Chapter 3: The Mysterious Blood Demon Sutra

  "Uncle Village Head."

  The next morning, at over nine o'clock, Xie Yu Xiao woke up in the old man's arms. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the familiar yet kind face in front of him, called out intimately, then flipped over and got out of the old man's arms, frantically searching around the summit with a flustered expression.

  "What are you looking for?" asked a hunchbacked old man with a bushy mustache and a benevolent face, wearing a loose vest.

  This hunchbacked old man has a good status in Xue Ling Village: the village head. In Xue Ling Village, the villagers respectfully call him Old Xie.

  "What about the university students? The tents? The corpses that fell to the ground...... Why is it so empty?" Xie Yu Xiao returned to Xie Lao's side, saying with a frightened tone.

  "What's with the corpse and blood? Must have had a nightmare! When Uncle came up, there were four young people preparing to go down the mountain. They wanted to wake you up, but I saw that you were sleeping soundly, so I didn't let them wake you!"

  Xie Yu Xiao's memories were sometimes blurry and sometimes clear. Looking at the empty Blood Demon Peak, it seemed as if everything had been just a dream.

  "Yu Xiao, come here and tell Uncle about this Blood Spirit Stone."

  "This... I..."

  Xie Yuxiao stuttered for a moment, then explained how the Blood Spirit Stone had shattered into a pile of fragments under his butt. He then picked up the S-shaped strange stone he wore around his neck to show Old Xie.

  "Is this found from the Blood Spirit Stone?"

  Xie Lao looked at the S-shaped blood jade in Xie Yu's hand, and his mind recalled a story his father had told him. It seemed as if he saw a soul struggling inside the Blood Spirit Stone, using its unextinguished consciousness to condense into a piece of blood jade over 500 years...

  "What's the use of this Blood Jade? Why did it take four lives as soon as it appeared in the world?"

  "Village elder, the Blood Spirit Stone was shattered because of me and can no longer be used to heal the villagers. Will you punish me?"

  "It's nothing, but don't mention this to anyone."

  ……

  The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, it's evening again.

  Xie Yuxiao lay on the kang in his own home, tossing and turning, flipping over and over again, unable to fall asleep. As soon as he closed his eyes, he felt a sudden illusion that four university students with blood all over their faces were standing around him, stretching out their hands to strangle his neck, scaring him into opening his eyes quickly.

  The night was still, with only a faint red glow appearing and disappearing inside the house. Where did the light come from? He got up and searched around the house for half a day before pinching the S-shaped jade pendant on his neck. In that instant, the red glow disappeared.

  Just as he pinched, a strong gust of air rushed straight to his brain, scaring him into releasing his hands. After releasing, he became curious again and couldn't help but pinch with both hands...

  An ancient yellow book appeared in his mind, with four big words "Xuan Xue Mo Jing" written on the cover.

  "What is Xuanxue and what is Mo Jing?" The consciousness turned, and the book flipped to the next page, which was a preface:

  Killing countless, guilty of deep sin, wasting hundreds of years of time, I have come to realize this scripture, leaving it for future generations, treating illnesses and saving people, fulfilling my heart's desire, repaying the debt of blood, making up for past mistakes.

  "It was originally a great demon who had killed too many people, and his conscience was uneasy, so he left behind this book of magic to cure illnesses and save lives, to let others help him repay the debt of blood and make up for his sins. What kind of person are you, why do you want others to make up for your sins?"

  He muttered to himself and continued reading on:

  When you read this sutra, the demonic blood contained in "Blood Spirit Drop" has been injected into your body, completely changing your blood mechanism...

  "No way." Xie Yu Xiao was shocked: "Demon blood? Changed the mechanism of my blood? What does it mean, I'm possessed by a demon? This is terrible, this is terrible."

  Refine this volume, and you can regain your youthful vitality, defy death, turn back the wheel of fate, and refine yourself to the pinnacle of perfection, thereby forging an indestructible body.

  "Haha" Seeing this line of words, Xie Yu Xiao couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Reversing life and death, grasping the wheel of fate, forging an indestructible body, is this still human? It's fun, even if you're just bragging I want to learn it and try it out, at least it's more interesting than following old master to learn painting."

  "This book is complete, but still has its shortcomings. Alas, my vital energy is exhausted and my spirit is no longer present. I can only put down my pen here. I hope cultivators will be cautious and not play with fire, lest they burn themselves - Xue Lingzi"

  After finishing the preface, he didn't care about being cautious, playing with fire and self-immolation, or the Blood Spirit Son. He just wanted to see what this "Xuanxue Magic Classic" had written. His mind turned, and the book flipped another page, but it was still a preface:

  "The Mysterious Blood Sutra" is divided into three chapters. The first chapter, "Easy Blood", uses one's own blood to save others' lives, a single drop can cure any external injury or illness; the second chapter, "Continuing Bones", uses one's own bones to continue others' bones, a single segment can regenerate, regardless of severed limbs or broken bones; the third chapter, "Summoning Souls", breaks through yin and yang, reverses life and death, controls the wheel of reincarnation, and dares to snatch souls from the gates of the underworld.

  "What kind of healing is this, isn't it just taking apart one's own parts to give to others? I'm sick in the head. The first and second chapters are absolutely not worth learning, but the third chapter has some meaning and can be tried out - summoning souls, too stimulating."

  He thought, and continued reading on.

  Below are three lines of small notes. After reading these three lines of small notes, Xie Yuxiao was on the verge of tears.

  The small note reads:

  The "Xuan Xue Mo Jing" must not be practiced across chapters, the Easy Blood Chapter is the foundation. Practicing across chapters is seeking death, among the three chapters, the Easy Blood Chapter is the most difficult to refine, and the risk is immeasurable. One must be careful when practicing. At this stage, although the blood has the effect of saving others' lives, one's own blood cannot regenerate and cannot self-rescue. Losing a single drop of blood is equivalent to an ordinary person losing ten thousand drops of blood, requiring ten thousand drops of blood to replenish. It is best to find a secluded place with no disputes at this stage and cultivate diligently.

  He flipped through a few more pages, but lost interest and stopped reading. One drop of blood is equivalent to ten thousand drops of blood, what kind of concept is that? Ten thousand drops of blood would be about one catty (a unit of weight), how can you survive with that? If you get a pimple on your face, or scrape off a piece of skin after falling asleep, it'll bleed for several drops, that's tens of thousands of drops of blood. Not to mention if my old man slaps me and I get a nosebleed... Replenishing blood, how easy is that? Where can I find so much blood to replenish with? I'm not a vampire...

  The Blood Refining Technique may reduce the blood volume by a thousand drops with each advancement, but it's going to take forever to reach the tenth level. I'll probably be done for in just a few days. This damned Blood Spirit Son, instead of curing illnesses and saving lives, is actually harming people!

  To survive, he had to speed up his cultivation. He didn't dare to be careless and immediately clasped his hands together to cover the "Blood Spirit Pendant". He then retrieved the "Xuanxue Magic Classic" from his mind, flipped to the "Easy Blood Chapter", and began to try cultivating according to the method described...

  No wonder, after practicing for half an hour, there were some subtle changes in his body, a small stream of blood began to flow back and forth inside, like a small snake swimming around, extremely comfortable. He was delighted, and as soon as he relaxed his mind, this feeling disappeared. When he tried to concentrate again to continue his practice, his brain was filled with thoughts of curing diseases and saving people, and the admiration of others, but his brain had already stopped working.

  Can't find that feeling of blood flowing, he also thinks it's boring, so he stopped practicing. Lying in bed and fantasizing again, suddenly muttering: "This 'Xuanxue Magic Classic' might be fake, too mysterious, if it's fake, wouldn't I have worried and gotten excited for nothing... Hmm, looks like tomorrow I'll try it out, just one drop of blood, even if it's real, it's equivalent to others bleeding a million drops, shouldn't die from that. Heh heh, how should I try it... Ah, right, find Erhu to try it out."

  "If it's true, the two tigers will be stunned, definitely stupid, and they will worship me to death in the future. Hmm, that guy is as strong as a black cow, let him be my younger brother to protect me in the future, haha." He got more and more excited, even forgetting whether he fell asleep or not for the whole night.