Chapter 2272: Sacrificial Target; Purpose of the Offering

As for those ancient martial artists who were taken away, even the Feng Family Head doesn’t exactly know where they ended up.

The Family Head might be unaware, but Gu Zhiqi knows.

Feng Hongtu has been dead for ten years.

She doesn’t know how he survived, but at the very least, Feng Hongtu during this period is already dead.

The Feng Hongtu whom the Family Head saw nine and five years ago should have traveled from the future.

As for those ancient martial artists, they were likely taken to the future by him. The ancient martial artists who suddenly appeared then in the future were probably brought from here.

After asking about Feng Hongtu, Gu Zhiqi moved on to inquire about the altar.

"Who is the altar meant to worship?" Gu Zhiqi circled the altar but couldn’t discern who it was supposed to honor.

Feng Family Head: "It is himself."

Upon hearing the Family Head’s words, Gu Zhiqi confirmed once again that the Feng Hongtu she saw nine years ago indeed came from the future.

The altar is not meant for the living.

And Feng Hongtu from the future only exists as a soul.

Gu Zhiqi paused for a moment and then continued asking, "What is the sacrificial offering?"

"Young and beautiful women with high ancient martial talent... More specifically, young and beautiful women with Feng family lineage." The Family Head became somewhat agitated as he spoke, showing subtle signs of breaking free from his dormant state.

Seeing this, Gu Zhiqi hypnotized him once again before continuing with her questions, "What is the purpose of the sacrifice?"

Family Head: "He wants to use dual cultivation to break through the ninth-order peak."

Gu Zhiqi: "..."

For a brief moment, Gu Zhiqi heard something shatter, and then she realized it was her worldview.

Using his own descendants for dual cultivation to seek a breakthrough, this...

No wonder he’s never succeeded - such a vile act would be long despised by the heavens; it’s a wonder if he could ever break through.

After a prolonged silence, Gu Zhiqi managed to piece her worldview back together and continued questioning the Family Head, "Is the woman in the altar one of your Feng family members?"

Family Head: "Probably."

Gu Zhiqi: ?

"Probably? You don’t recognize her?"

The Family Head shook his head, "I don’t know her. She’s not from the Feng family here in Nine Stars City; she should be a descendant from the Ancient Martial Arts World."

Gu Zhiqi continued questioning: "What is the woman’s name? When was she brought here?"

Family Head: "I don’t know her name. She was brought here about two years ago. He asked me to keep her at the Feng family and make sure her cultivation level reaches above the Seventh Order within five hundred years."

Upon hearing the Family Head mention ’within five hundred years’, Gu Zhiqi further confirmed that it was indeed Feng Hongtu in a soul state doing this.

Once she figured things out, Gu Zhiqi asked several more questions and learned a lot from the Family Head.

It turns out, the stone coffin was used by Feng Hongtu to refine the Ding Furnace, and the sacrificial offering was the Ding Furnace itself.

Feng Hongtu instructed the Family Head to let the offering lie in the stone coffin for a few days every month. This would not only improve the offering’s cultivation qualifications but also enhance her physique, refining her into the best Ding Furnace.

Gu Zhiqi also learned from the Family Head that Feng Hongtu initially wanted the Family Head to pick someone from the Feng family. However, once the Family Head learned about this, he sent away all the women with good qualifications and looks.

Unexpectedly, in the end, he brought one back himself.

By this point, Gu Zhiqi had asked almost everything she wanted to, ending the hypnosis, and the Family Head immediately fainted.

Just as Gu Zhiqi finished the hypnosis, Su Yunling had completed his questioning as well, and compared the information he obtained from the butler with Gu Zhiqi. Most details aligned.