Bloody Emperor - Chapter 19 A Healthy Drink

“Do you think about killing my daughter?”

“I wanted. Maybe I still want to.”

“But I will not kill. You have my word.”

“If she doesn’t get in my way, of course.”

“That’s good for me.”

Nero was in a large room sitting on a chair in front of the fireplace, and next to Xun He seated on another chair. They both talked, looking at the flames, thinking about other things.

Even though they talked about Xun Lan’s life, they were thinking about the Dai Family. Xun He wondered when Nero would attack and whether he would accept his help as it was evident that he would not be able to defeat all the Dai Family’s cultivators alone. At least for now.

Nero thought about how he could kill the entire Dai Family. First, he needed to increase his strength. Then with more power and his high speed would not be a problem. But he also worried about someone following him.

Nero had no problem if his enemies discovered his secrets before they die because he would not give them time to tell anyone. But it was different if someone followed him wanting to support and saw more than they should. It was bad enough that Xiong Zhelan and the Xun Family know about his Qi Guardian, even though they didn’t completely comprehend what it was. Still, they saw the gauntlet formed by ‘Little Red.’

“Ahem! Is everything okay with Marie?” Xiong Zhelan entered the room and pulled a chair close to the fireplace, joining Nero and Xun He.

“She’ll be fine,” Nero said few words, and Xun He added that she was in the care of a good healer.

“Good, good. So let’s talk about you leaving with me.” Xiong Zhelan did not want to waste time and was right to the point.

“I never thought of staying in this place for too long. But I have to end my business with the Dai Family.” Nero knew about Xiong Zhelan being in search of disciples and thought he would want to return to the Black Sword Sect soon after he did it. After seeing the fight against Wei Ping, Nero was sure that Xiong Zhelan would want him as a disciple.

“You must know that I will not take you as my disciple but to be my sister’s disciple. She has a much better position than me at the Black Sword Sect.” Xiong Zhelan’s eyes sparkled with admiration and respect when he talked about his sister.

Xiong Zhelan was not a tracker, but he could feel that Nero was not yet at the Qi Refinement’s late-stage and defeated Wei Ping. So he had to be very talented, and Xiong Zhelan didn’t think he would be the right teacher for such a genius. But his sister, who was much stronger than he, would very much like such a talented and peculiar disciple.

“While this does not bring problems for me, I have nothing against it.” Nero thought it was okay to go to the Black Sword Sect. If he didn’t like something, he would think of other plans, but now it was a good way.

Nero wanted to strengthen himself and could only do so by drinking blood. He tried to suck only humans, so going south to look for other non-humans was not his goal. Of course, Nero would like to live among non-humans, but he could only think of peace after finishing Sarah’s vengeance that was already his as well.
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“What about Marie? We can wait for her to recover, but if it takes too long, we could go ahead and then send someone to come and get her.” Xiong Zhelan thought that Nero would not want to part with Marie after all. He thought it would be okay even for a non-human to go to the Black Sword Sect because he had faith in his sister’s influence, and they could work it out.

“Marie has her life and her goals, so I don’t think she wants to go further north just to find humans who hate her for no reason.” Nero knew nothing about Marie. But he didn’t think she would follow him after being saved or anything. He also didn’t want her to go further north as humans only know how to hate non-humans.

Nero wanted to stay until Marie was healed, and then they would follow different paths. Nero thought the path of revenge was lonely, and even if he used allies, it was only for convenience, and he would not want to use Marie because she was pretty adorable.

“I understand. Do you want help with Dai Family? You are still very young, so don’t blame yourself for not being able to handle so many experienced cultivators.” Xiong Zhelan wanted to help because he feared that Nero would be impulsive and end up dying or seriously injured in the confrontation with the Dai Family.

“About that, you have to respect my decision. I don’t want any help because I’m going to kill them all solo. I don’t want you to follow me, and that goes for you too, Xun He.” Nero spoke decisively and gave Xiong Zhelan and Xun He a sharp look.

“We will respect your decision, so don’t worry.” Xun He was not happy because he thought Nero would not be able to defeat the entire Dai Family alone, but he could not go against him either. So all Xun He could do was follow Xiong Zhelan’s lead.

“But are you sure you can beat them now? With some time and preparation, you can defeat them, but you need to get stronger.” Xiong Zhelan wanted to help Nero train and teach him some martial techniques.

“I know that I can’t defeat them now, but tomorrow I can. I’m almost breaking the second layer’s barrier of Qi Refinement, and when I get it, I’ll have enough strength to beat them.” Nero seriously spoke because he had plans to drink the blood from Wei Ping’s body, who was in the red world during the day to climb up and get to the third layer attacking the Dai Family during the dawn of the next day.

“What!?” Xun He and Xiong Zhelan got up from the chair at the same time while they exclaimed in surprise. They both thought Nero should be in the sixth or fifth layer of Qi Refinement, but they never imagined that someone who killed a Qi Refinement seventh layer would still be in the second layer.

Xun He to all the people of Abun did not have much knowledge of the world but knew that it was possible for cultivators geniuses with incredible martial techniques and powerful artifacts to beat cultivators in stronger layers in the same realm. But that seemed impossible because the difference between Wei Ping and Nero was huge, and it didn’t look like he had any artifacts.

“You are talented! Maybe your grandfather taught you some miraculous cultivation techniques?” Xiong Zhelan was a person who came from a very resource-rich region and had already seen many talented people, so he didn’t think that was impossible, but he felt he was fortunate to find Nero before others.

Xiong Zhelan thought that Nero should have a unique cultivation technique that made him as strong as other people in the upper layers. Or maybe it was because of his peculiarity? Xiong Zhelan was not sure, but he knew that his sister could discover all of Nero’s secrets over time.

“My grandfather only taught me a basic cultivation technique, but it is a family heirloom, so I can’t pass it on to others, and I wouldn’t even know how to teach.” Nero knew it was too late not to attract attention, so he had to tell a compelling story. If they tried to get any information out of him, it would be very bad.

“I understand. You do not have to worry because I will not try to force your secrets, but when you meet my sister, you will want to tell her everything willingly.” Xiong Zhelan was totally confident that his sister would get anything she wants.

“Well. Now I need a quiet place to continue my cultivation and get to the third layer of Qi Refinement.” Nero spoke, looking at Xun He, who was the owner of the house. Xun He nodded and got up to call a servant and guide Nero to a room, especially for cultivation.

Nero soon arrived in a room with the servant who bowed in awe and said that if Nero needed anything, it was only to go out in the hall and find any servant because everyone knew he was an honored guest.

Nero entered the room, which was quite large and round with a circle of stones in the center. The walls were bluestone looking simple and had some furniture in the corner. It looked like a kind of training room because it had a lot of space with a sofa and some chairs as if it were for observers.

“You have been very quiet. What’s the matter? Has the cat got your tongue?” Nero couldn’t help playing with Sarah because he was getting boring without her talking so much in his mind.

“Humph! You have been paying close attention to your Little Fox. What do you want me to say?” Sarah was cute even when she was throwing a tantrum.

“When she is cured, we will have nothing to do with each other, and we will follow different paths. You, on the other hand, will be mine forever, so why feel jealous of her?” Nero could be very convincing with words, and even Sarah knew that she couldn’t help but agree with him.

“Who is yours!? I am clearly the dominant person in the relationship! You can be mine if you behave.” Sarah spoke with a mixture of embarrassment and authority. Nero could imagine her puffing out her cheeks in a cute way in the red world, but he wouldn’t spy on her.

“Let’s focus now. I want to try to drink Wei Ping’s blood, but I’m not sure it will work because vampires don’t drink cold blood very well.” Nero spoke of the fact that vampires were repulsed by drinking blood from dead bodies for a long time, but he thought that the red world would conserve bodies by keeping the blood still warm as if the person had recently died.

Nero thought of Wei Ping’s body, and it left the red world appearing on the ground near where Nero was pointing his hand. Then Nero realized he was right because he could feel the heat slowly coming out of Wei Ping’s body as if he had just died a few seconds ago.

“You have to be quick because he is losing Qi to the environment. The process of losing Qi when a person dies is faster and faster; the more the person has higher cultivation. He must have less than eighty percent of his cultivation by now.” Sarah warned Nero that he should suck the blood quickly to get the most out of Qi.

“Mmm, this blood tastes different. It seems full of vitamins and nutrients. Despite being better than those of the guys in the woods still far inferior to yours, Sarah.” Every time Nero drank blood, he couldn’t help but compare it to Sarah’s blood, which was the best he had and probably will have in his entire life.

Nero felt the pleasure of drinking blood like a vampire and also the pleasure of absorbing Qi as a cultivator. All at the same time and in great intensity when he sucked blood from cultivators and those sensations would be more and more intense when he drank blood from cultivators in better realms.

Nero could feel the Qi flowing through the blood and going straight to his Dantian. Soon the space that was almost half full started to rise, and a few seconds later, he was almost breaking the barrier of the third layer.

“Ahh…” Nero felt a force that prevented Qi from filling his Dantian, but soon the Qi that came from the blood forced the barrier, and an explosion of Qi happened that transformed Nero’s Dantian then making it bigger.

Nero felt an explosive increase in his strength as if he were several times stronger and his Dantian several times greater. But he still hasn’t stopped sucking Wei Ping’s blood. After he entered the third layer, the speed that the Qi filled his Dantian slowed, but it was still enough to fill more than half, making Nero very grateful to the old man for being useful in death.

“So, a seventh layer cultivator was enough to you get so far.” Sarah was very pleased that even the amount of Qi that Nero absorbed was less than ten percent of Wei ping’s maximum Qi.

This method of cultivation absorbing Qi into the blood had many flaws. The amount of Qi that Nero could absorb was a small amount compared to the larger amount that was lost to the environment after it left the victim’s body being sucked.

And there was also the question of cultivators using Qi in battle and that Qi then naturally regenerates to the maximum amount it was before. But if Nero sucks someone after fighting that person, he can only suck the part of Qi that was not used in battle.

And last but not least, the fact that Nero requires a much larger amount of Qi because his Dantian is several times higher because of the Dar Soul Stone.

Levando tudo isso em conta e o fato de Wei Ping ter sido sugado aps ser morto, Nero e Sarah ficaram muito felizes com esse aumento de fora.

“Now it’s time to visit Dai Family. Will they welcome me?” Nero thought sarcastically with a devilish smile on his face.