In the end, the two Sacred Elders cried and made a difficult decision to agree, agreeing to allow Zhang Ruochen to take 10 million drops of divine blood.
Zhang Ruochen took the divine blood, and the very next day, he left the Blood God Sect with Huang Yichen, Little Black, and Qing Mo.
Before travelling to the Sea of Yin and Yang, he had to make a trip to the Ancient Clan of the Zhen Prison.
One of the three great clans of the Ancient Clan of Zhen Gu, the Shi Clan, had attainments in the Rune Dao that were enough to be ranked in the top five of the entire Kunlun Realm. Only by cooperating with the Shi family would it be easier to refine the Blood Suppressing Talisman.
The six great sword bearers had an extremely deep connection with the Ancient Prison Suppressor Clan.
As the sword bearer of the Monstrous Sword, Zhang Ruochen’s visit to the Stygian Sword Mound was naturally greeted by a large number of senior members of the Ancient Clan of Zhen Jail.
Among the receiving cultivators, the one standing at the front was Shi Ren.
Zhang Ruochen and Shi Ren could be considered life and death friends, not only had they broken through the Netherworld together, they had also fought against the Immortal Blood Clan together at the Underworld King’s Sword Mound.
The two of them did not show too much excitement at meeting each other, but merely smiled at each other, with all the camaraderie flowing out in their smiles.
The previous clan leader of the Zhen Prison Ancient Clan, Wang Bei Lie, was captured and refined into a blood slave by the Qing Tian Blood Emperor. The new clan member of the Zhen Prison Ancient Clan, on the other hand, was Shi Ren’s father, Shi Qiankun.
Shi Ren, naturally, was the Young Clan Chief.
Zhang Ruochen and Shi Ren walked alongside Shi Ren in the direction of the Sword Tomb Palace.
Zhang Ruochen asked, “Has the Underworld King’s Blood Poison on Your Excellency been dissolved yet?”
Shi Ren had one hand behind his back and the other half-clenched into a fist, but he appeared poised and smiled, “Lord Martial Exalt himself has already refined the Underworld King’s Blood Poison in Father’s body. After going through this ordeal, father’s state of mind and spiritual power have reached brand new heights, and it can be considered a blessing due to the disaster. Father has always said that you are his benefactor and owe you a huge favour.”
Shi Qiankun had been framed by the previous patriarch of the Prison Suppression Ancient Clan, turning him into a bloodthirsty fiend who had lost his mind, and in the beginning, it was only when Zhang Ruochen stepped in to help dissolve the evil Qi in his body that he regained his sobriety.
For Shi Qiankun and the Shi family, Zhang Ruochen naturally owed them a heavenly favour.
Zhang Ruochen smiled modestly, “Honestly speaking, this time when I came to the Prison Zhen Ancient Clan, I really have something to ask for.”
As they spoke, their group, had arrived outside the Sword Tomb Palace.
Entering the Sword Tomb Palace, Zhang Ruochen once again saw Shi Qiankun.
Shi Qiankun looked to be in his thirties, with an elegant aura on his body, appearing energetic and spirited.
Obviously, the Underworld Blood Poison in his body had indeed been completely dissolved.
“What a powerful mental strength.”
Zhang Ruochen stood at the bottom and looked at Shi Qiankun, only feeling that this person was as if he was standing in the midst of a void and chaos, obviously close at hand, but as if he was in two different worlds.
That emptiness and chaos was the aura that Shi Qiankun’s spiritual energy naturally emanated from his body.
Fortunately, Zhang Ruochen’s spiritual strength had reached the fiftieth rank, otherwise, he would not have been able to see his true body at all.
With such a strong spiritual power, even if it wasn’t comparable to Chu Siyuan and Mr Mu Qian, it was probably not far off already.
Worthy of being a supreme genius of the Prison Suppression Ancient Clan.
Shi Qiankun was holding a volume of newspaper in his hands and was reading it when he noticed Zhang Ruochen’s arrival and immediately raised his head and looked over to him.
The moment he raised his head, the spiritual force field that enveloped his body disappeared cleanly, as if he had turned into an ordinary person.
Zhang Ruochen clasped his hands and said, “Greetings to the Patriarch.”
Shi Qiankun hurriedly stood up and greeted him, smiling, “As a sword-wielder, you and I belong to the same generation, so there is no need to salute me. If there is anything, let’s sit down and talk about it.”
Zhang Ruochen was not courteous and came to a seat on the left side and sat down.
Shi Qiankun didn’t go to the topmost seat, but sat on top of the seat on the right side, obviously truly believing that Zhang Ruochen was qualified to sit on an equal footing with him.
After some politeness, Zhang Ruochen spoke of the true purpose of his visit to the Underworld Sword Mound.
“Blood Suppressing Talisman?”
Shi Qiankun put away his smile and revealed a grave expression as he said, “Can you let me view the runic seal of the Blood Suppressing Talisman first?”
“Of course.”
Zhang Ruochen took out the runic seals of the Semi-Saint Grade Blood Suppressing Symbol and Saint Grade Blood Suppressing Symbol, used Saint Qi to wrap them up, and pushed them towards Shi Qiankun.
As for the saint king level blood suppression talisman and the saint level blood suppression talisman’s talisman seals, the relationship was too significant to be lost, thus, Zhang Ruochen did not take them out.
Moreover, even if those two talisman seals were taken out, the Shi family’s talisman masters, might not be able to refine them.
Shi Qiankun had extremely high attainments above the Rune Dao, and while observing the two runic seals, he used his fingers to carve in the void, forming a flowing runic pattern.
Zhang Ruochen observed Shi Qiankun’s fingers and secretly nodded his head, “Shi Qiankun’s attainments in the Rune Dao far surpasses me and Little Black.”
Shi Qiankun looked extraordinarily serious, completely immersed, and only after a long time did he stop, exhaling a long breath in awe, “Truly ingenious runic seals, and I wonder how astonishingly high the attainments in the runic path of the runic master who carved these two runic seals have reached?”
“In fact, I’m not sure who carved out these two Blood Suppressing Talisman’s talisman seals.”Zhang Ruochen shook his head and smiled.
A look of disappointment flashed across Shi Qiankun’s eyes as he deliberated for a moment and asked, “How many Blood Suppressing Talismans do you need?”
“The more the better.”
Zhang Ruochen added, “I will pay for the main materials for refining the talismans.”
With that, Zhang Ruochen took out all ten million drops of divine blood and placed them in front of Shi Qiankun.
Even with Shi Qiankun’s state of mind, the sight of ten million drops of divine blood caused some movement.
However, Shi Qiankun was indeed a remarkable figure, and quickly suppressed the shock in his heart as he smiled faintly, ”Honestly, this is the first time I’ve seen such a huge amount of divine blood. Are you that relieved that you placed ten million drops of divine blood in the Underworld Sword Mound, not afraid that the Ancient Prison Suppressor Clan would misappropriate them?”
Zhang Ruochen picked up his teacup and took a sip, saying, “I have great confidence in the character of the Shi Clan’s children.”
“Good.”
Shi Qiankun admired Zhang Ruochen’s boldness, and the smile on his face intensified as he said, “How soon will you come to fetch the Blood Suppressing Talisman?”
Zhang Ruochen projected and said, “I’m going to attend to a rather important matter, so it will be at least three months before I can come to the Underworld Sword Mound again.”
Shi Qiankun made a promise to Zhang Ruochen, saying, “The Shi Family will definitely go all out to rush the Blood Suppressing Talismans, and within three months, it should be possible to refine all of them.”
Zhang Ruochen refined a large number of Blood Suppressing Talismans, naturally, he was preparing to head to the Northern Domain to make a big splash. However, before that, he had to make a trip to the Yin Yang Sea.
“Many thanks, Matriarch, then, I’ll see you in three months.”
Zhang Ruochen stood up and prepared to leave.
“Wait.”Shi Qiankun said.
Zhang Ruochen revealed an enquiring look and said, “What other doubts does the Patriarch have?”
“To show you one thing.”
Shi Qiankun’s eyes, glanced upwards towards the table top, and his five fingers stretched forward, grasping in the air.
With that, a volume of newspaper on the table case flew over towards Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen received the newspaper and saw that the cover of the newspaper had five big words written on it, “Central Region Wind and Cloud Newspaper”.
The “Central Region Wind and Clouds Newspaper” was also compiled by the Sacred Arts Talent Lady herself, and it published all the major events that had happened in the Central Region in recent times.
The headline on the front page of the newspaper was about the “Blood God Sect’s internal turmoil” and the explosive news that Gu Linfeng had become the new Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect.
Shi Qiankun’s eyes were quite deep as he said, “The new sect master of the Blood God Sect, Gu Linfeng, should be you, right?”
Zhang Ruochen asked as he read the Central Region Wind and Cloud Newspaper, “How did the Patriarch come up with such a guess?”
“The divine blood you sent belongs to the Blood God’s divine blood. Other than the Blood God Cult’s Sect Leader, who could take out ten million drops at once? To be exact, even the Sect Master of the Blood God Sect might not be able to take out ten million drops of the Blood God’s divine blood.”Shi Qiankun said.
Zhang Ruochen appeared frank and said, “The Patriarch guessed correctly, Zhang Ruochen is Gu Linfeng.”
Shi Qiankun said, “Intelligent people abound in the world, if I can guess this, others can guess this as well. Next, you must be extremely careful, it is rumoured that the Immortal God Temple has already dispatched Death Knights to come specifically to deal with you. The Green Heavenly Clan and Yellow Heavenly Clan also have Saint realm experts that travelled with the Death God Knights. The wise men of the Immortal God Temple should have already suspected that you are the same person.”
Zhang Ruochen didn’t have the slightest bit of nervousness and smiled lightly, “To deal with me, the Immortal God Hall actually sent out Death Knights, shouldn’t I feel honoured?”
Legend had it that the Death Knights were the strongest army trained by the Immortal God Temple, specialising in dealing with Saint realm beings. Eight hundred years ago, none of the human powerhouses that were targeted by the Death Knights were able to escape with their lives.
Worried that Zhang Ruochen was taking the enemy lightly, Shi Qiankun reminded, saying, ”I know that you have a treasure that can conceal your body’s aura, so that even Spiritual Saints can’t project your whereabouts. However, you must not underestimate the Immortal God Palace, if the Immortal God Palace has a Spiritual Power Saint, even if you have the most powerful treasure on you, you will not be able to avoid the Spiritual Power Saint’s projections.”
“The Immortal God Hall has a Spiritual Power Great Saint?”Zhang Ruochen said.
“I don’t know.”
Shi Qiankun shook his head and added, “However, you have to know one thing, if the Immortal God Hall doesn’t have a Spiritual Power Great Sage sitting on its side, how can it maintain its supremacy in front of the Immortal Blood Race’s ten clans?”
The Immortal God Hall, mysterious and powerful, inspired awe.
If the Immortal God Hall really had a Spiritual Power Great Sage, then even if Zhang Ruochen had the Buddha beads gifted by Grandmaster Indra on his body, it was estimated that he would not be able to avoid the other party’s projections.
In other words, if Zhang Ruochen were to go anywhere and change into anyone, he wouldn’t be able to hide it from the projections of the Spiritual Power Great Sage.
Shi Qiankun said, “To the Immortal Blood Clan, your threat is even greater than True Saint and Supreme Saint level figures. Once you are found by them, you will definitely be attacked like a raging storm.”
“The Prison Suppressor Ancient Clan’s duty is to guard the Underworld Dungeon, so they can’t help you. However, I can gift you a Five-Jacketed Saint Suppressor Talisman, which may save your life at a critical moment.”
