The Gourd's Fortune

In a hazy, indistinct state, Zhang Xuezhou seemed somewhat drowsy.

When he regained consciousness, Zhang Xuezhou felt that the moon was bright and the stars were few, and a cold wind was blowing constantly.

"To hell with your Golden Eagle King, to hell with your Quicksand Monster, to hell with your Gale Demon, to hell with your Rat Spirit, to hell with your Dog Daoist, to hell with your Vampire Monster..."

With gritted teeth and cursing incessantly, Zhang Xuezhou looked down and saw that his Thousand Mile Red mount was nowhere to be seen; only the Buddha Son Shigong was carrying him as they fled for their lives.

He cursed repeatedly, clearly indicating that his journey had not been easy.

Who's chasing us?

Zhang Xuezhou exclaimed, which turned the bitter face of the Buddha Son Shigong from cursing into joy.

"I'm being chased every day!" cried the Buddha Son Shigong, "These monsters think I'm carrying a treasure, and they've been trying to kill me and take it!"

"I'm a human being, how could I possibly be some kind of treasure?" Zhang Xuezhou exclaimed.

"Don't panic, man! If you're willing to share the magic gourd with us, we're happy to rescue you from our clutches!"

Buddha Son Shigong could respond, a voice came from behind.

Zhang Xuezhou looked back and saw a black whirlwind chasing them relentlessly, with sounds coming from within it.

Perhaps it was because the Buddha Son Shigong had passed through many areas and left Xiniu Hezhou over the past ten days that Zhang Xuezhou was able to understand what he was saying.

"What, you played with my gourd while I was asleep?" Zhang Xuezhou said.

I just checked them and kept them for you!

The Buddha Son Shigong Shi, offered a somewhat disgruntled explanation.

It's fine for the child to use it secretly, but it would be too embarrassing to be caught in the act, especially since his playing with the gourd attracted the covetous eyes of many monsters.

"Didn't you use this gourd?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"I filled a gourd with water and found that the water level had dropped a little, but the taste was much sweeter!"

"Then what?"

"Then... then I killed a little demon and poured its blood into the gourd!"

"And then what?"

"The gourd didn't react much, but I Law Power to activate it, and it eventually produced a blood essence!"

"Um?"

Zhang Xuezhou and his colleagues tested the Purple Gold Medicine Gourd in Chang'an City. The test materials included water, then snow, and many other miscellaneous items. Finally, they confirmed the gourd's efficacy by stuffing it with elixirs.

Little did he expect that when the Buddha Son Shigong secretly used it, he unleashed his ultimate move, pouring demon blood into the gourd and forcibly refining it with his own cultivation, ultimately transforming it into blood essence.

Zhang Xuezhou could already picture what the successful Buddha Son Shigong, would look like.

For those who refine Qi and Blood, blood essence means top-quality elixirs, and the higher the quality of the demon blood obtained, the more likely they are to obtain high-quality blood essence.

Blood essence is a elixir for the Buddha Son Shigong, so the fighting and killing along the way are inevitable.

However, blood essence is also a elixir for demons, so it's not surprising that when the news leaked out, the Buddha Son Shigong was hunted down by the demon kings.

Looking at the messy hair and the abnormal flush on the face of the Buddha Son Shigong, Zhang Xuezhou knew that Buddha Son Shigong had been killing many demons these days, using the gourd to refine blood essence, and consuming a lot of it.

"Don't worry, I won't covet your gourd. Just lend it to me for a bit," said the Buddha Son Shigong. "Now that you're awake, watch me subdue this Black Gang Demon and then take its demon blood!"

"OK!"

Zhang Xuezhou took a deep breath. Fortunately, he had mentioned the many treasures of the Kunlun Sacred Land earlier, which prevented the Buddha Son Shigong from abandoning him and leaving with the purple-gold gourd.

He landed on his feet and continued running forward, following the rhythm of the Buddha Son Shigong.

After walking several dozen steps, the Buddha Son Shigong released his hands and turned his body to the side to the rear.

Zhang Xuezhou ran nearly a hundred steps before regaining his balance.

He glanced back and saw that the Buddha Son Shigong was already shouting and striking the black whirlwind repeatedly.

Without needing to worry about Zhang Xuezhou's safety, the Buddha Son Shigong unleashed his full power, striking with even greater ferocity than when he encountered the demon kings, displaying a fearless attitude towards death.

"Damn it, you're even more of a beast than a wild animal... Ugh~"

Amidst the black whirlwind, shouts and curses echoed incessantly.

"It's the kind of fighting style that Zhou Rihui uses, trading injury for death!"

Zhang Xuezhou had seen this fighting style of Buddha Son Shigong, which was also the most commonly used method by Zhou Rihui in his battles, but Zhou Rihui relied on his own outstanding resistance.

At present, the Buddha Son Shigong has recklessly replicated this fighting style, and his emphasis is most likely on Zhang Xuezhou's Supreme Purity True Technique combined with Blood Essence.

The thought had barely crossed his mind when a mournful howl erupted from within the black whirlwind.

The whirlwind stopped, and a black-haired humanoid monster dressed in cloth appeared.

"This black-haired demon is skilled at Yufeng, and it chased for the longest time!"

The Buddha Son Shigong's fingernails transformed into blades, his right claw piercing the neck of the black-haired humanoid demon, while his left claw pulled forcefully at the neck, precisely extracting a demon core that shimmered with a faint black light.

He casually tossed the demon core aside, opened the mouth of the purple-gold-red gourd bottle tied to his waist, and then stuffed it into the broken throat of the black-haired humanoid demon.

The gushing blood continued to flow, pouring into the gourd.

"I can replenish the blood and Qi and Blood I've lost with my essence, but I still need your help to treat my injuries!"

The Buddha Son Shigong pointed to three places on his chest, abdomen, and thigh where blood was flowing continuously.

He twisted his neck slightly, feeling as if all the pent-up frustration of the past few days had vanished.

As long as he isn't ganged up on, he can face any powerful demon king without any problem; in fact, this kind of fierce fighting, where he grows stronger through battle, can actually make him stronger.

"Don't worry, you'll get a share of this blood essence," the Buddha Son Shigong assured him. "We in Xiniu Hezhou may not have much else, but we can hunt demons until the end of time. We'll never lack blood essence again!"

"I don't practice martial arts, so my need for this is quite low. Just take a little bit," Zhang Xuezhou said awkwardly.

Regardless of whether Zhang Xuezhou studied literature or martial arts, Zhang Xuezhou wasn't particularly interested in the gourd pill.

He wanted to remind the Buddha Son Shigong, but the other man's excitement was hard to suppress, and he had previously consumed countless amounts of blood essence refined from the Purple Gold Red Gourd. Zhang Xuezhou felt it was better to keep quiet to avoid causing trouble.

"Aren't we out of Xiniu Hezhou yet?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"I don't know if this place is Northern Kuru Continent, Xiniu Hezhou, or Southern Jambudvipa Continent, but it's only about four thousand li away from Western Kunlun!"

Zhang Xuezhou didn't care too much about misappropriating the Purple Gold Red Gourd, nor did he mind that Buddha Son Shigong used the gourd to extract blood essence. This quickly put Buddha Son Shigong's mind at ease, and he felt that Zhang Xuezhou was a very good friend.

He shook the gourd, which was almost filled with demon blood, and then threw the black-haired demon in his hand to the ground.

Once Zhang Xuezhou had used the Supreme Purity True Technique to heal him, the Buddha Son Shigong quickly took a blood essence from his sleeve and swallowed it.

His body was filled with Blood Qi in a short moment, and his pale, bleeding face turned rosy.

"This creature is a demon that has reached sainthood; the blood essence it produced should be able to propel my cultivation forward!"

At this time, he had not yet Western Kunlun, but the Buddha Son Shigong had already obtained the elixir for cultivation.

If he continues to fight his way through, his cultivation in the Divine Ability Realm will reach a point of no further advancement.

If he could enter the Western Kunlun and find some powerful medicines to harmonize his body, his entry into the Sole Self Realm would almost be a natural progression.