Chapter 1035: The Generous Li Luo

And just as Qin Yi was stewing with grievances over there, Li Luo casually waved his hand, and several spirit cores flew straight toward Li Li Fengyi, Li Li Fuling, and the others—one for each person on the Dragon's Fang Lineage side.

Li Luo had taken several bottles of these spirit cores from the main house, adding up to several dozen in number, so he didn't value them too highly. After all, after obtaining that "Creation Divine Nectar," he frankly couldn't be bothered with the other treasures in the thatched hut.

The people on the Dragon's Fang Lineage side all accepted them with great joy. Even Li Li Fuling forced herself to rally a bit, and her deathly pale complexion regained a touch of color.

Then Li Luo turned toward Li Guan, who had been staring at him eagerly, and the people of the Dragon's Scale Lineage behind him— their gazes had also been drifting along with those spirit cores.

"This cooperation with the Dragon's Scale Lineage was quite pleasant. I hope there's a chance to work together again in the future." Li Luo took out three spirit cores and flicked them over.

"However, there aren't many spirit cores, so I can't give one to everyone. If you don't find it too shabby, please make do with this."

Li Luo extended his palm, and over a dozen black crystal-like fragments appeared in his hand—clearly the same kind of black crystals Qin Yi had taken out earlier, still carrying some lingering aura of the "Origin Mysterious Heart Fruit."

These things were actually the residue from refining the "Creation Divine Nectar." In the main house, the white ape had thrown them away as waste, but Li Luo had scraped up quite a lot in the end.

Li Luo naturally couldn't be bothered with these things, but the lingering aura of the "Origin Mysterious Heart Fruit" on them was still very attractive to others.

So using them for a grand giveaway right now was the perfect chance to win people's hearts.

Li Guan first took the spirit cores, then fumbled to catch the black crystals as well. Behind him, Lu Lu Qingmei and the others from the Dragon's Scale Lineage all showed looks of delight—Li Luo had given quite a lot, so they could get a share too.

For a moment, the gazes of the Dragon's Scale Lineage people looking at Li Luo all gained a touch of gratitude.

"Haha, Dragon Head Li Luo is so generous. With your ability, you'll probably enter the Dragon's Fang Guard soon, and when that time comes, there might be more cooperation between our two guards."

"Once I return, I'll also spread the word about Dragon Head Li Luo's abilities among our Dragon's Scale Guard. I'm sure our commanders will be very interested."

Li Luo now possessed the strength of a three-star Tian Zhu Jing. At this level, staying in the Twenty Banners would no longer yield much progress. Only by entering the larger and higher-ranked Dragon's Fang Guard could he obtain higher-tier cultivation resources and opportunities.

Moreover, after this incident in the Spirit Phase Grotto-heaven, Li Guan's regard for Li Luo grew even higher. This kid was a monster. Once he entered the Dragon's Fang Guard in the future, he was bound to stir up a storm. Perhaps even among the Five Heavenly Dragon Guards, where the top talents of several generations of Li Li Tianwang's lineage gathered, Li Luo could make a name for himself.

Li Luo just smiled at the words, then glanced at the teams from the Dragon's Horn Lineage and Dragon's Bone Lineage, casually tossing two spirit cores and a few black crystals to each.

"We did fight side by side after all. Distribute them among yourselves. Though I wonder if Clan Brother Li Li Wuyuan approves?"

The leaders of the Dragon's Horn Lineage and Dragon's Bone Lineage exchanged a glance, then looked at Li Li Wuyuan, whose face had darkened somewhat. In the end, they ignored his expression and accepted the items. After all, although their two lineages had always followed the Dragon's Blood Lineage's lead, they had done so in the past because there was meat to eat. Now Li Li Wuyuan had nothing to offer and couldn't fill the bellies of their two teams, so they couldn't be blamed for eating from Li Luo's side.

"Thank you, Dragon Head Li Luo." Having taken his gifts, they were beholden. The leaders of the Dragon's Horn Lineage and Dragon's Bone Lineage both expressed their gratitude to Li Luo.

Li Luo waved his hand. He knew that such a small amount of benefit alone wouldn't shake the relationship between the Dragon's Horn Lineage, Dragon's Bone Lineage, and the Dragon's Blood Lineage. But it didn't matter—walls had to be chipped away bit by bit, and small things accumulated would eventually have an effect.

Then his gaze fell on the expressionless Li Li Wuyuan, and he sighed: "Clan Brother Li Wuyuan has a proud temperament, so I suppose he looks down on such a small thing. If you're not interested, I'll give it to the brothers of the Dragon's Horn and Dragon's Bone Lineages instead."

He raised his hand—two spirit cores and some black crystals still remained in his palm.

Hearing this, the corner of Li Li Wuyuan's eye twitched involuntarily. He actually really wanted to put on a tough front and say take your stuff and get lost, I don't want it. But as his gaze swept around, he saw the other members of the Dragon's Blood Lineage staring intently at the things in Li Luo's hand. He immediately understood that if he refused, the others might not say anything to his face, but they would surely resent him in their hearts, which would actually damage his prestige.

Especially when he saw the fellows from the Dragon's Bone Lineage and Dragon's Horn Lineage looking at him with expectant eyes, waiting for him to refuse, he became even more irritated.

This batch of underlings has a real rebellious streak!

In the end, Li Li Wuyuan snorted coldly, extended his hand, and said: "Then I suppose I should thank Dragon Head Li Luo."

Li Luo casually tossed the things over.

And after Li Luo finished distributing to Li Li Tianwang's lineage, the handful of spirit cores in his hand were completely divided up. Seeing this, Qin Yi breathed a slight sigh of relief.

But before that breath had fully escaped, Li Luo reached into his palm and pulled out another handful of gleaming spirit cores.

"Here, Senior Zong Sha, Senior Jiang—we hit it off too. Speaking of which, I still have matters that will take me to the Tianyuan Ancient Academy later, so I'll need your care when the time comes." Under the stunned gazes of the crowd, Li Luo walked toward the Tianyuan Ancient Academy group and handed two spirit cores to the astonished Zong Sha and Jiang Jiang Wanyu.

"We get some too?" Zong Sha swallowed and said somewhat sheepishly.

Jiang Jiang Wanyu gently bit her red lip with her pearly teeth, her eyes fixed on the sparkling spirit cores. Her aloof personality made her want to say she hadn't earned the right to accept such a gift, but the words that came out were: "Junior Brother Li Luo is too kind. Once you're at the Tianyuan Ancient Academy, if there's anything you need help with, feel free to find us."

Hearing this, Zong Sha went along with it and took the cores with a warm smile, saying: "Junior Brother Li Luo is coming to our Tianyuan Ancient Academy later? Then we are truly most welcome."

Li Luo chatted and laughed with the two for a while. Once he returned to the Dragon's Fang Lineage this time, after a brief rest, he would likely head to the Tianyuan Ancient Academy. After all, the "Nine-Pattern Sacred Heart Lotus" in his hand had to be delivered to Jiang Jiang Qinge as soon as possible.

So he still needed to build some goodwill with the Tianyuan Ancient Academy side now. After all, once Zong Sha and the others returned, they would definitely report back to the academy, so he needed to make sure the higher-ups there knew his name first.

After building goodwill on that side, Li Luo walked toward Zhu Li Tianwang's lineage and took out two spirit cores to hand to Zhu Zhu and Zhu Zhu Dayu.

Zhu Zhu was somewhat surprised, after all, Li Luo had been fighting against Zhao Li Tianwang's lineage earlier, and their Zhu Li Tianwang's lineage hadn't helped.

"Junior Brother Li Luo, we didn't help either, so how could we accept spirit cores? If it doesn't work out, just give us some of those black crystals to satisfy our craving and that'll do." Zhu Zhu Dayu also said somewhat awkwardly.

"You not helping them is the greatest help to me. And after accepting my gifts this time, you surely won't stand by idly next time, right?" Li Luo smiled.

Zhu Zhu Dayu nodded vigorously and said: "Next time I will firmly stand on Junior Brother Li Luo's side!"

After saying that, he whispered to Li Luo: "Junior Brother Li Luo, those flocks of birds earlier were a technique of our Zhu Li Tianwang's lineage, so I received a secret transmission. The upheaval inside the Spirit Phase Grotto-heaven has now attracted the attention of powerful figures from various forces outside. Zhao Li Tianwang's lineage has received some kind of tip-off, saying that the alien creatures that infiltrated the Spirit Phase Grotto-heaven came for you and that Li Li Lingjing. When you go out later, you should hide with Li Li Tianwang's lineage as soon as possible, to avoid Zhao Li Tianwang's lineage's powerful figures striking first."

Li Luo's eyes flickered slightly. This Zhu Zhu Dayu had actually brought some useful intelligence. Zhao Li Tianwang's lineage had suffered heavy losses this time—even Zhao Yan had been slain by him and Li Li Lingjing—so they would surely be unable to contain themselves and try to salvage their reputation through other means.

"Thanks." Li Luo said in a low voice.

While Li Luo was busy giving away spirit cores left and right to win goodwill everywhere, Qin Yi had been somewhat thrown off balance by his two handfuls of spirit cores, and she directly turned around first and dove into those energy vortices, quickly disappearing.

Clearly intending to spare herself the sight.

Once she left, Zhao Li Tianwang's lineage, the Golden Dragon Treasure House group led by Mu Yao, and those from Yanmodian also withdrew one after another.

As he left, Zhao Divine General cast a cold, sinister glance at Li Luo, his lips moved, and a voice was transmitted into the latter's ear.

"Li Luo, don't get cocky—this isn't over!"

Hearing the voice transmitted by Zhao Divine General, Li Luo remained expressionless and paid no heed. Then he walked toward Sister Jin, gave her two spirit cores, and asked: "Does Sister Jin know how Qing'er's ice seal should be resolved?"

After her initial panic, Sister Jin had calmed down by now. She said: "The Young Lady should have activated the power of the Sacred Seed remaining in her body, which caused her own ice seal. This power is very special, so the Young Lady will probably need to be sent back to the mountain as soon as possible."

Li Luo nodded and said: "If there's anything you need, feel free to come find me."

He thought for a moment, then took out a jade bottle. Inside the jade bottle was the "Extreme-Breaking Mysterious Heaven Dew" he had obtained in the thatched hut—apart from the "Creation Divine Nectar," this was the most precious thing.

This item had been split into two portions by Li Luo. The other portion he didn't plan to keep for himself either, but intended to give to Li Li Jingtao. After all, the latter was now only one step away from the ninth-grade virtual stage, and with this "Extreme-Breaking Mysterious Heaven Dew," Li Li Jingtao would have a higher chance of breaking through.

"Please trouble Sister Jin to carry this. When Qing'er awakens later, help me pass it to her."

Looking at the jade bottle Li Luo solemnly handed over, Sister Jin could sense how precious the item was. She also secretly nodded to herself—her Young Lady had paid such a great price, and this Li Luo at least had some conscience.

After everything had been properly distributed, Li Luo took one more look at this stretch of heaven and earth. Deep within the Spirit Phase Grotto-heaven, there seemed to still be many mysteries stirring. But he wasn't qualified to explore them yet. Perhaps in the future, there would be another chance to come here.

So he stopped overthinking, called out to the group, and decisively stepped into the energy vortex.

As the energy vortex churned, one figure after another was swallowed up within.

After a moment, this stretch of heaven and earth fell silent once more. And when the Spirit Phase Grotto-heaven opened again next time, it would perhaps present an entirely different scene.