The Grand Secretary, the Second Secretary, and nearly a hundred disciples of the Xuan Realm Sect were all gathered in a courtyard in the mansion. The battle outside didn’t have much of an impact on them.
Just now, all the disciples of the Xuan Realm Sect had all seen Zhang Ruochen’s great display of power, using his own strength to cut through the Saint Weapons of the Blood Dragon Hall’s three great elders.
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen appeared in front of them, naturally ushering in countless pairs of reverent gazes.
In the Kunlun Realm, as long as one was strong, no matter where they were, they would be respected and worshipped, not to mention, Zhang Ruochen had saved their lives.
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze, radiating a faint holy light, swept towards the crowd.
He found that all of these disciples of the Xuan Realm Sect were all young talents with certain qualifications, not quite top-notch, but still considered to be in the middle of the pack.
A few of them even had considerable potential, and if they were carefully cultivated, they might be able to soar to the heavens.
If they could be taken in and nurtured, they could become Zhang Ruochen’s direct lineage.
Standing in front of them, Zhang Ruochen opened the door and said, “Just this night, the Blood Dragon Hall should be exterminated, and from now on, you will regain your freedom and never have to worry about anything again.”
Hearing these words, all of those disciples of the Xuan Realm Sect were quite excited and cried tears of joy.
Within a day, experiencing two great ups and downs in their lives one after the other, some of those young disciples, unable to control their emotions, kneeled down on one knee and bowed and saluted Zhang Ruochen.
“Many thanks to senior for avenging the Xuan Realm Sect, senior’s kindness is unforgettable.”
“The infamous Blood Dragon Hall is finally receiving the retribution it deserves.”
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Even though Zhang Ruochen’s appearance was very young, those disciples of the Xuan Realm Sect were still convinced that he must be an older Half-Saint, and it was only because of his profound cultivation that he was able to slow down his aging and maintain his young face.
That was why they addressed Zhang Ruochen as “Senior”.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t bother to explain and added, “Now, you have two choices. First, you guys can leave the Black Market right now and embark on a new path of cultivation.”
“Second, you guys can choose to worship under me and follow me in cultivation. I can provide you with a holy place for cultivation, as well as inexhaustible cultivation resources and top-notch cultivation techniques, and every once in a while, there will also be Half-Saints and Saints who will give you lectures. I’m confident that within three years, each and every one of you will be able to become uniquely strong.”
As the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood continued to grow, the Scroll World became more and more expansive, already giving birth to spirit veins and growing spirit medicines, transforming into a cultivation sanctuary in the true sense of the word.
It was because of this that Zhang Ruochen was prepared to make the Figure Scroll World a little more vibrant and dynamic, and at the same time, take this opportunity to set up a force of his own.
The conditions offered by Zhang Ruochen naturally still made the disciples of the Xuan Realm Sect quite moved.
After all, in the Xuan Realm Sect, they were simply unable to learn top-notch techniques and martial skills, and they rarely had the opportunity to receive guidance from Half-Saints.
Now that the Xuan Realm Sect had been extinguished, they had become homeless casual cultivators, and their future path of cultivation would only become more difficult.
For a Half Saint senior to be willing to take them in was already quite a good homecoming for them.
One of the female disciples, who was quite pretty in appearance, asked, “Dare I ask the senior’s sect, what is it called?”
Those other Xuan Realm Sect disciples, although they had already secretly resolved to follow Zhang Ruochen in his cultivation. However, they were still quite curious as to what kind of sect they would be joining.
Zhang Ruochen pondered for a moment and pronounced two words, “Ming Sect.”
It was also today that Zhang Ruochen took the first step he had always wanted to take, establishing his own clan.
Of course, today’s Ming Sect had only recruited a group of young people with decent qualifications, and was far from being able to compare to today’s brilliant and flourishing Ming Hall.
For the next three years, the first generation disciples of the Ming Sect would remain behind in the Tulip World to cultivate.
Three years in the outside world, and in the Figure Scroll World, it was thirty years.
With the resources in the Tulip World, in thirty years’ time, they would be able to completely grow up and become first-rate experts.
Of course, today’s Ming Sect was still quite lacking in the core of top experts. Zhang Ruochen himself could be considered one, and Han Qiu, who was about to break through to the Half Saint realm, could barely be considered one as well.
Other than that, there were only three savage beasts, Little Black, the Elephant Swallowing Rabbit, and the Devil Ape, that could be taken.
As for the Blood Moon Ghost King, after all, she hadn’t completely submitted to Zhang Ruochen yet, so she couldn’t be counted in for the time being.
Murong Yue was still quite loyal to Zhang Ruochen, however, she stayed in the Black Market One Piece Hall in order to be most effective.
Therefore, Zhang Ruochen planned to wait a little longer until the time was ripe before allowing Murong Yue to join the Ming Sect.
With the Ming Sect’s current strength, in fact, it was already strong enough to compete with some of the weaker Saint Sectors, the only thing that was just missing was some of its heritage.
At this stage, Zhang Ruochen was not in a hurry to vigorously develop the Ming Sect because, his biggest shortcoming was still that his cultivation was not strong enough.
Raising his cultivation level was the most important thing.
Zhang Ruochen stayed in the Scroll World, took out a drop of Divine Blood and began to refine it, scrambling to raise his cultivation.
By the time Murong Yue came back, Zhang Ruochen had already refined the two drops of divine blood, and his cultivation had increased a little more.
“How was it?”Zhang Ruochen asked.
Murong Yue took out two metal boxes and placed them in front of Zhang Ruochen, then, opened the boxes to reveal two bloody human heads.
They were, respectively, the Blood Dragon Hall Master and the Blood Dragon Duke.
“None of the evil cultivators of the Blood Dragon Hall’s main altar are alive, all of them have been exterminated. Even the Blood Dragon Ridge has sunk into the ground, leaving no traces behind.”Murong Yue wiped the blood on her hands and said indifferently.
Zhang Ruochen walked over to the Blood Dragon Duke’s body and gazed at him for a moment, then, he executed the Formless and Invisible Thirty-Six Changes.
“Crackle.”
His figure, appearance, and temperament changed astonishingly in a very short period of time, and soon became exactly the same as the Blood Dragon Duke, flawless.
In Murong Yue’s eyes, a look of awe appeared as she said, “Your Highness’s technique of change is nothing short of perfect. Not to mention Sea Underworld Dharma King, even if Duke Blood Dragon’s father, Gu Yan, was still alive, he probably wouldn’t be able to recognise the truth.”
Immediately, Murong Yue’s words, again, turned, saying, “The figure, appearance, and temperament can all be changed, however, it is difficult to change the technique that one cultivates, which is a bit troublesome.”
Zhang Ruochen asked, “What kind of gongfu does the Blood Dragon Prince cultivate?”?”It’s a Ghost Grade Upper Grade technique, and it’s also the Blood Dragon Hall’s Town Hall technique, called the Blood Dragon Scripture.”Murong Yue said.
Zhang Ruochen recalled that when the Blood Dragon Prince struck, a dragon soul of a blood dragon did break out of his body, causing his power to increase greatly.
Zhang Ruochen asked, “Have you found the Blood Dragon Scripture yet?”
Murong Yue nodded and from her spatial bracelet, she took out a palm-sized blood-red scale and handed it to Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen took it and saw that the surface of the scale was as bright as a mirror, which could reflect a person’s silhouette.
There was a very pure dragon qi emanating from the dragon scale, thus, it was most likely shed from the body of a blood dragon of the Saint realm.
“Wow!”
Zhang Ruochen injected his Saint Qi into the scale, and then, on the surface of the scale, dense fly-head characters emerged, which were precisely the ten layers of the Blood Dragon Scripture.
After viewing it for two hours, Zhang Ruochen had memorised the contents of the Blood Dragon Scripture completely, and had already penetrated the true meaning of the first seven layers of the mantra.
Zhang Ruochen put the Dragon Scale away and smiled faintly, “As expected, it is a Ghost Grade Upper Grade gongfu, there are still some things that can be learnt from it.”
Seeing that Zhang Ruochen’s demeanour was very relaxed, Murong Yue asked, “Could it be that Your Highness already has a strategy to deal with it?”
Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, “The essence of the Blood Dragon Scripture is to take a dragon soul, refine it into the body, and fuse it with one’s own blood. The blood is used to feed the dragon soul, and the dragon soul is used to enhance one’s own body.”
“Coincidentally, recently, I just happened to obtain a powerful dragon soul, and I am planning to refine it and use it to cultivate the tenth palm of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm.”
“As long as I have a dragon soul, within my body, I will also be able to easily disguise myself as having cultivated the Blood Dragon Sutra, enough to conceal myself from the world.”
In order to rush to the Blood God Sect as soon as possible, on that very day, Zhang Ruochen left the Yuanfu alone and travelled to the State Ten Thousand Sacred Land.
Murong Yue did not travel with Zhang Ruochen, but, instead, temporarily stayed in the Yuan Mansion and continued to clean up some of the remaining members of the Blood Dragon Hall, to make all the hidden dangers, all clear.
Before departing, Zhang Ruochen had left the Grand Secretary and the Second Secretary, temporarily at Murong Yue’s side, and waited until the State Ten Thousand Sacred Grounds, before meeting up with them.
Moreover, Zhang Ruochen also instructed Murong Yue to help search for Ling Fei Yu’s whereabouts, and if there was any news, he must inform him in time.
After arranging everything, Zhang Ruochen changed into the appearance of the Blood Dragon Prince, sat on Little Black’s back, and left the Yuan Mansion.
Xiao Hei unfurled a pair of large black wings and flew above the clouds thousands of feet high, exerting his speed to the extreme.
“With your speed, spending eight days, we should be able to reach the State Ten Thousand Sacred Land. Eight days is enough time for me to refine the Dragon Soul.”Zhang Ruochen secretly projected.
Xiao Hei cried on his face and said, “Between Yuanfu and the State Wan Holy Land, there is at least two million miles of distance between them, and I’m afraid that an ordinary martial artist would not be able to cross such a distant frontier even if they spent their entire life. Unless this Emperor rushes around the clock, it is possible to arrive within eight days.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “That’s right, it’s about rushing around the clock.”
Zhang Ruochen had a premonition that the Sacred Book Talented Maiden might not necessarily die when she fell into the Endless Abyss.
Thus, no matter what, he had to rush over there as fast as he could.
What if, she didn’t die?
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze, looking out at the direction where the Blood God Sect was located, let out a long sigh, with both deep guilt and self-reproach in his heart, as well as some vain expectations.
