Chapter 433: Feeling as if the Body Has Been Hollowed Out (Combined Chapter, Requesting All)

Li Zhangsheng ignored Cai Yangqian's gaze and instead knelt before his parents' graves, kowtowing three times.

Li Haoqiong wore a look of deep emotion, silently placing a pot of fine wine before the grave; he had always remembered that his eldest brother, Li Haocang, liked this best.

Ning Bizhen was a bit at a loss, but without much thought, she followed and knelt behind Li Zhangsheng.

"Little sister, you haven't married Li Zhangsheng yet..."

He Yan covered her forehead, her heart full of the urge to complain, but after thinking about it, she could only follow suit and kneel behind Li Haoqiong.

"Father, Mother, your child has succeeded; I have personally defeated and captured the enemy who plotted to murder you back then. Your child is now executing Cai Yangqian before your graves to comfort your spirits in heaven!"

While Li Zhangsheng was speaking, Cai Yangqian struggled, making muffled wailing sounds; besides resentment, there was deep fear in his eyes.

He was afraid of death, especially after having enjoyed all the riches and honors; Cai Yangqian was more afraid of death than anyone!

Unfortunately, in his current state, Cai Yangqian could not even stand up, let alone escape.

After kowtowing, Li Zhangsheng took the Butcher Knife he had prepared in advance out of his Space Ring, watching as he was about to chop off Cai Yangqian's head.

"Wait, that's too easy for him; use this to slowly slice him!"

Li Haoqiong stopped Li Zhangsheng and handed him a small knife.

This was a small knife several inches long that looked extremely sharp.

"You're right, it can't be that easy for him!" Li Zhangsheng replied, taking the small knife and casually pinning down Cai Yangqian, who was trying to stand up.

Wuwuwu~

Looking at the small knife flashing with cold light in Li Zhangsheng's hand, Cai Yangqian was terrified, his entire body trembling uncontrollably.

Because the following process would be quite bloody, before acting, Li Zhangsheng and Li Haoqiong specifically persuaded Ning Bizhen and He Yan to go back.

Along with them went some clansmen who were there to watch the excitement, mainly women and children.

After they left, Li Zhangsheng flicked the small knife, sliced off Cai Yangqian's upper garment, and then placed the blade of the small knife against his back.

From the blade of the small knife, Cai Yangqian felt a deep chill, and at the thought of the terrifying scene to come, his body trembled even more.

Li Zhangsheng measured it slightly, flipped his wrist, and cut down with the knife.

The blade moved, blood appeared, the first piece of flesh was sliced off, leaving a shallow wound.

Cai Yangqian struggled violently; having lived in luxury, his tolerance for pain was naturally not high.

Cai Yangqian wanted to beg for mercy, but because his mouth was blocked, he could only make wailing sounds.

In the process that followed, Li Zhangsheng did not show the slightest mercy, slicing down knife by knife; this was completely a death by a thousand cuts.

Even though Cai Yangqian was in poor condition, he was a Fifth-tier Beastmaster after all, so he should be able to hold on until the end!

Time passed slowly, Cai Yangqian grew increasingly weak, the intensity of his struggles gradually lessened, and finally, he stopped moving altogether.

In the east, the sun slowly rose, casting brilliant golden sunlight over everyone and dispelling the haze buried deep in Li Zhangsheng's heart.

Hu~

After confirming that Cai Yangqian was dead, Li Zhangsheng could be said to be unprecedentedly relaxed; he closed his eyes slightly, feeling as if his state of mind had been sublimated.

For these past three years, Li Zhangsheng had been carrying a deep blood feud, constantly wanting to find the culprit and avenge his parents; if not for the care and concern of Li Haoqiong and his clansmen, his state of mind would likely have been twisted long ago.

Peng~

Li Zhangsheng casually discarded Cai Yangqian's corpse and flesh; carnivorous wild Spirit Beasts would naturally devour his remains.

"Second Uncle, let's go back!"

Li Zhangsheng stretched; thanks to the barrier of his Mental Power, his clothes were not stained with blood.

After leaving the Rear Mountain Cemetery, the two returned to the Li Family Manor.

The banquet to entertain distinguished guests would be held in the evening; as the family's only Fifth-tier Beastmaster, Li Haoqiong naturally became a very busy man, needing to step forward to entertain some important figures.

Li Zhangsheng was relatively free; Clan Leader Li Wenbo had not arranged any tasks for him, and apart from needing to attend in the evening, he could arrange his time as he pleased.

"Zhangsheng!"

At the entrance of the small courtyard, Li Zhangsheng saw Ning Bizhen looking forward expectantly, her eyes full of concern.

"I'm fine, I feel unprecedentedly relaxed now!"

Li Zhangsheng felt a warmth in his heart; he could naturally guess what Ning Bizhen was thinking.

Without hesitation, Li Zhangsheng grasped Ning Bizhen's soft hand and led her back into the courtyard.

After spending some tender time with Ning Bizhen, Li Zhangsheng went to the backyard.

Due to Cai Yangqian's death, Di Zhuo, as his Demon Pet, was naturally greatly affected; it looked listless and stared at Li Zhangsheng with a fierce gaze.

Di Zhuo's spirit had suffered permanent trauma, its potential could be said to have dropped significantly, and the possibility of advancing to a Demon King had become slim.

Of course, Li Zhangsheng would not give it the possibility of advancing to a Demon King.

Li Zhangsheng arrived before the Steel Cage; Di Zhuo bared its fangs and rammed into it fiercely, but it hit the light screen and was of no use.

"Then I'll use you for an experiment!"

While speaking, Li Zhangsheng began to activate the binding function inherent in the Restriction.

The next moment, ten Demon Cores of different colors significantly increased their output, and ten-colored rays of light instantly fell upon Di Zhuo, turning into several light rings that completely bound it.

At the same time, intense electric currents flowed over Di Zhuo, causing it to fall directly into a state of Paralysis.

However, adhering to the principle of caution, Li Zhangsheng summoned Kailan.

"Kailan, Hypnosis Powder!"

Kailan quickly mobilized her energy, and immediately a large amount of bright yellow powder formed; under her control, this powder turned into a pill and was forced into Di Zhuo's 【REDACTED】 orifice.

This was the disadvantage of having no mouth or nose; Kailan could only stuff it into that indescribable place.

Di Zhuo struggled weakly a few times, then lay on the ground and fell into a deep sleep.

Li Zhangsheng used his Mental Power to control the small knife, which flew in through a gap in the Steel Cage and instantly cut into the slightly plump Di Zhuo.

Ding~

Accompanied by the sound of metal clashing, Di Zhuo remained unscathed, while a notch appeared on the small knife instead.

The physical strength of Di Zhuo was somewhat beyond Li Zhangsheng's expectations, but no matter how strong its body was, it was still within his tolerance.

"Adai, you come!"

Li Zhangsheng summoned Adai out, and under his instruction, Adai opened the Steel Cage, stretched out its huge forelimbs, and carefully made a cut on Di Zhuo's body.

Sshhh—

Under Adai's sharp claws, Di Zhuo's defense was like tofu, easily torn apart, revealing pink flesh as wisps of fresh blood surged out from the wound.

Li Zhangsheng hurriedly took out a bucket, and under the guidance of his Mental Power, this blood fell into the bucket without a single drop wasted.

"Adai, widen the wound!"

Under Li Zhangsheng's command, Adai slashed again, widening Di Zhuo's wound, and blood sprayed out directly like a fountain, all of it landing in the bucket.

After collecting a bucket of Di Zhuo's blood, Li Zhangsheng stopped the wound that was continuously bleeding; for a Demon Pet as rare as Di Zhuo, he naturally had to think long-term.

At the same time, he also wanted to try some of the methods in Cai Yangqian's notebook.

Li Zhangsheng took out a square Jade Box, which was filled with medicinal powder he had prepared in advance.

This was a powder made from a fusion of Xunyang Grass, Luohua Fruit, and Liuli Branch; according to the description in Cai Yangqian's notebook, it could roughly speed up the recovery of a Bloodline Imprint by ten times!

The recovery speed of a Bloodline Imprint is extremely slow; theoretically speaking, if half of a Demon Pet's Bloodline Imprint is extracted, without the assistance of Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure, it would take about ten years to fully recover.

Ten years, ah; the feeding cost alone is a significant figure.

And if this kind of medicinal powder is used as an aid, the recovery speed can be reduced by ten times, taking only about a year to recover.

However, while a ten-fold recovery speed seems exaggerated, all three of these materials are rare materials; although they have not reached the level of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object, each portion of the powder costs over a hundred Soul Crystals.

One portion of powder can maintain its effect for about ten days; even ignoring the usual feeding costs, it would cost four to five thousand Soul Crystals a year, and ordinary forces simply cannot sustain such expenses.

And this is just the medicinal powder with the worst effect!

Judging from Cai Yangqian's notebook, the one with the best effect is a medicinal powder made from five types of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object-level materials, which can reach a full fifty-fold recovery speed, but the price paid is simply too great.

However, Li Zhangsheng possesses a vat of Breathing Soil; as long as he plants it himself, he can effectively reduce the cost.

The only problem is that there is too little Breathing Soil, and he can only plant a few dozen stalks at a time.

Without hesitation, Li Zhangsheng condensed the three mixed medicinal powders into a small ball and forcibly stuffed it into Di Zhuo's 【redacted】.

Who told it not to have a mouth or nose!

After finishing the process, Li Zhangsheng took a look at Di Zhuo's data; in the status column, in addition to the original heavy injury status, there was an additional weak status.

Whenever the weak status disappears, it will be time to draw blood again.

As for Cai Yangqian's Demon Pet, Li Zhangsheng naturally could not be soft-hearted.

After putting away the bucket of Di Zhuo's blood, Li Zhangsheng lifted the binding Restriction, which reformed into a Ten-Colored Barrier.

Di Zhuo slowly woke up, feeling weak all over, its 【redacted】 aching; its head was first confused, then immediately filled with endless Anger.

Feeling as if its body had been hollowed out, this was Di Zhuo's first sensation.

Associating this with its aching 【redacted】 and overall weakness, Di Zhuo had sufficient reason to suspect that while it was unconscious, Li Zhangsheng had done unspeakable things to it.

"Don't misunderstand, I only drew a little blood!"

Sensing Di Zhuo's emotions, Li Zhangsheng could roughly guess Di Zhuo's thoughts.

Ignoring Di Zhuo's grave, Li Zhangsheng also fed a ball of medicinal powder to the Behemoth.

This Behemoth had suffered severe loss of blood and Qi, and needed to be carefully recuperated for a period of time.

After everything was settled, Li Zhangsheng returned to his bedroom.

He had no intention of purifying Di Zhuo's blood for the time being, and he had not even purified the rest of the Spirit Beast flesh and blood he had harvested.

The reason was none other than that Li Zhangsheng was prepared to maximize his benefits, first fully mastering the "Book of Bloodlines Part One".

In this way, his purification efficiency could be increased by a full hundred percent.

Li Zhangsheng took out both the first and second parts of the "Book of Bloodlines"; as soon as these two books were brought out, they seemed to resonate, both simultaneously diffusing a hazy blood-colored halo.

Within the blood-colored halo, vivid scenes began to emerge.

Under the great sun, a Golden Crow flapped its wings as if to fly, looking up and crying out to overlook all living beings; there was a great Kun leaping out of the deep sea under the moonlight, transforming into a bird, turning into a Peng; there was the auspicious Bai Ze, knowing all things and turning bad luck into good; there was the Green Jade Shangyang, foreseeing the future with peerless elegance; there were the Water-Fire Nine Infants, without soul or spirit, bearing nine lives; there was the Rain Master Jimeng, galloping through wind and rain, with a Keen Edge revealed...

The demeanor of the ancient Divine Beasts was displayed one by one, enduring and never fading, and it was even more complete than when he obtained the second part last time, encompassing all known Divine Beasts.

Soon, the halo retracted.

The two books underwent certain changes; the covers were intricately carved with the heroic postures of various Divine Beasts, making it clear at a glance that they were not ordinary items.

Li Zhangsheng picked up the first part; the first page was a table of contents. Judging from the content in the table of contents, the first part mainly focused on various preparations, supplemented by a small portion of techniques for dissolving other Bloodline Imprints.

Simply put, the first part recorded content on more efficiently extracting Spirit Essence from the flesh and bones of Spirit Beasts, while the second part contained content on dissolving excess Bloodline Imprints.

The two complemented each other and were indispensable!

However, compared to the first part, the second part was actually more important, because most of the potions were concentrated in the second part, while the first part only recorded two types of potions.

One was the Melting Potion used to melt the flesh and bones of Spirit Beasts, which could efficiently extract the Spirit Essence of Spirit Beasts.

The other was the Mass Dissolving Agent; its advantage was that it could dissolve Bloodline Imprints of all grades, but its disadvantage was also obvious: once the excess Bloodline Imprints were all dissolved, the remaining highest-grade Bloodline Imprint would likely be less than one-tenth of what it was.

The Mass Dissolving Agent was a typical case of "hurting the enemy by a thousand and damaging oneself by eight hundred"; its biggest advantage was that the materials were relatively cheap. According to the records in the book, the formula for this Mass Dissolving Agent was even robbed by the Baisheng King from a certain well-known King Family.

Li Zhangsheng's energy was entirely focused on the books, crazily absorbing the knowledge within; occasionally he would frown, racking his brains to think through difficult points, and occasionally he would click his tongue in wonder, greatly admiring the Baisheng King's imagination.

Just by creating the "Book of Bloodlines", the Baisheng King was worthy of being a top-tier genius.

It was a pity that the Baisheng King was too reckless; otherwise, with his talent and age, he would definitely have been able to reach a higher level.

While Li Zhangsheng was studying, Kailan was also studying, but compared to half a month ago, the book in her hand had been changed to "Primary Alchemy".

Kailan had excellent talent in alchemy and potions; in less than a month, she had mastered several types of basic Alchemical Pills and increased her alchemy success rate to fifty percent, officially becoming a Primary Alchemist.

Given time, Kailan would definitely be able to go higher and further.

Of course, this also had to do with Li Zhangsheng sparing no cost to purchase materials for her to practice; no matter how high her talent was, Kailan did not know how many furnaces of failed pills she had wasted.

"Pay-to-win" could be said to be the tradition of Alchemists!

Behind every successful Alchemist, there is always a financier who silently supports her.

(End of chapter)