In Ink Painting’s eyes, for a time, there was only the altar.

After a moment, he came back to his senses, looking at the vast blood sea, without a raft or a road, a huge blood pool whose edge could not be seen with one glance, and then he frowned.

“How do we get across?”

Ink Painting asked Mr. Wu.

Mr. Wu said: “There is a white bone boat that can cross the blood sea and reach the other shore.”

“White bone boat?”

“You all follow me.” Mr. Wu nodded and said.

Ever since entering the inner hall, approaching the blood pool, and getting closer to the altar, it seemed he had also gotten closer to “God Lord,” and Mr. Wu’s face showed less timidity and a bit more steadiness and piety.

He led the way, leading the crowd to the edge of the blood pool, to a large fish-bodied demon statue. He didn’t know what hand seals he pinched, and then a boom was heard as the statue’s body and head separated.

The fish demon statue, made of white bones with a fish general’s body, slid into the blood sea, looking exactly like a “white bone boat.”

Mr. Wu said: “Please.”

The crowd hesitated for a moment, just about to move forward, when Ink Painting suddenly said: “Wait.”

Mr. Wu turned back and looked at Ink Painting.

Ink Painting said: “I ask you, when was this blood pool of yours built?”

Mr. Wu clasped his palms together: “When the Dragon King Temple was first built, this blood pool was also here.”

“What is it used for?”

“This… naturally is used to offer to the God Lord…”

Ink Painting laughed coldly, “You are talking nonsense. Although my cultivation is not high and I haven’t learned array methods well, I am from a big sect after all, and I more or less know some ways of array methods…”

When Ink Painting said he “haven’t learned array methods well,” Gu Changhuai’s eyelid couldn’t help but twitch.

He thought to himself, this kid is starting to give people eye medicine again.

“Don’t think I don’t know. Your blood pool is surging with evil power and is located in the center of this Dragon King Temple. It must be the eye of some kind of array. Fueled by evil blood, this array must be an evil array.”

“You so easily agreed to use this white bone boat to take us across the blood pool. You must have ill intentions, probably wanting to capsize halfway and make us fall into the blood pool.”

“Or, you want to use the evil array to deal with us…”

Evil array…

As soon as Ink Painting said this word, the crowd in their hearts were all startled.

Even Xiao Dian Si’s expression showed more vigilance.

Mr. Wu’s face changed slightly, and he laughed awkwardly: “Little young master is joking. Since you have learned array methods, you should know that all arrays in the world need an array medium. Without a medium, there is no array.”

“This blood pool is vast and has nothing to attach to, so it cannot build an array medium. Naturally, it also cannot draw array patterns, let alone set up an array hub and form an array eye.”

“Furthermore, the blood water in this pool has accumulated evil power year after year. Flesh dies upon touch, and metal and iron rot upon touch. Even if an array medium were set up, it would have been corroded long ago. Even if an array were drawn, it could not be opened…”

After Mr. Wu finished speaking, he suppressed his unease and looked at Ink Painting.

Ink Painting frowned, appearing very puzzled. In the end, he nodded and muttered: “It seems you’re not wrong, I didn’t see any array patterns around either…”

Mr. Wu’s expression was as usual, but in his heart, he silently breathed a sigh of relief.

He still thought, this little ghost actually saw something…

Fortunately, it was just a false alarm.

Fortunately, this little ghost is only half-baked. He seems to have learned a little from his elders and then eagerly showed it off.

Although his vigilance is indeed high and his intuition is also very keen, he is young after all and lacks a lot of knowledge. Otherwise, he would have ruined everything.

Mr. Wu said calmly: “The fish bone token is just placed on the altar. If you are at ease, then follow me together. If you are not at ease, this old man really has no way. To kill or to chop, it’s all up to you.”

Xiao Dian Si stared at Mr. Wu for a while, thought for a moment, and then spoke: “Board the boat.”

Matters had already reached this point. Even if this Mr. Wu truly had other thoughts, they could only continue.

Because there was no road back.

But after Ink Painting’s reminder, Xiao Dian Si still had a bit of suspicion in the end. He instructed Xie Liu: “You watch him, don’t let him make any moves.”

Xie Liu doesn’t like being ordered around, but in front of Xiao Dian Si, he could only suppress his temper. He drew out his long sword, placed it on Mr. Wu’s neck, and said coldly: “Mr. Wu, no offense.”

Mr. Wu looked at him coldly and also noted him down in his heart.

He was the servant of God Lord.

These people were not even qualified to be servants, yet they dared to threaten him.

Mr. Wu was held by Xie Liu and boarded the white bone boat.

The rest of the crowd also boarded the ship subsequently.

Then the white bone boat set off. Mr. Wu rowed, bringing the crowd, cutting through the waves in the vast blood sea, heading towards the altar in the center of the blood pool.

The blood pool stank, the smell was unbearable, and evil power was surging.

Sitting on the white bone boat and looking around, it was all vast blood water. The crowd felt more or less uneasy.

Fortunately, the journey was smooth.

He didn’t know if Mr. Wu really had no other plans, or if it was because he was held by Xie Liu and had no chance to make small moves. The blood sea was turbulent all the way, seemingly dangerous, but it was abnormally smooth instead.

After about half an hour, the crowd reached the shore.

On the shore were white bones, and the white bones paved steps. On the steps were cast demon statues, several ferocious demon statues guarding the altar.

Ink Painting stared at the altar and could hardly walk.

If it weren’t for so many outsiders and the timing was not good, he would have rushed over long ago, stepping on the demon statues, kicking away the sheep horn skull, sitting on this majestic altar for a while, and lighting up a table of demon “big meal” for himself.

Like this, his nineteen patterns of divine sense could be further enhanced.

With nineteen patterns further enhanced, the arrays below Golden Core, except for second-grade absolute arrays, he could learn with almost no threshold.

Ink Painting craved it extremely.

“Pity…”

The pity was that the timing was not good now, there were too many bad people, and he had to be patient and “clear the field” one by one before it was okay.

Ink Painting’s eyes narrowed slightly. He pretended nothing happened and quietly mixed in the crowd.

The crowd came to the front of the altar, looking at the sheep horn skull, and all stopped in their tracks.

He didn’t know why, but the altar was permeated with a breath that made people’s hearts alarmed and afraid, as if a terrible will had once descended here, making people feel uneasy and dare not go forward.

Even if he didn’t believe in the “God Lord” saying, thinking that the cultivators in the Dragon King Temple were just falsely claiming the name of “god” and abusing killing nature, a crazy person like Xia Dian Si still felt a trace of unease in his heart and detected something was wrong at this time.

Xiao Dian Si asked Mr. Wu, “Where is the fish bone token?”

Mr. Wu pointed to the offering table and said: “Below that offering table, the middle mat, after opening it, there is a secret compartment.”

Xiao Dian Si looked at the altar, especially at the ferocious sheep horn skull offered on the offering table. In the end, he was hesitant and dared not go in person. Then he said to Mr. Wu: “You go and take the token honestly, don’t move lightly. My sword energy is locking your heart脉, and if you make any abnormal move, I will take your life.”

Mr. Wu said obediently: “Yes.”

He went forward directly, but before reaching the front of the altar, he started kowtowing, muttering words like “insolent little ones, God Lord please don’t blame” and other pleading words, seeming afraid of attracting the evil god’s blame.

He did this, three steps and a bow, nine steps and a kowtow, all the way to the front of the altar’s offering table, and then like pounding garlic, he kowtowed eight or nine times.

Mr. Wu then lifted the mat and took out a wooden box from the secret compartment inside.

He held the wooden box, head down, and slowly retreated respectfully. After retreating about thirty steps, he turned around and walked directly to the front of the crowd.

“I have already taken the token.”

Mr. Wu said, and then opened the wooden box in front of the crowd.

Inside the box was indeed a token made of fish bone, with a strange appearance, the same as the one Water Yan Luo had used before.

Xiao Dian Si turned back and looked at Water Yan Luo.

Water Yan Luo examined the fish bone token for a moment, nodded, “Indeed it is the door opening token, no mistake.”

Xiao Dian Si then relaxed.

Mr. Wu placed the wooden box containing the fish bone token on the ground, then slowly retreated, looking peacefully at the crowd.

But among the crowd in the field, no one moved.

The atmosphere was somewhat stagnant for a time.

Before, the crowd might have had extremely brief “united efforts,” but that was before.

Now that the token was right in front of them, this temporarily formed “team” also naturally broke apart.

“This token…” Xiao Dian Si looked at Xia Dian Si and Gu Changhuai and said deeply, “Who should take it?”

Gu Changhuai’s gaze condensed, “Anyway, it’s impossible for you to take it.”

Xiao Dian Si sighed: “We have worked together for so many years, Gu Dian Si, you actually don’t trust me so much.”

Gu Changhuai laughed coldly, “It is precisely because we have worked together for so many years that I don’t trust you.”

Xiao Dian Si’s gaze sank slightly, and he said sincerely: “I won’t hide it from you two, everything inside this Dragon King Temple is strange, and infighting here is really not wise. It’s better if we temporarily stop. Whatever grudges and entanglements there are, wait until we get out of the Dragon King Temple to say…”

Gu Changhuai frowned slightly and said: “What do you want?”

Xiao Dian Si pointed to the fish bone token on the ground, “To show sincerity, I can hand this token over to you two to keep.”

“As long as you two guarantee that you can open the temple door and let me leave this Dragon King Temple safely, then it’s fine.”

“As for matters afterwards, we’ll talk about them after we leave this broken temple…”

Gu Changhuai and Xia Dian Si looked at each other, their expressions both slightly surprised.

But Xiao Dian Si had already said his words to this point, and the two had no reason to refuse.

Xia Dian Si nodded: “Good.”

Then she slowly walked to the front of the box and bent down to pick up the fish bone token.

Gu Changhuai then held the Qing Luan feather fan in his hand, slightly urged spiritual power, staring intently at Xiao Dian Si, and at the same time slightly turned sideways, protecting Xia Dian Si behind him.

Just as Xia Dian Si reached out her hand and touched the fish bone token…

Xiao Dian Si’s gaze sank, his figure flashed and disappeared, then turned into several water shadows, layer upon layer, with dense yin energy.

“Be careful!” Gu Changhuai shouted in a low voice.

Xia Dian Si had just gotten the fish bone token and couldn’t dodge in an instant.

When Gu Changhuai saw this, he immediately urged several wind blades and swept them towards the surrounding water shadows.

The wind blades shredded the water shadows one by one.

But after these water shadows were destroyed, there was no sign of Xiao Dian Si among them.

Gu Changhuai was startled, then suddenly alarmed, and shouted: “Ink Painting!”

He turned his head to look, but suddenly discovered that Ink Painting’s figure had already disappeared.

While Xia Dian Si was reaching for the fish bone token, Ink Painting had already detected something was wrong, hid himself early, and ran far away.

He just knew that Xiao Dian Si, this old schemer, would definitely target him.

All the way, his divine soul could also perceive from time to time the hidden but not unleashed killing intent that Xiao Dian Si had targeted him with.

This smiling tiger narrowed his eyes, looking amiable, and thought he had concealed himself very well, but he didn’t know that Ink Painting’s attainment in divine sense was far higher than that of ordinary cultivators.

Ink Painting hid himself and retreated a full ten zhang distance, then he breathed a sigh of relief.

But before he finished breathing this sigh of relief, a sharp killing intent suddenly descended.

Ink Painting’s pupils shrank slightly. He immediately used Passing Water Step to flash away. He glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw that where he had just stood, a deep blue water spiritual power formed prison had already condensed.

“Water Prison Technique!”

This technique, which Ink Painting usually used to trap people, was now finally used against him.

Moreover, on this water prison, a total of eight chains were condensed.

Ink Painting could only condense six.

This Water Prison Technique was stronger than his own!

Ink Painting’s expression was stern.

He knew the effect of Water Prison Technique better than anyone.

Once trapped, he would certainly become a turtle in a jar and would not be able to escape.

After a moment, an ice-cold, somewhat cruel divine sense locked onto him again.

Ink Painting’s expression was grave. He used Passing Water Step again and dodged dangerously.

At the same time, in a distant water shadow, Xiao Dian Si’s figure appeared. He held a mirror and looked at Ink Painting with a very surprised gaze, and couldn’t help but sigh: “Speaking of quick thinking and flexible body methods, among the cultivators I have seen in my life, little young master is enough to rank in the top three.”

“If cultivation is also considered, then you are well-deserved first.”

“To catch you, I specially prepared the Peering Shadow Mirror to break your hiding; I also gave out the fish bone token to make Brother Gu and the two of you careless; at the same time, I borrowed the water shadow step to cover and struck suddenly, but unexpectedly, you still dodged it…”

“Caught off guard, two Water Prison Techniques, both couldn’t catch you…”

The more Xiao Dian Si thought about it, the more unbelievable he felt.

Let alone a mere Foundation Building cultivator, even a Golden Core initial stage cultivator, he would probably be able to trap after spending so much thought and effort.

This little ghost is indeed evil…

Ink Painting said somewhat unhappily: “Xiao Dian Si, you and I have no past grudges and no recent enmity. Why are you targeting me, this small cultivator?”

Xiao Dian Si’s expression was silent, “You really don’t know?”

Ink Painting nodded.

Xiao Dian Si smiled coldly, “Is that thing in your hand?”

Ink Painting’s face was blank, “What thing?”

“That…” Xiao Dian Si’s gaze condensed, he didn’t say it out, but said, “The thing you snatched from Water Yan Luo’s hand…”

As soon as this word came out, everyone in the field was startled.

Even Gu Changhuai and Xia Dian Si were somewhat surprised and didn’t expect it.

When did this child, Ink Painting, still snatch things from Water Yan Luo’s hand?

Ink Painting shook his head directly, “I don’t even know what you’re talking about?”

Xiao Dian Si’s forehead twitched.

“How do you know that I snatched things from Water Yan Luo’s hand?” Ink Painting asked righteously.

Xiao Dian Si turned back and looked at Water Yan Luo.

Ink Painting understood, and then said somewhat angrily: “Water Yan Luo is treacherous, and everything he says cannot be believed!”

“That thing, perhaps he secretly hid it himself. He is throwing the blame on me because he wants to borrow a knife to kill, borrow your hand, Xiao Dian Si, to kill me.”

“I am so weak, and I will die if you kill me. By then, there will be no proof, and this Water Yan Luo can conveniently swallow the thing alone.”

“Truly malicious intent…”

Ink Painting spoke with reason.

As Xiao Dian Si listened, he suddenly felt that what Ink Painting said also made sense.

That thing being in Ink Painting’s hand was indeed only Water Yan Luo’s one-sided word. Besides, no one else could prove the true whereabouts of the Water Prison Forbidden Box.

Xiao Dian Si looked at Water Yan Luo again.

Water Yan Luo was already angry to the point of seven orifices smoking, and busily said: “Big brother, absolutely don’t believe this little ghost’s nonsense. This little ghost is treacherous and cunning, despicable and shameless. Not a single word he says can be believed!”

Xiao Dian Si looked at him coldly, looking until Water Yan Luo felt his heart hair, then turned his head and said: “Little brother, honest people don’t speak secret words. Water Yan Luo didn’t speak, that thing is in your hand.”

Ink Painting still didn’t admit it, “What thing?”

Xiao Dian Si was slightly angry and laughed coldly: “Good, still playing dumb with me.”

He instantly used Water Shadow Step again, wanting to use Water Shadow Step to get close to Ink Painting. In this way, he could rely on cultivation suppression to restrict Ink Painting’s actions, and borrow the chance to use Water Prison Technique. As long as one Water Prison Technique could trap Ink Painting for even one breath of time, Ink Painting would become his “in the bag” thing.

But as soon as Xiao Dian Si moved, there was a flash in front of him, and then two figures blocked his way.

It was precisely Gu Changhuai and Xia Dian Si.

Gu Changhuai held a feather fan in his hand, with wind blades surrounding his body, and Xia Dian Si lightly gripped her short sword, with cold light shining on the sword.

The two protected Ink Painting in front, looking at Xiao Dian Si with unkind gazes.

Xiao Dian Si’s face twitched, and he sighed slightly, “I originally didn’t want to be enemies with you two, but I didn’t think you would force me so much and repeatedly block my good deeds. Since that’s the case, then don’t blame me for not remembering the feelings of working together.”

Gu Changhuai’s face had a cold laugh, but then he detected something was wrong.

Around Xiao Dian Si’s body, a thick killing aura was entwined.

At the same time, an extremely vast ice-cold spiritual power flowed from his meridians.

“This is…” Gu Changhuai’s expression changed, then he suddenly understood, “…superior technique?!”

He immediately urged all the wind blades to turn into a green wind and kill towards Xiao Dian Si.

And almost in an instant, Xia Dian Si’s body was also like a cold light, flashing to the front of Xiao Dian Si. Her short sword was raised high, and ice energy was dense on the sword.

Superior techniques are powerful, but relatively, the casting time is also long.

It’s fine to deal with ordinary cultivators; they can charge a big move and decide the victory or defeat in one move.

But Gu Changhuai and Xia Dian Si had rich fighting experience and naturally wouldn’t fall for it.

They both knew that before the superior dao law condensed, they should attack with all their might. Even if they couldn’t interrupt the technique, they could still strike Xiao Dian Si into heavy injury.

But their prediction was slightly off.

The time it took for Xiao Dian Si to condense the superior dao law was much shorter than they thought.

Almost at the instant their wind blades and sword energy attacked Xiao Dian Si, the spiritual power around Xiao Dian Si’s body surged, and the deep blue water energy turned into countless chains, layer upon layer, wrapping him within.

Then, in just a flash, the spiritual chains exploded open, like thousands of threads, spreading towards the surroundings.

Above the ground, prisons rose one by one.

And these countless chains, plus the layer upon layer of prisons, hooked and entwined with each other, turning into a whole majestic and terrifying…

Dead Water Dao Prison!

This dao prison seemed to be able to bind and suppress all cultivators within the range of the dao law.

Around Gu Changhuai’s body, he was entwined by dense chains and could not move.

While Xia Dian Si, because she was close to Xiao Dian Si’s body, was suppressed even more by several prisons.

In the dao prison, dead water filled the air, making people almost unable to breathe.

At the instant Xiao Dian Si was accumulating force, Ink Painting, who had already run far away, also couldn’t help but suck in a cold breath when he saw this.

This dao law, Gu Changhuai and the two might not know its origin, but Ink Painting knew it better than anyone in his heart.

The absolute learning of the Water Prison Gate, a rare superior control class dao law in the cultivation world, almost like phoenix feathers and unicorn horns—

Water Prison Technique!

Ink Painting once remembered that Elder Yu Cang Hai of the Water Prison Gate once said:

This Water Prison Technique is the uppermost layer of ‘control technique’ in the inheritance system of the Water Prison Gate. It can restrain all cultivators who have cultivated the techniques and body methods of the Water Prison Gate.

At the same time, Water Prison Technique is also a true meaning “strong control” technique. It can ignore the immune effects of Golden Body Technique, Golden Body Talisman and other golden body class techniques, and carry out forced binding on all cultivators…

Water Prison Gate’s absolute learning, town sect inheritance.

Superior dao law, strong control technique, ignores golden body.

Ink Painting was even more shocked in his heart.

He never thought that this Water Prison Technique would actually fall into Xiao Dian Si’s hands?!