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The woman in the snow robe was undoubtedly no ordinary person, her strength immeasurable. A favor from such a powerful figure might prove useful someday.
However, Su Changkong didn’t agree lightly. He didn’t even know the name or origin of the other party, and trading the Blood Divine Seed for a favor might not even be a promise fulfilled.
Su Changkong pondered for a long time, then looked up at the woman in the snow robe, "How about this... I need to study the Blood Divine Seed for a while, and after I’m done, I’ll give it to you, no more than half a year!"
If the Blood Divine Seed was indeed useless to him as the woman in the snow robe claimed, then it wouldn’t hurt to give it to her.
After all, without the woman in the snow robe, he wouldn’t have been able to protect this Blood Divine Seed. So, Su Changkong made his demand: he wanted to study it first until he was sure the Blood Divine Seed was of no use to him; only then would he hand it over to the woman in the snow robe.
The woman in the snow robe pondered for a moment, then nodded, "Agreed, just as you said, hand it to me within half a year."
With that, the woman in the snow robe channeled a surge of invisible force, and the Blood Divine Seed was drawn toward Su Changkong.
Su Changkong caught it and was somewhat surprised. He hadn’t expected the woman to actually give him the Blood Divine Seed. If roles were reversed and he had the Blood Divine Seed in his hands, it certainly wouldn’t have been handed over so easily.
The woman in the snow robe said, "Take this Ice Snow Leaf. When you finish studying the Blood Divine Seed, crush it, and I will come to you."
A soft light twinkled from an ice-blue ring on the woman’s finger, and an ice crystal-carved leaf flew toward Su Changkong.
Su Changkong caught the Ice Snow Leaf and examined it carefully. It seemed to be made from nature’s spiritual energy, like an intricate work of art capable of turning Spiritual Energy into ice crystals. On second thought, it was certainly worth a closer study!
Having agreed on their arrangement, the woman in the snow robe didn’t stay long and prepared to depart.
Su Changkong couldn’t help but ask, "May I have the honor of your esteemed name?"
"Ji Xuexiao."
A voice lingered in the air as the woman in the snow robe, accompanied by a gust of icy wind, disappeared into the wilderness.
"Ji Xuexiao? It feels... it feels somehow familiar."
Su Changkong committed the name to memory, mulling over the faint sense of familiarity he had towards Ji Xuexiao, though he was sure this was their first encounter. It left him puzzled.
"Dao Wufeng? The one who attacked the Life Extinguishing Association and crushed their Vice Master of the Association on the spot? He doesn’t possess a Divine Seed, yet his strength is noteworthy. The Great Flame Empire... certainly has its share of interesting characters!"
As Ji Xuexiao, like a snowflake, drifted away with the ice wind, her thoughts lingered too. She had so readily agreed to let Su Changkong study the Blood Divine Seed because she had heard of him!
Standing against the Life Extinguishing Association, striking heavy blows against Evil Sects and the Demon Gate, such a person couldn’t be a figure of great evil or wickedness.
"The world is indeed in chaos now… Could Ji Xuexiao be from a top-tier sect or a millennia-old family? She also mentioned the Ancient Demon Sect, could they be the ones who taught the Luo Family how to refine the Blood Divine Seed?" Su Changkong speculated, gazing at the flickering Divine Seed in his hand.
With the tidal wave of nature’s spiritual energy arriving, the Spiritual Energy was growing more abundant and chaotic, bringing once secluded sects and figures into the open.
That realization struck Su Changkong, prompting him to stow the Blood Divine Seed and the Ice Snow Leaf into his Bag of Book Fragrance.
"Elder Blade!"
A figure approached rapidly from a distance—it was none other than Gu Feiyang, the leader of the Flame Dragon Guard who had tracked his way here.
Seeing the disarray and blood on the ground, Gu Feiyang couldn’t help but ask, "Is it resolved?"
"Yes, Luo Huang has been dealt with. As for the matters in Diluo City, I’ll trouble you to take care of them. I’m going to leave first," Su Changkong nodded.
With the Luo Family of Diluo City annihilated, there was nothing left for Su Changkong to handle.
Having said that, Su Changkong didn’t linger. He leapt into the air, a white crane phantom materializing beneath him, and rode off towards the distance.
Watching Su Changkong disappear into the horizon, Gu Feiyang couldn’t help but admire, "That Dao Wufeng... truly formidable!"
Luo Huang, despite having the Blood Divine Seed, had ended up fleeing desperately against Su Changkong, unable to escape death, slain on the spot!
Luckily, such a character was not an enemy!
After dealing with the Luo Family, Su Changkong made his way back to the Spirit Taoist Sect.
All was as it had been within the Spirit Taoist Sect. The trip had been relatively smooth, without major incidents, and he even returned with a Blood Divine Seed.
Back at the Spirit Taoist Sect, Su Changkong immediately went into seclusion and began to study the Blood Divine Seed.
This Blood Divine Seed was forged from the combined flesh, blood, and lineage powers of over a hundred members of the Luo Family. Su Changkong observed that the Blood Divine Seed was extremely unstable - anyone apart from those of the Luo Family bloodline trying to refine it would only cause it to collapse and explode, possibly losing their life in the process!
As Ji Xuexiao had said, the Blood Divine Seed was utterly useless to other martial artists!
"But the Divine Skills contained within the Blood Divine Seed are rather profound," Su Changkong thought to himself.
Each Martial Saint possesses genuine Divine Skills, and their descendants have those skills embedded in their bloodlines, born with unique powers known as bloodline Divine Skills.
This Blood Divine Seed was the embodiment of the entire Luo Family’s lineage power concentrated within Luo Huang, the one with the best aptitude and talent. It naturally contained Divine Skills that were not authentic, but still considerably formidable.
It was evident from how Luo Huang, a mere Five-Qi Grandmaster who had the Blood Divine Seed, was able to confront Su Changkong, a man with more than one pseudo-Divine Skill, in direct combat!
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