer, and the Seven Stars Moon Worship Formation to complete the spatial connection of the formation, realizing the final Major Demon Descent Technique.”

He sighed.

“Father, can’t we break the Minor Demon Descent Technique?”

The black-bearded old man asked.

“If it was at the beginning, breaking it wouldn’t be a problem, but now the Minor Demon Descent Technique is completely integrated with the energy field of Banling City. Simply destroying the skeleton wouldn’t be very meaningful. The Major Demon Descent Technique will still be activated.”

Circuit Lord Yu Song shook his head and said, “Unless we find the final location of the demonic ritual, we can eliminate it from the source.”

He opened the map again and looked at the seven red dots on it.

The location where the Heavenly Poison Cult held the demonic ritual was completely uncertain.

Unless they could find the whereabouts of the high-level officials of the Heavenly Poison Cult.

But after so many days, the various spies sent out by the Taiwu Circuit Lord’s Residence still hadn’t found any news about the whereabouts of the high-level officials of the Heavenly Poison Cult.

“Father, can we evacuate the people from the seven cities?”

The black-bearded old man asked.

“It wouldn’t be very meaningful. They have already been affected by the Minor Demon Descent Technique. Once the Major Demon Descent Technique is formed, as long as they are within the influence range of the Seven Stars Moon Worship Formation, they will all be harvested in the end. Only this Banling City, I may be able to use Celestial Image Martial Intent combined with a Divinely Forged Formation Disk to set up the Mount Tai Azure Bamboo Formation to protect it.”

Circuit Lord Yu Song shook his head and said.

Hearing this, the black-bearded old man’s heart sank.

This meant that nearly a million people in the other six cities might not escape this disaster in the end.

At the junction of Shu Province and Sword Province, among the mountains, within an unknown mountain.

There was a hidden underground palace.

In the center of the palace, stood a huge altar.

There were seven pillars erected on the altar.

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A faint halo emanated from the pillars.

In the center of the altar was placed a huge stone coffin.

“Very good, the Seven Stars Moon Worship Formation is basically formed.”

A masked man in a black robe said in a hoarse voice, “Hehe, the Taiwu Circuit Lord thinks that I will use a certain city as the place for the demonic ritual, but unfortunately, they really underestimate my Lion Camel Ridge.”

“It won’t be long before my Lion Camel Ridge will reappear in the Mortal Realm.”

He looked at the box held by a person next to him.

He waved his hand gently, and the box opened, revealing a pitch-black bead inside, the size of a fist.

The black-robed man stepped forward and took the bead out of the box, then slowly walked towards the altar.

White Jade City.

Li Qian looked at the stone coffin in the deep pit, his heart heavy. Once the Major Demon Descent Technique was formed, I’m afraid the people of White Jade City would suffer.

But he had no good solution.

To eliminate the influence of the Minor Demon Descent Technique, it had to be eradicated from the source.

Even the Taiwu Circuit Lord’s Residence couldn’t find the source of the demonic ritual, let alone him.

Suddenly, a thick and intense fog surged out of the stone coffin.

“Not good, the demonic ritual has started.”

Li Qian was shocked.

He quickly retreated from the rapidly expanding fog.

He immediately jumped onto Little Black’s back and flew into the sky. He saw that fog was also emerging from the locations of the dozen or so stone coffins.

After these fogs converged, they formed a huge shadow of a demonic creature’s leg in the sky over White Jade City.

Strange roars and growls began to come from the fog.

Looking at the sky above, it had completely darkened, turning into night, with only a silver moon hanging high.

“What’s going on? How could there be such a degree of formation fluctuation in the space where White Jade City is located?”

Li Qian’s face showed disbelief.

Under normal circumstances, the influence of the Minor Demon Descent Technique couldn’t cause such a big commotion.

But now there was a shocking scene of changing the sky and replacing the sun.

Looking around, he could no longer see anyone else.

He knew that the Seven Stars Moon Worship Formation had been formed.

Everyone was already within the formation.

With such a large-scale formation, even Celestial Beings couldn’t leave.

Under his perception, many figures were moving in the fog.

They were the residents of White Jade City.

Their mental consciousness had been affected by the Minor Demon Descent Technique, and they had unknowingly walked out of their homes.

The four Celestial Beings could probably only barely maintain their consciousness now, but it would be very difficult for them to leave the formation.

The reason why Little Black was not affected was because it was protected by Li Qian’s Celestial Image Level Sword Intent.

Actually, Li Qian had a clumsy method that could temporarily protect all the people of White Jade City.

That was to gather everyone together, and he would cover them with his Celestial Image Level Sword Intent, which could resist the invasion of the Minor Demon Descent Technique.

As long as they could survive the demonic ritual, everyone could live.

But the question was, how long would this demonic ritual last?

Protecting such a large population with Celestial Image Sword Intent would be a terrible drain on his spirit, and he definitely wouldn’t be able to hold on for long.

This was completely a way of quenching thirst with poison, and he might even lose himself in the process.

So, he couldn’t do this.

Suddenly, Li Qian had a flash of inspiration and quickly released his Blood and Qi Sanctuary.

The Blood and Qi Sanctuary spread out, covering an area of over three hundred meters.

A very strange scene appeared. Wherever the Blood and Qi Sanctuary covered, all the fog was avoided.

“It seems that my Blood and Qi Sanctuary has a strong restraining effect on the Minor Demon Descent Technique. I wonder if it can break those stone coffins and destroy the formation nodes where the Minor Demon Descent Technique and the Seven Stars Moon Worship Formation are combined?”

Li Qian muttered to himself.

Immediately, he rode Little Black and quickly flew towards the crowd moving in the fog.

Wherever the Blood and Qi Sanctuary covered, the fog was dispelled, and those who were originally controlled fell to the ground one by one and fell asleep.

After his Blood and Qi Sanctuary left, the fog spread again, and those people got up again.

Li Qian didn’t care about them anymore, but went straight to the location of a stone coffin.

Looking at the stone coffin that was still emitting thick fog, Li Qian didn’t hesitate to punch out. The fiery blood and qi power, as hot as golden flames, gathered and fiercely bombarded the stone coffin.

With a roar.

The entire stone coffin was directly shattered, and the unknown leg bone inside was also shattered, and the strange black patterns on it seemed to have dimmed all of a sudden.

Moreover, the emerging fog suddenly stopped.

Suddenly, Li Qian looked at the huge shadow of the foggy leg bone in the air, which seemed to be showing signs of dissipating.

“Great, my Blood and Qi Sanctuary can indeed clear these formation nodes.”

Li Qian’s face showed joy.

Under normal circumstances, destroying the stone coffin and the unknown demonic creature’s leg bone couldn’t eliminate the Minor Demon Descent Technique.

Because the Minor Demon Descent Technique had already merged with the entire White Jade City.

Only by destroying the formation nodes where the Minor Demon Descent Technique and the Seven Stars Moon Worship Formation were connected could it be done.

With his current formation skills, he simply didn’t have this ability.

But unexpectedly, he used the powerful restraining effect of his Blood and Qi Sanctuary to easily destroy this formation node.

What a pleasant surprise.

Immediately, he quickly rode Little Black towards the locations of the other stone coffins, using the power of his Blood and Qi Sanctuary to smash these formation nodes with his fists.

As the unknown demonic creature’s leg bone in the last stone coffin was smashed into pieces, the huge shadow of the foggy leg bone in the sky, which had already become very thin, began to dissipate in an instant.

The roaring sound in the fog also disappeared.

Li Qian looked down again and saw that the fog was dissipating.

Moreover, the night sky above was gradually fading, the bright moon disappeared, and the blue sky and white clouds gradually appeared.

“Finally succeeded.”

Li Qian breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn’t know what was happening in other places, but White Jade City should be fine.

However, the residents of the entire city were affected by the Minor Demon Descent Technique, and their mental energy was severely depleted. Those with good health might be weak for a while, and those with poor health would definitely get seriously ill.

Banling City.

The night sky was dark, with a strange bright moon hanging high.

Below, most of the city was shrouded in fog, and a huge shadow of a beast’s head was suspended in the night sky.

Only on the other side, a strange cyan light bloomed, forming a huge shadow of a strange bamboo forest, covering an area.

Nearly two hundred thousand residents of Banling City were gathered in this area.

And the source of this cyan light was Circuit Lord Yu Song.

He used his Celestial Image Level Martial Intent to communicate with heaven and earth, temporarily setting up a formation to resist the invasion of the fog and protect the people of Banling City from the influence of the Minor Demon Descent Technique.

The Seven Stars Moon Worship Formation had already been formed. Apart from this method, he couldn’t think of any other way.

He could only save the people of this city of Banling for now.

At least it could weaken the demonic body formed by the Major Demon Descent Technique.

In the unknown underground palace.

On the huge altar, a strange light bloomed.

Gray fog emerged from the seven pillars.

However, the gray fog emerging from one pillar was very thin.

“Hmph, the Taiwu Circuit Lord is indeed a Formation Master from the Mount Tai Realm. He can actually use Celestial Image power to set up a formation and protect the people of a city. However, I want to see how long you can hold on.”

The black-robed man snorted coldly.

He wasn’t surprised.

He had even planned for this.

This way, he could greatly consume the Taiwu Circuit Lord’s power. When the divine body was formed and the Holy Master’s demonic consciousness descended, the first thing he would do was to kill the Taiwu Circuit Lord.

Suddenly, the black-robed man looked at another pillar on the altar.

The gray fog that originally emerged from this pillar was very thick, but it suddenly began to weaken.

The gray fog emerging from the other five pillars did not change at all.

“What’s going on?”

He was stunned.

Not long after, the gray fog emerging from this pillar became thinner and thinner, and finally disappeared completely.

The most important thing was that the light emitted by that pillar also became dimmer and dimmer, and finally went out completely.

“D*mn it, what happened in White Jade City? Could it be that something went wrong with the Minor Demon Descent Technique that was set up?”

The black-robed man roared directly.

Even if the demonic ritual could continue, losing two cities, especially the incomplete Seven Stars Moon Worship Formation, would have a huge impact on the Major Demon Descent Technique.

The power of the Holy Master’s descended demonic body would also be greatly weakened, which would have a great impact on the subsequent plan.

After a long time, the gray fog released from the five pillars became thinner.

At the same time, in a stone coffin in the center of the altar, a terrifying and oppressive aura was rapidly forming.

When the gray fog from the five pillars completely disappeared.

Just as the aura in the stone coffin reached its peak, a terrifying consciousness suddenly descended into the palace.

Everyone in the palace, including the black-robed man, was shaken all over and knelt down, shouting at the same time.

“Welcome the Holy Master’s descent to the Mortal Realm.”

Soon, a hairy claw stretched out from the stone coffin and grabbed the edge of the stone coffin heavily. With force, a strong and ferocious figure sat up from the stone coffin.

At the same time, a majestic and deep voice sounded within the palace.

“Hei Xiong, how did you do things? Why is this demonic body so weak?”

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