Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 1005: Chapter 49: Where Is the Path to Immortality in This World? (11)

In the cave, the firelight stretched people’s shadows.

The air here hardly flows, the firelight doesn’t flicker much, but the shadows of people keep swaying—moreover, there are some wailing sounds.

It’s the wailing sound of goats.

Suddenly, a person’s head lifted up, it was Jessica. Her lips were stained with a large amount of fresh blood, meanwhile, each of her two sets of teeth had become sharp.

As for beside her, Su Zijun also lifted her head with the same posture—the only difference was that Su Zijun was drinking the blood of a female.

This female was still wearing a rather special combat suit. Jessica, who was born on Paradise Island, knew very well that this was the combat suit of a Paradise Island guard.

A few hours ago, Su Zijun once again easily destroyed a branch base of the Maple Club and then left with the spoils effortlessly.

Jessica wiped the blood from her lips and slowly retracted her fangs, watching Su Zijun enjoying her lunch by herself, feeling a very unreal sensation.

About a month ago, at the moment when she was near death, it was this girl who looked only thirteen or fourteen years old who saved her and bestowed her the power of an eternal being… turning her into a terrifying bloodsucker.

But Su Zijun insisted that she was not such a creature.

Jessica had no intention of arguing with Su Zijun… because having received the blood of Su Zijun, who claimed to be Ba, her consciousness always had a feeling of fear, all the time.

That feeling was much like when she had to obey orders from Paradise Island, fearing, having no choice but to submit.

But Jessica didn’t mind, what she needed was power, power to destroy Paradise Island—she had exchanged for a power once, but it wasn’t strong enough, conquering a branch base was already her limit. But Paradise Island was possessed with the Twelve Divine Generals of formidable strength.

Kuck, as one of the Twelve Divine Generals, her lightning superpower was nothing more than a child’s punch in his presence.

But Su Zijun was different… she at least possessed the power to fight against the Twelve Divine Generals.

And the most important point was: Su Zijun clearly had a grudge against the Maple Club—from the fact that she had destroyed seven branch bases of the Maple Club over the past month, it could be understood how dissatisfied Su Zijun was towards the Maple Club.

At this time, Su Zijun also stopped her feeding, Jessica noticed and took out a clean handkerchief, walking to Su Zijun, and began carefully wiping.

Undoubtedly, this girl had become her ruler—such as the cleaning task now, it was one of the requirements of Su Zijun.

“Human blood contains essence qi, this is the largest supplement for you now.” Su Zijun glanced at the goat used by Jessica, which was barely alive, then said calmly: “If you don’t abandon the human part, you’ll never think about obtaining the true power of revenge.”

Jessica said nothing, only meticulously wiped Su Zijun’s corner of the mouth.

If abandoning the human part, does it mean even the memories and attachments as a human should also be abandoned… This was the question Jessica had never asked.

Seeing that Jessica didn’t respond, Su Zijun sighed with some dissatisfaction, then said: “How many branch bases of the Maple Club are there in this country?”

Jessica said at this time: “There are none left. All the Maple Club branch bases in this country have been destroyed by you over the past month. This must be a headache for the Maple Club. They’ve never encountered such things before.”

Su Zijun sneered, “Serves them right! Instead of staying where they belong, they had to overstep boundaries, even dared to plot against me… courting death!”

Jessica replied, “Next, we can head towards Slovakia or Austria… however, continue destroying their branch bases, perhaps the Maple Club will truly take action next. The Divine Generals are intimidating, but above them, there’s the 26 Chairs of Creation on Paradise Island, those are nearly god-like people.”

“Gods?” Su Zijun sneered disdainfully, “Daring to call themselves gods without even having seen twilight?”

Jessica slightly opened her mouth… she is still unclear about what Su Zijun truly is. Just understanding that she undoubtedly belongs to Ye Yan’s homeland.

That mystical eastern country…

“Anyway, let’s leave these clowns aside; I have business to attend to.” Su Zijun suddenly furrowed her brows and said, “They have so many nests, I thought it could be finished before the New Year… Tsk!”

“New Year?” Jessica was surprised. She knew Hua Country people highly value the New Year, and each new year Ye Yan would carefully prepare and send greetings and gifts to family and friends back home.

“Get ready then.” Su Zijun pushed away Jessica’s hand that was still wiping, “Revenge is not urgent, anyway, your future days are still long.”

Su Zijun stood up, what she thought of in her heart was: That silly butterfly should have woken up by now, better go back and take a look.

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“Emperor?”

Luo Qiu was somewhat surprised hearing certain things from Long Xiruo… considered to be small talk amid the white misty mountain stream to avoid an awkward silence, also a bit of inconsequential information exchange regarding this incident.

Of course, Luo Qiu did not mention what he discovered in the Song Ancestral Mansion.

But hearing ‘Wang’ born from Long Xiruo’s account, Luo Qiu managed to fill in some unresolved parts concerning the ancestor lying in the stone coffin beneath the Song Ancestral Mansion.

At that time, he indeed felt that the soul stored within the already dead body was in a state of slow dispersion rather than being nourished and recovering bit by bit.

“Emperors wish for eternal life, ruling their realm forever. Little do they know there is no eternal dynasty; all is but flowers in the mirror, the moon in the water. Forcing to stay would merely plunge the renewing order into confusion… Why, do you have any opinion?”

Long Xiruo glanced at Luo Qiu, finding that he seemed to frown for a moment.

“Nothing, I agree with Ms. Ren’s thoughts.” Luo Qiu smiled slightly, “Throughout the years you’ve been dedicated to maintaining balance among various sides, naturally you are far richer in experience than I am.”

“Such flattery is truly humbling.” Long Xiruo replied indifferently.

Luo Qiu said nothing and suddenly stopped, examining the surrounding environment. Long Xiruo asked nervously: “Has something happened?”

If even this man would pause, it might become troublesome? In her usual state now, Long Xiruo was just as ordinary as a common person’s child, really unable to judge how the surrounding environment truly was.

“A suppressive force suddenly appeared.” Luo Qiu opened his palm, and a small light sphere floated slowly for illumination, but instantly burst and disappeared above his palm.

Subsequently, another light sphere emerged in Luo Qiu’s palm for illumination, but this time the light sphere didn’t disperse; instead, it was sustained in its original form.

“Hmm… around six times output is needed to maintain it, still acceptable.” Luo Qiu then waved his hand, the light sphere vanished once again – but evidently this time, it was caused by intentional will.

“Sixfold suppression?” Long Xiruo furrowed her brows, “How does it affect you?”

“Basically no effect, Ms. Ren, you don’t need to worry.” Luo Qiu smiled and said.

Long Xiruo looked at the man strangely… Outputting six times the power to achieve the normal effect doesn’t seem to make a difference. Is this man’s energy excess?

But…

“Then why don’t I feel anything?” Long Xiruo frowned and said, “The physical exertion is still within the normal range.”

Luo Qiu thought for a moment and said, “It’s probably only effective in suppressing extraordinary power, with no impact on ordinary people… Is this also caused by the power of ‘Wang’?”

Long Xiruo glanced at Luo Qiu again, and after pondering for a while, said, “There are a total of twelve Ancestral Dragon ley lines in China, with Kunlun being the origin of all ley lines. Each of the other twelve Ancestral Dragon ley lines supported a dynasty’s national destiny. Among them, one ley line named Soaring Dragon broke apart due to the fall of a nation. The broken Soaring Dragon vein scattered across Divine Land, and to restore it, you can only rely on the nourishment of the land’s spiritual energy. The predecessor of ‘Wang’ is one segment of the fragmented Soaring Dragon ley line that has reassembled into a spirit vein.”

Luo Qiu nodded, “So, it’s almost like your child?”

As the true dragon of Divine Land, born from the fate of Divine Land and the faith of its people, these twelve ley lines in China are technically also considered the children of the true dragon.

“Your child, my foot!” Little Long Xiruo gritted her teeth.

“What’s Wang’s ability?” Luo Qiu skipped the debate directly.

Long Xiruo could only calm herself down, reluctantly saying, “Mainly space-related abilities. As for the suppression you mentioned, it should be a new characteristic it gained by absorbing the spiritual energy of the land nearby. Whether there’s anything else, I can’t calculate. After all, it’s still growing, and what abilities it awakens during the process isn’t definite.”

“Hmm… I see.” Luo Qiu nodded and then continued to hold Long Xiruo’s hand forward, “I found Pianqian’s location. Let’s go.”

At this moment, Long Xiruo suddenly pulled her hand from Luo Qiu’s hand and, under Luo Qiu’s surprised gaze, reluctantly grabbed his coat.

“This way, we won’t get separated!”

“True.” Luo Qiu nodded, apologizing, “I didn’t think it through.”

Just holding the corner of the clothes… Long Xiruo only felt increasingly awkward. But at least after finding Luo Pianqian, it would be much better than being seen like this!

This guy… his intentions still aren’t clear, need to be on guard.

…

For Luo Pianqian, the vast whiteness was really a troublesome matter. She had indeed tried using her demonic power as Sister Long instructed, but for some reason, it felt extremely clumsy, like she had the intention but lacked the strength… Perhaps she really was just too clumsy?

Luo Pianqian lightly knocked her head.

But the surroundings were so white that she couldn’t see the road, nor could she find Sister Long, which made Luo Pianqian feel panicked.

Despite this, Luo Pianqian’s mood quickly improved—because although everything around was white, the mountain’s natural atmosphere was very rich, making her feel inexplicably comfortable.

Before her transformation, she grew up in the deep mountains, with spiritual wisdom emerging, and over six or seventy years, she had become accustomed to the scent of trees.

“Sister Long! Sister Long!”

Even though she was somewhat intoxicated by the natural scent, Luo Pianqian hadn’t forgotten about finding Long Xiruo—after all, Long Xiruo’s current state was not well.

Suddenly, Luo Pianqian stopped. Although she couldn’t sense her surroundings using demonic power, her senses were different from ordinary people, and she felt something might be nearby.

Luo Pianqian quickly turned around, only to feel something seemed to move through the dense fog for an instant… Maybe it was just an illusion?

But the feeling of being watched by something in the dark didn’t disappear; instead, it became stronger.

Luo Pianqian turned several times, but only remembered seeing elongated shadows move through the fog… making her nervously hold her hands in front of her chest.

“Excuse me, is anyone there? Excuse me, is anyone there… Excuse me…”

She suddenly felt an unusual airflow approaching from behind, along with some deep sounds—a kind of innate reverence paralyzed her entire body.

Exceptionally nervous, Luo Pianqian rotated her neck, her throat moved, and her heart started racing—finally, when her vision turned behind her, she saw a gigantic shadow that had appeared behind her.

Within this shadow are two blinking red lights… like some kind of eyes.

Roar—!!

Suddenly, a huge roar sounded, and at the same moment, a massive wave surged towards Luo Pianqian, blowing her hair back completely!

Luo Pianqian only felt her head buzzing, all her hearing lost under the roar, leaving only ear ringing.

Wow!

She screamed, then crouched on the ground, trembling in fear.

The two red lights in the fog flickered as if blinking. And then, another huge roar sounded, reminding Luo Pianqian she was in danger, quickly climbing up and running swiftly without direction.

So scary, so scary, so scary!

Her heart felt like it was about to leap out; mist formed at the corners of her eyes again.

She kept running, fearing the terrible thing behind her would catch up—a moment later, she collided with something.

Another shadow, but only a person-high shadow!

When they collided, Luo Pianqian fell backward and instinctively felt her arm pulled, stabilizing herself.

“Pianqian?”

Behind the hazy silhouette, Luo Pianqian heard her sister Long’s familiar voice.

“Sister Long!”

The lady with butterfly wings cried out in surprise, relaxing and breathing deeply. But her actions seemed too big, and when she took a deep breath while calling Sister Long, her chest’s clothing buttons couldn’t withstand the pressure.

Snap.

The buttons suddenly shot off, flying toward the silhouette before her… two buttons.