This strange Blood Lotus was no small thing. After all, it could envelop a person within it, making it far larger than an ordinary lotus.
When he had first seen it, Li Qing had assumed that this Blood Lotus had been artificially refined through some special method. But after examining it carefully now, he dismissed that notion.
The blood pool emitted an intense stench of blood. Li Qing slowly spread out his divine sense and sensed severed limbs and broken claws settled at the bottom of the pool, all of which appeared to be materials from exotic beasts.
The roots of the Blood Lotus were deeply embedded within the remains of those exotic beasts.
Looking at those severed limbs and broken claws, Li Qing couldn't help but recall certain things. Quite a few hunters in the city made their living by hunting exotic beasts. They brought their kills back to the city and sold them all to the Blood Lotus Sect in exchange for profit.
If his guess was correct, this blood pool had not been refined from human blood at all, but from exotic beasts.
"Tell me, what exactly is this lotus? Why does it need the flesh and blood of so many exotic beasts to nourish it?" Li Qing stood with his back to the Blood Lotus Sect Master, hands still clasped behind him, utterly self-assured.
Being questioned so directly from on high, the Blood Lotus Sect Master was already exceedingly displeased. He couldn't help but feel a surge of violent fury rising within him, difficult to restrain.
But soon, the Blood Lotus Sect Master narrowed his eyes. He had caught a different meaning in Li Qing's words.
"You have traveled the world. Have you not seen such strange plants and unusual roots in other great domains?"
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