"6th stage Qi refinement realm, after the whole night of cultivation," The Blood God sighed, walking out from his house.
When he came out, he was greeted by Xiao Yu's worried face.
"Lord, something bad happened with brother Chen. He… he… had disappeared from the sect." She said hastily.
"Forget about him, the path of immortality is different for everyone, but the destination is the same. You will eventually cross paths again." The Blood God said, walking forward.
Xiao Yu also followed behind, her head filled with questions, but she didn't ask further.
"Is there any spiritually rich place within the sect for cultivation?" The Blood God asked.
"There is, but… we need to pay rent to cultivate there." Xiao Yu replied with some hesitation.
"Take me there," The Blood God ordered her.
Xiao Yu quickly took him there, but the place was super crowded, and they had to wait in line for almost half an hour. In the meantime, Xiao Yu constantly stared at him worriedly, afraid that he would cause chaos again, but surprisingly, the Blood God calmly waited in the row for his turn.
Finally, it was their turn. When they came forward, a middle-aged elder said in a flat tone, "4 Spiritual stones for 24 hours."
Hearing his words, the Blood took out the three spiritual stones he got as a monthly allowance from the sect before turning to Xiao Yu, and she quickly handed him two spiritual stones while saying, "I used the one for cultivation."
Seeing her efficiency, the Blood God nodded at her, passing the four spiritual stones to the Elder. The elder took the stones and sighed, glancing at Xiao Yu, but he didn't say anything, letting the Blood God choose his dwelling.
The Blood God didn't care much about it and walked into the one in front. As he entered the cave, the door locked behind him. The Spiritual Qi was much denser here compared to outside, but also not enough to make too much difference for him.
"With this amount of Qi, I could step into the 9th stage of Qi refinement, but for the foundation establishment realm, I have to find another place." The Blood God muttered, sitting cross-legged.
The Cultivation went pretty smoothly for him, as he broke into the 7th stage of Qi refinement within 4 to 5 hours, and advanced to the 8th stage within the remaining time. Just as the time was coming to an end, he successfully stepped into the 9th stage.
For 2 days of cultivation, this terrifyingly fast, but in the Blood God's it was still too slow, after all, now he didn't plan to use Blood Art. He had become stronger as fast as possible.
When the Blood God came out from cultivation, it was already another day, and he still found Xiao Yu outside waiting for him.
Since stepping into this sect, she been clinging to him almost all the time.
She bowed, but as usual, the Blood Ignored her. This time, they went straight to Mission Hall looking for a way to get more spiritual stones. But just as they were about to enter inside.
A voice called them, "You two, come here."
She was the senior sister Lin, the one who conducted their exam. Beside was another girl, this girl have much gentler temperament compared to Senior sister Lin.
Seeing the Blood god walking towards them, Xiao Yu also followed him. As they came in front of them, the senior sister Lin said in an authoritative tone, "Aren't you guys the newbie, I selected a few days ago?"
"Today, I planned to bless you guys with an immortal opportunity," She continued while watching the Blood God's face. She felt a bit awkward, but she maintained her composure.
As she was showing magnanimity, the Blood God had already turned around, walking into the Mission Hall with Xiao Yu. Seeing this, the girl beside the senior sister Lin felt extremely embarrassed.
When senior sister Lin heard no reply, she looked around only to find nothing but air.
Inside the mission hall, the place was extremely crowded as disciple fight for the mission. Most of the disciples present here were weak or newbie cultivators, and the mission for them didn't actually give much. So, they had to snatch the high-paying mission as soon as it came. When they looked around, the mission board was almost empty.
After glancing at the remaining mission, the Blood God turned around. If the pay wasn't good, then it wasn't worth his effort. He need high paying mission. So, he could have enough resources for cultivation and save time.
Walking out of the mission hall, he went down the mountain with Xiao Yu.
"Well, that dragon would definitely have a lot of spiritual stone. It is now time when he comes into some use." Blood God's thoughts were very clear.
After all, the black dragon had lived for thousands of years; with its strength, it should definitely have far more resources than this sect. As they descended the mountain, the village felt dead. No one was outside, and even the markets were closed. The black dragon had caused enough fear in their heart.
They simply passed through the village, going deeper into the forest. Just as they were walking, a small black shadow peeked out from an old tree bark. Seeing the Blood God, it quickly came out to greet him.
"Lord, thanks for saving my life that day. I will try my best to repay this favour in future," The black dragon said.
It had turned into a little dragon. So, the cultivator patrolling won't find him, after all, now he is very afraid of them. A random golden core cultivator can summon such deadly power, and one of the best examples was in front of him, the Blood God, who only had the 9th stage Qi refinement cultivation, yet he could rival that horrifying being and even saved his life.
"If I want to live long enough. I couldn't let this benefactor slip away. I must follow him and become his favourite." The dragon's thoughts were also very clear. His humility had saved his life, and his slight arrogance had almost caused his death.
"Hm, now hand over all your spiritual stones." The Blood God said, after listening to the dragon's words.
Hearing the Blood God's word, the Black Dragon hesitated, but seeing the other party's impatient look, he said awkwardly, "I… I don't have any spiritual stones."
"What…" The Blood God stared at him with his calm gaze, yet the dragon was completely terrified as he tried to explain himself, "Lord, I have no use for spiritual stones, so I never collected them. But I can borrow as many as possible from other demons."
"Oh… I will also come with you." The Blood God said after a little bit of silence, after all, a dragon has a long life span, and these spiritual stones are nothing more tasteless snack for the true dragon.
The Black Dragon transform into his full size, taking both the Blood God and Xiao Yu with him, heading towards the other demon lords. With Blood God with him, he didn't need to hide anymore.
The sudden dragon's appearance was also noticed by the surrounding cultivators, but his speed was so fast that he vanished into the sky within a second.
This sight made them realise that this dragon wasn't something they could deal with, but this dragon didn't seem hostile towards them. If he were, they all would have been dead by now.
In the western mountain range, the Purple Lion King was terrified, sensing the Black Dragon coming into his territory. Just as he came out of his cave, a huge dragon, almost triple the size of a purple lion, who himself was like a small mountain, descended in front of him, casting a long black shadow over him.
The Purple Lion was about greet the black dragon, when he saw two humans on the dragon's head. Seeing this, he was extremely shocked before strong spiritual pressure descended on him, waking him up from the daze.
"How dare you not greet the Lord with the proper respect? Are you tired of living?" The Black Dragon roared, forcing the purple lion to his knees in front of the Blood God.
The Purple Lion King, not understanding the situation clearly, still bowed to the Blood God. Seeing this, the Black Dragon showed a satisfactory look before moving to their main topic.
"Today our Lord has come to this place for some important matters; he is short on spiritual stones. So, I need to borrow some spiritual stones on our Lord's behalf." The dragon opened his mouth to boast.
"So, how many spiritual stones does our Lord need?" The Purple Lion King asked, not wanting offend this dragon at all. If some spiritual stones could make him leave, then so be it.
"Our Lord need… Um, Lord, how many spiritual stones do you need?" The black dragon turned to the Blood God and asked in an extremely polite tone. Far different from his domineering tone with Purple Lion.
"A few hundred will do," The Blood God replied nonchalantly.
Hearing the reply, the Black Dragon turned to Purple Lion, his voice again turning domineering as he said, "Did you hear that, our Lord only need few hundred million spiritual stones quickly, take them out."
"A few hundred million!" Before even Purple Lion could speak, Xiao Yu gasped, almost rolling down from the dragon's head. But the Blood God grabbed her in time.
"Well, I didn't mean a few hundred million," The Blood God said. At first, he didn't care about the number spoken by the Black dragon, but from Xiao Yu's reaction, it seemed. It was definitely not a normal sum, and he literally didn't have much use for them.
"I am sorry, my Lord, for not understanding your words, but it's too much. How could these mountain demons have 100 billion spirit stones? They won't even have a few billion spirit stones." The Black Dragon quickly explained, afraid that his word would make him angry.
"Well, forget it and give me whatever you have," The Blood God sighed at the dragon's misunderstanding and said to Purple Lion, who was still crouching on the ground.
The Purple Lion remained on the ground, not listening to the Blood God at all. In his eyes, he still has dignity and won't listen to a human, but when the dragon roar came from the side, his pride quickly shattered as he glanced at the towering dragon staring at him.
The Purple Lion reluctantly took out a storage ring, handing it over to the Blood God.
"I only have 3 billion, Lord. If you need more, we should loot the Thunder God sect." The Purple Lion said to Blood God while also giving the side glances to the Black Dragon.
The Blood God didn't reply, simply took the ring and played with it while Xiao Yu was staring at the storage in disbelief. She thought the Dragon was just fooling around, but didn't expect him actually get 3 billion spirit stones. After all, she had seen her brothers and sister fighting for just a single spirit stone.
"Good Idea, why didn't I think of it? They will definitely have a lot of spiritual stones, let's loot them… wait, what do you mean by looting? Do you think our Lord is some kind of bandit? How dare you?" The Black Dragon agreed with his idea, but realised that it doesn't sound good at all if put this way. The Purple Lion was straightforwardly disrespecting the Lord.
"I am sorry, My Lord, please spare me…" The Lion begged, but not to the Black dragon, but Blood God, clearly understanding whose words carry more weight.
"Leave him," The Blood God's words came just when the dragon's claws were about to crush the lion's head.
The Lion quickly thanked him, but the Blood God ignored him.
The Blood God ordered the Black dragon to take them back. The Black Dragon didn't even glance back at the Lion, flying into the sky, disappearing in the clouds.
As they were flying back to the Floating Cloud sect, the Black dragon spoke, "Lord, should we go to Thunder God sect to borrow a few more spiritual stones? They aren't poor like that mountain lion."
"I don't have time for that," The Blood God replied calmly.
"I get it, you don't need to worry about these trivial matters at all, leave it to me," The Black Dragon said happily.
The Blood God didn't care about his word as they headed back to the Floating Cloud sect.