The Uses of Blood Essence

Tang Ya's bedroom.

After studying it for about half an hour, Jiang Mu finally figured out what use the extracted blood essence had.

First, the second type of blood essence.

It was relatively rare and had a chance of causing a martial soul to evolve or slightly improving its quality.

Of course, it did not work with every attribute. It mainly applied to martial souls focused on offense and defense.

The first type was the most ordinary blood essence, but it had many uses and contained powerful life energy.

It could be used for escape secret techniques included in cultivation methods, or for blood essence attacks.

Its exact power depended on the strength of the blood essence's owner.

"It counts as a trump card for staying alive. There isn't much blood essence, but a few instant attacks from Soul Elders should be decent enough."

Jiang Mu nodded. This use could be said to be extremely significant.

Wouldn't it be a little unreasonable not to stockpile more?

Jiang Mu's gaze returned to the list. There were quite a few enemies, and without hesitation, he opened the information on Bei Bei, the stall owner, and several other random passersby.

He began drawing blood.

At the same time, the same process was taking place inside a carriage.

"Ahhh!"

Bei Bei was unlike Xu Sanshi. Xu Sanshi specialized in defense, so he could endure far more than Bei Bei, and his pain tolerance was naturally much stronger.

Bei Bei was in an exceptionally miserable state. In that instant, his face turned deathly pale, his eyes rolled back, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

It was as though someone had gripped his heart. He struggled to breathe and could not speak, his face pale to the extreme. His legs trembled, and though he had been talking just moments ago, he now collapsed to the floor and writhed.

Huo Yuhao, seated across from him, was startled as well.

"B-Be Bei, what's wrong with you?"

"P-Pain!"

His mouth twitched. The intense pain made foam spill from his lips, and he could only answer in incoherent gibberish.

Although Huo Yuhao did not understand what was happening, he was not particularly panicked. Instead, he carefully examined him, looking nothing like the timid and trouble-avoiding Huo Yuhao from before.

Another half hour passed. This time, two were opened at once.

After testing two Soul Elders, Jiang Mu seemed to have discovered something.

A Soul Elder could have roughly eight drops of blood essence extracted, while that stall owner only had two drops!

That was probably how it worked. Bei Bei had two drops of Golden Holy Dragon blood essence extracted from him, along with six drops of ordinary blood essence.

The stall owner only had ordinary blood essence.

However, when Jiang Mu looked at the list, he discovered that Bei Bei's blood level, which had already turned gray, had still been extracted.

He had always been different, yet the amount extracted was actually the same.

After studying it again, Jiang Mu discovered that the gray range on the revenge list could be adjusted. Overall, the range of possible revenge was merely a reminder provided by the system; whether he listened to it or not did not matter.

Or, to put it another way, it was more like a setting meant to prevent him from playing others to death.

Similar to a restriction preventing a certain value from being exceeded.

At present, it was set to stop automatically at ninety. That was why Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi had exactly the same amount of blood essence extracted. Though there was a high chance that not even a drop of blood could be squeezed from the other party's heart anymore?

Once he understood it, the corners of Jiang Mu's mouth lifted slightly.

"As expected of a system with twisted tastes. But I like it."

[Revenge List

[Tang San, Sea God, Asura God, killing intent index: 90%, revenge range available...]

[Xiao Wu, Asura Scabbard, killing intent index: 10%, revenge range available...]

[Xu Sanshi, Soul Elder. Killing intent index: 90%, ...]

[Bei Bei, Soul Elder, killing intent index: 85%, ...]

[Wang Dong'er, Soul Elder, killing intent index: 35% (current killing intent: 10%),]

Looking at it, there were still too few people on the list.

His means of preserving his life were not quite sufficient.

Just as he stared blankly at the list.

Crack!

The door flew open.

Tap, tap, tap!

Two sets of footsteps rang out at once. Jiang Mu came back to his senses and saw only a graceful figure rushing toward him.

Jiang Nannan did not use teleportation, yet she was nearly as fast as if she had. Her long, fair legs carried her in front of him in an instant.

The fragrance from her body washed over Jiang Mu's face. Before he could ask anything, she had grabbed his arm.

"Little Mu, we're back. Are you still feeling unwell?"

"Not anymore. I feel much better now."

A smile appeared on Jiang Mu's face. He truly felt much better now.

The Heavenly Secrets Stone, which the system had rewarded him with as a rule, meant that no powerful means could uncover the three of them?

He had gained another way to save his life. He could use precise attacks, and after studying them later, perhaps he could give Jiang Nannan another trump card for self-preservation?

"Whew, you scared me to death. It's good that you're all right."

Though Jiang Nannan sighed in relief, she still pulled Jiang Mu directly into her embrace.

"Mmff~"

His mouth was covered, and he felt as if the air around him had become somewhat scorching.

Seeing the way the siblings got along, Tang Ya could not help revealing an envious expression.

But after that envy passed, her gaze instinctively flicked to the side, where she suddenly noticed some of her clothes scattered across the bed.

Purple triangles, blue-and-white stripes, all kinds of styles.

Boom!

Tang Ya's face instantly flushed red as if a bomb had gone off.

Biting her lip with her silver teeth, she secretly glanced toward Jiang Nannan and Jiang Mu. Only when she saw that neither of them was looking at her did she let out a sigh of relief.

She crept toward that side on tiptoe.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Her hands moved so quickly that only afterimages remained as she tossed everything beneath the blanket.

"Whew~"

She sighed in relief, lifted a hand to smooth her long hair behind her, and after her expression gradually returned to normal, she sat by the bed and looked at the two of them.

Jiang Mu and Jiang Nannan turned their heads at the same time, their eyes meeting hers. Tang Ya felt a little embarrassed and averted her gaze, not daring to meet Jiang Mu's eyes.

After all, it was still somewhat embarrassing for someone to have seen all her intimate garments?

Especially when she also harbored a tiny bit of affection for Jiang Mu in her heart.

Jiang Nannan, however, thought Tang Ya was sick and asked curiously, "Uh, Tang Ya, what's wrong? Your face is so red. Are you sick too?"

"I'm fine. I just got a little hot from running just now."

After forcibly maintaining her expression, Tang Ya raised a hand and lightly fanned herself, proving that what she said was not a lie.

"Oh..."

Jiang Nannan did not press further. She withdrew her gaze and looked back at Jiang Mu.

"Little Mu, this is the storage ring I bought for you. You use this bigger one, and I'll use the smaller one. One cubic meter and 0.8 cubic meters."

"Then thank you, Nannan."

Jiang Mu did not refuse and accepted it directly. To him, it made no difference whether he used a soul tool or not, since he had system storage. Still, having one was not bad. At the very least, he could use it to conceal things.

It was not that he wanted to hide things from his sister Jiang Nannan. It was simply hard to explain something like this.

And even if he told her, it would be difficult to explain in the end. He would bury it for now; the time was not right yet.

"By the way, are you really siblings, or what exactly is your relationship?"

Tang Ya was very curious about how they addressed one another. After all, she had seen plenty of people who played cosplay, and she had heard it could increase excitement during the process.

So she was somewhat suspicious because of the way the two before her interacted.

Her eyes were full of expectation, as though she wanted to hear the answer she wished to know.

Jiang Mu was stunned for a moment when he heard that. Then he turned and said, "Oh, you're asking about that."