Chapter 118: Blood Nerve

Li Xuanqing tapped the Blood Demon, this perverse relic, and only a few notes and a specially bound book were left.

Li Xuan sat in front of the chair, put the notes aside, and placed the special book before him.

The book before him was thick, about three fingers thick; its cover was made of an unknown soul‑beast leather, looking very heavy and hard, with copper fittings wrapping the four corners, the surface engraved with strange symbols, and a teardrop‑shaped copper ornament in the center of the cover.

However, at this moment the copper fittings on the book were already rusted, the leather surface was also a bit grayish, seeming to have been sealed for a long time, its surface full of the wash of ages.

Looking at the ancient book before him, many thoughts flashed through Li Xuan's mind.

Li Xuan felt that the book contained many highly valuable things.

But before opening the book, Li Xuan, his expression solemn, first took from his Soul Guide Device a pair of beast‑leather gloves.

These gloves were bought when Li Xuan was staying in Tian Dou City; they were said to be made from the hide of a ten‑thousand‑year soul‑beast Wind‑Spirit Marten.

Yet Li Xuan felt nothing special about the gloves when he wore them; they were simply very comfortable.

After putting on the gloves, Li Xuan finally stretched out his hand and slowly opened the book before him.

Ding—

The teardrop ornament struck the surrounding copper fittings, producing a crisp sound, and as the cover opened, a strong scent of blood spread out.

"This is the smell of blood... Could this book have been soaked in blood?" Li Xuan furrowed his brows and muttered. Li Xuan has no interest in blood; in the City of Slaughter, he has never even drunk a drop of Bloody Mary.

Putting aside his thoughts, Li Xuan focused his gaze on the book.

The first page contained no content.

The second page also contained no content.

……

Li Xuan began flipping through the book briskly; the more he turned pages, the more puzzled he became, for the book had not a single character.

"That's odd. With such a luxurious cover, there shouldn't be nothing inside," Li Xuan said, carefully flipping through again, and indeed there was not a single character inside.

After pondering for a while, Li Xuan closed the book again, and began to contemplate.

There shouldn't be no content in this book.

Li Xuan did not remove the gloves, his eyes fixed on the book, while his mind was on every move of the Blood Demon.

Suddenly, Li Xuan had an inspiration, opened his mouth and slowly uttered a word.

"Blood..."

Although Li Xuan was not familiar with the Blood Demon, its trait was obvious: a craving for blood!

"Could it require blood?" Li Xuan's eyes brightened, and then his mind leapt out of the Sky‑Grasping Vessel's space.

Li Xuan thought for a moment and then directly rushed out of the Courtyard, looked around, and found a few people strolling on the street.

Li Xuan said no more, directly charged out, and the Burning Heart Divine Flame was released instantly.

Two minutes later, only three corpses remained on the ground.

Li Xuan dragged the three corpses back into the Sky‑Grasping Vessel's space.

He placed the book on the ground, then used a small knife to cut open the neck of one corpse; because it had just died, fresh blood gushed out, pouring directly onto the book.

As the fresh blood splashed onto the book, the teardrop ornament at the center of the cover began to emit a faint blood‑red glow.

"This isn't copper!" Li Xuan widened his eyes, shocked as he stared at the teardrop ornament on the cover. The green teardrop ornament gradually turned into a blood‑red crystal.

Immediately after, the book, like a sponge, rapidly absorbed all the blood on the cover completely.

Watching the book's speed of absorption, Li Xuan could even feel that the book seemed a bit reluctant to finish drinking the blood.

Li Xuan thought for a moment, then used soul power to extract all the blood from that corpse and poured it onto the book.

The book, unsurprisingly, accepted everything and absorbed it completely.

Then Li Xuan brought the remaining two corpses over, and poured the blood inside them onto the book.

After the book had absorbed the blood of three corpses, the copper fittings on the cover were all renewed and emitted a faint golden light.

Only the teardrop crystal at the center of the cover became even more translucent, like a fresh drop of blood! Bloody Mary...

Blood Poison...

Hell Slaughter Arena...

Diyu zhi Lu...

Blood-colored Lava...

Li Xuan suddenly felt that these things were somehow linked in the unseen.

Looking at the newly renewed book before him, Li Xuan lowered his gaze, then carefully opened the book.

As expected, text indeed appeared in the book.

Moreover, the originally grayish beast‑leather pages turned white as paper, and three blood‑red large characters floated on the first page, using the common Douluo Continent script, so Li Xuan could also read them.

"Blood Nerve..."

Li Xuan whispered it out.

Then Li Xuan began slowly turning the pages.

Page by page, the book opened, already filled with dense blood‑red characters.

Li Xuan calmed down, then began reading the book carefully.

Strangely, after just one read-through of the contents, Li Xuan felt his whole body heat up, as if the blood inside his body had been ignited by fierce fire.

"Hey, it's actually a cultivation method?" Li Xuan's eyes showed a surprised expression, and the method's effect was indeed quite good; even without beginning cultivation, it already produced results.

Li Xuan's spirit moved, using Burning Heart Divine Flame to suppress the agitation in his body; the method was indeed profound, but its effect was bizarre, making the body heat up, though Li Xuan did not know whether this heat was good or bad.

Nevertheless, Li Xuan hesitated hardly at all, immediately took out a notebook and recorded the contents of the book; regardless of the method's merit, it would give Li Xuan some reference ideas.

However, when Li Xuan had recorded two‑thirds of the content, the text inside Blood Nerve began to fade slowly, apparently because the blood had been completely consumed; the once‑white pages reverted to their grayish state.

"This thing consumes too much blood, an hour's worth from three people," Li Xuan said helplessly, covering his forehead, and without hesitation went out again to capture three people, and let their blood flow in the space.

The text in Blood Nerve reappeared, and Li Xuan accelerated his speed, recording the entire book's contents before the words vanished.

After recording all the content, Li Xuan then carefully studied the material in the book.

Li Xuan lay on a rattan chair, reading the technique while recording the circulation routes of the meridians described within it, and Li Xuan also wanted to know what special aspects this technique actually had.

I apologize again to all of you, dear readers; my unit's leader has gone mad, I have a night shift tonight, I'll work through the night, finish the next chapter, and then I have to go to work (End of chapter)