Chapter 72

Many people pursued them crazily, worshiping them as supreme, wishing they could completely become them.

But in Meng Zhangqing’s view.

Whether it was bloodline or some special physique.

They were all external objects.

They were just tools to become stronger.

What a martial artist truly needed to be strong was themselves, their own heart.

Pursuit was necessary, as bloodline power was indeed very strong, but one could not confuse the status of the mount and the king; one needed to control the bloodline, not be controlled by it.

Just as the old saying goes.

A king does not take pride in his bloodline, but the bloodline takes pride in the king.

Meng Zhangqing slowly stood up.

Regarding this point, he had always seen it very clearly.

[Great Strength Demonic Ape] was a body-refining bloodline belonging to the demon race, but its focus was different from the [Stone Man bloodline]; it was slightly weaker in defense, but stronger in power.

Boom!

Meng Zhangqing raised his right hand and threw a punch.

The terrifying fist wind swept through, and the mountain forest within a hundred meters to the right collapsed, presenting a messy clearing.

“Now, if I go to practice fist and palm martial skills, their power will probably catch up to sword moves amplified by Sword Intent!”

“After all, the Great Strength Demonic Ape bloodline’s normal amplification of power is about ten times; if I awaken the talent [Demonic Ape Divine Strength], then it will surpass Sword Intent.”

“It’s just that this bloodline cannot be used openly.”

Meng Zhangqing thought in his heart.

At the same time, he looked at his palm.

He saw that at this moment, he was full of demonic qi, like a transformed great demon!

“It can be used as a trump card; it cannot be used unless absolutely necessary.”

Withdrawing the Demonic Ape bloodline, Meng Zhangqing returned to his original temperament.

“Next is the Bloodline Purification Card.”

Withdrawing his thoughts, Meng Zhangqing looked at the panel.

This was an extra reward triggered when he added Chijin as a friend.

He clicked on the relevant information.

[Bloodline Purification Card]: Can improve bloodline purity; specific gains depend on the situation.

“As expected.”

Meng Zhangqing was not surprised at all.

Just as he thought.

For bloodlines, purity was a very critical factor.

This almost affected a bloodline holder’s strength and potential.

The higher the purity, the closer one was to the ancestor.

Then the upper limit of power one could exert would also be higher.

Like bloodline skills, one could also easily grasp them, far more and stronger than those with low purity!

And among the same bloodline.

High purity would also exert a certain suppression on those with low purity!

“System, improve the purity of the [Stone Man bloodline].”

Between the two, Meng Zhangqing chose the Stone Man bloodline without hesitation.

After all, this could be used openly.

While [Great Strength Demonic Ape] could not.

“Ding!”

“Consumed one Bloodline Purification Card!”

“Improvement starting!”

The words fell.

Meng Zhangqing only felt the Stone Man bloodline in his body begin to boil.

The original impurities and mixed blood were melting, gradually becoming pure Stone Man bloodline.

And the Stone Man aura on Meng Zhangqing’s body also became increasingly ancient.

Shaking the mind and soul.

“Ding!”

“Improvement complete.”

A moment later, the system prompted.

Meng Zhangqing hurriedly activated his internal vision.

He saw that in the originally silver-white bloodline, a wisp of gold had actually appeared.

And this gold looked very noble.

Like a legendary deity.

Permeated with an ancient and powerful aura.

“Has a qualitative change occurred?”

“It seems the improvement is very large.”

Meng Zhangqing’s eyes flickered.

If it were just a two or three-fold purification, he reckoned there wouldn’t be such a big change; it was highly likely to be five times or more.

The Bloodline Purification Card did not have a fixed improvement, but depended on the situation; sometimes it was high, sometimes low.

So in common terms, this time it should have been a critical hit.

“After leaving the secret realm, I must go and find literature on Stone Men.”

Meng Zhangqing made a decision.

Although he had fused the Stone Man bloodline, his understanding of this bloodline was still at a very shallow stage.

He only knew it could improve defense and was suitable for practicing body-refining techniques.

As for the rest, he knew nothing.

He couldn’t be blamed for this.

After all, the information about Stone Men circulating in the world could be said to be very scarce.

However, this was the Profound Heaven Sect.

There should be relevant records.

If there weren’t, he would have to go and learn from the Shi brothers.

“Now that the bloodline purity has improved, my defense has definitely increased significantly again.”

Meng Zhangqing curled his lips slightly.

Even if he encountered those who were good at assassination, he didn’t need to worry too much.

Unless they held divine weapons or possessed extraordinary secret techniques.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t even be able to shave off a bit of his fingernail.

It is often said that the best defense is offense.

This is indeed true.

But it is too difficult.

The fault tolerance rate is also too low.

It’s better to be safe and max out his own defense.

As long as he is hard enough, let the wind blow from any direction!

“Next...”

Without thinking too much, Meng Zhangqing took out the map.

In his original plan, he was going to go to many places because he needed to find resources to break through.

It was just the establishment of the sect’s opportunity points.

That allowed him to directly obtain the Small Breakthrough Pill.

Therefore, there was no need to travel long distances and spend a lot of time looking for those second-grade resources.

Moreover, he had already reached the Sea Opening Realm.

Second-grade resources were no longer of much use.

So in his current plan, only the last item remained unfinished.

That was, the special flame!

Without alchemy fire, he couldn’t officially reveal his identity as a second-grade alchemist, nor could he refine pills himself.

“Falling Cloud Volcano.”

In the far northwest of the map, there was a dark red area.

Although small, it was very obvious.

Kong Linxue had once said that her flame was obtained from there.

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In the Profound Clarity Realm, there were no sun, moon, or stars.

There were only boundless gray clouds permeating the sky.

It was easy for people to ignore the concept of time.

They didn’t even know how long they had been here.

And the news about Meng Zhangqing gradually spread throughout the Profound Clarity Realm.

“Have you heard? That dark red opportunity point in the center of the secret realm is guarded by a bloodline demon beast!”

“Bloodline demon beast? Who can beat that?”

“Of course someone can beat it; that opportunity point has already been taken!”

“So strong? Could it be the Shi brothers?”

“No, the Shi brothers lost, and I heard from eyewitnesses that the Shi brothers also have bloodlines.”

“Hiss, bloodlines! That’s right, those two brothers didn’t look like normal people, but even with bloodlines, they couldn’t win; then who could?”

“It’s that top-tier genius Meng Zhangqing from Lingxiao Peak; he had long grasped Sword Intent, plus many trump cards, and directly crushed that bloodline demon beast, even being able to kill it!”

“Meng Zhangqing? Could it be that disciple who killed Ghost Finger Beiqianke?”

“Yes!”

“Damn, grasping Martial Dao Intent and crushing a bloodline demon beast; this is Heaven’s Pride level.”

In many places, when disciples met, they were all discussing it.

“Master, they are talking about Senior Brother Meng, right?”

Bai Suxi had just come out of a resource point and heard two people chatting nearby, and the content was all about Meng Zhangqing.

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She was a bit dazed.

“They’ve already named him, so it must be him.”

“In this huge Profound Heaven Sect, there shouldn’t be a second Meng Zhangqing.”

An old voice sounded.

“Senior Brother Meng is too strong; he even defeated a bloodline demon beast!”

Recovering, Bai Suxi became a bit excited, and a look of worship couldn’t help but appear in her water-like beautiful eyes.

It had only been a few days since they last met.

Senior Brother Meng had already done such an earth-shattering thing!

“Those who can be called bloodline demon beasts basically have extremely strong bloodlines; to want to defeat them, or even kill them, one’s strength must be far above them.”

The old voice was silent for a moment, then spoke. “That kid just entered the Sea Opening Realm and has such tyrannical combat power; it is truly inconceivable.”

Even when she was his age.

She didn’t have such a record.

“After leaving the secret realm, you must hurry and break through; as long as you step into the Sea Opening Realm, Master can teach you the strongest inheritance of our Ancient Demon Stream!”

“Once refined, you will definitely be able to surpass this kid!”

The old voice said.

There was a sense of competition in the words.

As a great power of the demonic path, the disciple she had painstakingly cultivated was actually being suppressed by a boy with no background.

It was truly somewhat unwilling.

But late bloomers are common; the early lead doesn’t count for much. As long as she enters the Sea Opening Realm and receives the inheritance, she believes Bai Suxi will definitely be able to surpass him in one fell swoop!