Chapter 36 (1/2)

After coming in, old Huo hesitated a little as if he was thinking of how to have mentioned the topic. After finding out that An Zheng was in the Blue Boorish Mountain, old Huo seemed to have something to say. His eyes revealed anxiety and complications.

– ”Senior, don't hesitate at what you are going to say.”

An Zheng sat up,

– ”I will listen carefully.”

Old Huo looked at An Zheng, and he looked at the Blood Cultivating Pearl,

– ”An Zheng, do you know what the item is?”

An Zheng nodded,

– ”This item had unexpectedly come to me. It seems to have a spirit that can tell me what it is. Therefore, I know its name is the Blood Cultivating Pearl, a senior treasure. Don't you also know of it?”

Old Huo was pofaced for a while and said,

– ”It really is… the Blood Cultivating Pearl. I had also used to hear about it, but I have never seen it. If you can, please tell me in detail about what had happened to you. I hope you will believe me because this also relates to your life.

An Zheng saw that old Huo was so serious, so he was also po-faced. He did not want to tell about the story of the dried corpse senior, so he just told that he had seen a cottage in the herbal valley, and then he found the Blood Cultivating Pearl in the cottage. Seeing it as the best item, he wore on his wrist. As a result, after he had just worn it, it automatically recognized him as its owner, and he could not have taken it off afterwards.

After listening, old Huo became quite relaxed,

– ”If it does not come from another one who had given it to you but if you had found it yourself, it will be very good.”

An Zheng was startled, but he still kept his calm,

– ”Why did you say that?”

Old Huo went to the window. He stood there for a while and said,

– ”For this Blood Cultivating Pearl, there was obviously a terrible story. People said that the Blood Cultivating Pearl did not come from the human world but from h.e.l.l. When I was in the Star Goods Watchtower, I had used to read lots of books relating to the spiritual weapons in the Antiquity in which they had mentioned about the origin of the Blood Cultivating Pearl. Ancient books had written that the Blood Cultivating Pearl came from a bodhi tree that grew by the blood lake in h.e.l.l, and it had used blood to self-nurture it.

– Later on, a great pract.i.tioner wrongly came to h.e.l.l. He saw that the Bodhi Tree was so holly, so he cut its branch in order to make a Blood Cultivating Pearl bracelet. After the great pract.i.tioner had come back to the human world, many things had happened to him. He was hunted by his enemies, so he was still missing. His descendent had the bracelet, and from then on… his family could not develop anymore. Those who had owned this bracelet could not die of old age.”

An Zheng asked,

– ”Why?”

Old Huo said,

– ”According to ancient books, the cruelty of the Blood Cultivating Pearl came from two words ”Blood Cultivating”. Once the Blood Cultivating Pearl recognized its owner, the owner was completely pa.s.sive, and he could not but used his blood to nurture it. You said that when you had the Blood Cultivating Pearl, the pearls automatically had thorns that pierced your skin to steal your blood… therefore, the legend might be true. The Blood Cultivating Pearl needed blood to regularly nurture itself. Therefore, anyone who wore it would have had their blood regularly stolen by it. If that person could not maintain his physical powers, the Blood Cultivating Pearl would have used up all of his blood, and finally, he would then become a dried corpse.”

An Zheng immediately thought about the dried corpse senior, and he felt anxious.

Old Huo said,

– ”Lately, I have told you that it would be good if this one did not come from another person who had given it to you because it has another crueler character. If the Blood Cultivating Pearl had used to have used up the blood of its former owner, the owner will have cursed the item before he had died. Therefore, the next owner of the Blood Cultivating Pearl will not only nurture it by his blood, but he will also nurture its former owner, in other words, the one who had become a dried corpse.

– When the corpse consumes enough blood of the new owner, the corpse will be gradually become alive. This is the mantra of the Blood Cultivating Pearl. Its mantra is said to have been created by the ruler of the underworld. No matter who wears the Blood Cultivating Pearl, that person could not help but to nurture it with his blood.”

An Zheng was terribly low in mood. However, he did not believe that he had been cheated. However, he saw that the dried corpse was really ghostly. It might have been as old as old Huo had said. The dried corpse might then have used him to become alive.

However, when he saw the dried corpse, this bracelet was not in his hand. Moreover, at first, the dried corpse had given him a necklace, not the Blood Cultivating Pearl. Was this a coincidence?

An Zheng comforted himself, but he realized that it was hard to self-comfort himself. Old Huo did not know what had happened to him, so he did not need to tell him a lie. In the past, An Zheng was the leader of the Tribunal, and his knowledge was wide. However, he was really worse at magical weapons than old Huo who had used to live in the Star Goods Watchtower for a long time. Each person had his own field. In the past, An Zheng's field was the brutality which had scared people out of their wits. For old Huo, his knowledge on magical weapons was really on top.

– ”From now on, you must be careful.”

Old Huo was po-faced for a while and said,

– ”If… if you always feel like losing blood and anxious or tired, then you should prepare yourself. The power of the Blood Cultivating Pearl will increase in following its owner's cultivation base. However, the stronger it gets, the more blood it consumes from its owner. If you have been cursed by its former owner, you will lose your blood much more quickly.

An Zheng tried to keep calm and asked,

– ”Are there any solutions?”

Old Huo looked at An Zheng,