Chapter 260 - Take a Blood Offering

There was a strange look on Seven's face as he listened through Sun Yinxie's crying as he was being detained by the other soldiers. He was with Song Qixi by then, and he's the only other person who was with the sergeant. He was nothing but a suspect to the rest of the people right now.

Sun Yinxie was then gagged so he couldn't do anything to himself. He started kicking things around him, but that only warranted more people to hold him down. The other man cried out threats against the rag inside his mouth, but Seven didn't care. The detained officer was then taken away.

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From the other end, Wu Zhong put down the radio and only looked at Director Sun. "Your son will be brought to the interrogation room. They concocted a story and turned the soldiers against Song Qixi and the rest. With those goons locked inside the facility, they will only be eaten by the Black March."

Earlier, they managed to storm the Control Room to get their eyes back up. However, Li Heilong's goons actually detonated a bomb inside, destroying the screens and the consoles to make things unsalvageable for Wu Zhong. The hole had led them to a different hallway, and Wu Zhong's men couldn't find them anymore. Knowing the group, Wu Zhong sent people to the Electrical floor in case they tried to turn on the lights.

Director Sun didn't care about things anymore. He actually left the secured room to fetch his son. Wu Zhong only watched him leave, Qiao Muwei's eyes only sliding to the side. The door then closed, and everyone inside only looked at one another. Qiao Muwei then spoke, "He should've waited for his son here."

"How long do we have until the spirits start coming in?" Wu Zhong only had a radio to communicate with everyone else. He had been greatly degraded, and he felt sick thinking that someone had infiltrated his castle this fast. No matter, they always had a last resort in place.

"They are already being summoned. When the soldiers start reporting sightings, they're already here." Qiao Muwei narrowed his eyes. He was not supposed to be trapped inside like this, but he wanted to see what would happen to the people inside. How would the ancient demon respond to such a thing?

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Chuan Nayi looked down at their laced hands. Her fingers could barely compete with the size of Liu Xiaodan's hand. However, it was still so cold. His skin was so cold that she felt like she was kissed by ice every time his lips descended on her body. Ah, dammit, she was beginning to get hot again just by remembering what happened.

Oblivious to her thoughts, Liu Xiaodan continued to look around and follow the hints of Tang Mingming's energy. At some spot, he finally spotted a moving figure. Based on what he could make out… it was someone that he had not seen for a long while. The man held onto Chuan Nayi tighter and proceeded to meet the Mother.

Surprisingly, God Raven was with her.

"Their Mother, God Raven..." Liu Xiaodan never really liked calling someone else 'Mother', but the Mother was alright with what Liu Xiaodan would prefer to call her. It wasn't anything insulting anyway. 

Her eyes then moved to take a look at Chuan Nayi who changed her mood all of a sudden. The Mother then grinned slowly and like a demon. "So you've met. You should keep an eye on your precious belongings, Xiaodan. Others would always covet what is not theirs."

Liu Xiaodan only nodded, knowing that she was still angry at him for taking her lamp away without permission. He then turned to God Raven. "Are you going to help me look for Guangru?"

"...I wonder. I would need a place to nest to see if I could transcend into being a demon after everything you have given me. I could make use of your body, but you're jumping toward shamans. That wouldn't be good for me." God Raven just had to be transparent if he wanted to survive.

"Okay. Have you seen the others? The greater ghosts and the shadow?"

"They're at the south side, discussing with another spirit. It's a woman that could become a King soon." The black bird turned in a direction. "Though I figured you won't have much luck. I can't detect Guangru anywhere. He's still sealed, but I can faintly find him earlier. Right now, he's really out of my radar."

The Mother then hummed. "That other boy with him… the shaman… he completed Guangru's seal. Maybe that's why we can't feel Guangru anymore." The Mother had transcended into being a demon, and so she could tell some things that others could not. However, those words made Liu Xiaodan and Chuan Nayi frown.

Why would Li Feng seal Guangru now?

As if feeling their doubts and apprehension, the Mother laughed out dryly. "Whoever sealed Guangru failed immensely. Not only did they not lock the seal they had created, but they had also provided a vacuum of negative energy for Guangru to feed on. They must have been so exhausted..."

"The one who sealed Guangru was shot dead." Liu Xiaodan turned away. "Why would Feng complete the seal? Wouldn't that mean that Guangru wouldn't be able to wake up soon?"

"Are you scared of the Black March that you have called forth on yourself?" The Mother chuckled. Even if it wasn't Liu Xiaodan's conscious decision, he was working with the saboteurs who had done so. Liu Xiaodan then looked up at her as if not letting go of his questions. The dead forest spirit only hummed. "Your friend is the shaman. He knows more about seals than I do."

"Can you help me locate a human being?" Liu Xiaodan reached out his hand and showed them his bleeding hand. "Feng transfused my blood into his body after an accident recently. Can you locate him through this?"

If that was another human, the two would willingly take on the quest. However, they both knew that Liu Xiaodan's blood was impure. It was filled with so much faded blood that he was probably going to taste like a ghost. That was a very disgusting thing to eat.

God Raven then turned its eyes to the maiden next to Liu Xiaodan. Based on what it heard, this was the ancient demon's mother. However, she did smell so fresh and pure as if her body was not really that tainted. Mm, she wasn't a v.i.r.g.i.n anymore—the time when a maiden's energy was the purest. However, that didn't mean she was already bad to taste.

"...God Raven." Liu Xiaodan called his attention, the black bird not noticing that its beak was already invading their space. The bird seemed to be drawn to Chuan Nayi so much it almost lost control. However, the bird just chuckled. "I will take a blood offering from you and from the woman, Xiaodan. Only then will I find Guangru."

"Alright." Chuan Nayi agreed so fast before Liu Xiaodan could say something. "You can have my blood."