Lin Yun rubbed the blood on the map a few times and sniffed it. He found that the blood seemed to have a strange smell.
"It doesn't smell like human blood …" An idea suddenly flashed through Lin Yun's mind. He immediately held the map tightly with his right hand.
Then, a ball of flame suddenly rose in Lin Yun's right palm.
Lan Fengyuan took a step back. Although he did not understand, he did not ask, nor did he stop Lin Yun.
The human skin map gradually turned into ashes under the burning flames.
A shocking scene appeared. After the human skin map turned into ashes, the originally black drawing on the map turned red. It looked like it was made of fresh blood.
Lin Yun waved his right hand, and the ball of blood in his hand fell to the ground.
The blood outlined the lines and combined them one by one. However, it was no different from the picture on the human skin map.
"What kind of blood is this?" Lan Fengyuan asked curiously.
"'Flamebird', a type of demon beast that is already extinct. Its blood will not disappear when it comes into contact with fire." Lin Yun explained. He then squatted down and carefully observed the map.
After the map turned into blood, its color stood out a lot. Not long after, Lin Yun found the difference and gestured for Lan Fengyuan to squat down and take a look.
"Do you see it? The color of the two mountains is clearly much darker than the abyss."
"Take a closer look. Are there any shallow marks in this abyss?"
Lan Fengyuan carefully observed. It was indeed as Lin Yun said.
The blood used to draw the two mountains was obviously much thicker. There were also some intersecting mountain paths.
Looking closely, the colors of these mountain paths were also of different shades.
"This map is indeed strange, but it also did not mark the entrance." Lan Fengyuan felt a headache. He had worked for nothing.
Originally, he thought that with the map, he would be able to obtain the bloodline of the Earth Demon King. He did not expect that the map would be useless.
"It has been marked." Lin Yun smiled.
"Where?" Lan Fengyuan hurriedly asked.
"Do you see these mountain paths? The truth is that these mountain paths are formed by a spirit design. You need to follow a specific sequence to trigger the mechanisms within the mountain paths. Then, the entrance will be opened. Lin Yun said confidently. He had to admit that the person who drew this map had really put a lot of thought into it.
Naturally, Lan Fengyuan would not ask such a stupid question as what was the order. After all, since Lin Yun could see the existence of the magic circle, he would have a way to open the entrance.
"Although the Demon Killing Bureau has also obtained the map, they shouldn't be able to discover the secret of this map so quickly. As long as I can get there before them, I can take away the Earth Demon King's true blood first." Lin Yun had already decided to settle this matter before the Demon Killing Bureau did.
After all, he still needed to collect the eight elemental core crystals, and the earth elemental core crystal was the most difficult to collect among the eight major elemental core crystals, aside from the light elemental core crystal.
An opportunity like this could only be chanced upon.
If the Demon Killing Bureau obtained the blood of the Earth Demon King first, he did not know how long it would take before he could find the earth elemental core crystal.
"Count me in!" Lan Fengyuan volunteered. He could not avenge Menka's death now, but the Ghost Face Sect still needed to become stronger. He also needed to obtain the blood of the Earth Demon King.
"Go back and call the others. We'll meet here." Lin Yun pointed at the map. After all, he still needed to be wary of the Demon Killing Bureau. He and Lan Fengyuan had worked together before. If the Ghost Face Sect and Tu Shenzong worked together, they would have a higher chance of success. Naturally, the risk would also be lower.
The two of them hit it off and returned to their respective sects.
When Lin Yun returned to Girl Island, he immediately set out for the Earth Village.
Prince Namgong and the others were still in seclusion, while Xiao Yin had to stay behind to guard Tu Shenzong's headquarters.
This time, Lin Yun brought the Sea King, the three clan leaders, and the Dragon and Phoenix Beasts.
"Shudao, help me prepare some things." Lin Yun asked Zhong Shudao to prepare some blood for him. They were rat blood, cow blood, tiger blood, rabbit blood, snake blood, horse blood, sheep blood, dog blood, chicken blood, monkey blood, and chicken blood.
At the same time, Lin Yun also forced out a drop of dragon blood from his body.
These twelve types of blood were the corresponding creatures of the Twelve Earthly Branches.
When he saw the map, Lin Yun already knew that the formation that sealed the entrance to the Earth Village was called the Twelve Earthly Branches Formation. It required the blood of these twelve creatures to activate the formation.
The next day, Lin Yun led the Sea King and the others towards the Earth Village.
As they flew, they purposely chose some deserted paths to avoid attracting the attention of others.
Soon, Lin Yun and the others arrived at the Earth Village.
When they arrived, the people from the Ghost Face Sect had not arrived yet.
"There's no need to wait for them. Let's make our move first."
After all, Lin Yun could not estimate how long it would take for the Demon Extermination Bureau to arrive. This was a race against time. They had to take away the blood of the Earth Demon King before the Demon Extermination Bureau arrived.
If it was not the last moment, Lin Yun did not want to face the Demon Extermination Bureau directly.
"Let's find the location of the mountain path first. Each of you take a map. If you find the mountain path, enter it and see if there's anything strange." Lin Yun had already drawn the map of the Earth Village yesterday and marked the location of the mountain path.
Lin Yun was not familiar with the Twelve Earthly Branches Formation. He had only seen it in some documents. Moreover, the area was huge. If he were to search for it alone, it would take a long time.
Lin Yun and the others jumped down from the northern mountain and flew in the void. They carefully observed both sides. They split into six groups and searched for the mountain path according to the markings on the map.
Lin Yun first found a mountain path among the cliffs and entered it.
The mountain path was dim and there was nothing special about it. However, after going deep into it, Lin Yun saw a huge rock at the end of the mountain path.
This huge rock was indeed ordinary, but there was a huge rock placed at the end of the mountain path. It was obvious that someone had intentionally placed it there.
On the other side, the Sea King and the others had also found the mountain path. Everyone communicated through the voice transmission talisman. As expected, the Sea King and the others also found the huge rock at the end of the other mountain paths.
"It should be it. Come to where I am first."
The mountain path that Lin Yun was on was the position of the Rat among the Twelve Earthly Branches. It was also the first position to trigger the Twelve Earthly Branches Formation.
At the same time, Lin Yun also received a voice transmission from Lan Fengyuan. They had arrived at the West Mountain.
"Sea King, go and bring them down," Lin Yun ordered the Sea King.
Not long after, the Sea King brought Lan Fengyuan and the others to the Rat Mountain Path.
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