Blood Essence Demon Flame, an Unexpected Encounter

"Hehe, Blood Demon Fruit, I've found another good thing."

In a valley, Qin Yu held a fruit in his hand and chuckled to himself.

The fruit emitted a mesmerizing blood-red glow and had a very strange shape, resembling a discolored cucumber.

When Qin Yu looked at the Blood Demon Fruit, its hazy light seemed to be mixed with a strange aura, causing the blood in Qin Yu's body to flow slightly faster.

Despite its strange appearance, this thing is one of the main ingredients for refining the Eighth-Tier -rank pill, Blood Bodhi Pill, and it requires extremely demanding growing conditions.

As for the Blood Bodhi Pill, it is a kind of pill that can greatly improve the strength of a person's blood vessels.

After all, this is the Dou Qi Continent, which is somewhat different from another world where some things are not born and can never exist in this lifetime.

Some things that weren't present at birth can still be changed here.

However, changing these things comes at an extremely high cost and risk, often requiring risking one's life.

Qin Yu put the Blood Demon Fruit into his Storage Ring, thinking that even if he didn't need it, he could still use it to barter with others later.

In the Pill Tower, there's no shortage of demand for the ingredients needed for high -Eighth-Tier- rank pills.

"Um..."

After putting away the Blood Demon Fruit, Qin Yu looked around.

One of the conditions for the Blood Demon Fruit to grow is that it needs a rich blood aura. Therefore, the mountain walls on both sides of the valley where he was located had been stained with blood, and the entire valley was filled with a strong smell of blood.

Such a place naturally nurtures more than just the Blood Demon Fruit.

Based on the clues from the two Heavenly Flames within his body, Qin Yu could roughly determine that the other treasure was a high-level Beast Flames.

But at this very moment, several presences are approaching the valley.

Two Dou Zong and one Dou Emperor —it's safe to assume they're family elders leading younger members out to seek opportunities.

From the moment they appeared within Qin Yu's perception range, they headed straight for the valley, so they must have some understanding of the situation here.

Should we grab a share?

"Who cares? Once it's in my hands, it's mine. Even if I end up trading it with someone else, it's still my fair allocation of resources."

Having figured this out, Qin Yu followed his senses and soon arrived at a mountain wall.

The blood-red color on the mountain walls in this area was noticeably deeper than in other places, and they were also quite hot to the touch, with an overall temperature much higher than in other parts of the valley.

Without wasting any words, Qin Yu unleashed a palm strike, creating an opening in the mountain wall.

"Hmm... um?"

The mountain wall broke open, and the situation inside was somewhat beyond Qin Yu's expectations.

Logically speaking, in a place with such a rich blood color and such a high temperature, breaking through the mountain wall should have resulted in a surge of heat mixed with the scent of blood.

But the reality is that, forget about the heatwave, not even much of our blood has dissipated.

As the mountain wall crumbled, only an eerie aura flowed out, making people feel somewhat disoriented.

Despite his doubts, Qin Yu still stepped inside.

It's just Beast Flames; no matter how powerful it is, what kind of trouble can it cause?

"Okay, I take back what I said before, this thing does have some ability."

Halfway there, the sight of skeletons along the road made Qin Yu retract his initial disdain.

But he only took it a little more seriously; Qin Yu had already figured out the special characteristics of this Beast Flames.

As long as Soul Power is sufficient, the demonic energy of this Beast Flames cannot erode one's spirit.

The space inside the cave became narrower and narrower, forcing Qin Yu's burly body to shrink a bit.

"Hey, you're deliberately picking a fight, aren't you?"

Qin Yu originally planned to walk to the end, find the Beast Flames, and that would be the end of it. But as he walked, he found that there was only one path in front of him that he had to crawl across.

After pondering for a moment, Qin Yu chose the simplest, most straightforward, and fastest-acting method.

"Boom!!!"

A loud bang was heard, and the entire mountain trembled.

Meanwhile, on the outer edge of the mountain, the people Qin Yu had sensed earlier also noticed the anomaly and turned their attention to Qin Yu.

"Oh no, the Blood Essence Demon Flame is likely to be beaten to it by someone else."

A middle-aged man spoke in a serious tone, and the young girl next to him frowned.

"Then speed things up! I'm determined to get the Blood Essence Demon Flame!"

As soon as the young woman spoke, the two elderly men beside her didn't dare to delay for a moment and immediately headed towards Qin Yu's location.

"Are they here?"

On the other side, Qin Yu, who was inside the mountain, sensed the approaching two people. He raised his hand, and the Earth Puppet and Thunder Puppet immediately stood on his left and right.

After Qin Yu's commotion, the space inside the cave is now much more spacious, enough for people to fight.

Thunder Puppet absorbed the power of Pill Lightning several times during this period, and now has the strength of Seven-Star Dou Zong. Together with Earth Puppet and Qin Yu himself, dealing with two Dou Zong is no problem.

Besides, there's a Dou Emperor on the other side. At worst, he can just swallow his pride and pick on the weak.

After making these preparations, Qin Yu turned to look at the Magical Beast skeleton in the center of the cave, or more accurately, at the strange, blood-red flame at the center of the skeleton.

"Eighth-Rank Beast Flame, hey, that's interesting."

Qin Yu slowly stepped forward, raising his hand to touch the flame, when suddenly an urgent call came from behind him:

"Young friend, wait a moment!"

However, it came too late; Qin Yu had already taken the flame into his hand.

Turning around, I saw two middle-aged men, one on each side, protecting a young girl.

The eyes of the Earth Puppet and the Thunder Puppet were already glowing red, waiting for Qin Yu's command to attack in an instant.

"Gentlemen, what is it?"

Qin Yu's gaze passed over the two middle-aged men and landed on the girl behind them.

The girl looked to be no more than twenty years old, yet her cultivation had already reached the Nine-Star Dou Emperor, and...

This blend of youthful innocence and allure is truly rare.

"Young man, my name is Cao Ying, from the Cao Family, one of the Pill Tower's Five Great Families. May I ask if you have heard of me?"

Noticing Qin Yu's scrutinizing gaze, the girl stepped forward and revealed her identity.

She didn't immediately start by boasting about the Cao Family's immense power and making demands; instead, she wanted to first ascertain Qin Yu's attitude.

Born into a family like the Cao Family, Cao Ying had a much broader perspective than most people.

Based on the two High-Level Dou Zong puppets in front of Qin Yu, she had already made up her mind not to provoke him before figuring out his background.

Otherwise, these two puppets, plus Qin Yu himself, a mere three Dou Zong, would have been more than enough to kill her and her two elders.

The two middle-aged men next to her wanted to pull her back, but Cao Ying gave them a reassuring look.

"Haozi, keep your eyes peeled! We absolutely cannot let those two puppets hurt Miss!"