Zhang Ruochen laughed and swept a glance at those Evil Dao martial practitioners as he asked, “What are you calling me the Great Protector for?”
Ji Ghost grovelled and smiled, “Lord Red Desire Star Envoy has already appointed Zhang Ruochen as the Great Protector, from now on, the Great Protector is the second person of the Red Willow Villa, and all of us have to follow your orders.”
Zhang Ruochen carefully sized Ji Ghost up and was quite surprised to find that the arrogance and hubris in Ji Ghost’s body had disappeared cleanly.
From this, it could be seen that the Red Desire Star Envoy was still very skilled, and had actually cleaned up a Half-Saint heir of the Fish Dragon’s Seventh Transformation into submission.
“You guys continue.”
Zhang Ruochen didn’t have any interest in the title of “Great Protector”, he just shook his head and walked towards the gate.
He didn’t bother to report to the Red Desire Star Envoy, so he went straight back to his room, entered the Scroll World, and continued to cultivate.
The death of the Phantom Blue Star Envoy was just the beginning, the real storm had just kicked off.
Zhang Ruochen naturally had to try to improve his strength to cope with the even tougher challenges to come.
Firstly, Zhang Ruochen took out Sword One, however, after only flipping through two pages, Zhang Ruochen closed the tome again.
Before killing Emperor One, Zhang Ruochen had no way to meditate on the Sword Dao.
Sword One was too subtle, and if he could not achieve peace of mind, it was simply impossible to comprehend its essence.
“It’s better to continue to raise my cultivation and try to impact to the Fish Dragon Fourth Transformation as soon as possible.”
Only by reaching the Fourth Transformation of the Fish Dragon could the first Sacred Vein be opened up in the body, thus transforming the True Qi into Sacred Qi and performing the Thirty-Six Changes.
Right now, Zhang Ruochen was completely relying on his powerful spiritual power and a metal mask to barely conceal his identity, which could be described as walking on thin ice, and could be revealed at any time.
One had to know that Mu Lingshi had only met him once before she began to suspect him. If he encountered a Half-Saint from the Black Market, Zhang Ruochen’s identity would definitely be exposed.
Only by performing the Thirty-Six Changes could he truly conceal himself from the world.
“Fish Dragon Fourth Change.”
Zhang Ruochen recited, his eyes incomparably grave.
He must cultivate to the Fourth Change of Fish Dragon before Emperor Yi arrived at Qing Yun County.
He took out a box from inside his spatial ring and opened it, and a reddish-golden flame immediately rushed out from it, like a small round of blazing sun was released, emitting a terrifying heat.
Within a radius of a hundred feet, ball after ball of fire coalesced and hovered in midair, turning into a domain of fire.
This was the fire-attributed Spiritual Treasure, the Source of Spiritual Fire.
Zhang Ruochen had already reached the Fish Dragon Third Transformation, and could start refining the Source of Spiritual Fire.
Zhang Ruochen had already cultivated three of the five types of Treasure Bodies – Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth, reaching the level of Three Spirit Treasure Body. If he were to cultivate the “Fire Spirit Treasure Body”, then he would be able to reach the level of the Four Spirit Treasure Body.
A Three Spirit Treasure Body was comparable to a Saint Body, how powerful would a Four Spirit Treasure Body be?
“Trying to cultivate into a Four Spirit Treasure Body is definitely not an easy task, but I am able to absorb the source of Spirit Flame and rapidly increase my cultivation level.”
Zhang Ruochen released the spatial domain and completely wrapped the Spirit Flame Source that filled the area within a hundred feet, operating the fifth layer of the Nine Heavens Bright Emperor Scripture and began to absorb it.
While Zhang Ruochen was cultivating in seclusion, Emperor Yi, who was far away in Evil Emperor City, was also cultivating in seclusion, refining the Sacred Source and impacting the Fish Dragon Second Transformation.
Seven days later, Emperor Yi had broken through the realm in one fell swoop, which should have been a cause for celebration, but on the very same day, he received a Transmission Light Talisman from Qing Yun County.
The original good mood was immediately swept away.
When Emperor Yi saw the contents on the light talisman, he gave a cold smile, and with a grip of his five fingers, with a bang, the jade light talisman burst into pieces, turning into grains of jade powder that slid down between his fingers.
The Violet Wind Star Envoy was like a ghost as he sprinted in from outside, seeing Di Yi’s gloomy eyes, he thought that Di Yi had failed in his realm impact. He asked, “Young Lord, what happened?”
Emperor Yi stood up, his eyes cloudy and uncertain as he snorted coldly, muttering to himself, “It’s a bit interesting, actually able to take out the Spectral Star Envoy, not a small skill!”
“The Phantom Star Envoy is dead?”
The Violet Wind Star Envoy was clearly unable to accept the news of the Phantom Blue Star Envoy’s death, maintaining a sceptical attitude.
“That’s right.”Emperor Yi replied affirmatively.
“How is that possible? With the cultivation of the Phantom Blue Star Envoy, it’s impossible for the Red Desire Star Envoy to be his opponent. Besides, how could the Red Desire Star Envoy dare to be so bold as to openly kill a Star Envoy?”
Di Di Yi said, “This piece of news was sent back by a hidden organisation under the Black Market, it shouldn’t be false. Comic! Guess who the Spectral Blue Star Envoy was killed by?”
The Violet Wind Star Envoy said suspiciously, “Could it not be the Red Desire Star Envoy?”
“A Heavenly Extreme Realm disciple of the Two Yi Sect, called Lin Yue.”
Although, Di Yi’s face was wearing a smile, his face was very cold and heavy, and those who knew Di Yi knew that at this moment, Di Yi was already incomparably angry.
“A Star Envoy carefully cultivated by the Black Market One Piece Hall, a genius among geniuses, an expert among experts, yet he was killed by a Heavenly Extremity Realm martial artist, is there any joke funnier than this?”Di Dao said.
The Violet Wind Star Envoy’s body also exuded an icy cold aura as he said with a murderous intent, “I will rush to Qing Yun County right now and bring this person’s head, back to Evil Emperor City.”
Emperor Yi stared at the Violet Wind Star Envoy and chortled, “With your cultivation, travelling all the way to kill a Heavenly Extreme Realm martial artist, you’re not afraid of being laughed at?”
“Someone has to be responsible for the death of the Phantom Blue Star Envoy. I’m not just going to kill that one Heavenly Extremity Realm martial artist called Lin Yue this time when I go to Qing Yun County, I’m also going to make the Two Yi Sect pay a hundred times the price.”The Violet Wind Star Envoy said.
Emperor Yi shook his head and said without slowing down, “Don’t be impulsive, this matter gives me a very weird feeling, it’s possible that the truth is not as simple as it appears to be, could it really be completely unrelated to the Red Desire Star Envoy?”
The Violet Wind Star Envoy was slightly shocked and said, “The Young Lord suspects that the Red Desire Star Envoy has teamed up with the Two Yi Sect and killed the Spectral Blue Star Envoy. Thus, she would have a reason, to remain in Qing Yun County.”
Emperor Yi rubbed his temples, pondering carefully, and said, “No, no, if the Red Desire Star Envoy was truly working with the Two Yi Sect, how could she not have pushed out a Heavenly Extremity Realm martial artist as a scapegoat? No one would even believe that a Heavenly Extreme Realm martial artist killed the Yu Lan Star Envoy of the Sixth Transformation of the Fish Dragon.”
The Violet Wind Star Envoy said, “Perhaps, the Red Desire Star Envoy is trying to use this to confuse us and draw our attention, to that one Heavenly Extremity Realm martial artist from the Two Element Sect, thus, no one would suspect her.”
For some reason, Emperor Yi smelled an aura of danger and said with a sullen face, “This matter must be investigated clearly, and if the Red Desire Star Envoy is truly secretly cooperating with the Two Yi Sect, then she must be eliminated immediately.”
The Violet Wind Star Envoy immediately asked for orders, saying, “Young Lord, let me go to Qing Yun County. Within a month, I will definitely bring the heads of Lin Yue and the Red Desire Star Envoy back to Evil Emperor City.”
“No, this matter is bizarre in every way, I must personally go to Qing Yun County.”
Emperor Yi’s brows furrowed into a “Chuan”, ever since Zhang Ruochen’s death, this was the first time he felt a sense of urgency.
The difference was that before, the person he wanted to get out of the way was Zhang Ruochen, but now it had become the Red Desire Star Envoy. It wasn’t until now that Emperor Yi truly drew attention to the Red Desire Star Envoy as an opponent.
Zhang Ruochen had been cultivating for half a month in a row inside the Scroll World, refining a large amount of Spirit Flame Sources into his body, finally allowing his body to reach a saturated state.
Although, he was still far from cultivating into the Four Spirit Treasure Body, his cultivation level had risen quite a bit, and he was on the verge of reaching the middle stage of the Third Transformation of the Fish Dragon.
Zhang Ruochen realised that after absorbing the Source of Spirit Flame, the fledgling Xuan Foetus below his navel had increased in size by about a tenth, while also becoming more solid.
If he was able to cultivate into the Four Spirit Treasure Body, perhaps the Xuan Fetus would be able to take full shape and transform into the Second Qi Sea.
However, that was not something that could be achieved at the touch of a button, it had to be done gradually, and only by breaking through to a higher realm would it be possible to successfully cultivate the Four Spirit Treasure Body.
With regards to the Four Spirit Treasure Body, Zhang Ruochen was still quite confident.
“Dragon Elephant Divine Furnace.”
In the next few moments, Zhang Ruochen began to continue cultivating the seventh palm of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm, wanting to cultivate the palm to great success as soon as possible.
Every day, Zhang Ruochen also had to rehearse the palm technique at least eight hundred times until his body’s true qi was depleted, and only then would he take the Half-Saint Jiao Blood to restore his true qi.
In this way, almost every day, Zhang Ruochen could feel his cultivation growing rapidly.
After twelve consecutive days of cultivation, Zhang Ruochen finally cultivated the seventh palm of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm to a grand completion. At the same time, his cultivation had also skyrocketed, reaching the middle stage of the Fish Dragon Third Transformation.
“If I refine a drop of Xuanwu Sacred Blood, it should be able to make my cultivation, impact to the peak of the Fish Dragon Third Transformation. As long as I reach the peak of the Fish Dragon Third Transformation, I will be able to attempt to open the first Sacred Vein, and once I succeed, I will be able to break through to the Fish Dragon Fourth Transformation.”
But refining the Xuanwu Sacred Blood was not only dangerous, but also quite time consuming.
Last time, Zhang Ruochen refined a drop of Xuanwu Sacred Blood, directly allowing his cultivation to impact from Fish Dragon First Transformation to Fish Dragon Second Transformation. However, it took half a year to completely refine the Xuanwu Sacred Blood.
Even if Zhang Ruochen was now at the Fish Dragon Third Transformation Cultivation, and the speed of refining the Xuanwu Sacred Blood had increased by a lot, it would still take at least four months to completely refine a drop of Xuanwu Sacred Blood.
Four months in the world of scrolls was twelve days in the outside world.
For the entire twelve days, Zhang Ruochen had to stay in the Scroll World at all times and could not be disturbed in any way.
However, within twelve days, it was enough for too many changes to occur.
Before killing Emperor Yi, absolutely no half-accidents could occur.
