After crushing the Xuanlin Black Rat to death, Lu Qing collected its corpse.
Seeing this, the Five Treasures Taoist priest did not say anything.
This was originally Lu Qing's spoils of war.
If Lu Qing hadn't reacted quickly, he might have been ambushed and injured by this monster.
The two continued on their journey, but this time they were much more cautious.
Not only did they increase their flight altitude further, they also became more vigilant about the movements in the forest below.
Even the Five Treasures Taoist, disregarding the cost, activated a protective magic treasure to shield himself, so that he wouldn't be caught off guard if attacked again.
Lu Qing, while flying, separated a wisp of his mind and entered the Li Huo Cauldron.
He did not put the corpse of the Xuanlin Black Rat into the Qiankun Qi Bag, but instead put it into the Li Huo Cauldron.
Because he still remembered the description of the Xuanlin Black Rat's bloodline in the note he had just discovered.
"The creatures in this trial realm possess unique bloodlines..."
Lu Qing recalled the contents of the note and looked at the corpse of the Xuanlin Black Rat in front of him.
"Master, what is this?"
At this moment, "Yan" sensed Lu Qing's aura and also manifested its form, looking at the corpse of the Xuanlin Black Rat with a hint of curiosity in its eyes.
During this time, it was following Lu Qing's instructions to refine the sword embryo deep inside the Fire Cauldron, and it did not pay attention to what was happening outside.
"This is a strange monster I just killed in the Divine Mountain Secret Realm. Its bloodline seems to be extraordinary. Senior 'Yan', how is the forging of those flying sword embryos going?"
"It's basically finished being refined. It just needs to be nurtured for a few more days before we can proceed to the next step of the refining process."
“That’s perfect. I’m currently traveling through the secret realm and can’t afford to be distracted. Could you help me extract the bloodline from this beast’s body?”
"Okay, leave it to me."
Yan immediately agreed.
Ever since it saw the Void Flying Boat become a top-grade spiritual artifact, it felt a sense of urgency.
Since the Fire Cauldron was no longer the most powerful spiritual artifact in Lu Qing's hands, "Yan" wanted to prove its worth, so it had to work even harder to help Lu Qing.
Immediately, Lu Qing handed the corpse of the Xuanlin Black Rat to "Yan" to refine, while he focused on continuing his journey.
The forest they were in was unexpectedly vast, and they had been flying for half an hour without ever leaving it.
During this time, they encountered several more attacks from the Black-scaled Rats, suggesting that this forest was the habitat of these monsters.
The attackers were also Xuanlin Black Rats, who were at the Foundation Establishment stage.
With precautions in place, these little creatures naturally posed no threat.
They were all captured by Lu Qing, killed, and thrown into the Li Huo Cauldron, to be dealt with by "Yan".
He didn't even need to use the powerful Five Elements Myriad Laws Palm technique; he easily suppressed and resolved the issue using the Yuan Magnetic Power he controlled.
Two more quarters of an hour passed, and the two still hadn't flown out of the forest, but the Five Treasures Taoist was starting to feel the strain.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, flying through the air is really consuming too much magical energy. Why don't we find a place to rest first?"
The Five Treasures Taoist priest said somewhat embarrassedly.
Not only did he have to fly, but he also had to maintain the protective magic artifacts on his body.
Normally, in the Tianyuan Great World, this wouldn't be a problem.
This small amount of energy consumption can be quickly replenished by him simply circulating his golden core.
However, the spiritual energy in this secret realm is too thin, almost non-existent.
In addition, due to the stagnation of spatial rules, the mana consumed by any Taoist technique is far greater than usual.
So while his mana wasn't completely depleted, it was already mostly used up.
"Alright, let's go down first."
Lu Qing had no objection.
He also knew that he had a solid foundation, and this kind of consumption was nothing to him.
However, it's not so easy for other Golden Core cultivators to bear.
Just then, "Yan" transmitted a message to him, saying that he had already extracted the bloodline of the Xuanlin Black Rat.
He could also take the opportunity to study what was so special about that bloodline.
The two quickly flew down into the forest below, found a spot where the trees were relatively less dense, and landed on the ground.
"Daoist Master, you should recuperate first. I will protect you," Lu Qing said.
"Thank you for your trouble, Fellow Daoist Chen."
The Five Treasures Taoist priest looked grateful.
Looking at Lu Qing's composed demeanor, he knew that the other party was not just being polite, but that the flight just now had little impact on him and he did not need to adjust his breathing.
Without standing on ceremony, he took out a mid-grade spirit stone, sat down cross-legged, and began to absorb the spiritual energy within to recover.
Lu Qing wasn't idle either; he casually placed a few talismans into the ground around him, setting up a simple defensive talisman array.
Of course, it sounds simple, but the array set up by the talismans refined by Lu Qing is difficult even for a Golden Core cultivator in the early stage to break.
After setting up the formation, Lu Qing asked Xiao Li to help keep watch before he could spare a wisp of his mind to enter the Li Huo Cauldron.
"Owner!"
"Yan" immediately came to meet them.
"You said you extracted the monster's bloodline?" Lu Qing asked bluntly.
"Yes, Master, I have extracted the bloodline of the first beast you sent in."
There was a strange look in Yan's eyes.
"Master, the bloodline of that strange beast is very peculiar. I have never seen such a strange bloodline before. I would like to ask you to identify it for yourself."
With a wave of his hand, Yan's bloodline was enveloped by spatial power and appeared in front of Lu Qing.
Lu Qing stared intently, and saw that the bloodline was as dazzling as a blood diamond.
Although it was extremely small, it possessed a mysterious charm that caused the spatial power surrounding it to tremble slightly.
Clearly, this bloodline is of extremely high rank, even capable of influencing the surrounding spatial rules.
More importantly, Lu Qing also felt a longing within his heart for this bloodline.
His intuition told him that as long as he could devour and refine this bloodline, his body would gain considerable benefits.
Lu Qing was secretly shocked. He knew that even when faced with the true blood refined by the old dragon turtle, he had never felt such a desire.
But this unknown bloodline before me could give me such an unprecedented feeling.
However, Lu Qing was not in a hurry. Instead, he activated his special ability and looked at it.
After a while, a rich purple light of supernatural power emerged, and several text messages floated out.
"Purple light?"
Lu Qing's heart skipped a beat, and a strange light appeared in his eyes.
The corpse of the Xuanlin Black Rat that appeared earlier only emitted golden supernatural light.
The bloodline extracted from its body emitted such a rich purple light, which truly surprised him.
He immediately began reading the messages on the note.
【Primal Blood of the Witch: A powerful bloodline containing the power of origin.】
【This bloodline originated from an ancient ancestral witch, and its rank is extremely high.】
【Refining this bloodline into your body can greatly enhance your physical strength; the more bloodlines you refine, the stronger your body will become.】
【Consuming and refining the essence blood of a sorcerer carries risks. It contains malevolent energy that can affect one's mind. If too much is refined, one may be unable to withstand the erosion of the soul by the malevolent energy, losing oneself and becoming controlled by the bloodline.】
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"The primordial blood of the witch, the ancient ancestral witch?"
When Lu Qing finished reading the messages on those notes, he was quite surprised.
The word "witch" reminded him of some legends from his past life.
He just didn't know if the note referred to the witches he knew.
"Refining this Blood Essence of the Witch can greatly enhance the physical body. The reason why the Xuan Scale Black Rat's physical body is so strong must be because of the Blood Essence of the Witch."
However, this primordial blood can affect one's mind; no wonder that black-scaled rat was so brutal and impossible to communicate with.
From the messages on the notes, Lu Qing learned a lot of information, which made him even more hesitant.
This blood essence of witches is clearly a great opportunity, but refining it also carries considerable risks.
The malevolent energy within will erode the soul. Once one cannot withstand it, one will lose oneself and become a puppet of the bloodline.
"However, it's just this one bloodline, so it shouldn't be a big problem."
Lu Qing felt an instinctive longing for the Yuan bloodline and thought to himself.
He still had some confidence in his mental fortitude.
Not to mention that what he had condensed was a perfect golden elixir, which inherently greatly enhanced the soul.
Moreover, the divine soul talismans he condensed were equally wondrous.
In addition, the Five Elements Pearl has been nourishing his soul at all times.
This caused his spiritual power to reach an astonishing level without him even realizing it.
He wouldn't dare say he was comparable to a Nascent Soul cultivator, but among those in the Golden Core realm, few could rival him.
In that case, refining just a wisp of the Witch's Blood Essence shouldn't be a big problem.
With this in mind, Lu Qing had already made up her mind.
Immediately, he said to "Yan": "Senior, I will take this bloodline first. Please also extract the bloodline from the remaining monster corpses. I will need it later."
"That's no problem at all."
Yan readily agreed.
It could tell that Lu Qing probably knew something about the origin of this strange bloodline.
However, since its owner didn't bring it up, it wisely refrained from asking further questions.
Anyway, if Lu Qing wants to tell it, he will naturally tell it.
Lu Qing used a jade bottle to collect that wisp of bloodline and took it out of the Li Huo Cauldron.
At this moment, the Five Treasures Taoist had not yet finished his meditation. Judging from his aura, Lu Qing knew that it would take some time before he could fully recover.
After thinking for a moment, he then threw more than a dozen talismans into the ground around him.
The simple formation that was just set up was expanded into a complete large formation.
In this way, even a powerful expert in the late stage of the Golden Core realm would not be able to break through this formation in just one or two moves.
"Xiao Li, protect me, I have something to do."
Lu Qing gave a word of advice, and after Xiao Li nodded, he sat down cross-legged, adjusted his breathing slightly, opened the jade bottle, took out the wisp of blood from inside, and swallowed it.
The moment that wisp of witch blood appeared, Xiao Li's eyes widened suddenly.
However, before it could even see what it was, Lu Qing had already swallowed it.
This left only a lingering longing in its heart.
boom!
After Lu Qing swallowed that wisp of witch bloodline, he immediately felt his body react.
It greedily devoured that wisp of bloodline and absorbed it completely.
As he completely refined that bloodline, his physical body also experienced a noticeable enhancement.
"It really worked!"
Lu Qing was pleasantly surprised.
It should be noted that since he condensed the perfect Golden Core, the strength of his physical body has long surpassed the imagination of other Golden Core cultivators.
Even among cultivators who follow the path of physical cultivation, their physical bodies might not be as strong as his at the same level.
Moreover, his perfect golden core is infinitely variable, formless and shapeless, and can disperse the magical golden core and integrate it into the physical body, transforming it into a true body cultivator.
His physical strength is unimaginable.
Even those Golden Core level pills that enhance physical strength are no longer effective for him.
Yet this wisp of witch blood actually strengthened his physical body slightly.
Its effects are so powerful that they are truly unbelievable.
However, to his surprise, he did not sense the so-called evil aura mentioned in the note.
To be honest, he had just felt a "gentle breeze" trying to invade the acupoint between his eyebrows.
However, after entering the Golden Core Realm, his brow acupoint was already incredibly strong.
In addition, there are Five Elements Pearls and Divine Soul Talismans to guard the divine soul.
That wisp of "breezy breeze" didn't even get half a step into the acupoint between the eyebrows before it was completely shattered.
This made Lu Qing feel almost nothing.
"Could that be the 'evil aura' mentioned in the note?"
Lu Qing made a guess with some uncertainty.
If that's the case, then this so-called "evil aura" is far too weak, much weaker than he expected.
"It seems we'll have to test it a few more times to be sure."
If that "gentle breeze" really was "evil energy," then it would undoubtedly be excellent news for Lu Qing.
This means that the upper limit of the amount of witch essence blood he can devour is extremely high.
Perhaps, he can use this to push his physical strength to a new level!
"Perhaps this is one of the opportunities in this trial realm." A realization flashed in Lu Qing's eyes.
However, all of this can only be confirmed after he refines more of the Witch's Blood Essence.
Next, we just need to wait for "Yan" to extract the bloodline from the remaining giant black-scaled rats, and then we will know.
"Aqing, Aqing, what did you just eat?"
Upon seeing Lu Qing open his eyes, Xiao Li immediately pounced on him, her eyes sparkling.
"Oh, you felt it too?" Lu Qing raised an eyebrow.
"Yes!" Xiao Li nodded vigorously. "I feel that it is something extraordinary, and it will be of great benefit to me."
It seems that the essence of witch blood is also extremely attractive to spirit beasts like Xiao Li.
Lu Qing immediately understood.
But that makes sense, since it was originally extracted from the body of a strange beast like the Xuanlin Black Rat, so it would naturally also be effective against spirit beasts and demon beasts.
"That's a strange bloodline extracted from the body of that black monster. It seems to have a very obvious effect on enhancing physical strength. I was just testing it out," Lu Qing explained.
"So, how did you feel about the results after you tried it?" Xiao Li asked expectantly.
"The effect is quite good. I think we may have finally found an opportunity in this secret realm," Lu Qing said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Li's eyes lit up immediately.
