Essence Blood

The new emperor received good news: the secret formation of Zhongnan Mountain has begun to emerge.

The new emperor also received bad news: Zhang Xuezhou's Law Power was limited, and he couldn't hold on after flying back and forth several times.

He witnessed the changes in the secret realm, but the new emperor was unable to return to Zhongnan Mountain in time.

"Should we have another flying contest tomorrow?"

The golden dragon in the sky, its body outstretched and claws extended, descended towards the Jing River below. As it approached the water's surface, it made a graceful turn and then transformed into Ao Li's human form, standing in the middle of the river holding a luminous pearl.

Ao Li's transformation from dragon to human was as flamboyant as ever, and the smooth transition of the Technique Method even diluted the new emperor's resentment at the difficulty in finding the secret place.

Hearing Ao Li's invitation to Zhang Xuezhou, the new emperor wondered how Zhang Xuezhou should respond.

"I am indeed a step faster at piloting the Imperial Shuttle than you," Zhang Xuezhou replied.

"My stamina hasn't been great lately, so I'm a little slower!"

Ao Li was somewhat unwilling, after all, he had never seen a purple lingzhi mushroom the size of a human head before.

The thought of losing a top-quality purple Ganoderma lucidum that would benefit his body and mind caused him great distress.

"Actually, I'm much faster when I fly," Ao Li retorted. "You shouldn't be able to fly as fast as me using Law Treasure!"

"I don't believe it," Zhang Xuezhou said.

"If you don't believe me, let's try it again when it's light," Ao Li challenged.

"Another match is not out of the question, but I've already tried and won with the Imperial Shuttle, so I know my limits. There's no point in trying again," Zhang Xuezhou said.

"What's so short a distance? We know what we're doing," Ao Li asked unwillingly. "Our competition only covered 300 li round trip. How about we try covering 3,000 li?"

"I know what I'm doing, why bother trying to travel three thousand miles? If I win, I won't get anything out of it. If I lose, I'll give you a purple Ganoderma lucidum the size of a head," Zhang Xuezhou complained.

"This..."

"A bet should look like a bet. I've made a deal with you: you bring out something similar to my Purple Lingzhi, and we'll have another match!"

"Let me think about it!"

Ao Li agreed with Zhang Xuezhou.

Several years ago, Zhang Xuezhou could only be on friendly terms with his son, who was a junior in his eyes, but the juniors grew up much faster than dragons.

His son was still living a life of leisure in the Jiangdu Gaoyou Water Mansion, while Zhang Xuezhou had already entered the Great Han Dynasty in Chang'an City. He even had a powerful medicine that Zhang Xuezhou coveted, and now he had borrowed a flying treasure to play with. His status and strength had risen far beyond what they had in the past.

This obviously can no longer be handled simply as a junior, especially since the other party won the flying competition, which made Ao Li lose face and he could no longer be arrogant.

"If you really can't think of anything, then give me some dragon's saliva," Zhang Xuezhou said. "Fellow Daoist Pilan has always coveted your dragon's saliva; I can exchange some for something usable with her!"

"Fellow Daoist Pilan... that woman is outrageous!" Ao Li said with a headache, "She actually claimed that she got pregnant and gave birth because of contact with my saliva, and she's spreading rumors that I abandoned her after starting a relationship. She's been coming to the Jing River demanding money from me to pay for raising her child!"

"Um?"

Zhang Xuezhou was surprised, feeling that Bi Lan was even more troublesome than him; anyone who had such a talkative wife was bound to have a headache.

"I don't dare to casually send saliva out anymore," Ao Li said.

"Then you can bring any other equivalent items, and I'll fight you again later," Zhang Xuezhou said.

"Let me think about it, I'll think about it carefully!"

Ao Li had a bit of a headache; he really wanted the purple lingzhi that Zhang Xuezhou had mentioned.

The new emperor stood on the bank of the Jing River, repeatedly trying to speak.

What was rare for Ao Li was not only something Zhang Xuezhou possessed, but also something the new emperor had.

However, while purple lingzhi can strengthen the body and replenish qi, it does not enhance male potency. Zhang Xuezhou was clearly making things up based on what he saw, adding an extra, fabricated explanation.

As a cultivator of the Yin-Yang School, the new emperor might assume that Zhang Xuezhou was not skilled in thunder and Fire Technique, but he did not believe that Zhang Xuezhou lacked even the basic ability to identify medicinal herbs in alchemy and medicine making within his own school.

If Zhang Xuezhou were truly that bad, the other party would not risk giving him and Chen Zhang raw Polygonatum.

This means that from the very beginning of the fight, Zhang Xuezhou never intended for Ao Li to win, nor did he believe he would lose.

"Dongfang Shuo is really going too far! If only all my opponents had the intelligence of the Jing River Dragon King!"

The new emperor thought the Jing River Dragon King was too easily fooled, and that he was at least eight hundred times less cunning than Zhang Xuezhou.

"A drop of Essence Blood!"

He sat behind Zhang Xuezhou on the shoulder and whispered in his ear.

"If you can't think of anything, I'll order something expensive. I won't give you my saliva, how about you wager a drop of your Essence Blood?"

Zhang Xuezhou glanced at the new emperor behind him, then asked Ao Li.

"What are you going to do with my Essence Blood?" Ao Li asked unhappily.

"This should be the easiest thing for you to produce," Zhang Xuezhou said. "You won't even part with your saliva, let alone a drop of your Essence Blood. I really can't think of anything you could easily produce. I can't exactly accept a whole bunch of ambergris from you!"

"You wouldn't curse me with your Essence Blood, would you?" Ao Li wondered.

"If a single Essence Blood could curse you to death, you'd be far too easy to kill!"

Zhang Xuezhou made a sarcastic remark, which made Ao Li laugh awkwardly.

Essence Blood is indeed very special, but a single Essence Blood is extremely rare.

If Zhang Xuezhou wasn't interested in some pretty gems, this was the easiest thing for him to acquire as a gamble.

"Then it's settled. We'll fight for three thousand miles. You'll take a purple lingzhi mushroom, and I'll take a drop of Essence Blood. We'll both rest and adjust, and then we'll fight again at dawn," Ao Li finally agreed.

"No problem!"

Zhang Xuezhou readily agreed.

Doing something is the same no matter where you are doing it. He can assist the new emperor in finding a secret place in Zhongnan Mountain, or he can fly three thousand miles aimlessly to retrieve a drop of Essence Blood for the new emperor.

Having previously sparred with Ao Li in his Yang Soul Demon Body state, Zhang Xuezhou was quite certain that Ao Li's flying skills were inferior to his own Technique Within the Clouds.

No matter what, he was among the top fifty in the Three Realms praised by Lu Baibai for his flying skills, while Zhang Xuezhou felt that Ao Li's flying ability could only rank fifty-one.

"I'm going back to the Water Palace to take some medicine!"

To obtain Zhang Xuezhou's Purple Lingzhi, Ao Li was clearly going to invest heavily.

He leaped into the Jing River, creating a whirlpool in the water, and Ao Li's figure disappeared from the surface of the river.

"Can you fly over him?" the new emperor asked in a low voice. "Do you want to take some medicine?"

The secret place in Zhongnan Mountain is extremely important, so important that the new emperor has searched for it repeatedly. He has spent not just half a month, but several years in the secret place.

But the Essence Blood of the Jinghe Dragon King is even more important. Although it is unknown whether it can activate the Red Empyrean Sword, it can at least fulfill a long-cherished wish of the new emperor.

The only requirement is that Zhang Xuezhou must win.

For this drop of Dragon King's Essence Blood, the new emperor felt he could risk everything and give it a try.

"I'll try it out with the Sky Shuttle then," Zhang Xuezhou said. "Three thousand miles is too far. I need to take a Creation Pill and reduce the Sky Shuttle's carrying capacity, so I can't carry you along!"

"Go ahead and use the Imperial Shuttle. This bag is full of Qi and Blood Creation Pills, but I only have two Law Power Creation Pills. See if that's enough. If not, I'll go back to the palace to get more," the new emperor said in a low voice. "As long as we win, I won't get in the way by flying with you!"

"Two are enough," Zhang Xuezhou nodded.

"Your abilities are truly Tongtian!"

Upon seeing Zhang Xuezhou readily agree, the new emperor was extremely excited.

Zhang Xuezhou can fly three thousand miles on drugs, and even fight the Dragon King, which means that if he wants, he can use Zhang Xuezhou and the Imperial Shuttle to cross long distances.

Even if he wanted to see the King of Huainan at dawn, it might be possible.

For a moment, the new emperor felt that the world was so vast that he could go anywhere. The only drawback of this kind of unpredictable travel was that he needed to have enough elixirs.