** sorry I’ve been MIA for so long… will slowly get back to translating 🙇♀️**
Zhu Ran quickly rose to power after the savage wilderness was unified. He was the only one that knew the way out and he has the Demon God and Dou Lan Gan backing him, even ghost Fu Mu treated him with respect.
At first Hua Qian Gu didn't understand what Zhu Ran's ultimate plan was… could his goal be to rule the savage wilderness as king? He obviously knew a way to return but still remained in the savage wilderness for so many years… but now she finally realizes, he needed troops, no wonder he insisted on unifying the savage wilderness first. Without the savage wilderness's manpower and physical resources, it is basically impossible to achieve.
Zhu Ran shakes head and said: "I studied this method meticulously for several decades, tried it countless times, only figured it out recently. Don’t assume that it's your arrival that helped me put the pieces together. Your arrival, only permitted my plan to progress quicker and easier."
Hua Qian Gu shivered as she looks at Zhu Ran, her heart becomes increasingly worried. She originally thought that as long as she could leave this place everything else wouldn't matter, so she allowed Zhu Ran to handle everything, but once Zhu Ran started talking about taking the demon beasts back with them, Hua Qian Gu didn't agree and they bump head at that topic.
Although the savage wilderness was uninhabitable for people, it was nevertheless considered the demon beast's homeland, they had been living here since the ancient times, why was he so eager to bring the demon beasts along? Furthermore, demon beasts are unlike people, if anything was to happen to her, no one would be able to control them, wouldn't that cause more trouble?
But Zhu Ran was not willing to lose the large amount of powerful demon beast army. He tried to persuade her but Hua Qian Gu would not budge, with determination he walked away. Hua Qian Gu knows that the end is set, he is rapacious, in front of others he calls her Senior, but would not take orders from her, even more unlikely to consider her opinion… she could only turn to Dou Lan Gan.
Dou Lan Gan consoled her and told her not to worry, even if other matters she unable to control, the demon beast's leadership was still in her hand, after all the demon beast only obey orders from her. When the moment comes, Zhu Ran won't be able to do anything to change it.
"I am only worried about one thing though…" Dou Lan Gan looks down from the cliff, an immense hexagram formation was gradually taking shape."Zhu Ran seem to be using a forbidden technique…" Once it's launched, the consequence could be catastrophic.
It took a month's work for the preparations to be complete, everyone was filled with excitement and hope.
At nightfall, torches of all sizes turn the infertile land bright like daytime. Three thousand people listened to Zhu Ran's command and stand in formation, from time to time they would change positions, repeating incantation continuously.
Hua Qian Gu sit on a stage in the middle of the hexagram, holding Snorting beast, with Ya Zi beast beside her. Surrounding her were three flight of steps and the remaining five hundred people.
——Where is immortal Ming Fan?
Hua Qian Gu asked ghost Fu Mu by her side, ghost Fu Mu let out a gurgle kind of laughter : "Senior God, I don't know, haven't seen him in days. All the people in the savage wilderness are here, perhaps he’s with Zhu Ran helping with the formation's lineup."
Hua Qian Gu feel ill at ease, after all wanting to get out can't be easy, always feel like something bad is going to happen.
——Isn't it impossible to use mystical power in the savage wilderness? Will this really work?
Dou Lan Gan replied : Its true that you cannot use mystical power in the savage wilderness, but able to use formations like this. However, this kind is rare, its a mixture of Qi Men Dun Jia and and Wu Xing Ba Gua(five element trigram), I have never seen it before, ought to be Zhu Ran came up with himself. I guess he roughly want to use this formation technique at the savage wilderness to make a space-time, in this space-time it possible to use mystical power/technique with no restriction, defying heaven, a manmade passage."
All of a sudden the ground starts to vibrate, the hexagram released large luminous light, the incantations get louder and louder, seawater began rise.
Everyone's face filled with excitement, the hexagram's radiance covered everywhere with a layer of transparent light netting. Hua Qian Gu couldn't open her eyes from the gusty wind and blinding light.
Zhu Ran's eyes were wide open, his pupils looked like ignited flames, both his hand move incessantly change, forming a strange mark, his body split into six appearing at each side of the hexagon.
The six figures simultaneously lift their hand up to sky, lighting ripped across the sky, huge thunder crashes down, everyone's heart shakes. As instructed by Zhu Ran before, the three thousand people puncture their right hand's finger. As their blood drips on the ground, they gradually spun into individual threads, flowing above their head to the middle of the hexagon, the radiance's from the hexagram turned red, the smell of blood flow's through the air.
"Godammit, this plan costs for three thousand sacrifices?!" Dou Lan Gan shocked looking down.
Hua Qian Gu shakes, no wonder Zhu Ran picked out five hundred outstanding in magic and easy to control and station them on stage with her, from the beginning he intended to use the other three thousands as sacrifices, fabricated a lie that everyone can leave savage wilderness…
The people below discover something was wrong and started to panic, rolling in pain, franticly trying to cut the threads with swords, but to no prevail. The blood thread flowed like it had life of its own, one circle after another, wrapping them into individual pupa, and pulling them off the ground.
The people on stage had cold sweat on their forehead, knowing they could have been a sacrificial victim, even though they felt bad for the people below, but as long as themselves were able to leave, how can they take consideration of other people's life.
Hua Qian Gu unable to restrain anger rush down to the stage, but let Dou Lan Gan and ghost Fu Mu holding her back.
"Girl! Don't act impulsively!" Dou Lan Gan said as he shakes his head. Although he also couldn't bear it, there was nothing he they could do to stop it.
Hua Qian Gu looked at him with disbelief…three thousand lives! Even though these people are sinners, that doesn't mean that their lives are worthless? They believed in her and chose to follow her!
——Zhu Ran!
She exert all strength and flown to the middle of the formation, looked at each and everyone, weak and drained of blood.
She looked at all six figures of Zhou Ran and couldn’t figure out which one was his real form.
Suddenly all the figures started to chant with Zhu Ran's voice: ( I can't translate this part you guys, basically he chants some kind of spell, sorry)
三 唯 大 血
千 我 道 绽
妖 净 乾 莲
杀 法 坤 华
Suddenly the middle of the hexagon burst into a lotus, opening a passage as the blood forms a road.
"Success! Everybody hurry and leave!"Zhu Ran's six figures combined into one, still floating in mid-air when suddenly, a sword flies toward him.
"Hua Qian Gu?! You…” Zhu Ran dodged it but still let Hua Qian Gu's palm hit him to the ground. She didn't wait for his reaction and with one leg stepped on his body, sword supported on his neck.
——Hurry and release them!
Hua Qian Gu eyes turned blood red, with her disfigured face, she look even more terrifying.
Zhu Ran angrily rebuked : " You're weak!"
Hua Qian Gu's sward digs deep into his neck.
Zhu Ran looks at her with rage, his scalp feels numb, heart tremble and coldly said : "The formation is already mobilize, until they're drained of their blood , there is absolutely nothing you can do to stop it. What are you scared of? Its just a few deaths, to succeed there has to be sacrifices. Aren't you worried these people will cause trouble after we return and seize the realm? Now that they're going to die, you no longer need to worry, time is limited, we should leave immediately!"
Hua Qian Gu stumble back two steps, she had already caused harm to Shuo Feng and them, now she had to included three thousand more lives?
Her body suddenly emits an immense blue light, letting out a terrifying roar similar to a beast. All the blood threads snaps and the three thousand bodies came falling down.
As the light slowly disperse, the only light around was Hua Qian Gu's purple pupils, glistening. In between her brows a strange seal flashes, as she slowly looked around, her presence similar to god.
"If we can't leave, then we won't, we will continue to stay in the savage wilderness." A empty voice echo in everyone's ear, but Hua Qian Gu's mouth never opened, she used her inner strength to transmit her voice.
Zhu Ran stared at her blankly, he knew she was softhearted and unlikely to agree with sacrificing people to leave the savage wilderness, therefore, he never told her his plan, assuming that once the formation was launched, even she will not be able to stop it and could only follow the rest back to the six realm. He never expected it to release her demon god's power and being able to destroy his comprehensive plan.
“Little girl! You…"Dou Lan Gan helplessly shakes his head, didn't expect her to be this stubborn, she rather be trapped here forever than to sacrifice other's lives.
Everyone looked at the lotus flower road, little by little crumples into loose ash.
Hua Qian Gu float in midair and look at the way home slowing becoming nothing.
Teacher, Xiao Yue, Tang Bao, Dong Fang, Qing Tsui…
Looks like Qian Gu can only each of you in my dreams.
"Hua Qian Gu!" Zhu Ran glower in disbelief, both fist hold firmly, vein on his neck appears. She said one sentence' not going back" and easily destroy years of meticulous hard work, he simply cannot forgive her.
Hua Qian Gu turn over her palm, wave it lightly and made Zhu Ran kneel on the ground.
"Zhu Ran, you still won't admit you're wrong!"
Hua Qian Gu angrily rebuked, voiced through internal power ferociously pounded into his eardrum, its vibration causes his legs to go soft.
"I am not wrong! How can there be no sacrifices? You're too soft-hearted to get anything done! Spoiled my plan! "
"pa! pa!" two sharp slap, five clear finger print marked both sides of Zhu Ran's face. No one dared to make a sound.
Hua Qian Gu coldly look down at Zhu Ran, :"I will forgive you for wanting to help everyone leave, therefore made blunder mistake, fortunately no one was harmed. I know you put in a lot of work to unify the savage wilderness so I will overlook this. These two slaps are punishment for your disrespect to me! And this one finger…"
Hua Qian Gu waves one hand in a sweeping motion, Zhu Ran gave a blood curling scream, just like that his pinky was severed.
"This is your warning!"
Beads of sweat dripped down Zhu Ran's forehead, he doesn't know if it was because he's scared or was it the pain. He raised his head and looked at the small figure floating in mid air, ice-cold face, intimidating, like a completely different person, impossible to predict.
This fail attempt to return had recovered so much of her demon power, even in the six realm there are only a few that could take her on. He had thought that she was merely a child and would be easily controlled.
Zhu Ran's body trembled, clench teeth and slowly kneel, paying his respect to Hua Qian Gu.
"Thank you Senior God for sparing our lives."
Hua Qian Gu's hand also tremble under her sleeve, did she just break off a person's finger?!
With great effort to not let her panic-stricken face reveal, she coldly survey everywhere.
"This time we lost a chance to leave the savage wilderness, lets take time to making another… never give up hope, certainly will come up with a method that’s best of both world. If we’re going to leave, we all leave together."
There was a moment of silence, even Fu Mu ghost can't help but stare blankly, foolishly looking at her.
"Long live Senior God, we will pledge life to follow…" everyone kneel down, clenched teeth shout loudly.
"The tide is rising, what is that thing over there?"Dou Lan Gan realize something unusual is happening in the waters, what look like a hole opened up between the sky and water, exposed a ray of light.
In a split second a huge silvery light flows out. A white silhouette in the wind, clothes fluttering on small boat gracefully flowing toward.
Hua Qian Gu could not believe what she was seeing, retreated two steps and almost fell from the air.
The person came with a smile that could melt the heaven and earth, both his arm slowly open up and with the worlds most gentle voice say:
"Gu Tuo, I came to bring you home…"