In the dense forest of the Cloud Buddha Mountain Range, two figures were shuttling back and forth at high speed. They were none other than Nie Tian and Shi Liulan.
Soon, both of them arrived outside a valley and entered it in a flicker.
"This place should be safe now." Nie Tian probed the surroundings with his spiritual sense and after confirming that there was no one around, he exhaled a long breath of turbid air and said.
Previously, Shi Liulan had stepped forward to save Nie Tian at the brink of death.
But in the next moment, it was Nie Tian who saved Shi Liulan.
Fortunately, the group of Shi Family cultivators had retracted their attack at the last moment, greatly reducing the force of their palm strike.
Otherwise, Nie Tian would have been gravely injured.
Right now, he had only suffered some minor injuries and was not a big deal.
"Are, are you alright?" Shi Liulan looked at Nie Tian, her big eyes glimmering as she asked timidly.
"I'm fine." Nie Tian smiled faintly. He could tell at a glance that Shi Liulan rarely talked to others. She was the kind of girl who rarely spoke loudly.
"You, why did you save me?" Shi Liulan's eyes flickered when she saw that Nie Tian was truly fine.
Nie Tian chuckled and said, "Eighth Young Miss, shouldn't I be asking you this question?"
Shi Liulan was taken aback, her pretty face stiffened.
It was true that she had saved Nie Tian first, and then Nie Tian had saved her.
"Eighth Young Miss, why did you save me?" In the next moment, Nie Tian's expression turned solemn as he asked in a deep voice.
Although Shi Liulan was as innocent as a child, the two of them were still on opposite sides at the moment.
Nie Tian was indeed curious why Shi Liulan had saved him at the last moment.
"Your sword intent tells me that you're a good person." Shi Liulan's eyes glimmered as if she was avoiding something as she whispered.
"Good person?" Nie Tian couldn't help but laugh at her words, "I don't even remember how many people I've killed. Moreover, I've killed Shi Family's people just now. You've only fought with me once, and just based on my sword intent, you think that I'm a good person. Do you even believe this kind of reasoning? "
Shi Liulan might be naive, but she was definitely not stupid.
A person's sword intent could naturally reflect a person's character.
But for a swordsman like Shi Liulan who could not even be considered as a fledgling swordsman, it was impossible for her to kill someone with her sword consciousness.
Moreover, Shi Liulan's eyes were avoiding his gaze. It was clear that she was hiding something.
"I …" Shi Liulan's eyes flickered. She wanted to say something, but she swallowed her words.
"Eighth Lady, what do you want to say? Just say it." Nie Tian said with a faint smile.
"Yes." Shi Liulan nodded, as if she had made a great decision, and said, "I feel that you are the person I am looking for."
"Hmm?" Nie Tian's eyes narrowed and his face stiffened. He smiled and said, "Eighth Young Lady, what you said is a little confusing. I don't quite understand."
The person he was looking for? Destined person?
Nie Tian really didn't understand.
If Shi Liulan really meant that, he would find it very troublesome.
Nie Tian admitted that Shi Liulan was very beautiful, but she was definitely not his type.
"What I mean is, you are the person my teacher asked me to find." Shi Liulan's eyes flickered as she said.
Nie Tian's eyebrows furrowed, and he went blank again.
Who was Shi Liulan's teacher? Why was she looking for him?
"Do you have a string of prayer beads on you?" Shi Liulan looked at Nie Tian and asked softly.
Nie Tian's eyes narrowed. With a flip of his palm, he took out a string of prayer beads.
Shi Liulan's beautiful eyes trembled when she saw the prayer beads in Nie Tian's hand. She cried out in excitement, "This is it!"
Nie Tian's face sank. He stared blankly at the prayer beads.
This string of prayer beads was given to him by Hua Yiru before he left.
According to Hua Yiru, this string of prayer beads came from a member of the Cloud Buddha Shi Family. If necessary, the prayer beads would be of help to Nie Tian.
Nie Tian hadn't taken out the prayer beads because he wanted to use them at a critical moment.
He hadn't expected that the owner of the prayer beads would take the initiative to find him.
Shi Liulan rarely came out, focusing on her cultivation. This time, she had come out on her teacher's order to find a person with prayer beads.
In truth, she wasn't sure if Nie Tian was the person she was looking for. Her intuition told her that Nie Tian was the person she was looking for.
"Your teacher is the owner of the prayer beads?" Nie Tian looked at Shi Liulan and asked with a faint smile.
"En." Shi Liulan nodded heavily. "Teacher told me to bring you to see him immediately after I find you. He also asked you if you know the truth about the Scarlet Blood Sacrificial Array. "
"The truth?" Nie Tian's eyes narrowed slightly. Understanding dawned on him in the next moment, and he nodded.
Shi Liulan's eyes quivered when she saw Nie Tian nod. She said, "Teacher said to tell me if you know the truth."
"Tell you?" Nie Tian was stunned for a moment, but he soon smiled and asked, "Do you really want to know?"
Previously, Nie Tian had already discovered that Shi Liulan didn't know anything about the Scarlet Blood Sacrificial Array.
"En." Shi Liulan nodded heavily with a solemn expression.
She thought that the Scarlet Blood Sacrificial Array was the blood and sweat of the Shi Family's ancestors, and it was used to open the path to the Scarlet Blood Sacred World.
However, she didn't know the method to open the path to the Scarlet Blood Sacred World.
However, she was curious as to why Nie Tian and the others would suddenly appear at the Cloudy Buddha Peak.
The entire Cloudy Buddha Sea Area was a forbidden area of the Sea of Bitterness.
For countless years, no outsider had ever been able to enter the Cloudy Buddha Peak, so how could Nie Tian and the others come to the Cloudy Buddha Peak?
"You must be wondering why we came back to the Cloudy Buddha Peak, right?" Nie Tian chuckled and said, "Actually, this is a trap set up by your Shi Family's ancestors. We came to the Cloudy Buddha Peak to be sacrificial offerings for the Scarlet Blood Sacrificial Array."
"Sacrificial offerings! What do you mean? "Shi Liulan was stunned. Her beautiful eyes flickered with a puzzled expression.
She couldn't understand what Nie Tian was talking about.
Nie Tian shook his head and smiled bitterly. It seemed like Shi Liulan really didn't know anything.
Next, he told her the cruel truth about the Scarlet Blood Sacrificial Array.
Shi Liulan's face stiffened when she heard Nie Tian's words, and she couldn't speak for a long time.
She didn't expect that the Scarlet Blood Sacrificial Array required blood sacrifices.
Using blood to activate the Red Spider Lily's power and open the path to the Scarlet Blood Sacred World was the truth.
"Eighth Young Miss, are you alright?" Nie Tian couldn't help but take a step forward and ask when he saw Shi Liulan's dazed expression.
To an inexperienced little girl like Shi Liulan, the matter of the Scarlet Blood Sacrificial Array was indeed very cruel.
Shi Liulan had always thought that opening the path to the Scarlet Blood Sacred World was the Cloudy Buddha Family's matter. She had never expected that so many people would be sacrificed for this.
She couldn't accept such a truth.
"No, I must stop Father!" Shi Liulan's eyes trembled as she said agitatedly a moment later.
Nie Tian smiled bitterly and shook his head.
The Cloudy Buddha Family had prepared the Scarlet Blood Sacrificial Array for a long time. So what if they sacrificed a few hundred lives?
Nie Tian guessed that even if the entire Sea of Bitterness Cliff was sacrificed, the Cloudy Buddha Family's Patriarch wouldn't stop.
"I'm going to find Father!" Shi Liulan said impulsively and prepared to leave.
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