Chapter 941: Great Blood Poison Art

"An old acquaintance?"

Hearing the words of the woman before him, the confusion on Li Luo's face only deepened; what kind of old acquaintance could he possibly have here in the Tianyuan Divine Continent?

Yet, facing Li Luo's confusion, the woman did not answer, merely raising the jade box again to signal him to accept it.

Li Fengyi, standing to the side, saw this and stepped forward to take it herself, exclaiming to Li Luo, "Third Brother, this friend of yours is quite generous, spending twenty million to win the Nine-Turn Qi-Refining Pill just to give it to you?"

Li Luo didn't quite know how to respond; among the old acquaintances he knew, there wasn't anyone who could throw money around like that, was there?

Who exactly was this person sending the pill? And what was their purpose?

While Li Luo was lost in suspicion, the young woman before him had already retreated and left, offering no further explanation.

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

Li Fengyi handed over the jade box. Li Luo took it, picked up the Nine-Orifice Qi-Refining Pill to examine it, and then stored it in his space sphere. This pill had appeared too strangely; for safety's sake, he would have to find Li Qingpeng to check it after returning.

However, he still believed that the pill was likely fine; after all, paying such a high price to set up such an obvious trap would truly be underestimating his, Li Luo's, intelligence.

Li Luo raised his head, looked at Zhao Jingyu, who was staring at them with a gloomy expression, smiled, and said, "Sorry, the item ended up with me in the end."

Zhao Jingyu’s mouth twitched. Such a turn of events was indeed beyond his expectations, but even if he had known the pill would end up in Li Luo's hands, he wouldn't have added more to the twenty-million-bid price, as that had already exceeded his limit.

It didn't matter, though. It was just a Qi-Refining Pill; even if it could boost Li Luo's evil-Qi for a short time, it couldn't make him break through directly to the Heavenly Pearl Realm.

As long as Li Luo hadn't reached the Heavenly Pearl Realm, then Zhao Shen would definitely be able to suppress him.

He immediately sneered and stopped arguing with Li Luo.

Li Luo ignored him as well, turning to continue searching for items useful to himself.

The second floor thus became calm once again.

Somewhere on the third floor, the girl with her face veiled in thin gauze stared at Li Luo's figure. The red lips beneath the gauze seemed to curve slightly, and then, without lingering, she turned and left.

Behind the hall, she met the woman who had returned from delivering the pill.

"Sorry for the trouble, Sister Jin," she smiled slightly.

Although the young woman's appearance was ordinary, her eyes held a hint of sharpness. She said to the girl before her, "Young Lady, that Nine-Orifice Qi-Refining Pill was bestowed upon you by the Patriarch. You happen to need it right now, so why did you just give it away to someone else..."

The veiled girl chuckled softly, "That pill will be more useful in his hands than in mine. He is an old acquaintance of mine. He possesses world-shaking potential and will surely rise in this Tianyuan Divine Continent to become a leader among the younger generation."

"I don't see that potential yet. Although he obtained the position of Dragon Head for this generation of the Li Heavenly King lineage, wanting to surpass top peers like Qin Yi and Zhao Shen will likely not be an easy task," said the woman called Sister Jin.

The girl said softly, "Sister Jin, do not underestimate him. He has fought his way out of desperate situations, and too many miracles have happened to him. Although top talents like Qin Yi and Zhao Shen have higher Resonance Power levels, that is only because he has been back with the Li Heavenly King lineage for less than a year. Even so, he was still able to suppress the talents of the Li Heavenly King lineage and win the Dragon Head position. Therefore, if given more time, it is not impossible for him to catch up to and surpass people like Qin Yi and Zhao Shen."

Sister Jin nodded slightly, "If you put it that way, he is indeed quite extraordinary... but it sounds like you are very familiar with him, Young Lady?"

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

The girl paused and said, "We should be very good friends."

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

The girl did not dwell on this, instead changing the subject: "I came to the Tianyuan Divine Continent this time to seek the opportunity within the Spirit Resonance Cave Heaven. Father said this would be beneficial for competing for the 'Saint Seed Inheritance' in the future."

Sister Jin said, "Young Lady has heaven-sent talent. After being away for many years, your return immediately revealed your compatibility with the 'Saint Seed Inheritance.' I suppose this is why the Patriarch did not want you to return to the mountain earlier; he wanted to hide you to prevent you from being coveted by other lineages in the mountain. So, Young Lady, please do not blame the Patriarch; he also feels much guilt toward you."

The girl smiled slightly, "Did Father tell you to say that?"

Sister Jin showed an awkward smile.

The girl shook her head, "I do not blame him, because I have been very happy following my mother all these years and have lacked nothing."

Then she changed the tone of her voice, "The opportunity inside the Spirit Resonance Cave Heaven this time seems quite dangerous. When the time comes, I might need the help of this friend of mine, so giving him a Nine-Orifice Qi-Refining Pill in advance can be considered his reward."

Sister Jin found it a bit amusing. This time, when the Young Lady went to the Spirit Resonance Cave Heaven, the Patriarch had sent several powerful guards, and she was one of them. While Li Luo was the Dragon Head of the Li Heavenly King lineage's current generation, he was still a bit green. His strength might not be of much help to them. The Young Lady had a proud and stubborn personality; she just wanted to find a suitable excuse for giving away the Nine-Turn Qi-Refining Pill.

"Since you wanted to give him a Nine-Orifice Qi-Refining Pill, Young Lady, why did you specifically put it up for auction? Isn't that a bit redundant?" Sister Jin asked.

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

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

Thinking of this, Sister Jin glanced at the girl. This did not look like something simple "good friends" would do.

"Are you not going to see him, Young Lady?" Sister Jin asked.

Hearing this, the girl clearly hesitated for a moment, but still shook her head, "There is no rush. Father said to keep this trip as secret as possible. Let's find a way to meet him after entering the Spirit Resonance Cave Heaven."

Hearing this, Sister Jin stopped asking and followed the girl as they walked away.

Li Luo continued to stroll around the second floor of the Golden Dragon Treasure House, looking for things he needed. After a search, he did indeed discover some good items.

It was a scroll of secret arts.

It was called the "Great Blood Poison Art."

This was an extremely obscure secret art, mainly involving refining one's own essence blood and fusing it with a certain toxin to transform it into a special blood poison. Others were not very interested in this secret art, but Li Luo took a fancy to it at a glance.

Because within his body, there still existed a "Dual Strange Poison." This virulent poison was extremely overbearing; even experts of the Heavenly Resonance Realm dared not touch it easily.

Li Luo had originally sealed this poison within his body, then extracted its toxic gas and locked it away with "Resonance Power Bubbles," so that he could achieve unexpected effects when fighting others.

Therefore, even after arriving at the Dragon Tooth Lineage, he had not asked Li Jingzhe to help him purge the poison.

And this "Great Blood Poison Art" was not just about simply neutralizing toxins, but using essence blood to fuse with them, forming blood poison when necessary.

The power of such blood poison was even stronger than the toxic gas in his Resonance Power bubbles.

Thus, this "Great Blood Poison Art" was quite a perfect fit for the current Li Luo.

So Li Luo acted without hesitation, and he directly chose the "buy-it-now" price, not giving anyone a chance to mess with him, spending five million to snatch up this secret art.

After putting the "Great Blood Poison Art" into his pocket, Li Luo felt that this trip had been worthwhile.

And just as Li Luo intended to leave, he happened to see Zhao Jingyu outbidding someone for an item. It was a fifth-grade Marquis Imprint called the "Ghost Thunder Rune Arrow." Activating this item could form a Ghost Thunder Arrow of extremely astonishing power. Clearly, this was Zhao Jingyu preparing for the Spirit Resonance Cave Heaven.

The price of this "Ghost Thunder Rune Arrow" was as high as six million, and it was still climbing steadily.

But Zhao Jingyu had an air of being determined to win, which scared off other competitors.

But Li Luo didn't indulge him.

He countered with a maximum price hike to nine million.

Zhao Jingyu was so angry his face turned green.

Although he knew Li Luo was deliberately driving up the price, he couldn't bear to let go of the "Ghost Thunder Rune Arrow" he had his eye on, so he finally gritted his teeth and raised the price to eleven million. This price was already a huge jump above the normal value.

Then he saw Li Luo smiling happily and giving him a thumbs up.

Zhao Jingyu's face twitched, his eyes ferocious; he looked as if he wanted to tear Li Luo to shreds.

Li Luo ignored his gaze, instead looking at the "Ghost Thunder Rune Arrow" with great interest. This item was actually quite a good fit for him as well. He had previously obtained the "Heavenly Dragon Chasing Sun Bow," and if paired with this "Ghost Thunder Rune Arrow," the power would likely be extremely astonishing.

However, there was no need to bid against the red-eyed Zhao Jingyu right now; the cost was too high.

Forget it, he would find a chance to loot it from his space sphere later.

Li Luo gave Zhao Jingyu a gentle smile and sighed.

This damn sense of familiarity.

Then, satisfied, he called over the still-eager Li Fengyi and the others, and headed home.