Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

Hearing Pu Suanzi's question, everyone realized that although there was a dragon head fountain and jade bottles for collection, there was no sign of the Heavenly Dao Spring water. This immediately cooled down the excitement of the gray-robed elder and the middle-aged beautiful woman. They all looked at Cao Fangcun with bewildered expressions, as if waiting for his explanation.

Chen Tian naturally noticed this strange phenomenon, but he didn't announce it. Instead, he silently observed everything from the side. And if one observed carefully, they would find that Chen Tian subconsciously moved a few steps away from Cao Fangcun, maintaining a certain distance from him.

Of course, because Chen Tian's movement was too subtle, it didn't attract people's attention. They still fixed their gazes on Cao Fangcun, as if eager to know where the Heavenly Dao Spring was.

Looking at the eager expressions of the crowd, Cao Fangcun suddenly smiled strangely and nodded, saying, "Don't be impatient, fellow cultivators. I will release the spring water now."

After saying that, Cao Fangcun turned his head and winked at Cao Da and Cao Cu, who were standing behind him. Seeing this, the two understood and nodded to Cao Fangcun.

Immediately afterward, the three closed their eyes and began to chant an extremely strange incantation. As the rhythmic voice spread out, the originally calm dragon head statue seemed to come alive, emitting roars. At the same time, three small white snakes swam out of the dragon's open mouth, their eyes flashing with a ghostly red light, staring intently at everyone!

Seeing these three abruptly appearing white snakes, the gray-robed elder and the others were immediately startled and couldn't help but retreat. The middle-aged beautiful woman paled and pointed at them, asking Cao Fangcun in confusion, "Young Master Cao, what exactly are these things?"

"Oh dear, there's something I've been forgetting to tell you all. I'm really sorry." Looking at the terrified expressions of the crowd, Cao Fangcun suddenly slapped his forehead apologetically.

However, looking at his appearance, it was clear that he wasn't unintentionally forgetting; he was deliberately doing it!

The gray-robed elder and the others weren't stupid. Of course, they knew that Cao Fangcun was pretending, and their faces suddenly turned gloomy.

"Heh heh, Young Master Cao, what is it that you forgot? It's not too late to say it now!" The gray-robed elder glanced at the three white snakes extending from the dragon's mouth and said to Cao Fangcun in a cold voice.

"Alright, since you fellow cultivators want to know, then I'll tell you." Cao Fangcun smiled strangely and said, "I suddenly remembered that the jade scroll recorded that if you want to obtain the Heavenly Dao Spring, you must use three Nascent Soul realm cultivators as sacrifices, offering half of their essence blood. Only in this way can you obtain the spring water."

"What? Half the essence blood of three Nascent Soul realm cultivators?" As soon as Cao Fangcun's words fell, the gray-robed elder, the middle-aged beautiful woman, and that Pu Suanzi were all shocked.

Although they had anticipated that Cao Fangcun would not have good intentions, they never expected that he would say such a thing.

You must know that, in a sense, a cultivator's essence blood is equivalent to their cultivation and vitality. And if they lose half of their essence blood, it would be equivalent to losing half of their cultivation and vitality.

The gray-robed elder and the others didn't have much lifespan left, and if they lost half of it again, it would be an extremely heavy blow to them.

Thinking of this, the faces of the three immediately turned icy cold.

Chen Tian quietly observed all of this from the side, but in the end, he was also greatly shocked by Cao Fangcun's words. He really hadn't expected that obtaining the Heavenly Dao Spring would require the sacrifice of half the essence blood of three Nascent Soul realm cultivators. This was truly shocking.

This scheming was incredibly deep.

At the same time, Chen Tian also knew the purpose of why Cao Fangcun had invited these three people.

In fact, at the beginning, Chen Tian felt a little puzzled, because he plus the three members of the Cao family were enough to cope with all the difficulties, without adding anyone else.

However, even so, Cao Fangcun still invited the gray-robed elder, the middle-aged beautiful woman, and Pu Suanzi, and made them heavy promises.

And the facts proved that along the way, these three not only didn't help in any way, but also became a burden to Chen Tian and Cao Fangcun several times. But even in this situation, Cao Fangcun not only didn't show any displeasure, but instead lured them step by step to this place.

Faced with all of this, Chen Tian initially felt very puzzled, but only now did he truly understand what Cao Fangcun's intention was.

It turned out that from the beginning, Cao Fangcun didn't expect these three to be of any use. The purpose of bringing them in was for this moment!

Cao Fangcun was a smart man. He knew how powerful Chen Tian was, and he also knew that he must not offend Chen Tian. Therefore, even if he had ten thousand times the courage, he wouldn't dare to use Chen Tian's essence blood as a sacrifice.

Similarly, Cao Da and Cao Cu were both very important elders of the Cao family and Cao Fangcun's right-hand men. How could he let these two be sacrificed?

So, after some thought, Cao Fangcun finally decided to find three more sacrifices from the outside.

And it was clear that the gray-robed elder and the others were the sacrifices that Cao Fangcun had recruited!

If it weren't for Cao Fangcun's words just now, these three would probably still be kept in the dark!

However, this Cao Fangcun was indeed powerful. This series of schemes was probably calculated by him from the moment he met Chen Tian.

Fortunately, although Cao Fangcun was smart, he also had self-awareness and wasn't stupid enough to be an enemy of Chen Tian. Otherwise, in the end, it wouldn't be known who would be scheming against whom!

Of course, Chen Tian didn't want to say anything about all of this.

Because he knew that, in any case, the essence blood of three people was needed for the sacrifice. If these people weren't the gray-robed elder and the others, it would fall on Chen Tian's head. And Chen Tian wasn't so stupid as to ask for trouble himself.

So, at this time, Chen Tian returned to his previous neutral attitude, neither favoring nor expressing his position. He only needed to wait quietly to be allocated the Heavenly Dao Spring.

As for who would be sacrificed, he didn't care!

Thinking of this, Chen Tian shifted his gaze and looked thoughtfully towards the other side of the sky.

Silence!

Deathly silence!

On the top of the blood mountain, which exuded a strong stench, the three members of the Cao family stood facing the three gray-robed elders. Although they didn't speak, the atmosphere had solidified to the extreme!

An invisible contest was in progress!