17: Phoenix Blood Essence

“Was it just my imagination?”

Lin Ruiyang shook his head, driving these chaotic thoughts out of his mind. Then, like a long rainbow, he flew towards the distance, disappearing into the horizon.

...

Fifteen days later.

Lin Ruiyang appeared in a dense small mountain forest.

In the mountain forest, low-level Spirit Beasts were active everywhere. Seeing Lin Ruiyang arrive, they scattered and fled, not daring to approach.

“I remember that thing was to the northwest of this bamboo forest, how can I not find it?”

Lin Ruiyang quickly moved through the small bamboo forest, his powerful Divine Sense spreading everywhere, searching carefully.

In the original work, after receiving the Holy Pool baptism, Ye Chen stumbled upon this bamboo forest and obtained some Phoenix essence blood.

With this essence blood, he improved several levels of cultivation, and his Physical Body was tempered to be incredibly strong.

Although Lin Ruiyang completely crushed Ye Chen in terms of strength, he did not dare to relax.

After all, he is the Children of Destiny; as long as he doesn't die, he will surely have great opportunities, and perhaps one day he will be surpassed.

“Unfortunately, the original work did not describe in detail how Ye Chen obtained the Phoenix essence blood, only knowing the approximate location!”

Lin Ruiyang frowned and began to use his Ghost Eyes to investigate.

Soon, to the southwest of the small bamboo forest, under a pile of withered grass, he felt a faint energy fluctuation.

Lin Ruiyang came to the edge of the grass, staring intently at the grass in front of him.

In an instant, countless strange runes appeared in his eyes, his gaze penetrating all obstacles and extending underground.

When his gaze penetrated twenty zhang below, Lin Ruiyang discovered a jade bottle emitting an ancient and Vicissitudes aura.

“It’s actually twenty zhang underground. If I didn’t have Ghost Eyes, I wouldn’t have found it!”

“That’s why he’s called the Children of Destiny. Ye Chen doesn’t have any strange eyes, yet he could still find this!”

“Indeed, the TV shows are right. Even if the Children of Destiny falls off a cliff, he can land on an Opportunity!”

Looking at the jade bottle deep underground, Lin Ruiyang couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Then, Lin Ruiyang immediately activated his true essence, overbearing ground towards the grass.

“Rumble!”

Violent attack sounds rang out, and the entire underground space immediately experienced waves of distortion.

Suddenly, a giant hand formed by spiritual energy directly penetrated twenty zhang underground and grabbed towards the jade bottle.

Before long, an ancient-looking jade bottle appeared in Lin Ruiyang's hand.

“Not bad, with this Phoenix essence blood, improving one or two small Realms is not a problem!”

Looking at the jade bottle in his hand, Lin Ruiyang's face showed a satisfied smile.

Reaching the Nascent Soul Realm, it is extremely difficult to break through further, requiring time accumulation.

This is why most Cultivators can break through to the Golden Core Realm Peak in three to five years, while it takes forty to fifty years to Cultivate to the Nascent Soul Realm Peak.

Lin Ruiyang opened the jade bottle and immediately found it full of blood emitting a majestic aura.

At this moment, Lin Ruiyang only felt the blood in his body instantly boil, revealing an infinite desire for the contents of the bottle.

“Not bad, not bad! Half a month of effort was not wasted! Anyway, that guy Ye Chen has Fortune protection, he won't die for a while! I'll find a place to refine the Phoenix essence blood first!”

...

Before long, Lin Ruiyang arrived at a secluded cave, took out the jade bottle, and directly swallowed a drop of essence blood.

As soon as the essence blood entered his body, it turned into a terrifying force that spread throughout Lin Ruiyang's body.

The powerful energy impacted Lin Ruiyang's Meridians, his bones crackled, his entire body was in extreme pain, and his face was somewhat distorted.

“Ah!”

Lin Ruiyang gritted his teeth and roared in a low voice, the veins on his neck instantly bulged, and his white robe instantly exploded into pieces, revealing his incredibly strong body.

“Refine for me!”

Lin Ruiyang's face was ferocious, and he roared hoarsely. The Primordial Chaos spiritual energy immediately surged throughout his body, flushing through all his Meridians.

“Clang! Clang! Clang!”

Inside Lin Ruiyang's body, the sound of Phoenix cries kept coming, as if unwilling to be refined.

...

Just as Lin Ruiyang was fully focused on refining the Phoenix essence blood, in another part of the world, Ye Chen was rapidly fleeing.

And behind him, countless powerhouses from the Donghua Holy Land were constantly pursuing and intercepting him.

“Revered Master, can you use a secret technique again to take me away!”

Ye Chen looked at the countless powerhouses behind him, his heart extremely anxious.

“It’s useless. In the past half month, I have used it ten times, and they still caught up!”

“If Revered Master is not mistaken, you must have been marked by them. Even if you run to the ends of the earth, they will find you!”

“Moreover, their methods are extraordinary, even Revered Master cannot find their mark!”

In Ye Chen's Sea of Consciousness, Xuanxiu Sword Immortal frowned and said helplessly.

“Revered Master, now is not the time for lamentation, quickly think of a way, otherwise, I'm going to become the nourishment of the Secret Realm!”

Ye Chen steered his Flying Sword while glancing at the surging crowd behind him.

At this moment, he also understood what these people from the Donghua Holy Land wanted to do.

The so-called reclaiming the Green Lotus vessel was just an excuse. Their goal was to capture him and extract the Origin of his Ancient Sacred Body.

“The only way now is to quickly rendezvous with the people from the Taichu Holy Land and use Lin Ruiyang and Jiang Yueyao to block the powerhouses from the Donghua Holy Land!”

“You and Ye Qingcheng are siblings. You only need to sacrifice a drop of blood, and Revered Master can use a secret technique to sense her direction!”

Xuanxiu Sword Immortal pondered for a while before answering.

“No! I am not her biological brother, I can't sense her!”

Hearing Xuanxiu Sword Immortal's words, Ye Chen shook his head with a look of disappointment and directly explained the reason.

“What? No wonder you've been thinking about her all day!”

“Forget it, let's shake them off for a while first!”

With that, a dazzling spiritual light suddenly bloomed on Ye Chen's body.

This dazzling spiritual light instantly distorted the space around Ye Chen.

The next moment, Ye Chen's body was taken into space by an invisible force, disappearing without a trace.

“Hmph! He ran away again, otherwise, I would definitely extract the Origin of his Holy Body. At that time, our Holy Land will have another Holy Body monster!”

Looking at the disappearing Ye Chen, Daodian clenched his fists and snorted coldly.

“Daodian Senior Brother, don’t worry, he can’t run away! It’s best if he can find the people from the Taichu Holy Land, then we can catch them all in one go!”

At this moment, the fan-faced man holding a compass carelessly came forward with a sinister smile.

...

Ten days later, in a certain cave, the muscular Lin Ruiyang sat cross-legged on the ground, a mysterious and vast aura emanating from him.

Around him, Primordial Chaos Qi mixed with a trace of Ancient Phoenix aura slowly appeared.

The Primordial Chaos Qi slowly circulated, and before long, the entire cave was covered by endless Primordial Chaos.

Of course, this Primordial Chaos Qi was not real, only an illusion.

Immediately after, the Primordial Chaos spread towards the outside of the cave, directly passing through the Restrictions Lin Ruiyang had placed earlier.

“Not bad! Half a bottle of Phoenix essence blood has allowed my Primordial Chaos Holy Body to reach minor completion, and my cultivation has also broken through to Nascent Soul Realm third level! It’s better than expected…”

Lin Ruiyang, who had been watching all of this, couldn't help but mutter to himself.

It was also at this moment, on a small mountain Peak five hundred miles away.

Han Guang, covered in blood, was sitting cross-legged on a huge rock, circulating his Cultivation Technique to heal the internal injuries in his body.

He suddenly opened his eyes and looked towards the cave where Lin Ruiyang was located, his pupils suddenly shrinking.

“Primordial Chaos Limitless Heaven phenomenon! It must be that the Taichu Holy Son’s Primordial Chaos Holy Body has reached minor completion!”