Just now, the grey-clothed old man went after the Blood God Sect Leader, and Zhang Ruochen was curious to know the outcome, but instead of asking immediately, he walked over and bowed, saying, “Many thanks to senior for coming to the rescue.”?
The grey-clothed elder collected his holy qi back into his body and became plain and unassuming again, revealing a smile as he said, “I came all the way to the Endless Abyss after Chi Lin Yuan’s true body, mainly because I wanted to get rid of the hidden dangers of the Blood God Sect, and I didn’t specifically rush here to save you. Of course, since I saved you, then you must pay some price to repay this favour, right?”
Hearing this, Zhang Ruochen immediately revealed a wary expression, “Could it be that he also wants to seize a certain treasure from me?”
Don’t look at the grey-clothed old man with a kindly look, but when he executed his killing methods, he was quite ruthless, didn’t you see the ground was full of corpses?
Zhang Ruochen calmly said, “What does senior want?”
The grey-clothed old man did not answer Zhang Ruochen immediately, as if he was immersed inside his own world, and said, “Chi Lin Yuan escaped to the second echelon of the Endless Abyss, the old man has to go and behead him, and cannot leave behind the root of the scourge. And, also, I have to go and get rid of the hidden dangers of the second gradient ……”
The grey-clothed old man’s eyes were a bit complicated, and he sighed before adding, “The second gradient will be even more dangerous, and it is likely to hide a thousand-year-old secret, and this time, I don’t know if I can come back alive.”
Zhang Ruochen felt that he seemed to have misunderstood the grey-clothed old man, with the cultivation level of the grey-clothed old man, wanting to seize the treasures in his possession would be a complete breeze, and he wouldn’t have talked so much nonsense to him at all.
Zhang Ruochen asked, “Could it be that senior thinks that there are more and more powerful blood beasts in the second echelon?”
The grey-clothed elder nodded and said, “Chi Lin Yuan raised blood beasts in the Endless Abyss, he should be wanting to borrow the power of the blood beasts to fight for supremacy, the blood beasts in the first echelon are merely the tip of the iceberg, more blood beasts are still in the second echelon. Moreover, the old man suspects that behind Chi Lin Yuan, there is an even more terrifying figure.”
The grey-clothed old man already had some guesses, but did not say them out loud.
Only, his brows carried a look of gravity, thus showing that the figure behind Chi Lin Yuan must be quite formidable.
Zhang Ruochen felt puzzled, could it be that the figure behind Chi Lin Yuan made the grey-clothed old man feel tricky as well?
The look of gravity on the grey-clothed old man’s face gradually dispersed, revealing a smile once again as he said, “Now, we can talk about the matter of the price and the matter of repaying the favour.”
Where was the reasoning behind forcing someone to repay a favour?
“What price?”
The grey-clothed old man was definitely not a light, and Zhang Ruochen kept his guard up in case he was counted on.
The grey-clothed old man said, “Chi Lin Yuan has deep cooperation with the Immortal Blood Clan, besides him, there are definitely Immortal Blood Clans lurking in the Blood God Sect, you have to find them out and get rid of them in order to eliminate any future troubles.”
“That’s it?”Zhang Ruochen was a little surprised.
“That’s right.”The grey-clothed old man laughed.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Why should I promise you? Besides, what does the Blood God Sect’s matter have to do with me?”
The grey-clothed old man’s body plate kept going as a cold light appeared in his eyes, saying, “You are the divine son of the Blood God Cult, and you are going to take over the position of the Blood God Cult’s Sect Leader in the future, so how can you say that it doesn’t have anything to do with you? Kid, you’ve gained so many benefits in the Blood God Cult and want to be irresponsible and walk away?”
“As expected, it turns out that you have already seen my identity.”Zhang Ruochen was not only surprised, but also astonished.
The grey-clothed old man said, “Your Formless and Phaseless Thirty-six Transformations can hide from others, but not from these eyes of mine. Honestly, you’re still very young, and compared to Old Xuan Gui, you’re not even close.”
“You know my master?”Zhang Ruochen said.
“There is a little bit of friendship.”The grey-clothed old man said.
Zhang Ruochen was silent for a long while before he finally asked, saying, “Since you know that I’m not Gu Linfeng, why did you still let me stay in the Blood God Sect and, furthermore, helped me become the divine Son of the Blood God Sect?”
Back then, during the competition for the position of Divine Son, if it wasn’t for the grey-clothed old man sending a message to the Blood God Sect’s Sectmaster, it was impossible for Zhang Ruochen to become the new Divine Son so smoothly.
The grey-clothed old man let out a laugh, “Zhang Ruochen or Gu Linfeng, as long as they have true ability, they will naturally be able to become a disciple of the Blood God Sect, or even, a Divine Son of the Blood God Sect.”
This grey-clothed old man was simply too mysterious and his cultivation level was surprisingly high, in front of him, Zhang Ruochen could not hide any secrets at all.
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, “It can’t be done. What you want me to do is beyond my capabilities. Not to mention whether or not I can defeat the Undying Blood Clan’s lurker, just trying to find the Undying Blood Clan’s lurker out is not an easy task.”
For ordinary Undying Blood Race lurkers, Zhang Ruochen could still discern and pull them out.
However, Saint realm Undying Blood Race lurkers, with Zhang Ruochen’s current cultivation level, he was simply unable to identify them.
The grey-clothed old man seemed to have guessed that Zhang Ruochen would say this and said, “What if, I can give you the Secret Scroll of the Blood Race?”
“The Secret Scroll of the Blood Race?”?Zhang Ruochen looked at the grey-clothed old man with a suspicious look and said, “Legend has it that the Secret Scrolls of the Blood Race was placed in the national treasury of the Sacred Brightness Central Empire, which in turn was taken by the Dragon Protector Pavilion. How did you come to have the Secret Scroll of the Blood Race?”
“Unluckily enough, old me happened to know the Pavilion Master of the Dragon Protector Pavilion, and, from him, I got a handwritten copy of the Secret Scrolls of the Blood Race. Of course, even if it’s a handwritten copy, it’s word-for-word the same as what’s recorded above the real thing.”The grey-clothed old man said calmly.
Zhang Ruochen’s heart could hardly be calmed as he hurriedly asked, “What exactly is the Dragon Protector Pavilion Master? Where is he?”
The grey-clothed old man said, “The identity of the Dragon Protector Pavilion Master is mysterious and holds the treasury of the Sacred Brightness Central Empire, I don’t know how many people in the world want to know his identity, so who is the old man to tell you? Besides, I can’t tell you either.”
Afterwards, the grey-clothed old man took out a yellowed tome and handed it over to Zhang Ruochen, saying cautiously, “Although it’s only a handwritten copy, but, it still has extraordinary value, so don’t lose it. Find a suitable opportunity and the right person to publish it and spread it throughout the world, it will definitely be a heavy blow to the Immortal Blood Clan.”
Zhang Ruochen had no reason to continue refusing, so he agreed to the grey-robed old man’s conditions and said, “Alright! Since I have gained the benefits of the Blood God Sect, I must always do something for the Blood God Sect. However, when I encounter a Saint among the Immortal Blood Clan, I don’t have the means to deal with them, so why don’t you lend me the Blood God Mace?”
“Don’t hit on the idea of the Blood God Mace, with your cultivation, you can’t utilise its power yet.”
The grey-clothed old man took out a tattered talisman and handed it to Zhang Ruochen, saying, “This talisman has extraordinary power, do not use it until the moment of last resort.”
The talisman, no different from a scrap of paper, was crumpled and could not be seen as anything magical, and it always felt like it would be crushed with a little more force.
Zhang Ruochen frowned straight away and put the talisman away carefully with confidence.
The grey-clothed old man added, “After Chi Lin Yuan’s disappearance, within the Blood God Sect, there will definitely be a not-so-small upheaval, so you must be careful in dealing with it.”
Next, the grey-clothed old man told Zhang Ruochen some more things that he needed to pay attention to before carrying the Blood God Mace far away and disappearing into the entrance of the second gradient.
Xiao Hei finally let out a sigh of relief and said, “Zhang Ruochen, the Blood God Cult is already a place of wrongdoing, even the Cult Master is working on behalf of the Immortal Blood Race, the Immortal Blood Race forces in the Cult must be quite large, this Emperor thinks that you should leave immediately, don’t ever get involved in it. This mess is not something you can clean up.”
“Would it be a bit too late for you to say that when I’ve already promised him?”Zhang Ruochen said.
Xiao Hei was momentarily speechless and didn’t know how to proceed.
How would it dare to say such words when the grey-clothed old man was around?Zhang Ruochen glanced at the tome in his hand and had already made a decision in his heart.
As long as he was dealing with the Immortal Blood Race, he would rise to the challenge even if it was treacherous.
Zhang Ruochen left the Endless Abyss and instead of immediately rushing back to the Blood God Sect, he entered the Absolute Ancient Snow Mountain and hid in a hidden valley.
Outside the valley, there was a concealment formation arranged.
“Wow-”
From time to time, a sound of breaking wind would come out from the sky, rushing in the direction of the Endless Abyss.
Zhang Ruochen stood in the valley with a tinge of worry in his eyes as he said, “The power fluctuation emanating from the Blood God Mace is too strong, and it has alerted all the powerful people of the Blood God Sect. The news of the Sect Master’s disappearance will definitely not be hidden for long, and I don’t know how great a shock it will cause?”
Zhang Ruochen entered the Scroll World and first went to probe Huang Yichen’s injuries, confirming that she was no longer in any serious trouble before he began to heal the injuries on his own body.
When his injuries were healed, Zhang Ruochen took out the handwritten copy of the Blood Race Secret Scroll and quietly viewed it.
The Blood Clan Secret Scrolls recorded many things on it, not only how to recognise the disguise of the Immortal Blood Clan, but also the weaknesses of the Immortal Blood Clan, means to deal with the Immortal Blood Clan, with some of the hidden secrets of the Immortal Blood Clan.
Back then, the Crown Prince’s Crown Prince, Shangguan Que, had led a large group of saints who had fought against the Undying Blood Race, and compiled books that were naturally of infinite value.
Otherwise, why would the Undying Blood Clan try to find it and destroy it by all means?
The last few pages of the Secret Scroll of the Blood Clan recorded some deeds about the Blood Queen, and among them, there was one thing that caught Zhang Ruochen’s attention.
According to the book, when she was young, the Blood Queen had a great battle with the Peacock Villa’s Villa Master, Kong Shangling. Kong Shangling transformed into a seven-coloured peacock and swallowed the Blood Empress into her stomach.
One must know that even the Blood Empress in her youth was already quite powerful and could fight with the older generation of saints.
Since, Kong Shangling swallowed the Blood Empress into her stomach, there would only be two outcomes.
One, the Blood Empress was refined by Kong Shangling and died.
Or, the Blood Queen would kill Kong Shangling and break out of her belly.
However, the fact was that neither the Blood Queen nor Kong Shangling died, and both became important figures in history.
Zhang Ruochen was curious to know what happened as a result of that battle.
“How did it happen?”
Zhang Ruochen realised that there was no more text at the back, and upon closer inspection, he realised that the last page had been torn out!
