King of Creation
Chapter 128 - 126 Blood Sacrifice Technique

Chapter 128: Chapter 126 Blood Sacrifice Technique

The grand battle above the skies of Lishui Sect, after lasting a day and a night, ended when Fifth Elder of Lishui Sect suffered two transparent holes through his body.

Of course, these two transparent holes did not claim the life of the Fifth Elder of Lishui Sect; otherwise, a true death battle would have started. But they did leave the Fifth Elder seriously injured.

These two transparent holes were made by Liao Feibai.

Apart from Sect Leader Guo Qijing maintaining a certain advantage, the others were mostly evenly matched. It was no wonder that Lishui Sect had gradually been able to contend with the Qiyun Sect over the years.

When the great battle ended, the mountain gate of Lishui Sect was flattened by a palm strike from Guo Qijing. Although there were no casualties, it was a heavy blow to the face of Lishui Sect.

This was also considered a warning from Qiyun Sect to the increasingly arrogant Lishui Sect.

After exchanging a few courteous but insincere words, both sides withdrew their forces, yet the fight was far from over.

Liao Feibai, seemingly bored to the extreme, began practicing her sword technique right in front of the mountain gate of Lishui Sect.

Streaks of Profound Ice Sword Light occasionally cut through the void, terrifying the disciples of Lishui Sect so that not one dared to leave, and leaving Sect Leader Chu Taiping no choice but to prevent anyone from departing. Inside Lishui Sect, the rage was palpable!

"Sect Leader, give the order, let a few of us go out and take Liao Rakshasa by surprise. She’s being too arrogant blocking our gate!" Seventh Elder Lik Shi exclaimed angrily.

Chu Taiping, however, waved his hand with a somber expression, "Go back to your cultivation. Endure her for three days."

Although only the demon-faced Rakshasa Liao Feibai was arrogantly blocking the gate alone, the presence of Qiyun Sect Leader Guo Qijing still faintly drifted from the void.

"Sect Leader..."

"If our skills are inferior, what can we do? Just wait. When I succeed in Vein Forging, that will be the moment for Lishui Sect’s full rise," Chu Taiping said slowly.

While Lishui Sect was being blockaded by Liao Feibai, Ye Zhen had already lightly stepped out of the Yin Mountain Range.

At this time, Ye Zhen was carrying a little bamboo basket on his back, dressed in coarse clothes like a woodcutter.

Ye Zhen was unaware that the entire Lishui Sect was trapped within their mountain gate and unable to get out, necessitating extra caution on his part.

If he encountered someone in the mid or early stage of True Essence Realm’s Spirit Summoning, Ye Zhen would still be able to cope, but if he ran into someone in the late stage of Spirit Summoning or even at their peak, Ye Zhen would have no choice but to flee.

The reason was simple: his cultivation was too low.

If Ye Zhen could step into the Spirit Summoning Realm, with his martial skills, he could even take on someone in the late-stage Spirit Summoning Realm.

As for the Vital Vein Forging Divine Ability obtained in the Yin Mountain Blood Gorge, Ye Zhen wouldn’t dare to use it unless he was alone; using it would be almost as good as being dead.

"Meow..."

A somewhat imperious cat’s cry came from behind Ye Zhen’s bamboo basket, as a tiny furry head popped the lid open and began to meow discontentedly.

"Is it that time again?"

Upon reaching a secluded area with no one around, Ye Zhen took out the much quieter Cloud Winged Young Tiger, staring fixedly into its eyes. With a flick, he bit his middle finger, and as blood flowed, he swiftly gestured with his pointer finger.

In three breaths, an incredibly eerie Blood Talisman imprinted onto Ye Zhen’s wrist. As he drew the tip of his finger across his wrist and blood gushed out, the Cloud Winged Young Tiger eagerly extended its tongue to lick Ye Zhen’s blood.

As the blood flowed, the Talisman Light on Ye Zhen’s wrist flickered.

After ten breaths, when the Blood Talisman on his wrist was completely absorbed by the Cloud Winged Young Tiger along with the blood, Ye Zhen pulled back his wrist, and the tiger seemed to still be licking its lips, wanting more.

Staring into the Cloud Winged Young Tiger’s gem-like eyes, a strange feeling suddenly surged through Ye Zhen’s heart. It was as if a heart-to-heart connection had been made.

It seemed that without speaking, just by thought alone, he could communicate with the Cloud Winged Young Tiger.

This sensation of communication was different from Ye Zhen understanding Beast Language, which was one-sided. The communicative feeling after this Blood Sacrifice was bidirectional.

However, this feeling of connection lasted only a moment before it broke.

"It seems I’ll need thirty-three more days..." Ye Zhen casually tossed a large chunk of demon beast flesh into the basket, and the Cloud Winged Young Tiger pounced on it with a happy cry.

Perhaps it was because the intelligence of a newly born demon beast was still quite low, but just after one day, this Cloud Winged Young Tiger had already forgotten the sadness of being separated from its mother. Whenever there was something tasty, it was excited.

What Ye Zhen had just used was the ancient Blood Sacrifice Technique from the Hundred Beast Spirit Communing Technique.

In the Hundred Beast Spirit Communing Technique, if one obtains a young demon beast, there are three secret techniques for taming the young.

The first technique was the Divine Soul Imprint, the strongest method of control, which allowed communication with the demon beast’s divine sense, as obedient as a servant, decisively and compliantly following orders. However, it lacked autonomy.

To use this technique, you needed to be at the Soul Sea Realm, or at the very least at the peak of the Spirit Transformation Realm; Ye Zhen obviously couldn’t do it.

The second technique was the Spiritual Power Talisman Seal, slightly less effective than the Divine Soul Imprint, it was barely manageable in command. This could be replaced with the Divine Soul Imprint once one’s cultivation was strong enough, but it still required spiritual power to execute.

Thus, Ye Zhen could only use the third technique, the Blood Sacrifice. He had to feed the young beast his own blood to create a Blood Talisman, nurturing it for thirty-six days with the power of the talisman in order for the young beast to recognize its master. Afterward, communication would be perfect.

But it was just communication; you couldn’t control it as an obedient servant like with the Divine Soul Imprint, and after the Blood Sacrifice the demon beast would retain a maximum level of wildness.

This was the only choice for Ye Zhen, and it was the choice he preferred.

He wouldn’t really like a puppet-like demon servant.

Two days later, Ye Zhen found Luluo waiting for him in a small city just a thousand miles away from Qiyun Sect, following the markers she had left.

With Luluo was Liao Feibai.

What concerned Ye Zhen was that Meng Xiaoyue had still not woken up and remained unconscious.

When Luluo saw Ye Zhen, her crescent-shaped eyes immediately lit up.

"Elder Sister Liao was right, Ye Zhen, you really are lucky. With dozens of people tracking you, you still managed to escape!"

"Hey, like I said, I am half the King of the Mountains!"

"Go ahead and boast! King of the Mountains, who would believe that?" Luluo joked with Ye Zhen.

On hearing this, Liao Feibai, who was standing nearby, suddenly said with profound meaning, "Perhaps, Ye Zhen really is the King of the Mountains!"

"Elder Sister Liao...."

"According to the intelligence, the forty-six martial artists from the Lishui Sect that were hunting you, ranging from the early-stage to the late-stage Spirit Summoning realm in cultivation, have all perished in the Yin Mountain Range!"

"Ah...."

"In addition, Chu Jun, the son of the Master of the Lishui Sect, also suffered heavy injuries and was at a significant disadvantage!"

As Liao Feibai spoke slowly, Luluo grew increasingly astonished.

"How is this possible, how did you do it?"

"Heh, played a thrilling hand."

Ye Zhen touched on the highlights. When the Cloud Winged Young Tiger was brought out, its dumbfounded appearance instantly left Luluo in shock.

"Heavens, what a cute little kitty, let me hug it...."

"Roar!"

With a tiger’s roar, the Cloud Winged Young Tiger bared its sharp little milk teeth at Luluo!

"Just the other day you got your hands on the Hundred Beast Spirit Communing Technique, and now you’ve acquired a young beast, your luck..."

Ye Zhen just smiled and said nothing more.

Luck, an elusive thing. Maybe encountering the Cloud Winged Tiger was luck for Ye Zhen, but without the courage to take risks and put his life on the line, no amount of luck would matter.

"Luluo, you’ve had a hard time this trip. Why not come back with me to the Qiyun Sect and play for a few days?" invited Liao Feibai.

"No thank you!"

Luluo shook her head. "The life-and-death battles these past few days have given me quite an insight; my bottleneck has loosened. I’m planning to go back to the sect and enter seclusion to break through to the Spirit Transformation Realm in one fell swoop."

"Oh, then let me congratulate you in advance, sister."

After a brief chat, Luluo was ready to leave. Before mounting her horse to leave, Luluo suddenly took out three Secret Manuals and handed them to Ye Zhen.

"Haven’t you always wanted to learn about talisman formations? This is for you. And the method I use to hide my cultivation, I’m giving it to you as well!"

Snap!

With a crack of the whip, Luluo rode off into the distance. From afar, Luluo’s voice carried back, "Ye Zhen, if you ever get the chance to visit the Phantom Divine Empire, you must come find me at the Qingluo Sect...."

Watching this scene, Liao Feibai paused, then said to Ye Zhen, "Hey, I didn’t see it coming, but you’re quite capable, kid. In just a few days, you’ve got Luluo showing affection. Invitations, giving away Secret Manuals—the method she used to hide her cultivation, she refused to give to me even after asking multiple times, and yet she gave it to you first!"

"Hand it over, let me have a look first! Once I learn this method, I’ll hide my cultivation and thrash those guys I can’t stand, and shake their confidence while I’m at it."

Without waiting for Ye Zhen’s agreement, Liao Feibai snatched away the Hidden Truth Technique given to Ye Zhen by Luluo and started flipping through it.

"Simple, but very practical."

In the midst of speaking, Liao Feibai tossed the Secret Manual back to Ye Zhen, and her aura began to undergo changes.

Ye Zhen felt that Liao Feibai’s emanating qi had suddenly weakened, seemingly similar to the qi Chu Jun had emitted.

Realizing the fluctuations in Liao Feibai’s aura, Ye Zhen suddenly broke out into a sweat.

What a trap!

The past Liao Feibai was like a pitfall; anyone who provoked her was bound to suffer.

Now that she had hidden her cultivation, she’d become an even bigger pitfall. Paired with her beauty that could topple empires, as she traveled through the Jianghu, anyone with a notion to take advantage or even approach her, would fall headlong into this vast trap!

Before long, with one hand each, Liao Feibai carried the unconscious Meng Xiaoyue and rose into the sky with Ye Zhen, heading straight back to the Qiyun Sect.

Chatting idly along the way, Ye Zhen learned about the clash between the two sects. However, what Ye Zhen was most concerned about was Meng Xiaoyue and the changes within himself.

"Instructor Liao, when will Little Yue wake up?"

"Her divine soul is severely depleted. When we get back, we’ll get some Ning Shen Liquid from Caiyi. After resting for ten days or so, she should be more or less fine. Ah, I didn’t expect that what Meng Chuan left behind would be a Vital Vein Forging Divine Ability that could be passed down.

"Luckily, you followed them; otherwise, Little Yue’s inexperienced soul wouldn’t be able to withstand the inheritance of the Vital Vein Forging Divine Ability. Her head would have exploded on the spot, and that would’ve been the end of her."

"However, it also turned out to be a windfall for you, kid. You just picked up a Vital Vein Forging Divine Ability for nothing."

"What is a Vital Vein Forging Divine Ability?"

"Once your cultivation steps into the Vein Forging Realm, it’s one meridian, one divine power! Vein forging is using your innate bloodline as a vessel to craft a Bloodline Divine Ability! Those elders in the sect, they’re all stuck on this step, unable to forge their bloodlines and achieve divine power.

"Like Chu Taiping, the Master of the Lishui Sect, he’s also stuck on this step. It’s because he hasn’t forged his bloodline to gain a divine power that he was bullied so badly by our Qiyun Sect in the recent battle between the two sects."

"Ha, that means I’ve hit the jackpot, right? Divine powers that the elders and even Chu Taiping don’t have, I’ve got one in advance!" Ye Zhen laughed heartily, quite pleased with himself.

Liao Feibai, however, doused him with a bucket of cold water.

"Hmph, don’t get too cocky, kid. You’ve forged a half-vein divine power way too early. It’s still uncertain whether that’s a blessing or a curse!"

"Uh... why?" Ye Zhen’s expression suddenly stiffened! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)