Guan Qianqiu's status in the family had declined. It would be more difficult for him to do things.
Not only must he do it, he must do it discreetly. It would be perfect if no one could find out.
There were some demons in the black market that only recognized God's Stones.
More importantly, the Mountain of Voodoo was too remote and vicious.
Nobody could go there. Therefore, if he killed Lu Li secretly and then ran away, what could the Celestial Emperor Sect find out?
Guan Qianqiu believed it was easy to find someone. Some demons would help.
Killing them was easy, but how to do it flawlessly?
Guan Qianqiu didn't want to ask the demons to do it himself. He wanted to send someone to do it. After the deed was done, he would kill the one who went to ask the demons on his behalf. In this way, the trail would be cut off.
Once the person in the middle was killed, there would be no way to follow up.
As long as Guan Qianqiu could not be found, the Celestial Emperor Sect could not be suspicious.
Without evidence, the Celestial Emperor Sect would not act rashly. After all, the Guan Family was a wealthy family.
Lu Li would not come out so soon. Wang Ningxue said it would take 10 years. Only two years had passed. Guan Qianqiu had enough time to plan.
Guan Qianqiu knew he only had one chance. He could not be impulsive. He must act when he was sure.
"Let's go!"
He did not linger in the Celestial Emperor City. He left quietly.
His family no longer cared about him. He was half-abandoned. Nobody would care where he went.
Of course, he put on a disguise. He told someone that he was going to relax and then teleported away.
…
Lu Li was still in the Ancestral Dragon Realm. He did not plan to leave yet. He would not stop until he absorbed all the blood. His body and soul could not take it anymore.
This was a great opportunity for him. How could he give it up?
He continued to live a bitter life, sitting cross-legged in the blood pool. His body continuously absorbed the Ancestral Dragon's blood, enduring torture and pain at every moment.
Every now and then, dragon energy would enter his body. He would swell up and feel like he was about to explode. He had to hold on.
Only when he could not take it anymore would he stop and fall asleep at the bank.
Emperor Rui never came once. He had many things to deal with. Also, Lu Li was here. It was unlikely that he would go into the blood pond when he could not take it anymore.
If Lu Li was that kind of idiot, then he would rather die than embarrass Emperor Rui …
Blood Fairy came back once. She merely exchanged a few words with Lu Li before she snuck away again.
There were so many Primordial Divine Glyphs in the area that Blood Fairy had benefited greatly.
It wanted nothing more than to spend tens or even hundreds of years here. If it did so, its comprehension of Divine Inscriptions would definitely improve tremendously.
Another year and a half passed.
More than half of the blood in the pond was gone. The once huge pond had turned into a small puddle. Most of the blood was absorbed by the Dragon Soul. Lu Li didn't absorb much himself.
The Dragon Soul had absorbed so much of such a precious treasure, but it still hadn't evolved.
Lu Li had cursed for so many times in his mind. The problem was that he could not control the Dragon Soul. Unless he didn't go into the blood pond, he could not control the Dragon Soul to absorb blood.
In a year and a half, his physical body had increased threefold. At this point, the base of his physical body was too big, and it was too difficult to multiply it.
Lu Li was already very satisfied to be able to improve so much.
He had absorbed too much Ancestral Dragon Blood. Lu Li felt he had developed some resistance. It would be harder for him to level up in the future.
That was why the Dragon Soul could absorb blood so freely. Lu Li didn't try to stop it. After all, he didn't need much.
During the year and a half, the Ancestral Dragon Realm was in dead silence. There was no sound or living beings. It was so quiet that it was unnerving.
Lu Li didn't have time to worry about this. He was either suffering in the blood pond or sleeping outside. How could he have time for such things?
During the three and a half years, Lu Li's soul was growing fast.
Lu Li had been consuming all the top-level elixirs related to the soul. Plus, the Holy Soul Bead was providing constant nourishment. Of course, his soul was improving fast.
Previously, his soul was only at the initial stage of the Fifth Tribulation. Now, it was at the later stage of the Fifth Tribulation. The speed of improvement was incredible.
That being said, it was only a matter of time before Lu Li's soul was strengthened with top-level elixirs.
After the Sixth Tribulation, the speed of improvement would slow down. To become a powerful warrior in soul and to break the defense of a ninth rank Enchanted Soul, Lu Li's soul must be at least at the Emperor Realm.
All of this would take time. With the Holy Soul Bead, Lu Li didn't have to worry about his soul. He could focus on the cultivation of his physical body.
He didn't care about anything else other than improving his physical body to the level of a Quasi Emperor.
That didn't mean that he could be as strong as a Quasi Emperor. Powerful Quasi Emperors could kill him easily.
However, his defense and speed would be improved. If he wanted to be as strong as a Quasi Emperor, his physical body would have to be improved many times over.
Time moved on. Three months later, Lu Li suddenly opened his eyes while sitting in the blood pond. There was a glint of surprise in his eyes.
The Dragon Soul had stopped absorbing blood. Lu Li was excited. Was … the Dragon Soul about to level up?
"Whoosh!"
He flew up and landed on a small hill nearby. He used psychic power to check the Dragon Soul in his soul.
He found that the Dragon Soul had returned to its original form and was not moving.
"Nothing?"
Lu Li was disappointed after a while. All the Blood of the Ancestor of Dragon had been for nothing.
He stared at the Dragon Soul for an entire day. Still, the Dragon Soul showed no signs of movement.
"Sh * t!"
Finally, Lu Li could not help but curse. Then, he dashed back into the blood pond, leaving the Dragon Soul alone.
The moment he dived into the blood pond, he noticed that the Dragon Soul suddenly glowed. Then, the Dragon Qi from all sides began to gather around him and snuck into his body.
"I am doomed!"
Lu Li was taken aback. The energy in the Dragon Qi was overwhelming. Usually, he would feel like exploding when two strands of Dragon Qi went into his body. Could he survive with so much?
"Eh?"
Soon, he realized that what he had imagined didn't happen. The strands of Dragon Qi entered his body and went to the Dragon Soul. They were absorbed by the Dragon Soul in an instant. They didn't stay in his body at all.
"What is the Dragon Soul doing?"
The Dragon Soul had only been moving around in his body for a while and he already felt he couldn't take it anymore. The Dragon Soul was absorbing the Dragon Qi directly?
Was it out of its mind?
There were hundreds of strands of Dragon Qi in the pond. In an instant, the Dragon Soul had absorbed more than 100.
There was no change after the Dragon Soul absorbed more than 100. But somehow, Lu Li felt something was wrong. The Dragon Soul had never absorbed Dragon Qi before. It would be strange if nothing went wrong when so much powerful energy entered the Dragon Soul all of a sudden.
"Swish, swish, swish!"
When the last strand of Dragon Qi was absorbed, Lu Li suddenly noticed that all the Dragon Blood was surging. Then, it entered his body at a horrifying speed and was absorbed by the Dragon Soul.
Previously, the Dragon Qi only flashed across Lu Li's body. But the Dragon Blood was different. It went into Lu Li's body through his pores. It meant that Lu Li's body was filled with Dragon Blood.
At that moment, Lu Li felt he was going to explode. His body could not stand the pain and he passed out.
Even after Lu Li passed out, the Dragon Blood did not stop. It kept surging into his body.
The Dragon Blood was getting lesser and lesser. After the time for half an incense stick to burn, it was all gone.
Lu Li was lying in the bare pond, like a mummy.
"Eh?"