21 Primordial Beast Blood (2/2)
Xue Wei did not notice that the woman he found interesting was looking at him – all he observed were his opponents.
Xue Wei did not waste time and activated Forbidden Rush. ”Sorry Young Master Li, I do not have the time to play with you today,” he laughed as he vanished into the wind as if he had teleported.
Everyone present was surprised when they saw this. The Ordinary Warriors could not sense his movements; all Earth Warriors and above saw his changes and they sighed in admiration. Xue Wei's movement technique was truly exquisite.
”He is not a simple one,” the old woman laughed again. ”If you like him, then make him yours, little miss,” she said as she stood up and ruffled Wang Xiaoyun's hair.
Wang Xiaoyun's face reddened, and she stomped her foot on the floor, ”Who said I like him? I only spoke with him once. He lives in this weak country, and his rank is low. Even I am above him, and I am a Wayfarer who has not activated my bloodline!”
”Don't be so eager, your bloodline will be activated in another year, and at the same time this kid might be bringing us a surprise later on.” The old woman snickered.
”Anyway, we need to deal with a Primordial Beast soon. We came all the way here because they say that the Ice Harpy has been seen in this area and she is a real legendary Primordial Beast. If we can kill her, we will get a great bounty!”
Wang Xiaoyun nodded her head. She knew that they only came to this remote kingdom because their targeted Primordial Beast had been seen here. Although the corpses of Primordial Beasts were worth a lot, the Wayfarers were a large group and needed money to provide for themselves. They needed time to hunt down Primordial Beasts, and thus their expenses were always too high compared to their income.
If they could go for specific Primordial Beasts who had been revealed to the public eye, they could claim a bounty when they delivered the head of the Primordial Beast, though they were allowed to keep the beast core themselves as the heads were only used to verify the dead Primordial Beast.
Xue Wei was unaware of the conversation that had happened between the Wayfarers, as he had used his movement technique to escape the battle this time, and rushed back to the mansion. He felt slightly unsatisfied that he was unable to fight them, but he dared not overestimate his own strength. He too knew that he was not their opponent when they all ganged up on him.
As he returned home, he went straight to his room. He ordered the maid to draw a hot bath for him. While waiting, he sat down and started reading the book about the sects and martial arts families within the rest of the continent.
Xue Wei was entirely focused on reading, and it was not before he finished the first chapter about a Martial Arts Family known as the Ouyang Family. They were famous for using fans, zithers, brushes, and other artistic materials as their weapons, and they had a history of over ten thousand years.
The creator of the Ouyang Family had been one of the experts that were playing a central role in the uprising against the Primordial Beasts from back when the humans had been treated as slaves and livestock. Ouyang Yong was a real hero of humanity.
Once Xue Wei finished reading about the Ouyang family, he closed the book and turned his attention towards the bathtub.
He then unpacked his many things and took small parts of every item. One leaf of Corpse Grass, few drops of blood essence of the Blood Ginseng, one Solar Flower petal, a shard from a beast core, and a tiny bit of the drops of Primordial Beast blood.
Xue Wei was aware that he could not handle a full drop of Primordial Beast Blood, so he split the drop into four portions, adding a portion to the water.
The water turned from red to black, and the steam started to contain a potent scent of blood. This scent permeated through the entire mansion and even spread out from the estate, alerting everyone in the area as to what was happening.
Manager Su rushed to Xue Wei's room when he smelled the scent of blood. His heart was beating rapidly as he feared that his Young Master had been severely injured, yet when he entered the room he found Xue Wei seated in a bucket of water that was completely black, his eyes closed and his breathing regular.
Xue Wei had learned to deal with the pain he suffered from sitting in the herbal concoction. And although the pain was even more intense now, it was a pleasant sensation because he knew he was increasing his strength with each minute within the painful water.
When Manager Su saw the concoction, he was at first surprised. He knew that it was possible to extract medicinal properties from plants by adding it to the bath, but he also knew it was an incredibly old-fashioned method.
He looked at the table and saw a whole stack of medicines; he also saw Primordial Beast Blood, and his eyebrows shot up in surprise. These items were clearly enough for Earth Warriors to consume, but Xue Wei was only a fifth layered Ordinary Warrior. Was he not worried about his meridians breaking from the overload of medicine?
Manager Su quickly left the room after ensuring that Xue Wei was fine. He did not want to interrupt him, and instead he ordered everyone to make sure that no one entered the estate while Xue Wei was cultivating.
People came to visit and asked what exactly the scent was from, but Manager Su was mysterious and apologized time and time again, but he did never go into details about what exactly had caused the smell, causing many to be curious.
When the rumour about the scent of blood from Xiao Lei Mansion started spreading through the town, the clerk from the apothecary shop could not keep his mouth shut. Soon, everyone knew that Xue Wei had purchased Primordial Beast Blood.
Some wished that he would destroy his body from trying to consume such astonishing materials, while others hoped that he would be able to overcome yet another tribulation.