Chapter 1016, Accident

Translator: Jon

Translation Checker: Silavin

 

Lu Ye could smell the stench of blood before he even went near that place. It was the Blood Pond, which was how the Blood River of Blood Refinement Boundary revealed itself on the surface.

 

The Blood River was a river that was hidden in the depths of the ground; it didn’t flow on the surface. The Blood Ponds that were scattered in different parts of Blood Refinement Boundary were the pathways through which Blood Race members could enter the Blood River.

 

With a frown, Lu Ye solemnly studied the Blood Pond. Although he had received some information about the Blood Pond from the dead Blood Race member, it felt different when he saw the pond with his eyes.

 

At first glance, the texture, colour, and smell of the liquid in the pond were just like those of blood, which was strange.

 

Bubbles of different sizes kept rising from the bottom of the Blood Pond and burst on the surface, causing the blood to splatter.

 

Zhang Julai turned even more solemn upon arriving at this place. Once he stepped into the Blood River, whether he would survive depended on his luck. As Lu Ye’s Soul Slave, he had to take this step if he wanted to stay by his side for a long time.

 

He took a deep breath and turned around to salute Lu Ye in the Blood Race’s way. “I’ll get going now, Sir.”

 

Lu Ye nodded in response. Without hesitation, Zhang Julai leapt into the Blood River, causing no splash at all.

 

Following that, Lu Ye activated his Divine Ego in an attempt to trace Zhang Julai. Much to his surprise, his Divine Ego couldn’t go further than three metres into the blood.

 

It was apparent that the blood in the pond could block out the Divine Ego. Anyway, Lu Ye wasn’t concerned. Although Zhang Julai was his Soul Slave, he must’ve killed a lot of Humans before as a Blood Race member. Before he came across Lu Ye, he must’ve oppressed many Humans.

 

Therefore, Lu Ye wouldn’t feel sorry even if Zhang Julai lost his life there. He could take on a new Soul Slave at any moment. Now, his cultivation was fully restored. Blood Race members below the Divine Ocean Realm wouldn’t be a match for him.

 

He bent his back and covered one hand with his Spiritual Power before extending it into the Blood Pond to find out the secrets behind the blood.

 

Soon, he appeared surprised. There was no doubt the blood was highly erosive as the Spiritual Power around his hand was losing strength rapidly. Some erosive sounds could be heard.

 

He wasn’t surprised by this because he had come into contact with the Blood Race in Soaring Dragon Boundary before. What surprised him was that the blood seemed to contain immense energy. This reminded him of the ley lines in Jiu Zhou.

 

He had felt the same kind of immensity when he absorbed the ley line’s power in the nameless Hidden Realm. However, the energy in the Blood River was more ample than that of the nameless Hidden Realm’s ley line.

 

The only difference was that the energy of the nameless Hidden Realm’s ley line could be absorbed for cultivation, whereas the energy in the Blood River wasn’t suitable.

 

It was dangerous for Human cultivators to absorb the energy. The erosive power alone was unbearable for them. If they forcibly absorbed it, it would be damaging to their Spiritual Points and meridians.

 

[Is the Blood River the ley line of Blood Refinement Boundary?] The idea suddenly sprang into Lu Ye’s mind.

 

He felt it was probably the case. The ley line of a world must be everywhere. Therefore, special places such as the Blood Ponds existed in different parts of Blood Refinement Boundary, and every Blood Pond was connected to the underground Blood River. He felt that this world was indeed different and full of strange things.

 

“Stay here. I’ll dive into it and have a look,” Lu Ye told Lan Qiyue while turning around.

 

Since the Blood River was full of energy, it was tremendously useful to his cultivation.

 

Being in Blood Refinement Boundary, he couldn’t connect to the Heavens and purchase Golden Amulets to cultivate his power. Although he still had a lot of cultivation resources and consuming Blood Crystals was a way to do that as well, it wasn’t as convenient as using Amulets.

 

However, if he could make use of the ley line of Blood Refinement Boundary to cultivate his power, it would be much better than ordinary methods, though it would still be inferior to using Amulets.

 

It had been a month since he arrived in this world. His cultivation was initially suppressed, but it was now fully restored. During this period, his cultivation in the Seventh-Order Real Lake Realm could be considered to have stabilised. As such, there wouldn’t be a problem for him to continue increasing his power.

 

In this strange world, he had to become stronger as quickly as possible. It wasn’t like he could rely on the dull-witted Dao Thirteen.

 

“Be careful, Senior Brother.” Lan Qiyue was worried, but she didn’t stop him.

 

Lu Ye nodded and covered himself in his Spiritual Power before leaping into the pond, causing a splash and disappearing.

 

In an instant, erosive sounds were heard coming from different directions as his Spiritual Power was consumed rapidly. He tried to dispel his Spiritual Power Shield, but the moment the blood came into contact with his skin, he felt a tingling sensation.

 

It was as though countless needles were jabbing into different parts of his body. Fortunately, he could still bear the pain.

 

He didn’t need to proactively absorb the immense energy in the blood. As though having a spirituality of its own, the blood entered his body through the pores. The pain he felt intensified.

 

Suddenly, he felt an anomaly coming from the Tree of Glyphs. He looked into his mind and saw a thick layer of fog around the tree.

 

This showed that the blood contained a lot of harmful things to him, which was why they were burned away by the tree the moment they entered his body.

 

After some observation, he confirmed there wasn’t any danger. He just had to bear the tingling sensation. This was how amazing the Tree of Glyphs was.

 

One had to know that the Blood River was a dangerous place for adult Blood Race members. Hardly anyone could come out alive because of the horrifying power in the blood, not to mention that Lu Ye was a Human.

 

Nevertheless, the harmful things were burned away and turned into fog by the Tree of Glyphs, so Lu Ye would only feel pain all over his body.

 

He extended his Divine Ego and realised it still couldn’t move past three metres around him. Zhang Julai was nowhere in sight. It was a wonder where he was.

 

Lu Ye then dived deeper into the river. After descending for dozens of metres, he suddenly felt some undercurrents around him. He waited for a bit, not daring to dive deeper. The Divine Ego was useless in this place. If he was swept away by the undercurrents, he might not be able to return.

 

Moreover, he discovered that even though he could make use of the Blood River to cultivate his power, it wasn’t sustainable. That was because the Tree of Glyphs’ fuel was consumed rapidly to achieve that.

 

He had stored a lot of fuel in the Tree of Glyphs. When he was in the Sword and Tool Sect, he had spent two months absorbing the Earth Fire. All the energy was stored as fuel in the Tree of Glyphs to burn away the impurities.

 

However, there were too many impurities in the Blood River. He had never seen such thick fog around the Tree of Glyphs before.

 

If he kept on doing this, he felt that the Tree of Glyphs would run out of fuel in one to two months.

 

It was undoubtedly a bad deal. The Tree of Glyphs was his greatest helper, so he couldn’t let it lose the ability to burn away the impurities, especially when he didn’t have a way to replenish the fuel in Blood Refinement Boundary for now. Even though he felt it was a shame, he had no choice but to give up.

 

He then activated his Spiritual Power and ascended. Soon enough, he was out of the Blood Pond. With his Spiritual Power’s protection, his clothes weren’t soaked in blood.

 

As soon as he landed on the ground, he turned around and squinted his eyes. Lan Qiyue was nowhere in sight, but there was a Blood Race member standing beside the pond.

 

The Blood Race member was holding a blood foetus, so it was apparent that he was there to drop it into the pond and let it hatch. He was looking down at the pond when Lu Ye showed up, so he was shocked by the latter’s appearance.

 

When he made out Lu Ye’s face, he was astounded. Then, he growled, “How dare a blood meal like you barge into the forbidden area of the Blood Race!”

 

The Blood River was the Blood Race’s foundation as well as the breeding place for blood foetuses. Naturally, they highly treasured it.

 

In Blood Refinement Boundary, Humans had no right to step into a Blood Pond. Therefore, when the Blood Race member saw Lu Ye leaping out of the pond, he was furious.

 

“Where is she?” Lu Ye asked grimly.

 

No traces of a fight were found, nor was there any blood on the ground. However, Lan Qiyue was nowhere in sight. Lu Ye had some speculation as to where she was.

 

He didn’t expect such an accident to happen while he explored the Blood River temporarily, so he couldn’t help but blame himself. If he knew this would happen, he would’ve sent Lan Qiyue back to the Cave Mansion after the two women were passed to the village chief.

 

He thought that since he still had to have a look at the Blood River, he decided to take Lan Qiyue with him. They could go back together after he was done looking into the Blood River so that no time would be wasted.

 

It seemed that Lan Qiyue must’ve detected the Blood Race member’s presence. Since she had nowhere to hide, she decided to jump into the Blood River to look for Lu Ye.

 

Even Blood Race members might not be able to come out alive once they stepped into the Blood River, not to mention that Lan Qiyue was a Human. What was more, she was only a Spirit Creek Realm Master.

 

“You’re supposed to be worried about yourself first.” The Blood Race member snapped and extended his hand towards Lu Ye. His fingers radiated an icy glint.

 

The sound of unsheathing a weapon was heard as a Saber Light flickered. The Blood Race member fell into a dazed state while his hand was still stretched out, but his arm fell off his body the next moment.

 

The Saber Light flashed across his eyes so quickly that he didn’t feel pain for a moment. His blood hadn’t even spurted out of his wound yet.

 

Realising something had happened, he looked dazedly at Lu Ye. He couldn’t understand why a blood meal had the guts to attack him.

 

Another Saber Light flickered, and his body stiffened at once. As a Cloud River Realm Master, how was he supposed to fend off Lu Ye’s attacks?

 

On the other hand, Lu Ye leapt into the Blood River and extended his Divine Ego as far as he could to search for Lan Qiyue.

 

After he was gone, the Blood Race member staggered. His head dropped from his body, and blood spurted out from his neck. The headless corpse then collapsed to the ground.

 

An hour later, Lu Ye left the Blood Pond with an extremely gloomy expression because he couldn’t find Lan Qiyue.

 

The environment in the Blood River was hostile. Besides the undercurrents, his Divine Ego was also suppressed. In such a situation, it was extremely difficult to look for a person.

 

He was supposed to be inside the Blood River when Lan Qiyue jumped into it, but he didn’t detect her presence. It was only natural that he couldn’t find her afterwards.

 

There was no way a Spirit Creek Realm Master like her could survive after she entered the Blood River.