413: The birth of the substitute straw man

"Heh, this guy is actually so arrogant!"

Li Mu curled his lip, his tone sounding a bit sour. He hadn't expected that as the owner of the Destiny Golden Dragon, he would be ignored by it, and even be given a roll of the eyes.

The Blessings summoned by the Destiny Golden Dragon were nearing their end, and the Destiny Golden Dragon had already informed Li Mu that Li Hanfan would not succeed in evolving this time, so there was no need to pay attention anymore.

Moreover, right in front of Li Mu, there was another important presence. The energy from the Fusion of Starry Sky Power and Imperial Dao Dragon Qi was continuously washing through Lu Feng's Bloodline.

At this moment, the veins all over Lu Feng's face were bulging, and his face was flushed red, seemingly enduring immense pain, but Li Mu wasn't worried at all.

After all, when he first unfastened the shackles for him, he had already seen Lu Feng's willpower. That pain, which ordinary people couldn't bear, hadn't caused Lu Feng to break down. Furthermore, there was no System prompt this time, so it was definitely not as bad as the last time.

But what Li Mu didn't know was the kind of pain Lu Feng was currently enduring.

Although he had endured pain beyond ordinary people last time, that was only physical. This time, the pain came from his Bloodline!

Lu Feng felt as if the blood throughout his body was being scraped away layer by layer. As the fused power of Starry Sky Power and Imperial Dao Dragon Qi passed through his body for a single moment, Lu Feng had to endure this pain a thousand times over.

This was also why the Blessings were almost over, yet the washing of his Bloodline was only halfway through. It was truly too difficult to endure!

"This is my Lu Family's only chance! I must hold on!"

"Even if it's for the Family Head, I absolutely won't allow myself to fail!"

Inside the ball of light, Lu Feng gritted his teeth. Even though the pain from his Bloodline caused his whole body to tremble uncontrollably, Lu Feng still had no intention of giving up.

Just as Lu Feng thought to himself, this was the Lu Family's only chance. If they wanted to Cultivate without restrictions in the future, this was the only chance!

Soul Suppressing Mountain

Blood Soul Venerable sat before a giant cauldron. Inside the cauldron, a lifelike little straw man was absorbing energy from Blood Soul Venerable.

Beside Blood Soul Venerable, Tian Fa and Ji Beichen quietly stood guard on either side, waiting for the little straw man inside the giant cauldron to take shape!

As time passed, the facial features of the little straw man gradually became clear. Just as the features were about to be completed, a muffled boom suddenly came from the sky above Soul Suppressing Mountain.

Immediately after, the entire sky suddenly darkened, and a cluster of thunderclouds instantly appeared above Soul Suppressing Mountain.

Inside the thunderclouds, lightning flashed. It finally stopped directly above the giant cauldron. Without any extra movement or preparation, a Lightning Tribulation struck down directly, its target locked onto the nearly completed little straw man inside the giant cauldron.

"Hmph!"

A cold snort came from Blood Soul Venerable's mouth. Following that, without any apparent movement, Blood Soul Venerable simply took out a token from his sleeve. The token was pitch black all over, without any patterns or extra decorations; it was just a black token.

As soon as the token appeared, the thunderclouds over Soul Suppressing Mountain instantly dissipated. The Lightning Tribulation that had already struck down was directly absorbed by the token. After absorbing the Lightning Tribulation, the pitch-black token seemed to brighten slightly, and then it flew back into Blood Soul Venerable's sleeve once more.

At that same moment, the facial features of the little straw man inside the giant cauldron became completely clear. Blood Soul Venerable waved his hand gently, and the little straw man flew toward Ji Beichen.

"Old Ji, keep this well. It can save your life at a critical moment!"

As an old friend of Blood Soul Venerable, Ji Beichen naturally knew what this was. But when he saw that the facial features of the little straw man were identical to his own, he still couldn't help but feel a bit excited inside.

"Grand Elder, this..."

"No need to say more, I have my own arrangements!"

Ji Beichen wanted to say something more, but Blood Soul Venerable cut him off with a wave of his hand.

"In that case, I shall respectfully obey!"

On the other side, Tian Fa looked at the little straw man with great fervor in his eyes. Although Blood Soul Venerable didn't say what it was, based on the shape of the straw man and the Lightning Tribulation just now, Tian Fa, who was also an Elder, naturally knew what it was.

This was the most famous life-replacing straw doll of their Hong Clan!

For so many years, Tian Fa had only seen descriptions of the life-replacing straw doll in ancient texts and had never seen a real one.

Moreover, after so many years, Blood Soul Venerable was the only one in the Hong Clan who could refine it. During the period when Blood Soul Venerable was suppressed, no one had appeared in the Hong Clan who could rival Blood Soul Venerable.

At most, they could only refine straw men that could simulate one's own aura to help scout the way. This showed how difficult it was to refine a straw man that could actually substitute for death.

Since Ji Beichen accepted that life-replacing straw doll, it meant that Ji Beichen would henceforth have two lives. Even if he were directly killed, only the life-replacing straw doll would die, while Ji Beichen would be revived with full health.

"Tian Fa, you don't need to be envious. Once I recover my strength, I will arrange one for you as well!"

Seeing the look in Tian Fa's eyes, Blood Soul Venerable spoke to him indifferently.

Hearing this, Tian Fa hurried to express his thanks.

"Thank you, Grand Elder!"

"Alright, you two may withdraw. I am tired!"

Blood Soul Venerable waved his hand, immediately dismissing the two of them. But before Ji Beichen and Tian Fa could leave, a glow suddenly flickered from the Sound-Transmitting Stone at Ji Beichen's waist.

The Sound-Transmitting Stone was also made by Blood Soul Venerable and was more Advanced than the one Tian Fa had brought before. The function of the Sound-Transmitting Stone allowed the Hong Clan to communicate freely internally, but it also had distance limitations.

If someone in Jianshan Prefecture wanted to transmit a message to Leshan Prefecture, the transmission would fail.

But now, almost the entire Hong Clan had come to Leshan Prefecture. Unless the two ends of the transmission were at the two furthest points of Leshan Prefecture, a transmission failure would basically not occur.

The only one who could directly transmit a message to Ji Beichen was Dog One, and if Dog One sent a message, it was bound to be something major.

Ji Beichen's Divine Soul directly entered the Sound-Transmitting Stone. After listening to Dog One's report, his face was full of confusion.

After thinking for a moment, he decided to tell Blood Soul Venerable about this matter.

"Grand Elder, Dog One just sent news that an anomaly has appeared in Jade Emperor City. From a distance, it looks like it's raining gold."

"Not only that, Dog One also saw a blurry dragon shadow, but because the distance was too far, he couldn't be sure if it was the Destiny Golden Dragon!"

"Should we go and investigate?"

Blood Soul Venerable's brow furrowed upon hearing the news, and he pinched his chin, thinking for a moment.

"The dragon shadow appearing over Jade Emperor City is undoubtedly the Destiny Golden Dragon, but what exactly are these golden raindrops?"

"Tian Fa, first dispatch some people back to the Hong Realm to ask the Commander when they can come over!"

"Old Ji, you take a trip to Jade Emperor City and investigate what is so special about these golden raindrops!"