Chapter 53: Beacon Fires Linked Cities, Secret of the Venomous Snake

  Chu Cheng was stunned.

  At this time, Fenghuo Liancheng was in a very sorry state, with not a single part of his body intact. The most frightening thing was that one of his arms had been severed, and fresh blood was flowing from the wound.

  "Venomous snake? Were you injured by a venomous snake? How did it manage to hurt you so badly? Did you escape in here? Can you find the spatial node? No, not you, but the venomous snake! The venomous snake is familiar with everything here, she must be able to find the spatial node!" Chu Cheng's mind was racing, thinking of many things in an instant.

  "Beacon fire linked city, you took advantage of the poisonous snake opening space node, wanting to take the opportunity to sneak attack and kill her, but didn't expect her strength was too powerful, instead being counterattacked by her, had no choice but to escape through the space node into this piece of space, is that right?!" Chu Cheng's eyes were piercing, his face pale.

  Because he immediately realized that the poisonous snake might come in at any moment.

  "That's right, you're absolutely right! You're really clever, everyone underestimated you! But similarly, we all underestimated the venomous snake, underestimated the venomous snake that had advanced to the Seventh Treasure Realm with eight drops of blood essence! She's about to come in, and you must join forces with me, otherwise neither of us will be her match!" Fenghuo Liancheng panted heavily, took out a small jade bottle, poured out a pellet of medicine from it, and swallowed it in one gulp.

  Then his severed arm grew back at a speed visible to the naked eye.

  Limb regeneration, a dan medicine that can achieve this is at least fifth-grade. And to be able to regenerate limbs so quickly, it must be sixth-grade or higher.

  "Give me the jade bottle in your hand, and I'll fight against the venomous snake with you, even kill it! Otherwise, I'll turn around and leave!" Chu Cheng looked at the jade bottle, his eyes gleaming.

  Each pill costs over 10 million gold coins and is extremely hard to come by.

  "You!" Fenghuo Liancheng's face turned red with rage as soon as he heard this: "You won't join forces with me, you'll die too!"

  "No, I won't die!" Chu Cheng's face was calm: "I can open the space node to enter this space, and I can still get out! Moreover, I am familiar with this world like the back of my hand! If I escape, even if it's a venomous snake, it may not be able to find me!"

  Chu Cheng's face didn't flush, his heart didn't skip a beat. Yin Yue, who was standing beside him, only felt admiration in his heart, secretly thinking that this guy was indeed his boss, with a thicker skin than a rhinoceros, talking nonsense without hesitation, truly shameless, deserving of being called "beast".

  "This is taking advantage of the fire to loot!" Fenghuo Liancheng's anger burned.

  "You're right, it's taking advantage of the fire to loot. Will you give or not?" Chu Cheng had already set his sights on Fenghuo Liancheng.

  "Alright, alright! You're impressive! Here you go!" Fenghuo Liancheng suddenly poured out a dan medicine from the jade bottle and swallowed it, then tossed the jade bottle to Chucheng: "Here!"

  Chu Cheng's expression changed, he took over the jade bottle and looked at it carefully, only to find that there was only one grain of Dan medicine left in the jade bottle.

  "Haha, there are only three pills in total. I'll give you one, be content! This elixir not only regenerates flesh and bone, but also contains a large amount of Qi and blood, enough for you to condense three drops of Blood Essence!" Fenghuo Liancheng burst out laughing.

  Although he had eaten a loss, but was able to write off the debt of Yin Chu Cheng, he felt that the annoyance in his heart suddenly decreased a lot, and his mood became more pleasant.

  "Is it enough for me to condense three drops of blood essence?" Chu Cheng didn't get angry, being able to obtain a pellet of elixir was already an unexpected gain for him, he wasn't a greedy person.

  However, this elixir was fundamentally impossible for Chu Cheng to condense three drops of blood essence, his blood essence being ten times stronger than that of ordinary people.

  However, helping Chucheng condense the sixth drop of blood essence is probably enough.

  "You'd better refine this elixir immediately." Fenghuo Liancheng moved his newly regrown arm: "Before I came in, I disrupted the space node with a move, causing the space portal to close. But she can re-lock onto the space node again at most within an hour!"

  Chu City glanced at the beacon tower and sat down cross-legged, swallowing the elixir and starting to refine it.

  He didn't worry about Fenghuo Liancheng's sneak attack at all, because if Fenghuo Liancheng wanted to survive, he had to join hands with him.

  The strength of the venomous snake may be even more terrifying than what Fenghuo Liancheng knows. And she once again locks onto a spatial node, perhaps not needing an hour, maybe just half an hour is enough.

  If it's refining the essence of a ferocious beast or the marrow of a genuine silver treasure bone, half an hour is not enough to say, and even half a day may not be enough.

  However, Chu Cheng is now refining a Dan medicine.

  Dan medicine is dan medicine because it is easier to refine and absorb than natural materials, and its efficacy is better.

  Ordinary elixirs were not needed by Chu Cheng at all. However, this elixir was better for Chu Cheng than the marrow needle.

  This is a sixth-grade elixir, containing a large amount of Qi and blood. It can regenerate flesh and bones, regrow limbs, all thanks to the powerful Qi and blood. If he fully refines this elixir, Chu Cheng has confidence that he can condense the sixth drop of Blood Essence. At that time, his strength will rise to another level.

  After swallowing the Dan medicine, Chu Cheng immediately mobilized the blood fire in the five drops of Blood Essence.

  Most of the refined elixirs and magical instruments are made with fire, as fire can refine impurities and change the shape of matter. However, for the most cherished and important magical instruments, cultivators may choose to use blood energy to nourish and temper them, using blood fire to refine and transform them.

  Even in the Seventh Treasure Realm, at first, it was also using blood fire to refine and transform the entire skeletal system into Taiyang Copper Bones.

  Fire is a very mysterious thing, and blood fire is even more mysterious, known as the fire of life. The blood fire does not stop, and life does not stop.

  Using blood and fire to refine this elixir will make it faster and more effective.

  Time is passing minute by minute and second by second.

  Half an hour later, Chu Cheng's body suddenly boiled with blood energy, a strong blood energy burst out of his body, transforming into a huge column of blood energy.

  After persisting for ten breaths, the blood gas dissipated and returned to Chu Cheng's body.

  Chu Cheng slowly got up and opened his eyes.

  The sixth drop of Blood Essence has been refined!

  At this time, a ripple appeared in space, and a door quietly opened, from which the snake walked out.

  She held a spiritual snake staff, with the hundred-year-old red practice king snake coiled on her left arm. A white bone long snake as thick as an arm and one zhang (3.33 meters) long flew up and down around her body, protecting her left and right sides.

  This is a spiritual white bone long snake, its eyes emitting a green glow that captivates the heart. Without a doubt, this white bone long snake has somehow acquired a soul. Moreover, its soul is extremely powerful, even surpassing that of the hundred-year-old Red Practice King Snake.

  The venomous snake looked around and then fixed its gaze in the direction of Chu City.

  When she saw Fenghuo Liancheng, a cruel light flashed in her eyes, as if she had already regarded Fenghuo Liancheng as a dead man.

  When she saw Chu Cheng, she was clearly taken aback, seemingly completely unprepared for him to appear in this place.

  Then she shifted her gaze, looking at the white bones of the eagle on the ground. The time of death was more than half an hour ago, so it wasn't killed by the beacon fire. It must have been killed by Chu Cheng.

  She looked up at Chu City again.

  However, she didn't mind because she had already recovered to her peak state and didn't need to divert attention to set up formations. Neither the beacon towers nor the Chu City were taken seriously by her.

  Finally, she gazed out at the distant, vast dark sea, the hazy deathly mist and clouds, and the towering mountains shrouded in mist, letting out a long sigh.

  "Three thousand years ago, King You of Jin led three thousand imperial guards to engage in a decisive battle with the Great Emperor of Gods and Ghosts at the northern foot of Mount Wan."

  "This battle shook heaven and earth, and the gods wept. The Great Emperor of Gods and Ghosts finally sealed Jin Youwang and his 3,000 imperial guards under the earth, thousands of feet below, with boundless curse power, cursing Jin Youwang and his 3,000 imperial guards to eternal damnation, forever unable to transcend, forever becoming vengeful spirits."

  "Three thousand Imperial Guards, one thousand Dark Guards, one thousand Spiritual Guards, one thousand Ghostly Guards, three commanders-in-chief."

  "Yin Wei Tong Ling, noble as the first of the three great Tong Lings, strongest among the 3,000 Imperial Guards, great divine communicator, second only to Jin You Wang's strength, suffered the most powerful attack from the God Emperor, flesh torn apart and scattered everywhere, only the mountain and sea world within his body, carrying the Hole Temple, escaped into the void."

  "Three thousand years have passed, and the world has undergone countless changes, with the blue seas turning into mulberry fields."

  "The former Seal Land has become the ancient path of the Yin spirits, where the three tribes of the Yin spirits dwell, guarding this land for generations, waiting for the rescue of King Jin You and the 3,000 Forbidden Guards."

  "They even placed the statue of Yin Wei, the commander of the Imperial Guard, at the entrance of the hunting grounds, to be worshiped by all, so that all the spirits would remember the existence of King Jin of Yu and the 3,000-strong Imperial Guard."

  "The great King of Jin, they did not dare to carve his appearance, fearing blasphemy against the emperor in their hearts, so they could only carve the commander of the vanguard."

  "I don't know when, but that statue gained a hint of consciousness and became the earthly incarnation of the Dark Guard."

  "A hundred years ago, my grandfather, the King of Ten Thousand Snakes in the Seven Treasures Realm, conversed with the Lord of Yinwei through a statue on this ancient yin path and discovered that there was already a traitor among them."

  "That master of the dark ancient path, the detestable Dark Emperor, did not want King Jin Yu and the 3,000 Imperial Guards to escape. He even wanted to use King Jin Yu and the 3,000 Imperial Guards, absorb their yin energy, devour their souls, and achieve his own goals!"

  "Jin Youwang and his three thousand imperial guards were sealed away beneath the depths of the abyss, their consciousness unable to descend."

  "It was only with the help of the Yinwei's leadership and the carved statue's duplicate that I was able to make a deal with my grandfather."

  "My grandfather, after advancing to the Mountain and Sea Boundary, came here to accept the inheritance of the Yinwei Commander, and rescued them from their predicament."

  However, my grandfather wanted to occupy Yincheng first and then take it slowly.

  "That detestable Mountain Master of Shanyin City, Chu Longyuan, is actually so powerful! Even my grandfather wouldn't be a match for him!"

  "Grandfather is dead, but I couldn't avenge him, so I'll kill his only daughter, Chu Yunxi!"

  I failed.

  "I escaped to the Yīn Líng Gǔ Dào, I will first inherit the legacy of the Yin Wei Tong Ling, then kill Chǔ Lóng Yuān!"

  Then I will fulfill my grandfather's vow and rescue King You of Jin and his 3,000 strong imperial guard!

  "I mean what I say!"

  "Now, everything here is mine! I will use them to advance to the Five Elements Realm, the Mountain and Sea Realm, the Divine Ability Realm!"

  "But there are still a few flies here who want to interfere with my great undertaking!"

  "Previously divided and weak, but now I'm back in full bloom!"

  "Beacon fires will be lit in succession, Chu City! You are doomed to die!"