151 Beyond the Boundary (1/2)
Leon wasn't very familiar with blood cultivation. He only knew it was one of the most detested demonic cultivation methods in the Divine Realm. Although, he would like to believe there were no evil technique and only evil people, it's hard to defend against the animosity everyone had for blood cultivation.
This is because every blood cultivator chooses the diabolic path of extracting and refining the blood of others rather than the orthodox path of refining and strengthening their own blood.
The diabolic path allows swift progression of cultivation, but every time they extract the blood, they also extract the grievance and resentment of the host along with it, which slowly start to influence the minds of the blood cultivators and transform them into mindless fiends that only knew how crave more blood and power, a bloodfiend.
”I didn't expect blood cultivators would have such a trick up their sleeve. If I hadn't wish to test the vitality of a blood cultivator again, I would have just gone straight for the head.” Shaking his head, Leon mused.
To say he wasn't interested in the blood cultivation method, he would be lying. Being able to survive a ruptured heart was akin to a second life. ”I think I understand how they can survive. Blood cultivators are like the masters of blood, they can continue their own blood circulation even without their heart. But such feat should be very taxing on their minds.” Leon continued to ponder.
Once blood circulation stops, they would undoubtably die like anyone else. However, he wouldn't be surprise if they are able to repair their own hearts. It was much easier to patch up the holes with their own blood than to personally drive the circulation of their blood.
Seeing how much Elias treasured his life, choosing to escape when he couldn't win, Leon believe a person like that would not self-destruct. Most likely what just happened was the result of some sort of blood evasion technique.
Coming to that conclusion, Leon did not bother to give chase and search for a dead man. Looking at the blood splattered ground, there was a great price to pay for the execution of such a high-level evasion technique. He refused to believe that the person can still survive with a punctured heart after such a huge loss of blood.
”Time to explore the deeper parts of the forest.” With a deep breath, Leon's eyes glowered with anticipation. The freedom and excitement of venturing into the unknown. What would the deeper part of the forest have in store for him?
He flicked out a fire beam with his fingers and dispersed the mist blocking his path to the end of the safe boundary. The fire beam disappeared into the thick mist beyond the boundary like a drop in the ocean.
Undoubtably, the dangers on the other side would be much greater, but Leon tread forward fearlessly.
”Ueeekkk!”
A layer of flames erupted from his body and warded off the harmful mist. The vengeful spirits issued shrill cries and backed away like they had just seen the bane of their existence.
Leon took steady steps deeper into the forest, unaffected by the presence of the vengeful spirits. As long as he had his flames, the vengeful spirits would not attack him. He calmly surveyed the surroundings as he went.
20 yards in, he discovered the first rare yin-attribute herb, a Frozenleaf Grass. It wasn't what he needed, but since he found it, he will take it. There could be useful in the future.
”However, this herb… requires the special biome of the Extreme Misty Forest, otherwise it will quickly die. I won't be able to store it in the Worldspace…” Leon creased his brows in thought. ”Unless…”
His eyes quickly lit up as he glanced around. ”Unless, I create miniature biome of the Extreme Misty Forest in the Worldspace. There's lots of empty plots in the grey zone I could use.”
Having settled his thoughts, he did not harvest the Frozenleaf Grass just yet. He entered the Worldspace and enclosed an empty plot of soil in 5 by 5 by 5 yards of ice, which took half an hour to complete.
”This size should be good enough for now. I can just expand it in the future when the situation calls for it.”
Exiting the Worldspace, Leon materialized the Book of Life and began channeling the yin-energy filled mist into the hollow ice cube he constructed inside the Worldspace inside the heavenly treasure. The Book of Life swallowed the energy voraciously like an insatiable god.
”Truly worthy of a Heavenly Treasure.” Leon's face involuntarily twitched. The Book of Life's ability to draw in the energy greatly outstripped his own ability to absorb energy from the heaven and earth. ”Wait a minute!”
Leon's eyes widened in realization. ”If I use the Book of Life to absorb the energy from heaven and earth, before entering the Worldspace to cultivate, I could achieve twice the result with half the effort.”
Once the thought entered his mind, Leon had the urge to leave the forest right away to test his theory. However, he forcefully suppressed the urge and shook his head. ”Finding the herbs for the Soul Enhancing Pill and Soul Mending Pill is equally important. It can wait after I finish my business here.”