Chapter 20: Teasing You

  Huo Ran rushed towards the crowd in Tian Gan Village while comprehending the Eight Extremes Treading Stars, his speed getting faster and faster. One moment he was here, the next he appeared ten zhang away, and most importantly, there was still a 'Huo Ran' standing in the original spot!

  This Eight Extremes Star-Stepping Technique is indeed extraordinary, and when practiced to the extreme, it will give birth to eight split bodies, making a total of nine including oneself! Moreover, each split body is real, possessing all of one's original combat strength, unlike some illusory techniques that are merely fake and can only be used to confuse the enemy.

  Hiss... Hiss... Hiss...

  Just as Huo Ran was hurrying to the Tianjian Village while carefully pondering the Eight Extremes Treading Stars Technique, three sonic booms suddenly rang out, and then three figures stood before him.

  Huo Ran hastily stopped in his tracks, his entire body tense as he looked towards the three people.

  These three men looked almost identical, dressed in the same yellow robes, with a lifelike dragon embroidered on their left chest, each exuding an aura of vigor and arrogance.

  People of the Eastern Jin Dynasty!

  "Three of you, why are you blocking my way?" Huo's eyebrows furrowed slightly as he stared intently at the three men, his body already tense and ready for battle.

  "Are you Horan?" The young man who seemed to be the leader of the three took out a painting and carefully compared it with Horan. When he confirmed that this was indeed the target being jointly pursued by several major forces, his mouth curled up and he smiled lightly: "Treading on iron shoes without searching for a place, getting here without any effort, I didn't expect my brothers' luck to be so good, we can run into you anywhere, it's really fate!"

  "Big brother, it seems that the three of us brothers are going to rise up, the emperor himself is guiding us for a hundred years...” A young man next to him showed a look of admiration, a pair of narrow and long eyes looked at Huo Ran, as if looking at a stunning beauty.

  "Are you here for the reward?"

  The three in front of him had all transcended the Five Elements Realm and reached the Six Paths Realm, becoming powerful enemies. However, Huo Ran suddenly smiled and said, "Why don't we make a deal instead?"

  "Do you think you're a turtle in a jar, a fish on the chopping board? What qualifications do you have to trade with us?" The young man who had not spoken before looked disdainful. In his opinion, Huo Ran was just a waste person who had only recently obtained the Blood God's vein, and even if he could cultivate it, it had only been a few days, what level could he reach? Four Extremes Realm was already the limit, compared to himself and his three brothers, he was two realms behind, the outcome was already decided!

  "Not bad!" The boss also sneered, "First capture you, and the future of us three brothers will be boundless!" With that, he was about to take action and capture Huo Ran.

  When he heard the three men's words, Huo Ran's face remained calm as he flipped his hand and took out a golden greatsword, saying: "Under normal circumstances, you indeed have the possibility of capturing me, but that is only under normal circumstances. If..."

  Because of the ingenious and clever heart, at this time, Huo Ran completely concealed his cultivation in the Five Elements Realm, making the three people think that he was at most only in the Four Extremes Realm. Hearing Huo Ran's words with deep meaning, the eldest brother frowned tightly and said: "What if it is?"

  "What if I kill myself!"

  In the midst of the three people's drastic change in expression, Huo Ran suddenly smiled, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, and stroked the blade of the golden great sword in his hand, saying: "If I were to kill myself, you would only obtain my corpse, and even if you were to bring my corpse back to the Eastern Extreme Imperial Dynasty, you would only gain some remnant spiritual energy. However, if you agree to a condition of mine, I might just hand over my life to you! Most importantly, perhaps I will even impart the Blood God Scripture to you!"

  "What a joke!" One of the young men's eyes revealed thick disdain, saying: "Killing you would allow us to obtain the complete Blood God Meridian. Isn't one complete Emperor Meridian more enticing than the Emperor's guidance?"

  In response, Huo Ran simply looked at the man with a look of contempt and snorted: "Should I say you're clever or should I say you're incredibly foolish? Do you think an emperor would record his imperial classics in written form? And what kind of paper could possibly record the imperial classics without being destroyed?"

  As Huanran said, the Emperor's Classics are actually the Immortal Classics and should not be kept in the world. However, all papers that store the Emperor's Classics will be destroyed by Heaven and Earth! Of course, there are exceptions to everything, such as some immortal objects can record the Emperor's Classics, but the key is that the Great Emperor does not need to pass on his own Taoism through text at all!

  Three people are just small characters in the Dongji Empire, how can they touch the level of Emperor's classics? Being suddenly said by Huo Ran, he immediately felt that his thoughts were too simple and could only compromise, saying: "Okay, then you say what conditions you want to put forward."

  "My condition is..."

  His eyes wandered back and forth between the three of them as he slowly said, "I will only pass on the Blood Spirit Technique to one of you, but you must let me go!"

  The three of them stood there, staring at each other. After a long while, the eldest took a step forward and said, "I am their elder brother. As long as you teach me the Blood God Technique, I can guarantee that they won't dare to touch you!" The other two nodded in agreement with their elder brother's words.

  Those who don't know would really think that these three brothers have a deep fraternal bond and are willing to help their own brother. But is Huo Ran so easily deceived? Having been in the business world for several years, he has had a deep understanding of the tactics of deceit and hypocrisy. Seeing the reactions of the three people, he disdainfully said: "Are you underestimating my intelligence or overestimating your own? I'm afraid that if I just transmitted the Blood Pulse Technique to one of you, all three of you would be able to master it, and as for me, I would naturally die without a burial place!"

  He was suddenly seen through by Huo Ran, and Lao Da's face sank as he said in a low voice, "Then what do you want to do?"

  "It's very simple!" Huo Ran said with a slanted glance at the other two, "You must kill the other two and swear an oath of poison, only then will I impart the Blood God's Technique to you!"

  Deng deng!

  Upon hearing Huo Ran's words, the two of them felt a sudden jolt in their hearts and hastily retreated several steps, staring blankly at their own big brother.

  Seeing the two brothers react like this, the eldest brother frowned and shouted: "What do you think being a big brother is? We are biological brothers, we grew up together since childhood, practiced together, how could I possibly harm my own biological brother for just one Emperor's Scripture?"

  "Haha, big brother, we're not... " Hearing the big brother say such a heroic and powerful phrase, the two of them suddenly burst out laughing. Just as they were about to say something, the smile on their faces froze, replaced by an expression of utter incredulity.

  Only to see the old man's hands fully inserted into the two men's abdomen, fresh blood dripping from his wrists, and soon gathering on the ground. Seeing this, Huo Ran slightly shook his head, wealth and power move people's hearts, when facing the temptation of bloody instincts, this old man can even kill his own brothers, it's hard not to say how terrifying the degree of human greed is!

  "Bang! Bang!"

  Elder brother. He pulled out a pair of hands, and at the moment when two brothers who grew up together since childhood fell to the ground, he murmured: "Sorry, big brother must climb to the top and overlook the heroes. In the future, when big brother stands tall among all living things, he will definitely build a monument for you two and make it eternal!"

  He slowly turned around, his face expressionless as he looked at Huo Ran and said: "Those two are already dead, now it's your turn to fulfill your promise."

  "Don't be in a hurry, you haven't sworn to kill me yet! You should know that I'm not someone you can defeat. If you had just obtained the Blood God's power and wanted to kill me, wouldn't I have died unjustly?" He glanced at the two people lying on the ground who had completely lost their vitality, and suddenly clicked his tongue in disdain.

  Even if the old man had a million unwillingness, both brothers were killed and didn't care about making another poisonous oath. At this moment, he raised three fingers, looked up at the sky and said: "Today, I, Ji Feng, make an oath to heaven that if I obtain the Blood God Scripture and still pursue and kill Huo Ran, I will suffer the pain of being burned by earth fire and my cultivation will never be able to advance even a little bit in this life!"

  "Really?!" After finishing her oath, Ji Feng glared at Huo Ran with a fierce gaze.

  Can't help but say, Ji Feng's oath is indeed vicious. For a cultivator, being trapped by the Earth Fire may not be a big deal, but if one's cultivation can't progress even an inch, that would be more painful than death! Seeing this, Huo Ran nodded and turned to leave.

  "What about the Blood Spirit Meridian?" Seeing Huo Ran turn around and wanting to leave, Ji Feng loudly said: "You haven't given me the Blood Spirit Meridian yet!"

  Upon hearing Ji Feng's almost yelling voice, he suddenly turned his head and smiled, saying: "Are you stupid? Obviously I was just teasing you, can't you even see that?" After speaking, he shook his head and sighed, as if lamenting that this kid really had no hope.

  "Hou Ran, I'll kill you!!!"