East Courtyard.
Only a short while had passed.
A surging wave erupted in the stream.
Water splashed down on both sides, soaking the soft pebbles along the banks.
"Master, I'm coming!!" Old Turtle had yet to appear in Jiang Ning's sight, but his voice had already carried over.
The surging wave bursting up from the stream made it even clearer how fast Old Turtle was coming.
An instant later.
Old Turtle appeared in the lake.
"Catch!" Two drops of blood flew from Jiang Ning's hand, tracing an arc through the air.
Old Turtle instantly leaped up from the lake and stretched out his neck.
With two swish, swish sounds.
The two drops of blood were swallowed into Old Turtle's belly.
"Go back and refine them! Remember to protect them well!" Jiang Ning said.
"Yes, Master!" Old Turtle answered.
He came quickly, and he left quickly too!
After receiving Jiang Ning's instructions, he swiftly departed.
In such a short time, after losing three drops of blood, Jiang Ning also felt a subtle strangeness in his body.
"Losing three to five drops of blood a day is no issue, but any more than that, accumulated day after day, would have a certain effect on me!"
"Old Turtle and Linglong's nurturing still has to continue. The two of them are demons, and according to the experiments over these past few days, they absorb my blood with the greatest efficiency. Becoming my Dependents will also let them protect my family very well."
The Great Sun slowly rose.
Even though sunlight shrouded all of Dongling City, because Dongling City was situated among hills and ridges, and the hour was still early, the temperature had yet to rise. The wind blowing in the early morning still carried the damp chill of mountain wind.
After Jiang