Chapter 374: The Deal is Made!

Gu Fan forcibly calmed himself down and looked at the blood-colored child in front of him, saying:

“You… what exactly are you?”

“What am I? Hahaha, I am not a thing… no, no, no, I am a thing… wait… am I really a thing? Am I, or am I not…”

The blood-colored child’s voice gradually turned strange, his tone becoming a little irritable.

Fang Xue gave Gu Fan a look, then took the initiative to speak:

“This isn’t important. What matters is that you have your own thoughts, don’t you?”

The blood-colored child froze when he heard this, then burst into joyful laughter:

“That’s right, that’s right, I do have thoughts!”

“Then, can you tell us your origin?”

The blood-colored child seemed quite satisfied with Fang Xue’s explanation just now, his tone noticeably softer as he spoke.

“Hahaha, my origin? I was born from a blood-colored pond. Countless years ago I already knew I was me. But unfortunately, I couldn’t leave—the pond’s restraints were too strong. I couldn’t break free at all!”

“But fortunately, after I waited through who knows how many cycles of sun and moon, a few days ago, someone sneaked past those annoying savages and asked me if I wanted to come out. He said he could help me, but I had to stay at his home for a while.”

“No matter who I am! Hahaha, how could I agree so easily? I pretended to accept, but once I came out, I tricked him into entering this city, then went to inform those barbaric primitives. That way, both sides started fighting! Hahaha!”

Hearing this, Gu Fan almost immediately guessed who that person was. It should be the Tribulation Crossing Realm expert who was currently being besieged in the city.

He carried the Profound Magnetic Stele, and his strength was nearly comparable to a Shore Reaching Realm powerhouse. Slipping into the blood pond should have been easy for him.

At the same time, Gu Fan also understood that Bai Qianhe’s words were true. The Cang Blood Tribe sealing the city absolutely wasn’t due to a single reason. There were experts investigating the Twelve Holy Sons, someone sneaking into the blood pond, and now, something had been brought out from within the pond. That “thing” was likely this strange blood-colored child!

Having figured this out, Gu Fan no longer wished to waste time.

“So, what was your purpose in making both sides fight?”

The blood-colored child was taken aback, then after a brief silence said:

“Boredom? Or maybe I just didn’t want to be a guest in his home? In short, I thought about it, so I did it.”

Gu Fan fell silent, before finally asking the most crucial question:

“Since you’re so strong, can you take us out of this city?”

“Yes, this city is protected by a defensive grand formation. Without heaven-reaching strength, it can’t be broken. I am very curious—since you’re so powerful, can you break it?”

Fang Xue added a provoking remark from behind.

The blood-colored child burst out laughing:

“A mere defensive grand formation is naturally nothing to me. However, I have a condition. I know you are eager to leave the city, and if you stay, you may very well die, isn’t that so?”

“So, I can make a deal with you. As long as you agree, I will use special means to take you out!”

Gu Fan paused.

“What kind of deal?”

“There are many who want to capture me in this city. Though I can break the formation, it isn’t due to possessing Shore Reaching Realm strength, but because of certain special methods. After leaving this city, I want to follow you to another safe city, and you must help me resolve my identity issue so I can live there!”

Gu Fan was a little puzzled. Although this blood-colored child didn’t have the power of a Shore Reaching Realm expert, he was still far stronger than himself. Wasn’t it strange for him to ask for Gu Fan’s help?

“To be frank, even if the two of us joined forces, we wouldn’t be as strong as you alone. Why do you need us?”

Fang Xue clearly didn’t understand either and directly voiced the question.

The blood-colored child chuckled strangely. It seemed that after countless years trapped in the blood pond, he had been driven half-mad, laughing uncontrollably after coming out.

Then he looked at Fang Xue and said:

“Not you—him!”

Afterwards, he explained further:

“I don’t know why, but he is very special. He can conceal my aura.”

“You should know that my blood energy is far too dense. Normally, it can’t be hidden. That means I would constantly be hunted down. Even if I fled far away, the divine sense of Shore Reaching Realm experts would still find me.”

“But he is different. He can suppress and cover my blood energy. For example, we’ve been talking here for so long, yet that fellow who brought me out is so anxious he’s stomping his feet, still unable to sense us right under his nose.”

At once, Gu Fan understood what Bai Qianhe meant when he said he was special.

So this was the true condition for taking the blood-colored child away. Others could not conceal his aura, and would inevitably be discovered.

“I understand what you’re saying. But I can’t possibly take you with me forever, can I?”

“Don’t worry about that. I only need five days. After five days, I can shed this blood energy and hide it completely. By then, even a Shore Reaching Realm expert won’t be able to find me—they’ll be helpless.”

The blood-colored child spoke confidently.

“So as long as I help you conceal your aura for five days, after that you’ll be safe on your own? And in return, you’ll take us out of the city?”

“Of course. I want to leave safely too. As long as you agree to help me, I can open the formation right now.”

Boom!!

As they spoke, the distant battle escalated once again.

It was as if urging the two of them to hurry and decide.

As the clashes grew fiercer, waves of divine sense swept across the city.

Yet when they passed over Gu Fan and Fang Xue, they didn’t linger at all.

At this moment, it was perfectly normal for many to rush toward the city’s defensive formation—everyone wanted to escape.

What was strange was that whenever these powerful divine senses scanned over the blood-colored child, it was as though nothing existed there.

“You see? This is the effect of you helping conceal my blood energy. I require nothing more than this, and I have no ulterior motives.”

Gu Fan glanced toward the terrifying waves surging in the distance, and finally nodded:

“I agree. You take us out of the formation, and for the next five days, I will stay by your side to ensure no one discovers you!”

The blood-colored child immediately leapt up in excitement.

“A wise choice! You gain survival, and I gain freedom! That is a truly fair trade!”

“Unlike that fool—his condition for taking me out was to imprison me further! How was that any different from staying in the blood pond?”

As he spoke, he slowly rose into the air, arriving at the orange-yellow barrier of the defensive grand formation.

Then, he stretched out his hand and gently pressed it against the shimmering light.

On the ground, Fang Xue asked nervously:

“This being’s origin is far too mysterious. Will it be dangerous for us to stay with it?”

Gu Fan could only give a helpless smile and shake his head:

“I don’t know. But with the battle in the city growing fiercer, if we remain here, our chances of survival will be slim.”

“We can only choose to trust this fellow!”

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