The hole grew larger and larger, revealing the interior of the city.
A group of people were laughing, drinking, bragging and chatting when a sudden gust of cold wind blew in through the hole. Instantly, they shivered.
"Who's there!?" A few experts with extraordinary auras shot to their feet and looked towards the hole.
Scarlet District Mistress flashed a savage smile and walked in.
Umbrella girl was left standing alone in the snowstorm outside.
Screams of agony rang out from the small city. She knew that her sister was absorbing flesh and blood essence again to provide the Dharma Offering for the Scarlet Dragon Tribulation shard.
She exhaled lightly. But because she had no body temperature, her breath was instantly mixed with the snowstorm and nothing could be seen. Unlike those living people who exhaled with white mist when they exhaled.
This was already the fourth. The fourth small city.
As Yingying thought about it, her hand unconsciously touched the hem of her clothes. The red umbrella shielded her from the snowstorm.
She turned the umbrella's rim lightly. A pink concentric knot gradually moved along with the rotation and moved before her eyes.
Looking at the concentric knot, Yingying could not help but smile.
This was a gift from her sister a long, long time ago as a keepsake. She had always treasured it and hung it inside her paper umbrella, which was the key to her life. That way, she could see it at all times.
"You're still keeping it?" Scarlet District Mistress popped her head out of the hole. Seeing Yingying fiddling with the concentric knot, she smiled.
"Yeah … I'm keeping it," umbrella girl Yingying nodded vigorously.
"We knitted it together back then. We cut it into two with a single thread," Scarlet District Mistress walked to her side and wrapped her arms around Yingying's waist.
"Yes … Yingying … likes it …" umbrella girl held the concentric knot gently. She really liked this thing that her sister had learned from the living. Especially the meaning behind it.
"If you like it, I'll make a few more for you later," Scarlet District Mistress smiled.
"No … this … just one is enough," umbrella girl shook her head.
"Alright, let's go. Next!" Scarlet District Mistress raised her eyebrows and strode off into the distance.
The umbrella girl hurriedly caught up to him. Now that she was away from Mountain-Edge City, she felt much more comfortable.
…
In the days that followed, Lu Sheng went out every night to secretly absorb inner Qi from experts. He only targeted those who were at odds with Crimson Whale Sect. As time went by, those who were observant discovered the pattern of this series of changes and guessed that he was behind it all.
After a few days, he absorbed the inner Qi of more than thirty experts from Gongye City and Summoning Li City. Then, he sent people to bring the two great forces under his command.
As for the internal Qi he absorbed, he got three drops and one drop of liquefied Qi. Split into Ultimate Crimson Nine Furies Skill and Yin Yang Jade Crane Aquarius Qi, each would gain two hundred years of inner Qi.
In this way, his Ultimate Crimson Nine Furies Skill alone had reached a terrifying nine hundred years worth of cultivation.
If it weren't for the experts in Li Huan City getting the news and escaping in advance, he would have most likely stepped into the thousand-year level.
However, after this battle, many of the experts in the surroundings paid attention to hiding their tracks. It would be very difficult to catch a group of experts like before.
Lu Sheng sent people to search for more information. Many experts were scattered far apart. Because of the distance and the constant movement, it was not easy to find them.
Just then, Zhao Jiaojiao, who had been sent to search for the elixir, returned.
"This is the elixir you found?" Lu Sheng looked at the black metal cabinet before him. His brows furrowed, unsure what this Zhao Jiaojiao was up to.
It had not been long since they last met, but Zhao Jiaojiao's aura had changed slightly.
She could maintain her Divine Prime cultivation in such a harsh environment like the water dungeon. After coming out, her body was nourished, and her progress was unstoppable. It had not been long since they last met, but she seemed to have improved again.
"The cultivation seed that Sect Master bestowed upon me is indeed extraordinary! Jiaojiao has gained new insights over the past few days and has successfully stepped into a new level, "Zhao Jiaojiao answered seriously.
"As long as you like it." Lu Sheng knew that she was referring to Yin Crane Web. He lowered his head and focused his gaze on the metal cabinet before him. "There's a living creature in there, right?"
"Yes. Among the elixirs, I only found one — a thousand-year Fragmented Leaf Lotus. Regrettably, when I went there, all the Fragmented Leaf Lotuses had been devoured by the living creature in the cabinet. So I brought this living creature along with me, "Zhao Jiaojiao explained.
"Open it and see." Lu Sheng's interest was instantly piqued. He was currently in a strange state. Nine hundred years of Ultimate Crimson Nine Furies Skill cultivation and nine hundred years of Yin Yang Jade Crane Aquarius Qi combined. The sense of metamorphosis was growing stronger and stronger.
It was as if he was standing before an unlocked door. With a light push, he could step into another level.
Perhaps the elixir that Zhao Jiaojiao had brought would give him that final push.
Hearing that, Zhao Jiaojiao stepped forward and grabbed the cabinet, which was facing Lu Sheng, and gave it a hard tug.
"Whoosh."
A black shadow suddenly shot out.
Lu Sheng reached out and grabbed the shadow at lightning speed.
With a loud smack, the shadow's body was caught. It writhed violently, but to no avail. With Lu Sheng's immense strength, it was not something that a small thing like it could break free from.
"A four-legged snake?" Lu Sheng was stunned when he saw the black shadow.
A four-legged snake was also known as a lizard or lizard. Who would have thought that it was this thing that had eaten the elixir?
This four-legged snake was slightly different from an ordinary lizard. The front half of its body was emerald green, while the back half was pitch-black, as if it had just crawled out of ink.
There was also a strange character above its head.
According to the script of this world's Kingdom of Song, it was the character for dragon.
"Don't tell me this thing is called a four-legged dragon?" Lu Sheng asked, amused.
"Sect Master is wise. This thing is indeed called a four-legged dragon. It especially likes to devour elixirs. This four-legged dragon is already an adult. Who knows how many treasures it has devoured? The essence, Qi and blood in its body are definitely very nutritious, "Zhao Jiaojiao explained seriously. "Also, it has a scientific name — Blood Dragon. It's also recorded in medicine books. "
At her words, Lu Sheng recalled it as well. He had read books on this topic before and there were indeed records of this thing.
However, he had thought that it was just a legend. He could not tell if it was real or not, so he did not pay much attention to it. Now that Zhao Jiaojiao mentioned it, he finally recalled it.
"Indeed. I have indeed heard of it … "Lu Sheng held the palm-sized four-legged dragon and nodded slightly.
Suddenly, he felt a slight pain. His hand that was squeezing the living creature was aching.
He gently placed the living creature back into the cabinet and opened his palm to take a look. A purplish-black swollen patch had appeared on his palm. He had been poisoned.
Lu Sheng was stunned as well. What level was his Yin Yang Jade Crane Aquarius Qi now? Nine hundred years of cultivation! He could actually be poisoned? The poison had even seeped into his skin.
"Alright, you've worked hard. Go and rest first. Don't go too far for now, "Lu Sheng instructed.
Zhao Jiaojiao acknowledged and retreated slowly.
He was left alone in the study, staring intently at the black metal cabinet. Without a direct source of contact, the poison on his hand quickly faded away.
After observing for a while, Lu Sheng carried the cabinet and went straight to the sect's pill-room.
He quickly found records of this thing in the pill-room. Indeed, this thing was also a type of treasure medicine. Zhao Jiaojiao's efforts in capturing it were not in vain.
He placed it in a metal cage specially designed for breeding. Then, according to the records, he added some special medicine and strong alcohol to induce it to spit out substances harmful to the human body.
After processing it, he washed it in medicinal water.
According to the records, this four-legged dragon had to be eaten raw to retain its medicinal effects to the greatest extent.
Grabbing the four-legged dragon, Lu Sheng went straight to the meditation room and announced that he was going into seclusion.
Now that he was just one step away, the Yin and Yang inner Qi in his body was in an extremely delicate state. This fragile balance seemed to accelerate the metamorphosis in his body.
Vast amounts of inner Qi burned endlessly like fuel, releasing energy and propelling his body to a qualitative change. But the speed at which it burned was still a little short of breaking through to a higher speed, thereby producing a qualitative change.
"Whoosh."
A shapeless ball of inner Qi ignited in Lu Sheng's palm.
This was a shapeless flame that only he could see. It was a flame made entirely out of the Yang-attribute inner Qi of Ultimate Crimson Nine Furies Skill.
He sat alone on the floor in the meditation room. Many thoughts flashed through his mind.
'Scarlet District Mistress has probably already sensed it. Once she's done dealing with Wandering Heart Society's enemies, she'll come after me sooner or later. So I need to break through as soon as possible. I need more power! '
Lu Sheng glanced at the window of the meditation room. Bright rays of light shone in through a large number of metal bars that resembled railings.
Black walls, white light, and neat and straight iron bars. Through here, one could see the snow-white sky and clouds outside.
Sometimes, when he was too tired, he would look at the sky like this to relax.
Even if Lu Sheng loved the thrill of walking alone among the Noblemen and demons, he would still get tired eventually.
Sometimes, he would wonder what would happen if those Noblemen and demons knew that he was originally an ordinary person who had used martial arts to advance to this realm, and thus snuck into their midst. Who knew what kind of repercussions that would ensue.
'Perhaps I'll be locked up like Zhao Jiaojiao,' Lu Sheng chuckled.
Zhao Jiaojiao had been locked up for decades. If not for the upheaval in Zhen Family, if not for him, the Sect Master, suddenly thinking of going to the dungeon, she might have been locked up like this until her death.
'Come to think of it, Zhao Jiaojiao had a chance of breaking through Divine Prime and stepping into a new realm back then. A pity … I'm not the second Zhao Jiaojiao …'
"WHOOSH!!"
The shapeless flame suddenly flared up. Lu Sheng gently opened the black metal cabinet. The four-legged dragon inside crouched on the inner wall in fear, motionless.
Lu Sheng reached out and grabbed the lizard. He lifted it up and dangled it before his eyes.
Less than a meter away, a strange odor from the lizard wafted into his nostrils. The odor was like the hottest chili, pungent and penetrating straight into his lungs.
"Let's begin."
Lu Sheng lifted the lizard and raised his head.
Gripping the four-legged dragon in his palm, he squeezed it viciously. With a puff, it turned into a huge lump of flesh and blood. Red liquid dripped from the gaps between his fingers and into his gaping mouth.
Large amounts of blood dripped into Lu Sheng's mouth. His body temperature also began to rise rapidly.
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