Wang Ruoxie's words made Zhou Jun's face change dramatically with horror.
"You can't kill me, my father is the patriarch of the Zhou Family in the Southern Prefecture. If you kill me, the entire Zhou Family won't let you go."
Zhou Jun hurriedly said to Wang Ruoxie: "My Zhou Family is one of the Six Great Clans of the Southern Prefecture. My father is a late-stage Energy-Introducing Realm expert. If you kill me, not only will you be unable to escape death, but your family will also be implicated."
Upon saying this, the panic in Zhou Jun's eyes gradually dissipated, because he had no reason to fear the opponent.
Given the Zhou Family's influence, he believed that in the entire Southern Prefecture, aside from the other five clans and the Pavilion Master's clan, no one would dare easily kill him, the son of the Zhou Family's patriarch.
"So what? Whoever I want to kill must die regardless of anything."
Wang Ruoxie smiled faintly and said.
He didn't care about Zhou Jun's threats at all. Although Wuyi County is just one of the dozens of counties governed by the Southern Prefecture, the Wang Family is still a Marquis Clan. Even the Pavilion Master, the Southern King, would find it difficult to deal with the Wang Family, let alone the so-called Zhou Family, one of the Six Great Clans.
As for himself, he was even less likely to be afraid. In his previous life, he fought many experts of the Celestial Realm alone without fear, and in this life, having been reborn, he will live out his vengeance and ambitions.
Furthermore, one must not be soft-hearted towards enemies; otherwise, it would only harm oneself.
Without hesitation, Wang Ruoxie's figure suddenly dashed forward, delivering a punch directly at Zhou Jun.
Zhou Jun hurriedly swung his fist to block, but his strength was no match for Wang Ruoxie, having just been injured. How could he withstand the attack? In no time, he was killed instantly.
Bending down, after rummaging through Zhou Jun's corpse, Wang Ruoxie obtained several thousand-tael silver notes and some quite precious spirit herbs.
Among them were exactly the ones he needed, so he didn't have to search for them himself.
Then, Wang Ruoxie stepped toward the corpse of the Silver-Backed Bull and pierced its heart vein with a dagger, collecting about twenty drops of heart blood.
The Silver-Backed Bull is a Tier One lower-level demon beast, and its heart blood naturally contains more than ordinary beasts, along with a rich essence and vitality far beyond regular beasts.
However, he didn't plan to take the Silver-Backed Bull's corpse away, even though the blood and flesh of demon beasts are quite helpful for Body Tempering Realm martial cultivators. But the Silver-Backed Bull is just a Tier One lower-level demon beast, and his cultivation has reached the Fifth Layer of the Body Tempering Realm, which belongs to the middle stage of the Body Tempering Realm.
Therefore, except for the blood and flesh of Tier One middle-level or even high-level demon beasts, nothing else would be effective for him.
Turning his gaze, Wang Ruoxie glanced at Zhou Jun's body and shook his head slightly. Unfortunately, he hadn't reached the Energy-Introducing Realm; otherwise, he could condense essence blood, and presumably, the essence blood of a Body Tempering Realm Eighth Layer martial cultivator should be enough to elevate him a small realm.
As for directly drinking his blood, he never considered it since, in this life, he can already control the Blood God Essence Blood and is no longer the Blood Demon Body.
Not to mention, even if he drank all the blood from his opponent's body, it wouldn't necessarily bring any improvement. Even if it could, he wouldn't do it; that is his baseline.
Moreover, as long as he breaks through to the Energy-Introducing Realm soon, he can use the Blood Coagulation Technique to condense essence blood. By then, whether it's the essence blood of demon beasts or humans, he can devour and absorb it to enhance his cultivation quickly.
Besides, for him, the greatest effect comes from bloodline power.
On Yuanwu Continent, bloodlines are ranked into six levels: Yellow, Mystic, Earth, Celestial, Saint, and Divine, each level subdivided into nine grades, with the First Grade being the weakest, and the Ninth Grade being the strongest.
Just that, in this life, his body hasn't awakened its bloodline power.
The Wang Family's bloodline heritage is the Barbarian Tiger Power, a Yellow Level bloodline, the strongest of which can reach up to Yellow Level Fifth Grade, instantly boosting strength by up to fifty percent when deployed.
However, with Wang Ruoxie controlling the Blood God Essence Blood, acquiring bloodline power isn't difficult. He just needs to strip the opponent's bloodline power and devour it.
In other words, by continuously devouring the bloodline power of demon beasts or other people, the bloodline can continuously advance.
This is the most terrifying aspect of the Blood God Essence Blood and the foundation upon which he will recover and even surpass his previous life's cultivation in the shortest time.
In the period that followed, Wang Ruoxie would come to Tongyun Mountains almost daily to hunt demon beasts.
With his current strength, as long as he doesn't encounter Tier One high-level demon beasts, he should be fine.
When hungry, he would directly eat the demon beasts' flesh, not only replenishing physical strength but also nourishing qi and blood.
Due to this, Wang Ruoxie's skill in roasting meats had improved significantly, and if he were to sell it to taverns, he would probably fetch a good price.
Meanwhile, he occasionally visited Jisheng Hall to consign his configured medicinal liquids, all of which were of supreme quality without exception.
Three months passed quickly.
In these three months, with the assistance of demon beast heart blood and his self-configured medicinal liquids in cultivation, his progress in cultivation had naturally been swift.
"Body Tempering Realm Eighth Layer."
Seated cross-legged on the bed, Wang Ruoxie slowly opened his eyes.
Three months to elevate three small realms might seem slow, but in reality, it is not.
For an average martial cultivator, even after a year of diligent practice, they might not advance from the Fifth Layer to the Eighth Layer of the Body Tempering Realm.
After all, not only are three small realms separating the levels, but it also transitions from the middle stage to the late stage, considered a significant leap.
His rapid advancement can be attributed to directly devouring and absorbing the essence and vitality from demon beast heart blood, coupled with the support of his configured divine-grade medicinal liquids during cultivation, making it impossible to slow down.
"At least the power of two bulls and one tiger."
Standing up, Wang Ruoxie felt the explosive force and qi and blood within his body, smiling softly while whispering.
A common Body Tempering Realm Eighth Layer cultivator possesses no more than 1,500 kilograms of monumental strength; however, he holds 2,500 kilograms, and even a typical Body Tempering Realm Ninth Layer cultivator can hardly compare.
Of course, genuine bloodline martial cultivators possess, thanks to bloodline power nurturing, strength and qi far beyond ordinary ones.
"Tomorrow is the annual hunting tournament; I should thoroughly prepare."
Wang Ruoxie noted silently, then walked outside the residence.
Moments later, he again arrived at Jisheng Hall.
Nowadays, Jisheng Hall had grown significantly, not only expanding in size but also decorated more lavishly compared to Hundred Herbs Hall.
The influx of customers made the place lively and bustling.
Step by step, Wang Ruoxie entered Jisheng Hall, noticing Steward Ling Xiang in a heated argument with two men.
The middle-aged man among them was not unfamiliar to him as it was the steward Zhao Xing from Hundred Herbs Hall, who previously claimed his medicinal liquid was medicinal residue, while the young man was unfamiliar.
With a trace of coldness on his lips, Wang Ruoxie approached the three.
Today, he brought several portions of divine-grade medicinal liquid; let's see if Zhao Xing would still call it medicinal residue.