Volume 1, Chapter 126 – Huang Blood

Shi Lan stared fixedly at the divine ability column and silently asked, “System, why is it marked as unknown?”

【The host has awakened an unknown innate talent divine ability hidden within her Innate spiritual blood. The host may name it herself.】

Shi Lan lightly clenched her palm. The phantom scene behind her appeared once more, spreading to nearly ten zhang. The blood qi all around was drawn into the phantom, turning into nourishment that began to temper her body, bringing with it a wave of warmth.

“Phew…”

The warmth rising from within made Shi Lan straighten her back and let out a soft breath.

She glanced at the dark, ink-like phantom behind her. Since it was similar to a domain and it was black, she casually decided on a name. Black Domain would do.

Putting the Black Domain away, Shi Lan walked to the edge of the pool and silently asked, “System, what kind of blood is in this pool?”

As expected, the system did not respond.

Other than questions related to herself, the system seemed unwilling to give any opinion on anything. Shi Lan was rather helpless about that.

“This blood shares the same origin as Feng. It should be Huang blood,” Samsara suddenly spoke.

“Phoenix?”

“Not phoenix. Huang,” Samsara corrected. “I have seen many kinds of Feng blood. The energy in it is much more domineering. The energy in this blood is also a bit violent, but it is still slightly inferior to Feng blood.”

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“What does it do?”

“Applied externally or taken internally, it strengthens the body,” Samsara answered, basing his suggestion on how previous hosts had handled Feng blood.

Shi Lan was somewhat doubtful and tentatively reached her hand toward the blood in the pool.

“Hiss—”

The moment her fingertips touched the blood, Shi Lan jerked her hand back like lightning and sucked in a sharp breath. It felt as if she had just touched molten lava. The pale skin of her fingertips flushed an angry red.

A fierce and scorching essence surged in through her fingertips, entered her arm, and, after circulating half a round with her blood, slowly dissipated.

Shi Lan felt a wave of burning heat course through her whole body, her eyes full of shock. That had only been a light touch. If she were to drink it, would she not die on the spot?

“Sorry, I didn’t take your current strength into account.” Samsara had just finished speaking when he suddenly sensed Shi Lan’s mood sink. Awkwardly, he said, “I’ll help you make that storage artifact first.”

Shi Lan was silent for a moment, then took out the Void Crystal. “I’ll trouble you, then.”

“A simple task.”

Samsara took control of Shi Lan’s body and began refining the Void Crystal.

“What kind of artifact do you want?”

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After about a quarter of an hour, Samsara asked.

Shi Lan thought for a while. “A bracelet,” she said. She did not really like wearing rings and similar ornaments on her hands. She could tolerate a bracelet.

Samsara understood and soon compressed the Void Crystal into a ring shape.

To make up for the earlier awkwardness, Samsara searched through his blurred memories for some images of bracelets. For once, he spent a little extra energy and carved a few gorgeous but functionless patterns onto the surface of the bracelet.

Samsara did not realize this already seriously violated the self-serving law of balance it was supposed to strictly follow.

Shi Lan regained control of her body. Looking at the ornate bracelet floating in front of her, she was briefly at a loss.

“Samsara, these gaudy markings, are they formations?” Shi Lan was puzzled. She could not sense any fluctuation of array patterns at all.

“No. They are purely decorative patterns.”

“What use do they have?”

“Is it not pretty?” Sensing that Shi Lan did not seem very pleased, Samsara was confused. In its impression, women should like things that looked this ornate.

Shi Lan took the bracelet into her hand and forced herself not to focus on the somewhat glaring patterns. “How do I use it?” she asked.

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What it looked like did not matter. What mattered was its function.

“Inject true qi into it and sense it directly.”

Shi Lan channeled her true qi into the bracelet and soon sensed a spacious interior. It was nearly a hundred zhang long and wide, and over thirty zhang tall.

Raising her hand, she summoned the halberd and stored it inside the space. Once the halberd vanished into the space, Shi Lan suddenly felt as if something was missing.

She immediately took the halberd out again, and only then did she feel more at ease. Having the halberd inside the bracelet made it feel as if a layer separated them, and she was not used to it. Still, with such a large space, it would be much more convenient to carry things with her from now on.

Shi Lan rolled up her sleeve and slipped the bracelet onto her left wrist. Her right wrist already carried a string of prayer beads, which was not very convenient, and she felt that putting such an eye-catching bracelet next to the beads would clash too much.

Since it contained an inner world, she might as well call it the Qiankun Bracelet. Having casually decided on the name, Shi Lan lowered her sleeve to cover the bracelet, then shifted her gaze back to the blood pool.

In that instant earlier, she had almost been burned, but that surge of essence had indeed strengthened her body a little. The change was not huge, but it was better than nothing.

After a moment’s thought, Shi Lan unfolded the Black Domain and cautiously extended it toward the blood pool.

The two slowly drew closer. At the instant when the Black Domain touched the blood, a terrifying energy swept into her body along with a temperature fierce enough to melt metal.

Knowing things were bad, Shi Lan immediately shut down the Black Domain, but the energy had already invaded her body. Blood shot through the whites of her eyes, her skin flushed red, her organs felt as if they were burning, and wisps of white steam rose from her body.

Not daring to be careless, Shi Lan focused her mind and sat down. Splitting her attention, she activated both the Yuqing Creation Art and the Jade Tempering Art, doing her utmost to digest this rampaging energy.

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As the two cultivation arts circulated, the energy flowed with her blood and qi, slowly seeping into her flesh bit by bit. The resilience of her body and her Innate true qi began to soar together.

Shi Lan had already been at the seventh stage of the Innate Realm for some time. On top of that, in her battle with Shen Tianlan, the Black Domain had devoured a great deal of energy. She had already been close to the eighth stage.

Now, with this surge of energy pushing her, she sensed the barrier to the eighth stage of the Innate Realm after only half an hour.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the barrier broke.

Nearly three hours later, this mass of energy finally burned out after pushing Shi Lan into the mid stage of the eighth stage of the Innate Realm.

Shi Lan opened her eyes, licked her lips that had cracked from the heat, and looked at the blood pool, her gaze burning.

With this whole pool of Huang blood, she did not know what realm it could push her to. It was only a pity that she could not refine too much at once. Her organs were still somewhat scorched, and it would be nearly impossible to refine more again in the short term.

After thinking for a bit, Shi Lan took out the Seven-Treasure Enlightening Jade Dew, pulled out the stopper, and took a mouthful.

The medicinal power of the Enlightening Jade Dew was very mild. For an Innate Realm martial artist like Shi Lan, it could be taken directly. As long as she controlled the amount, there would be no problem.

The reason Gu Qingcang had needed the medicinal bath to absorb and dissolve the power of the Seven-Treasure Enlightening Jade Dew was simply because he was still too young and his body could not bear much.