Took the Wrong Road

Xu Xiuzhu and Zhan Feng were both quite formidable. Together, they had actually provided Lu Zheng with over two hundred strands of Light of Luck.

Zhan Feng was stronger, yet Xu Xiuzhu had provided more Light of Luck. It seemed that a person's luck was not determined entirely by strength.

"Tut, tut. How terrifying. What difference is there between this cultivation method and a vampire?"

Lu Zheng rode leisurely along, swaying atop his horse as he read the booklet in his hand.

"Blood Transformation Yang Refining Art."

It absorbed a martial artist's blood and qi, transforming it into blood and qi of utmost yang. The blood was refined into the body and converted into true qi. Its advantages were rapid cultivation, fierce true qi, and comparatively high combat power. Its disadvantages were that it was difficult to purify, damaged the meridians, harmed one's foundation, and left lingering aftereffects.

Zhan Feng had also given Xu Xiuzhu a Flower Between Clouds Sect cultivation method, Yin Harvesting Yang Supplementation, which could greatly alleviate the various aftereffects of the "Blood Transformation Yang Refining Art," allowing their strengths to complement each other.

Of course, both were in truth unorthodox cultivation methods. So-called complementary strengths merely meant tearing down the eastern wall to patch up the western one. It patched the leak on the surface, but only postponed the hidden dangers.

The deeper one cultivated, the greater the hidden dangers became. Relying on these methods to dominate for a time was possible, but relying on them to attain immortality—wasn't that wishful thinking?

"What a pity!" Lu Zheng took out the second cultivation manual, "Secret Record of Flower Plucking," shook his head, and sighed. "It's only the most ordinary sort of cultivation method. It makes it impossible for me to glimpse the true brilliance of the Flower