Ringing the Bell for a Hundred Years, I Became the Sect’s Ancestor – Chapter 151

Chapter 151: Worsening Situation

Tongfeng Town.

Located in Tongguang County, Sword Province, it is a large town with a population of over ten thousand.

Now all the residents of this large town have moved away.

However, the town has not become empty. Due to its geographical location, it happens to be in the central area of the migration zone. It has become the command center for Divine Sword Sect’s large-scale migration plan, so there are a large number of Divine Sword Sect martial artists coming and going, making it extremely busy.

Sect Master Feng Shaoyu has been stationed here from the very beginning, commanding the entire migration.

Every day, a large amount of information is sent back from the various migration teams.

During this time, some teams have been attacked by demonic creatures.

The two Celestial Beings of Divine Sword Sect, Elder Qingsong and Elder Cangyun, had to return from the front line to suppress the demonic creatures.

These demonic creatures are very cunning. They do not directly confront the Celestial Beings. As soon as the Celestial Beings arrive, they immediately flee, attacking everywhere, causing a large number of casualties. Even the disciples of Divine Sword Sect have suffered many deaths and injuries.

“Strange, the frequency of demonic creature attacks has decreased significantly recently?”

Sect Master Feng Shaoyu gathered information from all sides, a contemplative look on his face.

Although this was a good thing, he always felt something was wrong.

The two Celestial Beings have been running around, tracking the traces of the demonic creatures, but they only serve as a deterrent and cannot truly kill the demonic creatures.

“Could it be”

He suddenly remembered that Elder Jin Hao from a certain migration group mentioned that a mysterious expert appeared and took away a monkey demon. Could it be that this mysterious expert is secretly eliminating the demonic creatures?

However, in Elder Jin Hao’s description, the mysterious expert’s figure was not seen. Only a dazzling golden flame was seen descending from the sky, enveloping the monkey demon, and then the monkey demon struggled to shrink its body

Whoosh!

Suddenly, two figures descended from the sky and landed in the courtyard.

It was the two Celestial Beings, Elder Qingsong and Elder Cangyun.

“Two Supreme Elders, have you found any traces of the demonic creatures?”

The Sect Master hurriedly saluted and asked.

“We haven’t even seen a hair. It’s as if they’ve vanished into thin air.”

Elder Qingsong shook his head.

“Two Supreme Elders, the frequency of demonic creature attacks seems to have decreased a lot recently. Moreover, since yesterday afternoon, there have been no more reports of attacks on migrating people.”

Sect Master Feng Shaoyu said, “Could it be that the mysterious expert has secretly cleared out the demonic creatures?”

“Hmm, it’s not impossible.”

Elder Qingsong nodded, then exchanged a glance with Elder Cangyun. In fact, they also suspected that the mysterious expert might be the Ancestor.

It’s just that they couldn’t voice their guesses.

After all, the existence of the Ancestor was the highest secret of Divine Sword Sect, even the Sect Master didn’t know.

It wasn’t until late November that the large-scale migration within Divine Sword Sect’s territory was basically completed.

By this time, the weather had become very cold.

I don’t know how many bones were left along the way, all of them were people who didn’t finish the migration and died on the road.

The subsequent housing arrangements for the resettlement areas were also a huge test for Divine Sword Sect and the local government.

As early as the beginning of the migration, the places that accepted the migrating people began to build resettlement camps to accommodate the migrating people. However, such a large influx of population naturally had a huge impact on the local people.

In these two or three months, Li Qian spent most of his time running around outside.

However, he still ensured the basic bell-ringing cultivation.

He mostly chose to go out at night and return in the morning.

So his bell-ringing cultivation was not delayed.

What’s more, now his two disciples could also assist him in refining the Time Bell by ringing the bell.

Time flew by, and more than five years passed in a blink of an eye.

Taiwu Circuit established seven sturdy fortress camps around the Returning Dragon Mountain Range, forming an encirclement, with Martial Arts Legions and Celestial Being experts stationed there long-term.

Within a radius of five hundred miles, there were no human villages, towns, or cities, cutting off the Lion Camel Demon City’s predation on the human race as much as possible.

Even if there were demonic creatures sneaking away, they would have to travel a longer distance, and the risk would be greatly increased.

In recent years, Li Qian rarely left the Time Bell Pavilion.

Every day, he silently practiced bell-ringing cultivation.

The Lion Camel Demon City was still within a controllable range for the time being and had not completely spread, which meant it was relatively safe.

However, bad news came from other places one after another.

It was said that in the Great Xia Dynasty, which bordered the Great Chang, an extremely serious demonic calamity occurred, and many provinces and counties became areas overrun by demonic creatures.

Time Bell Pavilion.

It was not yet dawn.

Bai Yun and Chai Shao had already started practicing swordsmanship.

Dong.

The bell of the Mao hour rang.

Breaking the tranquility of Divine Sword Sect.

Li Qian held Sword Eighteen, practicing sword techniques and comprehending the Heartless Sword Intent.

He did not find the daily life of bell-ringing cultivation boring, but rather enjoyed the pleasure in it.

Even his two disciples, who had been cultivating at the Time Bell Pavilion for so many years and rarely went down the mountain, would at most go to the Inner Sect for a stroll when they did.

Not to mention Chai Shao, even Bai Yun had gotten used to it.

She no longer clamored to go home like before.

Now Bai Yun had grown into a beautiful young woman, her personality completely becoming gentle and ladylike.

Needless to say, Chai Shao’s personality had always been calm and steady.

Both of them had already comprehended the Heartless Sword Intent.

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Their cultivation had also reached the ninth level of the Postnatal Realm.

Li Qian did not plan to let them break through to the Innate Realm immediately, but rather cultivate the Immaculate Sword Body to see if they could achieve Perfect Innate.

If they could achieve Perfect Innate, their future achievements would not be limited to ordinary Celestial Beings.

Li Qian would not blindly make them cultivate the Immaculate Sword Body. It still depended on their individual root bone talent. If it didn’t work, they had to stop in time.

Otherwise, it would really affect their subsequent cultivation.

Back then, it took him several years to cultivate the Immaculate Sword Body in order to achieve Perfect Innate.

Suddenly, Li Qian finished his cultivation. With a thought, he summoned the system interface to check the latest information.

Celestial Being Realm （ Late Stage 99/100 ）.

Time Bell （ Spirit 3685/100000 ）.

Great River Sword Qi （ Second Level 100/100 ）.

Heartless Sword Intent （ Celestial Image 84/100 ）.

Blood and Qi Sanctuary （ Second Advanced State 3/100 ）.

Lion Camel Ridge Formation Manual （ Major Completion 10/100 ）.

After years of cultivation, his Great River Sword Qi had reached the second level.

Moreover, his Blood and Qi Sanctuary had broken through and entered the Second Advanced State.

The first state of the Blood and Qi Sanctuary was Blood and Qi Control.

As long as a living being with blood and qi entered the Blood and Qi Sanctuary, it would be manipulated and suppressed.

Previously, the first state had reached perfection, and the Blood and Qi Sanctuary automatically evolved to the second state, which was the current Second Advanced State.

The Second Advanced State was very strange. On the basis of Blood and Qi Control, the abilities of Blood and Qi Deprivation and Blood and Qi Spiritualization appeared.

In other words, his Blood and Qi Sanctuary could deprive living beings within the sanctuary of their blood and qi, and then use this blood and qi, mixed with the power of the Blood and Qi Sanctuary, to condense a Blood Spirit. The Blood Spirit could parasitize a corpse that had lost its consciousness, turning it into a Blood Puppet under his control.

The duration of the Blood Puppet depended on the strength of his Blood Spirit.

Moreover, after leaving his Blood and Qi Sanctuary, the Blood Puppet could survive for a period of time.

So far, Li Qian had not tried the Second Advanced State of the Blood and Qi Sanctuary.

However, the progress of the Second Advanced State of the Blood and Qi Sanctuary was very slow, taking almost half a year to increase by one point.

“In at most three years, my Heartless Sword Intent will reach the perfection of the Celestial Image Level.”

Li Qian’s eyes flickered with light.

As for whether he would get stuck after breaking through to the Myriad Images Level, that remained to be seen.

Taiwu Circuit Lord’s Residence Camp.

Since the encirclement of the Returning Dragon Mountain Range, Circuit Lord Yu Song had been staying in this camp.

Without him, a Celestial Image Level Celestial Being, guarding the place, the Demon Saint in the Returning Dragon Mountain Range would definitely launch an attack immediately.

“Father, the demonic calamity zone in Yangwu Circuit of the Great Chang has already connected with the demonic calamity zone in the Great Xia Dynasty. Wasn’t the Great Xia Dynasty always stable? Why has the situation suddenly worsened so much?”

The black-bearded old man frowned and said.

The current situation was simply a chaotic dance of demons, a complete mess.

“According to the information passed down from above, there was an internal traitor who cooperated, leading to a grand demonic ritual there. The entire Xia Capital and all the royal family were sacrificed, and a top-tier Demon Saint of the fourth level of the Myriad Images Realm descended.”

Circuit Lord Yu Song said in a deep voice.

The demonic creatures in the Returning Dragon Mountain Range this time should only be ordinary Demon Saints from Lion Camel Ridge, at most at the third level of the Myriad Images Realm. Moreover, because the demonic ritual was not completely successful, the demon body of this Demon Saint was not perfect, which affected the exertion of its strength.

The demon body was the shell that contained the Myriad Images Demonic Consciousness of the descending Demon Saint.

It was equivalent to the physical body of a human.

The larger and more successful the demonic ritual, the higher the quality of the demon body formed, and the higher the upper limit of strength that could be reached.

“These beasts. They are truly hateful, for their own selfish desires, they don’t hesitate to betray their own kind.”

The black-bearded old man was full of anger.

“In ancient times, there were countless Shepherd families who served the Demon Race. Although they were thoroughly purged, a few remnants survived. They have always been in contact with the Demon Realm, and now they are just making a comeback.”

Circuit Lord Yu Song sighed and said.

“Father, why doesn’t the higher-ups send more experts in? With the current situation in the Mortal Realm, I’m afraid it won’t last long.”

The black-bearded old man said.

“Since the Battle of the Lotus Birth Pool, our human race has suffered heavy losses, and the demons have regained the upper hand. Our human race has gradually split into two factions. One faction advocates ensuring the safety of the Mortal Realm as the rear base for our human race to cultivate martial arts prodigies. However, the other faction believes that maintaining the Mortal Realm’s barrier and passively defending wastes too much manpower and material resources, and that only through cruel survival of the fittest can true martial arts prodigies emerge. Now the latter faction has gradually gained power and taken the upper hand.”

Circuit Lord Yu Song said in a deep voice.

“Father, are you saying that this was intentional by the higher-ups?”

The black-bearded old man looked shocked.

“The situation is very complicated, and I don’t know the details. However… the situation in the Mortal Realm will definitely become more and more serious in the future.”

Circuit Lord Yu Song shook his head.

All this was just his conjecture.

However, the current trend was developing in a direction that was extremely unfavorable to the Mortal Realm.

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The issue of the Lesser Demon’s strength in the previous chapter has been revised. The reason why the Lesser Demon is so strong is because the higher-ranking demonic creature used its Natal Demonic Power for Spiritual Awakening and Enlightenment, which is a kind of forcing growth. Therefore, the Lesser Demon possesses Celestial Being level strength from the beginning, but it will lead to the Lesser Demon having no growth potential and its strength being difficult to improve. When higher-ranking demonic creatures enlighten their descendants, they will not do this. They must cultivate like humans, and their growth potential will be very high.