"Stop trying to intimidate me with your Master!" The man in black sneered, "I've roamed the Spirit Realm for many years, do you think I'd be scared off by you bunch of kids?"
Wu Man and the others dared not even breathe too loudly at this moment, much like their domineering stance in front of those Foundation Establishment cultivators previously. Foundation Establishment cultivators, in their eyes, were as insignificant as ants. But faced with a cultivator at the Primordial Infant stage, they too are utterly inferior!
Zhao Qing sighed and said, "Fine, this time, our elders from the Blood Demon Sect didn't come along, we admit defeat."
"What do you mean by admitting defeat? Zhao Qing, stop trying to scare me with your Sect's elders. I, Zhu Hong, have cultivated to this level today. I've heard countless threats like yours!" Although Zhu Hong spoke dismissively, the flickering gleam in his eyes gave away some of his thoughts.
"Blood Demon Sect", these three words echoed loudly across the Spirit Realm.
The name of the sect contained the word "demon", which partially revealed their style - a mix of both righteous and wicked.
No matter who provokes the Blood Demon Sect, there's rarely a good outcome.
Despite Zhu Hong's Primordial Infant stage, he too lacks confidence when facing the elders of the Blood Demon Sect.
"Senior Zhu Hong, may I ask what you wish to obtain this time?" Zhao Qing looked at Zhu Hong, dressed in black, and said, "I'm under orders from my master to bring that blade back."
"I too, want that blade," Zhu Hong stated coldly.
Zhao Qing gave a slight smile: "Senior Zhu, saying that isn't fun. We all know that whether it's the blade or the blood drop, neither can be used by any cultivator of this world."
Zhu Hong was silent for a moment, then looked at Zhao Qing: "Then what do you mean?"
"What I mean is, we'll take the blade, and Senior Zhu Hong, you take the blood drop. We each take what we need. How about that?" Zhao Qing suggested.
There was a flicker of desire on Zhu Hong's face. He had indeed come for the True Phoenix Blood. With the True Phoenix Blood, if he ascends to the Immortal Realm one day, he might even have a chance to challenge the Daoist Body level!
If he could genuinely become a True Phoenix Body, he would be outright successful!
As for the blade... it was just a remnant of a blade, and no matter how mystical it was described in legends, Zhu Hong didn't care much.
No matter how good it was... it was ultimately just a weapon.
What kind of weapon could compare to one's own improvement?
Admittedly, Zhu Hong wasn't wrong, but he didn't imagine... how extraordinary this weapon was!
"Let's settle it then!" Zhu Hong reluctantly agreed. Initially, after he learned that this relic was from the Qingxu Sect, he wanted to claim all the items within the entire Qingxu Sect.
This was the heritage of a renowned top sect in the Spirit Realm! Whoever obtained it could use this heritage to establish a new inheritance!
However, facing disciples of the Blood Demon Sect, Zhu Hong could only grit his teeth and concede some of the benefits.
Seeing Zhu Hong agree, Zhao Qing and the others let out a sigh of relief. Luckily, they encountered Zhu Hong, who still had some reason. If they happened to meet a lunatic, he probably wouldn't negotiate any terms with them. If he attacked directly, their group of Golden Core cultivators would likely all be defeated here.
"Wait..." Zhu Hong suddenly spoke, stopping Zhao Qing.
Zhao Qing raised an eyebrow, thinking Zhu Hong wanted to go back on his word.
"We can split the things in this lake, but as for the inheritance of the Qingxu Sect..." Zhu Hong stared at Zhao Qing, "I want it all!"
Zhao Qing immediately nodded in agreement without hesitation, "That's something we're not going to fight you, Senior Zhu Hong, for."
"Good." Zhu Hong felt relieved.
Zhao Qing smiled, "Just that those items, if Senior Zhu Hong is too slow, I'm afraid they might be completely looted by others."
"Based on those people? Where can they run to? Even if I have to chase them to their homes... I will make them spit out everything!" Zhu Hong stated coldly.
"Alright, there was a large disturbance here just now. It's possible that someone has already gone down." Zhao Qing didn't want to cause any more trouble and wanted to get the blade fragment quickly and complete his mission.
Zhu Hong casually said, "The whole lake is under my divine sense. No matter who's down there, they can't escape my control!"
"Cultivators at the Primordial Infant stage are indeed formidable beyond compare." Zhao Qing flattered, "Senior Zhu Hong, let's go down!"
"Good!" Zhu Hong seemed pleased, and he nodded arrogantly.
Then, he pointed his finger, and the lake water started to part automatically. With a leap, Zhu Hong dived straight towards the bottom.
Zhao Qing and the others exchanged glances, then all showed a helpless smile. The True Phoenix Blood... Although their Master dismissed it, they all... were envious. But there was no choice, who made them meet an irresistible opponent here?
"What? The items are gone! How could the items be gone? What's happening?" Zhu Hong, who had gone ahead, suddenly let out a roar of furious rage.
The faces of Zhao Qing and the others also changed slightly. They saw the blasted scattered Qing stone platform at the bottom of the lake, but no sign of anything else!
They all stood there in shock, dumbfounded.
"This... how is this possible? Just this barrier here... has already reached the Primordial Infant level. Normal cultivators can't break it at all. Even if they can break it, they definitely wouldn't have been able to do it in such a short time!" Zhao Qing's mouth twitched, he couldn't believe it.
Zhu Hong's face darkened, he spoke with a deep voice, "Just now when I cast my divine sense on this lake, I sensed two lifeforms disappear in my divine sense. Could it be... someone used a teleportation treasure? They succeeded and fled at the first opportunity?"
"Impossible!" Zhao Qing had less cultivation than Zhu Hong, but his knowledge certainly wasn't lacking compared to Zhu Hong. He flatly denied Zhu Hong's guess, "Escape Charms, if used here, we would certainly have sensed it."
"Then it's inconceivable how someone under my watch... obtained the treasures and left without a trace." Zhu Hong gnashed his teeth, "Could it be that besides me, another cultivator at the Primordial Infant stage also came here?"
Zhao Qing frowned, "That can't be. We've had our eye on the group that went in before. Other than the people from the Three Great Families of Jinxiu City, we didn't see anyone else go in!"
"The Three Great Families of Jinxiu City?" Zhu Hong's face alternated between light and dark, as if he was considering something. After a moment, he spoke ominously, "This matter must be related to them!"
"Senior Zhu Hong, are you thinking..." Zhao Qing looked at Zhu Hong, his heart was also filled with rage.
The things he was sure he could obtain effortlessly were unexpectedly scooped up by someone else. Not completing the task given by his master... was a colossal failure.
He cannot afford such failure!
Therefore, Zhao Qing also suspected the Three Great Families.