Chapter 1472: Chapter 1473: Picked Up Godfather and Ran
On Burn Heaven Peak.
Cultivators from various realms are seizing the time to recover their cultivation levels. In the forty-ninth battlefield, they had sustained more or less significant injuries and have now become captives.
The letters have been sent out, and it’s only a matter of waiting for the top levels to make a decision before they come to redeem the captives.
Some cultivators wish to use underhanded tactics to have their sects bring powerful forces to punish Li Xiaobai, but all letters go through Li Xiaobai’s hands, rewritten to portray him as an extraordinary master, ensuring these major forces obediently deliver rare earth resources.
Li Xiaobai summoned Li Gandang from the Beiliang Realm and asked, “Do the cultivators in Beiliang Realm eat humans?”
“Eat what?”
Li Gandang felt he hadn’t heard clearly and asked.
“Eat humans, consume the Bloodline Power within cultivators!”
Li Xiaobai said.
“This is a habit exclusive to powerful beings. As one progresses further in cultivation, the requirement for the purity of Bloodline Power becomes more stringent. However, in fact, most cultivators are not born with supreme Bloodline Power, so they strengthen themselves by absorbing others’ Bloodline Power postnatally!”
“Of course, there are also naturally strong individuals like the senior, who disdain such minor methods as consuming Bloodline Power!”
Li Gandang didn’t know the purpose behind Li Xiaobai’s questions, so he added a flattering comment.
“Then do these strong individuals you mentioned still count as members of the human race?”
Li Xiaobai continued to ask.
“Of course they’re members of the human race. Since ancient times, our cultivators have had Bloodline Power mixed within. The strength of one’s bloodline is a crucial standard for judging a cultivator’s aptitude. Cultivators can hone the Bloodline Power within them day after day. It’s said those who perfect their Bloodline Power can transform into ancient Divine Beasts and perform invincible techniques!”
Li Gandang said.
In reality, no one has ever thought deeply about this question before. Having Bloodline Power mixed within humans is inherently impure. It’s really hard to clarify, and it’s been like this for centuries. Everything has become something taken for granted.
“I see.”
Li Xiaobai nodded, understanding now that, perhaps, there are no pure human bodies left in the Immortal Gods Realm. Those cultivators from the Central Origin Realm are instead the ones with the purest Bloodline Power, possessing human race bloodlines unmixed with others.
“The Immortal Gods Realm truly is full of monsters. What was seen in the Central Origin Realm back then is indeed the case, and those real monsters must be hiding deep amongst the masses.”
“Senior Brother Cai…”
“A letter just arrived from the academy…”
A young alchemy boy in the back interrupted Li Xiaobai’s thoughts, holding a letter to hand to Li Xiaobai.
It was once again a handwritten edict from the academy’s principal, and this time it was much more detailed.
“The number of disciples in the academy has dwindled, suspected to be due to some evildoer causing trouble outside the academy. True Disciple Cai Kun should go over to take a look and report back immediately if anything is found!”
The letter was signed by Principal Feng Wuheng, a name of the principal.
“They want me to go?”
“What does this mean?”
“Could it be another test?”
Li Xiaobai frowned. This matter of disciple disappearances wasn’t so simple. Could it be that the academy sees him as a peerless expert and wants to take this opportunity to have him settle this matter?
“Did the person delivering the letter say anything else?”
“No, just instructed to gather intelligence, and if encountering danger, to retreat immediately!”
The young alchemy boy’s expression gradually grew more respectful. Recently, the academy’s principal had been sending things to this senior brother too frequently, clearly favoring him. Coupled with the senior brother’s recent heroic performances, it seems a reversal is about to play out. He needs to perform well and score some extra impression points.
“Understood, you may leave.”
Li Xiaobai, holding the envelope, returned to the Elixir Hall and, without a word, directly lifted the entire Alchemy Furnace onto a golden war chariot.
“Foster father, don’t be impatient. Your child will take you to find fresh alchemy materials!”
“Guaranteed satisfaction!”
The lid of the Alchemy Furnace seemed to tremble slightly, then settled back into calmness.
This old man had a diehard recluse trait, dwelling inside the Alchemy Furnace day and night. Who knows what alchemy holds, can it be more useful than Huazi?
When the time comes, show a little skill, control the old man slightly.
The golden war chariot transformed into a streak of light, traveling towards the location mentioned in the letter.
Every passing Disciple invariably avoided the path, as the faintly dangerous aura emanating from the Alchemy Furnace was perceivable from afar, and merely looking at it gave the Divine Soul a feeling of being scorched.
No need to ask, Elder Fen Tian must be inside that Alchemy Furnace.
“Foster father, there’s evildoers outside the academy allegedly devouring quite a few of our academy’s Disciples. The principal has ordered us to exterminate these pests, ensuring your materials are secured!”
Li Xiaobai said cheerfully.
“Over there!”
The lid of the Alchemy Furnace spun around, its handle pointing in one direction.
The golden stream of light immediately made its way in that direction. This old man seemed quite capable, detecting the location of evil just after leaving the academy.
It was a forest, not far from the academy.
“Foster father, these people are audacious, daring to commit crimes near the academy! You must educate them properly!”
Li Xiaobai kept talking, but his pace visibly slowed, cautiously probing.
“Teaching and raising people, I’ve always been right at the forefront!”
From within the Alchemy Furnace came a sinister voice, “There’s a lake, with many living auras along its shore!”
At the center of the forest, there really was a body of water, but every tree along the water’s edge had cultivators tied to it; some trees bound over a dozen, while the least had several. All had lost their ability to resist.
Li Xiaobai halted from afar; the scene was deliberately conspicuous, no cultivator would be bound like this. Clearly, this was staged for him to see.
The human-made traces were too obvious.
“Foster father, many materials are tied up on the trees. Please, foster father, handle them as you wish. Your child will not disturb you and will return by evening to bring foster father back to the mountain!”
Li Xiaobai felt uneasy and was grateful he’d brought Elder Fen Tian. Otherwise, faced with danger, he wouldn’t know how to react.
“Feng Wuheng sent you?”
The voice within the Alchemy Furnace grew darker, faint traces of coldness seeping through.
“Yes, and he specifically instructed to bring back some materials for foster father. Look, it’s clearly stated on this letter that the principal is quite considerate of you!”
Li Xiaobai happily took out an envelope, waving it in front of the Alchemy Furnace. The writing on it had been reorganized by him, combining characters from both an earlier celebration banquet note and the recent letter to create new text, which essentially instructed Elder Fen Tian to refine the cultivators outside the academy into pills.
“Didn’t expect things to reach this point. Since it’s so brazen, I shall accept it all!”
The lid of the Alchemy Furnace flipped open, and a terrifying suction force erupted from within, uprooting plants in all directions to fly into the Alchemy Furnace, becoming its sustenance, and those Disciples were no exception.
“Not good, Elder Fen Tian is here as well, run!”
Several figures flickered beneath the water, leaping out and turning into beams of light.
Li Xiaobai, hiding beneath the Alchemy Furnace, clearly saw the faces of those people. Among them was an Elder he’d met once at the celebration banquet.
“The setup is too stupid, or perhaps you’re just going through the motions. Since you dare have this old man take the fall, why don’t those few dare appear in person?”
“A few small fish are not enough!”
Inside the Alchemy Furnace, Elder Fen Tian sneered, a skeletal thin hand reached out, crushing the fleeing figures in the void, collecting corpses into the furnace.
“Return home!”