Chapter 385: Purple Heaven Qilin Bloodline (Three-in-one chapter, habitually begging for votes)

At this moment, the Thunder Leopard was at a critical juncture of evolution; its eyes were tightly shut, its expression was twisted in pain, and crackling silver-white lightning flickered across its body.

If one observed closely, one would discover that the silver electric light contained a trace of extremely faint purple, which was truly impossible to see without careful inspection.

Li Zhangsheng stood ready, his Mental Power constantly projected outwards; as long as any enemy appeared in the vicinity, he would immediately deliver a thunderous strike, not allowing anyone to disturb the Thunder Leopard.

After confirming that there were no enemies invading for the time being, Li Zhangsheng turned his attention to the Thunder Leopard.

Not far away, Kailan sat on a large tree, holding Baitian in her arms; once the Thunder Leopard was in danger, she could provide them with rescue.

The Treasure-Seeking Mouse was excitedly digging holes nearby, searching for what it considered "treasures," contributing to Li Zhangsheng just as it did every day.

Heiye kept its eyes open, curiously watching the Thunder Leopard; for some reason, it had an instinctive fear of the lightning on the Thunder Leopard's body.

Soon, the Thunder Leopard was completely enveloped by rich Jianhua Bai Guang, and the silver electric light on its body gathered more and more; when the quantity reached a certain level, it suddenly burst.

Countless silver electric sparks flew, revealing a wisp of noble purple current; upon seeing this wisp of current, Li Zhangsheng felt danger, and he even had a vague guess in his heart.

This wisp of purple current seemed capable of commanding the masses; the silver current that had been scattering began to gather spontaneously, finally transforming into a massive phantom composed of lightning, accompanied by a powerful Pressure.

Even though it was just a phantom conjured from lightning, it still brought a certain amount of pressure to Li Zhangsheng.

But Li Zhangsheng was no longer what he used to be; even a Three-Legged Golden Crow phantom formed from a clay pot of Three-Legged Golden Crow Spirit Essence could not completely suppress him, let alone a phantom merely conjured from lightning.

When he saw this phantom, a look of excitement could not help but appear in his eyes, because this was a phantom belonging to a Divine Beast.

This was a beast phantom, over a zhang long and seven chi high, composed of a lion's head, deer antlers, tiger eyes, elk body, Dragon Scale, and ox tail, with tail hair resembling a Dragon Tail.

Qilin!

Among Divine Beasts, where a Qilin appears, there must be auspicious signs, so the Qilin is also known as a beast of good omen; at the same time, it is the king of beasts, mentioned alongside the phoenix, turtle, and dragon as the Four Spirits, equal in status to the dragon.

Of course, like dragons and phoenixes, the Qilin also has many varieties, such as the Ink Qilin, Fire Qilin, Water Qilin, etc.; just like the difference between a hornless dragon and a winged dragon, there are also gaps between different varieties of Qilin.

Soon, the Qilin phantom let out a silent roar towards the sky, then swooped down and quickly fell into the Thunder Leopard's body.

In the blink of an eye, the Thunder Leopard began to grow at a speed visible to the naked eye like an inflatable balloon, fine silver-white scales began to grow on its body, and obvious changes appeared in many parts, such as the head and tail!

By the time the Thunder Leopard completed its transformation, its appearance had become almost completely different from before; if Li Zhangsheng hadn't watched it evolve, he truly wouldn't have been able to recognize at a glance that it was the same Thunder Leopard as before.

In this transformation, the Thunder Leopard's length increased to four meters, its height to two meters, its tail became ox-tail shaped with hair looking like a Dragon Tail, its eyes grew much larger and were more similar to tiger eyes, and two small bumps appeared on its head, as if something was about to drill out from within.

Its body was also covered in gorgeous silver-white scale armor, with crackling silver electric current flowing over it at all times. In the area of its neck, there was also a purple scale attached with noble purple electric light, giving one the feeling of a dragon's reverse scale.

Just like the flames of the Blazing Bird, as long as one gains its approval, one will not suffer any harm even if one touches the scale armor on its body.

If one has not gained approval, one will suffer electric current damage and might even fall into a state of Paralysis.

"I wonder which Qilin Bloodline was awakened?" Li Zhangsheng thought to himself, using the Temporary Contract Mark to start checking its data.

【Spirit Beast Name】: Thunder Leopard Beast (Growth Stage)

【Spirit Beast Realm】: High-Rank 1st Stage

【Spirit Beast Species】: High-level War General

【Spirit Beast Quality】: Superior Quality

【Spirit Beast Bloodline】: Purple Heaven Qilin (Sparse)

【Spirit Beast Attribute】: Thunder Attribute

【Spirit Beast Status】: Lethargic (Bloodline Transition status, combat power significantly declined, requires massive Thunder Attribute energy replenishment to complete the transition; after a period of time, it will undergo a second evolution or even more. If the Bloodline Transition fails, this Spirit Beast will die directly)

【Spirit Beast Weakness】: Ice

In this Bloodline Transition, the Thunder Leopard evolved into a Thunder Leopard Beast, its species rose from High-Level Servant to High-level War General, and it successfully advanced to the Upper Realm.

The fact that the Thunder Leopard underwent such a large change was naturally related to the activated Bloodline.

When he saw the Thunder Leopard Beast's Bloodline, Li Zhangsheng could not help but show a look of wild joy; Qilins also have levels of superiority, like the Fire Qilin and Water Qilin which are undoubtedly the most common Qilins with slightly lower species, while the Purple Heaven Qilin's status among Qilins is like the status of the winged dragon among the Dragon Clan; it is said that it also controls the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder and can even act as a proxy for Heaven to punish.

The only pity was that the Thunder Leopard Beast's quality did not improve.

It is also because of this that before its quality rises, the Thunder Leopard Beast can only remain as Li Zhangsheng's Temporary Spirit Pet.

What is pleasantly surprising is that after evolving once, the Thunder Leopard Beast's Bloodline Transition status did not disappear, which means it can continue to evolve, though it will need to wait for a period of time this time.

"It seems I need to get a large batch of Thunder Attribute Demon Cores!"

The resources required for the Thunder Leopard to evolve into a Thunder Leopard Beast and for the Thunder Leopard Beast to evolve to the next stage are naturally not in the same league; the latter requires a quantity that far exceeds the former. Raising from a servant species to a war general species, and from a war general species to a commander species—the latter is clearly much more difficult, which is an indisputable fact.

Just like how Li Zhangsheng could quickly raise Aixi to a commander species, but wanting to raise Aixi to a monarch species would likely take months at a time.

The Thunder Attribute Demon Cores required for the next evolution will definitely be a significant amount of resources, but even if there are many, it surely won't exceed ten thousand Soul Crystals.

It was not until this moment that the Thunder Leopard Beast slowly regained consciousness and stood up from the ground; it clearly had not yet emerged from the evolution, because in its field of vision, Li Zhangsheng was much shorter than before.

It wasn't that Li Zhangsheng had become shorter, but that it had become taller.

The current Thunder Leopard Beast was still in a Bloodline Transition status, which made its state lethargic and its combat power severely affected.

Of course, Li Zhangsheng did not yet care about the Thunder Leopard Beast's combat power.

After realizing this, the Thunder Leopard Beast hurriedly bowed its head and nudged Li Zhangsheng's thigh with its large head; it still remembered that it was Li Zhangsheng who saved its life, which made it feel infinitely grateful.

Li Zhangsheng couldn't wait to take out the Fairy Illustrated Handbook to look for information about the Thunder Leopard Beast.

As an evolved form of the Thunder Leopard, the Thunder Leopard Beast had gained significant growth in all aspects.

Soon, Li Zhangsheng found the relevant information.

Thunder Leopard Beast: Large beast-type Spirit Beast, excels in speed, fur and scale armor have above-average resistance, excellent bite force, is the best Spirit Beast at running.

Species Trait: Electrocute (When using contact-type skills to attack a Spirit Beast with this trait, there is a possibility of falling into a state of Paralysis, mainly depending on the strength of both parties.)

Basic Skills: Bite, Crushing Claw, Tail Whip, Shadow Clone, Electric Shock, Thunderball

Advanced Skills: Trample, Electric Tail, Thunder Claw, Thunder Beam, Volt Charge, Thunder Storm

In addition, under Kailan's translation, Li Zhangsheng also learned that the Thunder Leopard Beast had inherited a Bloodline Inheritance Skill of the Purple Heaven Qilin—Lightning Clone.

This skill doesn't sound like much, but its effect is very powerful; by using a large amount of Thunder Attribute energy to create a Lightning Clone, the Thunder Leopard Beast can control the Lightning Clone as if it were its own arm. As long as the opponent uses a contact-type skill to attack the Lightning Clone, they will fall into a state of Paralysis, and it can also self-destruct, causing massive damage to the enemy.

Of course, the flaw of the Lightning Clone is also very obvious: it requires condensing a large amount of Thunder Attribute energy, and the condensation time is far longer than ordinary skills.

There is still some time before the Thunder Leopard Beast's next evolution; Li Zhangsheng must feed it a large amount of Thunder Attribute Demon Cores every day, and once the energy in its body is saturated, it will evolve again.

Before that, Li Zhangsheng must collect a large number of Thunder Attribute Demon Cores; the Thunder Attribute Demon Cores he has left will likely only last for a day or two.

After recalling the Thunder Leopard, Li Zhangsheng began to continue sweeping through the Lin Clan Manor.

Unfortunately, after Lin Hetu died, the Lin Clan fell into a state of having no leader; Li Wenbo carried Lin Hetu's head to various places where resistance was fierce and widely publicized the news of Lin Hetu's death, which directly caused the morale of the Lin Clan members who were still resisting fiercely to plummet.

They split into two factions: one faction lost the determination to continue resisting and wanted to break through the encirclement, while the other wanted to avenge their Clan Leader, but this was easier said than done, and the number of the former far exceeded the latter.

Not long after, under the leadership of Li Wenbo, the Li Clan captured the Lin Clan Manor; only some local areas still had sporadic resistance, but this was irrelevant to the overall situation, and under the suppression of the Li Clan, they could not jump around for long.

This directly resulted in Li Zhangsheng not having many gains afterward, but with the Cangxuan Earth-Fixing Pearl and the Thunder Leopard in a state of Bloodline Transition as a foundation, he expressed great satisfaction with the gains this time.

By the time the dust settled, it was already approaching midnight; the Li Clan had completely occupied the Lin Clan Manor, and except for a few Lin Clan members, guards, and servants who escaped, the rest were all wiped out or captured.

Among these escaped Lin Clan members, the two biggest fish that slipped through the net were the Lin Clan Elder Lin Heng and Lin Can, the grandson of the late Great Clan Elder of the Lin Clan; the former could be said to be the only high-level member of the Lin Clan to escape, while the latter was a first-year representative of Yecheng Academy and also the most outstanding genius of this generation of the Lin Clan, though unfortunately, he was miserably defeated by Li Zhangsheng in this year's Academy Exchange Tournament.

As for the remaining Lin Clan members, they became insignificant compared to these two.

If you cut the grass without removing the roots, the spring breeze will make it grow again; everyone understands this principle, and Li Wenbo was no exception. Being in this position, he naturally could not be soft-hearted, so he decided to use all his strength to wipe out these fish that slipped through the net.

"The City Lord has arrived!"

Before Li Wenbo could tally the gains, the Luo City City Lord arrived at the Lin Clan Manor, timing it perfectly.

"Old fox, wanting to pick the peaches, no way!" Li Wenbo cursed inwardly; why did the City Lord have to come at this time of all times, clearly wanting to get a share of the spoils.

Thinking this way, on the surface, Li Wenbo still led the high-level members of the Li Clan to respectfully welcome the Luo City City Lord into the Lin Clan Manor.

The Luo City City Lord was named Qin Fangxin, aged forty or fifty, and he came from the Famous Clan Qin family; he was also the eldest uncle of Qin Xiaoxin, a third-year Fourth-rank student at Tiandu Academy.

Before Li Haoqiong became a Fifth-tier Beastmaster, Qin Fangxin was the only Fifth-tier Beastmaster in Luo City, and he had several Fourth-rank Beastmasters under his command who obeyed his orders, which was also the main reason for the City Lord Mansion's transcendent status in Luo City.

Although at that time the Li Clan, the Lin Clan, and the City Lord Mansion were known as the three major forces of Luo City, this was the two major clans gilding their own faces; compared to the City Lord Mansion, the two clans paled in comparison, mainly concentrated on their strongest combat power.

Now, however, with Li Haoqiong breaking through to a Fifth-tier Beastmaster and Li Zhangsheng's stunning performance, the Li Clan has caught up; in terms of strength on paper, it is almost no less than the City Lord Mansion, and after completely digesting the Lin Clan's resources, the Li Clan will have a period of rapid development in the future.

"Clan Leader Li, is that matter true?" What Qin Fangxin was referring to was naturally the matter of the Lin Clan cultivating the Blood Luo Fruit Tree.

Li Wenbo patted his chest and said with a look of certainty: "This matter is guaranteed to be absolutely true. I will take you to see it now, please this way!"

Qin Fangxin did not speak, subconsciously sizing up the surrounding Li Clan high-level members, and then his gaze fell on Li Zhangsheng; there was no help for it, just like a firefly in the dark, among the middle-aged and elderly Li Clan high-level members, Li Zhangsheng was too conspicuous.

"This must be Li Zhangsheng, it really is better to see once than to hear a hundred times; I didn't expect our small Luo City to have raised a flood dragon!" Qin Fangxin praised him endlessly, but inwardly he was extremely vigilant.

Qin Fangxin had paid attention to this year's Academy Exchange Tournament, and Qin Xiaoxin was his niece; he knew her strength very well, and she could be said to be the most outstanding descendant of their Qin family in this generation, but the result was that she was easily defeated by Li Zhangsheng across ranks.

Li Zhangsheng was able to defeat several Fourth-rank Beastmasters across ranks at such a young age, and they were not ordinary Fourth-rank ones either; by the time he advanced to the Fourth Rank, perhaps he, an old-school Fifth-rank, would not even be able to beat him.

"Not at all, not at all!" Li Zhangsheng was very humble, but he had no intention of chatting with Qin Fangxin; he was still preparing to go back to check his gains, so how could he have the heart to gossip with Qin Fangxin.

"City Lord Qin, the Blood Luo Fruit Tree is in the backyard, please!"

At this time, Li Wenbo deliberately squeezed between the two and invited Qin Fangxin into the backyard.

As soon as he entered the backyard, as if he had sensed something, Qin Fangxin instantly looked at Ning Bizhen and the Three-Legged Fire Crow standing beside her.

His eyes subconsciously narrowed; he could naturally sense that Ning Bizhen was a Fifth-tier Beastmaster like him, but as soon as he saw this Three-Legged Fire Crow, his heart subconsciously went cold, and he lost all confidence.

"This must be Instructor Ning from Yuanling Academy, right? This old man had the honor of witnessing Instructor Ning's demeanor at the Academy Exchange Tournament four years ago; now your demeanor is even better than before, nice to meet you!"

Unlike how he treated Li Wenbo, Qin Fangxin showed great affinity when treating Ning Bizhen.

Two days ago, Qin Fangxin had heard from his subordinates that a Fifth-rank Instructor from Yuanling Academy was a guest at the Li Clan; at first, he didn't think much of it, but who would have thought it would be this person.

At the Academy Exchange Tournament four years ago, he, who had not yet become the City Lord of Luo City, had witnessed it with his own eyes; at that time, Ning Bizhen's demeanor was unmatched, and she single-handedly defeated the fourth-year student team of the Royal Academy. Unfortunately, her teammates were not as good as the Royal Academy's, and having already suffered heavy losses, she was eventually outnumbered and defeated in the Finals.

"So it is City Lord Qin!" Ning Bizhen pointed to the Blood Luo Fruit Tree on the side and said: "City Lord Qin, how do you intend to deal with this Blood Luo Fruit Tree?"

Qin Fangxin pondered for a moment and said: "Naturally, it will be paraded through the streets first, and then destroyed in public!"

"Then I can rest assured!" Ning Bizhen nodded, expressing great satisfaction with this plan.

Qin Fangxin asked with feigned confusion: "May I ask, where did the Blood Luo Fruits on it go?"

"They are with me!"

Ning Bizhen did not hide anything and generously took out the three bright red Blood Luo Fruits.

Seeing these three Blood Luo Fruits, Qin Fangxin's eyes went straight; Blood Luo Fruits can assist Demon Pets below the Demon King rank to break through bottlenecks, so their importance to him was self-evident.

"Instructor Ning, can these Blood Luo Fruits be handed over to the City Lord Mansion for centralized destruction?"

Qin Fangxin could not resist the temptation in his heart; as long as Ning Bizhen handed the Blood Luo Fruits to the City Lord Mansion, he had plenty of ways to secretly pocket them.

Qin Fangxin did not dare to cultivate the Blood Luo Fruit Tree, but pocketing the Blood Luo Fruits was different; although the latter was entirely born from the former, the significance of the two was completely different.

The Blood Luo Fruit Tree must be destroyed, as it was a taboo, but the captured Blood Luo Fruits were completely different, because there was no rule that captured Blood Luo Fruits must be destroyed, and the key was that they had no side effects.

"City Lord Qin, as an instructor of Yuanling Academy, I still know the rules of this; the Blood Luo Fruit Tree is a taboo, but the captured Blood Luo Fruits are not among them. These three Blood Luo Fruits are my personal gains, and I have the right to dispose of them as I please!"

Ning Bizhen was not someone to be bullied, especially since these three Blood Luo Fruits were gains that Li Zhangsheng had specifically instructed the Beast Garden Elder to have her seize, so the significance was naturally different.

The Three-Legged Fire Crow naturally understood Ning Bizhen's words, and its eyes instantly became sharp; as long as Ning Bizhen gave the order, it would definitely give this City Lord an unforgettable lesson.

Being stared at by the Three-Legged Fire Crow, especially at such a close distance, Qin Fangxin felt immense pressure; he had witnessed the power of this Three-Legged Fire Crow with his own eyes, and its abnormal speed was daunting; even if he could use Instant Movement, he was afraid he would not be able to escape the pursuit of the Three-Legged Fire Crow.

"It was indeed my rashness!" Under the threat of death, Qin Fangxin hurriedly suppressed his greed, and then issued an order to several subordinates: "Come, pull out this Blood Luo Fruit Tree, and make sure not to miss a single root!"

"Yes!"

While his subordinates were working, Qin Fangxin began to negotiate with Li Wenbo in a secret room; no one knew what they talked about, but in any case, when the two came out, their faces were full of satisfaction.

It was clear that they had reached an agreement on certain aspects and had conducted some exchanges at the level of interests.

It was also at this time that several Clan Elders responsible for the tally handed the list of gains this time to Li Wenbo.

On this list, title deeds, land, and shops were essential and in large quantities, as well as various treasures, materials, High Quality Fairies, etc.; the quantity looked quite large, but there were no particularly good things.

However, what Li Wenbo valued most were the Beast Taming Arts, Secret Techniques, books, and other knowledge that could be passed down to future generations.

This was the most important part of a clan; treasures could be found, and High Quality Fairies could be caught or bought, but knowledge was priceless. The near-monopoly that Famous Clans, Academies, and Sects had on knowledge was also the main factor causing such a large gap between Famous Clans and commoners.

Commoner Beastmasters might be able to rely on luck to obtain excellent Spirit Beasts, but it was very difficult to make up for the disadvantage in terms of knowledge.

This knowledge could greatly supplement the Li Clan and cultivate more outstanding talents for the clan, and the clan would naturally become more and more prosperous.

This was a virtuous cycle!

As for the personal gains during the occupation of the Lin Clan Manor, Li Wenbo and other high-level clan members turned a blind eye, because they themselves had also gained a lot.

Moreover, what they were doing this time was a life-risking job, and they could lose their lives at any time; if there were no rich benefits as a foundation, how many people would fight with all their might.

Furthermore, these are all members of the clan; the gains they obtain this time will often be used to strengthen themselves or be given to their descendants, which can be considered an indirect strengthening of the clan.

However, after completely capturing the Lin Clan Manor, if anyone still dares to reach out, they will certainly be made an example of to warn others.

After successfully annihilating the Lin Clan, the Li Clan also dispatched a group of elites to begin taking over the industries the Lin Clan had distributed throughout Luo City.

Compared to the Li Clan, which prefers to "enclose land and farm," the Lin Clan's industries were mainly concentrated within Luo City, and they also possessed a merchant caravan of considerable scale.

Unfortunately, with the downfall of the Lin Clan, this Lin Clan merchant caravan has become almost crippled, because the middle and upper management of the caravan were mostly held by members of the Lin Clan.

To rebuild the merchant caravan, it is necessary to establish stable marketing channels, which requires a large amount of time.

At the same time, during the Li Clan's night raid on the Lin Clan, news of the Lin Clan cultivating the Blood Luo Fruit Tree also spread like wildfire throughout Luo City; even though the Li Clan did not present concrete evidence, many Monster Tamer groups, who were either in a state of panic due to the blood-sucking incidents or had lost family members, were filled with righteous indignation and began spontaneously joining the ranks to crusade against the Lin Clan, rushing into Lin Clan industries to slaughter Lin Clan members while also helping themselves to whatever they could find.

Of course, most people were still maintaining a wait-and-see attitude.

But even with just a small portion of Monster Tamers, by the time the Li Clan elites arrived to take over the Lin Clan's industries in Luo City, most of these Lin Clan industries had experienced Liuxue incidents, and many goods had been looted, with some even being set on Fire.

This was a strategy of borrowing a knife to kill that Li Wenbo had specifically prepared for the Lin Clan, utilizing these Monster Tamers to eliminate the Lin Clan members scattered throughout Luo City and its surrounding areas; otherwise, relying solely on the Li Clan's strength, it is unknown how many fish that slipped through the net would have escaped.

By utilizing temporary losses to resolve the remnants of the Lin Clan, Li Wenbo felt it was worth it; furthermore, to a certain extent, this could effectively avoid dissatisfaction from other large and small forces in Luo City regarding the Li Clan eating alone.

While Li Wenbo and other high-level members of the Li Clan were busy, Li Zhangsheng and Ning Bizhen were preparing to return to the Li Family Manor to avoid Cai Yangqian actually showing up at their door.

Roar~

But before they could leave Luo City, suddenly, a low Dragon Roar spread from the edge of the Silent Forest in the north of Luo City, accompanied by a massive Pressure as heavy as a prison.

Although this Pressure retracted as soon as it touched, under this astonishing Pressure, the entire Luo City was in chaos; the Bright Bird beneath Li Zhangsheng was clearly frightened, as if it had encountered a natural predator, its entire body stiffened, and it fell from the sky with Li Zhangsheng.

It is almost the New Year, everyone please pay attention to traffic safety. A few days ago, my mother-in-law was hit by a car and suffered a fractured right lower leg, and yesterday I was also hit by a car; fortunately, it was just reversing, so there were only some abrasions.

The car owner is also a talent; not only did they not look at the rearview mirror while reversing, but they also stepped on the gas pedal...

I have had bad luck these past few days, so I might as well stay at home and go into seclusion until the New Year.

Today's goal: Three, pigs, certificates!

(End of this chapter)