Chapter 55

March 29th, the last moments before dawn.

In the most secluded corner of the lower area of Mount Tiantai, Mei Xue was in a small house, carefully polishing the longevity wooden charm he had made himself. He looked at the gift of confession made from ancient wood with a heart full of trepidation.

On the charm, which he had just polished to remove the rough edges, were the words he had carved himself:

"May the green wood thrive, may longevity and spring eternal. I give this to Xiao Liu."

There were no flowery words, no extravagant promises. What Mei Xue had carved on this longevity charm was the purest wish.

Even if they could not become lovers, he hoped that Xiao Liu would always be healthy and happy, full of vitality like the evergreen wood that never withers.

For him, the days he met Xiao Liu were among the happiest times of his life. Compared to the hundreds of breakups in the past, Xiao Liu's attitude towards him was far too gentle, so gentle that it often made him feel as if he were in a dream.

Perhaps, this time the relationship could succeed; perhaps, Xiao Liu would not reject his confession; perhaps, the two of them really had a chance to be together.

Even though he knew this was almost impossible, Xiao Liu had never mentioned her background, but the red immortal robe she wore had already revealed her extraordinary origins.

However, Mei Xue would not give up, did not want to give up, and would not allow himself to give up.

Because, his love had never been false or disguised.

Liking was liking, and he could not go against his feelings.

So, today he was going to confess to Xiao Liu, with the greatest courage and the most sincere heart, giving her the gift of confession he had made himself.

"Let's go." After taking a deep breath, Mei Xue tightly held the longevity charm made from ancient wood and bravely set off towards the place where the sun rises.

Every day the sun rises from the ground. Even if the answer he received would freeze his heart again, he had to move forward bravely.

As long as the burning in his chest remained, the flame of love would never be extinguished. Even if the world kept changing, he firmly believed he possessed the strongest weapon.

At the same moment, in the deepest part of the secret realm "Zhou Chong," Xiao Xiang looked at the many humans surrounding her with a blank expression, her eyes gradually turning cold.

"Ha ha ha, found it, hiding here, what a big catch." The monk, with a bald head and a string of white bone skulls around his neck, laughed maniacally.

This was a renegade monk from the Buddhist sect, a cultivator who had taken the path of evil, known as "Sha He." He was a notorious fugitive roaming the seas and mountains, with countless crimes to his name.

The most common crime he committed was "poaching," which involved infiltrating secret realms to hunt various rare secret realm races and then selling the remains of high-level secret realm races.

Living secret realm creatures could not leave the secret realm, but the bodies of some dead high-level secret realm creatures could yield many special materials. This was one of the main reasons why humans were so enthusiastic about exploring secret realms.

Sha He's greatest hobby was slaughtering secret realm races, often wiping out entire layers of secret realms. This was not normal material collection but a clear sign of madness.

The girl in front of him was the highest-level secret realm race Sha He had ever seen. Secret realm races that could transform into human form were extremely rare, usually living in the deepest parts of high-level secret realms, areas that humans could hardly reach.

When he heard that a foreign secret realm race had appeared in this small secret realm, Sha He, on a whim, gathered a few friends to investigate, hoping to make some extra money. He never expected to find such a big catch.

Secret realm races that could transform into human form, when slaughtered, would definitely yield super-high-level materials, which were highly sought after by the major forces in the seas and mountains, always in demand but never available.

"Boss, we're in for a big profit this time."

"Brother Sha, following you really pays off."

The poaching team led by Sha He all looked at Xiao Xiang with greedy eyes. In their eyes, the red-clothed girl had already turned into piles of immortal stones.

Hearing the humans' unmasked desires, Xiao Xiang's eyes grew colder. The dark memories she had forgotten while playing the role of Xiao Liu began to resurface.

Yes, how could she forget? This was humanity.

Greed, shamelessness, invaders of secret realms who took everything like locusts.

This was the humanity she knew, the irredeemable humanity, the natural enemy of all secret realm races.

"Brothers, let's go! Tie up this little one's hands and feet first, then dismember her. I want the heart first." Sha He grabbed the skull beads around his neck and roared, causing the ground to shake.

"I want the head!"

"I want the feet!"

"I want the hands!"

The group that followed Sha He quickly divided the remaining parts, and various immortal techniques began to glow in an orderly manner.

The earth-colored puppet charging forward was a secret technique from the earth-based immortal technique "Yellow Turban Technique."

The pale golden protective shield that lit up on everyone's body was one of the most widely spread common immortal techniques, "Vajra Shield."

The giant who suddenly swelled up, baring his muscles with a roar, was the result of the "Giant Spirit Technique."

And the one continuously chanting Buddhist mantras, with blood light enveloping his body like an evil Buddha descending, was the renegade monk Sha He. The immortal technique he used was not a common one but a true transmission from the Esoteric School, known as the "Blood River Seal."

Although this type of technique belonged to the bloodline category, it could be cultivated through certain evil methods. It required a large amount of fresh blood, with the consumption of a hundred people's heart blood for minor success and a million people's essence blood for major success.

And this blood could not be dead blood or animal blood; it had to be the fresh heart blood of living humans. Those whose heart blood was extracted by this evil method were almost certain to die, and even if they survived, they would be cripples.

Of course, this monk was far from achieving major success in the technique. He couldn't even summon a small stream, let alone a river. He could only surround himself with a layer of blood light, which indicated that he had consumed the heart blood of a hundred people and had just achieved minor success in the Blood River Seal.

"I remember now, you humans... are like this..."

"This is your true nature. Once you have power, you become such monsters."

Xiao Xiang slowly raised her small, white hand, and a drop of blood fell from her slender finger.

"This little one is scared silly, ha ha!"

"Rip her apart!"

"What a show, you're just a monster."

Xiao Xiang closed her eyes, nodded, and acknowledged the last words of the group.

"Yes, I am a monster, a monster that eats people."

In the next instant, that drop of blood spread out, turning into a sea of blood, a great terror that devoured heaven and earth.

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