Chapter 510: Situ Mo (I)
Li Xizhi immediately sensed something was amiss, and stealthily approached while concealing his presence. He saw a group of villagers gathered around a low stone altar, where an old man in black stood, his face dark and sinister, holding a sword and muttering incessantly.
The villagers below began chanting as well, their voices growing louder and louder. Black mist spread across the altar, causing Li Xizhi to frown.
"A mere unrefined Qi Cultivator, yet he is putting on such a grand display!" Li Xizhi scoffed.
The black-robed old man had chaotic true essence and weak energy, a clear sign of his origins as a rogue cultivator. In the cultivation world of Yue State, such people were at the bottom of the hierarchy. Li Xizhi, being from a great sect, could see this clearly with just a glance.
Yin qi is everywhere… He must have acquired some kind of devil dao legacy and used it to deceive the villagers so he could conduct blood sacrifices.
As expected, the villagers below brought forward a young boy. The black-robed old man raised his sword, preparing to stab him in a ritual.
Li Xizhi watched on silently as the old man brought his sword down toward the boy, but when the blade touched the boy, it was as if it hit an iron wall—there was a sharp metallic clang that rang out, and the sword could not move any further.
A flash of doubt crossed the old man's face. He scanned the surroundings with his spiritual sense but could not detect anything. How could a rogue cultivator like him see through the concealment technique of someone as skilled as Li Xizhi?
Finding nothing, the old man trembled and called out in a shaky voice, "Which Senior… is playing a joke on this humble one?"