"Hey, I don't like what you're saying here. How am I fighting slowly?" Ghost King Li Ruoyuan immediately retorted with dissatisfaction, "I'm just playing around with him, I didn't plan to knock him down so quickly. Besides, I've already been fighting him for so long, he's exhausted his strength, and you come out and knock him down as if you're more powerful than me. You're not ashamed either."

Black Asura completely ignored him, walked over, picked up Shen Qianyue, and walked straight out of the range of the large stone block.

"Leaving after being scolded, can't you speak properly?" Li Ruoyuan muttered, following Black Asura and the others out of the area.

Shen Qianyue was now seriously injured, completely incapable of resistance, and being carried by Black Asura, felt utterly hopeless. He knew that this time returning to the Shen Family, he was certainly doomed. Even if the Shen Family didn't kill him, he would at least be rendered useless.

What he resented the most was that he hadn't even tasted the sweetness of Shen Qingyi, and now he was done for.

Outside, Shen Baichuan was also lying on the ground. In front of these Sha Men people, Shen Baichuan couldn't even withstand a single move. The two brothers were carried by two Sha Men members to the side of the road, where the Sha Men's vehicle was parked.

The vehicle the Sha Men brought this time was an extended RV, with a very spacious rear. Black Asura carried Shen Qianyue and Shen Baichuan onto the car, where two people were sitting: a man with a head full of white hair and a monk wearing a blood-red kasaya. They were White-haired Ding San and Bloody Monk.

Upon seeing Bloody Monk, Shen Qianyue's face turned even more unsightly. He couldn't even contend with a few people from Sha Men, and now that Bloody Monk had shown up, he completely lost hope of escaping.

"Sect Leader, the people have been brought." He Qinghua also brought Shen Qingyi onto the car, placing her in front of Bloody Monk, saying, "She is the granddaughter of Southern Fist King Shen Tianjun, and also his most beloved granddaughter."

Bloody Monk looked Shen Qingyi up and down, nodded slowly, and said, "Very good, let's go to Shen Family Manor now. With his dear granddaughter in our hands, Shen Tianjun will definitely hand over those three keys."

As it turned out, Bloody Monk had captured Shen Qingyi to exchange for the three keys in Shen Tianjun's possession. Shen Qianyue couldn't help feeling depressed, he was truly unlucky to have fallen into Bloody Monk's hands like this, not only failing to gain any advantage but indirectly helping Bloody Monk.

"Sect Leader, are we really going to get those three keys just by taking Shen Qingyi over?" Cui Yu asked worriedly, "Shen Family Manor currently has gathered masters from various places, like Great General Helian Tiehua and Prince Nalan from the Capital, they are all at Shen Family Manor now. Plus the Southern Fist King Shen Tianjun himself, his strength is very formidable now. If we go like this, we're bound to have a direct confrontation with these people, isn't it dangerous?"

"Hmph, you're worrying too much!" Bloody Monk shook his head and said, "You've got it wrong, precisely at this time, it's the safest."

"Ah?" Cui Yu was startled and curiously asked, "Why do you say that?"

Bloody Monk didn't answer him directly but instead asked, "Why did Great General Helian Tiehua and Prince Nalan come to Shen Family Manor?"

"To attend the matchmaking at Shen Family Manor," Cui Yu replied, "Southern Fist King Shen Tianjun announced to the world that he wants to find a grandson-in-law for his granddaughter, and various masters are eyeing this matter."

Bloody Monk nodded, saying, "That's right, but why are they all so keen on the matchmaking at Shen Family Manor?"

"This..." Cui Yu glanced at Shen Qingyi on the ground, saying, "Their younger generations are all of marriageable age. Moreover, Shen Qingyi is Shen Tianjun's most beloved granddaughter. If someone could become Shen Tianjun's grandson-in-law, they'd surely benefit a lot from Shen Family Manor, so many people want to participate in this matchmaking, hoping for a chance. Besides, Shen Qingyi herself is also the number one beauty in the Southern Six Provinces, attracting many promising young men."

"With Helian Tiehua and Nalan Jingwei's abilities, they are not inferior to Southern Fist King Shen Tianjun. With their martial arts, even if their younger generations spent a lifetime, they would never finish learning. So why bother learning Shen Tianjun's martial arts?" Bloody Monk shook his head, saying, "You're not seeing clearly enough. Actually, the purpose of these people coming here to matchmake is just one—to form alliances!"

"To form alliances!?" Everyone looked at Bloody Monk in unison.

"The Heaven Earth Man Three Gates are about to open, and with the Era of the Turmoil of the Three Stars of Sirius, it's truly a chaotic time. In this great chaos, only strength is the fundamental way to save yourself. The strength of the Seven Steering Committees of Hong Alliance and the Twelve Green Halls is undisputed; they are absolutely the two key forces in this chaos. However, the people involved in this chaos are not just them, and others certainly don't want to become cannon fodder in this mess. Just like Nalan Jingwei, he's also trying to expand his strength to survive in this chaos. Southern Fist King Shen Tianjun's thoughts are the same. His reason for holding the matchmaking event for Shen Qingyi is actually to find an ally." Bloody Monk said solemnly, "These people have seen his intention, so they all ran to Shen Family Manor. Their real purpose in coming to Shen Family Manor this time is to find an opportunity to ally with the Shen family."

"I see!" Everyone suddenly realized. After a moment of contemplation, Cui Yu said, "But Sect Leader, what direct relation does this have with us getting those three keys?"

"The issue is right here." Bloody Monk chuckled, "For experts like Helian Tiehua and Nalan Jingwei, what's more important now, forming an alliance with the Shen family or those three keys?"

"Of course, those three keys are more important," Ghost King Li Ruoyuan immediately said.

"Wrong!" Bloody Monk shook his head, "The Heaven Earth Man Three Gates haven't opened yet, and these three keys are useless in our hands right now. The real chaos hasn't started, and whoever ultimately gets the keys will be the one to enter the Heaven Earth Man Three Gates. Holding the keys early doesn't have much effect. Therefore, truly smart people won't focus on these three keys so early. Instead, finding strong allies in advance to boost their strength will give them the capital to seize opportunities later on. So for them, forming alliances is the most crucial thing, and even if I take those three keys, they certainly wouldn't give up matchmaking to chase me. If the keys were really that important, Helian Tiehua would have already gone to Shenchuan City to find me first instead of coming to Shen Family Manor."

Everyone exchanged glances, and Black Asura asked softly, "In that case, Sect Leader, why do we need to get those three keys so early? Wouldn't that make us the main targets later on? Once the great chaos starts, many people will definitely target us to seize those keys."

Bloody Monk chuckled coldly without speaking, then suddenly pointed to Shen Qianyue. Shen Qianyue, who had been staring with wide eyes, suddenly felt a darkness before him and fell to the ground unconscious. Using the same method, Bloody Monk knocked out Shen Baichuan beside him.

Seeing Bloody Monk's actions, the members of Sha Men couldn't help but be surprised. What important thing did Bloody Monk want to discuss that these two shouldn't hear?

"With these three keys, I now have six keys in my hand," Bloody Monk said coldly, "As long as I find the seventh key, I will have collected all seven keys to open the Heaven Earth Man Three Gates. If all seven keys fall into my hands, do you know what benefits there will be?"

Everyone simultaneously shook their heads; of course, they didn't know what Bloody Monk was planning.

"Ha ha ha..." Bloody Monk laughed aloud, "To put it simply, the Seven Kills Formation you are learning is not complete."

"Not complete?" Everyone exclaimed, surprised; this was the first time they had heard this. The power of the Seven Kills Formation was already terrifying, and yet it was incomplete? If so, how powerful would a complete Seven Kills Formation be?

"The real Seven Kills Formation requires possessing those seven weapons that open the Heaven Earth Man Three Gates to be considered complete," Bloody Monk paused, looking at everyone, and said solemnly, "Once the Seven Kills Formation is completely complete, do you know what will happen?"

Everyone simultaneously shook their heads, also looking at Bloody Monk nervously, uncertain about what he was about to say next.

"Ha ha ha..." Once again, Bloody Monk laughed, softly saying, "I'm not sure what will happen specifically, because the Seven Kills Formation has never been complete. However, this Seven Kills Formation is a formation for killing created by Guiguzi, and its power is terrifying. If the Seven Kills Formation could be completed, I estimate that even my undying senior brother would be trapped to death within it!"

Everyone exchanged glances, and Li Ruoyuan couldn't help but ask, "Sect Leader, who exactly is your senior brother?"

Bloody Monk glanced at him, chuckled coldly, and said, "You'd better not know about this. That undying old man, not even I know how many years he's lived. This person is very strange. If I'm not mistaken, his strength definitely surpasses that of the Five Unmatches of the World, and far exceeds these people."

"Ah?" Everyone gasped, and Cui Yu exclaimed in surprise, "Sect Leader, not even you know how long he's lived? He's your senior brother, so... what exactly is going on?"

"I want to know too!" Talking about this matter, Bloody Monk looked helpless, "To be honest, although he's my senior brother, in reality, he's more like my master. Everything I learned was taught by him. The reason he's my senior brother is that he substituted for his master in accepting disciples, so we became his junior brothers."

Everyone looked at each other in dismay. Although they had been with Bloody Monk for quite some time, they had no idea about his past, only knowing that he single-handedly slaughtered the monks of Xiaolin Temple, wiping out the entire temple. They hadn't expected that his past would hold such tales, with such a powerful senior brother involved.