The Soaring Cloud Mountain Range was covered in clusters of clouds. At first glance, the entire sky was filled with dense clouds. Those clouds appeared to be extremely low, as though they were made of cotton that floated in midair. It was as though one would be able to land on those clouds with a single leap.
It was early in the morning. Sparkling and translucent mist hung from the lush green shrubs, making them look like tiny crystals. The faint mist lingered in the air, filling the lush mountain range with plants and towering ancient trees. It was as though the mist had fused with the clouds in midair, filling the entire Soaring Cloud Mountain Range with a hazy and beautiful scenery.
As expected, Han Shuo and his company were the first batch of divine guards to enter the Soaring Cloud Mountain Range. After entering the mountain range, Han Shuo used his demon generals to scout the surroundings. He discovered that none of the other Corps of Divine Guards had arrived yet.
Seeing that he was the first batch of divine guards to enter the Soaring Cloud Mountain Range, Han Shuo thought for a moment and instructed Bollands to split the divine guards into nine teams to familiarize themselves with the terrain of the Soaring Cloud Mountain Range, as well as some hidden caves and rivers, so as to prepare for the competition.
Some of the members of the Fifth Corps were newcomers. They were not familiar with the situation around the City of Shadows. As the upcoming competition would definitely take place in the Soaring Cloud Mountain Range, since they had arrived early, it was only natural that they make good use of their free time to familiarize themselves with the surroundings.
As the members of the other Corps of Divine Guards were veterans who often carried out missions in various regions of the City of Shadows, they were definitely familiar with the Soaring Cloud Mountain Range. Some of them might even be familiar with every region of the Soaring Cloud Mountain Range. This was why they were not in a hurry to arrive.
Under Bollands' instructions, the divine guards were divided into nine squads and spread out with Han Shuo at the center. They spread out and carefully familiarized themselves with Soaring Cloud Mountain Range amidst the lingering smoke.
Wherever Han Shuo went, the demon generals would follow. He didn't need to move at all to observe everything in the Soaring Cloud Mountain Range through the demon generals. The demon generals hid themselves and followed behind the nine teams, secretly observing the situation in the mountain range.
The Soaring Cloud Mountain Range occupied a very vast area. It was even vaster than Fort Lasberg that belonged to the Han family. The demon generals spent two days exploring only half of the mountain range. There were many magical beasts and all kinds of plants in the Soaring Cloud Mountain Range. However, as the mountain range was too close to the City of Shadows, the magical beasts were not powerful and posed no threat to Han Shuo and his party.
The exotic plants that grew in the Soaring Cloud Mountain Range became Han Shuo's targets for harvesting. As the divine guards only had a basic understanding of the situation in the vicinity and had nothing urgent to do, Han Shuo gave them the order to harvest exotic plants in the vicinity. The divine guards did not know which plants Han Shuo was looking for and could only follow Han Shuo's instructions to pick plants that looked different from the common ones and had strange shapes.
It was a pretty good method. Generally speaking, plants that were vastly different from ordinary plants were either poisonous plants or plants with special functions. While the divine guards were carefully scouting the surroundings, they did manage to collect many special plants that Han Shuo needed for refining pills.
One of the divine guards collected dozens of scarlet grasses for Han Shuo. The grasses had branches and leaves as sharp as blades. Their roots were blood-red in color as though blood was flowing in them.
"Where did you collect them?" Han Shuo's eyes lit up when he saw the dozens of scarlet grasses.
Those were Bloodessence Grasses, a special plant that could improve blood circulation and refine blood. Most people who did not know the effects of Bloodessence Grasses would bleed uncontrollably if they swallowed them. However, for those like Han Shuo who knew the effects of Bloodessence Grasses, he could digest the medicinal energy contained in the Bloodessence Grasses and combine it with demonic yuan to form more blood essences.
Blood essences were the most fundamental source of energy to nurture a demonic infant. In the refinement and application of some special demonic weapons, blood essences were required as a catalyst. These dozens of scarlet Bloodessence Grasses could allow Han Shuo to form hundreds of drops of blood essences in his demonic infant, greatly reducing the consumption of demonic yuan.
"Huh?" Sanguinar softly exclaimed. He walked towards Han Shuo in high spirits. Sanguinar's eyes gradually turned red as he looked at the Bloodessence Grasses. He exclaimed in surprise, "This plant contains a mysterious energy. I can sense that this energy seems to be very useful to me!"
Han Shuo stared blankly for a moment after hearing Sanguinar's words. He turned his head to look at Sanguinar. When he discovered that Sanguinar's eyes were somewhat red, he suddenly came to a realization. He smilingly said, "I almost forgot that you cultivate in Bloodgod Mantra!"
After taking nine Bloodessence Grasses and storing them, Han Shuo handed the rest to Sanguinar and said, "Consume it and digest the energy inside. It will be more useful to you than it is to me!"
Sanguinar was just saying it. He had no intention of taking the Bloodessence Grasses. Upon hearing Han Shuo's words, Sanguinar hastily shook his head and said, "Master, it's better for you to consume it. I believe you need it more than me!"
Sanguinar was very obedient towards Han Shuo. After leaving the Abyss realm, Sanguinar had regarded Han Shuo as his only relative. In his opinion, as long as Han Shuo grew stronger, they would naturally be safer. Upon hearing that the Bloodessence Grasses were also useful to Han Shuo, he immediately pushed all of them to Han Shuo.
Han Shuo smiled and shook his head. He explained, "This is called Bloodessence Grasses. The energy you sensed in it can help me condense more blood essence. However, that energy can directly enhance your strength. Therefore, it will be more useful to you!" After a short pause, Han Shuo continued, "You are my disciple. The stronger you are, the more face I will have. This is my order. Don't refuse it!"
Upon hearing Han Shuo's words, Sanguinar hesitated for a moment before finally nodding his head. He happily took the Bloodessence Grasses from Han Shuo's hand and swallowed them right in front of Han Shuo.
After chewing and swallowing dozens of Bloodessence Grasses, the scarlet juice of the Bloodessence Grasses, which looked like fresh blood, slowly trickled down from the corner of his mouth. Coupled with the wonderful contented expression on Sanguinar's face, it made him look somewhat strange.
Sanguinar's eyes suddenly turned scarlet like blood. His face also turned as red as if he had smeared fresh blood on it. Wisps of blood mist slowly drifted out from Sanguinar's body but did not disperse. They hovered around Sanguinar's body. A faint smell of blood came from Sanguinar's body.
Under Han Shuo's attentive gaze, Sanguinar's eyes gradually flickered with blood-red light. The energy contained in the Bloodessence Grasses gradually merged with the blood in his body. After a while, Sanguinar took a deep breath and sucked all the blood mist that hovered around him into his stomach.
Sanguinar let out a satisfied burp and said delightedly, "Thank you, master. This Bloodessence Grasses are very useful to me. I can feel that the blood in my body is becoming purer and purer!"
"That's good!" Han Shuo put on a faint smile and nodded. He turned to the divine guard and asked, "Where did you find these strange grasses?"
The divine guard who had been staring at Sanguinar for a long while was startled by Sanguinar's performance suddenly came to his senses. He hastily replied, "I can't tell you the exact location, but I can lead you there!"
This divine guard had been on Elysium for a long time but he had never seen anyone like Sanguinar who could skillfully utilize the energy in his blood. This was a novel and shocking discovery to him. He thought to himself, Like master, like disciple. Both are just as extraordinary.
"Alright, lead the way!" said Han Shuo calmly. He and Sanguinar then followed behind the divine guard.
Bloodessence Grasses were special plants that could absorb the energy in blood. The blood of any living being would contain energy. The stronger the living being, the greater the energy in their blood. When a living being died near a Bloodessence Grass, the blood that flowed out of their body would be absorbed by the Bloodessence Grasses, allowing the Bloodessence Grasses to grow stronger and stronger. Their roots would turn as red as blood.
Generally speaking, even if several powerful living beings died nearby, the energy in their blood would at most grow into one or two Bloodessence Grasses. It was very strange that this divine guard could collect dozens of Bloodessence Grasses at once. Therefore, Han Shuo asked the divine guard to bring him over to take a look.
Soon enough, the divine guard led Han Shuo and Sanguinar to a shallow river. The water was barely deep enough for all kinds of plants to grow on the surface of the river. Among them were a few Bloodessence Grasses that had not been collected.
The divine guard pointed at the river and said, "I collected them from there. I noticed that the color of the grasses was rather strange and there seemed to be blood flowing in their roots. That's why I collected them. Look, there are still a few more over there. I didn't know that these grasses would be useful so I didn't collect them all at once! "
As soon as the divine guard finished his words, Sanguinar flew over and uprooted the remaining Bloodessence Grasses. He returned smilingly and handed the Bloodessence Grasses to Han Shuo. He said, "Master, I've just eaten dozens of them. You should keep these for yourself!"
Han Shuo did not decline. He casually put away the Bloodessence Grasses that Sanguinar offered him. His eyes, however, fell on the river beneath the Bloodessence Grasses. He secretly concentrated his consciousness on that area and tried to pry into the secrets of the river.
"Master, what are you looking at?" Sanguinar couldn't help but ask when he saw that Han Shuo did not say a word after putting away the Bloodessence Grasses but only stared at the bottom of the river.
Han Shuo didn't reply. With one thought, the seventeen flying swords whizzed out and shot straight towards the small river. A series of crackling and popping sounds came from the small river. The seventeen flying swords uprooted all the unrelated weeds and landed at the bottom of the small river, causing stone chips and sludge to fly everywhere.
Suddenly, the seventeen flying swords flew back. Han Shuo abruptly flew towards the bottom of the river and carried out a blood-red rock that was two meters long and as wide as a person's waist. The rock looked as though it had been sprayed with blood. It was so red that it looked demonic and gave off an uncomfortable feeling.
After carrying the blood-red rock out, Han Shuo put on a faint smile and said to Sanguinar, "You've been lacking a suitable weapon. Haha, now you have the material!"
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