"This is... a cultivation technique?"
Ji Xue felt the poisonous spiritual energy flowing through her meridians, forming its own patterns. Her eyes were filled with surprise as she asked,
"This cultivation technique is called the 'Five Poisons Violet Flame Technique.' If you cultivate it, you will become immune to all poisons, and your own blood will become highly toxic. This technique is perfect for you."
Ye Ling, having learned the technique's name from Gray Lotus, smiled at Ji Xue.
Ji Xue was a black dragon. Both her flesh and scales could be used as medicine or to forge divine weapons.
She was a treasure from head to toe, easily coveted and drawing the attention of many.
But now, things were different.
After Ji Xue cultivated the 'Five Poisons Violet Flame Technique,' her flesh contained potent poison. Ordinary cultivators who accidentally touched a drop of her blood would likely die instantly. With her flesh no longer valuable to others, protected by her poisonous blood, she no longer had to worry about others plotting against her.
Ye Ling continued, "However, this technique seems to be incomplete. I will need some time to deduce the complete version. Once I make progress, I will help you perfect it."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Ji Xue was overjoyed and quickly thanked him, "Thank you, Master."
Although the technique came unexpectedly, just by observing the flow of the poisonous spiritual energy, she could tell how profound it was!
If she could fully comprehend this technique, her current combat power would increase by at least thirty percent!
While thirty percent might not seem like much, she was currently at the Red Dust Immortal cultivation level!
An increase of thirty percent based on the Red Dust Immortal foundation was a terrifying amplification of strength.
Moreover, Ye Ling mentioned that the 'Five Poisons Violet Flame Technique' was incomplete. She couldn't even imagine how powerful the complete version would be!
After guiding the spiritual energy within Ji Xue's meridians for three cycles, allowing her body to adapt to the poisonous spiritual energy, Ye Ling withdrew his demonic energy and said to her, "Familiarize yourself with the circulation routes of this technique as soon as possible. We have important matters to attend to next."
"Yes!"
Ji Xue nodded and then immersed herself wholeheartedly in cultivation, her aura growing stronger.
As she fully mastered the 'Five Poisons Violet Flame Technique,' the gray lotus in the center of the spring began to wither, and the surrounding poisonous mist surged towards Ji Xue and was absorbed by her.
Seeing the gray lotus begin to wither, Ye Ling frowned slightly and quickly instructed Ji Xue, "Try feeding this gray lotus with your poisonous blood and see if you can revive it."
"Understood."
As Ye Ling instructed, Ji Xue did not hesitate. She quickly bit her index finger and dripped her blood onto the petals of the gray lotus.
The moment Ji Xue's blood touched it, the wilting gray lotus began to regain its vitality!
"It's working!"
Seeing this, Ji Xue's eyes lit up. She made her wound larger, allowing more blood to drip onto the lotus.
As Ji Xue's poisonous blood dripped onto the gray lotus, the lotus began to turn increasingly red, becoming like a blood-red demonic lotus, incredibly vibrant, its petals so red they seemed to be about to bleed!
And in the center of the lotus, a red spirit, about the size of a palm, slowly condensed.
"Is this... a spirit?"
Ye Ling's eyes flashed with surprise as he saw the spirit in the center of the lotus. Just as he was about to reach out and receive the spirit, the entire cave began to shake violently.
"What's happening?"
Ji Xue suddenly sensed an unusually powerful aura emanating from outside the cave. Her expression changed slightly, and she exclaimed in surprise.
Ye Ling stopped and looked towards the outside of the cave, his eyes narrowing slightly. "We have visitors."
As he spoke, he vanished from his spot.
The next moment, Ye Ling appeared outside the cave, calmly gazing at the sky above.
There, a large gate, constructed entirely of white jade, was hidden within the clouds.
In front of the gate, a man clad in silver armor, holding a long halberd, stood in the clouds, looking down at Ye Ling with indifference.
"It seems someone from the Immortal Realm has been watching this Half-Spirit Realm. As soon as we touched that lotus, someone from above would descend..." Ye Ling murmured, his gaze distant, upon seeing the man.
The man's aura was extraordinary, his strength surpassing that of a Red Dust Immortal, clearly an immortal.
Such a powerful being should not be able to descend casually. His presence here was likely due to exploiting a loophole in the Half-Spirit Realm.
After all, a place like the Half-Spirit Realm, strictly speaking, did not belong to the mortal world. Any immortal deity with authority in the heavens could, with a little effort, enter.
"Did you tamper with the Demonic Blood Lotus?" the immortal standing in the air asked Ye Ling in a deep voice, his words like rumbling thunder.
"That lotus is called the Demonic Blood Lotus?"
Hearing the immortal's words, Ye Ling murmured, then looked back at the immortal and asked, "Were you sent by the Queen Mother of the West?"
"Audacious mortal, how dare you be so disrespectful to the Queen Mother of the West!"
The immortal's expression instantly turned grim, and he hurled his halberd directly at Ye Ling!
Watching the halberd rapidly enlarge in mid-air, Ye Ling's lips twitched. "Is this guy crazy?"
He had merely asked about the Queen Mother of the West, how was that disrespectful?
*Boom!*
The halberd pierced through Ye Ling and slammed fiercely into Mount Fulong, shattering half of the mountain!
"A phantom?"
The immortal in the air saw Ye Ling's figure disappear from his spot and his eyes changed slightly. Before he could locate Ye Ling, he felt a threat approaching from behind.
"Hey, you attack just like that. Didn't your parents teach you basic manners?" Ye Ling's voice sounded from behind, causing the immortal's pupils to contract sharply!
"When?"
The immortal quickly turned around, only to see a fist growing larger and larger.
*Bang!*
Ye Ling punched the immortal directly in the face, sending him flying!
The immortal, like a cannonball, crashed fiercely into Mount Fulong.
"Master!"
At this moment, Ji Xue, holding the red spirit in her arms, emerged from the cave. She happened to see Ye Ling punching an immortal into the mountain, and her heart filled with shock as she called out.
"Come here."
Ye Ling looked at Ji Xue, and the demonic energy swirling around him surged towards her at an extremely fast pace, wrapping around her entire body and pulling her to his side!
The instant Ji Xue was pulled away by Ye Ling, a white beam swept across the spot where she had been standing.
If Ye Ling had been even a moment slower, Ji Xue would have been cut in half!
Seeing the white beam sweep across below, Ji Xue felt a lingering fear and quickly asked, "What exactly is going on?"
"Someone from the Immortal Realm has arrived."
Ye Ling said calmly, then glanced at the red spirit in Ji Xue's arms and asked, "Where is that lotus?"
"The spirit ate it," Ji Xue replied.
"Ate it?"
Ye Ling was stunned, unable to react for a moment.
Ji Xue gave a wry smile. "Yes... not long after you came out, Master, this spirit awoke and then devoured the lotus in one bite. After that, it nestled into my arms and refused to leave."
"This spirit... seems to consider me its mother."