After all, his life was important, and it would only become more and more troublesome if he continued to drag it out.
“Young, Young Master Han, please do it,” Wu Qian Feng said, gritting his teeth.
Ling Han drew his sword, and shua , a cold flash passed. Immediately, black-colored blood sprayed out.
He did not cut off Wu Qian Feng’s foot, but merely made an incision in the sole of his foot to let out blood. With the continuous urging of the Strange Fire, black blood gushed out endlessly.
‘Here it comes!’
Ling Han’s eyes suddenly lit up. He quickly dropped his sword and stretched out a hand towards the fountain of black blood. Then, he immediately drew back his hand. No one noticed that there was an additional something in his hand, because he had immediately stored the item into the Spatial Ring.
The black blood was continuously forced out, and very quickly, Wu Qian Feng’s left leg had completely returned to normal. However, it still looked a bit pale. After all, Wu Qian Feng had lost a lot of blood.
“It’s done,” Ling Han said.
Wu Qian Feng sensed for a moment, and an expression of uncontrollable elation appeared on his face. He hurriedly stood and raised his clasped hands in Ling Han’s direction and said, “Many thanks, Young Master Han! Many thanks, Young Master Han!” This venom had troubled him for many years. There was no hint of recovery even after he had taken many different types of medicine that were supposed to heal poison. Every day, he had to use his Origin Power to suppress the poison. If not, the poison would make its way upwards and absorb his blood.
If it was not because of this poison, he would not still be in the seventh layer of Spiritual Ocean Tier now. Instead, he would have managed to reach the ninth layer, with a high chance to break through to Spiritual Pedestal Tier.
If the Clashing Yang Pill still had no effects, he was indeed preparing to give up his left leg. After all, a living man who had lost a leg was still much better than a dead man who had all his limbs.
He had never thought that Ling Han would so easily manage to solve a problem that had troubled him for almost ten years.
Amazing!
“Cover up that hairy leg of yours. Do you think it looks very nice?” Ling Han said disdainfully. By now, Wu Qian Feng’s leg was scorched black in some places, and those places that were not burnt were covered with body hair. It was indeed a disgusting sight.
“Yes! Yes!” Wu Qian Feng was currently very elated, so he ignored Ling Han’s extremely rude tone.
“All right. You may go now!” Ling Han flicked his hand, and issued the command for them to leave.
“Yes!” Wu Qian Feng quickly raised his clasped hands in farewell. As he continuously made his apologies to the members of the Jiang Clan, he picked up the three juniors of his Clan. Since the poison was now cured, he naturally did not need to beg Yuanchu for any favors. Thus, he directly returned home.
“You return too,” Ling Han said to Yuanchu.
“Yes, Young Master Han.” At first, Yuanchu was planning to flatter him a bit more, but when he recalled that Ling Han was currently staying in the Imperial City and would definitely come over to the Heaven’s Medicine Pavilion frequently, he did not continue to bother him and took his leave.
Now that the outsiders were gone, the members of the Jiang Clan all looked at Ling Han with reverence.
Ling Han smiled, and asked, “What is it? Do you not know me anymore?”
“I do indeed feel like I don’t know you anymore,” Jin Wuji said with a bitter smile. “Even Grandmaster Yuanchu and Master Wu had to show you utmost respect. I am really at a loss what to do. How about if I call you Young Master Han as well?”
“Go to hell!” Ling Han laughed loudly. “Do you not take me as a friend?”
All of a sudden, Jin Wuji felt a warmth spread out in his heart.
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Becoming friends with Ling Han before and later… the significance of the two scenarios were completely different.
Even a Black Grade middle level alchemist had to address Ling Han respectfully as Young Master Han. What an honor it was to be able to become Ling Han’s friend!
Jiang Fei Yan’s parents and Jiang Fei Yan herself were all extraordinarily delighted by his words. Meanwhile, Eldest Aunt and Youngest Aunt both shamelessly approached Ling Han. Eldest Aunt said, “Young Master Han, my Hua Lian and Yuan’er are both good boys. They will definitely be able to become good friends with Young Master Han.”
“That’s right, that’s right. You can all become good friends,” Youngest Aunt hurriedly continued.
They were really without any sense of shame.
Ling Han asked calmly, “Do I know you?”
Eldest Aunt and Youngest Aunt were instantly struck speechless by his question. If it was just a moment ago, they would definitely have bared their fangs and brandished their claws. Yet now, they dared not say even one word. Instead, they continued to signal at Jiang Fei Yan with their eyes, hoping that she could speak up on their behalf.
If their sons could become good friends with Ling Han, then wouldn’t that mean that they would be able to do as they liked in this Imperial City?
“You all can get lost now!” Ling Han said impatiently.
How could Eldest Aunt and Youngest Aunt give up as easily as that? They simply pretended that they had not heard him, and planned to continue pestering Ling Han.
Ling Han smiled coldly, and said, “Or do you want me to invite Wu Qian Feng and Yuanchu back to call an account to your old debts?” Sparing them once was already him giving face to Jin Wuji. If not, he would have given them both a well-deserved slap long ago.
Hearing his threat, Eldest Aunt and Youngest Aunt could only reluctantly leave with their sons in tow.
Ling Han retook his seat and continued to drink with Jin Wuji and the rest for a while before taking his leave. Firstly, the atmosphere was not too comfortable. His status had all of a sudden shot up to such formidable heights that it caused Jin Wuji and the others to behave very reservedly in his company. Secondly, he was also in a rush to return and study the item that he had gotten from Wu Qian Feng.
With Hu Niu in tow, Ling Han very quickly returned to the Academy. Faced with a challenging look from Liu Ru Er, he closed the door to his room. With a single thought from him, an item immediately appeared from within the Spatial Ring.
It was a very black thing, thin and long. Once it appeared, it actually moved a little before quickly shooting towards Ling Han, as if it was an arrow shot from a bow.
The thing was extremely fast, so fast that even Wu Qian Feng could not defend himself against it, causing him to stagnate at the current cultivation level for a period of ten years. This more than showed how fast it could be. Even an elite warrior of the seventh layer of Spiritual Ocean Tier was not spared, what more Lign Han who was merely in the seventh layer of Element Gathering Tier?
Xiu , the thing had already shot to Ling Han’s waist, and was actually about to penetrate his body through his waist.
“Heng!” Ling Han’s face turned cold, and suddenly, a burst of crimson flame erupted from his waist. “How dare you. Since I had the ability to force you out, how could it be possible that I would be afraid of you?”
The thing continued to shoot in various directions, still intending to create a hole on Ling Han’s body to allow it to enter his body. However, its attempts were repeatedly blocked by the Strange Fire, and it was finally captured by Ling Han once again. Hong , the Strange Fire came forth and began burning the thing.
The thing continued to twist around and struggle. It actually transformed from its initial long, thin shape to the shape of a block, then transformed into the form of a sword, then a saber, and so on. It was an amazing sight.
“So it is indeed Blood Sucking Origin Gold.” Ling Han smiled.
The Blood Sucking Origin Gold was not a demonic beast nor any kind of living organism. In fact, it was a
unique kind of metal. However, this metal was extremely strange because it loved to suck and devour blood, as if it had a life of its own. Not even Ling Han possessed a detailed knowledge of this thing.
But, someone had once guessed before that when this strange metal absorbed a sufficient amount of blood strong enough, it might be able to open the door to life and become a completely new life form.
And the greatest advantage of this metal was that it could freely change its form. Once it was forged into a weapon, the weapon would be able to change into uncountable forms! In Ling Han’s last life, the Slashing Sun Saber, the weapon of one of the seven ultimate warriors of Heaven Tier, the Setting Sun Saber Emperor, was forged precisely from this Blood Sucking Origin Gold. In battle, the treasured saber would be able to continuously absorb the blood of powerful warriors to endlessly increase its power. It was practically able to compare to the might of an ultimate warrior of Heaven Tier on its own. That was how terrifying it could be.
However, this block of Blood Sucking Origin Gold was much too small to forge it into a weapon. Still, there would be no problems in using it to make a key.
Since it could freely change its shape, that meant that it would be able to become a key that could open any lock in this world.
That wasn’t awesome enough?
In his last life, Ling Han had only seen the Blood Sucking Origin Gold in the hands of the Setting Sun Saber Emperor, but when he’d heard Wu Qian Feng’s story, he deduced the identity of the ‘snake’. Otherwise, how could he have treated the ailment of a member of the Wu Clan without any reason?
Thankfully, he was not disappointed.
“Yayaya!” The Strange Fire sent a blurry thought to Ling Han. It actually wanted to continue melting this block of metal. Ling Han could somewhat sense that the Strange Fire felt disdain towards the Blood Sucking Origin Gold.
It was really strange.
Once it was melted, would the Strange Fire be able to gain the transformation trait of the Blood Sucking Origin Gold? But if he did not melt it down, the thing would not listen to him at all. Its bloodthirsty ‘nature’ was overwhelming. It was appropriate to forge a weapon from it, but it was definitely not recommended to forge it into a key.
Burn and melt it down… he’ll just have to see if that would be able to erase its bloodthirsty ‘nature’.
Ling Han made his decision and allowed the Strange Fire to continuously refine this block of Blood Sucking Origin Gold.
However, since the Blood Sucking Origin Gold could gain the favor of the Setting Sun Saber Emperor who used it to forge his own weapon, it did indeed have a very high tolerance against heat. It only became slightly red under the furious burning of the Strange Fire, but did not melt at all.
If it was not for the fact that Fire was strong against Metal, Ling Han probably would not be able to do anything to it.
Then he’d just have to slowly melt it down. He did not believe that he would be unable to subdue a block of metal.
Ling Han sat down in a cross-legged position and stimulated the Origin Power in his body, transforming it into heat that helped in the refining process of the Blood Sucking Origin Gold.
Slowly, this block of unique metal began to become softer and softer, and gradually looked like it would be turning into liquid.
That Slashing Sun Saber of the Setting Sun Saber Emperor was far above this level. That treasured saber was practically invincible against all external damage. Even the Sword Emperor who had learnt Sword Heart and claimed to be able to slice the heavens and the earth apart with a single wave of his sword could not break it in half. That proved how extraordinary a substance it was.
The reason for this should be because the Blood Sucking Origin Gold had the ability to grow. It would be able to become stronger through the continuous absorption of blood. Currently, this block of Blood Sucking Origin Gold had not absorbed too much blood. As a result, it could not do anything against even a martial artist of the seventh layer of Spiritual Ocean Tier. A whole ten years, and it still had not managed to completely absorb the blood of its victim, which was proof enough of its weakness.
Otherwise, if it was that Slashing Sun Saber of the Setting Sun Saber Emperor, then Ling Han would definitely have turned and fled in the opposite direction. How could he stand against that demonic thing with his current ability?
The block of metal continued to change shapes, and had even transformed into the shape of a tiny human being that roared silently. This would cause anyone to suspect if it was actually a metal that had a life of its own. However, living organisms could not be stored into the Spatial Ring, so it was confirmed that the Blood Sucking Origin Gold was an inanimate object.
Anyways, it was just very strange.
After melting it down for a whole day and night, the block of Blood Sucking Origin Gold finally became a pool of liquid and no longer changed forms.
Ling Han’s face turned serious, and he began to extend his divine sense into the Blood Sucking Origin Gold.
To make the Blood Sucking Origin Gold take a form of his choosing, he would have to use his divine sense to penetrate into it. It was equivalent to smelting and forging the Blood Sucking Origin Gold like it was a Spirit Weapon.
Weng , Ling Han’s divine sense suddenly entered into a world of complete darkness. The furious sounds of battle roared in his ears. As the sight in front of him became lighter, he saw uncountable people all attacking a giant in front of him.
The giant stood firm and sturdy, and there was a metallic sheen all over its body. It was extremely hard, because even with the combined attacks of a few thousand people, there only appeared slight depressions on its body, which immediately turned back to normal. It was as if the depressions were made by fingers lightly pressing down on its body.
Ling Han was shocked—the body of this giant was completely made from the Blood Sucking Origin Gold!
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Translator: _Dark_Angel_ Editor: Kurisu
Even with the might the Setting Sun Saber Emperor had, he had only managed to obtain a block of Blood Sucking Origin Gold that was about the size of a human head—he had forged it into his famous weapon, the Slashing Sun Saber, on which he relied to become the third strongest existence among the seven ultimate warriors of Heaven Tier.
But there actually appeared a firm and sturdy giant here that was completely made from the Blood Sucking Origin Gold. Wasn’t that a terrifying fact?
Ling Han had guessed before that once this Blood Sucking Origin Gold had managed to absorb enough blood, it would be able to transform into a living being, but he had never imagined that there would appear such a terrifying giant.
There were millions of martial artists ganging up on this giant of Blood Sucking Origin Gold. Their combined attacks shot towards it like they were shooting stars and continuously blasted against the body of the giant. But, there were very few attacks that could actually break through its defenses. Even those few attacks that managed to get through its defenses only managed to leave behind light marks on its body.
However, the counterattack of the giant of Origin Gold was really too horrifying. It only opened its mouth and would be able to swallow down a large number of martial artists. It then closed its mouth, and a crisp kacha, kacha was heard. It had actually swallowed the human martial artists whole.
Since these martial artists could soar in the skies, they had definitely reached at least the level of Flower Blossoming Tier, and based on Ling Han’s observation, some of them were even above this level and could match him in ability in his last life. A few of these powerful martial artists were even above his level in his last life!
Shattering Void Tier?
It was at this moment that the images came to a sudden stop. Ling Han’s vision changed and he had once again returned to his own room.
That flash of images previously should have been the remaining pieces of memory remaining in this block of Blood Sucking Origin Gold. However, because it was just a shattered piece, th
ere was only a short flash of images.
Ling Han could not help but engage in deduction. The giant of Origin Gold was finally defeated and shattered by the combined attacks of uncountable powerful warriors, and now its pieces were scattered all over the world. The Blood Sucking Origin Gold was filled with the ability to absorb blood… could it be that the giant was planning on making a comeback?
Though he had only witnessed a short flash of memories, when he recalled that the giant of Blood Sucking Origin Gold was something that could attract so many martial artists to work together and attack it, that was definitely proof of its unbelievable might and power. There were even a few ultimate warriors of Shattering Void Tier mixed in the fray.
If this thing could still come back to life… then who in this world would be able to stop it? That would definitely be a scene of total death and carnage.
However, this should have happened in an ancient historical time. Merely from the scene that Ling Han had witnessed, there were hundreds of elite warriors in Heaven Tier, and there were no less than five ultimate warriors of Shattering Void Tier.
How the world of martial arts must have prospered then!
Hold on, Jiang Yue Feng and at least about a hundred of elite warriors of Heaven Tier had also battled an ultimate warrior of Shattering Void Tier to death. That was not far from his current time period. It was as if the field of martial arts suddenly experienced a boom, and all of a sudden, many people managed to break through to Heaven Tier.
Ling Han was even more curious, and wanted to know about what had actually happened in that period of history. However, Rain Country had only been established for a few thousand years, and before that, it seemed as if there was a blank space in history. No one knew how the world was like before that.
Looks like he would have to leave Rain Country and step into the wider world to be able to find out what had happened during that unknown period of history.
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