Chapter 26: Azure Blood

  Farewell Zhang Zhenxuan. As soon as he left the cave, he saw a stout middle-aged Jiang Liang. Seeing this, Huo Ran hastily made a bow and said: "Brother Jiang."

  "Get up, get up!" The honest and simple Jiang Liu hurriedly helped Ho Ran up, touching the back of his head and smiled: "You're Li Ran, right? Since you've entered the Western Mystic Cave Heaven, we'll be brothers from now on. We don't bother with formalities here, if you want to show respect for me, just call me 'Brother Jiang'!"

  "Brother Jiang!" Suddenly, a smile spread across his face. He thought to himself that it was rare for someone like Jiang Liu to exist in the Kun Tian Realm, but he had to admit that he was a man who easily won people over.

  When Jiang Liu heard Hu Ran call him 'Jiang Ge', he seemed particularly pleased, pulling on Hu Ran's arm as they walked and said: "Come tell me, why did the cave master suddenly take in all ten of you this time? You know, in the past, the cave master would only take one or two at a time, and at most three!" He paused for a moment, then sighed: "This is also why our Xixuan Cave Heaven has so few people among the top ten cave heavens."

  He furrowed his brow, and he really didn't know that the Western Mystic Cave Heaven had such a 'secret'. However, as for why Zhang Zhenxuan would break precedent this time to accept ten disciples, he wasn't clear either. He could only recount the scene from back then.

  "The owner's mind is truly impossible for anyone to guess." In the end, Jiang Liu could only let out this sigh.

  Two people chatted along the way, one sentence east and one sentence west, talking about some things that had nothing to do with each other. Unbeknownst to them, they arrived at a mountain cave. Jiang Liu took out a worn-out ancient book from his sleeve and handed it to Huo Ran, saying: "Huo Ran, this is the cultivation method of our Western Mystic Cave Heaven. You are also a cultivator, so you should be able to understand it." He pointed inside the cave and said: "From now on, you will cultivate here. No matter what problems you have in life or cultivation, you can come find me. I'll be in the mountain cave ten miles east from here."

  "Ah, thank you, Jiang Ge!" Since Huo Ran didn't hide his cultivation at this time, he was seen by Jiang Liu as a cultivated person and didn't let him feel surprised.

  He nodded, Jiang Liuzhuan turned around and walked away. But he hadn't taken a few steps before stopping in his tracks, turning back to say: "Three days from now, us brothers are going to have a get-together, it's to welcome you little junior brothers, so I'll come back to notify you then, don't lock yourself up at home, got it?" After speaking, he smiled and headed towards his own residence.

  He just smiled calmly and walked into the cave.

  Inside the cave, it's deep and winding, with jade stones inlaid on the stone walls for lighting, so that you can see the road. The dense stalactites look good in the misty light. After walking slowly for about half a stick of incense, I finally arrived at the stone hall in the cave.

  "Compared to the master's place of cultivation, this is even better... what was that old man thinking..." Seeing the stone tables and chairs arranged in the stone hall, Huo Ran shook his head and sighed softly, unable to understand why Zhang Zhenxuan, as the master of Xixuan Cave Heaven, would give his disciples a residence that was even better than his own for cultivating their bodies and minds. Maybe so.

  Logically, in such a deep cave, it should be humid, but strangely, it's warm and comfortable here, plus the rich heaven and earth spiritual energy, making people feel refreshed. In Huo Ran's opinion, the Ten Absolute Sacred Grounds are much better than the Mu Family, after all, although the outer disciples of the Mu Family live in magnificent halls, the heaven and earth spiritual energy is weaker than here.

  He walked straight to the stone bed, sat on the rush cushion, and then opened the Western Mystic Cave Heaven Technique - Western Mystic Skill. For Huaran, who possessed the Emperor's Bloodline Divine Meridian, he naturally didn't need to observe the Western Mystic Skill again. Although this technique was created by a Saint Realm expert, it was still far inferior to the Bloodline Divine Meridian created by the Bloodline Great Emperor. Therefore, Huaran only roughly glanced at the technique and focused on watching the secret techniques and attacking skills within.

  An hour later, Huo Ran closed his Western Mystic Technique and waved his hand in front of him. Strands of light flashed, enveloping layers of mysterious light. As soon as it touched the stone table, the stone table silently turned into a pile of dust that fell to the ground!

  "Seven clever and ingenious heart... Is this the shocking effect brought by the seven clever and ingenious heart?" Huo Ran rubbed his brow and muttered to himself, earlier he had just performed a secret technique recorded in the Western Mystic Arts - the Great Mysterious Origin Seal!

  Before, he couldn't understand why Murong and Qingling were so excited when they found out that they had the Seven Treasures Linglong Heart. It wasn't until just now, when he comprehended the Great Profound Heaven Palm, that he discovered the extraordinary nature of the Seven Treasures Linglong Heart. The ancient manual records that the Great Profound Heaven Palm can only be cultivated by a cultivator who has thoroughly opened the Gate of Mystery, which means that one cannot cultivate it until they reach the realm of Connecting with the Divine! Just now, he had simply tried to cultivate it with an experimental mindset, but unexpectedly not only was he successful in cultivating it, but also seemed to have a natural affinity for the Great Profound Heaven Palm technique.

  This is undoubtedly terrifying, knowing that since ancient times no one has ever crossed borders to cultivate secret methods!

  In response, Huo Ran could only shake his head and smile, and the sound of Qing Xin Jue echoed in his mind again, wondering what this Taoist secret classic on Earth was all about. After a moment, he stretched out his hand, and a jade bottle appeared in his palm, filled with a green liquid.

  This was handed over by Muhe.

  "Medicine?" Suddenly, Huo Ran's right hand grasped the stopper, but instead of pulling it out, mysterious symbols appeared on the jade bottle. Having studied the Qiankun Tu Lu, Huo Ran recognized this as a seal at a glance. He immediately sensed the spiritual pulse beneath his feet and used the Qiankun secret method to absorb a thread of spiritual pulse energy to attack the seal.

  *sigh*...

  A crisp sound, the seal on the bottle was broken in an instant. What's strange is that at the moment the seal was broken, the cork also automatically detached from the jade bottle, and the blue light inside also burst out of the jade bottle, turning into a thumb-sized ball floating in mid-air. At this same time, Huo Ran's mind echoed with Mu He's words:

  "This is an extraordinary bloodline, containing a fragment of the Supreme Divine Ability. You've practiced the Blood God Technique before, so it's just right for you to try and use it now. I hope you can successfully absorb it and enhance your own bloodline. If successful, you'll be able to leap through the dragon gate; if not, the divine ability fragments will burst forth from your body, killing you instantly. That's all I can do for you; everything else is up to you from now on."

  Seeing the thing floating in front of him, emitting a faint blue light, he furrowed his brow. He hadn't expected that Muhe actually possessed a kind of extraordinary bloodline's essence and had given it to him.

  "What is Muhe's ultimate goal, and why is he going all out to help me?" From teaching the Eight Extremes Stepping Star to this cyan-colored pure blood, everything Muhe has done has far exceeded his duties, making Horan suspect that he must have some kind of purpose. As a businessman, he doesn't believe anyone would do business at a loss until death!

  No matter how clever Hao Ran was, he couldn't guess what Muhe's purpose was. He sighed and could only stop thinking about it, deciding to ask him in person when his cultivation level was higher. For now, he opened his mouth and sucked in the green essence blood, swallowing it and starting to refine it through his Blood Spirit Meridians.

  Although Muhe also said that refining this green essence blood is extremely dangerous, either it will make a great leap forward or it will perish. But Huaran, who has returned with an arrow-like heart, didn't care about the danger at all, only wanting to infinitely enhance his bloodline and speed up his cultivation in order to return to Earth as soon as possible...

  "Ah..."

  This azure essence didn't know what kind of bloodline it was, but as soon as it entered his body, it seemed like a fierce flame burning in Huo Ran's abdomen, making him let out anguished wails. Even though Huo Ran had experienced countless agonies before, they were nothing compared to the pain caused by this azure essence entering his body - the difference was as vast as heaven and earth.

  No matter how painful it is, Huo Ran persists in operating the blood spirit meridians. The surging waves of blood in the Qihai rush into the body's meridians, constantly grinding and absorbing the cyan-colored essence and blood, bursting with brilliant light fragments of divine energy.

  These shards of divine power contain endless Taoist principles, each with a terrifying aura, and the bloody waves in the air sea unfold a fierce battle.

  Rumble...

  In the midst of a sea of blood, a massive wave surged forth with a deafening roar, as if it were indistinguishable from a floating corpse in a bloody ocean. When faced with the provocation of numerous divine energy fragments, it seemed to be enraged, letting out a furious howl as the waves churned and formed into a crimson figure holding a blood-red orb. With one step spanning three thousand miles, it transformed its body into an immense battlefield, launching a fierce attack on the cyan-colored essence that enveloped the divine energy fragments.

  "Blood God Emperor?" Seeing the blood-colored silhouette formed by the waves of blood, his eyes widened in incredulity. But before he could react, the blue-colored essence on the other side suddenly burst forth with a brilliant and resplendent light, transforming into a young man in blue attire, exuding an aura of elegance and valor. On top of his head was a shadowy image of the yin-yang diagram, floating and sinking, with threads of yin-yang energy hanging down, emitting an aura that inspired boundless terror.