Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

Chapter 277: 158, Song of Righteous Qi, Great Power of the Confucian Sect_2

"Please, both of you stop! If we don't come up with a way to deal with this Blood Demon, none of us will escape today!"

"Both of you take a step back, stop it!"

...

The persuasions of Moxuzi and the three others had no effect; they lifted their heads to look at the increasingly powerful Blood Demon in the sky, their faces filled with helplessness.

"Everyone, while the Blood Demon has not fully awakened, let's try again. It'll be too late if we delay any further. If we don't escape, the hundreds of thousands of living people in the city below, all will become food for the Blood Demon!"

Moxuzi lowered his head to look at Tongling City below, a touch of unwillingness flashed in his eyes; ultimately, his conscience was somewhat troubled, and he spoke to the other three.

Tongling had already suffered the ravages of the Blood Demon's corporeal form, and it had been 'baptized' by the demonic army once more. According to their senses, there were less than five hundred thousand people left in the city now, meaning that in these three hours, over one and a half million people had perished.

Regrettably, Zhan Taiqing's words just now really didn't have much of a problem; they had all held back today. Although it might not be the primary reason for the Blood Demon's successful resurrection, it at least had some influence.

Master Yuan Fa, donned in a white monk's robe, was the first to speak up this time, his face showing a trace of compassion as he nodded directly.

The other three also felt somewhat guilty at this moment and expressed their agreement.

All four reached an agreement and did not bother with Master Fanyin and Monk Yuan Kong, who were still battling in the sky. They faced the blood sea vortex in the sky that was still evolving, their eyes gleaming with a sharp light. Each held their Spiritual Artifact, with the three lights of essence, qi, and spirit blooming again above their heads, emitting a mightier aura than before.

Master Fanyin, who was entangled with Yuan Kong, cast a sidelong glance at the four's actions and revealed a taunting look on her face.

"Now you realize to exert effort, but alas... it's already too late..."

As if to corroborate the words in her heart, the moment the four's aura peaked, the central vortex of the blood sea abruptly stopped evolving, and the rotation ceased as well, bringing the entire bloody expanse spanning hundreds of miles above to a sudden stillness...

This eerie sight made the four, who had just been preparing to act below, feel a tightening in their hearts.

Zhan Taiqing and Master Yuan Kong stopped fighting at once.

All six looked up, trembling, standing stationary as if they had even forgotten to breathe, not daring to make a sound.

In the sky, the stagnant bloody sea had now transformed into root-like structures, resembling the blood vessels inside a human body, extending numerous tendrils across the sky above Tongling County, still spanning hundreds of miles.

And at the root's center, which was the position of the blood sea vortex, there now appeared a girl huddled and bent over, clad in not a stitch, her bare skin more radiant than snow. Although her face was not clear, it provoked an urgent desire to glimpse her beauty.

The six experts' immobility had already cast a silence over the sky; the tens of thousands of souls in the Prefectural City below seemed likewise captivated by the girl's sudden appearance, none making a sound. The whole land fell quiet, hundreds of thousands of eyes all staring at the girl.

The girl's fingers suddenly twitched slightly...

This movement was like stirring the heart of the blood-colored roots in the sky.

Thump... thump... thump... thump... thump...

A series of increasingly rapid heartbeat sounds echoed in everyone's hearts. They watched the girl beneath the blood-colored roots with eyes full of fear, yet their gazes also conveyed a hint of expectation, caught in a complex emotional struggle from which they could not extricate themselves.

Even including the six experts in the sky, their expressions were the same...

The heartbeat grew faster and faster until, after a dozen breaths or so, it seemed to reach its peak and suddenly stopped. After three breaths, it began to beat again at a regular rhythm like that of a human.

The girl beneath the bloody roots, at this very moment, abruptly opened her eyes...

A towering wave of bloody, evil energy surged from the blood-colored roots, like a tempest or a massive wave, crashing down upon the land.

And at that moment, everyone's eyes instantly turned blood-red, the sinister thoughts hidden in their hearts were hooked in an instant, and a bloodthirsty urge began to grow rampant within them. Even infants cradled in their mothers' arms could not stay calm, their eyes a dark red as they began to reach out for something...

"Don't you want to satisfy those most base desires in your heart?"

"Money, fame, status, cultivation, you can have it all if you kill..."

"Go plunder, go fight, go slaughter, this is the quickest way to satisfy your desires!"

"Go... go... go and kill..."

...

The inhabitants of Tongling, even including the six great experts in the sky, all heard a series of ethereal, soft, and captivating voices as if a girl was whispering in their ears, luring them again and again with their deepest desires...

"Deep Low Emperor Di Tuszu Chant"

"Aruo Midi Emperor Wuduzha Chant"

"Deep Qi Chant"

"Bolai Emperor Chant"

Yemi Ruzha Wuduzha

Guluo Ditizha Qimozha

Sha Po He...

Amidst the void, Zhan Taiqing's eyes flashed with clarity, and the holy light around her body shone ever brighter as she chanted the Moonlight Bodhisattva Mantra.

As she regained consciousness, the Cursed Sound reached the ears of the other five, pulling them back from their stupor as well.

Cold sweat broke out on their foreheads, and they felt a wave of horror within.

But then, realizing the power of these sounds, they feared for the commoners of Tongling City below—if even they, the six of them, could be bewitched...

"Kill!

"All this money is mine, all mine, you all go die."

"Bang..."

"Hahahaha, it's all mine now, all of this is mine!"

"We can't let him take this place."

"He's just one person, let's gang up on him, kill him and share this place..."

...

The city was enveloped with thick smoke, and continuous screams of agony and the rise of shrieking and slaughtering sound, coupled with the increasingly strong scent of blood, all undoubtedly indicated that Tongling City, which had barely caught its breath, had once again descended into a living hell.

Blood-colored tendrils, a great army of demons, had already claimed the lives of eight tenths of Tongling, and if the current massacre was to continue, by morning, it was feared no one in Tongling County would survive.

This absence of survivors would, in all likelihood, include the six of them...

Master Fanyin's face was dark, his eyes flickering, his mind occupied with thoughts unknown, while Zen Master Yuan Kong, with a face like decaying wood, observed his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, saying nothing at all. The other four clearly showed signs of unbearable emotions crossing their faces.

"Master Fanyin, quickly use the Moonlight Bodhisattva Mantra to restore these people's senses."

Hearing Moxuzi's inquiry, Zhan Taiqing revealed a hint of gloom on her face and, looking up at the girl beneath the blood tree roots in the sky, quietly answered, "The Moonlight Bodhisattva Mantra could awaken you because those malevolent breaths hadn't truly entered your bodies.

Hearing her reply, Moxuzi immediately understood, his expression growing somber.

"The six of us have Cultivation in our bodies, able to withstand the demonic breath's intrusion. But the commoners below cannot, and neither can some of the weaker Martial Artists. Once the malevolent air enters their bodies, not even my Moonlight Bodhisattva Mantra can save them..."

"So you are saying that the people below will continue to slaughter one another until only one remains, and only then will it stop completely?"

"This..."

"Amitabha!"

...

"The world has Righteous Qi, erratically bestowed in varied forms,

Below it manifests as rivers and mountains, above as suns and stars,

In mankind, it's called Vast Righteous Qi, resolutely filling the skies and beyond,

The Imperial Path should remain clear and calm, containing harmony, emitting brightness."

As the four sighed and lamented, an aged yet upright voice suddenly resonated from above. This voice seemed far away as if from the border of the heavens, yet also close as if right before the eyes, indistinct and elusive, lifting people's spirits gradually and invigorating their minds.

"Song of Righteous Qi!"

"The Confucian Sect has come..."

Upon hearing the exclamations of Zhang Yuning and Lian Ningxue, the expressions of the other four varied. Zen Master Yuan Kong and Moxuzi had subtle looks with a trace of apprehension, while Master Fanyin and Monk Yuan Fa were expressionless, their thoughts inscrutable.

In the eastern sky, the brilliant Vast Righteous Qi spanned thousands of miles from east to west, lighting up the dark night sky as though it were day, with unparalleled brightness, and all eyes were drawn to the end of the white light, unable to look away.

Through the end of the white light, an aged figure in Confucian clothing, holding a scroll, approached with a faltering gait. Each step he took in the air blossomed a pure white lotus. As he neared the Prefectural City, the Vast Righteous Qi that spanned thousands of miles emitted warmth like the rising sun, reaching everyone's hearts.

"With every step, a lotus blooms; with every word, a flower springs to life—the mighty of the Confucian Sect!"

"Is it someone from Yangzhou, or from Yanzhou?"

"It seems like... Ji Yanzhi!"