Chapter 171: Ethereal
Lu Zheng led Zuo Xiuzhen and the Moon Lake Squad deeper into Red Claw Meadow till the point that the monsters they now faced were mainly rank seven beasts. Even Lu Zheng would be hard pressed to kill any of the beasts.
The Moon Lake Squad were surprised by Lu Zheng’s decision to keep advancing.
“What does Brother Lu Zheng want here?”
“So many rank seven beasts… this place is too scary. We should leave”
“You idiot, how can we, the Moon Lake Squad, be ungrateful?”
“…”
Qing Shou Jian was also startled. He initially thought Lu Zheng wanted the gentle face orchids in the place but now, it seemed like that was merely coincidence.
Lu Zheng only shook his head. Although the Moon Lake Squad were transmitting their voices to each other, he could still sense their words.
At a point, Zuo Xiuzhen tugged his robes: “What are you searching for?”
Lu Zheng smiled at her before transmitting his voice to everyone as he gestured towards a place: “No need to worry. I’ve already seen what I want”
When they gazed at the place, they were stunned by what they saw.
It was a small bush made entirely of red flowers many times the size of a large basin. The flowers were just like sunflowers but their petals were red with golden pebbles at the centre.
Surrounding the small bush were hundreds of small bees. Even from afar, the group could hear the flapping of the wings of the bees and they sounded like the hooves of marching horses. The bees were all rank seven.
Qing Shou Jian felt his blood drain: “What are those?”
“It is still here” Lu Zheng heaved a soft sigh. “Those are iron scaled blight bees. Their bodies are made entirely of metal and a single sting will kill you. What I want are the sunset light flowers they are surrounding”
The sunset light flowers were rank eight fire path and reincarnation path cultivation materials. Merely by looking at it, the group could feel their eyes burn and sting.
“Rank eight…” Qing Shou Jian felt his mouth water but he only shook his head.
Even if his greed was as high as the heavens, he could not obtain them with his own power. He didn’t even believe that anyone of them could touch the sunset light flowers.
Zuo Xiuzhen stared at Lu Zheng: “You want those?”
She began to feel like Lu Zheng was insane. Even with his mind boggling battle strength, it was simply impossible for him to fend off so many rank seven beasts.
Lu Zheng smiled: “Not the flowers themselves, I want the sacred nectar at the centre”
The sacred nectar was the most important part of the sunset light flowers. All the reincarnation path dao imprints were concentrated in it that merely taking a bite could forcefully make a soul undergo samsara.
However, Lu Zheng’s soul was too strong, it could not work for him. Still, it was very vital for reincarnating Houyan Meili’s soul.
But the iron scaled blight bees made use of the sacred nectar to reproduce. When they fed on it, they would reincarnate into more iron scaled blight bees.
It was the most important thing in the world to them.
“You’re insane” Zuo Xiuzhen was blunt.
Lu Zheng chuckled: “Wait here”
Suddenly, the air around him became very cold that Zuo Xiuzhen felt like she was submerged in a sea of ice.
Yet, her body didn’t feel cold at all. It was her soul.
Zuo Xiuzhen wasn’t the only one to sense this, the Moon Lake Squad could sense it too.
“Where’s Brother Lu Zheng?”
“What? Wasn’t he here just a moment ago?”
The group was stunned beyond believe. Lu Zheng that was right before them had suddenly disappeared. However, Lu Zheng was right before them.
~So this is the true effect of Ethereal… nice~
Lu Zheng’s body had become intangible that physical eyes could not see him. His soul was also impossible to sense with the Sea of Consciousness. At this point, he was completely invisible.
“Don’t worry” Lu Zheng transmitted his voice. “I’m right here”
“Where exactly?” Qing Shou Jian was shocked.
Zuo Xiuzhen’s eyes glimmered: “Soul path…”
Lu Zheng did not bother to explain.
Casually, he walked towards the iron scaled blight bees before plundering them of their sacred nectar.
“This…” Zuo Xiuzhen and the others were stunned. They could see the sacred nectar disappearing one by one but they couldn’t see Lu Zheng. Even for them who had seen many things, this was shocking.
“Not even rank seven beasts can sense him at such close range” Doecii mouthed in awe. In all her life, she had never seen such a sight.
As Lu Zheng took the sacred nectar of the sunset light flowers, he slowly approached a brook. The water of the brook was extremely clear that it was almost completely invisible and if it wasn’t for the sound it made, he wouldn’t have noticed it.
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The Licentious Cultivator
AçãoTen chapters every month! After living ten million years in the main world, Xue Ritian is killed and his soul is forcefully refined into the Cycle of Reincarnation by his great enemy, Long Aotian. Now, after ten thousand years, he is reincarnated as...
