Chapter 14: You Will Be Shocked Beyond Measure

Zhenren Bingyi left the Jin Heng Sect and flew in the direction Qu Yi had originally gone.
Qu Yi’s intended destination was the West Flow Continent.
Zhenren Bingyi spent ten days crossing the ocean from the East Flow Continent to the West Flow Continent. After a brief rest, he immediately set off again across the continent.
Naturally, Qu Yi, who was inside the Dimensional Sphere, was beyond Zhenren Bingyi’s detection.
On a snow-capped peak, Zhenren Bingyi landed, muttering in frustration, “This Li Mu—after searching the entire West Flow Continent, I still can’t find him!”
At that moment, Qu Yi was inside the Dimensional Sphere, which was attached to Zhenren Bingyi’s clothes.
“That Zhenren Bingyi is quite interesting—he still wants to find Qu Yi. Even if he searches the entire Flowing Water Star, he won’t be able to find him,” said the Divine Instrument, lying on a soft chair by the lake, amused.
Qu Yi, meanwhile, was sitting cross-legged by the lake, fully focused on scanning the Dual Path. He had to make use of every moment, as the most urgent task now was to complete the scanning of the Dual Path and elevate his soul realm to the late Divination stage.
After a while, Zhenren Bingyi on the snow peak grew grim and whispered, “Li Mu, weren’t you here to hunt down the Red Blood Old Demon? Well, I’ll just devour a sect on the West Flow Continent to lure you over.”
With that, Zhenren Bingyi flew swiftly toward a powerful sect on the West Flow Continent—the Luokun Sect.
The Luokun Sect controlled the largest area in the eastern part of the West Flow Continent. Its main hall was located on Mount Luokun, the highest peak in the region, hence its name.
Its leader, Cangliang, was already at the early Divination stage, one of the few strong practitioners at that level across the entire Flowing Water Star. The sect also had tens of thousands of disciples, most of whom were below the Yuan Ying stage.
At that time, the people of the Luokun Sect were peacefully cultivating on their own mountains.
Suddenly, the figure of Zhenren Bingyi appeared in the sky above Mount Luokun. In his hand was the Blood Spirit Ring, with a drop of blood falling onto it.
In an instant, the sky was filled with a murderous red aura; red clouds covered the entire sky as a terrifying scene of an impending apocalypse descended from above.
“An enemy attack!”
Chaos erupted among the many disciples of the Luokun Sect on the mountain, their cries echoing for miles.
Cangliang quickly flew into the air. Sensing the fluctuating life energy in the red clouds—reaching the late Divination stage—he wore a sorrowful expression, realizing that the Luokun Sect was doomed today.

“Who are you? Why have you come to attack my Luokun Sect?” Cangliang pointed his sword skyward in anger and shouted.
Whoosh!
Before he could finish speaking, a blood arrow shot down from the blood-clouds in the sky, aiming straight at Cangliang. Cangliang darted aside, and a waterfall of water erupted from his sword to block the sharp blood arrow. Yet before he could react, the blood-clouds above suddenly contracted into a human-shaped blood monster the size of two people, which flew right up to Cangliang.
“Cangliang, I am the Red Blood Old Demon!” The blood monster cackled maniacally as one of its blood hands grabbed Cangliang by the throat.
“Ah!” Cangliang’s throat was squeezed, and he realized he could no longer control his vital energy, letting out a terrified cry.
The Red Blood Old Demon laughed cruelly and then plunged both blood hands into Cangliang’s body. Cangliang’s life force flowed like water into the demon’s mouth, and his body disappeared in an instant.
“Ah! The sect leader is dead! Everyone, run away quickly!”
“All disciples of the Luokun Sect, let’s fight against the Red Blood Old Demon!”
“Hurry and seek help from other sects!” …
Suddenly, the people of the Luokun Sect began shouting. Voices of panic filled the air as everyone fled everywhere on the mountain.
“You won’t get away! The Red Blood Old Demon is here!”
After shouting that, the Red Blood Old Demon descended from the sky like lightning, quickly reaching each fleeing disciple of the Luokun Sect, grabbing them one by one. As he captured them, their bodies disappeared, their life force flowing into the demon’s mouth.
“Delicious! Delicious! All of you from the Luokun Sect, stay here for me!” As if wanting to ensure even more panic among them, the Red Blood Old Demon shouted again.
Sure enough, the disciples of the Luokun Sect tried even harder to use their vital energy and qi to maximize their speed and escape.
The Red Blood Old Demon unleashed his fury once more, capturing another thousand disciples before stopping and teleporting away from Luokun Mountain.
“The people of the Luokun Sect must have spread the news of the Red Blood Old Demon’s appearance by now.” On another mountain, Bingyi Zhenren sneered, revealing his true appearance.
Bingyi Zhenren intended to use the people of the Luokun Sect to lure Qu Yi here, which was why he didn’t kill everyone in the sect.
…
Ten days passed, and Bingyi Zhenren still hadn’t seen Qu Yi. Now, he was truly confused. Had ‘Li Mu’ not come to the Xiliu Continent? Had he, as a member of the Taiyuan Sect’s enforcement team, come here just to perfunctorily complete his mission, with no real intention of helping the Jin Heng Sect?

With doubts in his heart, True Man Bingyi flew to the South Waterfall Continent, the place where Li Yu was going. As expected, he transformed into the Red-Blooded Old Demon once again on that continent, consumed a sect, only to find Li Yu nowhere in sight. By then, True Man Bingyi was convinced that the five members of the Taiyuan Sect’s enforcement team had come just for fun and had no intention of completing their mission. After realizing this, he abandoned the North Waterfall Continent and returned directly to the East Flow Continent, to the Jin Heng Sect. Just as True Man Bingyi regained control of the Jin Heng Sect, the Dimensional Ball fell from his body. Five days later, Qu Yi emerged from the Dimensional Ball and flew toward the Jin Heng Sect. In his cultivation room, True Man Bingyi sensed Qu Yi’s presence, frowned, and immediately flew out to greet him personally. “Fellow Daoist Li Mu, you’ve returned from the West Flow Continent. Have you found any trace of the Red-Blooded Old Demon?” he asked with a friendly expression. Hearing this, Qu Yi only shook his head repeatedly, sighed, and bit his lips, clearly filled with frustration. “Brother Bingyi, I truly regret it. I was in a critical phase of cultivating a mysterious technique and was secretly practicing in a place on the West Flow Continent. As soon as I finished cultivating, I heard that the Red-Blooded Old Demon had destroyed the Luo Kun Sect. I searched everywhere on the West Flow Continent but found no trace of him, so I had to return to report to the team leader,” Qu Yi said, full of remorse. At this, True Man Bingyi’s eyes sparkled, and his emotions surged. “Damn it! If I had waited longer on the West Flow Continent, I could have consumed this Li Mu! Luck runs in his favor—he hid to cultivate and avoided this disaster,” he thought. Meanwhile, as True Man Bingyi regretted his actions, invisible energy seeped from every pore of Qu Yi’s palms and drifted toward True Man Bingyi’s body. Indeed, Qu Yi had already absorbed the “Hidden Fragrance” given to him by Yan Zhong and was now using his unique mixed true essence to expel these invisible “Hidden Fragrances” from his body and inject them into True Man Bingyi’s body. The mixed true essence, like the natural energy of heaven and earth, blended seamlessly with the environment, lacking the aura fluctuations of the five-element true essence, making it impossible for True Man Bingyi to detect.

“It turns out that Li Mu and the Old Demon of Red Blood were almost in contact—what a pity. Captain Yan Zhong is currently resting by the Golden Essence Spring of our Jin Heng Sect. Let me send a disciple to take you there,” said True Man Bing Yi, his mind now calm, before speaking with a smile.

Qu Yi smiled in response, “No need. I can already sense where the captain is. I’ll go by myself.”

With that, Qu Yi teleported away.

True Man Bing Yi watched Qu Yi leave, a cold glint in his eyes as a sinister smirk appeared on his lips.

The Golden Essence Spring was about the size of a finger, its water containing strange golden energy, giving it a beautiful golden shimmer. The water sprouted from a five-meter-high golden rock and flowed into a ten-meter-wide pool below.

Yan Zhong, meanwhile, was submerged naked at the bottom of the pool, practicing his cultivation.

Qu Yi landed by the pool and waited quietly.

After a while, Yan Zhong surfaced, his body covered by a layer of golden robes formed from his true energy. Then, he took out his own clothes from his space ring and put them on neatly.

“Captain, I’m back,” Qu Yi said calmly.

Yan Zhong looked at him and smiled. “Li Mu, did you go to the West Flow Continent and find traces of the Old Demon of Red Blood?”

Qu Yi nodded and then transmitted his thoughts mentally, “Captain, I already know who the Old Demon of Red Blood is. If I tell you, you’ll be shocked.”

Yan Zhong’s eyes lit up, but he quickly regained his calm expression and replied mentally, “Tell me—who is it?”

“True Man Bing Yi!” Qu Yi answered.

Yan Zhong’s eyes widened again, clearly not believing it. He immediately asked, “Do you have evidence?”

Qu Yi nodded. “True Man Bing Yi wears a strange ring. Once worn, it transforms him into the Old Demon of Red Blood. When he attacked the Luo Kun Sect on the West Flow Continent, I disguised myself as a disciple of the Luo Kun Sect and secretly injected the Secret Fragrant Powder into his body. Captain, you can check now.”

Yan Zhong’s expression grew tense. After pondering for a moment, he replied mentally with a smile, “Li Mu, you should know what punishment you’ll face if the information you’ve given is false.”

Qu Yi immediately replied, “I’m willing to risk my life as collateral!”

Only then did Yan Zhong finally believe Qu Yi. He had originally planned to send Qu Yi and Li Yu outside so that the Old Demon of Red Blood could kill them, but unexpectedly, Qu Yi returned safely and even obtained information about the demon.

Yet in Qu Yi’s heart at that moment, he was overjoyed—his plan would finally allow Yan Zhong and the Red-Blooded Old Demon to fight each other to the death.