After a while, Honglian broke free and said, "Thanks to you, but I'm still too weak. I still need a large amount of blood essence, at least a hundred people."

"Alright, I'll get it for you tonight," Sangji said, his breathing growing heavier.

"I knew you treated me the best," Honglian said with a coquettish laugh.

Outside the tent, bloodlines hidden on the ground slowly spread outwards, but the Barbarian Tribe was completely unaware. Their priest, Sangrong, was dead, and nobody else could detect these anomalies.

After a while, the Beast Pets sleeping outside became agitated one by one. They could communicate with their owners, but they had no idea what was happening; they just felt restless, eager to hunt, as if the killing instinct in their bones had been amplified.

"Brother, what's going on?" One Beast Pet owner asked a nearby young man while comforting his pet.

"I don't know, could something really be wrong? Aren't animals supposed to be sensitive?" another person replied in a low voice.

"How could it be? Don't you think Madam Bai might be upset and drugged the Beast Pets? Last time, she used this trick to paralyze the Beast Team of Sangdian."

"Nonsense! Madam Bai is not that kind of person. If you keep talking like this, don't call me brother anymore!"

"I..."

Before he could say more, the older man had already flipped onto his Beast Pet's back and ran outside the tribe, feeling irritated, and since the pet was also restless, they might as well go hunting.

"Brother, wait for me!" The other person also jumped onto a wolf's back and ran outside.

The two let their Beast Pets hunt to their heart's content, and the pets gradually calmed down.

"Haven't we hunted enough usually, why were they so anxious?" Yingwei muttered.

Sitting nearby, the daydreaming Le You suddenly jumped up and leaped onto a leopard's back, "Something must be wrong in the tribe, something big is about to happen!"

He said this and ordered the leopard to run, and Yingwei hurriedly hopped on the wolf's back, chasing after him, calling, "Brother, wait for me!"

As the two arrived near the tribe, they heard screams and cries, mingled with the voices of women and children.

"Help, someone help us!"

"Where is the priest? Where is Lord Sangji? Please save us!"

The sight of the painful faces illuminated by the bonfire terrified the two brothers. Yingwei cursed and was about to rush over, but Le You stopped him.

"Are you going to die? Look at what's under their feet!" Le You gritted his teeth, forcing out those words.

Only then did Yingwei see clearly. Weird bloodlines spread like spider webs, trapping those who were touched by them, constantly drawing their blood essence away.

And the center of those bloodlines was the tent of their beloved Lord Sangji!

"Lord Sangji is in danger, I can't just stand by," Yingwei said, nearly in tears, but in the next second, Le You punched him in the face. Yingwei wasn't prepared and fell off the wolf's back.

"Brother, are you crazy?"

Le You's lips were trembling with anger, "Are you an idiot? Can't you see that's an Evil Technique that extracts blood essence? It's Sangji who's draining the tribe's blood essence, and you still want to save him? You're going to die!"

As he spoke, he suddenly laughed, but the laugh was uglier than crying, "You wouldn't believe Madam Bai, now who's harming the Barbarian Tribe? All those people are going to die, it's all karma!"

Yingwei sat on the ground, not getting up. His face showed fear and pain, "Why, why would Lord Sangji do this? We are all his kin!"

"Madam Bai was right, he's definitely reviving that Demon Woman Honglian. Only Madam Bai can save everyone now. If we hadn't gone out tonight, we'd be among those lying in the blood." Le You finished speaking and turned to run, the wind blowing away his tears. He couldn't bear to see so many dying tribesmen, so he had to find Madam Bai quickly for help.

...

On the other side, Bai Ruozhu and the others didn't know that Sangji would act tonight. Ao Song had been feeling guilty, so Bai Ruozhu comforted her, "It's not your fault. The urgent task is to find Sangta's whereabouts. I think he shouldn't be hidden too far away by Sangji."

"I have a way to calculate his location, but I need something of his as a guide. Do you have anything he often uses?" Ao Song asked.

Bai Ruozhu pondered, where could she find such a thing? She only had the Beast Taming Secret Manual given by Sangta, but it didn't really count as Sangta's possession, and it wasn't convenient to bring it out.

"I have!" Dujin said excitedly, then he took out a small cloth bag from his body, which contained a thin whip when he opened it.

"This riding whip was often used by the Sangta Prince. When I made a great meritorious service before, he rewarded it to me. I've always kept it carefully, not willing to use it. It should be okay, right?"

Bai Ruozhu glanced at him. Not willing to use it, yet keeping it on him — wasn't he smitten with Sangta?

"That's perfect. Let me perform the technique." Ao Song said as she took the whip, then placed it on the ground, asking a maid for a cloth bag.

Soon, she took out some powder from the bag and sprinkled it finely around the whip, drawing a simple array diagram in a short while.

Bai Ruozhu didn't recognize the array, guessing perhaps she hadn't read enough in the Astrology Tower or learned enough Magic Techniques.

On the side, Gao Zhou squinted his eyes, looking at Ao Song with a very peculiar gaze.

After about a quarter-hour, the powder slowly flowed in one direction, forming a line, seemingly pointing to Sangta's direction.

Bai Ruozhu's heart was stirred with excitement, delighted to have a direction to find him.

But soon, she became even more excited. The line formed by the powder began to change, seemingly drawing a map from here!

This was simply amazing!

Bai Ruozhu looked at Ao Song with more admiration and respect.

Finally, the powder stopped moving, and Ao Song released her hand seal, but her body swayed.

"Miss!" The maids rushed over to support her, and the blunt Qingfeng anxiously said, "You shouldn't use this secret technique repeatedly, it's too harmful to your body. The previous Dark Symbol already exhausted most of your energy!"

Ming Yue angrily kicked her, "Don't mention that again."

Only then did Qingfeng realize she said something wrong and hurriedly lowered her head, not speaking further.

Bai Ruozhu saw Ao Song's pale face, feeling both grateful and apologetic, "I shouldn't have let you exhaust yourself like this; we could have waited a few more days."

"No problem, let's quickly follow the route to find him; otherwise, if he's moved, all my hard work will be for nothing." Ao Song said as she steadied herself and called for the maid to fetch her Miao Tuo.

"We'll go, you should rest," Bai Ruozhu said, still worried.

"No way, if he's moved, I can still track him. I've already spent the energy, I'm not leaving without rescuing anyone." She said as she flipped onto Miao Tuo and playfully stuck her tongue out at Bai Ruozhu.

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I've seen people say the last chapter was disgusting, but I clearly wrote it subtly a few days ago. Weren't Bai Ruozhu and Achun hiding in Sangji's tent and saw it? Did no one think of that then?

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