Desolate Devouring Art

Chapter 573 - Blood Dragon

Serene Sea City was finally at peace again. The Azure Crimson Gate no longer knocked on the House of Tea Art’s door.

However, having suffered heavy losses, everyone knew that the Azure Crimson Gate wouldn’t let this matter slide. Killing Liu Wuxie was the only way to ease the hatred in their hearts.

“Junior Brother Liu, let’s leave the city as soon as possible,” Jian Xing’er urged, her face filled with worry.

Although the three hadn’t left the individual House of Tea Art courtyard that they had been assigned to yet, they knew that they couldn’t hide here. Now that they had caused so many incidents, the Azure Crimson Gate would certainly find a way to end them.

“Big Sister Jian is right. It has been two months since we left the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion. For our safety, we should head back,” Chen Ruoyan said. She knew how dangerous it was for them to stay in Serene Sea City.

Liu Wuxie nodded. “Alright. Let’s leave tomorrow.”

As the two ladies had said, it was no longer safe for them to remain in Serene Sea City. His appraisal technique had spread far and wide, and many people had been lurking around the House of Tea Art to uncover its secret.

As they discussed their following plans, Murong Yi walked into the courtyard.

“I have prepared some food and wine. I hope you can join me for a meal, Master Liu,” Murong Yi said with a faint smile.

Murong Yi’s voice was unimaginably enchanting. She sounded so melodious that she made even a flower underneath a tree bloom and release a faint fragrance. Even women couldn’t resist her charm, not to mention men.

“Lady Murong, you’ve come at the perfect time. I was just about to inform you that we will be leaving the city tomorrow. I am grateful for how the House of Tea Art has been taking care of us during this time,” Liu Wuxie replied, declining her invitation. Their separation was inevitable.

“You’re leaving?”

Murong Yi was taken aback. Sadness flickered across her face, but she quickly recomposed herself. She knew it was best for Liu Wuxie to leave, considering all the incidents that he had been involved with in Serene Sea City.

“Yeah,” Liu Wuxie confirmed.

The danger would only increase the longer they stayed in the city. There were still remnants of the Ling and Qiu Clans out there, and if they found out the truth, they would undoubtedly join forces against him.

Quickly regaining composure, Murong Yi said, “Since you have already made your decision, Young Master Liu, I won’t try to stop you. Let’s consider the banquet tonight as our farewell.”

The House of Tea Art had greatly helped him, and they never asked for anything in return, which naturally made Liu Wuxie feel somewhat embarrassed.

“Lady Murong, please be reassured. As I promised, once my cultivation rises, I will follow you to the Western Barren and rescue your relatives,” Liu Wuxie said.

He knew what Murong Yi wanted to say, but as he had told her before, he needed to grow stronger first. If he went now, he would just be courting death.

“I trust you, Young Master Liu,” Murong Yi responded with a gentle smile. She didn’t press on the banquet any further and left after a brief chat.

Now, only Liu Wuxie and the two ladies remained.

Their curiosity piqued, Jian Xing’er and Chen Ruoyan quickly asked, “Junior Brother Liu, what did you promise her? What does it have to do with the Western Barren?”

They didn’t want Liu Wuxie to get too close to Murong Yi. The woman was simply too charming—even they found themselves captivated by her beauty at times.

“Let’s not talk about that for now. I have to refine the Heavenly Dragon Seal, so I need you two to keep watch for me,” Liu Wuxie requested. He didn’t go into details, not wanting to worry them.

Since the two ladies didn’t pry further, Liu Wuxie returned to the room and prepared to refine the Heavenly Dragon Seal. Strictly speaking, he could find the dragon’s blood not because of his Ghost Eye. Rather, it was thanks to the Heavenly Dragon Seal.

The moment he approached the stone containing the dragon’s blood, the Heavenly Dragon Seal reacted. Liu Wuxie eventually discovered that the stone was so tightly encased that even the Ghost Eye had difficulty penetrating.

The Golden Spirit Fruit’s seed had long been planted in the desolate world, nourished with spiritual rain. It wouldn’t take long before the seed sprouted and bore fruit.

A Golden Spirit Fruit could help someone in the Astral River Realm reach the next level. If he could harvest them in large quantities, he would be able to train an army of elites.

A tender spout burrowed from the earth in less than two hours, growing near the mysterious tree. Only one leaf shimmered with radiant gold, though.

As the Heavenly Dragon Seal hovered before Liu Wuxie, it began to release an overwhelming dragon aura. Even though he had set up a spiritual array around them, it still couldn’t withstand the dragon aura that the seal released.

Already accustomed to this, the two ladies outside the courtyard remained unshaken. They quickly released their Heavenly Phase Realm auras to neutralize the pressure.

When Liu Wuxie poured the dragon’s blood out from the porcelain bottle, the Heavenly Dragon Seal began to tremble violently, wanting to devour it.

“Calm down!” Liu Wuxie muttered.

It would be a waste if he let the Heavenly Dragon Seal consume the dragon’s blood in this manner. Hence, he began to weave intricate hand signs into the dragon’s blood, merging his laws with it to assist him in further controlling the seal.

He injected thousands of laws and two immortal runes into the dragon’s blood, limiting and suppressing the aura it could release.

“That should do it.”

Liu Wuxie then guided the dragon’s blood into the Heavenly Dragon Seal.

Upon contact, it immediately glowed crimson, and dragon runes appeared on its surface. Though initially faint, the runes became sharp and clear.

Liu Wuxie obtained dragon bones the last time he went to the Blood Sea Abyssal Island, but he couldn’t find any blood. If he could acquire more, though, he’d be able to forge the Heavenly Dragon Seal into a heavenly artifact.

The crimson glow lasted for an entire minute before it retreated to the depth of the Heavenly Dragon Seal. The many dragon runes that had been damaged when Liu Wuxi obtained the seal became even more complete.

Looking into the depths of the Heavenly Dragon Seal through a damaged corner, Liu Wuxie’s eyes widened in deep shock.

“Blood dragon!” he exclaimed. He didn’t expect to awaken the artifact spirit—a blood dragon—within the Heavenly Dragon Seal, which would be a blood dragon.

The dragon clan had many bloodlines, the most common of which were golden divine dragons, followed closely by azure divine dragons. Together with colored divine dragons, they were considered the ancestral bloodlines of all dragons.

Since the azure divine dragons’ bloodline couldn’t match the golden divine dragons’, most of the dragons in the Dragon Realm today were from the golden divine dragons’ lineage.

The bones that Liu Wuxie had obtained from the Blood Sea Abyssal Island also belonged to a golden divine dragon. This was also why the artifact spirit of the Heretic Blade was a miniature golden divine dragon.

Blood dragons were sinful dragons that had committed crimes of great magnitude and were cast into the mortal realm. Their scales used to be of a different color until the countless tortures covered them in their own blood, turning them into a blood dragon that only sought vengeance.

The process slowly altered their bloodline, transforming them into a new species now known as blood dragons. Due to their strong bloodlust, the other dragons grew so fearful of blood dragons that the Dragon Realm forbade the birth of more blood dragons.

Surprised that the Heavenly Dragon Seal had awakened the artifact spirit of a blood dragon, Liu Wuxie couldn’t help but wonder if it was related to the dragon’s blood. Perhaps it belonged to a deceased blood dragon.

Murderous internet filled the entire room, causing the surrounding buildings to collapse and turn to dust. The blood dragon’s overwhelming aura destroyed the courtyard and even the spiritual array that Liu Wuxie had set up.

The shockwave hurled the two women outside into the air and made them spit out blood. To make matters worse, the murderous intent continued to spread out to the surroundings.

The artifact spirit awakened after the blood dragon’s blood essence had devoured some of the Heavenly Dragon Seal’s energy. It didn’t have any intelligence—only a raw desire for massacre.

Liu Wuxie wondered how many lives it had taken before it died.

The Heavenly Dragon Seal began to tremble as the dragon attempted to break free and escape. As long as it could absorb enough spiritual energy, it would be able to grow stronger.

Liu Wuxie snorted. “Its remaining murderous intent dares try to break free from my control?”

He began forming a series of intricate hand signs that bound the Heavenly Dragon Seal like a dense spider web.

The tremor that the Heavenly Dragon Seal had caused alarmed the entire House of Tea Art. Hence, it didn’t take long for a black-clothed elder to appear above Liu Wuxie. With a glimmer of surprise in his eyes, he watched how Liu Wuxie refined the Heavenly Dragon Seal.

The old man seemed to be the True Profound Realm expert guarding this place.

Murong Yi arrived soon after as well. Upon seeing Liu Wuxie refining the Heavenly Dragon Seal, she immediately evacuated everyone in the area. She even ordered that no one speak of what they had witnessed or they would be exiled from the House of Tea Art.

Meanwhile, murderous intent continued to spread across the House of Tea Art. Left with no other choice, Murong Yi activated the defensive barrier to prevent the aura from leaking out.

Nevertheless, the blood dragon continued to struggle against Liu Wuxie’s control.

He let out another snort, then suppressed the Heavenly Dragon Seal with immortal runes, forcing the struggling blood dragon to submit.

Deep shock flashed in the depths of the black-clothed elder’s eyes as he watched on. He had never seen the spiritual runes Liu Wuxie had drawn before. They seemed to transcend the laws of this world.

No one knew the blood dragon better than Liu Wuxie, which was why he knew that failing to subdue it would eventually come back to bite him.

The Dragon Clans viewed themselves as rulers of worlds and humans as mere ants. Hence, the blood dragon wouldn’t be able to stand being under another being’s control, causing it to eventually turn on its master.

The Heavenly Dragon Seal gradually calmed down, and the crimson light on it infiltrated deeper into it. The blood dragon coiled itself in the seal, devouring spiritual energy from the surroundings.

When the spiritual energy entered the Heavenly Dragon Seal, the damaged laws in the seal began to repair themselves. Liu Wuxie marveled at the sight.

If the Heavenly Dragon Seal becomes a heavenly artifact, there’s a chance that it will give birth to a true divine dragon... Liu Wuxie murmured to himself.

The dragon’s blood had made the Heavenly Dragon Seal undergo a tremendous transformation. Now, it possessed and had forcibly merged two different dragon bloodlines—the proud, mighty golden dragons and the violent, savage blood dragons.

Through Liu Wuxie’s refinement, the two opposing forces had perfectly merged. The Heavenly Dragon Seal radiated with dazzling brilliance, illuminating the sky with a powerful dragon aura.

Liu Wuxie activated the Heavenly Dragon Seal. In response, it rapidly consumed his true essence.

Such a powerful Heavenly Dragon Seal! It requires nearly seventy percent of my true essence to bring out its full power.

Even if someone in the upper levels of the Astral River Realm faced this Heavenly Dragon Seal, he had a feeling that they would have no chance of surviving.

Still, although he had just finished this task, he now had to proceed to the next one: honing and adapting to the Heavenly Dragon Seal’s power.

Since all of this was Liu Wuxie’s secret, Murong Yi decided not to approach him. After all, she didn’t want to overstep her boundaries.

Meanwhile, the black-clothed elder vanished and reappeared outside Murong Yi’s chamber.