At dawn, a squad of cultivators dressed in black quietly gathered in a cave fifty miles away from Qingyan Village. The cave was thick with a pungent medicinal odor, the rock walls were covered with specimens of venomous insects, and a bizarre array glowing with an eerie green light was carved into the ground.
A one-eyed elder—Yinjiaozi, the Third Elder of the Venomous Fiend Sect—was kneeling in the center of the array, a glowing bronze compass suspended before him. Four disciples stood at attention around him, each cradling a writhing poison sac in their hands.
"Begin the blood sacrifice!" Yinjiaozi barked sharply.
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