The four disciples emerged from the Cloud Dream Sea. As was customary, Cang Tong and Ze Ling went to the nearby forest to train with Devil Beast or Earthborn Devil Creature, while A Ning and Lei Xing went down the mountain to town to sell pills.
A Ning has advanced to the third-grade Alchemist. She usually studies alchemy with Sushang at the Xuanji Sect.
Because these pills were of too low quality for the disciples and could not be wasted, Sushang instructed her to sell the refined pills at a low price to the people in nearby villages and towns.
These people were all low- Earthborn Devil Creature, living in poverty. They couldn't afford medicine when they were sick or injured, and many died from poverty and illness.
The pills that A Ning sold at low prices were affordable for them, so they would be snapped up as soon as she arrived.
Today was no different. She refined 300 high-quality Healing Pill. As soon as she arrived in the village, the people came upon hearing the news and bought up all the pills in the blink of an eye.
"I made several hundred more today, Lei Xing, I'm treating you to dinner!"
I want beef soup!
"Walk!"
With a "huge sum" in her hand, A Ning waved her hand and led the eight-year-old but burly Lei Xing toward a beef soup stall.
"Boss, two bowls of beef soup, with extra beef!"
A Ning sat down, moved the sword at her waist to the side, and said gracefully.
Lei Xing sat down as well. It was his first time going down the mountain. He usually practiced swordsmanship or read books at the Xuanji Sect, so now that he was out, he was always looking around and everything was new and exciting.
The beef soup stall was quite busy. Diagonally opposite the two men sat two men in gray robes, wrapped up tightly, eating in silence.
Suddenly, one of the gray-robed men looked over. His gaze swept over A Ning's sword and he saw a golden scale inlaid on the hilt. His lips twitched slightly, and he stared at it for a long time.
The gray-robed man opposite also saw it.
The two exchanged a quick glance, then continued eating as if nothing had happened.
After finishing the beef soup, A Ning put a few Origin Coin on the table and left with Lei Xing.
Seeing this, the two men in gray robes quietly got up and followed.
A Ning and her companion were walking down the street, a sudden gust of cold wind blew as they turned a corner. A Ning turned around, and a flash of light streaked past, causing her to faint!
She was attacked!
At the same time, Lei Xing was also attacked!
Their attackers were two mysterious men in gray robes!
Because Lei Xing's true form is Thunder Rock Dragon Rhinoceros, his physical strength is formidable and he is extremely resilient. Furthermore, since the gray-robed man's target was A Ning, he did not kill him. Therefore, he did not faint after being struck by the energy.
Despite the excruciating pain in the back of his head, Lei Xing drew his sword and threw it at one of the gray-robed men. The gray-robed man flicked his sleeve, and a cloud of purple poisonous mist spread out.
Lei Xing staggered two steps and fell to the ground with a thud.
Before my eyes, all was pitch black...
When Lei Xing woke up, he had just opened his eyes and everything was blurry. Before his eyes could focus, he heard someone speaking in his ear.
"Elder Sushang, he's awake!"
"Hey, can you see us, Lei Xing?"
"What exactly happened? You're injured, but what about A Ning? Where did she go?!"
Lei Xing opened his eyes, turned his head slightly, and saw Ze Ling's worried face.
Lei Xing was taken aback.
Wasn't he blinded in a village or town?
Why am I lying in the Xuanji Sect?
Who saved him?!
How did I get here?
Lei Xing muttered to himself, his face pale, looking around.
"You hadn't returned for a long time, Ze Ling was worried, so she went down the mountain to look for you. She found you collapsed on the ground and brought you back. How are your eyes?"
At this moment, Sushang walked over and fed Lei Xing a pill as she spoke, "You went down the mountain with A Ning, where is she?"
Lei Xing's eyes dimmed, and he clenched his fist. "She... she was captured by two gray-robed men! They're incredibly strong; we're no match for them!"
Sushang asked seriously, "Can you see their faces clearly?"
Lei Xing shook his head in frustration.
Sushang asked, "Have you offended them?"
Lei Xing shook his head again. "After A Ning and I finished selling the pills, she said she would treat me to beef soup, so we found a stall and sat down. I seem to remember that those two people were sitting diagonally opposite us! They seemed to be staring at A Ning's sword for quite a while."
Sushang frowned. "Is there something wrong with her sword?"
Lei Xing looked up and thought for a moment, "Our swords were all forged by the sect leader, so they're all the same quality. However, both her and Cang Tong's swords have golden scales decorating their hilts, which looks really cool!"
Golden scales?
Is there something unusual about it?
Sushang pondered to himself.
"That golden scale is from a large python that A Ning and I hunted last month. It was entirely black and white, but it had two prominent golden scales on its head, which we found unusual, so we plucked them and embedded them into our sword!"
At this moment, Cang Tong walked in from outside the door, his face cold and stern.
"Little one, can you describe this python in detail?" Yue Heng followed, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Cang Tong.
Cang Tong recalled that day and then began to describe it in detail.
Upon hearing his description, Yue Heng said, "If what you say is correct, then the one you described with two horns on its head, covered in black and white scales, and with golden scales on its head, is, as far as I know, a symbol of the Heavenly Gu Emperor Python! Moreover, it belongs to a high-level Emperor Python!"
Heavenly Gu Emperor Python?
Everyone was slightly stunned.
They remembered that yesterday Xie Feng had asked Gu Yuan to go to the Heavenly Gu Emperor Python Race to obtain the Python King Blood!
Currently, Gu Yuan is using the energy of the Cloud Dream Sea to restore his strength.
Sushang remembered something, her eyes flickered, and her expression changed slightly, "If I remember correctly, Brother Gu said that A Ning is Heavenly Gu Glazed Python, a hybrid Earthborn Devil Creature, which means she also has the bloodline of the Heavenly Gu Emperor Python!"
Yue Heng nodded calmly and explained, " The Heavenly Gu Glazed Python is a combination of the high-level Earthborn Devil Creature Heavenly Gu Emperor Python and the low-level Earthborn Devil Creature Glazed Rabbit. This hybrid of strong and weak bloodlines is the most lowly among Earthborn Devil Creature!"
"Each race has a different way of dealing with these hybrids. For example, the Glazed Rabbit and the Profound Butterfly races are at the bottom of the food chain and have almost no ability to resist. They are the hardest hit by hybrids, so they are used to dealing with hybrids."
"The higher the status of the Earthborn Devil Creature, the more they prefer to maintain the purity of their bloodline. For example, high-level races such as the Silver Moon Ice Tapir and the Yellow Springs Nether Rhinoceros are very averse to mixed blood and will kill any that are caught."
" The Heavenly Gu Emperor Python is a high-level predator among Earthborn Devil Creature and values bloodlines highly. However, different races treat hybrids differently, and this may very well change depending on the ideology of the rulers."
"For example, the Illusory Void Feilian, because of their small numbers, strongly encourages the acceptance of mixed-bloods, and then through their own methods, allows the mixed-bloods to continuously combine with the pure-bloods, achieving the goal of becoming pure after ten generations."
Ze Ling said admiringly, "Senior, you know so much!"
Yue Heng smiled slightly and said calmly, "I have lived for hundreds of years and am a person from the Origin Realm, so it is not surprising that I know these things."