"The rules of immortals..." La now understood that as long as it was the Blood Alliance, no matter how bizarre or strange things appeared, it was considered normal.
"Currently within my Blood Alliance, there are only three formally recognized immortals. Each of these three is the strongest existence, having reached the pinnacle from all sides. A list will be compiled to announce to all directions, I ask the Eternal Palace to take note," Zhang Rongfang said solemnly.
"Note?" La slightly frowned.
"Precisely, speaking of strength, these three have almost reached my closest bloodline, and with the power of their own bloodlines, they can achieve at least half, or even more, of my current strength," Zhang Rongfang sighed, "Therefore, excluding the three kings and you, La, none can rival them."
"I see." La nodded in understanding, "Then, for this meeting, let’s determine the location of the entrance."
"Here?" Zhang Rongfang asked.
"Exactly. I’ve brought all the necessary apparatus. From here we enter Taoyuan, making it the most suitable location for all parties to enter," La nodded.
As the advocates of the Taoyuan meeting, they had to consider distances and positions from all angles for the meeting palace set in the Taoyuan.
"The participants of the meeting are resolved, the rest is energy, and the remaining two Secret Locks," Zhang Rongfang said.
Over on the Chana Tower side, after resolving the First Secret Lock, they immediately sent word to both forces, but as for the Second Secret Lock, they only had a mere hint.
The energy side also needed time to accumulate, gathering enough to open the long-distance passage.
All these required time.
The two quickly exchanged views, integrating information on the details of the meeting and the location for establishing the energy furnace.
Having done this, Zhang Rongfang looked up at the sky.
"It’s getting late, would you like to take a short rest at Yuan City?"
"No need.... Thank you for the kind offer," La calmly declined.
"Also, is the assistant working suitably for you?"
"Very useful."
"That’s good.... If there’s an urgent matter, you can relay it through the assistant promptly, but due to the great distance, sending a message may impact the assistant’s integrity, please be cautious," Zhang Rongfang reminded one last time, cupping his fist as farewell, he turned and spread his wings, flying off into the distance.
Leaving La and her group quietly watching his departing figure, motionless for a long time.
"Palace Master, something seems off." At this moment, Di Mo said with a serious expression. "The area just polluted by the Blood Fairy shows no signs of recovery."
"This land has long lost its self-regulating ability. The cycle of purifying pollution has long since become a fantasy," La frowned. She too noted the state of the ground.
"Based on reports from various local groups, every place the Blood Fairy has been shows the red phenomenon, Palace Master, perhaps we should preventively guard against the Blood Alliance..." Di Mo cautiously suggested.
Although knowing that the Eternal Palace was currently in a honeymoon phase with the Blood Alliance, she had thought about this for a long time and felt compelled to speak.
The red phenomenon appeared in places the Blood Fairy visited, showcasing a strange scene as if the land was stained with blood.
This reddened land had an extremely high resistance to heat and was very impervious to sunlight radiation.
If it was just this, it could actually be beneficial to living beings.
The crux, however, is that the reddened land naturally exerts a pull on living organisms.
Pulling the blood within all living things.
And according to the observations of the groups, if less powerful living beings stand on the red soil for extended periods, a certain kind of consciousness-based pleasure is slowly produced.
This positive pleasurable stimulation makes these living beings enjoy staying on the red soil for longer durations, leading to their blood being absorbed faster.
"I’ve researched it.... Although the flesh samples left by the Blood King aren’t much, they’re enough," La said gravely. "His cells have extremely strong adaptability, making progress in research very challenging. No matter what stimulus is used, it loses effect quickly."
She looked at the remnants of red soil on the ground.
"These red soils are a minor issue, they won’t spread uncontrollably, and over time, as long as no living beings feed them, they’ll naturally degrade slowly. It’s just that this degradation takes quite a long time."
"Understood. I was overthinking," Di Mo replied in a low voice.
La said no more.
In fact, she had concerns she hadn’t voiced, worries she hadn’t expressed, because if she, as the leader, showed a lack of confidence, it would surely shake the belief of her many skilled subordinates.
Those worries stemmed from her previous research on Zhang Rongfang’s blood samples.
She found that the Blood King Zhang Rongfang’s cells possess such excessive vitality, granting them an extraordinarily long life.
Coupled with terrifying intensity and adaptability, they can almost adapt to any harsh environment.
As long as the entire world isn’t at a thousand degrees temperature for an extended period, any sample of Zhang Rongfang’s blood cells can uncontrollably expand, consuming all surrounding nutrients.
What’s exaggerated is that these cells are omnivorous, altering their diet based on the environment.
If all that’s available is rocks and soil, they’d evolve into worm cells that feed on rocks and soil, surviving by gnawing on rocks, though the low energy concentration would make their adaptive changes expand extremely slowly.
Even this alone is terrifying.
Because it means that any blood sample of Zhang Rongfang would continuously expand, consuming everything in the world.
And as time passes, perhaps the entire world would be greatly affected.
In fact, with the deepening research on the Blood Alliance, La gradually began to develop a fear.
She gazed in the direction Zhang Rongfang departed.
"Let’s go, build the Taoyuan teleport point underground," she said.
"Yes," they swiftly responded.
Descending underground, La watched the slowly expanding, pulsating red soil, and her worry grew more intense.
She feared that if Zhang Rongfang did not impose self-restraint, perhaps the world might be consumed by him even before the arrival of the White Eye.
This was another form of world destruction.
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Yuan City.
The entire city was enveloped in a bloody glow, dyeing everyone’s cheeks a rosy red.
Large red snowflakes, like goose feathers, drifted down slowly, while children from newly migrated families built snowmen by the street.
Though it was tinged with blood, it couldn’t dampen the innocent fun of the children.
All around the city, the sounds of firecrackers and fireworks burst forth, and people beat drums and gongs, playing suona to welcome new brides.
Wisps of smoke rose in the air, people lived in peace and prosperity, some even played and frolicked with the crawling patrolling blood lotuses.
The atmosphere was one of harmony and tranquility.
Anyone who came would praise it as a paradise on earth.
At this moment, at the highest point in Yuan City, the Celestial Lotus Palace.
That was within the giant blood lotus at the very top of the city.
Its interior center housed a rough palace made entirely of blood and flesh.
This palace was formed from Zhang Rongfang’s own flesh and blood.
Because he couldn’t control precise and delicate designs, inside and out, the palace was filled with writhing flesh and stark white bones protruding everywhere.
The rounded doorway resembled an open bloody maw, the door panels above and below were pale sharp teeth, perfectly aligning when shut.
Inside the Celestial Lotus Palace, the ground and walls were paved with white bones, as hard as steel, occasionally seeping a faint blood mist.
At this moment, Zhang Rongfang sat quietly in the main hall, observing the three figures who had just entered the palace.
These three were the true Human Immortals who had just passed the immortal realm demarcation set by the Blood Alliance.
The first was Meng Qian, clad in purple, long hair tied high, looking increasingly handsome and enchanting.
The second, Damir, unseen for a long time. The former head of the Eastern Sect, now wore a golden robe of Daoism, having evidently abandoned Buddhism for Daoism. Even his hair was cut short.
He seemed the most normal of the three in appearance, neither his physique nor temperament differed from ordinary people.
The third was rather eerie.
It was Emperor Jiang, who had previously slain in an underground gathering.
This figure still had a dual male-female upper body, like the branches of a tree, Emperor Jiang and Jun’Er shared one body.
"The standard of an Immortal first requires reaching the Extreme Realm’s completion to fully tap the powerful forces deep within the bloodline."
Zhang Rongfang spoke slowly.
"Secondly, one’s martial prowess must be unparalleled, whether in seizing the upper hand against enemies or achieving Absolute Defense, one must be invincible. You all are my seniors here, so there’s no need to elaborate."
"Finally... is my Daoist canon, the cultivation of literature of Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown, which must reach the Three Flowers Realm. It seems you three have already found the housed lotus spirits..."
The Three Flowers allows one to greatly amplify personal power through the power of the Spirit People.
As Zhang Rongfang once hosted the Blood God, Wish Girl, and White Scale.
Although their power can’t be used outside the interaction zone, it enormously enhances many peculiar abilities within the bloodline.
The principle of which Zhang Rongfang wasn’t entirely clear on, suspecting that the power of the Spirit People might manifest from another dimension through his bloodline.
Moreover, the intensity of the hosted spirit’s awareness not only affects the bloodline’s power strength but also causes various substantial changes.
"Now the Great Spirit can have such a splendid scene, truly thanks to the Daoist Ancestor’s protection." Meng Qian, having traveled out, saw the clearest.
At first, no one cared about the so-called Great Spirit, the so-called Blood Alliance in this land.
Now, the name of Yuan City was known to all.
Many even viewed Yuan City as the only hope for this land.
Among the three main forces, Yuan City was the only one willing to protect ordinary people at a large scale.
With blood lotuses above and the sky obscured, this place could welcome all who were willing to come, so long as they obeyed the law upon entering the city.
As Zhang Rongfang’s base, the air and land of Yuan City were distinctly suppressed by him.
Even ordinary people wouldn’t have their flesh absorbed by the blood carpet here.
"Now I must trouble you, my young friend, no, it should be Daoist Ancestor." Damir smiled and bowed deeply. From Buddhism to Daoism, his transition was surprisingly smooth.
Faith had never been a necessity for him, only the result mattered.
After all, his original intention in joining the Eastern Sect was merely finding a sanctuary from the dark hypocrisy of other forces.
As for him, Zhang Rongfang wasn’t too familiar. Initially, he thought it would be H Lietiger who would succeed in the Immortal’s Test.
Who would have thought, in the final stage, Lietiger failed to complete the last step of the Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown, while Damir quietly achieved it.
In actual combat, Lietiger lasted only twenty strikes before being knocked out by Damir, losing consciousness.
"You are all my seniors, but there are priorities in the way of the Dao, the accomplished should be first, so I won’t stand on ceremony."
Zhang Rongfang raised his hand, his palm split, and a red vine grew out.
The vine grew taller, stopping only after half a meter.
Leaves sprouted from the vine, forming buds.
The buds slowly bloomed, revealing three small blue flowers.
These three flowers detached themselves and slowly floated towards the three individuals.