CHAPTER 953: CHAPTER 482: POLLUTED BLOOD

The energy that the White Light Immortal Palace can unleash once its ruling machinery operates at full speed is truly terrifying.

In just a few days, various clues regarding the Polluted Blood Sect have emerged rapidly.

Surprisingly, the first important clue actually came from the Eight-direction Pavilion.

Time: The incident occurred during the war between the Xiafei Sect and the Eight-direction Pavilion.

Location: Tea Garden Star!

This planet belongs to the Eight-direction Pavilion, known for producing various precious immortal teas, with considerable asset value.

The Eight-direction Pavilion has always stationed disciples to guard Tea Garden Star.

During the chaos of the war, the stationed disciples suddenly reported that a group of experts claiming to be disciples of the Xiafei Sect, all of Immortal level, were attacking them.

The pavilion master, Bai Ruoyu, was shocked and immediately dispatched ten Lower Immortals to support them.

Unexpectedly, after the battle, all ten Lower Immortals sent were killed, their bodies completely destroyed.

Bai Ruoyu always believed this incident was orchestrated by the Xiafei Sect and hated them intensely for it.

She mentioned this during negotiations with Zou Zaiqing.

But Zou Zaiqing was bewildered, denying that they had ever attacked Tea Garden Star.

Until today, the Polluted Blood Sect was exposed!

After careful investigation, it was discovered that the murderers who attacked Tea Garden Star were actually a group of Immortals in black cloaks.

They greatly resembled those who attempted to assassinate Zou Zaiqing.

Bai Ruoyu analyzed that the Polluted Blood Sect’s motive for using the chaos to slaughter Immortals was likely to use the Immortals’ corpses to refine Polluted Blood.

Upon hearing the news, the Xiafei Sect also conducted an investigation.

However, they are currently leaderless and in complete disarray internally, unable to contribute much in a short time.

Fortunately, another clue immediately followed.

Honestly, the Polluted Blood Sect is indeed very secretive and low-key, always acting covertly and not revealing itself.

However, since it is a sect, with a cult-like dark attribute, it inevitably has strong ambitions, evil desires, insane actions, and a constant need to grow its followers and recruit newcomers.

But since the Polluted Blood Sect cannot be exposed, it has no way to openly recruit newcomers.

Thus, they set their sights on those inconspicuous and struggling loose cultivators.

According to a report from a loose cultivator "Zhang Yunliang" from "Long Meteor."

He had a loose cultivator friend "Gong Tianzhi," who joined the Polluted Blood Sect through some unknown means and later invited him to join as well.

Loose cultivators, being weak and unsupported, naturally jump at any force willing to lend them a hand.

Zhang Yunliang was initially interested, but after asking Gong Tianzhi, he learned that joining the Polluted Blood Sect required drinking a cup of "Holy Blood."

As for what this Holy Blood actually is, no one could clarify—it was quite mysterious.

Being cautious by nature, Zhang Yunliang felt something was wrong with the Polluted Blood Sect and politely declined Gong Tianzhi’s enthusiastic invitation.

Thereafter, he wandered to distant places to earn cultivation resources, working on various planets here and there.

Time unknowingly passed, and over thirty years went by.

Upon returning to "Long Meteor," Zhang Yunliang inadvertently heard astonishing news about Gong Tianzhi from others.

After joining the Polluted Blood Sect, Gong Tianzhi’s cultivation soared, unexpectedly advancing to the Fate Realm and becoming a Lower Immortal.

Moreover, he joined an Immortal Cultivation family, married a beautiful and wealthy woman, became a live-in son-in-law, enjoying great success and prosperity.

Naturally, Zhang Yunliang was envious, resentful, and regretful of his decision not to join the Polluted Blood Sect.

Thus, under great temptation, he was moved and shamelessly sought out Gong Tianzhi.

He met him.

However, after three days apart, one should treat a gentleman with new regard; Gong Tianzhi’s temperament had dramatically changed—irritable, arrogant, and did not show him any kindness.

Zhang Yunliang merely thought his friend had become prosperous and had forgotten his impoverished past, leaving heartbroken and depressed for a long time.

Unexpectedly!

Only three months later, he received news of Gong Tianzhi’s death, supposedly having died suddenly from going mad during closed-door cultivation.

Zhang Yunliang sighed continuously, feeling deeply conflicted.

But on that very day, he received a letter, authored by Gong Tianzhi.

This letter was written two days before Gong Tianzhi’s death.

In the letter, Gong Tianzhi mentioned that ever since drinking the Holy Blood, his cultivation advanced rapidly and yielded immense benefits.

However, at the same time, there was uncontrollable blood in his body, sometimes cold like ice, sometimes boiling, causing him immense pain.

The only way to alleviate this pain was to drink human blood.

As a result, over the years, he had harmed many people, becoming more bloodthirsty and cruel, completely transformed.

About half a year ago, the Polluted Blood Sect assigned him a task to pursue and kill a defector.

He acted with several companions, spending months searching before finally finding and killing the defector.

However, before dying, the defector revealed a secret to him.

That is, anyone who drinks the Holy Blood will undoubtedly have their cultivation continue to soar, but after reaching a certain limit, there will be no further progress.

At that point, the Polluted Blood Sect would send people to capture that person, regardless of life or death.

It sounded like all followers of the Polluted Blood Sect were merely lambs to the slaughter.

After learning this secret, Gong Tianzhi was terrified and intended to leave the Polluted Blood Sect.

It was during this time that Zhang Yunliang came to find him.

Gong Tianzhi did not want to harm Zhang Yunliang, so he deliberately snubbed him and drove him away.

"It seems someone is watching me; if I suddenly die, it was definitely not an accident."

Gong Tianzhi wrote at the end of the letter.

Zhang Yunliang, upon learning all this, was overwhelmed with grief and anger, constantly contemplating revenge for his friend.

But with his low strength and the Polluted Blood Sect being so secretive, how could he talk of revenge?