In a matter of moments, four Blood Saints had already died, and their blood qi flowed into the black ball of light, causing the white finger bone to actually emerge as a web of blood filaments, becoming even more hideous and terrifying.
It was able to absorb blood qi?
All along, only the Immortal Blood Clan absorbed the blood of other living beings to enhance their own power. Now, it was a bone that had emerged that was able to absorb their blood, how could the Immortal Blood Race’s Saints not be afraid?
Strong people like Zhu Qingyi and the Wind Destroying Blood Saint also tried their best to escape into the distance.
The Canglan Martial Saint possessed a pair of True Phoenix Sacred Eyes and was able to see the finger bones in the black ball of light, and even though, she had seen a lot of things, she felt that it was unbelievable.
“Is that one of the Great Sage’s fingers?”Canglan Martial Saint said.
Zhang Ruochen gently shook his head and said, “Even if it’s a god, after death, dust returns to dust, it’s impossible to possess such terrifying power. Unless ……” “Unless what?”
Cang Lan Martial Saint asked curiously.
Qing Mo and the six Female Saints also listened with their ears perked up, curious to know what the black ball of light that rushed out from underneath the Taoist Temple’s ground was.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Unless, that great power didn’t die completely, and there is a Saint Soul, or Saint Thought, residing inside the finger bone.”
Qing Mo asked, “Then is it the finger bone of a great saint, or is it the finger bone of a god?”
“I don’t know, anyway, it’s a rather powerful existence.”
Zhang Ruochen thought carefully and added, “It should be the finger bone of a certain medieval Great Saint. In the heavens and earth, how easy is it to give birth to a god?”
“What if it’s the finger bone of a god?”Qing Mo said.
Zhang Ruochen took a deep breath and said, “If, on the other hand, there is a divine soul, or a divine idea residing within the finger bone, then I’m afraid that it would be a not-so-small catastrophe for the Northern Domain, or even for the entire Kunlun Realm.”
Outside the green-coloured hall, it was full of a hideous black shadow that surrounded Zhang Ruochen and the others in the green-coloured hall, unable to get out at all.
The Canglan Martial Saint and the six Female Saints sat on the ground and continued to heal their injuries, only when their injuries were healed and their strength increased would they have a better chance of surviving.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t have anything else to do, so he went all out to absorb the knowledge and spiritual power in the Sherpa Seed, desperately hoping to take his spiritual strength to the next level.
After spending two days in a row, Zhang Ruochen’s spiritual strength increased greatly, striking the fifty-third rank in one fell swoop.
In this instant, all of his perceptions grew by a large margin, and even with his eyes closed, everything around him appeared clearly in his mind.
However, both this mountain and the green-coloured hall were both quite odd, Zhang Ruochen’s mental power had reached the fifty-third rank, yet he still couldn’t see through some of them.
Especially this green-coloured hall, the deeper it went, the more blurred it became, and the spiritual power could not penetrate into it at all.
Zhang Ruochen did not continue to probe the green-coloured halls and opened his eyes, a smile appearing on his face.
“Gongzi, you’ve made another breakthrough in your spiritual power?”Qing Mo asked joyfully.
Zhang Ruochen’s mood was quite pleasant as he said, “It’s been raised by one rank.”
Fifty-three orders of spiritual power was already an unattainable height for countless spiritual power cultivators, even the Earth Goddess Temple’s Divine Maiden of Divine Destiny and the Immortal Goddess of the Immortal Goddess Temple were only at this realm.
Of course, the difference in strength between spiritual power saints who were also at the fifty-third rank was also quite huge, with both the Divine Maiden of Life and the Divine Maiden of Immortality standing at the pinnacle of the fifty-third rank, and could break through to the fifty-fourth rank at any time.
Zhang Ruochen had only just reached the fifty-third rank, which was equivalent to the early stage of the fifty-third rank, and still needed to continue to cultivate hard.
Wearing a Phoenix Flame Battle Armour, with her long hair on her head like a crimson rain of fire, the Cang Lan Martial Saint was tall and beautiful as she walked in from outside.
The six Female Saints were also all healed from their injuries, each one of them were in high spirits and had an elegant temperament, following behind the Cang Lan Martial Saint as if they were six Lingbo Fairies.
Cang Lan Martial Saint said, “Those black shadows flew into the depths of Immortal Machine Mountain along with the finger bones in the black ball of light, now, we can leave this place. Do you want to travel together?”
Zhang Ruochen raised his head and glanced up, the Evil Qi of Death in the sky had indeed disappeared cleanly.
He gently shook his head and said, “No! You guys have your business when you enter the Immortal Machine Mountain, and I also have my business, so how about we part ways here.”
The Liu Li Female Sage gathered her courage and said to Zhang Ruochen, “The Blood Saints of the Immortal Blood Clan are not dead, they will definitely deal with you again, travelling with us will give each other a chance to take care of each other.”
Zhang Ruochen smiled faintly, “I have my own means to save my life, they can’t do anything to me.”Cang Lan Martial Saint was not a simple character, Zhang Ruochen was a little worried that if he came into too much contact with her, he said that he would not necessarily reveal his flaws.
Letting the Canglan Martial Saint know Zhang Ruochen’s true identity, with her cynical character, she would definitely make a move to capture him. Therefore, even though it was somewhat dangerous, Zhang Ruochen decided to act alone.
A look of disappointment appeared on the pretty face of the Liu Li Female Saint as she said, “Your Excellency has saved our lives, yet, we don’t even know your name, so in the future, how should we repay you?”
“If there is fate, there will naturally be a chance to meet again.”Zhang Ruochen laughed.
The Liu Li Female Saint knew that Zhang Ruochen’s remark was just to put her off, and her heart was a bit lost. She didn’t know the other party’s name, she couldn’t even see what the other party looked like, even if the other party walked past her in the future, I’m afraid she wouldn’t be able to recognise him.
The sky was so big, once we parted today, where was the chance to see each other again?
Liu Li Female Saint took out a seven-coloured jade hairpin, squeezing it tightly between her jade fingers, and walked towards Zhang Ruochen, her demeanour had a shyness as she handed the jade hairpin to him, saying, “There is nothing I can do to repay for saving my life, this jade hairpin isn’t something precious, I hope that Your Excellency will surely accept it.”Zhang Ruochen naturally understood that a woman giving a jade hairpin to a man had an extraordinary significance, and couldn’t help but let out a light sigh in his heart.
Fearing that Zhang Ruochen would refuse, the Liu Li Female Saint placed the jade hairpin into his hands and immediately turned around, rushing out of the green-coloured hall at top speed and disappearing.
Subsequently, the Canglan Martial Saint and the five Female Saints also bid farewell to Zhang Ruochen and left this green-coloured hall.
Zhang Ruochen pinched the jade hairpin in his hand and was able to smell a faint fragrance, a bitter smile could not help but appear on his face.
“Gongzi, a beautiful Saint taking the initiative to show her love to you, how enviable a thing, why are you smiling so hard? Could it be that you’re afraid that the county princess knows about this?”Qing Mo gave a playful smile.
“Don’t be ridiculous.”
Zhang Ruochen put away the jade hairpin, his eyes somewhat sullen as he added, “Two people who are destined to be impossible to be together, once they develop feelings for each other, it’s a sinful fate. What’s there to envy?”
Qing Mo put away his smile and said, “Where should we go next? Should we leave the Immortal Machine Mountain? It’s too dangerous here, in case that finger flies out again, we won’t even be able to escape.”
“How can we leave when we haven’t even used to find the Ancient Pine Child yet?”
Zhang Ruochen looked towards the depths of the green-coloured hall, his eyes narrowed, revealing a puzzled expression as he said, “The sacred light emanating from this green-coloured hall can block the black shadows and the Evil Qi of Death. Then, is there something within the green-coloured hall that can suppress that finger?”
“Right!”
Qing Mo’s pair of eyes became incomparably bright as she nodded vigorously, thinking that Zhang Ruochen was too smart, always able to think of something that others could not think of.
Zhang Ruochen and Qing Mo headed towards the depths of the green-coloured hall, and it didn’t take long before they were blocked by a formation that made it impossible to break in.
Qing Mo used out his Infinite Holy Flame and Silver Chopper, but he was also unable to break the formation open.
Zhang Ruochen’s finger stroked his chin, gently shaking his head, saying, “What a powerful formation, perhaps, the only way to break it open is to wait for me to renew the three chakras and use the Pure Destruction Divine Flame, or the Spatial Rift.”Right now, Zhang Ruochen mobilised his spiritual power and could only perform spatial distortions, he could not break through space at all, so naturally, he was at his wits’ end in the face of the formation in front of him.
Zhang Ruochen and Qing Mo left the green-coloured hall, preparing to go and look for Gu Songzi first.
Just after walking down the mountain, Zhang Ruochen used his spiritual power and detected several fluctuations of holy qi, surprisingly, there were quite a number of cultivators entering Immortal Machine Mountain.
By observing their clothing and eavesdropping on their conversations, Zhang Ruochen judged their identities.
Some were from the Martial Market Money Bank, some were from the Black Market, some were from the Moon Worshipping Demon Sect, and on top of that, various top forces from the Northern Domain were also involved.
“Immortal Machine Mountain has become so lively all of a sudden, could it be that they are all trying to seize the formula of the Sacred Transformation Pill? Or maybe it’s because the commotion caused by that finger bone coming out of the world was too great, attracting them to Immortal Machine Mountain?”
It wasn’t long before a piece of news that spread through Immortal Machine Mountain:
The Immortal Blood Clan found Ancient Pine Child’s secluded place and wanted to force their way in, however, they were attacked by a golden bat python and all retreated, and a Blood Saint fell.
After the news was spread, it caused a huge shock.
“How did they know that it was Ancient Pine Child’s secluded place? It’s not certain that the Immortal Blood Race is deliberately describing the Golden Bat Python’s territory as Ancient Pine Child’s hermitage, wanting to lure the human cultivators to their deaths.”
Someone dismissed this conjecture and said, “Ancient Songzi had once subdued a golden bat python, and since the golden bat python has appeared, then Ancient Songzi’s hermitage should be nearby.”
With that, the cultivators from all the major forces rushed towards the mountain forest where the Golden Bat Python had appeared, all wanting to be the first to find Ancient Pine Child.
Zhang Ruochen and Qing Mo restrained their auras and spent half a day to quietly and silently arrive at the outer area of that mountain forest.
Here, Zhang Ruochen found some battle traces that were left behind by Saint realm experts.
Qing Mo followed behind Zhang Ruochen, walking very slowly, looking timid as she whispered, “My lord, that Golden Bat Python repelled even the Immortal Blood Clan, it must be a rather powerful savage beast, what if we can’t defeat it?”
“We’re here to find Gu Songzi, not to fight the golden bat python. Besides, Gu Songzi is a friend of the Wine Crazy Man, so as long as he sees the token, he shouldn’t be hostile to us.”Zhang Ruochen laughed.
