Chapter 125: Chapter 33: Dying with Unfinished Business

Two months later,

the Rong family’s Spirit Blood Pool was opened.

Li Jizhou was invited to participate in the opening ceremony.

The Rong family had over a thousand spirit beasts, but in the last ten years, only seven with top-grade bloodlines were born.

Two Red Flame Tigers, one Ghost Leopard, one Silver-Backed Grey Wolf, a Four-winged Celestial Horse, and two birds of prey.

These are the seedlings of quasi-third tier spirit beasts; once they advance to third tier, they possess strength comparable to a fake pill.

In this world, the selection of spirit beasts by beast-taming families is even stricter than the selection of immortal seedlings by sects. Spirit beasts with lower-grade bloodlines like Guagua are generally not cultivated and are directly sold to others as servant spirit pets or directly as mine slaves.

This is because the cost of cultivating a lower-grade bloodline spirit beast to advance to tier two is too high.

Only spirit beasts with a middle-grade bloodline are barely worth cultivating.

After all, spirit beasts can be artificially raised, some have high fertility rates, but the medicinal materials required for their cultivation are very scarce.

Before handing Guagua over to Rong Jiangyan, Li Jizhou sternly warned it that if it did not listen to Rong Jiangyan in the Spirit Blood Pool, to directly crush the spirit contract.

For demon beast spirit pets, the owner has the responsibility to teach and nurture them; otherwise, if disaster arises, one cannot shirk responsibility by claiming it has nothing to do with them.

Additionally, he emphasized once again the dangers of the Spirit Blood Pool, warning it not to show off, and to retreat immediately if it felt unwell.

After watching Rong Jiangyan take Guagua into the blood pool, Li Jizhou did not leave but stayed outside to guard against any mishaps.

According to Rong Jiangyan, the Spirit Blood Pool contains secret medicinal properties that circulate the bloodline; once a spirit beast enters, its whole blood is as if boiled in oil, dried and then regenerated.

Generally, a determined top-grade spirit beast can endure about seven days, during which its bloodline slightly improves.

At ten days, spirit beasts with great perseverance might have a bloodline improvement of half a grade.

Enduring twenty days is rare, but the bloodline will definitely rise to another level.

Most spirit beasts enter the Spirit Blood Pool as first-tier spirit beasts, with weaker physical strength, experiencing less pain during the bloodline refining process.

If a tier-two spirit beast like Guagua enters, its physical body is strong and almost solidified; refining its bloodline is like tearing and reshaping, causing several times more pain than a first-tier spirit beast.

Rong Jiangyan previously told Li Jizhou that it was estimated Guagua would be out in three days at most.

Li Jizhou thought it would be no more than three days, so he waited for Guagua to come out.

Until the third day, when the blood pool door opened, Li Jizhou walked over without joy or sorrow.

There was no disappointment or joy, as he had expected.

However, what Rong Jiangyan brought out was not Guagua, but the most ferocious Red Flame Tiger.

At this moment, the Red Flame Tiger was no longer as majestic as before, looking sickly and without any strength.

Three days later, Rong Jiangyan sent out the Ghost Leopard and Four-winged Celestial Horse again, still without Guagua.

This surprised Li Jizhou slightly.

Four days later, the two birds of prey were sent out.

Five days later, the other Red Flame Tiger was sent out, and Guagua still had not emerged.

By now, Li Jizhou was somewhat shocked.

It wasn’t until the twentieth day, after the last Silver-Backed Grey Wolf was sent out with its bloodline elevated to earth-grade, that Rong Jiangyan emerged with a spirit pet bag containing Guagua.

Li Jizhou quietly took the spirit pet bag and quickly returned to his separate courtyard.

After opening the layers of restrictions, he released Guagua.

Guagua had already fallen into a deep sleep.

It was not until the evening that Rong Jiangyan, having finished handling family matters, hurried over.

Only then did Li Jizhou learn everything.

It turned out that after Guagua and the seven top-grade bloodline spirit beasts entered the Spirit Blood Pool, its competitive spirit was uncontrollably ignited.

All eight spirit beasts wanted to see who was the best.

Moreover, when those seven spirit beasts first saw Guagua, they all had looks of disdain.

Guagua remembered Li Jizhou’s warning, did not dare make a move against them, and vowed to outlast them instead!

Upon hearing the entire process, Li Jizhou looked at Guagua with newfound respect.

It had a bit of the spirit of Zhou Cang back in the day!

“It’s a pity, this world is not your ordinary mortal cultivation realm, where heaven-defying opportunities are not so easily obtained!

Can you really break through your talent’s limitations?” Li Jizhou smiled knowingly.

He never denied those with great ambition, nor would he envy those who acquired heaven-defying opportunities.

Just like before he awakened his Innate Wisdom in this life, on the flying ship from the Golden Sun Sect to the Inverted Mountain, as Elder Jia said: Heaven has fifty, destined evolution is forty-nine, leaving one opportunity to chance, everything has a sliver of hope.

However, in his past life, in pursuit of heaven-defying opportunities, Li Jizhou struggled all his life and ultimately could not break through his innate limitations.

In this life, with the Reincarnation Treasure Mirror, he no longer yearned for other heaven-defying opportunities.

He stored Guagua back into the spirit pet bag, allowing it to sleep.

Li Jizhou began actively preparing for the time that could arrive at any moment.

One year later, one day,

Li Jizhou suddenly opened his eyes while cultivating.

He gazed in the direction of the east.

In Bai Yi’s perception, Master Qingmu, who had been guarded for nearly a year and a half, suddenly fled rapidly toward the east.

A slight smile appeared on Li Jizhou’s face; this day had finally arrived. He then took out an Illusionary Truth Talisman from his storage bag and crushed it.

An identical figure to Li Jizhou appeared on the spot, emitting the same aura as Li Jizhou himself.

The next moment, Li Jizhou withdrew his magical power, crushed a Concealment Talisman, and disappeared from the spot.

Three days later, a burly man appeared in the northeastern woods of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain.

He leaned against an ancient towering tree, the Eternal Spring Magical Power blending him with the tree, gazing from afar at a clearing dozens of miles away.

There, two people were besieging an elder.

The elder was none other than Master Qingmu.

“Qingmu, did you really ruin your future to practice the Demon Skill?”

“The Sect Leader is furious. You’d better come back with us.”

Master Qingmu’s teeth gnashed in anger; this was already the fourth wave of people seeking trouble with him.

A month ago, he was staying quietly somewhere when a few people suddenly came to avenge their clan members.

He didn’t know how they found out he was practicing the Demon Skill. Fortunately, he had achieved moderate success with it and managed to take them by surprise and silence them while pretending to entertain them.

But ever since, he hadn’t known peace.

Because of this, he even tried several different hideouts, but all were discovered.

It wasn’t until today, when the sect elders came looking for him, that he finally understood what was going on.

“Senior brother, don’t you know me, Qingmu? How could I do such a thing? It must be that ungrateful disciple spreading rumors to tarnish my reputation!” The only person Master Qingmu could think of was Ye Jingyu, who was the only one who knew his secret.

Yet, he couldn’t comprehend how the world seemed to believe Ye Jingyu’s words.

He had previously evaluated the situation over and over. He had set a firm conviction against Ye Jingyu, so anything Ye Jingyu said should have been disregarded.

“If that’s the case, come back with us, let the Sect Leader inspect you personally, and the rumors will be dispelled without fail!”

“No, senior brother, Qingmu is determined to catch that ingrate. I swear that I won’t return to the sect without capturing him. Let me go, and I’ll bring him back to clear my name for the world!” Master Qingmu spoke with determination.

“Qingmu, don’t make a mistake!” The two elders of the Divine Intent Sect were unwavering in their stance.

“Boom~” A Fake Pill Level battle was on the verge of breaking out.

In the end, Qingmu revealed the Three Nether Urgent Flame and narrowly escaped.

This incident finally corroborated the rumors as truth.

Three days later, Qingmu burned his blood essence and fled for thousands of miles before finally stopping to catch his breath.

“Ye Jingyu! You little beast, I will devour you to assuage the hatred in my heart!”

Yet, not even half a day passed before another formidable enemy pursued him.

Forced to, Qingmu fled again.

This cycle repeated several times,

leaving Qingmu utterly exhausted. For a whole month, no matter where he fled, he could be quickly tracked down.

It was as if a restriction had been placed on him that marked his location.

And just as he stopped for another rest,

Li Jizhou, holding a Communication Talisman, sent out location information from an ancient tree a thousand miles away.

…

Half a year later,

Master Qingmu once again burned his blood essence, feinted south, then dashed urgently towards Purple Vine Mountain in the north.

As he neared the depths of Purple Vine Mountain, he could no longer endure and slowly descended, quickly recovering his magical power.

For half a year, he hardly rested for more than three hours.

Repeatedly burning his blood essence for urgent escapes.

He even suffered several injuries along the way,

and at this moment, he was truly at his wit’s end.

“Hmm?” Barely resting for a moment, a sudden wave of weakness and dizziness swept over him, and Master Qingmu’s nerves tensed instantly.

Yet the next moment, he found he couldn’t summon any magical power at all, which greatly alarmed him.

“Who? Who is it?” He didn’t understand how someone could still catch up to him.

No, it’s not catching up,

It’s clearly lying in wait for him.

How did they know he would be here?

Moreover, even in such a state, someone had poisoned him!

And they still didn’t show themselves.

“Whoosh~” Several talismans suddenly shot out from the darkness.

Without a trace of magical power, Master Qingmu watched helplessly as at least Tier Two Top-Grade Golden Needle Talismans effortlessly pierced through his limbs.

Suddenly, his vision twisted again, and countless illusions assaulted his consciousness in various ways.

After experiencing endless fear, sorrow, and despair, just as he was about to collapse, two Tier Two puppets suddenly appeared in front of him,

and raised blades to slash at him.

He watched helplessly as his limbs were severed and chopped into pieces.

“Who is it? Please, come out and let this old man die with eyes closed!” He was utterly despairing, merely wishing to know who it was before his end.

However, the response he received was a pale white flame, which instantly drilled into his Dantian.

Immediately, he felt the True Flame, which he had cultivated over many years by devouring numerous similar flames to barely advance to the Three Nether Urgent Flame, being devoured.

“I beg this esteemed expert to reveal themselves. This old one truly poses no threat, just wants to see your true form before leaving this world!” Master Qingmu nearly pleaded.

Yet, until the pale white flame finished devouring the Three Nether True Flame within his Dantian and burned him completely to ashes, he never saw the person behind it all.

He truly died with regrets!

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