“On the Marginless Island, there is a 100,000 year old holy medicine called the Thousand Leaf Sacred Core Grass, which was planted by the Marginless Great Sage himself. If, you bring it out of the Marginal Lake and hand it over to the old me, I will definitely help you renew your three veins.”
After saying that, Gu Songzi and the Golden Bat Python left the place.
“Thousand Leaf Sacred Core Grass.”Zhang Ruochen recited.
Qing Mo whispered, “My lord, did you see that, that old man seems to be afraid of something, the Marginal Lake and the Marginless Island must be quite dangerous. He doesn’t dare to go and pick them himself, so he wants us to take the risk, he’s really playing his cards right.”
“You can even tell this? Why do I think that you are still quite smart.”
Zhang Ruochen stared carefully at Qing Mo, smiled, and added, “In fact, we don’t have to go and take the risk ourselves, we can let her go ahead and try to find out what dangers are in the lake?”
Zhang Ruochen woke Zhu Qingyi up, and then, unlocked the chains that were locked around her hands and feet.
“Die for me.”
Just after she was freed, Zhu Qingyi immediately mobilised her Saint Qi and formed a hand seal, attacking Zhang Ruochen. However, Zhu Qingyi was already poisoned and injured, so she was very weak, so how could she hurt Zhang Ruochen?
With a flick of Zhang Ruochen’s finger, a thunderbolt flew out and landed on her body, and with that, Zhu Qingyi fell to the ground once again.
For the Immortal Blood Clan, Zhang Ruochen would never show any mercy. At the same time, Zhang Ruochen also believed that if he fell into Zhu Qingyi’s hands, his end would only be even more miserable.
“I swear, if you fall into my hands one day, you will definitely die a miserable death.”
Zhu Qingyi revealed two rows of snow-white teeth, and a pair of beautiful big eyes were filled with cold and chilling killing intent.
“It’s not like you don’t have a chance if you want to kill me, provided that you have to live first.”
Zhang Ruochen looked indifferent and added, “Right now, there are two paths in front of you, the first one is for me to kill you, and the second one is for you to go to the island at the centre of the lake to help me pick a Sacred Pill.”
Zhu Qingyi knew that she had no other choice at all, and at the same time, she didn’t want to die, so, she asked, “What is this place? What exactly is the danger in the lake?”
“You are not qualified to ask questions, you only need to carry out my orders and you can naturally live.”Zhang Ruochen said.
Zhu Qingyi stood up again and mobilised her Saint Qi, transporting it to her feet and condensing it into a black cloud of Qi, then, stepping on the water with her feet, she walked towards the small island’s in the lake.
Qing Mo stared with a pair of wide eyes, feeling incredulous, saying, “She surprisingly didn’t resist and really obeyed your orders.”
Having crossed paths with Zhu Qingyi several times, Qing Mo had always felt that she was a Gai Shi Demoness, with deep cultivation and ferocious methods that were simply impossible to defeat.
Who would have thought that only a few short days had passed, and this Gai Shi Demoness had turned into their prisoner, being fixed into submission.
Zhang Ruochen said, ”She is not willingly following my orders, she just wants to save her own life. Moreover, at this moment, I’m afraid that she is also thinking of a way to get out of the situation, and may escape at any time.”
“I won’t let her escape.”
Qing Mo took out the silver chopper, glaring with a pair of wide eyes, staring at Zhu Qingyi without blinking, as long as she dared to escape, she would immediately strike the chopper out.
This one lake stretched for hundreds of miles, the lake water was clear, floating with turquoise lotus leaves, a faint white mist filled the water surface, it appeared to be quite quiet, not like there was any danger.
After walking roughly more than two thousand metres towards the lake, Zhu Qingyi felt that the time had come, and so, mobilising the few holy qi in her body, she rushed forward and rushed out, preparing to spare the island and escape.
“Not good, she really wants to escape.”
Qing Mo prepared to strike the silver chopper, but was stopped by Zhang Ruochen.
“Wait a little longer.”
Zhang Ruochen stared closely at Zhu Qingyi’s figure, only to see that she was getting farther and farther away from the shore, but closer and closer to the island in the lake.
“When I dissolve the toxin in my body, I will definitely come back to capture you with my own hands, and use a hundred ways to torture you, so that you will not be able to beg for life or death.”Zhu Qingyi shouted out in a cold voice.
Just about ten miles away from the island, Zhu Qingyi immediately reversed her direction, preparing to go around the right side of the island.
Suddenly, something changed.
Under Zhu Qingyi’s feet, a whirlpool actually appeared, and it was as if the entire person had fallen into a quagmire, his body sinking downwards uncontrollably.
“Crack.”
In mid-air, a bowl-thick purple thunderbolt automatically condensed out and struck her body.
A muffled sound came out of Zhu Qingyi’s mouth, her body became scorched black, and blood flowed out of her mouth, indescribably miserable.
Immediately after, the second thunderbolt fell.
The third thunderbolt fell.
……
Because she was caught in the vortex, it was as if she was frozen, her body was unable to move at all, and she could only passively withstand the lightning attacks.
After suffering the seventh lightning attack, Zhu Qingyi was already bleeding from her seven orifices and was unable to hold on and fainted, her body sinking towards the bottom of the lake.
“Wow.”
Zhang Ruochen’s finger stretched forward, and immediately, the water on the surface of the lake condensed into a white gaseous chain that flew over sinuously and wrapped around Zhu Qingyi’s waist, rescuing her.
Zhang Ruochen stared at Zhu Qingyi, who was lying on the ground, and was slightly moved as he muttered to himself, ”Suffering from seven lightning attacks in a row, almost dying a horrible death, yet, she didn’t ask for help, her character really isn’t normally tough. No wonder the imperial army fighting the Undying Blood Clan would be losing ground, there are indeed a lot of talents amongst the Undying Blood Clan, there are many powerful and ruthless characters.”
Qing Mo sucked in a breath of cool air and said, “This lake is really quite dangerous, not as calm as it appears.”
“It should be a remnant formation left over from the Middle Ages, most likely a formation laid down by the Great Sage Without Fate himself. The route Zhu Qingyi took just now should still be quite safe, and she didn’t touch the formation until she was only ten miles away from the island.”
Zhang Ruochen stared at the lake that had regained its calmness and secretly wrote down the route Zhu Qingyi had just taken.
“But, there is still ten miles left, in case we touch the formation …… with our cultivation, we definitely won’t be able to carry the lightning attack.”
Qing Mo spat out her tongue, thinking that the Rim Lake was too dangerous, it was a formation set up by a great saint in the Middle Ages, with their cultivation, how could they possibly break through?
Taking a step out would be the end of everything.
“I can only let her go on to help me figure out a safe route.”
Zhang Ruochen took out a healing pill and fed it into Zhu Qingyi’s mouth.
Zhu Qingyi was, after all, a Heavenly Blood General with extremely profound cultivation, and before long, she woke up once again, and the injuries on her body had actually recovered by 60% to 70%.
Zhu Qingyi stared towards the Rim Lake, a scornful look appearing in his eyes as he asked, “What exactly is this place?”
“A rather dangerous place.”
Zhang Ruochen didn’t continue to explain and said, “Continue to go and help me find a safe route, I have to board that island.”
“I’m not going.”
Zhu Qingyi’s heart was incomparably frantic, feeling her dignity being trampled on, not wanting to be used by Zhang Ruochen anymore.
Zhang Ruochen said indifferently, “With the strength of my current spiritual power, I can completely erase all your memories and turn you into a puppet under my control. Now, you know what to choose, right?”
“You ……” Zhu Qingyi said.
Zhang Ruochen said, “This time, I will travel with you. Don’t worry, I will definitely do my best to keep you alive, after all, you are still of great value to me.”
It was unknown whether Zhu Qingyi wanted to take revenge or was truly worried about Zhang Ruochen erasing her memories, in the end, she agreed and continued to explore the path.
Zhu Qingyi walked in front, while Zhang Ruochen and Qing Mo followed behind, keeping a distance of a hundred feet from her and following carefully.
Qing Mo sent a voice transmission to Zhang Ruochen, inquiring, “Why don’t we just erase her memories and make her willingly scout the path for us?”
“Firstly, her willpower is quite firm, and I don’t have absolute certainty that I’ll be able to erase her memories. Secondly, it’s impossible for Stuart Phoenix City to use the Burning Sky Sword to exchange with me for a Zhu Qingyi who has lost her memory.”Zhang Ruochen said.
Next, after a series of dozens of attempts, Zhu Qingyi suffered dozens of formation attacks, each time narrowly escaping death.
Finally, they figured out a safe route to reach the vicinity of the Unbounded Island.
Zhu Qingyi was tortured physically and mentally, even if her will was strong, she was close to collapse.
Previously, in her eyes, humans were two-legged sheep that could be beheaded at will, sucked their blood, and kept in captivity as if they were pigs, dogs, and livestock.
After encountering this human Spiritual Power Saint, everything became different, instead, it was her, who became a two-legged sheep, and the other party was simply like a jackal, ravaging .. ravaging her, torturing her, and actually leaving some shadows of fear in her heart.
Zhang Ruochen took out a piece of spirit paper and drew that safe route, and, marked all the dangerous locations that might touch the formation.
“Climbing onto the Unbounded Island, it is not certain that, there will be other dangers.”
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze was fixed on Zhu Qingyi.
Zhu Qingyi met Zhang Ruochen’s eyes, and a colour of fear flickered in the depths of her pupils as she said, “I will never continue to go and scout the path for you, so kill me!”
“Huh!”
Zhang Ruochen’s ears twitched as he heard three wind-breaking sounds, coming from far away and stopping only when they reached the shore of the Rim Lake.
Three Saint realm experts wearing black robes appeared at the shore of the lake. On their bodies, there was an evil aura radiating out, causing the air to become a few degrees colder.
“It is said that there is a Thousand Leaf Sacred Core Grass on the Unbounded Island that has been growing for 100,000 years, and it is the main medicine for refining the Sacred Transformation Pill, and I don’t know if it is true or not.”
“This piece of news has already spread throughout Immortal Machine Mountain, it shouldn’t be false.”
The black-robed Saint standing at the very front appeared younger, looking to be only in his thirties, with a silver belt wrapped around his waist. On the belt, there were densely engraved inscriptions, radiating a silver-coloured holy light, and it could be seen that it must be a powerful holy weapon.
He glanced in the direction of Zhang Ruochen’s trio, his eyes slightly glazed over as he said, “Surprisingly, someone has arrived before us.”
“A Saint realm expert from the Black Market One Piece Hall.”
Zhang Ruochen saw the markings of the Black Market One Piece Hall on the cuffs of the three black-robed Saints and judged the identity of the three of them.
The cultivation levels of all three were quite powerful, and among them, the black-robed man in the lead had already reached the Heavenly Realm in cultivation, and was definitely a powerful and renowned big shot.
“Swish swish.”
Immediately after that, the sound of breaking winds continued to ring out as more and more Saint realm powerhouses rushed to the lakeshore, surprisingly, they had all heard the news and had come to seize the Thousand Leaf Sacred Core Grass.
Just who had spread the news?
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