528: Blood of the Scales

The Beautiful Woman comforted him after hearing this, "It's fine. I really like the life here; it's completely different from before. Don't blame yourself, okay?"

The middle-aged man nodded, "I promise I will protect you and our child. Our family will live an even better life."

The Beautiful Woman leaned into the middle-aged man's embrace and whispered, "Mhm."

Only then did the two remember the figure lying silently on the ground.

The Beautiful Woman asked softly, "By the way, where did this person you brought back come from?"

She didn't show any surprise upon seeing someone as tall as Chen De.

Forget three meters; she had seen those who were four or five meters tall.

She just found it strange why her husband would bring back such a half-dead person today.

The middle-aged man looked at Chen De, "This one? I picked him up while out hunting and gathering herbs today."

"Picked up?"

"Yeah." The middle-aged man nodded, "In the wilderness like this, I've come across many dead bodies. I saw he still had a breath left, so I brought him back."

"Could there be any problem with this person?" The Beautiful Woman really liked her current peaceful life.

Thus, she felt a natural wariness and unease toward this external factor.

"He won't."

"I've checked; this guy is a Silver Rank Magic Armor Master."

"He should have some Giant Bloodline, but based on his size, he's likely at the Silver Peak, at most barely reaching Gold Rank."

"Husband, you're so impressive." Despite her husband's analysis, the Beautiful Woman was still somewhat uneasy.

It wasn't that she was worried about the other's strength. In terms of cultivation, she was a Gold Rank Magic Armor Master, and her husband was even platinum rank.

How could such a half-dead fellow, who might not even have been Gold Rank in his prime, pose a threat to them?

However, since her husband had brought him back, they would just have him leave once he woke up.

"Aren't there still some herbs at home? I'll prepare some for him to drink."

"Mm, alright."

After feeding Chen De the herbs, the middle-aged man looked at the empty bag.

"Sigh, I didn't think to stock up more. Well, I'll go out and gather some more."

"Husband, come back soon." The middle-aged man went out every day, so the Beautiful Woman was already used to it.

If he hadn't brought someone back today, he wouldn't have returned by this time.

The effect of the herbs was excellent. They weren't ordinary herbs, but likely something akin to Spirit Medicine.

According to the terminology of Magic Armor Masters, it would be more appropriate to call it Precious Medicine.

As soon as the medicine entered Chen De's body, it spread in all directions, and his recovery speed was countless times faster than natural recovery.

The bodily functions recovered at this point already allowed Chen De to actively guide the process.

He concentrated all his power to the maximum extent on recovery.

He also began to actively absorb the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi from the surroundings, making the recovery even faster.

He was originally expected to wake up in the middle of the night, but now it would take half an hour at most.

After the middle-aged man left, the woman's face suddenly became melancholy.

She looked at the scenery in the sky, hoping that she and her descendants could escape the fate shared by every member of her family.

Then she went back inside to cook, waiting for the middle-aged man's return.

As the cooking smoke curled upward, Chen De slowly opened his eyes.

In his entire body, all he could feel was a profound sense of weakness.

After closing his eyes to recuperate for a while, he finally struggled to his feet.

The consumption of the World Shattering Descending Demon Blade was still too great; this mortal body simply couldn't withstand it.

According to Chen De's estimation, he would need to reach at least the Profound Realm to be able to deliver a strike without fainting.

At his current level, it was simply too inferior after all.

But the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi required to break through to the Profound Realm was no small amount.

If he relied solely on cultivation, it would probably take a long time to achieve.

But... coming here had allowed Chen De to find something good to speed things up.

scale yin blood!

Its function was similar to the Yuanyin Blood Chen De had encountered in the Lower Plane, but its effects were significantly weaker.

However, if it was just to break through to the Profound Realm, the scale yin blood would be more than enough.

The biggest difference between the Yuanyin Body and scale yin blood lay in their nature.

Before the Yuanyin was taken from a Yuanyin Body, one's cultivation could advance by leaps and bounds, ultimately benefiting both the person and the one who took the Yuanyin.

Moreover, after the Yuanyin was taken, the cultivation speed would return to normal.

The Yuanyin Body would also disappear, transforming into an ordinary constitution.

But there was no harm to the possessor of the constitution themselves.

But scale yin blood was completely different; it could be said to offer up over eighty percent of one's lifelong cultivation to benefit another.

Once taken, not only would one's cultivation plummet...

...but their lifespan, physical condition, and spirit would be severely damaged, and subsequent cultivation would be exceptionally difficult.

However, there was another difference between the two: once a Yuanyin Body lost its virginity, it would lose the Yuanyin.

With scale yin blood, the person engaging in intercourse could choose whether or not to absorb it.

If it wasn't absorbed, then even if virginity was lost, the scale yin blood could still be retained.

Furthermore, besides obtaining most of the other party's cultivation results...

...scale yin blood had another effect: it provided a certain bonus to aptitude, allowing the absorber's future cultivation speed to be faster.

What surprised Chen De was that the middle-aged man had saved him and also let him encounter two instances of scale yin blood here.

A Benefactor indeed!

Aside from when Chen De called the Myriad Gods his Benefactor in the Lower Plane, this was his second Benefactor.

Of course, with Chen De's current strength, being so weak, he might not necessarily be able to take them down.

But what was the best way to deal with a woman, especially a mother?

Chen De's gaze shifted toward another room, as if looking through the walls to see the female infant sleeping soundly on the bed.

Even though this body clearly wasn't his original one, a crimson glint appeared in his eyes.

After a moment's thought, Chen De came up with an excellent plan.

He walked with light steps, making no sound at all.

He quickly walked to the infant's window and picked her up in one motion.

Whether she had just fallen asleep or what, she woke up as soon as Chen De picked her up.

Seeing a stranger, she blinked her big eyes without crying or making a fuss, as if she were smiling at him.

Seeing those pure and flawless big eyes, Chen De... unexpectedly discovered another good thing—the Clear Eyes!

In a world like this, based on the strength of the system, it could already be considered a truly good thing.

Chen De was just about to find people with special constitutions to transplant good things from them for his own modification.

The Benefactor truly lived up to his name, providing surprises one after another.

If the Benefactor weren't away right now, Chen De couldn't have resisted running over and kneeling to kowtow to him a few times.

Ahem... of course, not for the sake of a few benefits, but simply because of the Benefactor's kindness toward him.

So Chen De looked at the infant, revealed a gentle smile, and blinked his eyes back at her.