Chapter 2820: Bloodline Power

Did you encounter a demon cultivator?

Ye Liuyun pressed the demon lion for answers.

Techniques that absorb human blood and qi are usually practiced by demon cultivators.

"Probably not—I don't sense any demon qi on her!"

The demon lion thought for a moment, but didn't sense that the woman was a demon cultivator.

Being a demon beast itself, if the opponent were a demon cultivator, it should be able to sense it.

"Haha, letting you grow old stealing things, now you've run into an expert—serves you right!"

Lei Ming also chimed in with a mocking remark.

Just then, a commotion broke out outside the tavern.

"Someone's been killed!"

Someone outside shouted in alarm.

Ye Liuyun immediately extended his divine sense to investigate, discovering a woman in red, extremely alluring, who walked into the tavern.

But many martial cultivators inside the tavern had their qi and blood instantly drained, and those with weaker cultivation collapsed on the spot.

Even those with higher cultivation couldn't hold out for long.

Ye Liuyun acted swiftly, gathering everyone into the space world at once, while activating his golden pupil to gaze at the woman.

"A red thread snake! It's actually a monster beast!"

Only then did he realize that the woman in red was actually a monster beast, her true form being a red thread snake.

She must be the one who drained the demon lion's bloodline power.

After observing for a moment, the woman headed straight for the private room where Ye Liuyun was.

Ye Liuyun lifted his wine cup and waited quietly for her to enter.

After all, the demon lion started the trouble by stealing, so he couldn't refuse to reason.

But just as the woman pushed open the door, Ye Liuyun felt his qi and blood rapidly draining away.

He immediately sealed his bloodline.

But even with his bloodline sealed, his qi and blood continued to leak, though much more slowly.

"Miss, mercy begets mercy—why push it?"

Ye Liuyun felt he was in the wrong, and even though the opponent was a monster beast, he didn't want to attack her directly.

But the woman let out a surprised 'eh' and immediately increased her suction force.

"Then don't blame me!"

Ye Liuyun said, then at once used time power, projected his soul to implant a slave seal on the red thread snake; only then did she relent and kneel honestly before him.

Ye Liuyun also learned through a soul search that the woman had followed the scent of the demon lion's blood and qi.

She had also tasted the sweetness of the demon lion's qi and blood, which is why she came.

Moreover, she was puzzled, for she had clearly been absorbing from her own storage ring, yet ended up taking the demon lion's qi and blood.

But once she had absorbed someone's qi and blood, she could track them by scent.

Upon entering, she feared attack, so she struck first.

But Ye Liuyun's qi and blood were too abundant, a deadly temptation for her; unable to resist, she wanted to drain him completely before seeking out the demon lion.

"Give back the qi and blood you took from me!"

Ye Liuyun directly commanded her.

From the moment she entered, Ye Liuyun's complexion instantly lost its luster.

If she continued to absorb him a bit longer, he would likely grow old.

"Yes, master!"

The woman assented, then returned the qi and blood she had just taken from Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun immediately sensed that his qi and blood had not diminished—in fact, they were more vigorous than before.

He guessed she had also given him the qi and blood she had just taken from the people who entered.

"And his too!"

Ye Liuyun then released the demon lion.

"Yes!"

Although the woman was unwilling, the slave seal compelled her to obey, and she returned the qi and blood she had taken from the demon lion.

"Still, the boss is impressive!"

The demon lion happily flattered Ye Liuyun.

Otherwise, who knows when its bloodline power would ever recover!

Ye Liuyun took the demon lion back into the space world, sized up the red thread snake, and pondered what to do with her.

The red thread snake prostrated herself before Ye Liuyun, pleading: "Master, spare my life; I only recently raised my cultivation, and if I release my qi and blood again, my realm may regress."

She thought Ye Liuyun still wanted to absorb her qi and blood, and repeatedly begged him for mercy.

This also reminded Ye Liuyun.

Killing the red thread snake would be pointless; better to keep her to enhance his own bloodline power.

Thinking this, Ye Liuyun pretended to threaten her: "You've killed many to boost your cultivation—you don't deserve to be spared…"

"Master, spare my life! I will henceforth obey your commands and serve you; I can help you increase your bloodline power!"

The red thread snake hurriedly begged Ye Liuyun for mercy again.

"Hmm, alright, since you're still somewhat useful, I'll keep you for now—but without my orders, you must not attack humans at will!"

Ye Liuyun went along with it and also set conditions for her.

But this ability to absorb blood qi is my innate divine ability.

If I don't absorb blood qi, my cultivation cannot advance.

The red thread snake also explained to Ye Liuyun.

Can you absorb the blood qi of the dead?

Ye Liuyun asked her.

Those who have just died are still okay, but if they've been dead too long, the blood qi on their bodies dissipates!

The red thread snake answered truthfully.

Ye Liuyun thought for a moment, then took out the magic vine, the sealing demon tablet, and Black Mountain, and asked her: "Can you absorb their blood qi?"

The red thread snake looked and replied to Ye Liuyun: "I can only absorb that foreign tribe's! The stone tablet and that boy seem to have no blood qi on them!"

Ye Liuyun then took them back and explained to her: "That boy is also a monster beast, but he's a transformation of the magic vine; since his true form is a plant, he has no blood qi!"

"As for what comes next for me..." the red thread snake lifted her head to look at Ye Liuyun, waiting for his reply.

"Don't worry, there will be plenty of opportunities for you to absorb."

"I just don't want you to randomly kill innocents!"

Ye Liuyun explained.

"Thank you, Master!"

Then the red thread snake finally put her mind at ease.

"From now on I'll call you Chilian!"

Ye Liuyun also couldn't be bothered to think of a name, and directly called her Chilian.

"Good!"

"Chilian obediently agreed and didn't object to the name."

Then Ye Liuyun started chatting with her: "Have you ever seen the foreign tribe before?"

"Have you absorbed their blood qi?"

"I've seen them and also absorbed."

"But back then I was too weak, so I could only secretly absorb some of their young."

"Later, fearing capture by them, I fled here."

Chilian explained.

"As for the foreign tribe's blood qi, can you also absorb and transform it?"

"Will you not be affected by their evil aura?"

Ye Liuyun asked her.

"Yes, their bloodline doesn't have that aura; to me it's the same as an ordinary person!"

Chilian confirmed.

"Then can you also discern the strength of others' bloodlines?"

Ye Liuyun didn't directly use soul search, but instead chatted with her while eating.

"Not bad! Master, your bloodline power is very strong; you're the strongest bloodline power I've ever seen!"

Chilian said seriously.

"How did you become a monster?"

Ye Liuyun also casually chatted with her and gestured for her to sit down to eat something together.

"I used my own lifeblood essence and exchanged with the Snake King for a transformation grass."

"But the Snake King broke his promise; after taking my lifeblood essence and mastering my ability to absorb bloodline power, he wanted to kill me."

"Fortunately I ran fast enough..."