Chapter 402: The Price in Blood (1/2)

The day began early in the morning with Xue Wei opening his eyes as he exhaled a stale breath of air.

He was seated cross legged on top of the bed, his arms resting in his lap, a spiritual herb in each hand.

By his side, right next to him, was the Luan Bird hatchling. It was gobbling down a spiritual fruit.

The Luan bird was much stronger now than it had been when it hatched, the resources that Xue Wei had given it had not been wasted and while it was still smaller than the other Luan birds, it was often causing them to tremble when it looked at them.

The bloodline was pure and the elemental affinities were far too many.

It was enough to cause the others to tremble in fear. Xue Wei had also fed the bird some of his blood, but being an ancient beast there had not been any visible changes.

The bird was quite keen on the taste of the blood however, but it knew better than trying to take it for itself.

As the two awakened in the light of dawn, the rest of the capital was already bursting with life and energy. Today was the end of the festival, and everyone gathered to participate in the final celebration.

Xue Wei, who had kept a low profile after calling everyone cowards and spread the rumours about the Empress, also planned on going out today.

Today he planned on going to the Golden Chambers and sell the useless resources he had. He was going to try and exchange them for useful items, preferably flame improving resources or thunder refining treasures.

His affinity with wood was already very pure and powerful so it needed no more support, but this was because wood was his innate element as an Azure Dragon.

He was also a vermilion bird, but the vermilion bird bloodline was acquired later and thus it needed more time to assimilate the blood into his bloodline.

His Qi was a mixture of small flames and azure dragons that swam through his meridians, and since he had both an azure dragon and a vermilion bird spirit in both his dantian and his mind palace, his advancement was more than double before he became a vermilion bird.

Unfortunately due to the seals, he was also slowed further down, so his speed, which should have soared, had actually slowed down.

But whenever he felt how pure and dense his Qi was, he felt it was the right decision.

After a whole night of cultivating, Xue Wei finally felt refreshed. He was at the peak of the first layer of the Ordinary Saint rank. Only a small push was needed before he would advance to the second layer.

As he exited the room, he found that all his friends were already outside their rooms, waiting for him.

They knew of his plans and none of them wanted to miss the chance to go out. Although they could exit as they pleased none of them were willing to leave on their own and they would not interrupt Xue Wei’s cultivation.