Zhang Fan, along with Wu Chen Jian Xian and Ailebela, bid farewell to the people of Huxin Island and soared into the sky, traversing at high speed and disappearing into the white clouds.
The incident at Huxin Island had instilled a sense of urgency in Zhang Fan, and he had no mood to take a slow plane to Europe.
Under Zhang Fan's lead, the speed of the three of them far surpassed the speed of sound. In less than an hour, they arrived above the Ancestral Castle of the Blood Ancestor from Huxin Island.
The powerful life auras of Zhang Fan and Wu Chen Jian Xian alerted several of the Blood Ancestor's princes and the Blood Ancestor himself. They rushed out of the castle and only breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Zhang Fan.
"Greetings, Master!"
Led by Xue Jing, the Blood Ancestor, the princes of the blood race bowed in unison. At the same time, they also glanced at Wu Chen Jian Xian, who stood behind Zhang Fan.
Wu Chen Jian Xian's cultivation had reached the peak of the Condensing Core stage and he had already begun to attempt to condense Golden Core Dao patterns. His strength far surpassed that of the Blood Ancestor's princes, making them dare not neglect him.
Wu Chen Jian Xian, standing behind Zhang Fan, was even more shocked. The people kneeling before Zhang Fan were all cultivators in the Condensing Core stage.
It was important to note that on Earth, cultivators in the Condensing Core stage were almost at the pinnacle of existence, and their numbers were extremely scarce. In Huaxia, after Zhang Fan slaughtered four cultivators in this stage, coupled with those in seclusion, it was uncertain if their numbers could even exceed the count of fingers on two hands.
Even the leader's aura was vast and boundless, making Wu Chen Jian Xian completely unable to discern his depth.
Even though the other party's aura was contained, when Wu Chen Jian Xian faced him, he felt as though he was facing an endless sea of blood, and his heart could not be calmed.
"Golden Core stage cultivator!"
Wu Chen Jian Xian was incredibly shocked. Although he had always felt Zhang Fan was unfathomable, he had not expected that even Golden Core stage cultivators would be subdued by him. 138 Reading Network
"Let's go down and talk!"
Zhang Fan nodded and then descended towards the Ancestral Castle.
Xue Jing followed closely with everyone.
In the pavilion of the Ancestral Castle's secret realm space, Zhang Fan sat by the stone table, gently sipping the fine tea prepared by the blood race for him. He looked at Xue Jing, who stood respectfully before him, and flicked his finger. A jade bottle landed in Xue Jing's hand.
"This time, I killed four cultivators in the Condensing Core stage when I returned to Huaxia. I used their blood to refine these Human Blood Pills, which I believe will be of great help to your injuries," Zhang Fan said.
Xue Jing took the jade bottle in his hand, his heart filled with excitement. Even without opening the stopper, he could acutely smell the dense blood aura emanating from the bottle.
Xue Jing had not tasted the blood of a Condensing Core stage cultivator for a long time. Although the blood race had three cultivators in the Condensing Core stage, and those three princes were not weak, it was logical that they should have had a good chance of hunting cultivators of the Condensing Core stage for him.
However, due to the influence of the Papal Court, the three princes of the blood race dared not be too ostentatious or high-profile. Battles at the Condensing Core stage had too wide an impact, and without overwhelming strength, it was difficult to kill the opponent quickly.
Therefore, for many years, the blood provided to Xue Jing by the blood race had been at the Divine Realm level, causing his injuries to recover extremely slowly.
The blood of four cultivators in the Condensing Core stage, including a body-refining cultivator in the mid-Condensing Core stage and a cultivator at the peak of the Condensing Core stage, and refined by Zhang Fan using sophisticated techniques, would be tens of times more effective than him consuming it directly.
"Thank you, Master!"
Xue Jing, gripping the jade bottle excitedly, bowed and thanked Zhang Fan.
"Rest well and recover from your injuries during this period. Once you are healed, we will go to the Papal Court," Zhang Fan said.
"Yes!"
Xue Jing responded, his heart filled with heroic fervor. Destroying the Papal Court was the first thing he planned to do after his injuries healed. With Zhang Fan leading the way, even if that fellow Ostenna fully recovered, he was dead this time.
Afterward, Zhang Fan looked at the princes of the blood race and waved his hand, tossing out three pills the size of dragon eyes, which landed in the hands of the three princes respectively.
"These are Guiyuan Pills refined from the primordial cores of Condensing Core stage cultivators. The three of you are at the mid-Condensing Core stage, which is still too weak. I hope these three primordial cores will be of some help to your cultivation," Zhang Fan said.
The three princes of the blood race happily held the spiritual pills and did not refute Zhang Fan's words at all. Although they were all cultivators in the Condensing Core stage, in Zhang Fan's eyes, they were indeed too weak.
"Too weak?"
Ailebela stood to the side, her exquisite and beautiful face twitching slightly, feeling deeply dejected. Her current strength had not even reached the Divine Realm, and she was still hundreds of thousands of miles away from the Condensing Core stage.
If even the princes of the blood race were too weak, what did that make her?
A weakling?
Ailebela, who had always been proud, felt a sense of loss. She realized that by following Zhang Fan's side, she was becoming increasingly useless, as Zhang Fan's opponents were at least at the Condensing Core stage.
As for her, she had not even reached the Divine Realm.
Zhang Fan noticed Ailebela's reaction. Although Ailebela had extraordinary talent, far surpassing the three princes of the blood race, she was ultimately too young, and it was normal for her to not keep up with the pace.
"You may withdraw," Zhang Fan waved his hand at Xue Jing and the others, leaving only Wu Chen Jian Xian and Ailebela.
"How is the cultivation of your Blood Moon Demon King Body progressing?" After Xue Jing and the others retreated, Zhang Fan turned his gaze to Ailebela and asked.
"I feel like I've reached a bottleneck and could break through at any moment to achieve minor accomplishment of the King Body, but I haven't been able to take that step," Ailebela said somewhat unwillingly.
"Although the Blood Moon Demon King Body is not the most top-tier body-refining technique, it far surpasses the 'Zhang San Golden Body' cultivated by the Martial Saint of Changbai Mountain. Once it achieves minor accomplishment, one can cultivate a body comparable to a celestial being, with strength equivalent to a peak Divine Realm cultivator."
"And you have only been cultivating for two years. Reaching the first bottleneck is already considered quite good," Zhang Fan praised.
Even with the assistance of numerous spiritual pills bestowed by Zhang Fan, achieving such a result in two years could indeed be considered exceptionally talented.
If compared to other young prodigies on Earth, Ailebela would undoubtedly be among the top experts.
"Comparable to peak Divine Realm?" Ailebela's bright eyes flickered. She had not expected that the Blood Moon Demon King Body would increase one's strength so dramatically.
She was now only one step away from achieving minor accomplishment of the Blood Moon Demon King Body, yet her current strength was only at the peak of the Sacred Domain. Once she achieved minor accomplishment, her strength would soar to the peak of the Divine Realm?
The leap was indeed enormous. If anyone else had told her this, she would never have believed it.
However, hearing it from Zhang Fan's mouth, she believed it wholeheartedly.
Having followed Zhang Fan for so long, she had learned a thing or two about his cultivation.
Ailebela knew that Zhang Fan also practiced a body-refining technique, and it was an extremely powerful one. Zhang Fan's dramatic increase in strength was due to a major breakthrough in body refining.
Previously, Zhang Fan's cultivation was only at the peak of the Celestial Realm, and his combat power could at most be compared to cultivators in the mid-Condensing Core stage. However, after his divine body broke through and reached the stage of quasi-minor accomplishment, his strength became comparable to cultivators in the Golden Core stage.
The gap between these two was even more astounding than her cultivation of the Blood Moon Demon King Body.
"Then what if I cultivate the Blood Moon Demon King Body to the stage of great accomplishment?" Ailebela asked with anticipation.