Proud Goddess Falls in Love with Me
Chapter 1424: 1383: Blood Pool

Chapter 1424: Chapter 1383: Blood Pool

“It should be here.”

Inside the Jade Ring Hall!

Lu Chuan held the secret plaque and embedded it into a tightly sealed metal door. The moment the plaque was inserted, Lu Chuan immediately heard a clicking sound, as if some mechanism had started to operate. The iron door slowly opened, revealing a passageway that continued downward. But before Lu Chuan could step inside, Miao Conglu stopped him.

“This smell… I can’t tolerate it at all. There might not even be oxygen below.”

The pungent stench that filled the air made Miao Conglu’s face grimace, almost causing her to dry heave.

Unlike Lu Chuan, his body had long transcended the realm of ordinary mortals. It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that Lu Chuan’s physical body was now even more resilient than some swords or magic artifacts. This mildly toxic atmosphere posed no threat to him whatsoever.

But for Miao Conglu, it was extremely poisonous. If she were exposed to it, she might suffocate completely within five minutes.

“Given the circumstances, you should stay above. I’ll quickly find the Blood Pool and then come back for you.”

“No way! If you leave me here alone, I might be discovered by others and certainly die! I want to go with you!”

“But can your frail body sustain in such a place? It’s better to remain above. Yun Ji, you should stay and protect her.”

Yun Ji had no objections to this, nodding slightly and said, “No problem. As long as she stays put and doesn’t wander around, I can protect her.”

“Is that acceptable? Alright, once I enter, close the door, then hide with Yun Ji. Avoid being discovered by others, and it’s best to wear your veil to prevent anyone from noticing your peculiar eyes.”

With that, Lu Chuan freed himself from Miao Conglu’s grasp and boldly ventured into the darkness.

Witnessing this, Miao Conglu bit her silver teeth, reluctantly stepping back a few paces.

He hadn’t walked far when Lu Chuan heard the heavy sound of the iron door closing behind him, the faint light disappeared altogether. Unable to help it, Lu Chuan ignited the Divine Fire of the Sun in his palm, illuminating the surroundings.

The passage was far shorter than Lu Chuan had imagined. After merely walking for less than three minutes, Lu Chuan arrived at a flat open ground.

And the bloody smell became even more intense!

Lu Chuan hadn’t taken a few steps before he suddenly felt a slippery sensation beneath his feet. Looking down, he saw the ground covered with a thin layer of blood, thick and salty.

“Is the Blood Pool really in the Jade Ring Hall?”

Yun Yan felt puzzled seeing this scene.

Years ago, she distinctly remembered establishing the Blood Pool within the Jade Phoenix Hall, so why would it appear in the Jade Ring Hall?

Moreover, the construction inside the Blood Pool looked vastly different from the one she created back then!

Clearly, someone might have rebuilt the Blood Pool after her time, relocating it to the Jade Ring Hall to continue crafting Blood Pills.

However, Yun Yan couldn’t guess who this person was.

After all, few knew the truth about the Blood Pool back then. The Human Clan merely knew she had slaughtered numerous cultivators to craft it, but its location was known by very few.

“How many people are there here?”

As Lu Chuan continued to venture deeper, the Blood Pool below his feet grew increasingly deeper. Initially, it just covered his soles, but now it had completely submerged below his knees. If he continued further, it might consume him entirely!

However, Lu Chuan didn’t need to breathe. Having employed the Breath-Holding Secret Art, he formed a barrier around himself with Spiritual Power to isolate the Blood Pool.

Soon, the Blood Pool nearly engulfed Lu Chuan completely, and from the looks of it, he still hadn’t reached the end.

How many thousands of souls were buried here?

Even if an entire city were massacred, it likely wouldn’t yield such a vast amount of blood.

Strangely, among this Blood Pool, there seemed to be non-human blood, as Lu Chuan could clearly perceive a thick demonic power.

“Yun Yan, when you crafted the Blood Pool, did you use Demon Tribe’s blood as well?”

“I never used it, why do you ask?”

“There’s demonic power within the Blood Pool, and it constitutes a significant portion.”

“How, how can this be? It’s impossible!”

Yun Yan sounded as if she had heard something incredible, her tone urgent, “Lu Chuan, could it be that you’re mistaken?”

“I don’t think so. The difference between Spiritual Power and demonic power is significant; I wouldn’t have gotten it wrong.”

“No way, he… he deceived me? He promised me! Using Demon Tribe’s blood to craft Blood Pills is no different, how could he deceive me!”

Seeing Yun Yan’s increasingly agitated state, Lu Chuan quickly reassured her, “Yun Yan, calm down! Whatever happened in the past is over, it was a millennium ago! Calm down!”

“I don’t understand… how he could treat me this way?”

Lu Chuan hadn’t anticipated Yun Yan’s emotions to fluctuate so greatly, or he wouldn’t have mentioned it.

However, there’s a pressing issue.

The Demon Tribe can absorb Spiritual Power, but cultivators cannot absorb demonic power. Even if Blood Pills were crafted, the demonic power in them would become impurities, and Lu Chuan must figure out how to separate the two powers.

Thinking this, Lu Chuan waved his hand, two furnace cauldrons appeared out of thin air, hovering above the Blood Pool, as Nine Heavens Profound Fire ignited from within Lu Chuan, instantly boiling the surrounding Blood Pool!

Soon, using Spiritual Power as a guide, Lu Chuan directed the two types of blood containing distinctive forces into different cauldrons and continued to wield the Mysterious Fire!

The unpleasant odor permeated the Blood Pool, yet Lu Chuan remained unfazed, calmly sending various Spirit Plant and Earth Treasures into the cauldrons, blood flowing in pillars, continuously pouring into the cauldrons, only to be rapidly refined!

Still, the Blood Pool near Lu Chuan saw no reduction.

If proceeding at this current rate, it would likely take at least ten days to completely refine the Blood Pool!

Ten days—the outside world would be in chaotic turmoil by then, Lu Chuan simply could not afford to wait so long!

Yun Ji belongs to the Demon Tribe, this aura cannot be concealed. Once discovered, she’d surely be besieged.

“Is there any way… Tower Spirit, do you have any ideas?”

“No, I wouldn’t know how to craft Blood Pills.”

The Tower Spirit’s resolute answer took Lu Chuan by surprise, but upon reconsideration, Yun Yan was suppressed within the Demon Suppression Pagoda due to such atrocities back then, no wonder the Tower Spirit couldn’t bear witnessing such dreadful scenes.

The issue remains that once the crafting begins, it cannot be interrupted, or all previous efforts would be in vain. Lu Chuan could only persevere.

“I just hope Yun Ji can hold on until I finish crafting the Blood Pills…”