Imperial Cultivation Chapter 1580 - 1576: True Blood

Floating along, Li Hongzhao transmitted secretly: "What true blood did they obtain?"

"Mystic Turtle True Blood," Chu Zhiyuan replied.

Li Hongzhao was disappointed: "Mystic Turtle? We can’t use that at all."

"Hmm."

"Then why fight for it?" Li Hongzhao was puzzled.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head: "I don’t understand, you all are fighting desperately, everyone is determined to get it."

"Strange..." Li Hongzhao furrowed her brow.

The two continued transmitting secretly while gracefully ascending the mountain peak.

As soon as they reached the mountaintop, they saw three golden-winged white eagles circling in the sky.

They soared and glided, leisurely and carefree.

Seeing them, Li Hongzhao no longer had any desire to provoke them.

Only by truly facing them did she realize their might, realizing the gap between them.

She looked up at the three golden-winged white eagles and sighed: "How did they find it?"

"In a lake," Chu Zhiyuan said. "A small lake not far from them, with a mystic turtle inside. During Feng Nanyun’s cultivation, he discovered it."

"Feng Nanyun?"

"Yes, he’s also someone blessed with great fortune," Chu Zhiyuan said. "While cultivating in the lake, he accidentally discovered it."

Li Hongzhao frowned: "If it really is holy beast true blood, shouldn’t there have been some sort of indication long ago?"

Chu Zhiyuan said: "If it was easy to sense, other spiritual beasts would have discovered it already. The pearl material is peculiar, isolating its detection, plus it’s inside the mystic turtle’s belly."

"So how did he find it?"

"He engaged the mystic turtle in battle, killed the turtle, and found this miracle pearl."

"That’s real luck!" Li Hongzhao said. "So even with mystic turtle true blood, it couldn’t defeat Feng Nanyun?"

"Didn’t actually obtain the true blood," Chu Zhiyuan shook his head. "The true blood was sealed within the round bead."

"Of what use is Mystic Turtle True Blood..." Li Hongzhao frowned: "Bloodline emphasizes purity, it can’t be mixed."

Chu Zhiyuan slowly nodded.

He was curious about this too.

However, even the Divine Eye is not all-knowing, it can only foresee possible futures.

Why they were determined to seize the mystic turtle true blood, that remains unknown.

The mystic turtle true blood must have its mysteries.

"Should you intercept it early?" Li Hongzhao asked.

Chu Zhiyuan said: "Shall we take it over to see?"

"Alright." Li Hongzhao smiled: "Don’t let anyone know."

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

...

Ten miles from the Green Lion Lineage gate, there’s a serene lake.

Chu Zhiyuan stood with hands behind his back, Li Hongzhao beside him, with an elephant beast on his left shoulder.

Li Hongzhao glanced around and nodded: "This lake doesn’t seem dangerous."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled: "The mystic turtle is hidden at the lake bottom, concealing its aura, impossible to detect."

"Is it powerful?" Li Hongzhao asked.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head: "I’ll go down and take a look."

"Be careful."

"Understood."

Chu Zhiyuan vanished in a flash.

The elephant beast floated mid-air, its tail gently swaying, eyes forming a golden thread.

Li Hongzhao curiously examined it.

Finding it floating mid-air as if standing on solid ground, without any sign of exerting power.

Amazed, she wanted to reach out and touch it.

But seeing the elephant beast’s taut face, serious and dignified, she dared not be presumptuous.

A moment later, Chu Zhiyuan reappeared, his green robe untouched by water.

"Let’s go."

"Finished?" Li Hongzhao asked.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded, placing his hand on her fragrant shoulder, while the elephant beast perched on his left shoulder.

In a moment, the two and the beast disappeared.

In the next moment, they appeared in front of the elephant beast’s cave mansion.

Li Hongzhao looked around.

The elephant beast transformed into a beam of white light and shot out.

Chu Zhiyuan retrieved a pitch-black round bead from his sleeve, the size of a dragon eye, and handed it to Li Hongzhao.

Li Hongzhao was astonished: "Is this the pearl?"

The pitch-black round bead the size of a dragon eye.

Completely black, devoid of any sheen, like a piece of carved charcoal.

Looks like nothing special, but concentrating to sense felt different.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded with a smile: "Can you sense anything?"

"I feel something!" Suddenly, a seven-colored phoenix appeared above Li Hongzhao’s head.

It stood high in the air, proud and regal, bathed in flames, radiating seven-colored light.

Li Hongzhao’s phoenix eyes burned, staring at this black pearl, the seven-colored phoenix above her becoming increasingly solid.

She felt the black pearl in her hand was like a sun, burning her.

Powerful heat threatening to melt her.

Chu Zhiyuan watched with a satisfied smile, sensing Li Hongzhao’s transformation.

Around her, her aura accelerated circulation, constantly surging, as if vast power was injected into her body from the void.

But this vast power didn’t come from the void, rather from within her body.

He immediately understood, this was power from her bloodline.

This black pearl—the mystic turtle true blood—was stimulating her bloodline’s power.

Could this be the mystery of true blood?

Can true blood really excite the true blood within the bloodline?

Despite not being Phoenix True Blood, Mystic Turtle True Blood could still stimulate her bloodline?

If it were Phoenix True Blood, then what?

Thinking of this, he shook his head, feeling a sense of wonder.

Indeed, true blood doesn’t adhere to logic, the power of bloodline exceeds conventional boundaries, it can’t be understood through typical martial arts concepts.

Her rapid surge in power was astonishing, as if in the blink of an eye, her cultivation had doubled.

Yet it was far from reaching its limit, still surging, how far would it go?

His eyes suddenly narrowed, swiftly reaching out.

The black pearl appeared in his hand at once.

Li Hongzhao’s phoenix eyes glared fiercely, a sharp light shining through.

Chu Zhiyuan said: "That’s enough, don’t continue, let’s stop here!"

"...Alright," Li Hongzhao said hoarsely.

She found her throat rough, her voice dry, her entire being in a strange state.

Both extremely strong, unprecedentedly strong, yet extremely weak, as if vacated.

The coexistence of extreme strength and extreme weakness left her at a loss.

Chu Zhiyuan pressed his hand against her back.

A spring breeze-like gentle power entered her organs.

The weakness vanished instantly.

"What’s happening..." she slowly exhaled: "What’s going on?"

"Too overbearing," Chu Zhiyuan said: "It strengthened your body too much."

He looked at the black pearl.

At this time, the black pearl was no different from before, still pitch-black as charcoal, devoid of luster.

It’s hard to imagine, such a small round bead being so overwhelmingly powerful.

Li Hongzhao’s phoenix eyes suddenly brightened, softly saying: "I’ve entered the Second Transition."

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

Li Hongzhao exclaimed: "So fast, I never would’ve expected."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled: "That’s the allure of fortuitous encounters, elevating a transition instantly, saving decades of hard cultivation."

"At least ten years." Li Hongzhao’s phoenix eyes burned brightly: "I feel I can elevate another transition."

Chu Zhiyuan said: "I think you shouldn’t rush to attempt the Third Transition."

"Hmm—?"

Chu Zhiyuan said: "Your body is damaged, it needs proper recovery."

Li Hongzhao closed her phoenix eyes, staying still.

A moment later, she opened her phoenix eyes, perplexed: "I feel great, never better."

"At least recover for a month," Chu Zhiyuan shook his head: "After a month, then use this true blood."

"Alright." Li Hongzhao agreed readily.

Though she hadn’t detected any damage to her body, she trusted Chu Zhiyuan’s judgment.

Chu Zhiyuan put the black pearl back in his sleeve and looked at Li Hongzhao: "How about it, any memories regarding the divine artifact?"

"...Oh, actually a little." Li Hongzhao was surprised.

She discovered that in her memory, an account about the divine artifact had appeared out of nowhere.

She hadn’t heard Song Chaoge mention it, yet she knew it.