I Cultivate Immortality With Scientific Thinking

Chapter 81: The Past in the Illusion

"Is this the illusion?" Lin Chen frowned slightly as he looked at the scene before him.

In front of him was what seemed like a huge basement.

Taking up most of the space was a pool of blood with bubbles rising from it. Lin Chen could even smell the rusty, bloody scent permeating the air.

"What kind of place is this... hmm?"

As Lin Chen pondered, he seemed to sense something and his gaze slightly froze. He quietly retreated to a corner not occupied by the blood pool and activated his invisibility technique.

Since his soul underwent a transformation and gained spiritual perception, Lin Chen had improved his invisibility technique, allowing him to make people subconsciously ignore his presence, similar to psychological invisibility.

Although this was just an illusion and Lin Chen was merely an observer, the people inside couldn't perceive his existence. However, it wouldn't hurt to be cautious.

Boom!

With a loud noise, a stone door on a wall that was originally sealed in the basement was opened, revealing a staircase leading upwards.

At the same time, a series of array formations were activated, followed by the sound of crisp footsteps coming from the passage.

Lin Chen quietly watched from the side, but when he saw the people who came down, his eyes couldn't help but show doubt.

Because the person in front of him was the ancestor of the Lin family!

And behind him were the people who had returned from Azure Cloud Sect, including Lin Tianhang.

However, at this moment, they were all unconscious, floating in the air due to the power of the Lin family ancestor.

"Indeed, this old guy seems to have reached some kind of agreement with the demonic cultivators, exchanging the lives of the Lin family members from Azure Cloud Sect for the so-called longevity blood pill."

Lin Chen observed coldly from the shadows, without making any moves.

Putting aside the fact that he had no relationship with these people, even if he did, this was just an illusion and he couldn't change anything.

"But then again, who brought me into this illusion?"

While Lin Chen was contemplating, the Lin family ancestor in the scene snorted.

"Such a hassle, I still have to keep them awake." He snapped his fingers, and the unconscious people slowly woke up.

"What kind of place is this?!" After waking up, the people in the scene couldn't help but change their expressions.

Although they didn't understand the current situation, being inexplicably brought to this place made them realize that something was wrong.

"Ancestor, what do you mean by this?!" Among the crowd, Lin Tianhang, who had just woken up, was initially stunned. Then, as if realizing something, he stared at the Lin family elder.

He had followed the other party's orders and brought the people here, but unexpectedly, as soon as they entered the ancestral hall, they were suddenly attacked by the other party. When they woke up, they were already here.

"What do I mean?" The Lin family ancestor smiled indifferently. "Naturally, I'm asking you to sacrifice yourselves for the Lin family!"

"What?!" Upon hearing this, the people present were filled with fear.

They weren't stupid. Seeing this eerie blood pool, they realized that what was about to happen next was definitely not a good thing!

"Old thing, have you gone mad?!" One of the people, a female cultivator, exclaimed in shock and anger. "My aunt is an elder of the Azure Cloud Sect. If you lay a hand on me, she won't let you..."

"Let's start with you then." The ancestor of the Lin family remained unmoved. With a wave of his hand, the chattering female cultivator was lifted up by a tremendous force and then plunged into a pool of blood with a terrified expression on her face.

"No!" The female cultivator let out a desperate cry.

Soon after, the people in the vicinity witnessed a horrifying scene.

The blood in the pool seemed to possess a life of its own as it slowly seeped into the female cultivator's body, causing her to let out intense screams.

Then, to the horrified gaze of the onlookers, the female cultivator's skin wriggled and eventually, like a piece of clothing, peeled off her body, transforming into a skinless blood person!

Countless blood hands suddenly emerged from the blood pool, pulling her down to the bottom of the pool.

Not long after, a hand once again reached out from the blood pool, followed by the emergence of a skinless blood person who picked up the floating skin and slowly put it back on, ultimately transforming back into the original female cultivator.

She floated on the surface of the blood pool, her face alluring, exuding an indescribable strangeness.

As if sensing the gaze of the crowd, she turned around, revealing a smile that sent shivers down everyone's spines.

"Soul fluctuations, the aura is exactly the same..." Even Lin Chen, who was hiding in the dark, couldn't help but narrow his pupils at this eerie scene.

"Is this what the Lin family ancestor traded with the demonic cultivator?" Lin Chen's heart skipped a beat.

Were all the members of the Azure Cloud Sect who came here replaced through the blood pool?

Moreover, Lin Chen recalled that before he left, he discovered a significant increase in the number of outer disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect leaving the mountain. His gaze couldn't help but freeze.

How many of them actually had legitimate reasons to leave the mountain, and how many were lured into this blood pool under various pretexts?

If that were the case, how many of the disciples who returned to the sect were actually normal?

"Didn't the Azure Cloud Sect's 'Guardian Grass' detect any abnormalities in these disciples?" Or perhaps... Lin Chen furrowed his brow, seemingly realizing something as he stared at the blood pool in front of him.

The Profound Yin Sect excelled in dealing with corpses and souls, which was also the main aspect that the Azure Cloud Sect guarded against. Now that a demonic cultivator force specializing in manipulating blood had appeared, it was likely that the higher-ups of the sect...

On the other hand, the ancestor of the Lin family also felt a bit apprehensive, but he quickly suppressed it because he knew that there was no turning back at this point.

"Don't worry, you will soon join her down there!" Having made up his mind, he tore off all pretenses and ruthlessly took action.

Immediately, nearly ten people were thrown into the blood pool.

"Ancestor, I was wrong, save me!"

"Ancestor, please don't kill me, I will serve the Lin family faithfully!"

"Old man, I'll fight you to the death!"

In their desperate situation, some knelt down and begged for mercy, while others resisted with all their might. However, in the face of a huge disparity in strength, their efforts were futile.

"Why? Why!" Lin Tianhang naturally fought back desperately, but he was directly knocked away by the residual spiritual power of a spell, falling to the ground and coughing up blood.

But he disregarded his injuries, his eyes bloodshot as he stared at the ancestor of the Lin family and roared in anger.

"Why?" The ancestor of the Lin family sneered coldly. "Naturally, it's for the sake of benefits, for longevity!"

"Are these intangible things really that important, even more so than blood ties and family?" Lin Tianhang's face was filled with disbelief.

"Blood ties, family? Hahaha, your damn parents were somewhat clever to produce such a foolish and naive person like you!" The ancestor of the Lin family laughed wantonly at his words.

After a while, the laughter finally stopped, and Lin Tianhang stared coldly at the person, his face icy and chilling.

"Really funny! You wanted to see the power of blood ties, right? Fine! I'll let you see!"

The ancestor of the Lin family said, "If any of you can throw him into the blood pool today, I will let him go!"

"This..." Everyone present was stunned at the words, looking at each other with a strange expression.

"Don't be fooled by him, this is a scheme to sow discord!" Lin Tianhang was first stunned, then shouted.

"Do I need to sow discord with my strength?" The ancestor of the Lin family sneered, "Of course, you can also choose not to believe and attack me together, I don't mind."

"We can join forces... hmm!" Lin Tianhang was about to say something, but suddenly he froze and turned around in a daze.

Because a young cultivator had attacked him from behind, and if it weren't for the defense Spirit Weapon that could be activated autonomously on his body, he would have been seriously injured by this blow!

"What are you doing?!" Lin Tianhang looked incredulous.

The person in front of him was his cousin, his uncle's son.

When he first made a name for himself, he had helped their family a lot. After his father died, he treated them as family, and even helped them so much. But now, at a critical moment, they stabbed him in the back?!

"I'm sorry, Tianhang, I just want to survive." The young cultivator who was being stared at by him dared not look him in the eye and said in a low voice.

"We can escape together!" Lin Tianhang roared.

Escape? Escape from someone who was one level higher than him?

The young cultivator fell silent for a moment, then said, "Tianhang, you no longer have any family, but I do. I still have parents, a younger sister. I can't die here. You have helped me so much, so can you help me one more time?"

Then, he attacked Lin Tianhang again, and the people around them looked at each other and also joined in.

Lin Tianhang, with his eyes bloodshot, watched this scene in front of him. He never expected that his former friends and relatives, whom he had helped in the past, would kill him in a crisis to save themselves!

For a while, the scene turned into everyone ganging up on Lin Tianhang!

But he fought against multiple opponents and not only held his ground, but also defeated several people in a row, heading straight for the ancestor of the Lin family!

He couldn't bring himself to attack his former friends and relatives like before, so he could only capture the thief first and try to kill the ancestor of the Lin family!

"Hmph! Overestimating your abilities!"

The ancestor of the Lin family sneered, his true essence turning into a giant hand and fiercely slapping out!

Lin Tianhang roared, a green spiritual fire surging from his body, and he took out a powerful Spirit Weapon, charging straight at him.

Clearly, he intended to withstand this attack head-on.

Bang! Plop!

But unfortunately, the gap in cultivation level was not so easily bridged. He was directly slapped and sent flying into the wall, blood spraying everywhere.

"Enough!" The ancestor of the Lin family's face turned cold, and his spiritual energy formed a giant hand, intending to throw him into the blood pool.

But when the giant hand of spiritual energy covered him, it suddenly stiffened, and then disintegrated directly!

Hmm?!

Lin Jiaozu was visibly stunned and took a closer look.

To his surprise, a faint blue light suddenly appeared around Lin Tianhang, completely shattering the spiritual hand and protecting Lin Tianhang within it.

At the same time, his aura was soaring!

"Forced promotion?!" Lin Jiaozu's expression froze.

He naturally realized that the other party was forcefully advancing to the Foundation Building Stage!

But when did any cultivator advance to the Foundation Building Stage without finding an excellent and safe place, abundant spiritual veins, and attacking at the best state of their body?

He had never seen someone like Lin Tianhang, who broke through during battle while heavily injured.

"Heh, heavily injured and breaking through the Foundation Building Stage in a place with scarce spiritual energy, truly seeking death..." Lin Jiaozu was about to mock, but the smirk on his face suddenly froze.

Because the faint blue light on Lin Tianhang's body healed all his injuries in just a few breaths.

Not only that, but pieces of spirit stones flew out from his storage bag, and even the faint red mist on the blood pool began to gather towards him. In no time, it formed the outline of a Ling Qi Cyclone!

What the hell?!

Lin Jiaozu was completely shocked. He had lived for nearly two hundred years, and this was the first time he had witnessed such a bizarre scene!

"No, I can't let him succeed in the breakthrough!" Lin Jiaozu instantly reacted and directly attacked without hesitation.

But what he didn't expect was that Lin Tianhang's spiritual light was so powerful that no matter how he attacked, he couldn't shake it in the slightest!

"No!" Lin Jiaozu's eyes turned completely red.

He knew that he absolutely couldn't let the other party succeed in the breakthrough. He was already reaching his limit, and his combat power was not as strong as before. If they really fought to the death, he would definitely lose!

"No, I must interfere with his breakthrough!" Lin Jiaozu stared at him, seemingly thinking of something, and said with a vicious face.

"Do you remember your father? You don't really think he died of illness, do you?!"

"What did you say?!" Lin Tianhang opened his eyes when he heard this sentence.

Seeing that his goal was achieved, Lin Jiaozu couldn't help but sneer, "He didn't die of illness, but he was given a special medicine by me that made him look like he died of illness."

"After you buried him, I dug him up and used him to refine a longevity blood pill!"

"What?!" Upon hearing this news, Lin Tianhang's whole body stiffened, his eyes widened, and he stared at Lin Jiaozu, "What are you saying?!"

"Do you know? When refining a blood pill, the person needs to remain conscious." Lin Jiaozu said with a cold face, "In order to make him hold on, I threatened him and said that if he couldn't hold on, I would use you to refine the blood pill."

"After hearing this, he finally cooperated. But your father is indeed a tough guy. Even when his skin was peeled off and all his bones were extracted, leaving only a lump of flesh, he could still hold on. Truly a great fatherly love!"

"You're seeking death!" Lin Tianhang was completely enraged and, disregarding the surging violent spiritual energy entering his body, he rushed towards Lin Jiaozu like a madman.

If Lin Tianhang could endure a little longer and successfully break through, victory would undoubtedly be his.

But now, abruptly interrupting the breakthrough process while being weak, how could he withstand Lin Jiaozu's full-force attack?

"Die for me!" Seeing that his plan succeeded, Lin Jiaozu sneered, and then ruthlessly struck with all his strength.

In just a few breaths, a lifelike fire dragon had already formed, and with a flick of its tail, it directly slammed Lin Tianhang, who was flying in mid-air, into the blood pool!

(End of this chapter)