Lu Li's physical strength was beyond Emperor Rui's imagination. Emperor Rui was surprised by Lu Li's ability to endure pain.
The Ancestral Dragon Blood had two waves of pain. If he could withstand both, then at least his life would not be in danger.
It all depended on how long Lu Li could cultivate here and how much Blood of Ancestor Dragon he could absorb.
Absorbing the Ancestral Dragon Blood here would not reduce the pain due to the strengthening of the physical body. As long as one absorbed a little, the physical body would suffer extreme pain.
The most unbearable thing was the Dragon Energy entering one's body. The swelling pain was the most maddening. It felt as though one's body was about to explode.
Back then, Emperor Rui and Emperor Heng cultivated here for three years. In the end, both of them gave up because both of them had powerful defensive divine arts. It didn't matter whether their corporeal bodies were strong or not.
Even if the two of them improved their physical bodies, it would not be of much use. It was far from being as powerful as their defensive divine abilities.
Therefore, the two of them did not continue to cultivate and left after three years.
As there were no other treasures here other than the Ancestral Dragon Blood Pool, the two of them did not report it to the sect.
He told Lu Li 10 years, but in his mind, it would be impressive if Lu Li could hold on for five years. After all, enduring the pain for a long time would lead to a mental breakdown.
Also, after five years of absorbing the blood of the Ancestor Dragon, Lu Li's body should be growing slower. After all, the stronger the body was, the slower the growth would be.
He was looking forward to seeing when Lu Li would stop cultivating.
This place was safe and not many knew about it. Apart from Emperor Heng, only Lord Li knew. Emperor Rui was not worried about Lu Li's safety.
It was all poisonous fog outside and nobody had come in. It was unlikely that Lu Li would be discovered.
Emperor Rui left, but Lu Li had no time to think about Emperor Rui because his physical body was in too much pain.
Most importantly, there was a lot of energy in his body. If he didn't absorb it, he might explode and die.
When the dragon blood entered the body, it itself was a very powerful energy. After the dragon energy entered, it also left behind a very powerful energy.
He now had two choices. The first was to leave the Ancestral Dragon Blood Pool and absorb the energy. The second was to absorb it in the blood pool.
He chose the second option because he wanted to see if he could enter the state of cultivation, which would make it less painful for him.
He tried to enter the dreamland state. That way, he could completely forget about the outside world.
It was obvious that he had failed. If the Rui Emperor and the others couldn't do it, he definitely couldn't do it either.
The pain that came from his soul kept interrupting his meditation. He could only forcefully activate the marks of the Great Dao to see if he could absorb the energy in his body into his meridians.
"No …"
After a while, he gave up. The pain in his body was too intense, and he couldn't concentrate at all.
He had no choice but to soar into the sky and rush out of the pool. He sat cross-legged and forcefully activated the Great Dao Marks.
This time, he succeeded. The energy within his body was continuously absorbed into his meridians.
"Such powerful energy!"
Lu Li could feel clearly that his body was growing stronger, and at a fast pace.
One had to know that his physical body was already comparable to a mid-stage Sixth Tribulation expert. The fact that he could still have such a huge improvement was enough to show how powerful the Ancestral Dragon's blood was.
"Right, Blood Fairy!"
When the pain subsided, Lu Li told Blood Fairy to go around and study the Divine Glyphs.
He told Blood Fairy not to go too far. She had to at least maintain a weak mental connection. Otherwise, it would be difficult to find her. After all, this world seemed to be very big.
After Blood Fairy left, Lu Li continued to consume energy.
As the energy was refined, the pain in his body began to weaken.
After six hours, all the energy was absorbed.
"What?"
Lu Li sensed that the remaining energy in his soul was being absorbed by the dragon soul. The dragon soul was very excited.
Just now, Lu Li was in so much pain that he did not have the time to pay attention to other things. Only now did he notice that the dragon soul was happily moving around in his soul and consuming all the energy.
The dragon soul was not satisfied. It kept moving around in Lu Li's soul, which made Lu Li speechless.
"Blood of Ancestral Dragon?
The ancestor of all dragons?
Is it helpful to the dragon soul? "
Lu Li was excited. He believed that the dragon soul should be of the eighth rank. If it could evolve to the ninth rank after absorbing some Blood of Ancestral Dragon, it would be a great deal.
Ninth-rank Enchanted Souls were rare. Even young masters did not have one. Guan Qianqiu, for example, did not have one. Otherwise, Lu Li would not have been able to trap his soul.
"Go on!"
Lu Li dashed into the blood pool. Once again, he began to roll around in the pool. It was as if there was a ferocious dragon moving around in the pool.
The qi and blood around him were strange. If someone happened to pass by, they would be frightened.
This time, Lu Li stayed in the pool for an hour. Then he flew up and sat on the ground with his legs crossed. This time, it took him 10 hours to consume all the energy in his body.
The dragon soul was even more excited. The energy in Lu Li's body was absorbed by Lu Li, but the energy in his soul was devoured by the dragon soul.
This time, Lu Li didn't rush into the pool. Instead, he consumed some soul-nurturing pellets.
After all, after he consumed the pellets, there would be energy enveloping the soul for the soul to absorb automatically. In this way, the soul could be strengthened.
Also, the Holy Soul Bead was glowing green all the time to strengthen his soul.
It was a pity that Lu Li was suffering in the Blood Pool of Ancestral Dragon. He could not cultivate Soul Cultivation Skill or else his soul would grow faster.
"Splash, splash ~"
Lu Li dashed in and continued to roll around in the pool. The blood was tumbling and the dragon energy was moving around. The horrifying qi and blood covered the sky. From time to time, Lu Li would hear painful cries coming out from the pool. It was a horrifying scene.
He cultivated like this for three days. All of a sudden, Lu Li stopped because he noticed something — the amount of blood in the pool was decreasing. It was not fast but it was decreasing.
"What is going on?"
There was a lot of blood in the pool. But at this rate, in five or six years, the blood would be gone. How could he cultivate by then?
"I didn't absorb much blood!"
Lu Li was confused. There was a lot of blood in his body but the amount was small.
He crawled down in the diving area and made up his mind not to roll into the center of the blood pool. He felt like his body was on fire. Enduring the pain, Lu Li released psychic power to check.
Soon, he noticed something — the dragon soul was secretly absorbing blood!
After Lu Li went into the blood pool, the dragon soul was not satisfied with the energy in Lu Li's body. Its head came out from behind Lu Li's head and started to absorb the blood …
When Lu Li was in the blood pool, he was in pain all over his body, including his soul. He couldn't do anything and he couldn't check.
He couldn't even tell if there was an emperor nearby. Therefore, he didn't know what the dragon soul was doing.
"Damn it …"
Lu Li cursed. If the dragon soul were not his, he would kill it right away.
The blood was something that could make him stronger. How could the dragon soul secretly absorb it?
In a few years, the blood would be gone. How could he cultivate his body?
"Never mind!"
Lu Li could do nothing about the dragon soul. After all, it was his Enchanted Soul. He couldn't cut off the spiritual connection with the dragon soul. The dragon soul had become one with his soul. What could he do?
Since the dragon soul was absorbing the blood, it must be useful.