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After entering, the Old Huo seemed to be hesitating, as if he was considering how to start the conversation. Ever since Mount Cangman found An Zheng, the entire time, the Old Huo gave An Zheng a feeling that he wanted to say something, but was unable to. He seemed to be preoccupied with something, and there was a very complicated feeling in his eyes.

"Senior, if you have something to say, feel free to say it."

An Zheng tried to sit up straight, "I'll listen carefully."

Old Huo looked at An Zheng, then looked at the blood nurturing bead bracelet on his wrist.

"An Zheng... Do you know what that thing in your hand is? "

An Zheng nodded his head: "I got it by accident. There seems to be a type of sagacity in this bead that can tell its owner what it is. So I knew that this thing was called the blood nurturing bead bracelet, and it was a artifact of the purple rank. Senior, do you also know this thing? "

Old Huo was silent for a moment, his expression especially solemn: "As expected, this thing ? The blood nurturing bead, I have only heard of it and have never seen it with my own eyes. If it's convenient for you, tell me in detail how you came by this thing. Please believe that this is a matter of life and death. "

Seeing that the Old Huo was serious, An Zheng's heart could not help but become heavy. He did not want to say anything about the dried corpse, so he only said that he found a patch of medicine field, a thatched cottage, in a thatched cottage in the ravine. He found the blood nurturing bead in the thatched cottage and thought it was a good thing so he put it on. As a result, after wearing it, it would pierce through one's blood and claim ownership, causing them to be unable to take it off.

After Old Huo finished listening, his expression eased up a little, "If it wasn't for someone else giving it to you, it might have been better if you picked it up yourself."

An Zheng's heart trembled, but his face still maintained his calm: "What do you mean?"

Old Huo walked to the window, and stood there for a long time before saying: "There was actually a very cruel legend about this blood nurturing bead in the past. Rumor has it that blood nurturing bead did not come from the human realm, but from hell instead. When I was in star rank building, I had read many ancient books about the ancient divine instrument, and one of them mentioned the origin of the blood nurturing bead. According to the ancient records, the blood nurturing bead came from a Bodhi tree within the blood pool of hell, and was born from the nourishment of the blood. "

"Later on, there were Grand Cultivator who mistakenly entered the Infernal Realm. Seeing that this Bodhi tree is mystical, they broke off its branches and created this blood nurturing bead bracelet. After the Grand Cultivator returned to the human world, something happened. He was chased by his enemies and died in peak period. His descendant obtained this bead bracelet, and from then on ? There will never be a revival of this family. None of the people who obtained the bead bracelet will be able to have a good end. "

An Zheng asked: "Why is that?"

Old Huo said: "According to the ancient records, the viciousness of this blood nurturing bead lies in its blood culture. Once the blood nurturing bead recognized its master, the master had no choice but to use his own blood to nourish it. When you said you could obtain the blood nurturing bead bracelet, something on the bead took in some blood ? In all likelihood, the rumors were true. blood nurturing bead needed a long period of blood nourishment, so the pearl would continuously extract bloodline power s from the person they were wearing. If this person is not able to maintain his powerful strength, his blood will sooner or later be completely absorbed by the blood nurturing bead, and he will become a dried up corpse in the end. "

When An Zheng thought about the senior corpse, his heart became heavier.

The Old Huo said: "In that case, it's better if you don't have a gift from someone else. It's because there is an even more malicious attribute to the blood nurturing bead. If the previous owner was sucked dry of his blood by the blood nurturing bead, if a curse was placed before his death. Then, the next holder of a blood nurturing bead would not only need to use its own blood to nourish the blood nurturing bead, but would also have to use its own blood to nourish the next owner, who would in other words, become a dried corpse. "

"When the corpse obtains the bloodline power of the current owner, it will slowly recover. This was the blood nurturing bead, rumored to be the forbidden technique personally created by the Lord of Hell. No matter who it is, they have no choice but to nourish it after wearing the blood nurturing bead. "

An Zheng's heart dropped to the bottom in an instant, but he was still unwilling to believe that he had been tricked. Although that desiccated corpse was strange, perhaps it was just as Old Huo said, borrowing his power to return the soul.

But when he saw the dried corpse, the bead bracelet was not on him. Moreover, the first thing the dried corpse gave him was a necklace, not a blood nurturing bead bracelet. Maybe it was just a coincidence?

An Zheng tried to console himself, but he realized that this kind of thing was impossible to comfort. It was impossible for Old Huo to know what happened when he saw the dried corpse, so there was no need to make up such a lie to deceive him. An Zheng was the head of the Law Department and had extensive knowledge and experience, but his understanding towards magic tools was evidently inferior to that of the Old Huo s who had been there for many years. There was an expert in the art of attack, An Zheng's attack had been extremely ferocious, causing the people of the world to tremble in fear. As for someone like the Old Huo, his understanding of magic tools was naturally incomparable to others.

"Pay more attention in the future."

Old Huo was silent for a while and then said: "If only ? If he felt that his bloodline was always in a very poor state, and his spirit was always in a low state, and he always felt very tired, then he should have made his preparations earlier. The blood nurturing bead became stronger as the wearer's strength increased, but the stronger it was, the more it could absorb. If there is another enchantment from your previous owner, then the speed at which your blood is being lost will be very fast. "

An Zheng tried his best to ask calmly: "Is there any way to break it?"

Old Huo looked at An Zheng: "No, even if you cut off this arm, throw the blood nurturing bead to the ends of the earth. It is still constantly absorbing your blood, even if you are thousands of miles away from the blood nurturing bead. Because at that time, the blood was already pricking, it was blood related to you ? It can't be undone. Only when you are about to become a dried up corpse can you activate the enchantment and pass this curse to the next owner. "

"And that's it."

Old Huo's reply was exactly like she was comforting An Zheng, it was so powerless, "Increase your own strength as soon as possible, and always let your own blood essence be in a sufficient state. In other words, the speed at which you become stronger must be even faster than blood nurturing bead. As long as you can constantly satisfy the blood nurturing bead's demand for blood while not harming your own body, then it's alright. Another way is for you to not become stronger, and always maintain your current strength, then blood nurturing bead will have a very low demand for blood. "

"The precondition is that the previous holder did not have a curse. If you do, your blood will be sucked dry. An Zheng asked, did you see any dried corpses near the blood nurturing bead? "

An Zheng opened his mouth: "No."

Old Huo looked at An Zheng doubtfully, and then sighed. "I hope nothing is wrong, you can pay more attention to yourself. Right now, there is already no way to remove the blood nurturing bead from your wrist. The only thing I wish for is that the price for this pearl is not very high. "

An Zheng forced out a smile: "Maybe the speed at which I can become stronger is faster than it."

Old Huo was silent for a long time before he turned around and walked out.

An Zheng knew that the Old Huo wouldn't be able to find any words to comfort him. His current cultivation potential was half a star, and he wanted to quickly increase his strength?

It was just a pipe dream.

After Old Huo left, An Zheng remained in a worried and heavy state for a long time. He knew that the Old Huo would not lie to him, because there was no need to. An Zheng would never suspect an elder who gifted him a purple rank Heaven Defying Seal, just like how he still could not believe that this senior corpse was trying to drink his blood to rebirth.

So what?

An Zheng took a deep breath, trying to ease the depression in his heart. Was it not fair for the old dried corpse to gift him a purple rank artifact and a hundred mu of medicine field to exchange these items for some of his blood? Furthermore, the blood nurturing bead was not unbreakable. As long as he could maintain his strengthening speed at the same as the blood nurturing bead, he would be fine.

An Zheng subconsciously lowered his head to look at the bead string on his left wrist, and saw the different shapes of the blood colored star point on the thirteen beads.

Consider it a form of urging.

Time always slipped away unknowingly, such as sleeping. I always thought I'd just play a little more and go to sleep, and then I realized I didn't have much time left to sleep. During the day, he could either squeeze his own body, or squeeze out the time that he needed to do other things. An Zheng did not dare waste time, because with the blood nurturing bead, he knew he had even less right to waste time.

Even when he was recuperating in his bed, he did not give up on cultivating. The so called marrow cleansing was actually not only able to make the muscles and bones, and even the meridians, become stronger; it was also not as simple as being able to circulate the cultivation strength. Most importantly, he had opened up the potential of the Dantian Qi Sea. Everyone has their own Dantian Qi Sea, be it for ordinary people or cultivator. This was something that was born to exist. It was a miraculous thing that existed within the human body.

The difference between a genius and an ordinary person was the degree to which the Dantian Qi Sea was activated. A genius was a genius because their Dantian Qi Sea had already been opened when they were born. But for ordinary people, the Dantian Qi Sea was closed. If he wanted to open the marrow cleansing, he had to rely on the strength of the spirit stone and a cultivator at least.

An Zheng's potential was half a star, which meant that his Dantian Qi Sea had only opened up a small crack. The size of the doors is relative, whether in or out. The more he opened, the more he would enter. The ones that opened the door were small, while the ones that entered were small. Size referred to absorption and release. Absorption, referred to the cultivation strength that was contained within a Dantian Qi Sea. Release referred to the strength of the attack.

The power of the attack was naturally great when the door was opened, because the attack power of the cultivation strength was great. Therefore, the division of realms wasn't too strict. If they were both from the same first rank of purified stage, then comparing An Zheng and Xiao Qidao ? The attack power of Xiao Qidao's first rank of purified stage was probably more than ten times stronger than An Zheng's. As the realm of the cultivation level increased, the strength of Xiao Qidao's attack would also become several times stronger than An Zheng's. Ten times, twenty times, a hundred times, a thousand times ?

And the most important thing was, if the door was very small, then it was possible that the cultivation level realm would stop moving once they reached a certain point. The energy absorbed could only be maintained at the output from the first rank of purified stage, so it would never reach the second grade of Rising Essence.

What An Zheng urgently needed to do was to make his Dantian Qi Sea's door open wider.

However, changing one's physique was simply too difficult. This was different from the marrow cleansing. The marrow cleansing only opened the door to the Dantian Qi Sea because there was a door to begin with. But the change in your physique is to make your door bigger.

An Zheng rested on the bed for about a month before he was almost fully recovered. The best news for him was not this, but rather the blood nurturing bead's demand for blood seemed to be not very big, otherwise, he would not have recovered. But An Zheng knew that if it wasn't for the blood nurturing bead, he wouldn't have only recovered in a month. After all, Qu Liuer had used green rank and even white product's medicine every day to nourish his body.

If it was a genius, he would have eaten too many green rank or white product's herbs. However, An Zheng only allowed his body to return to a similar state as before. For a month, there was no progress.

Counting the time, there were still more than four months until the competition with Phantom Institute, there did not seem to be any hope for victory.

But An Zheng did not give up.

Because he was An Zheng, the An Zheng who never accepted the arrangements of fate.