Honglian touched the flame-colored gemstone ring on her hand, and a black irregular crystal appeared in her palm.
Li Kezhou was stunned for a moment: "Is this...the soul-prisoning stone?"
Honglian nodded: "Inside, there are the souls of the six-eared demon rats I killed this year. I know you need something like this."
Li Kezhou was even more surprised when he heard this: "How did you know that I need the soul of a living being?"
The matter of Nine Snakes sacrificing their souls to gain strength was a top secret, and it was almost impossible for outsiders to know. He didn't know how Hong Lian learned that he needed to regenerate souls.
Regarding his doubts, Honglian smiled mysteriously: "You have a secret, why don't I, but I can't tell you yet..."
Li Kezhou saw that she was mysterious and didn't ask any more questions. He didn't refuse and took it casually.
And for him, there is indeed an urgent need for souls at the moment, because as long as he makes one more sacrifice, his cultivation will be able to break through the later stages and become a top-grade swordsman.
This was also the reason why he had the confidence to search for the "Ten Million Magic Stones" left behind by the Hunting God. He had broken through the high-grade sword immortals and no longer had the slightest fear against ordinary high-grade sword immortals.
He accepted the soul-prisoning stone and for the first time moved his eyes away from Hong Lian and looked at the others in Lieyan Hong Lian.
Two of them looked evasive when they saw him.
These two men were exactly the same two men who had just joined a year ago. They had high self-esteem and were sarcastic towards him. At this moment, the arrogance they had in the past had long since disappeared.
Li Kezhou never paid attention to the two of them from beginning to end, and had no intention of causing trouble for them.
"Honglian, I didn't expect that in just one year, the strength of Lieyan Honglian has reached the level it is now. Although it is not top-notch, there shouldn't be many people who dare to provoke it when walking in the wilderness!" He
Secretly admired Guren's ability.
A year ago, Lieyan Red Lotus, together with the Escaper, were four late-stage masters. In just one year, the number of late-stage masters in the team reached nine.
Most of them were from Hong Lian's old tribe. After coming here, with the help of Xianyu, they greatly saved their training time and successively made breakthroughs in the later stages.
The deputy commander laughed loudly: "I am able to become an immortal because my wife thought highly of me and gave me a jade that breaks delusion. Otherwise, I might still be struggling in the middle stage now."
The deputy commander glanced at Honglian, and in addition to the previous fierceness, there was a hint of gratitude in his eyes.
Li Kezhou knew clearly in his heart that this deputy commander was the first person among the group of people in front of him to follow in Honglian's footsteps and break through to the top-level swordsman. The jade he mentioned was obviously the one he gave to Honglian back then.
one of them.
Seeing the look in the commander's eyes, Li Kezhou instantly understood Honglian's intention. After her kindness this time, the man in front of him would definitely be loyal in the future.
After Li Kezhou and Hong Lian reminisced about the past, they went to the mysterious shop for him again and bought ten fairy jade for cultivation, and then they parted ways.
This night.
The room where Zhi Ye is.
At this time, Zhi Ye, although he was still wearing the Serpent's cloak, his face was revealed. He was no longer covered by darkness as when he was outside.
"So that's it! I didn't expect that your cultivation level has improved so quickly. In just one year, your cultivation level is about to break through again. In the later stage, you are indeed not weak and become a strong person."
Hearing Li Kezhou say that with one more sacrifice, his cultivation level would be able to break through to Dacheng. Zhi Ye's face suddenly revealed, and his eyes also showed a rare hint of joy.
"In that case, without any further delay, I will perform a single sacrifice for you right here."
Honglian waved his hand, and a totem statue with nine heads appeared in front of him. The totem emitted a mysterious light in the dark night.
She began to chant the sacrificial words.
Li Kezhou clearly felt that as the sacrificial words were chanted, Zhi Ye's voice began to become weaker, and it seemed that every word he recited was a great burden on her.
Finally, as he heard the words, the sixth snake head of the totem shed a ray of light from its mouth, covering Li Kezhou's entire body. His prepared soul followed the light and entered the snake's mouth.
Almost at the same time, the mark of the Heavenly Serpent in his sea of consciousness suddenly emitted bright light.
A vast force arose in his body. This sudden force caused the meridians all over his body to swell and the veins in his body to be visible.
After a full stick of incense passed, it gradually began to disappear into the body, and finally disappeared completely.
Li Kezhou woke up from closing his eyes. Before he could rejoice in his improved strength, he saw Zhi Ye lying limply on the ground. He was shocked and quickly stepped forward to help her to the bed.
"Zhiye, you..."
"I'm fine!" Her face was as pale as paper, and even her voice was full of weakness.
Seeing him staring at her, Zhiye forced himself to explain: "The technique of sacrifice can only be used once a month at most. I used it forcefully just now and injured some source energy. It won't take too long and I can gradually recover."
.”
Li Kezhou's expression changed after hearing this.
Origin Qi is the original Qi in the immortal body. A body's cultivation is generated from here. If the origin is damaged, it is equivalent to damaging the foundation. This is the most fatal to the cultivator. The cultivation is likely to stagnate and stop for a lifetime.
.
"Why didn't you tell me that the sacrifice can only be used once a month? The price is too high and the gain is not worth the loss. If I had known this, why not wait another month?" Li Kezhou looked at her weak look and felt a little guilty in his heart.
.
Zhiye shook his head: "We can wait, but the Hunting God's 10 million magic stones won't wait."
"But if you are like this, you will not be able to recover for at least half a month, and you will not be able to take action with others for a month. This opportunity is inherently dangerous, and it is really more bad than good for you."
"Isn't there still you?"
Zhi Ye lay on the bed and smiled weakly: "Now that your cultivation level has reached the level of the Great Immortal, you already have the strength to compete with the Great Sword Immortal, unless... you are not willing to protect me."
Li Kezhou looked down at her dark eyes and smiled silently: "Zhiye, as the leader of Nine Snakes, you should know very well that your own safety cannot be entrusted to others at any time."
Li Kezhou bent his head and moved his head closer and closer to her.
Zhiye's eyes were horrified, and his body suddenly tensed up, but he didn't shout or dodge.
Li Kezhou's face stopped when he was an inch away from hers, he opened his mouth, and a dragon-shaped aura flew out, which was a ray of immortal origin of his immortal sword body.
Seeing this, Zhiye's expression changed greatly: "What are you doing? My Night Mother body and your immortal sword body are not the same. Not only can you not help me, but you will also hurt your origin."
Without allowing the woman to resist, the dragon-shaped aura entered her mouth.
Li Kezhou's face turned pale for a moment, and he said with a smile: "What I achieved is the immortal sword body of the Dragon of Sword Splitting. The real dragon is the spiritual leader of heaven and earth, and its original energy can be absorbed by all the forces in the world."