Chapter 939: Great Blood Poison Art

"An old acquaintance?"

Hearing the words of the woman before him, the puzzlement on Li Luo's face deepened. What old acquaintance could he possibly have on this Outer Shenzhou?

Yet faced with Li Luo's confusion, the woman gave no answer, simply raising the jade box once more to indicate he should accept it.

Li Li Fengyi at the side saw this, stepped forward and took it upon herself to receive it, exclaiming to Li Luo in amazement, "Third Brother, your friend is generous enough! Spent twenty million to bid for the 'Nine Aperture Refined Gang Pill' just to give it to you?"

Li Luo wasn't quite sure how to respond. Among the old acquaintances he knew, there wasn't anyone who could casually throw away a fortune like this, was there?

Who exactly was this person sending the pill? What was their purpose?

While Li Luo was wondering, the young woman before him had already retreated and departed, offering no further explanation.

Seeing this, Li Luo could only shake his head helplessly.

Li Li Fengyi handed the jade box over. Li Luo took it, picked up the "Nine Aperture Refined Gang Pill" to examine it, then stored it in his spatial orb. This pill had come too strangely; once he returned, to be safe, he would still need to find Li Li Qingpeng to inspect it.

Still, he believed the pill was most likely fine. After all, going to such great lengths to set up such an obvious scheme would truly be underestimating Li Luo's intelligence.

Li Luo raised his head, looked toward Zhao Zhao Jingyu, whose face was dark as he stared in this direction, smiled, and said, "Sorry about that, the thing ended up back with me in the end."

The corner of Zhao Zhao Jingyu's mouth twitched. Such a turn of events was indeed somewhat beyond his expectations. However, even if he had known beforehand that the pill would end up in Li Luo's hands, he would not have added more money to the twenty-million bid price, because that too had already exceeded his limit.

But it didn't matter. It was just one Refined Gang Pill. Even if it could raise Li Luo's Sha Gang somewhat in a short time, it couldn't possibly let him break straight through to Tian Zhu Jing.

As long as Li Luo hadn't reached Tian Zhu Jing, Zhao Zhao Shenjiang would surely be able to suppress him.

Immediately he let out a cold laugh and stopped arguing with Li Luo.

Li Luo paid him no more attention either, turning around to continue searching for things useful to himself.

The second floor consequently became quiet once more.

Somewhere on the third floor, the girl whose face was veiled by thin gauze stared at Li Luo's figure. The red lips beneath the gauze seemed to curve into a slight arc, then she lingered no longer here, turned, and left.

Behind the hall, she encountered the woman who had delivered the pill.

"Sorry for the trouble, Sister Jin," she said with a smile.

Though the young woman's appearance was plain, a hint of sharpness lurked in her eyes. She said to the girl before her, "Young Lady, that 'Nine Aperture Refined Gang Pill' was bestowed upon you by the Family Head. You could use it perfectly well right now, so why would you just give it away to someone else..."

The veiled girl chuckled softly, "That pill will be of greater use in his hands than in mine. He is my old acquaintance. He possesses a world-shaking bearing and will surely rise to prominence on this Outer Shenzhou, becoming a leading figure among the younger generation."

"For now, I haven't really seen that potential. Although he has won the Dragon Head of Li Li Tianwang's lineage in this generation, surpassing top-tier talents of the same age like Qin Yi and Zhao Zhao Shenjiang is probably no easy feat," said the woman called Sister Jin.

The girl said softly, "Sister Jin must not underestimate him. He fought his way out from desperate circumstances, and too many miracles have happened to him. Although top-tier talents like Qin Yi and Zhao Zhao Shenjiang surpass him in Xiangli grade, that is only because he returned to Li Li Tianwang's lineage less than a year ago. Yet even so, he was still able to overpower the talents of Li Li Tianwang's lineage and claim the Dragon Head. So, if given more time, it is not entirely impossible for him to catch up to and surpass people like Qin Yi and Zhao Zhao Shenjiang."

Sister Jin nodded slightly and said, "Put that way, it is indeed quite impressive... But from the sound of it, Young Lady is quite familiar with him?"

This seemed to be more than what a simple old acquaintance could describe.

The girl paused, then said, "Should be very good friends, I suppose."

Sister Jin glanced at her. Between a man and a woman, what kind of very good friends could there be? Still, Li Luo's status was not low, so he was indeed a match for the Young Lady.

The girl did not elaborate on this, instead changing the subject: "I came to Outer Shenzhou this time to seek that opportunity within the 'Spirit Xiang Cave Heaven'. Father said it would be beneficial for the future competition for the 'Holy Seed Inheritance'."

Sister Jin said, "Young Lady possesses heaven-bestowed talent. After years away, the moment you returned you revealed your own compatibility with the 'Holy Seed Inheritance'. I suppose this is why the Family Head was unwilling to let you return to the mountain earlier. He wanted to keep you hidden, to spare you from the covetous eyes of the other branches in the mountain. So Young Lady must not blame the Family Head; he feels much guilt toward you as well."

The girl smiled faintly and said, "Was this what Father asked you to say?"

Sister Jin showed an awkward smile.

The girl shook her head and said, "I don't blame him. The years I spent following Mother were very happy, and I lacked for nothing."

Then her tone shifted, and she said, "That opportunity within the Spirit Xiang Cave Heaven this time seems quite dangerous. When the time comes, I may very well need the help of my friend here, so giving him a 'Nine Aperture Refined Gang Pill' in advance can count as payment."

Sister Jin found it a little amusing. For this trip to the Spirit Xiang Cave Heaven, the Family Head had dispatched several powerful guards, of whom she was one. Although Li Luo was the Dragon Head of Li Li Tianwang's lineage in this generation, he was still a bit too young, and his strength might not be of much help to them. The Young Lady was just being tsundere, wanting to find a suitable excuse for giving away the "Nine Aperture Refined Gang Pill".

"If Young Lady wanted to give him a 'Nine Aperture Refined Gang Pill', why deliberately put it up for auction? Isn't that somewhat superfluous?" Sister Jin asked.

The girl gave her a playful smile and said, "Don't Zhao Zhao Jingyu and the others like to play? Then I'll play with them too."

Sister Jin was helpless, but then immediately understood. The Young Lady couldn't stand watching Zhao Zhao Jingyu and the others maliciously outbid Li Luo, so she had deliberately used this method to vent his frustration for him.

Thinking of this, Sister Jin glanced at the girl. This didn't seem like something a simple good friend would do.

"Won't Young Lady go meet him?" Sister Jin asked.

Hearing this, the girl clearly hesitated for a moment, but still shook her head and said, "There's no rush. Father said to keep it as secret as possible on this trip. Once we enter the Spirit Xiang Cave Heaven, I'll find a way to meet him then."

Hearing this, Sister Jin asked no more and followed the girl, step by step, into the distance.

Li Luo, meanwhile, continued to wander around the second floor of this Golden Dragon Treasure Hall, keeping an eye out for things he needed, and after a search, he did indeed discover a few good items.

One was a scroll of secret arts.

Named "Great Blood Poison Art".

This was an extremely obscure Mi Fa, primarily focused on refining one's own essence blood and fusing it with a certain toxin to create a special blood poison. Others weren't very interested in this kind of secret art, but Li Luo took one look and chose it.

Because within his body, there still existed a "Dual Strange Poison". This toxin was extremely domineering; even strong experts at Tian Xiang Jing would not dare come into contact with it lightly.

Li Luo had originally sealed this poison within his body, then extracted its toxic qi and locked it away with "Xiangli Bubbles", so that when fighting others he could still achieve a surprise effect.

Therefore, even after later arriving at the Dragon Fang Branch, he had not asked Li Li Jingzhe to step in and help him expel the poison.

And now, this "Great Blood Poison Art" didn't merely neutralize the toxin; it fused it with essence blood, forming a blood poison at critical moments.

The power of such a blood poison was far stronger than the toxic qi in his Xiangli Bubbles.

So this "Great Blood Poison Art" could be said to be quite a good fit for the current Li Luo.

Thus Li Luo struck without hesitation, and even went straight for a buy-now price, giving no one a chance to interfere. He spent five million to snatch this Mi Fa.

After pocketing the "Great Blood Poison Art", Li Luo felt the trip had not been in vain.

Just as Li Luo was planning to leave, he happened to see Zhao Zhao Jingyu bidding fiercely for an item—a fifth-grade Wang Hou inscription called "Dark Thunder Talisman Arrow". Activating it could form a Dark Thunder Arrow of terrifying power. Clearly, Zhao Zhao Jingyu was preparing for the Spirit Xiang Cave Heaven.

This "Dark Thunder Talisman Arrow" was priced as high as six million, and was still climbing.

But Zhao Zhao Jingyu's air of absolute determination scared off the other competitors.

Yet Li Luo would not indulge him.

He flipped his hand and threw out a ruthless nine-million bid.

Zhao Zhao Jingyu was so angry his face turned green.

But although he clearly knew Li Luo was deliberately driving up the price, he simply couldn't bear to part with the "Nether Thunder Talisman Arrow" he had his eye on, and in the end he forced himself to push the bid up to eleven million — a price already a great deal higher than normal.

Then he saw Li Luo grinning and giving him a thumbs-up.

Zhao Zhao Jingyu's face twitched, his gaze savage, looking as though he wished he could tear Li Luo to shreds.

Li Luo paid no heed to his glare, but rather cast an interested glance at the "Nether Thunder Talisman Arrow." The item was actually quite a good match for him as well — he had previously obtained the "Heaven Dragon Sun-Chasing Bow," and if paired with this "Nether Thunder Talisman Arrow," its power would surely be extremely astonishing.

Still, there was no need right now to keep bidding against the red-eyed Zhao Zhao Jingyu — the cost would simply be too great.

Forget it, he'll find a chance later to dig it out of his spatial orb.

Li Luo gave Zhao Zhao Jingyu a gentle smile, then sighed with feeling.

That damned sense of déjà vu.

Then, thoroughly satisfied, he called over Li Li Fengyi and the others, who were still reluctant to leave, and headed home.