Chapter 2155: Chapter 2155: There’s Poison in This Pot of Soup!

Hu Feifei continued to climb.

With her current strength, she could completely battle with Eighth-Turn Heavenly Venerable level Blood Essence Creatures. Although she might lose most of the time, she could still hone her combat skills.

In other areas.

Disciples like Mo Ying, Huo Yunjie, Shi Lei, Li Jiaojiao, Long Tianxing, and Qiao Jiaxi were all fighting.

Most of them were battle fanatics.

Currently, they were all fighting creatures beyond their level.

Although it was thrilling and could hone their skills, the efficiency of killing monsters was low, and it was very time-consuming.

In comparison, Wang Ping’an was quite cheeky.

At an area 1.5 million miles off the ground.

Wang Ping’an and Li Qiankun lay on a dirt pile, watching the Blood Essence Creature of Third-Turn Heavenly Venerable in the distance.

"Senior brother, is this really okay for us?"

Li Qiankun rubbed his head.

Wang Ping’an was already a Five-Turn Heavenly Venerable, with combat power of the same level exceeding ten times that of an Ordinary Invincible Supreme. He could easily kill a Five-Turn Heavenly Venerable level Blood Essence Creature.

Yet, he still wanted to ambush a Third-Turn Heavenly Venerable!

This is simply... just too cheeky!

"What’s not okay? With our strength, killing Third and Fourth-Turn Heavenly Venerables is easy, which can save a lot of time, right? Anyway, killing monsters is just to strengthen our qi and blood physique, we won’t fight the too strong Blood Essence Creatures to avoid wasting time."

Wang Ping’an said seriously.

"Alright, I’m going to ambush now."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Ping’an ignored Li Qiankun and sneaked around, arriving behind the Third-Turn Heavenly Venerable Blood Essence Creature, forming seals with his hands, and a treasured seal appeared above his head.

"Roar!"

The Blood Essence Creature noticed the movement behind it, quickly turned its head to look, but only saw a golden treasured seal enlarging in its vision until it smashed it to pieces.

"Haha, sneak attacking from behind feels great."

Wang Ping’an clapped his hands.

On the ground.

The body fragments of the Blood Essence Creature quickly melted, then condensed into six Blood Essence Orbs, which were collected by Wang Ping’an.

"Let’s go, let’s continue ambushing Blood Essence Creatures."

Currently, Wang Ping’an loved ambushing, pulling Li Qiankun along, the two bald guys, continued their "bullying" of Blood Essence Creatures in the Blood Moon Trial Ground.

Within half a day.

This sneaky duo successively used golden light seals to kill dozens of Third and Fourth-Turn Heavenly Venerable level Blood Essence Creatures, obtaining a large number of Blood Essence Orbs, which could strengthen their physiques.

Of course, it was very beneficial for Li Qiankun.

However, Wang Ping’an was already a Five-Turn Heavenly Venerable, so the boost effect of Third and Fourth-Turn Heavenly Venerable level Blood Essence Orbs wasn’t significant, requiring continuous accumulation.

But, he wasn’t worried at all.

Killing dozens of Third and Fourth-Turn Heavenly Venerable level Blood Essence Creatures in half a day, the accumulated amount was equivalent to a Five-Turn Heavenly Venerable level Blood Essence Creature, at the same level as him.

Although it was still a bit slow, he was very happy.

Unlike Wang Ping’an, Qiao Jiaxi, one of the battle fanatics, was fiercely fighting.

At a height of 2.5 million miles above ground.

Qiao Jiaxi roared, his clothes torn by his strong muscles, his hair bristled, stained with an emerald golden glow, and flowing light flashed across his body, outlining his muscle lines perfectly.

His cultivation level had reached Five-Turn Heavenly Venerable.

The Blood Essence Creature opposite him was the same.

"Come and fight!"

Qiao Jiaxi clenched his fists, standing on a dirt mound, staring coldly at the Blood Essence Creature.

"Roar!"

The Blood Essence Creature could feel the intimidating Law of Power pressure from Qiao Jiaxi, its eyes cold, and it roared around, calling for support from Blood Essence Creatures of the same level.

Thud, thud, thud!

In other areas, the floating blood moons, each a meter in diameter, heard their comrade’s roar, and all fell to the ground, transforming into Blood Essence Creatures.

Soon, over a dozen Five-Turn Heavenly Venerable level Blood Essence Creatures surrounded Qiao Jiaxi, their eyes icy.

"Only a few of you? Not enough!"

Qiao Jiaxi stomped heavily on the ground, causing the nearby void to tremble, a surging airflow sweeping around, making the Blood Essence Creatures instinctively back half a meter.

So, they kept roaring.

In less than half a day, more than half of the Five-Turn Heavenly Venerable level Blood Essence Creatures had come.

They formed groups of five, with more than twenty groups, firmly surrounding Qiao Jiaxi.

This was a kind of battle formation.

Being surrounded by them, even a powerful Six-Turn Heavenly Venerable could perish.

"Haha, now this is more like it!"

Qiao Jiaxi clenched his fists even tighter, his glow becoming more dazzling, as if he had turned into light.

Thud!

He took the initiative to attack, stepping in a special footwork, avoiding the bites of over a dozen Blood Essence Creatures, punching through the chest of one Blood Essence Creature, killing it.

After that, he kept flashing and killing enemies.

Each punch killed one Blood Essence Creature.

Only, there were too many Blood Essence Creatures, over a hundred, attacking him in groups, and before long, Qiao Jiaxi was hit by several Blood Essence Creatures. But, having taken the path of body cultivation, his physique was already strong, leaving him unharmed.

"Being hit, I must be slow."

Qiao Jiaxi stopped attacking and, amidst the encirclement of nearly a hundred Blood Essence Creatures, used his body technique to constantly dodge. If viewed from afar, one could only see the afterimages of his leaping body, unable to see his appearance clearly.

Gradually.

Qiao Jiaxi’s body technique became more advanced, originally he would often be grazed by Blood Essence Creatures’ sharp claws, but as the body technique became more refined, the times he got hit significantly reduced.

"Haha, this is the purpose of training."

Qiao Jiaxi laughed.

He continued to train diligently and made great progress.

At the same height of 2.5 million miles.

The Five-Turn Heavenly Venerable Shi Lei stood atop a dirt mound, holding the Rainbow Brush.

"This place is too barren, there’s not even a decent building, where do I stay at night? No, I must build a resting place here."

Shi Lei muttered to himself.

Then, he held the brush and started drawing.

In less than half an hour, a large open space was cleared ahead, 300 meters wide and over 1,000 meters long, buildings being constructed on it.

Walls, independent small buildings, gourmet mansions...

What’s in the Sect is also here.

Shi Lei set up several formations. If Blood Essence Creatures came here, a shield could block them, allowing cultivators who entered this place to have time to rest.

"Eldest Senior Brother, are you here?"

A familiar voice came.

Shi Lei looked towards the sound.

A delicate young girl holding all sorts of ingredients was running this way, chased by several Five-Turn Heavenly Venerable level Blood Essence Creatures.

"Jiaojiao, be careful!"

Shi Lei immediately left the resting area, using his brush to draw various puppets, and engaged the Blood Essence Creatures in combat.

"Phew, finally safe."

Li Jiaojiao, carrying a pile of ingredients, watched the Blood Essence Creatures being killed by Shi Lei with the Rainbow Brush and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Jiaojiao, what are these ingredients?"

Shi Lei looked at what Li Jiaojiao was holding and found it to be some wild fungi, rich in spiritual energy, and not found elsewhere.

"I discovered these new fungi in the Blood Moon Trial Ground. I suspect they can only be nurtured by the remnants of the Blood-Colored Ancient Tree. They have excellent medicinal properties and taste great."

Li Jiaojiao quickly explained.

Shi Lei licked his lips: "Junior Sister, are these mushrooms really that delicious? I want to try them."

"Of course!" Li Jiaojiao nodded.

She came to the Blood Moon Trial Ground mainly to find fresh ingredients in the Blood Sea, and indeed discovered thousands of novel Blood Sea foods.

Eels, shells, seaweed, Mysterious Turtles...

Now, on this mountain formed by the remains of a Dao Monarch level Blood-Colored Ancient Tree, she found many unusual types of mushrooms, and her heart was filled with joy.

Currently, she is preparing to research a new recipe.

Unexpectedly, she was chased by several Blood Essence Creatures. Although she managed to kill some of them, the fierce battle destroyed many of her ingredients, forcing her to escape.

By coincidence, she ran into Shi Lei.

After learning about the situation, Shi Lei took Li Jiaojiao to the dining hall in the resting area, where he had specially set up a kitchen just for her.

"Eldest Senior Brother, I’ll go handle the ingredients first."

"Okay, you go ahead! I’ll use the Void Heavenly World to contact everyone else and tell them about this resting area so they can come together when they have time."

"Alright, alright."

Li Jiaojiao started handling the ingredients, quickly preparing sea fish, seaweed, and algae, also picking out the newly gathered mushrooms.

Soon, she discovered there were nine types of mushrooms.

One type was suitable for steaming.

The rest could be stir-fried or used for soup.

"Let’s try Blood Essence Orb Mushroom Soup."

Li Jiaojiao stroked her chin, took out the Blood Essence Orb she had, and tossed it into the pot, adding an appropriate amount of Spirit Spring Water to start simmering.

Before long.

The Blood Essence Orb melted in the pot, turning the soup a light red.

"Hmm, it tastes quite sweet."

Li Jiaojiao tasted a sip of the soup and found the flavor incredibly delicious. Even as some of the soup dripped from her mouth like fresh blood, she didn’t mind at all.

"Let’s add some mushrooms."

Li Jiaojiao took a basin of prepared mushrooms, which were umbrella-shaped, grayish-white, very resilient, cut them into strips, and tossed them into the pot for cooking.

"Dragon fish is nice; let’s add it to the soup."

"Deep Sea Scallops are quite good too."

"Nine-colored seaweed... hmm, add it in!"

Li Jiaojiao pondered as she added various ingredients to the pot, and the steam from the boiling released an intense aroma throughout the rest area.

"Wow, it smells amazing!"

Long Tianxing, Mo Ying, Huo Yunjie, and Hu Feifei, having just finished their battles, arrived at the resting area, caught the enticing aroma of the broth, and quickly hurried over.

In the kitchen.

Li Jiaojiao, busy cooking, gave everyone a lecture about her newly brewed broth, with a look of pride on her face, believing everyone would love it.

"Senior Sister Jiaojiao, can I try it first?"

Two shining heads squeezed into the crowd; it was Li Qiankun and Wang Ping’an.

"You guys came too?" Shi Lei said happily.

Since he had sent messages in the Void Heavenly World, everyone learned there was a resting area 2.5 million miles high, and those with strength hastened there.

"We heard there were delicious foods, so of course, we came to try them!" Wang Ping’an patted his belly.

"Let me try first!" Li Qiankun licked his lips, swallowing unconsciously.

The aroma of the broth was so irresistible!

"Wait a bit longer; it’s not done yet."

Li Jiaojiao continued simmering the broth, attracting more people until there were over twenty, enough for two or three tables, all waiting for the broth.

Half an hour later.

"It’s ready; the broth should be cooked." Li Jiaojiao served a bowl, Li Qiankun hurriedly grabbed the large bowl, blew on it out of habit, took a sip, found it delicious, and finished it in one gulp.

Afterward, he wanted more.

"Wow, it’s so fragrant and sweet!"

Li Qiankun felt as if he was lounging in a hot spring, surrounded by gentle women, his whole body floating. Then... he exclaimed "Wow," foaming at the mouth, rolling his eyes, and collapsing to the ground.

"Junior Brother!"

Everyone was shocked, quickly checking Li Qiankun, found his Divine Soul had been pulled into an Illusionary Realm, and hurriedly gave him Purifying Divine Water, finally bringing him back.

"This soup... is toxic!"

Li Qiankun lay on the ground, the foam still on his mouth, stretched out his hand, and shouted with a trembling voice.

Everyone turned to Li Jiaojiao.

"This... I didn’t know the soup was toxic, and even Heavenly Venerables can’t resist it."

Li Jiaojiao panicked, hurriedly checked the pot of soup.

"Something must be wrong." Mo Ying pointed at the pot of soup, "Otherwise, it wouldn’t pull Qiankun’s Divine Soul into the Illusionary Realm, causing poisoning symptoms."

"We certainly need to investigate further." Eldest Senior Brother Shi Lei nodded; although the soup tasted great, its side effects were too severe, needing proper handling, or it couldn’t be consumed.

"But I can’t find the problem." Li Jiaojiao realized she couldn’t identify the root of the issue.

"It’s the combined effect."

A gentle voice spoke.

Everyone looked up to see Ye Feng had appeared in the kitchen and quickly paid their respects.

Ye Feng took a ladle, scooped a bowl of soup, tasted it, found it sweet, but instead of strengthening his body, it affected his Divine Soul.

"Sect Master Uncle, what’s the situation?"

Li Jiaojiao asked with concern.

Ye Feng took another sip, noticed his Divine Soul was being drawn by a special force field, his body also invaded by a unique toxin, capable of poisoning.

"Indeed, the soup is toxic."

Ye Feng, with strong mental power, didn’t show poisoning symptoms, "But it also has effects."

"What effects?" Everyone was curious.

Ye Feng said: "The issue lies with the mushrooms and Blood Essence Orb. The Blood Essence Orb is the essence of Blood Sea’s origin, containing the lingering will of the Blood-Colored Ancient Tree, and these mushrooms, born from the tree’s remains, also contain its power. Together they brew a Blood-Colored Ancient Tree’s Soul Fragment, naturally capable of invading a cultivator’s Divine Soul, resulting in poisoning symptoms."

Li Jiaojiao asked further: "Sect Master Uncle, then how should we handle this?"

Ye Feng replied: "The dosage is too large, you can add less Blood Essence Orb and mushrooms, and add a supplementary material called ’Purifying Spirit Grass’. The newly brewed broth should yield different effects."

"Okay, I’ll give it a try."

Li Jiaojiao, a person of action, learned from the failed broth attempt and immediately began researching a new broth, with Ye Feng occasionally pointing out errors for assurance.

Half a day later.

A pot of newly brewed broth was ready, placed on the stove, aroma wafting.

Everyone looked at Li Qiankun.

"No way, I’m not daring to drink it."

Li Qiankun shook his head repeatedly.

"What are you all doing here? Huh, why is everyone gathered here? I’m so thirsty, was just beaten badly by a Seventh-turn Heavenly Venerable’s Blood Essence Creature again, damn it! I’ll rest a while before another three hundred rounds of battle."

Brother Flathead entered the kitchen.

He ignored the strange gazes from everyone, and instead saw the pot of broth on the ground.

That was the toxic broth, not yet discarded.

"You guys are so considerate, knowing I’m thirsty."

Brother Flathead, although just over a meter in height, directly picked up the large pot, open-mouthed, and chugged the toxic broth.

"Don’t drink!"

"That pot of soup is toxic!"

Everyone exclaimed, hurriedly warning.

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