Cultivation System: Stronger with Age

Zhao Yufei frowned. "But this is Tier Three Marsh Python Flesh. Eating more than half a pound will replenish all the Qi Blood I've expended. Any more, and the excess Qi Blood will just dissipate. That's too wasteful!"

After speaking, she couldn't help but secretly shake her head. Only someone like him would eat ten pounds of Marsh Python Flesh in one go. Just think of how much Qi Blood that wastes!

Well, what could be done? Who else but him would have over ten thousand pounds of Tier Three Marsh Python Flesh stored in their Ghost Frog Pouch!

Usually, outside the Demon-Suppressing Valley, Tier Three Marsh Python Flesh is practically unobtainable; there's no market for it. Eating ten pounds in one go would cause so much Qi Blood to dissipate. What a waste! Even a noble beauty like Zhao Yufei couldn't help but shake her head repeatedly at this thought.

Lin Xuankong touched his stomach and checked his Life Plate:

Perfect Qi Blood: 4,568/500,000

A single meal of Marsh Python Flesh had restored over 500 points of Qi Blood. At this rate, he could replenish over a thousand points daily, far faster than using the Turtle-Poria Elixir and the Nine Revolutions Qi Replenishing Soup combined.

With such abundant Qi Blood... does the Shadow Concealment Primordial Technique and activating Demon Pearls still consume a lot? Does activating the Thunder Technique still consume a lot of Qi Blood?

After eating the python flesh, the two resumed their journey. Zhao Yufei continued to explain the Cultivation Method for the Eight Gates Celestial Eye to Lin Xuankong.

「In the blink of an eye, three days had passed.」

Normally, riding the majestic Dragon Blood Fierce Dogs would have made their journey swift. However, their progress was slowed. This was partly because the tracks left by the two Ancient Yue Race martial cultivators were quite winding. Additionally, they constantly encountered demon clans along the way—or rather, Lin Xuankong continuously attacked any demon clans near their path.

Having tasted the benefits of Tier Three Marsh Python Flesh, Lin Xuankong wasn't about to let any nearby demon clans escape. Besides, the more he killed, the higher the chance another demon might condense a Demon Pearl!

In those three days, Lin Xuankong had cleared out over forty demon clans of various sizes. He killed four Tier Three Demon Pythons and hundreds of Tier Two Demon Pythons. From them, he collected nearly ten thousand pounds of Tier Three Marsh Python Flesh, twenty thousand pounds of Tier Two Marsh Python Flesh, and a large quantity of python skins and Forehead Scales.

Among these, aside from the Tier Three Demon Pythons, most of the Tier Two Marsh Pythons were controlled by Zhao Yufei's pupil technique and killed with her Silver Hook. Her Illusion Technique could be launched instantly from a great distance, making it an exceptionally potent pupil technique!

Lin Xuankong was naturally delighted with such substantial gains. Unfortunately, his three-zhang-wide Ghost Frog Pouch couldn't hold any more.

So, Lin Xuankong had to chop down a massive tree and build a sturdy wooden sledge. He piled all the highly durable demon python flesh onto it, and the two Dragon Blood Fierce Dogs dragged the sledge, now laden with tens of thousands of pounds, forward.

Lin Xuankong laid some python skins on the sledge and sat comfortably on top as the Dragon Blood Fierce Dogs pulled it along.

Looking at the spoils, Lin Xuankong was naturally pleased. However, he was also a bit frustrated. After listening to Zhao Yufei explain the Heart Method for cultivating the Eight Gates Celestial Eye, he had tried for three whole days. Yet, he still hadn't cultivated even the slightest trace of the Eight Gates Celestial Eye's Qi Blood, and there was no reaction from the Life Plate in his Brain Mansion.

If Zhao Yufei's guess was true, this indicated that he likely possessed very little, if any, of the Double Pupil Bloodline.

But this pupil technique is so powerful; obtaining it would greatly boost my combat strength! I have to find a way!

Now, sitting on the sledge, Lin Xuankong looked over at Zhao Yufei. She was leaning nearby, tall and voluptuous. He pondered for a moment, then decided to try something.

After a slight cough, he said to Zhao Yufei, "Steward Zhao, I have something I'd like to ask for your help with."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yufei immediately sat up straight, her coolly beautiful eyes fixed on Lin Xuankong. Over the past few days, she had repeatedly witnessed him wielding terrifying Thunder Techniques. This had led her, someone who usually had very high standards, to hold great admiration for this Silver Jade Steward.

She said seriously, "Steward Lin, please don't be so polite. Following you these past few days, I think I've even gained some weight! Besides, you saved my life. As long as you ask, if it's something I can do, I will absolutely give it my all!"

Lin Xuankong circulated his Qi Blood, suppressing a hint of awkwardness. "Actually, it's not difficult at all... just... could you call me 'husband'?"

Zhao Yufei, who had been looking earnest, now appeared utterly confused.

Lin Xuankong coughed once. "Or, how about this: I call you 'wife,' and you just acknowledge it. That would work too!"

Zhao Yufei looked somewhat dazed, her eyes widening.

Lin Xuankong said decisively, "Don't misunderstand. It's just for fun. That's not too difficult, is it?"

The coolly stunning Zhao Yufei remained silent, her expression unreadable.

The sledge glided through the jungle. Only the sound of the two Dragon Blood Fierce Dogs laboriously pulling it broke the silence. The atmosphere had become slightly peculiar.

「At the Zhen Character Gathering Place, outside Cold Fragrance Valley,」 more than fifty martial cultivators were processing loot beside the corpses of Ghost Toads, each as large as a millstone.

The skin of these huge Ghost Toads was extremely thin and deathly pale. Their backs bore a grotesque black pattern resembling a ghostly face. Additionally, their bodies were covered with lumps that continually oozed foul-smelling, vivid green pus. Even their muscular hind legs were covered in this green pus.

Despite holding their breath, the martial cultivators processing the Ghost Toad corpses still suffered from dizziness due to the pus's toxicity. None dared to slack off because, on the east side of the valley entrance, stood twelve thick Profound Iron Pillars. Each pillar impaled the rotting corpses of several martial cultivators.

These martial cultivators on the Profound Iron Pillars had merely complained a few words while handling the Ghost Toad corpses. For that, they were beaten nearly to death by the Guo Family's eldest son's men. Then, they were bound to the Profound Iron Posture, where they slowly slid from the sharp tips to the bottom. After a full day of agonizing screams, they became fly-ridden corpses.